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Newspaper
Tonopah Daily Bonanza
Location
Tonopah, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1908
Page
1
In Santa Fe on October 24, a blizzard in the Cumbres mountains 140 miles north reports twenty thousand sheep perished while grazing. Snow depths reach five to ten feet and six herders are missing, feared dead from exposure.
Chinese dispatch reports mass voting with most of registered voters casting ballots and many ballots invalidated, amid a provocative election scene in a major state metropolis. Separately, Amoy notes preparations for the October 30 reception of the American battleship fleet as security concerns rise due to an assassination plot uncovered linked to Chinese revolutionists in Singapore.
New York Oct 24 Chairman Mack released a statement claiming William J. Bryan would win by at least 301 electoral votes. The breakdown lists solid South Idaho Montana Colorado Nebraska Nevada Indiana Ohio Delaware Kansas New York New Jersey Connecticut South Dakota and more, totaling 301. Mack blames Roosevelt for campaigning with the cabinet and argues that a presidential stump appearance would reveal Bryan's likely victory.
Rugby at Reno saw Stanford beat Nevada 11 to 0 in clean play. Penn edged Carlisle 6 to 5 before 26,000 at Philadelphia. Navy and Harvard tied 6 all at Annapolis. Other college results: Yale 38 over Washington and Jefferson. Princeton 0 over Lehigh. West Point 6 over Colgate 6. Reno high defeated Goldfield 6 to 0. Ithaca 9 over Vermont 6.
Three amended bills of complaint were filed by Union Pacific Northern Pacific and the Great Northern railways in St Paul asserting the Interstate Commerce Act reductions on lumber freight rates are unconstitutional. The filings contend rates were justified by forest product value increases from depletion and pine stock gains in Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and the South. The amendments allege enforcement would cause railroad losses at five cents per hundred pounds or more.
Officers departed yesterday from here for California to transport the prisoner Dunham, wanted on a murder charge, chained to Deputy Sheriff Buffington and escorted by Deputy United States Marshall Ishil McAfee.
In Reno the ordinance to abolish gambling was defeated 1776 to 1210 at a special city election. About 3185 ballots were cast from roughly 800 registered voters as many blank or pencil-marked ballots were discarded. The Anti Gambling League plans to contest and seek action at the state legislature.
Taft's three day Indiana campaign concluded at Gary as he heads to New York for a week of activities. He told farmers laborers and businessmen that Democratic rule harms workers while praising Republican record. He critiqued Bryan and his bank deposit plan as theoretical and economically unsound.
San Francisco October 24 The city treasury shortage of sixty thousand dollars vanished mysteriously. A specific charge tied to a city check, from five dollars to ninety five fifty five, is directed at James Tompity formerly a bookkeeper in the city treasurer’s office. Tomalty remains in custody as efforts to obtain twenty thousand dollars to secure release continue.
PL A UEN Saxony reports thirty earthquake shocks in the Sowiekan region. Shocks were marked by copper thunderlike reverberations and quiet shaking. The day saw continued tremors alarming residents and a further severe shock occurring today.
New York and state Republican headquarters report calm as next week’s national campaign actions loom. Taft plans a Chicago departure this noon to join New Haven speech. In Monmouth Illinois the Presbyterian synod passes resolutions urging defeat of Speaker Cannon in the U S House race.
New York observers note lighter broker presence on the floor as the Vanderbilt cup automobile race draws interest and seems to curb recent trading. Some blame fierce political campaigning for expected repressive market pressure next week while bonds held firm.
The Atlantic battleship fleet departed Yokohama harbor at eight this morning on a world voyage, with a celebration described as the most remarkable ever seen in Japan. The Pacific Coast League standings show San Francisco Bay area matchups with Portland and Los Angeles games noted.
William R Hearst read Standard Oil letters at mass meetings in Brooklyn and Carnegie Hall New York Oct 29 He praised Hearst during the Brooklyn talk and read letters at Carnegie Hall where he faced interruptions The speeches tied Standard Oil to past political figures and campaigns drawing sharp audience reactions
The Hamburg Berlin express reached Ludwigslust with the body of Silas C. McFarland of Iowa in a compartment by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A revolver lay nearby and McFarland’s papers named his Berlin address as his wife’s. officials indicated suicide. Consul General Thackaray dispatched a deputy to retrieve the body.
Washington reports Western business and crop conditions good after canvassing delegates. Wheeler says only Arkansas and Louisiana and Texas may back Bryan, with California leaning Taft. California forecast to give a slight majority, while labor votes and Italian immigration influence are noted. crops strong and urban prospects improved in Francisco.
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