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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
1
A crowded fair grounds hosts notification ceremonies as party members gather to announce upcoming political events and weekend schedules. Local officials oversee the proceedings with attendees noting ceremonial details and turnout.
John Worth Kern accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president in a Denver informed ceremony at the Indiana state fairgrounds coliseum. The event featured William Jennings Bryan and national leaders, with Kern replying to Sherman on whether the people rule and asserting limits on unchecked party power.
At the 37th annual American Bar Association convention in Seattle on August 25 Jacob M. Dickinson convened delegates, with President Dickinson addressing the legislative climate. The first order of business was electing a new general council member, including R. S. Taylor of Fort Wayne.
Washington orders Col. William F. Stewart coast artillery to Fort Grant Arizona after refusal to retire. He must undergo a riding or marching test at Fort Huachuca or be ordered before a medical board if incapacitated. The case sparked Senate controversy last winter.
Missouri Governor Folk escaped injury when his car swerved to avoid a heavy farm wagon and plunged down a steep embankment. He was frightened and canceled a planned speech at the Sullivan courthouse, choosing to continue his tour via interurban rail.
Miss Helen May of Danville Illinois is the guest of Miss Lucretia Crumat her home in town during a social visit.
Middletown N Y August 25 Ferdinand P Earle known for affinity art was arrested at his home near Monroe charged with second degree assault on his wife after a conflict around August 16 following their newborn. He pleaded guilty and was jailed awaiting grand jury action preferring confinement to bail while tears marked the courtroom scene.
The Chicago and Alton Railroad reports a 12 percent increase in passengers carried and a 6 percent drop in earnings for the first full year under the 2 cent fare law. Walter Ross, traffic manager, released the figures.
President Theodore Roosevelt with Mrs Roosevelt and her children depart Hoboken at 9 10 p m on a special Delaware Lackawanna and Western train for Jordanville Kentucky to attend the opening of a public library built in memory of a Roosevelt cousin.
Daughters of Liberty opened their National Convention in Saginaw Michigan with 200 delegates from across the country. National Councillor J P Potter of Clayton New Jersey presided and Jonathan M Maxwell of North Carolina was nominated to be elected tomorrow as National Councillor. The new associated councillor will be Mrs Jenny Knapp of Indiana.
Indianapolis dispatch reports Jesse Coe, sought for the killing of Patrolman C. J. Russell in Indianapolis two years ago, was shot dead by a Monroe county Kentucky posse twenty miles from Thompkinsville. Sheriff Bryant says Coe died instantly when he raised a Winchester during a woodland encounter after a two day manhunt.
A forty five foot brick wall in Chelsea Square toppled burying about thirty people. Seven died at the scene or en route to hospitals with twenty injured. Contractor M. Seegel and partner Gordon were arrested on manslaughter charges after the collapse, which followed a stop-work order from Building Inspector Frank Welymouth.
A young man believed to be Ethel Hyne Morse of New York is jailed in Pittsburg at Cleveland authorities request. He is accused of stealing gold medals and valuables from roommate Brewster B. Kinney. Police say he confessed and produced pawn tickets.
Illinoisleaning voters show willingness to back tariffs as the central issue against William Jennings Bryan in the campaign. The piece notes shifting political alignments and calls for tariff support as pivotal.
Al Kaufman defeated Jim Flynn by knockout in the ninth round in Los Angeles. He floored Flynn twice in the eighth round and again in the ninth, Flynn unable to rise before the count as the bell had saved him just before.
Taft believes Wade H. Ellis Ohio attorney general will accept the assistant attorney general role to replace Milton D. Purdy, who becomes a federal judge in Minnesota. Ellis recovered health after a Lenox conference and prefers not to speak.
Nearly a thousand Republicans gathered in Des Moines to end factional rifts as Governor Cummings proposed a special session to amend the state primary law. The plan would let voters choose the Senate successor at the November election rather than a legislative caucus. Senator Dolliver supported the governor, calling for a harmonious program.
Petersburg Indiana Hoosier Bottle Company announces the plant will reopen September 15 after months of shutdown affecting nearly 300 workers.
The Seventh Regiment LN. G. has been ordered to withdraw from Springfield and by 10 o clock tomorrow morning there will be no soldiers remaining in the city.
Allen Winter driven by Lon McDonald wins the Readville handicap race to take a share of the $50,000 purse. Sweet Marie finishes among the fast pack as Prince captures second and San Francisco third in a 32-horse field.
An aging, near blind former pastor Rev Albert H Trick shot himself in a Mills Hotel room after leaving a letter to Charles N Dowd. He criticized the church for insincerity and denounced America’s Trinity of Success Pleasure and Gold. He earlier served in Chicago and Saratoga.
Members of the Country Club plan a corn bake for Friday night. The event will be held at the island’s upper grove decorated with Japanese lanterns.
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