Record Cruise of Battleship Fleet Near End
The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Robley D. Logans completed a 14,000 mile voyage from Hampton Roads to Magdalena Bay and poised to finish to San Francisco. After target practice and holiday tours to San Diego and California coast towns, the fleet planned further travels to Hawaii, Samoa, Melbourne, Sydney, the Philippines and a return via the Suez Canal, with a July departure from San Francisco.
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Sampton Roads
Roosevelt
Trinidad
Rio Faneiro
Sie Janeiro
Tunta Arenas
Straits of Magellan
Punta Arenas
Callao
Peru
Magdalena Bay
Lower California
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
San Diego
Robdley
Logans
Magdalens Bay
Redonda
Man o’War Cove
Pacific
Magdalena
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
California
Pacific Coast
Circle Globe
Washington
Twang
Batteship
Hawaii
Samoa
Melbourne
Sydney
Australia
Philippines
New York
Metcalf
Nawali
Harriman Accused Of 40 Million Loss For Union Pacific
Accused of causing more than 40 million dollars in losses to Union Pacific stockholders through stock speculation using the railroad's funds. The charges were filed with the board of directors on Thursday.
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Lcot
New York
EB. H. B Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Monster Budget Passes In Historic Post Office Fight
Washington reports the largest appropriation in history, a post office budget of 223 million 190 thousand 392 dollars, cleared the house after a fourteen day debate. The measure moves to the senate for final action.
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Washington
Post Ofice
House of Representatives
Representative Lilley Faces Subcommittee Without Counsel
Washington representative Tilley heads to a submarine committee hearing next Monday with no legal counsel. Attorneys Frank Brown and Stiles Judson withdrew from the engagement and left.
Seymour Banker Confesses and Gets Five Years
Leroy Ware, jail inmate for months over fraudulent banking at the defunct Farmers and Drovers State Bank of Seymour, pleaded guilty in district court and received a five year penitentiary sentence for one count of making fraudulent entries. Twenty-one indictments remain, with Ware’s plea seen as a shortcut to conviction. Local attorneys fault the bank’s policy and directors for destructive practices while noting Ware’s limited experience and the pressure he faced.
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Seymour
Coryilon
Leroy Ware
Farmers and Drovers' State Bank
Ware
Miche
Eal
W. L. Livingston
Elient
Davenport business men adopt programme to enforce law
A mass meeting of about forty Davenport business leaders at the Commercial club backed a plan to enforce the mulet law. Resolutions by ex-Congressman Joe R. Lane urged enforcing the law as written, including closing times, exclusion of women and wine rooms, bonds, removal of curtains, no gambling, and a halt to prosecutions except for law violations. A committee led by Lane and several city figures was appointed to represent business interests in enforcement.
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Davenport
Civic Federation
Commercial Club
Joe R. Lane
Col
G. Watson French
George T. Baker
W. R. Weir
B. F. Tillinghast
A. P. Adley
George §. Decker
Illegitimate birth murder confessed in Burlington
Miss Geneva Smith age 23 daughter of E B Smith West Grove Fairfield has confessed to police that she murdered her newborn infant. The body was found under her bed and medical examiners say the crime was brutal. She planned to marry William Lyons next week but denies involvement by him. She will be held for grand jury on murder charge. Carl Stemple of Burlington Ft Madison was arrested on seduction charges sworn by the father of the child.
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Burlington
Geneva Smith
E. B. Smith
West Grove
Fairfield
Polite
Valice
Miss Smith
Wiliam Lyons
Carl Stemple
Ft. Madison
Stemnle
China Apologizes as Canton Viceroy Resigns Over Tatsu Affair
Tokio reports a settlement of the Tatsu matter with China agreeing to purchase arms and ammunition on board the vessel and hoist the Japanese flag while a Chinese warship fires a salute. Canton indignation prompts the viceroy's resignation, and China plans negotiations with Portugal on Macao counterband traffic. The article notes China’s rising military preparedness and Western-influenced training of Chinese forces.
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Tokio
Cbila
Hongkong
Canton
China
Portugal
Macao
Orient
Europe
America
Japan
Philippines
Drunken Oskaloosa man shoots wife in street suicide
In Oskaloosa Lee Grubb 24 shot his wife in front of a friend and child then killed himself after the dispute over jealousy. The 2-year-old baby was unharmed. The Grubbs had been living apart due to quarrels. Townend of Rose Mill was his wife.
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Oskaloosa
Lee Grubb
Grubb
Wile
Wertseh-Schurtz
Miss Townend
Rose Mill
Mrs Davis Dies in Des Moines Murder Case
Martin J Davis, accused of shooting his wife a month earlier, will invoke expert testimony to argue she died from worry and not the bullet's effect. He is bound over to district court without bonds and remains jailed. The wife died after ten days of delirium and slow decline at Methodist hospital following bullet removal surgery.
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Des Moines
Martin J. Davis
Methodist Hospital
John Dr. Sullivan
A. J. Mathis
Davis
St. Louis
Race War In Kentucky Triggers Ambush Of Travelers
In Dixon Kentucky March 16 Deputy Marshal Smith Childers is fatally wounded by M McDowell near Poadiv ence. Two traveling men P B Carter of Chattanooga and J B Barry are shot by Negro sharpshooters between Dixon and Providence. Whites form a mob while Black residents arm themselves. McDowell is taken to Dixon then Henderson. Bloodhounds are sought to track the shooters as a tense city watches for justice.
