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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
1
James S Sherman the vice presidential nominee was taken to Lakeside hospital in Cleveland after gallstone illness. Doctors say surgery unlikely, with decision pending after consultations. Family notified. Washington watchers question vacancy filling if needed.
Chicago reports seven deaths from heat with ten more claimed as the heat wave continues. Edwin Palmer dies after earlier exposure. Street temperature reaches 90. Pittsburg records 88 degrees at 1 pm with rising heat and multiple prostrations. Memphis and Louisville each report one death and several prostrations by noon.
Red Top Conn June 23 Roosevelt interceded for Sidney W Fish and Charles Morgan Jr. to reinstate Harvard oarsmen, but the appeal was rejected by President Eliot and Dean Hurlburt. Kip Perkins led negotiations, and Meikleham planned race changes delaying both varsity four and freshman eight. Secretary Loeb said Roosevelt would say nothing on the matter.
Gereva community resident Gereva was shot to death at Aaron Johnson’s gate on Saturday night. A loaded pistol lay by the victim. Price, a Black man who confessed to the killing, and Wright, the white man he implicates, are jailed in Beaumont.
Berlin reports Shahs troops stormed Teheran parliament buildings and bombarded the city. Cossacks and political club members clashed, with several killed as reinforcements arrived. In Sumatra a Padang rebellion spreads, with fanatical priests leading natives and European settlements under threat. Portuguese Guinea also in revolt as troops regroup at Bisseau.
A motor train carrying twenty guests of Illinois National Committeeman Roger Sullivan sails to the Democratic National Convention. The five touring cars depart Chicago for Dixon and Cedar Rapids with Mayor Carmody meeting delegates along the route.
W B Leeds died suddenly in Paris this morning after years of illness Mrs Leeds was with him The body will ship to New York June 27 He left an estimated fortune of 35000000 He was formerly head of the Rock Island road and later connected with the holding company L F Loree succeeded him as president when he retired
The wedding at St James Palace united Miss Jean Reid daughter of Whitelaw Reid American ambassador to England with Hon John Hubert Ward brother of Earl Dudley and equerry to the king. King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended from a private gallery as Rev Edgar Sheppard officiated assisted by Rev William Grosvenor and Rev Hiers Claughton. The bride wore white satin lace and orange blossoms amid costly gifts. The Morgan niece Ursula Morgan wedding followed in Tuxedo Park with Rev William Fitzsimmons officiating.
Houston dispatch reports a white farmer killing in Sabine county led to a race driven mob to hang five black men from a tree limb. Another black man was shot while fleeing and two more were found dead in a creek bottom. A second white farmer, Aaron Johnson, was killed earlier. Perry Price confessed to Johnsons murder, saying he was paid by Bob Wright. A mob of about 150 men seized jail keys at Hemphill, executed five prisoners, and left two more unknown black men dead in the creek.
Chicago June 23 John Mitchell formally declined to seek the Democratic nomination for Illinois governor due to ill health He wrote that campaign hardships could worsen his disabilities from years with the United Mine Workers He favors directing work of the National Civic Federation's trade agreement department instead and hopes health improves. A second item notes Lucian M Fifield a carpenter died after falling from a scaffold while repairing a barn on his brother's farm in Kewanee Illinois on June 22.
Assistant Attorney General Pugh says the trial cost the government 48000 dollars but will yield long term gains in public land law administration. He cites the restoration of more than 100000 acres of public lands valued at 1100000 dollars as a key beneficial result for the government.
Baton Rouge report says the anti-racing bill passed the senate this afternoon and now goes to the governor for signature. The action heightens debate over animal welfare and racing industry regulation in Louisiana.
New York reports a burst of six forty per bale in July cotton on the exchange amid rumors of a New Orleans bull clique liquidating its position and long holders avoiding delivery notices Friday. Oyster Bay says Roosevelt names John Callan O Laughlin secretary to the American Japan exposition commission in Tokio 1912 with a $5000 annual salary.
At the Georgia Democratic state convention a futile bid to endorse Thomas E. Watson for vice president failed. The platform calls for continued enforcement of prohibition and strict railroad regulation in Georgia. The state ticket is headed by Joseph M. Brown for governor. The delegation travels to Denver uninstructed.
The Evangelical Lutheran synod of Holland announced that all women members now have equal voting rights with men. The decision, reported to the Amsterdam woman suffrage convention, places women on the same basis as men within the church.
Madrid reports Queen Victoria formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg and King Alfonso welcomed a son last night. The royal couple wed in Madrid on May 31, 1906, and their first son was born on May 19, 1907, marking another birth in the royal line.
Pittsburg, Pa June 23—The Pennsylvania Railroad refused Taft’s request to hold an eastbound train, forcing him to improvise to reach New Haven in time. Taft's delay in Pittsburg came amid a pattern of resistance to Roosevelt supporters and influenced his travel plans. The incident underscores tension between Taft and the Pennsylvania Railroad as he navigated the 1912 campaign.
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