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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
8
The Republican National Committee began 229 contests to finalize the temporary roll call. The outcome could set credentials precedent and influence anti Taft nominations. Alabama led, with delegates contested. Fairbank camp hints Taft funds routed to sources. Dolliver opposes the nomination while Guild and Murphy receive backing.
Midnight returns show Joseph M Brown defeating Governor Hoke Smith by about 25000 votes for a second term. Brown had railroad commissioner dismissal on his record. Prohibition and anti corporation policies hurt Smith, despite tours. Watson and Farmers Union opposition also weakened him.
Plain clothes men guard the courthouse after a plot to hurl a bomb at the judge and free Italian prisoners. Italian witnesses are being searched for weapons as authorities tighten security in New York.
Four major liners Mauritania Celtic America and La Provence began the transatlantic quest to Europe at dawn today in a hotly watched race across the ocean from New York.
Father Vaughan, pastor of a fashionable London church and son of the late cardinal, praised Tommy Burns after his two round exhibition with Jack Ckeefe at Whitechapel. Vaughan hailed boxing as a healthful recreation and called Burns a moral example, praising his work for the Catholic Society.
President Roosevelt intends to travel to British East Africa within weeks after March 4, 1909 for a year or more hunting expedition. He will be accompanied only by his son Kermit and will proceed directly to Africa via Bombasa. He plans to study the country and write books from his explorations, a move seen as a response to third term speculation.
Paris June 5 police suppressed a student demonstration on Rue Sevres sparked by the attempted assassination of Dreyfus. Riots were frequent overnight as opponents of the government clashed. troops patrolled the streets and authorities hoped order would return soon.
Ruth Leavett, daughter of Bryan, elected as a Colorado delegate to the state Democratic convention and likely to be named a Denver convention delegate at large. A movement seeks her to nominate her father Bryan for the presidency.
In Detroit on June 5 the International Association of Chiefs of Police adopted a resolution urging the President, Congress, and state legislatures to cooperate in creating a uniform law governing the sale of dangerous weapons.
A railway accident near Lodi results in one death, eight fatally injured, and twenty two others hurt when cars derailed and rolled down a steep embankment. The engineer was crushed beneath wreckage.
After 15 years of chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, B F Aysene of Ingleside NC says Dr King s New Life Pills are the best pill ever sold. Sold with guarantee at all druggists for 25 cents.
The first Episcopal Church prelates depart New York for London to attend the Pan Anglican Congress June 15 to 25. Bishop W D Walker of Western New York Bishop Charles Williams of Michigan and ten clergymen sail on the Celtic with representation from every US and Canadian diocese.
Mr. Daniel Milmo returned from Mount Clemens Michigan where he spent weeks for his health and is reported much improved. Several nuns from Guadalupe Academy plan a two month Ireland visit. Various locals headed to Mexico Brooklyn San Luis Potosi and Galveston for visits or from there return. Names listed include Camp Brewster Gravis Dodd Davis and many others with cities like Indianapolis St Louis Dallas Chicago and Kansas City.
Ripley Ohio June 5 state officials prepare to spring a trap and arrest up to thirty men implicated in night riding tobacco growers included. Clarence Holden arrested charged with destroying tobacco as detective work weeks long yields evidence against prominent tobacco growers.
Moundsville Montana June 4 A preacher named Reverend John H. Graham has been convicted of horse stealing three times and faces the extreme penalty under a life sentence in the penitentiary.
A newborn baby boy of Florentino Mendoza, living at Houston street and San Dario avenue, died after eating poison found in bread tossed to kill dogs. The father investigated and blamed the promiscuous distribution of poison on the streets, warning it cannot be tolerated.
Frank Conlan of 436 Houston St New York lauds Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver issues. He says it aids digestion, purifies blood, and strengthens the weak, with a guarantee at all druggists.
Rev Dr William Thomas Manning was installed today as rector of Trinity Parish the richest church in the world by Bishop Consestor David Greer. Assisted by Bishop Thomas I G Gailor of Tennessee.
