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welt threw the convention into a fren-
zy; repeated in intensity and almost
in duration. But there is a limit to
the physical resources of throat and
lungs; relays had not been establish
ed, and at last the tired voices died
down to a hoarse shout and at last
subsidized.
Do It Again for La Toilette.
1t was late in the afternoon before
the convention, nov literally swelter-
ing with the intense heat. weary after
sion, reached the end Of the food of
eloquence, and the decks were at last
cleared for the eliminating act. But
no, just as the last swell of oratory,
the seconding speech for La Toilette,
had died away, like a cyclone from a
clear sky burst a La Toilette demon
stration which swept the convention
same d~eafening wave Of sound that
had greeted Roosevelt Wednesday
and Taft a little while before. intense
and maddening and with the vital ring
of genuine enthusiasm. 1t seemed as
though wisconsin had suddenly peo-
pied every foot of the galleries. The
delegates sat calm and waiting ex-
cept the frantic Wisconsins, but the
convention for the time being was in
the possession of the galleries.
Another One for Roosevelt.
Now a singular Transformation &C.
curred-gradually the whirlwind veer.
ed from La Toilette to Roosevelt. A
banner bearing the Roosevelt portrait
and waved from the gallery was the
signal for the change. but in the con-
fused babel Of voices there was no
distinguishing where the La Toilette
cheers ended and those for Roosevelt
began.
Amid this pandemonium, and with
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TAFT AND SHERMAN ARE
CHOSEN BY REPUBLICANS

the galleries in full control, Chairman
Lodge decided upon heroic action in
order again to make the convention
master of it's affairs. He ordered the
roll call OF state to begin for the vote
on president.
7o2 Votes for Taft.
A hush Of expectancy hung over the
assembly as the call proceeded. Hasty
summaries showed hat Taft was far
in advance. When New York was
reached the Taft column totaled APT.
Ohio carried the Taft total to 511. or
twenty more than enough to nominate,
Still the call went on until the final
result was announced by Chairman
Lodge:
For Theodore Roosevelt, 8 votes;
for Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio, Is
votes; for Charles w. Fairbanks Of
Indiana, 40 votes: for Joseph G. Can
non of Illinois, CT votes; for Robert
NJ. La Toilette of Wisconsin, Is votes:
for Charles E.. Hughes of New York,
GO votes; for Philander c. Knox of
Pennsylvania, 6S votes. and William
II. Taft of Ohio, 702 votes"
A great shout went up as Lodge
concluded his announcement, and
with one accord the cohorts of Cannon
and Knox and Hughes and the other
heroes joined in a common tribute TO
for the candidate of the party.
Make It Unanimous.
Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford, for Gov.
Hughes, leaping upon a chair, moved
to make the nomination of Taft unani-
nous; Senator Penrose, for Knox, and
Boutell, for Cannon, and Henry of
Georgia for Foraker. and Cochems of
Wisconsin,, for La Toilette, seconded
The movement for a unanimous vote
for the candidate. The vote was Civ.
en- with ringing cheers.
Early in the day the battle over the
platform had occupied the close at.
tention of delegates and spectators.
The platform as framed by the com
mittee on resolutions was read by its
chairman, Senator Hopkins Of Illinois,
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sey for the second place ON the ticket.
Pandemonium Breaks Loose.

sey for the second place on the ticket
Pandemonium Breaks Loose.
Now began the vote, taken amid
confusion first, which increased as
the figures climbed upward to the
nominating point. The result was
never in doubt, as the totals Of states
were heaped one upon another. There.
were scattering votes, but the great
body of delegates swelled the total for
Sherman until it touched SIG. With
keen appreciation OF the effect of eli
max, Chairman Lodge announced the.
result, reserving Sherman's total until
the last:
Vice President Fairbanks gets 1
vote; Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska, 10
votes; Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachu-
sets, IS votes; Gov. Murphy Of New
Jersey, 81 votes. and James School
craft Sherman OF New York, SIG:
votes"
Again the f1oodgates of wild enthu--
slasm were let loose as floor and gal
iery joined in the pandemonium OF,
demonstration for the nominee.
Convention Adjourns.
The nominations completed, flnap
details were quickly perfected-com-
mittees from the various states to.
wait upon the candidates for president
and vice president and formally notify
them OF the action Of the convention
IN nominating them; prospective
meetings OF the national committee to
perfect plans for the coming cam.
paign, and thanks and congratula-
tions to the Chicagoans who have.
given a convention OF such perfect
equipment. And then, just before
noon, amid cheers still echoirg and.
the inspiring strains Of the national
anthem, the national convention final.
ly adjourned and the multitudes dis.
persed.
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People Talked About.

