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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
2
A compact digest of domestic and international happenings from all quarters of the civilized world. Prepared for the busy reader, the round up covers notable political, social, and economic developments across nations and regions.
William H. Taft and family arrived at Middle Bass Island for a week of fishing. Ferdinand Earle, freed on bail after jail time in Goshen, seeks his wife. Ohio AG Wade Ellis becomes US AG assistant. Admiral Farragut tablet unveiled at Portsmouth Navy Yard. William J. Bryan visits Salem, birthplace, to public greet. Delaware GOP nominates S. S. Pennewell for governor. Ambassador David E. Thompson injured in bicycle collision. Ritzi Scheff to wed John Fox Jr. Roosevelt attends library dedication in Jordanville honoring Douglas Robinson’s mother.
Admiral Sperry and staff landed at St Kilda pier and were greeted by Prime Minister Alfred Deakin and Victoria’s premier Sir Thomas Bent. Elsewhere New Orleans suffered a $2,000,000 fire, Atlantic City closed saloons on Sunday, and Persia edged toward monarchy and civil war.
Amid a flood of global news the report notes a planned fall visit by the stork to the home of Countess Laszlo Szech enyi, formerly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt of New York, alongside wider war and disaster coverage including ship arrivals and mining accidents.
Two 1908 Olympians from the American team arrived at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay New York to meet President Theodore Roosevelt. John J. Hays and Melvin Sheppard spoke with the president who praised their London performances and accepted medals as souvenirs.
In New York City the Independence party gathered at a crowded club house on Waverly Place for Thomas I Hisgen notification and a house warming. William R Hearst attended amid cheers as Hisgen called for a new party to enact reforms and reject machine politicians.
In Columbus Ohio Lewis Strang's Queen Louise balloon nearly reached five miles up before a valve problem forced a landing in Lake Erie Sunday. The Mohegan rescued the crew after the craft drifted from Lima to Detroit then out over the lake. The crew reported intense ascent and rapid descent of about ten thousand feet in minutes.
Fragmentary log describes a voyage to Buffalo with reference to a night trip and a person named Davis near St Paris Ohio about 50 miles west of the present locale. Details are incomplete and no outcome is stated.
Coroner Ashton returns verdict for the August 14 shooting at the Porter home. He cannot determine which fired the shots, but both Hester Porter and Morris Stein died from bullets from a two caliber revolver. Prosecutor Ash will seek extradition papers for Mrs Stein and her mother Mrs Bayard.
Patrolman Harry Spurgeon shot and wounded Tillman, a Black man, after Tillman resisted arrest in Dayton on Monday. The confrontation began when Tillman, armed with a shotgun, confronted officers Lucien Wyatt and others. A fight broke out. a locust splintered over the suspect’s head before Spurgeon fired, hitting Tillman in the stomach as he sought to ready his gun.
Miss Josse Culp 19, organist at Summerland Beach Buckeye Lake, was found bound gagged tied to a tree in Smiths grove 300 feet behind the hotel. She was seized by three men at 6 pm and later told she was drugged and remembers nothing until Monday. she cannot identify her attackers.
The city celebrated the forty second G A R encampment with Venetian river illumination and a downtown parade. Commander in Chief Burtes led the reception as crowds of veterans and visitors filled Toledo streets, hindering traffic during the event.
John Heath, 38, died when a derrick rope broke while a steel smokestack was being raised at the People's Packing Co. on West Eighty-fifth Street. Heath was guiding the rope when the rig failed and he was hurled about 90 feet to the ground.
Columbus Ohio says the state treasury closed the week with a total balance near 5.918 million dollars. Of this, about 5.318 million dollars are in the general revenue fund. The report was sent to the governor and reflects end of week financial status.
The passage extols Montana’s Bad Lands as a world of deep chasms and sheer earth walls. It compares the scene to Colorado’s Point Sublime, noting miles of ragged cliffs, domes, and eerie earth architecture carved by erosion. The Snow Creek valley anchors the landscape with its west to Missouri trajectory and river bottom vegetation.
A Harper's Weekly writer claims the Russian imperial family is Europe’s wealthiest, funded by the state treasury and imperial domains. The state provides 7 million dollars annually for palaces and staff. the empress and dowager receive 100 thousand dollars each yearly. Czars’ children get about 20 thousand dollars a year until 21. the heir gets 50 thousand plus palace maintenance. daughters receive a one million ruble dowry on marriage.
Dialogue records a debate on Browne's earnings being untested, with Smithson asking about Browne's earning capacity and Jones noting Browne has always been employed by the government.
Financial notes from New York and several cities show steady government bonds and varied commodity prices. Wheat ranges from No 2 red around 95 cents to 1.01 ½, with oats and corn mixed. hogs and cattle prices are listed for several markets, including Yorkers around 7.00 to 7.25 and steers near 6.00.
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