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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
1
Chicago on June 15 sees flags, bands, and crowds as state delegations flood the city for the national convention. Hotels report room cancellations amid businesslike arrivals. California seats are quiet, while Taft, Fairbanks, and Knox camps bustle with visitors and private talks shape platform and tariff notes.
A small Chicago meeting aimed at routing a Roosevelt presidential bid is described as a prelude to a larger rally. Attendees include ex-Rep. Thomas W. Philips and delegates C. T. Teter and George W. Curtain, with Georgia delegates pushing a 60 000 to 70 000 signature petition for a second term. Delegates Teter and Curtain are instructed for Taft but may bolt. Roosevelt supporters name Senator Lodge as a potential intermediary, citing a letter from Roosevelt to influence the process.
Munising Mich June 15 George Genery keeper of the light on Grand Island is missing his assistant is dead body of the dead man found in a lighthouse boat adrift between this point and Grand Marais. The keeper had left to buy provisions on June 6 and did not return both boats are missing investigators fear murder and robbery as the cause.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is ill at the Kaiserhoff hotel Chicago with a slight leg infection from an earlier injury. Physicians report the ailment is not serious.
Chicago predictions center on Taft of Ohio and Dolliver of Iowa as likely ticket leads with Fairbanks gaining momentum for second spot. Cortelyou fading, Kellogg of Minnesota emerges as strong vice presidential possibility, while Indiana leans to Fairbanks to preserve state balance. Also notes Dolliver and Kellogg as Iowa and Minnesota contenders amid Taft movement. In Hoboken, the Negro pianist Blind Tom Wiggin died after a life of notoriety and charity.
The text notes an unavoidable conflict at the convention, stating that no one will be allowed to claim the prize without winning it openly, even if Senator Dolliver is eliminated, underscoring the mandatory public competition.
Four thousand troops loyal to Abdul El Aziz in Tangier rebelled on June 15, capturing a French commander and three other officers. The incident signals a major royal force upheaval as authorities confirm the mutiny and detentions in the North African city.
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