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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
1
At a Chicago conference allies plot to unite against Taft and push Roosevelt for renomination with a stampede of delegates. Some see Taft ready to accept a Roosevelt run with Fairbanks, while others predict a tight race as platform talks and credentials battles unfold before Friday’s anticipated nominations.
Fort Wayne report says Manual Mandida, a Spaniard, killed Micheletti Stephano and injured two other immigrants on No. 3 bound for the West. Stephano died. Louis Antonio and a third man were wounded, both rushed to St Joseph hospital. Mandida fled, was captured five hours later in Pennsylvania yards. Stephano, a Cripple Creek saloon keeper, had been visiting home.
Isaac Binzer, who gave the name Isaac Smith, was convicted in criminal court Monday on a charge of visiting an illegal house. He was fined $10 and sentenced to ten days in jail, with the sentence suspended for a day and costs of $46 stayed. He alleged police singled him out, but the court found no basis for the claim, noting his presence at the resort the night before.
A Brazilian Ind woman refused to give her name to authorities and tried to place an infant in Marion county orphan's home. Juvenile court agents forced her to admit she came from Brazil and she returned home without disclosing her identity.
ARIB June 15. There was excitement at the War Ministry today when a man named Belanger suddenly pulled a revolver believed to be loaded with bullets. The incident caused a stir among officials and onlookers before police restrained him.
John Baker, a 9 year old from Chicago, wandered away from Garfield Park area and cried as officers and his mother searched. Patrolman Naughton found him at Virginia Avenue and South Street after he took a wrong turn two weeks after moving to Indianapolis with his mother. Authorities sought his Aunt Ethel to reunite him with family.
National labor leaders meeting in Chicago under the American Federation of Labor declare a policy of no compromise on key planks. They demand an anti-injunction clause, a shield for labor under Sherman Act, and an elective federal judiciary, with Gompers and Mitchell among attendees.
Crowds begin to reach the city for Daengerfest as visitors arrive for the North American Saengerbund. Trains bring small parties, with Indianapolis residents purchasing tickets to be among the first in attendance. The fair grounds coliseum will offer reserved grounds for horses carriages and automobiles. Restrooms and lunches will be served between matinee and night performances. An avenue of trees along Meridian Street provides a scenic entrance to the grounds with no extra admission for vehicles.
Letha Highley, mother of a 13 month old, asks the Superior Court for custody of her child and to restore her maiden name Letha Nelson in a Malden, Massachusetts proceeding.
Mariin county commissioners received a flood of bids for annual supplies for the workhouse Julietta hospital for the insane county infirmary jail and detention home. Competition reportedly produced a half bushel of proposals and the contract letting will be delayed several days to allow entry and comparison.
Chicago June 13 Erere are the names of a few distinguished men who have arrived in Chicago the past few days for the Republican national convention Chauncey M Depew Henry Taft Melville W Fuller Senator Julius Burrows Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Senator Chester Long Senator Borah Timothy M Woodruff John Rayner Congressman S E Hann Harry S New George Ade Gov J Frank Hanly ex Gov Franklin Murphy Gov Curtis Guild James S Sherman Nicholas Longworth Sherbie Becker and Seth Low
Charles Flack faced crimin al court after appealing a justice court ruling. The dispute began between the Flack and Whittington families over a line fence and garden seeds. James Whittington testified that Flack struck him with a poulder. Wayne township is mentioned as involved in the case.
Herman Massing files for divorce in superior court charging his wife with conspiring with Henry Bannett to have him placed in the Central Hospital for the Insane. He says the confinement followed alleged misconduct and that she cursed him threatened him and refused to cook.
A Chicago dispatch describes the 1908 Republican convention lobby scene. Delegates and organizers fill the Auditorium Annex lobby as speakers like Bill Jones push tariff talk. The piece notes crowd dynamics, politicking, and theater around Taft allies' circles with colorful portraits of delegates and leaders.
Cleveland Brown tried to return a phonograph to a pawnshop on E Washington Street when Detective Otto Simon approached. The detective seized the item and took Brown and a nearby man into custody, with Victor Oppenheim of Chicago also arrested. Brown worked at the Indiana Phonograph Co on Virginia Avenue and is accused of taking the machine after hours.
Benjamin Cooper sues Polar Ice for 2000 damages in superior court alleging fellow workers shot ice through a chute, causing cakes to fall and pin him, resulting in severe injuries while loading cars.
Frank Mitchell files for divorce from Jennie Mitchell in Superior Court alleging abandonment. He states Jennie Mitchell is living in Noblesville Indiana and the suit was filed Monday.
Bloomington June 15 declared the shortage of City Treasurer Harry A. Axtell would reach 960,000. Clarification noted that not all of this sum belongs to him as the investigation continues.
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