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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
1
A grain elevator in Richford VI exploded and burned yesterday killing at least fourteen workers including foreman Elmer Draper. The fire destroyed nearby property, bringing losses to about 425000. Wrecking crews worked as embers kept the site burning and hindered recovery.
Washington Oct 8 The U S government may be sued and enjoined from infringing Krupp of Essen Germany patents in the manufacture of Springfield rifles and other army ordnance. The DC Court of Appeals handed down the first ruling on the matter by Associate Justice Robb. The suit claims ownership of recoil brakes and gun equipment patents taken out in the United States and asserts infringement by the Springfield rifle model of 1902 produced at Rock Island arsenal Water Valley and Springfield factories.
London dispatch notes a Chicago firm’s London representative being asked to secure 20,000,000 pounds of canned meats for army use by a continental country. The firm’s manager contradicted the figure as exaggerated and said negotiations target only a limited ration supply.
Town Marshal Perry Royer of Morrill Kansas shot and killed J H Schmucker editor of the Morrill News on Main Street then killed himself in a driven act arising from a disputed news item.
Vienna reports that Servia plans guerrilla warfare in Bosnia with armed bands to flood provinces. Austria braces frontier defenses and troops guard the Peterwardein fortress tunnel in Hungary.
The forecast calls for a pair of nights with cooler air, west portions turning cooler Friday with fair skies and light westerly winds. A disturbance moved from Lake Huron into the St Lawrence valley, with precipitation reported overnight in the lake region and areas between the poses moun and the Sieieee stem.
New Haven reports a Meriden Republican mass meeting where George Lilley claimed a public utilities bill was drafted and ready for presentation. An Associated Press summary later contradicted him, noting no draft had been prepared and no bill finalized by the commission.
Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs visits Providence Rhode Island promising a strong welcome and aiming to speak in nearby towns Willimantic and Lehester as part of his campaign tour despite a small state footprint and logistical hurdles.
The New York Giants and Chicago Cubs faced off in the decisive 1908 National League pennant battle at the Polo Grounds with a sellout crowd around 35,000. McGraw’s Giants led early as Bresnahan Donlin and Mathewson staked a 4 to 1 advantage after five innings, while Chicago rallied with Tinker Kling and Steinfeldt contributing in a tense showdown.
In Washington on October 8 two women appeared claiming to be the widow of Benjamin Andrews, a Washington hotel keeper once prominent in Baltimore politics who died after leg amputation. Widow Bertha Andrews lived with him and prepared his funeral when Widow No 2, accompanied by an attorney, sought a permit to remove the body. Health officials delayed a ruling as both sides argued, and the body was placed in a cemetery vault pending final determination.
White Plains N Y October 8 District Attorney Jerome withdraws from the Thaw sanity hearing after Justice Mills refuses to transfer the case to New York County Jerome accuses Thaw of being a dangerous paranoiac and threatening suicide since Matteawan confinement Justice Mills plans to appoint two experts to examine Thaw and rule on his sanity with a report due next Monday
Miss Elsie Nelson of New York to visiting relatives in this city. James N. Collins of Waterbury is visiting relatives in Meriden. The best dance programme of the season at Buckingham hall Saturday evening. Harry A. Burns has returned to Philadelphia to resume studies there. A loud report, heard about 2:30 this afternoon near Reid Hughes store, drew crowds to the street, sounding like an explosion as a automobile backfired and horses bolted nearby.
Hartford witnessed a grand dedicatory ceremony for a $3,000,000 bridge over the Connecticut River. A dual Masonic and military pageant drew 8,090 uniformed guards, with Grand Lodge officials and Gov. Woodruff in attendance, commemorating the last stone laid and unveiling of a tablet listing bridge supporters. The parade, aided by Flying Squadron and Putnam Phalanx, filled Eas Hartford and central city routes with choreographed precision.
The final day of the Massachusetts Sunday School association sessions was held at South Congregational Church Worcester on Saturday. Chairman Seba A. Holton reported his nominations committee work and the report was presented to delegates. The election officers and W. N. Hartshorn of Boston, head of the international executive committee, closed the programme.
Chicago report covers the fourth annual Chi allocation of commerce banquet where W J Bryan and W H Taft greeted the crowd after speeches at the Deep Waterways convention. Taft and Bryan exchanged smiles as the two rivals met briefly amid cheers and shiplike procession in the Auditorium hotel.
Washington observers reported the arbitration treaty between China and the United States was signed on October 8, marking a formal agreement to settle disputes through arbitration. The pact formalizes cooperative goals and establishes mechanisms for future arbitration requests and enforceable proceedings.
A jury was secured today in the Watertown murder trial of William McLaughlin charged with first degree murder in the alleged plot against Robert Downs. Testimony began this afternoon as McLaughlin pleaded not guilty, with attorney Thomas F. Ryan of Litchfield defending.
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