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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
1
Committeemen urge Mack McGill to accept the post and he says he will act if the party desires him. Bryan signals support and the committee leans toward Mack as campaign chief for the Chicago effort.
Des Moines July 25 Attorney General Byers rules that the vacancy will be filled at the November general election. State central committee to call state conventions with delegates chosen by county conventions from June primaries. State nominations to be made at state conventions. Hull leads in Dallas county. Prouty faces defeat as precincts report. final count expected today barring discrepancies.
Chicago report notes the main obstacle to Mack's selection is Charles Murphy of Tamany Hall and William J. Conners state chairman of New York. Mack sought to arrange a long distance telephone consultation with Conners at 2:30 PM.
Chicago July 25. Bryan and Kern met a sub committee to pick a successor to Taggart. Indications favored Norman E. Mack as chairman with Bryan backing him as campaign manager. Mack denied being a candidate but signals suggested he would accept. Other names discussed included Campbell and Ollie James. Bryan was cheered during his journey from Lincoln to Chicago with large crowds along the route.
Carl Mattison aged eighteen of Oskaloosa Iowa drowned in the Skunk river last night while fishing He had just graduated from the high school in June and was a star player on the football team.
The Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York Henry Potter was buried in Cooperstown with an services attended by clergy and family. A special train then conveyed the casket and funeral party to New York, where the body was moved to New Trinity cemetery until the public funeral with Bishop Greer arrives from London.
Chicago hosts the second Hitchcock conference with state Republican leaders from Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri and Wisconsin. Attendees include national committeemen and state chairmen with plans to prepare detailed voter profiles covering nativity religion politics and other data.
William Randolph Hearst arrived in New York from Europe and said he would not be a candidate. He stated he had given his word not to run and would abide by it even if the Independent League showed unanimous support.
English crowd watched the Olympic concluding events in London. The American relay team won the final 1,600 metre relay easily. Smithson of Multnomah A C won the 110 metre hurdles in 15 seconds, a world record, Garrels of Chicago A A was second, Shaw of Dartmouth third.
Edward S. Bartlett president of Torbert Gas Engine company and Miss Geraldine Tumilty died when Bartlett’s new car mistook an alley for the main thoroughfare and plunged into the Erie canal in Rochester New York. Bodies recovered hours later.
The AFT 13 tour stops in Ohio City this afternoon drawing large crowds. Supporters cheer as the figure speaks on the truth during a daytime journey, with numerous speeches and lively reaction from attendees.
Judge William H. Taft completed a cross state journey from Cleveland to Cincinnati with a large Springfield crowd greeting him at the depot. He will be formally notified next Tuesday as the Republican presidential nominee by party officials. In New York Taft departed Grand Central for Cincinnati to receive formal nomination papers. He faced many political calls and rushed editing proofs for his Cincinnati speech.
Lapaz July 25 Ferando Guadalla president-elect and former Bolivian minister to the United States died suddenly last night. The death leaves Bolivia without its incoming leader as details emerge from the capital.
The prince of Wales reviewed a large fleet at King's Wharf amid a display of white smoke. About 23,000 military forces gathered with over 50,000 spectators. Vice President Fairbanks and his staff observed as 500 American sailors and marines impressed the crowd with their march.
Teheran reports a heavy cannonade at Tavriz with 200 casualties according to received advices. Disorders are said to be spreading to Ispahan and other places.
In Georgetown Kentucky the wets secured a one vote majority in the local option election held yesterday in the central distilling area. Women and children participated in the canvass of voters.
A large crowd of excursionists is expected in Muscatine tomorrow afternoon on the steamer J S. The trip has been advertised in the tri cities. The boat will leave Rock Island at 2 o'clock and remain there until evening before returning.
Julia Fleming in custody for perjury in the Frank J Gould divorce affair confirms the young milliner apprentice Mabel MacCauslan’s claim she was offered money to testify falsely. Fleming says she coached MacCauslan and helped identify Gould at the witness stand.
St Paul Minn July 25 Governor Johnson today received a letter from Bryan requesting a meeting at Lincoln at the earliest date to discuss the presidential campaign.
W F Walker pleads guilty to four counts for looting over a million dollars in securities from the New Britain Savings Bank. Indeterminate sentence law sets a minimum one year and maximum twenty years across consecutive terms. In a separate item a Cleveland official faces embezzlement charges totaling 32325.
Madison July 25 Col. William F Vilas shows further improvement in health as attending physicians report continued progress and hope for ongoing recovery from illness or injury.
Bill Hazard who had escaped from Gregory South Carolina prison was recaptured in Newport. He was held in Bassett Nebraska awaiting requisition to return to Gregory County South Dakota. Two armed men forced the guard to release the prisoner and locked the guard in a cell until the sheriff found him hours later.
A company of state troops arrived in Natalbany Louisiana to prevent outbreaks between Italians and Americans after the murder of Walter Simmons. Suspects George and Tony Lamblasi remain at large, fueling threats that Italians will not be allowed to return until captured.
Iowa shows possible local showers tonight and Sunday. Illinois expected fair tonight and Sunday with partly cloudy skies and probable showers in the north. Sunrise at 4 35, sunset and moonrise times noted.
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