Former Circuit Judge P. r. Fit
craft, aged sixty-one years. died in
St. Louis after a long illness.
Fred D. Shiras of Dubuque, Iowa.
senior inspector OF the Philippine CON
stabulary, Is dead OF rheumatism OF
the heart.
DR.. w. r. King. for forty years
president OF Cornell college at Mount
Vernon, Iowa, has resigned on ac-
count of i'll health.
Edwin A. Abbey. the American art
list, has been elected a fellow of the
sfse Ssaftda -df fsr ReRafAEf A elqhfr5at st Ra"i il this
years salon.
Joseph C. Grew, third secretary OF
the American embassy at ST. Peters
burg, has been notified of his appoint
ment as second secretary of the EN-.
bassy at Berlin.
Capt. Henry Lomb, optical instru-
ment manufacturer, died at his home
In PittsfOrd, N. Y, aged eighty. Capt.
LOmb was born in Burghaum. Ger
many, and came to America in 1S49.
Eugene P. Murphy. who was the
representative to take possession of
Alaska in the name Of the United
States at the time when that country
was purchased from Russia, died at
! San Francisco, aged sixty-three.
Representative A. A. Wiley of Ala
bama. who served in Cuba as Gen.
Lawton's chief OF staff and civil gov
ernor of the eastern province. and a
member of the last four congresses,
died at a hotel at Hot Springs, Va.
He was about fifty years old.
Lapt. F. L. Berthold, aged eighty
.nree, designer of the Georgetown
loop, pathfinder on the Union Pacific
railroad In its original surveys
through a thousand miles of territory,
and one of the first engineers of the
Panama railroad, is dead at Golden,
Cal.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPITOMt
tmportast Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
49,. Told.
At h Capital.

The national grand lodge OF Good
Templars Of the United States held its
annual session in Washington. The
reports of the officers showed the or
der to be in a flourishing condition.
Secretary Hester's statement Of the
worlds visible supply OF cotton shows
. total Of 2,972,067, against 3,095, 800
last week. OF this the total Of Ameri-
can cotton is 1,912,021, against 2,o09,-
S52 last week.
The president has appointed c. H.
Lingenfelter to be United States attor-
oey and Sharock l.. Hodgins to be
United States marshal for the district
Of Idaho, in place Of N. W. Ruick and
Ruel Rounds. removed.
At a cost Of about $500, 900, the re-
public of Mexico is to have her first
important coaling station at the port
Of Manzanillo, on the Pacific coast.
Both houses Of congress approved the
contract and President Diaz has sign
Cd the act.
The postmaster general has granted
leave OF absence to all postmasters of
the first class to enable them to at
tend the annual convention OF the Ma
tional Association Of Postmasters,
which is to be held in Chattanooga,
Tenn, on Sept. Is, 16 and II.
John Vines Wright, the oldest liv-
ing member of congress, died at his
home in Washington. Although near
ly eighty years Of age, he had been
regularly at his resk in the general
land office until two months ago, when
he had a stroke OF paralysis. He was
elected to congress from Tennessee in
1854, serving in the memorable ses-
Bions preceding the war. He resigned
when the state OF Tennessee seeded
In 1861.
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Roosevelt as 1.-THE best abused and
most popular man in the United
States to-day" The mention of the
presidents name started a whirlwind
Of enthusiasm which ragged for forty
five minutes. Several times Senator
Lodge attempted to quiet the tumult.
but at last gave it up and the frenzied
enthusiasts were allowed to
themselves out. At the end Of three
quarters Of an hour Senator Lodge
was able to resume and conclude his
address. The report Of the commit
tee on credentials was then adopted,
and after a brief debate the Burke
resolution to cut down the representa-
ton in convention was lost. The
convention then adjourned until 10
o'clock Thursday morning.
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Standard Bearers Selected by Republican National Conven-
ton to Lead Party in Coming ConfIct-Session
Marked by TumuItuous Outbursts.
Platform Declares for Revision of Tariff, Currency Reform,
Modification of lniunctions, Postal Savings Banks
and Control of Trusts.

