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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
3
Reports from Chicago at the Republican National Convention describe boisterous crowds in the coliseum as Taft and La Follette supporters rally. Senator Burrows opens with a calm address, followed by sharp cheers for Roosevelt and Taft as party policy and rules debates begin.
The Marion Club hosted a pre Chicago gathering with the vice president and Mr. Fairbanks wrapping a friendly reception. He urged Republican unity and fair play while praising stalwart Indiana Republicans and urging a civil campaign.
The Crystal theater offers a superb weekly bill with Sweeney and Rooney sketch artists praised as among the city’s cleverest. Reed and Earl deliver fine dancing with a roaring parody. Van Hooven the magician performs astonishing tricks. Romance After Marriage, a comedy sketch, amuses the audience. The moving pictures are top quality and the entire program is described as Tom Hardy’s best in days.
The credentials committee elected Fulton as permanent secretary and discussed hearings on 216 Taft allocated contests among 219 total. Delegates from Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Mississippi Missouri Ohio Tennessee Texas disputed seats amid varied rulings and extended arguments with counsel for multiple factions. The Ohio, Tennessee and other district cases advanced with seats awarded or split and extra time requested for Tennessee.
London June 16 The house of commons tonight passed the first and second readings of the old age pensions bill without opposition. The measure is expected to undergo substantial modifications in committee.
Samuel Palmer wife and mother left yesterday over the Vandalia for Mc Cook Nebraska for an extended visit Thursday and Friday. Drs. Miller McCully and Gilbert will go to French Lick today to attend the meeting of the Indian Medical Society which will be held today.
Influence from Washington is said to be pressing for adoption of the injunction plank in the presidential platform. Friends of Secretary Taft claim he believes the plank should be agreed to. There are indications that President Roosevelt supports the move and that Senator Hopkins as chair of the resolutions committee is helping push the effort.
The Westminster Gazette recounts remarkable quick composition acts by M Bompard and rival H Trotere. It cites songs written and set in minutes in venues from Blanchard's restaurant to a Rochester public house and a West End shop, plus other swift creations by Sir Arthur Sullivan and colleagues.
A German patent describes a steam consumption meter using a small alternator with a magnet wheel in the steam pipe driven by turbine blades. The generated voltage indicates steam flow rate on a voltmeter or a continuous record on a wheel train, with automatic resistance adjustment from the pressure gauge to compensate for pressure variations.
Business traveler Eddie Attkisson spent yesterday in Mexico on a corporate visit. He met local executives to discuss potential partnerships and trade opportunities.
Senator Burrows of Michigan, temporary Republican convention chair, outlines tariff revision as necessary to fit changing conditions. He cites House and Senate actions, emergency currency legislation, and calls for protection of labor and American industry while praising Republican governance.
A young woman recounts how Judge Kelley repeatedly promised to help her but asked her to call tomorrow each time. After weeks of this refrain he finally apologizes and shifts to a new day, saying to call day after tomorrow. The piece ends with Kelley giving a smoother variant of the old line.
A leech dealer laments his fading craft once vital to medicine. He recalls supplying 50 000 leeches yearly to one hospital and 200 doctors, plans to cash in on old times, noting modern medicine no longer bleeds patients. He references his father’s Hungarian speckled leech farm in Matawan New Jersey with a 25 000 annual crop.
Sir Richard J. Cartwright's plan calls for a government backed old age annuity. It would pay half a day’s wages weekly, yielding about $200 annually from age 65 until death, with strict safety, no forfeiture and no anticipation of benefits.
Dialogue reveals a sharp jibe about Archie’s demeanor with Fan-Well retorting that Archie is more ladylike than him. The exchange highlights tensions in gendered expectations and personal taunts between the speakers.
Royal Center reports Logansport visitors Mattie Terrell and Mrs. R. E. Wise. Irma Hilbert rushed home from Valparaiso for her brother-in-law S. T. Sowers funeral in Logansport. Hilbert returns to Valparaiso today. Esther Frye and others attended the Star City Christian Endeavor convention. Eva Anderson and Walter Mott visit Marion. J. E. Holmes ill at home. Dr. G Kistler and C O Brown visit Chicago. Fourth of July committee plans bills and a fine program.
Mrs Riter wakes her furious husband who swears and thumps the coal is out and must be replaced today. He is busy writing a series of cheerful housekeeping articles for a popular magazine to keep sunshine in the home.
A writer asks why households neglect writing materials as they do pantry staples. The piece argues that pen stamps and envelopes are not costly but are left unused due to lack of thought, not expense.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Universalist church will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Sales at Nineteenth and George streets for the usual social session. The money barrels will be opened and other business transacted. All members are requested to be present.
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