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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
1
Chicago June 17 The Roosevelt Taft convention opened with dull enthusiasm and disciplined routine. Spectators hoped for a showy clash, yet delegates remained unmoved as bands played and leaders spoke. Longworth and Mrs Longworth attended, while Taft and Roosevelt cheers barely rose offf the floor.
Worstell reports from William Worstell aboard the battleship fleet circling South America. He notes ports welcoming the American sailors, a Christmas visit to Trinidad, a bull fight in Callao where three men were killed, and rough seas near the Straits of Magellan. The voyage continues toward the Orient with more adventures ahead.
Washington reports raise affects clerks and eleven carriers at the local postoffice boosting salaries from 900 to 1000 dollars annually. Recipients include A F Grove J B Mader J W Razzard Alfred Campbell J D Turiey Alvin Denbo C A Enyart W H Hedrick J W Parker H C Hurst and M W Fuller. George Parker and O R McMillen defer until their year ends. The Indiana towns largely share the change.
Captain Stoltz of the Panhandle police reports that Will Banks, a black man captured in the south yards and wanted at Jefferson North Carolina, has received a life sentence for murder after initially facing a death sentence and a protracted legal fight.
Report from Chicago dated June 17 describes the credential committee action seating contested delegates and sealing Taft's path to nomination. Roosevelt’s supporters attempt a stampede but are blocked. Taft allies dominate the convention, with balloting expected to begin tomorrow and Senator Longs(e) named chairman as the resolution committee continues work.
W A Sharts secretary of the civil service board will go to Rochester Indiana on June 20 to hold the examination for mail carriers to be installed there. Free delivery starts July 1 with three carriers. Sixty men will take the exam. the top three earn positions while the rest join the eligible list.
Miss Ida Carhart daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Carhart two miles south of the city fell from a cherry tree yesterday while picking fruit and sustained a fractured left wrist. Dr N W Cady of the city attended her injuries.
Sylvanus Smith, rural carrier No. 2, completed his route yesterday in his new car. The trip took three and a half hours with no mishaps. He expects faster times once he gains experience with the machine.
Logansport residents receive monthly wages as city workers and three railroads, including Panhandle and Vandalia, collect pay. Pay cars arrived a day early, adding to the bustling payday atmosphere in the town.
Frank Murphy leads a push to form a Loganport Gas Balloon Club with Articles of Incorporation to be filed soon. The group seeks pleasure and flight in gas balloons carrying several people for extended periods, with plans tied to Ellis Hanes and a July 4 ascension at Spencer Park. A gas balloon could cost several hundred dollars.
Local grocer Lancing Edgerly filed for divorce from Frances B. Edgerly alleging marriage on December 29, 1903 and separation on October 2, 1905 after she left without cause. He states they have not lived together since.
The Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas plant and four others were bought by A H Van Brunt for the Deitrich syndicate after receiverships. Prices for Lafayette Greenfield Fort Wayne and Frankfort plants were not all disclosed. The five plants will be reorganized under one management to improve operations in the Midwest.
A special Milwaukee Maennerchor train passed through the city this afternoon en route to Indianapolis for the National Saengerfest of the North American Saengerbund.
The Air Dome summer vaudeville venue will debut in Mari on June 29 with Jack Ammons, owner of the Crystal theatre in the city, presenting the same attractions as the local house.
North Vernon glassblowers plan their yearly river camp along the Wabash at the August Gleitz farm west of town starting June 29. Twenty glassblowers, all single, will stay until September first, spending locally as they entertain visitors and work in North Vernon factories during winter.
W. H. Tucker, the state pure food inspector, is back in the city examining dairies and has not found any violations to date.
Lincoln Steffens reports the opening convention session reveals a divided body bent on platform reform. Wisconsin's delegation reforms the plank list, seeking stronger positions than the president, Cooper chosen for resolutions committee.
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