low and above the billowing sea Of
humanity, restless after hours of wait
ing and stirred from one emotion to
another, was in a fever of expectancy
for the eliminating vote. The favor
lite sons of other states had been
named, a v Knox and La Toilette,
and now on the roll call came Ohio.
AS the Buckeye state was reached the
tall, gaunt form of Theodore f.. Bur-
ton, with studentlike face and severe
black, clerical garb, advanced to the
platform to nominate Ohio's candt
date. He spoke fervently, with the
singing voice of an evangelist. which
went ringing through the great build
ing.
Taft Legions Break Loose.
The close OF his speech was the sig
nal for ~loOsening the long pent-up
feeling of the Taft legions. Instantly
the Ohio delegates were on their feet,
other Taft states following, while the
convention hosts, in gallery and on
floor, broke into mad demonstrations:
Taft, Taft, W. II. Taft" came in a
roar from the Ohioans.
All semblance Of order had been
abandoned and the delegates arena
was a maelstrom of gesticulating men.
Tired Voices Die Down.
The band was inaudible, a mere
! whisper above the d%eafening volume
of sound. For ten, fifteen, then TWEEN
ty minutes, this uproar continued.
1t was a repetition Of the scene of
Wednesday when the name of Roose-
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TAFT NAMED FOR PRESIDENT.

Taft on the first ballot; Taft by 702
votes; Taft by the unanimous choice
Of the convention.
Such is the record of the culminat-
ing day Of the Republican national
convention Of 1908, effected amid
scenes Of tumultuous enthusiasm and
after a nerve.racking, continuous SEES
sion lasting nearly eight hours. With
the candidate for president named
and the platform enunciated. there re-
mains only the nomination Of the vice
president to complete this momentous
work. Last night the whole city a
given over to wild e%xultation In honor
Of the new candidate whose name
goes echoing through the country.
Favorite Sons Named.
The picture within the walls of the
vast amphitheater as the presidential
candidate was named yesterday was
one truly grandiose in its magnitude
In front and to the right and left, be-
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Accidental Happenings.

Reports received at Guthrie, Okla,
from Panl's Valley state that great
damage Is being done by a rise
through the Waslita valley.
John McGreer, a landscape artist.
sixty-nine years Of age, who until re-
gently lived In Chicago, was drowned
In the Hudson river In New York as
the result OF an accident.
While riding on a handcar on the
AAichigan 4 Wisconsin road. nea Nor.
way. Mich. Thomas Blitho, a section
hand aged seventeen years. fell or
and was struck by the car, dying
shortly afterward.
While heating water in the bath
room, Mrs. L. s. Critchell Of Sioux
City. Iowa. was burned as q result OF
Ger skirts being blown into the flame
u the gas stove. She died.
Three men were drowned in the Al
\ legheny river while crossing from
saGlassmere to Arnold, Pa A passen.
eer Ia the rowboat ferry in attempting
10 change seats with another rocked
slhe boat until It wal overturned.
f@ Joseph ]. C0nenberg and William
D. johnson, two prominent young Bur
Snngt0n men. were drowned in the
Mississippi. near Burlington. Iowa.
Ih4y attempted to change positions
80 cepsixsd the boat.
Caifa Mitchell, while hunting near
Hnrnintton, Iowa. accidentally killed
1meslR ~ discharging the gun into
oLis ~.
Hail 81 Lawrence and Daniel
kfth4Mp ~ Arkansas City, Kan, the
Y n4toeaaSnniversity student. were killed
Hs6 Al1ctric wire At the universi-
1oWrence. Kan
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SHERMAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT

SHERMAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT
The convention concluded its worE
Friday with the nomination of James
S. Sherman of New York for vice
president, amid a final roar of tumult-
uous demonstration.
From the outset it was distinctly
a Sherman crowd Among the early
arrivals on the floor was Speak
er Cannon, only the day before a IAN
didate for president, but yesterday
here as a pillar of strength in the
Sherman movement. The widespread
affection for the old warhorse of the
party was shown by the crowds Of
delegates surging about him to grasp
his hand and bid him welcome.
The preliminaries were brief, and
at 1890 the nominating speeches for
vice president began with a limit OF
ten minutes to each speaker. On the
call Of states Delaware yielded to New
York and Former Lieutenant Govern
or Timothy l.. Woodruff of New York
mounted the platform for a glowing
speech placing in nomination Sher-
man as New York's choice for the
vice presidency. Now came a sur
prise, as the venerable Cannon. with
his Lincolnlike visage and shaggy
beard, emerged from the Illinois dele
cation and stepping to the platform
was yielded unanimous consent to Sec
ond the nomination of Sherman.
From the outbursts of enthusiasm
which greeted every mention of Sher-
mans name it was plain that the
mind of the convention had been
made up and that the decision was
! only to be recorded. But for a mo-
ment there was a halt in the sherman
movement. as Senator Lodge, leaving
the presiding officers chair, advanced
to nominate Gov. Guild of Massachu-
sets for the vice presidency. The
senator's voice was strained with the
exertions Of recent days, but he spoke
e%loquently and forcibly for the Massa-
chusetts candidate. Michigan, through
Charles T. Osborne, added her voice
for Guild, and New Jersey brought
forward her favorite son in a speech
by Thomas N. McCarter nominating
Former Governor Murphy of New Jer-
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Otherwise.

The Great Northern has succeeded
in opening It's line between Great
Falls and Havre, washed out by the
foods.
Two thousand shop employees Of the
Union Pacific railroad have been
placed on full time, after working
short time since January last.
According to the Iron and Steel
Trade Journal Of London, there has
recently been effected a great combi-
nation in the British steel trade, with
. capital OF 1876, 000, 900.
The physicians Of Gov. Dawson OF
West Virginia have informed him
that he has developed tuberculosis.
He has gone to Asheville, N. c., where
he will spend At least three OF four
months.
Prot. William H. Welsh Of the Johns
Hopkins hospitals at Baltimore an
nounced that Henry Phelps Of Pitts.
burk and New York has made q large
gift to the Johns Hopkins hospital
and university for the founding Of a
psychiatric clinic.
Secretary Taft states that a report
that he has received from Gov. Ma
COON describing with great detail the
conditions in Cuba is most satisfac-
tory, with reference to the turning
over Of the. island to the Cuban au-
thorities in February next, as pro-
posed by the presidents proclama-
ton. Judging from the report, the
secretary is satisfied that the COM
plete transfer Of authority will be
accomplished without friction.
william T. Eiwen, who claims to be
q graduate Of the University Of Vienna
and the son of a millionaire. went into
the police station at st. Louis last
week and asked to be sent to the
work house so he could get something
to eat. Einen had just stood in a
long line Of applicants for a job as
dishwasher in a restaurant and had
failed.
Arnold DAILY, the actor and theatre
cal manager, filed a petition in bank.
ruptcy in New York. The petition
places his liabilities as $40.246 and
his assets as $1,3l6.
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Attitude Of the administration In re-
gard to Philippines, Porto Rico, cuba
and Panama canal is upheld.
Equal justice for all men, regardless
Of race or color, is demanded.
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Casualties.

