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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
11
Colonel William L. DeLacey a prominent local lawyer and Civil War veteran died by inhaling illuminating gas at his boarding house in Poughkeepsie New York. He left a note describing a planned peaceful end and expressing homicidal impulses. He asked for charity over his remains and took sole responsibility for his act.
Taft supporters push hard against Crane and Lodge in a Boston convention marked by clashes over delegates at large. Sidney Bigney dominates crowd support while Senator Crane and Lodge backers fight to keep their slate, as Taft resolutions shape the stormy session.
Delegates at the American House rallied behind Taft resolutions with Senator Winfield S. Schuster on the slate and Edgar R. Champlin's anti instruction group mounting opposition. Key figures included Senator Lodge and Taft loyalists as Sidney O. Bigney promoted Taft delegates and wore his blue enamel badge.
Republican leaders wrap peace talks and set convention machinery in motion. Acting Governor Draper Powers and Murchie meet Gardner at Taft headquarters. George Doty to chair the convention with Meyer as presiding officer and a long roll of vice presidents led by Gideon B. Abbott.
The committee on resolutions wrestled through the day at Republican headquarters seeking accord among Senators Lodge Crane and Congressman Gardner. Gardner would not back down, signaling that a preferential resolution might be needed to keep his supporters from sweeping the convention and defeating the ticket. Chairman George E. Smith said the talks lasted all day.
Mrs. Caroline S. Atherton of Roxbury Massachusetts presided as women from Unitarian churches across New England gathered in Hartford Connecticut for a conference under the New England Associate Alliance. The meeting aims at closer acquaintance and cooperation among delegates. Rev J T Sunderland welcomed participants noting a shift toward a whiter Connecticut theology.
In the 19th game of the handicap three cushion tournament at Hub billiard parlors last night Dr. King defeated H Parker 35 to 27. Tonight M Parker faces McMullen.
In Friedrichshafen on April 8 reports describe an annual child labor market where 8 to 40 children aged 11 to 14 from Tyrol and Vorarlberg are contracted for seven months to farmers in Bavaria Wuerttemberg and Baden. The practice, viewed by many journals as disguised slavery, renews outrage across frontier regions of Austria Switzerland and Germany.
Children are paraded in the market square to be inspected by farmers who touch and judge their limbs. The crowd loudly discusses physical merits and demerits while elders signal to younger peers about avoiding rough farmers. The day centers on a harsh selection process with repeated bondage for some youths.
Springfield April 9 Thomas L Hisgen of Springfield is to be the Independence League Presidential nominee with Hearst backing. He would run on an anti trust tariff revision platform and tonight acknowledged Hearst’s choice and his readiness to accept if offered.
Mr Hisgen states he may accept Independence League support for president, credits Theodore Roosevelt for trust busting but questions his failure to push petroleum duty repeal, and urges a Gulf to Great Lakes canal as a campaign priority.
Miss Annette Toeb daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Loeb of New York wed Signor Arturo Luzzato a member of the Italian Parliament in Rome The ceremony was followed by a brilliant reception Luzzato is wealthy with iron interests in Tuscany.
In Wesleyan Hall last night the 11th district Republican delegates to Chicago were chosen with little trouble after prearranged selections of Charles Innes and I R Clark. A heated moment arose over a resolution refusing pledges and backing Taft and Guild for president and vice president.
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