A Sprained Ankle states that a sprain typically disables a person for a month or more, but Chamberlain's Liniment, used as directed, can cure in less than a week. The ad claims remarkable relief for sprains bruises chronic rheumatism and muscular pains and notes it is sold by all druggists for 2 cents.
A letter from August C. Richter to Mr McAmis reports onions inspected in St. Louis in deplorable condition. It notes shipments by South Laredo growers rotted en route and weighs options between awaiting field rot or sending more crops and risking freight costs.
The City of Laredo holds a regular meeting. Mayor Pro tem Christen and Aldermen pass four special sanitary inspector appointments and approve Street Commissioner Christen's purchase of four city mules. Warrants to pay for mules approved. Market plaza sales enforcement ordered. All city bills to be paid on finance committee approval.
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cocoran Ga reports a foot sore healed after applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He bought a 25 cent box and saw a perfect cure, with the product sold under guarantee at all druggists.
Notice states the annual meeting of stockholders will be at the company office in Laredo Texas on June 24 1908 at 9 00 a m for electing directors and other business. The board of directors will meet immediately after adjournment. J F Boniarr secretary 525 1m
A wire from Tadlock, the association's New York representative, reports that the worst is evidently past and with proper calling at Galveston shipments will arrive improved. The week’s heavy receipts are being cleaned up and a better feeling in the market is noted. Advise continuing steamer shipments.
About 30 workers are on trench diggings for Houston street conduit tiles after a strike. Earlier, 200 men gathered as the group accepted 10 hours work and 1.50 pay and agreed to return to labor soon. G M Gest expects rapid hiring once tire conduit cars unload, with a 90 day completion goal and possible day and night shifts.
Race tensions rise in West Baden Indiana as about 100 men storm the European Hotel, where 50 negro waiters replace local girls. Dynamite wounds the building and armed negroes prepare to defend themselves amid mass departures.
Berlin June 5 reports editor Harden will likely face no further trial over the round table scandal. Principal prosecutor witness Count Wedel has vanished, prompting belief Harden will not be prosecuted again.
A New York report states three persons were killed and twelve injured when the broker's express on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railway derailed near Millington and narrowly avoided tumbling down a steep embankment.
Rochester June 5 The court refused to admit a placard from a Pennsylvania station in Olean that claimed freight tariffs were on file in the railroad office. The placard was offered by the prosecution in the Standard Oil Company trial.
Paris reports four hundred arrests in connection with yesterday’s attack on Major Alfred Dreyfus. City remains quiet but uneasy as authorities pursue suspects.
Monterey June 4 A Dolores church painter Ruperto Velez fell about 100 feet while working on the church dome on Calle Ruperto Martinez. He died two hours later at Gonzalez hospital from injuries suffered in the fatal fall. He had been gilding the recently completed nave dome when the accident occurred.
Helena report states a landslide at White Fish halted nine trains and stranded several hundred passengers, disrupting travel across the line on June 5.
C. J. L. Meyer once Chicago and Northeastern Railway president and former Fon De Lac mayor, and a former millionaire, applied today for admission into Milwaukee County poor house. His two wealthy daughters refused aid and his son is too poor to support him.
Governor Deneen and the pardon board consider a final decision in the Herman Billek case for the Verzal family murder. No new testimony will be heard after evidence was reviewed. A hanging was set for next Friday unless the pardon is granted, with a decision expected soon.
Taft supporters secured an early victory as a committee refused to oust Hitch cock and other Taft proxies from New Mexico. The decision preserves the Taft managed delegation of Charles Phelps and Arthur Slatter, both Taft allies, who held the proxies.
Thomas Lawson issues a statement urging the Chicago convention to double cross Taft and renominate Roosevelt. He claims Roosevelt supporters have organized for months and delegates pledged to Taft will shift allegiance, triggering a stampede.
The government plans raids on drug stores nationwide to enforce revenue laws. Two establishments in Washington, D.C. were raided with dealers charged with illegal sales. The campaign will be carried out vigorously.
Senator Bailey underwent a second operation for a threat and may leave his family for Washington around June 15 if the outcome is favorable. He still expects to attend the Denver convention.
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