| LuiIbS company oS cihAh L".s ""H
destroyed by fire. The oss is esti-
mated at 100000.
While working on the railroad lear
Paragon, KY, Noah Fugate and Oban-
ion Parry were killed and Trlman
Triplett fatally injured by an explo
sion.
A passenger train was wrecked by
spreading rails neal Madison Mills,
Ohio. Engineer Joe Floyd was killed
and Fireman George koniger was
seriously injured.
While stepping into the skip in No.
2 shaft Of the Tamarack mine at Cal
umet, Mich, George B~ookovich, a
young drill boy, slipped and fell to in
slant death in the bottom OF the mine.
Charles Herbert was killed, Harvey
Lace fatally injured and Edward
| Ffeffer seriously hurt at the launching
Of a small river steamer from Squaw
Island into the Niagara river at Buff
falo, N. Y.
The Foster mine pit at Marquette,
Mich, filled with water, proved a
agea IIiniiiftyzrwv. ~
had fallen into the big ~excabation and
drowned.
Bryan Pfautz, Lisbon, Iowa, twenty
three years old, an engineering stu
dem of the University Of Iowa, was
drowned in the Iowa river at Iowa
City, Iowa. His struck a sub
merged tree.
A premature explosion OF dynamite
occurred at Chambers Bros camp,
east of winnipeg on the Grand Trunk
Pacific construction work. Nine mem
bers of the gang we're killed and sew
eral others were injured.
The entire plant of the Continental
Oil company at Albuquerque, N. NJ,
with the exception Of the Office build
ing, was destroyed by fire. Nearly
100, 900 gallons of coal oil, gasoline
and naptha were destroyed. Loss,
$4,000.
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Mrs. Fred Tolleston, wife OF q
wealthy proprietor OF the bottling
works at Independence, Iowa, hanged
herself in a buggy shed while tenn
pcrarily deranged.
Horace and Harvey Waters, the
twin son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Wat
ers of Clarinda. Iowa, have been muir.
dered In Alaska, according to advices
received by the parents.
George Genery. keeper Of the north
light on Grand Island, Mich, is miss
ing and his assistant, whose name has
not yet been learned, is dead, the re-
suit, it is alleged, Of foul play.
What is believed to have been a
murder and suicide vas disclosed
when the bodies of Frank Ference
and Mrs. Margaret Litz were found in
a field near Morristown, N. J.
A man who registered at the Hotel
Irvine in Chicago as wv. F. Ford"
committed suicide by inhaling illumin-
ating gas. Dependency due to fnan-
cial troubles Is believed TO have been
the motive.
Prescott Boynton, an old Union sol
der, was arrested at Knoxville, Tenn,
and is held for the Authorities in Man
itowoc, Wis. He is charged with the
~embezzlement OF $4,000 OF United
States bonds and also with grand
larceny. The crimes are alleged to
have been committed in 1904, and
Boynton has since been leading the
officers a merry chase.
Developments indicate that City
Treasurer Harry A. Axtell OF Bloom
ington, Ind, is short in his accounts
about 100000. OF this sum his irreg-
ularities is secretary of the Real Els
tate Building association amount to
$4O,91O and the books of the city treas
urer are said to be short $1,000. Sc
curities bearing the signature of his
mother-in-law amount to $1,000.
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bend You planned the windmill an all
the rest: ne demanded
g Yes. sir I've seen q good deal OF
such work done and studied into 1t some
| believed / could do this job as we'll as a
professional. and 1t would save YOU the
expense
Does Hiram know:
Certainly not! Hiram away at the
college"
Old Tob's mouth continued 70 open
and shut. though all It said for the mo-
ment was. [ mi Huh" But IL the IN
conscious calculations much that had
seemed ingrained IN his life went out, and
much-looking into the friendly gray
ewes before him-that had not been there
came IN His grim face softened- - We
think the new work can be done al night.
an for what We told me
a" / N sure of II.
There was something in her face that
made him add. An ye think there :
plenty O more things on he farm that
could be did,
'' Yes. plenty OF them
Well. " with a long breath. | guess
&c can write an tell Hiram that me an
YOU are runnin' up az IN whole lot o
sragS on the farm, an pullln EN- out
lest say I've been broke on conrrapt1ons
he'll understand. An-an We add
that I've took back all l said bout We
bei1l' a college gal that Wa Mt no earthly
count If We an him ; anything 70 Tx up,
] won't say another word
Then he held out his big horny hand
and closed 1t round her small brown one,
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" always tell HIM that II foolsh 70 Try
to NIX business and pleasure. What s
the use of a Yacht ike this, II You re
going to carry YOUR business on board !.
Where's the fun,
Fun" Corbin retorted. You call
this fun This IS the finest yacht afiOat
Maria, and YOU and l can never want for
anything that money can buy; but that
doesn't mean fun necessarily. Why,
back in keoBuk we used to have more
fun IN a minute than we could find IN
year of cruising!
His wife did not reply; but she looked
out over the water III a rather wlstful
wav, as if she was wondering what some
of her old friends would say if they could
see her now Somewhat portly for a
white sailor suit. thought; but her new
auburn hair at ten dollars a treatment
ought certainly to impress them
There never will be anything to touch
those buggy rides, Corbln continued.
and | felt that the conversation was be
coming too intimate for Brown and me.
But our rich friends did not seem to
care. Why. that old gray horse we
used TO get from ZONES livery was worth
a million vachtsl Do you remember the
dav we got on that old abandoned race
track and drove around 1t a dozen times
before we found we were OF the man
rOad?"
Mrs. Corbin sighed, and a tear made a
tinv furrow down her powdered cheek.
4 was too busy proposing TO think OF
he road - COrbin continued, as he reached
over to give his wife's fat hand a gentle
Dat. No. gentlemen, that what l call
fun. and say. after this furry IS over Mrs.
Corbin and | are going back TO keokuk
and hire q hack,