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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
1
LM Shaw declares Senator Dolliver would not run for the Senate and predicts Cummins could rise if the convention opens. Shaw emphasizes readiness for the convention after confirming Dolliver’s stance.
A Washington note signals the president favors either Senator Dolliver or Gov. Cummins for vice president. Iowa factions oppose Dolliver, while some fear Cummins would split ticket support. Long weakens his Dolliver push as July convention nears and talks of a Decline emerge. Everything points to Fairbanks or Sherman as the likely second choice with the convention set to open tomorrow.
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness with possible showers late tonight or Tuesday and a rising temperature. In Illinois the outlook is generally fair with a chance of showers in the south tonight or Tuesday and a slowly rising temperature. Sunrise is 4 13, sunset 7 38, moonrise 8 56.
Darius Hicks a 50 year old wealthy farmer and stock raiser near Macomb Illinois shot himself in the temple with a rifle. He left a letter claiming an illegal operation performed weeks earlier on a married woman who had been his housekeeper for two years. The woman remains in critical condition in a Keokuk Iowa hotel. Hicks says he is not responsible.
Prominent politicians from many parts of the country honor Iowa's brilliant representative Dawsoningh. Party leaders recognize his active service and praise his work as he continues to influence national politics.
Chicago reporting on Albert F. Dawson of Iowa’s second district drawing praise from party leaders and peers. Attending the national Republican convention with Ray Nyemaster, Dawson is described as active and influential, potentially the House whip, with strong backing from Iowa delegates and supporters.
New York June 15 Evelyn Thaw and her husband have reconciled and will not separate, announced by her counsel Daniel O'Reilly. She visited him in the jail at Poughkeepsie today.
One thousand members of the Local Camps association of the Modern Woodmen of America met in Peoria Illinois for their annual session. The old officers were re elected. This convention is the forerunner of the national convention to meet in Peoria beginning Tuesday.
Byron Pfautz a 23 year old engineering student at the University of Iowa drowned when his canoe struck a submerged tree on the Iowa River in Iowa City. His companion Miss Elvin Lewis clung to the boat and was saved by football star Mark Hyland and athlete Sumner Chase who rescued her.
Secretary Metcalf met with the President in Washington and will depart this afternoon for California. He will skip Chicago and will not seek the senatorship or any other office.
Attorney General Bonaparte traveled to Philadelphia on June 15 to oversee prosecutions addressing alleged violations of the commodity clause in the railway rate law. He will personally handle the cases and oversee their progression.
Washington on June 15 reports from the American minister at Tangier state that the garrison at Alcasar, fifty miles from Tangier, after killing its commander, have declared for the pretender.
The OWA delegation wraps its caucus with the sole outcome being the selection of a credential member. David Brant is reported as the final winner after the voting.
In Des Moines on June 15 the A U W supreme lodge and the superior lodge extended policy to issuing ten thousand dollar certificates with cash loan in paid up values. The women closed their sessions and the board begins extension planning. Territory west of Virginia gains new counties as the convention nears Wednesday.
Petitions for operating saloons in Muscatine are circulated with twenty men, five per ward, aiming to secure signatures from at least fifty one percent of city voters. Earlier efforts failed to gather sufficient backing.
Clement Knoll a deaf mute and young farmer living near Haverhill was killed last night when struck by a Milwaukee passenger train near his home in Marshalltown Iowa on June 15.
Bloomington Indiana June 15 Developments today indicate that City Treasurer Harry A Axtell is short in his accounts about sixty thousand dollars.
Attendance at the Muscatine County Teachers Institute in session at the local high school is already over 160, higher than last year’s 184 total. Fifteen teachers from across the county arrived this morning, including Genevieve Chamberlain, Margaret Baiser, Grace Chapman, Anna Selman, Kathryn McGrew, Myrtle Weaver, Margaret Hoskins, May E. Longstreth, Frances Bielefeld, Cora Fryberger, Winn McSwiggen, Ethyl Bohnsack, Mabel Ayres and Anna Christiansen.
Albert H. Patrick, serving life for the William Marsh Rice murder, had his habeas corpus writ denied today by Judge Lacombe in New York. The ruling comes despite ongoing appeals from Patrick challenging his confinement.
Senator Dulliver writes that ten Perkins supporters want him for the nomination but he can serve the party on the stump and appreciates the honor yet does not care to run this time.
In Chicago on June 15 the Dolliver boom faced a setback as a letter from Senator Dolliver to George D. Perkins was read at the Republican caucus. Perkins states he does not desire the vice presidency and urges Iowa delegates to withdraw his name if considered, citing duties in the Senate and loyalty to Taft.
The piece details competing factions over Dolliver as a vice president pick amid Iowa Republican tensions. Iowa leaders deny administration pressure while acknowledging Dolliver’s broad popularity among delegates. Key figures including Perkins Lacey Hepburn visit rival camps and weigh public sentiment against a formal endorsement.
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