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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1908
Page
12
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New York October 31 Lord Roy ston refused to provide an affidavit in the Mrs Howard Gould divorce suit. Miss Marjorie Selle denied seeing Mrs Gould intoxicated. Mrs Gould claimed fear of a man named Trotter who was employed at Castle Gould and linked to a possible poisoning attempt during a Lynchburg visit.
Governor Patterson claimed to know who fired the shot and who tied Rankin with a rope near Camp Nemo at Reelfoot Lake Tennessee. He said proof implicates several arrested men and points to others, with about ten at the killing and up to thirty five involved in the plan. Bloodhounds tracked Night Riders to a burned merchandise store in Sherburne Kentucky.
Philadelphia, Oct 31. Four year old Ethel Selp died from burns after a fire at the Selp family home. Her mother Mary Selp was mortally burned while watching a parade as the blaze started in the mane and te ther. A father burned the fire engines and found his home on fire.
New York, Oct 31 Mrs William Astor social leader of New York for thirty years died of heart disease at her Fifth Avenue home aged about eighty two after a long illness. Her son John Jacob Astor announced she would not reopen Beechwood Newport season. Ward McAllister helped craft the famed Four Hundred list.
Naval court martial session in Philadelphia will hear the case of Charles J Magness and Allan Hartlove the naval musician who deserted and married the daughter of the late Senator Gorman. Navy department says two steps will be taken against Mrs Magness for harboring a deserter.
Dr. Herbert L. Northrop at Hahnemann College performed a skull operation to relieve brain pressure from an injury. The patient, once a drunkard and a thief, has lived upright for twenty-two months and been promoted twice, reporting no urge to drink or steal.
Oct 31 Cananea Mexico reports the Gold-Silver Mining Co led by Colonel W C Greene collapsed due to over 1 million dollars in personal losses. The project included West Chihuahua and southern Sonora mines, a planned 200 mile railroad, heavy taxes, and defaulted payments risking mine reversion to the government. Notable board members included George J Kobusch Orrin D Breatley R W Pillsbury and others.
Taft condemns Gompers and the labor federation in his Utica appearance with Sherman and Judge Taft noting the federation’s political influence. The day also highlighted a Taft reception in Utica and a rapport with Sherman. Hitchcock predicts 325 Republicans in the electoral college, three more than needed. A large crowd gathered at West Point for the Princeton Army football game.
In Cleveland on October 31 William J. Bryan attacked his Republican rival John D. Rockefeller Root and allies linked to trusts. He stressed labor planks from the Denver platform and urged workers to back the Democratic ticket for reforms. He criticized Root's stance on electing senators by the people and suggested Root fears voters.
New York October 31 The resignation of Hamilton Pish as assistant treasurer of the United States leaves the New York city sub treasury in charge of Charles H Treat until a successor is appointed. Counting the bonds will occupy about sixty men for five to six weeks before the money can be released.
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