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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
2
A compact weekly digest from All Quarters summarizing notable home and world happenings. Prepared for quick reading by the busy man, it covers diverse events and insights from civil life and international affairs.
Senator Foraker cancels campaign speeches amid charges of accepting funds from Standard Oil. Charles Evans Hughes wins New York governor nomination on first ballot with 827 votes. Wadsworth and Stewart far behind. New York Democrats nominate Lieut. Gov Chanler for governor. Connecticut Democrats nominate judge Heaton Robertson for governor. Iowa standpatters back John F. Lacey for U.S. Senate. Minnesota party nominations select Tawney, McCleary and Miller with Miller scoring a three to one landslide.
Bishop Carmichael of Montreal lies near death after heart failure. Clint O Heath ex Denver real estate promoter convicted of embezzling 8500 from a New York woman. Edward H Harriman may lease Erie to Illinois Central. Congressman Laning Ohio acquitted of misapplied funds. Leo Tolstoi given honorary University of St Petersburg status. Carrie Nation meets Judge Taft on liquor. Wilbur Wright sets European flight record beyond 89 minutes. Senor Corea resigns Nicaragua minister post. Dr Rodolfo Espinoza named successor.
St Petersburg faces Asiatic cholera with rising casualties and urgency for martial law measures. In separate events Rhinelander and Milwaukee confront fires, Paris buildings burn costing millions. In Arkansas a shootout fatally wounds Sheriff Mooney and Mrs Roberts during an arrest attempt. Bryan and companions are arrested in Rhode Island for speeding while traveling by automobile.
A wide array of incidents features in the report: Wright and Selfridge air crash at Fort Myer with Severe injuries and death, a colonial storm wreck on Mauretania, a Missouri murder over a nickel dispute, drought fears in New England, and race tensions in Springfield. Also noted are a Georgia convicts lease end, a Braganza marriage rumor, a Colon, Panama hurricane port entry, and other calamities worldwide.
A Foster City Michigan report says a Sunday blaze driven by forest fires destroyed the town and killed six people. Nearby Marinette, Niagara and Faithorn Junction face encircled flames with multiple towns warned. rail lines and ships contend with smoke and danger.
In Oyster Bay the president releases a formal statement responding to Hearst and Foraker. He frames his plea for Ali Taft support and cites Taft's opposition to Hearst backed plans, noting the Brownsville affair as corporate influence aiming to discredit the administration.
Cincinnati D Senator Foraker said Monday night he would not comment due to the late hour on the president's statement. He noted he was not fond of sharing the same newspaper editions as the president and rejected the suggestion of issuing his own statement.
In Moita Lisbon on Monday twenty two bulls escaped from the arena and charged a crowd gathered for a bull fight. Five people died and twenty were wounded as the animals ran amok through the gathering.
Judge David L. Rockwell of Ravenna will remain on the Democratic ticket for lieutenant governor after a Monday conference with State Chairman Finley. He says withdrawal would burden the party and disarrange plans, yielding to the request of Judge Harmon and the executive committee. Rockwell had been nominated for probate judge by Portage County Democrats.
Columbus oil inspector W H Phipps releases first quarter report showing receipts of 24166 from inspections in June July and August. The prior year under WLl Finley totaled 33000. Increase attributed to a new law extending coverage to all illuminating oils.
A local bootlegging scheme in East Liverpool uses a cannon in the public square to hide moonshine. Patrons place money in the cannon mouth and retrieve a bottle by reaching inside, passing around the soldiers' monument for access.
Monday marked the fortieth rainless day in the Gallipolis area. Farmers drive stock miles for water and oil operations pause due to drought. The Ohio River is at record low levels with only eight inches of water in places.
Alexander Star Buck, 83, noted for game protection advocacy and former president of the Cuvier club, shot himself in a government building corridor on Monday. Once wealthy, he had lost his money and health, fearing insanity as the motive for his act.
Congressman Cole of the Eighth district issues a reply to General Kennedy's circular titled Tossing of a Coin. He denies being offered 4000 dollars to withdraw from the race by A Jay Miller. Cole says Kennedy's timing follows his failure to win Bellefontaine postmaster nomination.
A new Cleveland grand jury sworn in by Judge Chapman must handle 120 trial cases plus seven murder probes and several bank-failure related investigations. The workload could extend through two terms.
Judge Carlos M. Stone aged 62, longtime member of the court house commission and former common pleas court judge in Cuyahoga county, died at his Euclid Heights home Monday after a brief illness with pneumonia.
A 60 year old farmer Henry Remen Schneider and his 29 year old son Henry of Madeira Ohio died after a dynamite blast failed. They descended into the well to inspect the blast and were overcome by fumes. Both fell into the water and drowned. Local authorities reported the tragedy as a fatal accident at the scene.
Richard son shot and killed his sweetheart Miss Lydia Corbin after a quarrel. He fired two shots at the girl, one hitting behind her left ear.
The North Ohio conference issued ministerial appointments listing many clergy assignments across Cleveland, Elyria, Mansfield, Sandusky and Wooster districts. Notable names include S. Taieman district superintendent and S. E. Taieman. multiple churches such as First, Central, and Asbury receive new or supplied pastors. several universities and agencies are noted as conference officials and evangelists.
For three weeks Washington D C becomes the focus of a worldwide educational campaign against the White plague. Leading physicians and scientists from abroad and the United States will participate in efforts to eradicate a disease that cuts life expectancy by up to one eighth to one tenth of civilized populations.
Former Ohio attorney general Monnett who led the Standard Oil prosecution says he will not campaign for William Jennings Bryan in the West until he is shown where the $300,000 Democratic national campaign fund originated.
At a mass meeting Sunday night Chicago Health Commissioner Evans announced he collected odor samples by bags suspended over the Union stock yards to study the persistent smells enveloping the city.
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