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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
3
The Chicago convention center roared as Ohio gave its votes to Taft on the first ballot. Henry Cabot Lodge announced the result amid enthusiastic scenes and a Taft victory impression dominated the hall.
The Republican national convention chose James S. Sherman of New York as vice presidential nominee on the first ballot after debates over other candidates. Deliberations amid heat and dust reflected Westward opposition and Taft officials’ pressure to avoid weakening the ticket.
In Allentown a vestibuled Lehigh Valley express stopped when a second woman clung to the door steps for several blocks. Fireman spotted her as the train halted and she was admitted aboard. She wore a large Merry Widow hat and appeared nearly exhausted.
A brief item reports the Fred Doug las National Republican League endorsing or backing Republican candidates in Chicago. The note emphasizes Black voters' involvement in the political alignment.
A group organized by 75 negro voters from the west, north and south aims to mobilize ward support and rally Negroes nationwide to back nominees chosen at the National Republican Convention. Troops Begin Alaska Deployment as Six Companies of the Twenty second Infantry leave Monterey for duty at various posts.
Rev Valentine Strauss of the German Evangelical Church in Hermann Missouri went insane with homicidal mania firing from crags uniting a dozen parishioners to kill. He was mortally wounded by local men at a forge after he tried to kill his wife and others. As he died he forgave the kneeling shooters.
Dr George Gibier Ramb aud head of the Pasteur Institute arrived aboard La Provence after studying improved rabies treatment in Paris. He says the new serum is not a cure but if injected days after a bite it offers hopeful recovery as immunity develops faster than the standard Pasteur method.
The War Department releases telegrams of congratulation to Taft after his Chicago nomination. G W Wright Luther King Booker T Washington Andrew Carnegie and J B Foraker send messages of support. Taft dictates replies to Fairbanks Knox Cannon Lafollette Hughes and others.
A chauffeur in King Leopold’s employ was fined $110 after an autumn collision that injured a cyclist. Baroness Von Vaughan rode in the car. Leopold was cited but claimed diplomatic immunity and the summons was later withdrawn.
Westinghouse electric interests join with the Bergmann Electric Company of Berlin to install traction systems in Germany. The combination targets the Prussian State Railway Administration as it electrifies steam railways, with 12 500 000 dollars already set aside to begin the project.
Frederick Weyerhauser, noted lumber magnate from St Paul, declares forests are not denuded. He controls vast timber interests in Minnesota Wisconsin and major holdings in Washington Oregon and Idaho. He says Minnesota and Wisconsin still have enough timber to keep mills running ten to fifteen years.
Peoria Illinois reports Buffalo won the head camp meeting of 1911 over Dallas Texas by a delegate vote. Head Consul Talbot will earn 10000 yearly, Clerk Hawes 7500, head banker 5000, each director 6000. Executives may buy the Ambler ranch near Colorado Springs and raise funds for a sanitarium for consumptive Woodmen.
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company announces it will begin manufacturing special plate glass tombstones featuring a full portrait of the deceased. The new stones have drawn many inquiries as a novel memorial option in the city of Pittsburg.
Henry M. Flagler has resigned as vice president of the Standard Oil Company at age 78 to devote his business hours to Florida enterprises. He is in good health and the move follows his focus on Florida ventures.
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