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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
1
A courtroom scene ends with a temporary chairman gripping the victim by the nose shouting rap as the gavel bangs. The incident unfolds amid tense proceedings with spectators watching closely. Authorities investigated the disturbance and the chairmanship proceeded despite the interruption.
A Chicago convention airs names and passions as delegates debate the Republican lineup. The New York Merchants Association opposes anti injunction plank and urges opposition to Roosevelt era platform changes while Taft remains in question. Laferette and Hughes are urged to step aside. The gathering honors Theodore Roosevelt and pledges loyalty to the party's prior achievements as proceedings continue.
A masked armed robber hid under a bed at The Oaks hotel on Ninthav Pike late at night, waking H. B. Beagle and Louis Schaefer to steal Beagle’s solid gold watch and chain with a $20 gold piece. The intruder fled after threats, escaping before dawn. Beagle suspects the thief and partner may be traced.
The Republican National Convention opens at the Coliseum Chicago with 11 000 seats filled and delegates seated from key states. Col Harry S Now presides as Bishop Muldoon offers the opening prayer amid marching bands and promises of a unified campaign platform.
A letter from Fairbanks Alaska 1908 urges Seattle and New England chambers to attract wives for 5000 to 6000 men in the mining district. It claims few women, high marriageable age, and describes the town as healthy and frontier, proposing advertising to relocate women to Seattle and Alaska.
The vessel, under Captain W. P. Poe ter, sails with about 600 passengers aboard and a full freight cargo, reflecting a busy voyage and high capacity.
Telegraphic advices report the Victoria of the Alaska Steamship Co arriving at Nome around 7 tonight. The vessel departed Beatle June.
Members of hive Neo 59 and the Ladies of the Maccabees will entertain the evening at the A. Co. U. W. hall. The event is noted in the local society calendar for 1923.
Washington reports a vigorous White House denial that President Roosevelt dictated the platform to be presented to the Republican National Committee. It states the draft was a tentative document prepared by resolution committee members for Taft’s views and not personally authored by the president or Taft.
Hen Martinson an electrician broke into a room at the New England hotel on Firet no 8 and Main st to sleep. He was found by the proprietor hours later and jailed for being a disorderly person.
Washington reports a romantic rumor that the Duke of Alba will return to Washington and Bar Harbor for a summer pursuit of love. He was recently connected with Miss Mathilde Townsend, daughter of Mrs. Richard Townsend, whose income is noted as 200 000 dollars a year. Observers say the duke seeks a balm for a heart wound and may win the Bar Harbor belle despite her modest fortune.
Lincoln Steffens critiques the 1908 party conventions and their failure to represent the people. He argues presidents and conventions wield force, delegates skew toward Roosevelt, and Wisconsin leaders push for planks challenging corporate influence. Labor and radical groups may seek independent paths if parties fail.
Flood waters along the Missouri and its tributaries recede with the river at its highest stage. Union Station remains above flood level with water a foot deep beside gage rooms and two feet before the Blossom House. Railroads resume train service landing passengers at Sheffield as workers build a two mile sand dyke to hold back rising water.
Governor O. W. Dawson of West Virginia has contracted tuberculosis and left Charleston for Asheville, North Carolina, for several weeks of treatment. The disease is in the initial stage, and doctors expect some cure.
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