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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
16
Springfield delegates praised Joseph G. Cannon and endorsed a tariff revision or adjustment, with a plan for minimum and maximum rates. The platform supported Cannon, President Roosevelt, Deneen administration, and urged quick congressional action on tariff revision after the inauguration, while endorsing friendly banking proposals.
The United Societies resolution on personal liberty was added to the platform at ward conventions in Chicago. It pledges support for laws giving every citizen the greatest measure of personal liberty, inserted at the last moment upon the suggestion of Chicago Republican leaflets worried about the Cook County ticket this fall.
Fire at the Leland Hotel in Springfield Tl damaged the upper floors while the Republican State convention remained in session at the nearby armory. Delegates and policemen clashed as fighters tried to rescue baggage and belongings amid spreading flames.
The Indiana Democratic State convention closed tonight naming a state ticket and instructing delegates to back William J. Bryan for President. John W. Kern was endorsed for vice president. Officials listed include Governor Thomas F. Matskal, Lieutenant Governor Frank J. Alle, Secretary James F. Cox, and state officers. The event drew six gubernatorial candidates with the nomination won on the fifth ballot. Four ballots were cast for lieutenant governor.
James Kane aged eighteen was found dead in a cab on Highteanth street and Calumet avenue after leading a deadly chase through Chicago North and West Sides. He and two companions beat a cabman, robbed two pedestrians, and fled before police shot the assailant who died. The trio escaped, Kane had a police record, and the event ended with a manhunt through Halstead street.
The document shows a Chicago convention plan to support Joseph G Cannon as the party’s national standard bearer in 198, urging delegates to vote for him at the national convention. It references Roosevelt’s praise and compares Cannon to Gladstone and Bismarck, with a chorus of approval from party leaders.
Berlin dispatches recount German foreign office denials of any official move against David Jayne Hill. Ambassador Tower asserts intent to resign within months and return to the United States. The Berlin note stresses no differences with Washington and notes Tower’s friendly ties with Hill.
Special to The Washington Post Philadelphia March 2 Parker the colored man who felled Louis Czolgusz disarmed him after shooting McKinley at Buffalo on September 6 1901 Parker died penniless in a Philadelphia hospital His body was turned over to the State anatomical board and then to Jefferson Medical College where he lay on the dissecting table Senate Hanna Ohio gave Parker a $1000 check for bravery He drifted into poverty and drink prior to his death at Philadelphia Hospital in the insane department
Special to the Washington Post reports John D. Rockefeller arrived in Hot Springs from Richmond and went to the golf links. He fell and did not stay long, citing fatigue and a desire to rest. He praised Southern women as the most beautiful in the world and said he is pleased with his Southern trip.
Morian, aged ninety, a noted oil operator for sixty years in the Titusville area, died today. He helped co-own the Commodore W. J. Kaunts storage tank project that held 5,600 barrels of oil for almost thirty years awaiting a better market.
A chauffeur nicknamed Peeping Tom is captured by NY School of Art students while peering through tiny roof windows. They strip him, pose him on a model throne, and paint a composite mural across his body with artists including McPherson, Boss, Pre giosi, and Aniquex. Robert Henri comments briefly on the scene.
Buffalo March 26 federal inspectors arrested three Chinamen charged with illegal residence. They were detained at New York Central Station after boarding a train to New York and suspected of being smuggled by river crossing the Niagara. Investigators plan to pursue further details at next Tuesday hearing.
The British cruiser Shearwater searched for survivors from the burned vessel Silverhiok off the Chilean coast and found no trace. It sails to Juan Fernandez to continue the hunt while Valparaiso reports the search continues. Post Educational Contest Pictures are on sale by mail with limited editions and prices.
Bank officials reveal that the missing funds from the Farmers' Deposit National Bank likely exceed 1 million dollars, with teller Reiber and auditor Young accused of a vast stock scheme. They allegedly diverted bank money into a wildcat Montana lead mine stock, bought low and sold high, then dumped more as prices fell. Captured after an extended bank-side interrogation, they were kept in a basement room for days before arrest. The case links to Miller & Co. broker and raises questions about brokerage complicity.
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