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Dixon
Smith Childers
M. McDowell
Poadivence
P. B. Carter
Chattanooga
J. B. Barry
Providence
McDowell
Childers
Henderson
Dixon Jall
Lacey and McCord Named as Sixth District Delegates
Oskaloosa delegates to the national convention were chosen by unanimous selection of Major John F. Lacey of Mahaska county and Hon M A McCord of Jasper county. The Sixth district receives two named delegates, Lacey and McCord, to represent their region.
Midnight Fight Fatal in Des Moines Clash
Old police court character Mike Hartney died at Mercy hospital ten days after a midnight fight with Lom Cooney. Hartney suffered a crushed skull and severe injuries, never regained consciousness. Cooney claimed Hartney attacked him while both were intoxicated, and he acted in self defense.
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Des Moines
Mike Hartney
Police Court
Mercy Hospital
Lom Cooney
Hartney
Losh
Cooney
Arcadia Men Not Killed In Duel In Ranchester Hotel
Reports claimed William Duncker and Herman Hansen killed each other in a Ranchester hotel room, but records show they were lifelong friends and the deaths are believed to be the result of foul play by someone aware they had money.
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Arcadia
William Duncker
Herman Hansen
Ranchester
Wio
Prisoner George H Evans in divorce suit after fortune shock
George H Evans, jailed in Woodbury county, faces a divorce suit filed by his wife who accuses him of habitual drunkenness and cruel treatment. The case arises after he learned of a $26,000 fortune and a separate arrest for alleged murderous assault on a Black man named Robert Lee. His uncle’s death and a claim to part of the estate followed.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
George H. Evans
Vans
Robert Lee
Tle
Harrisburg Conspirators Await New Trial and Delay
Four men, John H. Sanderson, William P. Snyder, William L. Matthues, and James M. Shumaker, found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the state, may not be sentenced for months. Judge Kunkel granted thirty days to file reasons for new trials, with arguments to follow. expectations favor no new trial.
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Harrisburg
John H. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
William L. Matthues
James M. Shumaker
Kunkel
Eight Die In Gas Explosion At Natchez Drug Building
Eight persons were killed and a ninth badly injured when a gas explosion in the basement of the Natchez Drug company building caused the rear wall to collapse into adjoining tenements. The blast wrecked multiple structures and destroyed seven residences, leaving thousands of dollars in property damage.
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Natchez
Mise
Natches Drug Company
Tre
Five Years for J A Walsh in Bank Case
John R Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, is sentenced to five years in a federal prison at Fort Leavenworth on each count, to run concurrently. A stay of execution and an appeal to the Eighth Circuit are anticipated as defense attorneys’ motions for a new trial are overruled.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
A. B. Anderson
Fort Leavenworth
Chicago National Bank
Anderson
Palmer
Walsh
Wnts
Millar
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Five Policemen Hurt in Street Car Collision
A terrible crash between a street car and a police patrol wagon on Friday night injured five officers. The worst hurt was Private William Buckingham who sustained internal injuries.
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Washington
William 4. Buckingham
Roosevelt Criticism Draws Speech On Executive Power
Senatoracon of Geom elas delivers a Friday address criticizing President Roosevelt and Washington for executive encroachment on legislative power, urging protection of legislative prerogatives and constitutional balance.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Acon
Geomelas
Lunatic Trys to Rob Merchants Bank in Omaha
A man identified as JL L Fee of Rockford Illinois attempted to rob Merchants Bank at Thirteenth and Farnam, brandishing a bottle claimed to contain nitro glycerin and demanding five thousand dollars. Bank officials spoke calmly with him until police arrived. tests showed the bottle’s contents were harmless.
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Omaha, Neb
Merchants’ Bank
Thirteenth and
Farnam Streets
Jl, L Fee
Rockford
Luther Drake
Drake
Assassin Alla Must Die In Murder At Catholic Church
Giuseppe Alla, jailed 18 days after fatally shooting Father Francis Leo Heinrichs at St Elizabeth's Church, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. The courtroom remained silent as the verdict was read by foreman D. Johnson, with no visible reaction from the audience.
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Denver
Cal
Giuseppe Alla
Francis Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabbeth's Catholic Church
Italy
D. §. Johnson
Chile Strikers Suppressed by Government Forces
Report from the Norwegian steamer Christian Bjorn arriving from Chile states that 2,600 workers were killed or subdued in a clash between Chilean government forces and Chilean workers in the nitre beds and in the city of Iquique during a large confrontation.
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Chile
San Francisco
Nltrata
Laulque
Christian Bors
Well known inventor John Barry dead in New York
John Barry an electrical engineer and inventor of the Barry printing telegraph system died suddenly at his Staten Island home. He was born 47 years ago in Switzerland.
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New York
John Barry
Staten Island
Switzerland
Nebraska Republicans Endorse Taft at Omaha Convention
The Republican party of Nebraska endorsed William H. Taft for president at their Omaha state convention held Thursday. Delegates supported Taft amid a crowded field with no votes cast for an alternative nominee.
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Nebraska
Taft
Omaha
Ned
Gissent
William H. Taft
United States
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John Br, Walsh
Lunatic
Lank
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