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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
13
Secretary Taft will stay at Hot Springs through early September to play golf and ride horses. He notes Murray Bay summers and prefers to stay in touch with politics, while awaiting July notification for the presidency and guiding the search for a national chairman.
In Tennessee an intense Democratic primary ends with Governor M. R. Patterson winning the governorship nomination by about nine thousand votes over E. W. Carmack. Carmack ran on Prohibition while Patterson backed the administration’s local option. In the 1 3rd District race Joseph W. Byrnes defeats incumbent John Wesley Gaines for the Democratic nomination. Louisville delegates chosen show R. V. Thomas Jr. winning the 34th District nomination.
A young man in the Belmont Mansion crowd drank carbolic acid amid waltz strains and died within an hour. The victim, S Weintraut of Jersey City, had come to Philadelphia seeking work and left a brother to claim the body.
June 28 Denver scene shifts to party politics as Bryan supporters toast Bell's temporary chairmanship while Clayton emerges as favored for permanent chair. Reports outline vice presidential jockeying, New York and Indiana names, and preconvention logistics for the Democratic National Convention in a city set for festive decor and large crowds.
Democratic leaders in New York State weigh possible running mates for the national ticket. Chanler, Bird Coler, Metz, Murphey, Harrison and McClellan are among the names touted as factions position for influence with Bryan and the Nebraska camp.
When illuminated the grand dome becomes a spectacle of beauty. A giant central light atop the dome is visible forty miles away. Thousands of smaller lights line the dome slopes cornices projections and the four granite columns at the corners enhance the night scene.
Lincoln June 28 Willis J Abbott Democratic National Committee rep says Governor Johnson has no chance for the vice presidency. Bryan ally Abbott adds weight to a Johnson skepticism. Theodore Bell named temporary Democratic convention chairman pleases Bryan. Illinois delegation hits mud and storms en route to Denver. Bryan’s friends dislike carmakers’ ads as Manul delegation ships out. Roger Sullivan not with party but operates in his name.
Judge George Gray refused to authorize use of his name for either position on the ticket to be named at the Denver convention. He said he does not want to be interviewed on the subject and that he has not authorized any nomination.
In Clearfield Pennsylvania a Democratic primary pitted William J Bryan against Col J M Guffey national committeeman from the state. Kerr a Bryan choice for Guffey replacement was defeated by George M Dimeling easing Guffey’s hold. Kerr retires from state politics with word he will not stand for national committeeman against Guffey.
The Tammany Society will hold its Fourth of July celebration at Tammany Hall with a merit-filled programme. Governor N C Blanchard of Louisiana and Congressman Morris Sheppard of Texas headline long talks, while short speakers include Charles G Edwards and Timothy TL Ansbury. George F Scannell presides, Justice Michael F Blake is secretary, and the event runs from noon with the Tammany Glee Club and 69th Regiment Band performing.
The Central Federated Union urged Secretary Taft to raise mechanics wages at forts and arsenals near New York to the prevailing rate and to halt the displacement of workers by enlisted men from a soldiers technical school at Fort Wood.
Miss Carrie Partson, 21, of 67 Weet 18th street, is in Hudson Street Hospital in critical condition from suspected shellfish poisoning after eating a crab at Brighton Beach. Her mother accompanied her and a rapid ambulance response took her to the Astor House before hospital admission.
Mrs Dorothy Mack a nineteen year old aeronaut made her first solo ascent at Hillside Park Belleville N J after bowing to spectators and instructing her husband John Mack to cut the balloon loose. The parachute drifted toward the Passaic River and she fell ten feet from the water but was saved by a life preserver and Jesse Sherman who leaped in to rescue her.
Lake Placid June 28. Doctors Wright and Ward issued the first official statement on George S Daniels at Signal Hill diagnosing arterial sclerosis and declaring recovery unlikely. They note his digestion fails, nourishment is minimal, and brain blood flow is reduced. Ward warned the daughter he may never leave his bed and could die at any moment, with Albany to be contacted for further steps.
Pittsburg news confirms Robert Teebles Nevin died at his home on June 25 at age 110. Born July 31, 1820 in Shippensburg Pennsylvania, he wrote poetry and prose early, authored the campaign song Our Nominee praised by The London Times, led newspapers including The Pittsburg Sunday Leader and The Evening Leader, founded The Pittsburg Times later merged with The Pittsburg Gazette, and founded Cornplanters Oil Company as a pioneer in the field. He was father of composer Ethelbert Nevin.
John Haven son of John Appleton Haven a New York and Boston commission merchant died at his Rye New York home age eighty seven he leaves two sisters Miss F A L Haven of Fifth Avenue New York. Alexander M Westervelt of the A Courier Company Newark died at his Newark home yesterday a past chancellor of Washington Lodge 31 K P his wife survives him.
Pennsylvania Railroad shop workers will move to full time on July 1 with a 55 hour minimum workweek, mainly at Altoona loco repair shops. The scheme aims to staff several thousand men for weeks as locomotive repairs and rebuilds begin in earnest.
Martin Loeb of 220 Eighth Avenue was charged by employer Abraham Linefeld with walking out of a shop at 331 Eighth Avenue wearing eight hundred suits valued at 10000. Loeb and his wife appeared before Magistrate Walsh in Jefferson Market Court and were held in large bonds for Tuesday's examination. Detectives say actor Harry Grant, Loeb's stepson, tried to pawn a new suit in Brooklyn. A large quantity of suits was found at Loeb's flat and identified by Linefeld.
Madison Grant of the Bronx River Parkway Commission tells The Tribune the city should pay only actual private sale value for lands along the Bronx River parkway. He cites city finances, vows against graft, urges gifts or options to avoid condemnation and stresses fair compensation and minimal public cost.
Mrs. Mamie Legate wife of Robert Legate a hotel chef choked while lunching on clam chowder in a Sixth avenue restaurant. She claimed an oxtail bone was the obstruction though doctors suspected otherwise after X rays and found a small gastric ulcer.
Patrolman John Dugan of the traffic squad was held in 2500 bail by Magistrate House after firing his revolver in the Hudson Terminal Building. An Italian laborer was said to be wounded, though superiors claim the gun was loaded with blanks. Foreman Frank Berry witnessed the incident and urged a felonious assault complaint.
Dr. MacArthur in a Calvary Baptist Church address praised Secretary Taft and Grover Cleveland. He criticized Bryan's provincialism while noting Cleveland's courage and later achievements. He urged conciliation to unite the party and lauded Hughes and Taft as properly prepared for national and international leadership.
Miss Rosella Rhodes cousin of George M. Cohan and former member of his company tied the knot with Charles J. Vion last evening. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Father Powers of the Saints Roman Catholic Church at Seventh Avenue and Madison Street.
Harry K Thaw will leave Poughkeepsie at 7 tomorrow with Under Sheriff Townsent for a Supreme Court appearance at 1 3 o clock in White Plains under a writ of habeas corpus. He seeks a jury trial and detention away from Matteawan until his sanity is adjudicated.
The Rev. Edmund B. Smith of St. Cornelius the Centurion chapel on Governor's Island baptized Charles Reginald Bradley, an eighteen month Castle Williams prisoner. The service drew a crowded crowd of island residents, city folk, and sixty inmates who attended under guard after Bradley recovered from illness. Dr. Smith had visited him daily and Bradley asked to join the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Police recaptured Frankney Whitney junior of Parington Whitney at the Cosmopolitan Hotel after his Escape from Morris Plains Insane Asylum. Attendant Alfred Spender alerted police at Leonard Street station and Dr Norton of Hudson Street Hospital deemed Whitney insane with paresis.
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