Prison confession in Toliver murder case shocks San Diero crowd
Bert Lewis, once Toliver's secretary and chauffeur, admitted in a city jail that he shot and killed airship inventor C. H. Toliver and his wife. He said Toliver ruined his home and claimed sole responsibility. Lewis described planning and executing the ambush, including shots fired and a dagger attack. Police say he was captured near his home as he approached with weapons drawn. Toliver, about sixty, and his wife, in her twenties, died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
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Mexico City Rocked by Severe Earthquake Toll
Guadalajara reports a major quake striking at 10 6 o clock with the strongest tremor yet in this seismic period. Buildings cracked and walls fell as thousands fled their homes to sleep in streets and parks while a lighter aftershock followed minutes later.
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Flood interview reveals flood damage and relief efforts in Louisiana
A former Atlanta journalist now with a New Orleans paper discusses misconceptions about New Orleans floods, stating the city is not in danger. He notes levee threats, river overflow unlikely, and describes 1,000 square miles flooded with about 9.6 million dollars in damage. In Vicksburg, $20,000 daily is spent on rations for the destitute as the flood response expands. Dr Oscar Dowling leads sanitation and relief, aiming to clean up and provide safe water. the flood’s human toll and stock disposal are highlighted.
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Battle resumes in New Jersey in presidential race
Newark New Jersey May 26 President Taft and President Roosevelt and Senator La Follette rested after three days of campaigning the hardest yet. They have delivered more than forty speeches since last Thursday and will press on for two more days. La Follette spoke less but addressed thousands of veterans. Wilson supporters defined the stakes in the Democratic primary noting the uninstructed delegates on the ticket would back Anybody but Wilson.
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Wilson Manager Admits Defeat in North Carolina
Greensboro May 26 After county conventions reported 799 of 976 votes, un instructed delegates totaled 446, shaping a likely uninstructed NC delegation to the national convention. Williams, Wilson campaign manager, expressed disappointment but said delegation to Baltimore would favor Wilson and back New Jersey man.
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Underwood Men Seek Quarters in Baltimore Hotel Fire
Destruction by fire of the Butaw Hotel leaves the Underwood Marching Club homeless in Baltimore. Enthusiastic supporters of the Alabama candidate gather amid the loss as Washington reports from May 26.
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Banquet Honors Surviving 82 Initiates of Scottish Rite
The 1882 Scottish Rite initiation survivors Harry Stockwell Alfred Salem Eichners and James R Gray will be guests of honor at the banquet closing the fifth annual convocation. Eighty candidates gather as the morning session opens with a large procession and through rites planned to last four days.
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James R. Gray
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Auto Goes Dead Four Dead In Indicate Train Crash
Four people die when an automobile stalls on Centerton tracks in Martineville Indiana and is struck by an Indianapolis Terre Haute and Eastern Traction Company car. Eda Brown 19 drives and survives with injuries. other victims include W D Brown 63 Mrs W D Brown 55 Bonnie Bailey 17 and Bessin Cure 17.
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Mirror in Hand Woman Ends Life
A woman identified as Mrs G A Hen of Auburn Avenue swallowed carbolic acid in her home amid a ragtime performance by banded negro magicians. She died in hospital after the act, as observers and attendants recalled a dramatic scene. In New York, May 21, the Washington armored cruiser and a squadron sailed south from Provincetown toward Key West, with Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, and Minnesota, plus several other ships and marines, to join later battleships en route to the Atlantic station.
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Three More Battleships in Fleet Report
Admiral Osterhaus reports on naval developments noting three additional battleships will join the fleet. Wilk confirms continued expansion and readiness of naval forces as strategic posture improves.
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Cuban President Gomez objects to U S intervention
Havana May 26 President Gomez sends a cordial but firm cablegram to President Taft protesting Interventions by the United States He says Cubans love independence and can handle a few misguided persons Without delay he appeals for respect for Cuba rights and notes no reply had arrived by tonight
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