Goebel murder pardons issued to Taylor Finley and others
Kentucky Governor Willson grants pardons to former Governor W. S. Taylor and ex-Secretary of State Charles Finley, both fugitives in Indiana, plus others indicted in the Goebel murder case. The action clears most charges, leaving a few cases and Henry Youtsey the sole prisoner to have suffered for Goebel’s death.
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Frankfort
Willson
W. 8
Taylor
Charles Finley
Indiana
William Goebel
Finley
Goebel
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
W. 8. Taylor
John Powers
Honduras
Holland Whittaker
Butler County
John Davis
Louisville
Zach Steele
Bell County
Wharton Golden
Knox County
Colorado
Frank Cecil
St. Louis
William H. Culton
Owsley County
West
Cecil
Henry E. Youtsey
State Penitentiary
James B. Howard
Youtsey
Commonwealth
Night Riders scare prompts farmers group action in Indiana
At an Ira Indiana meeting of the Farmers Co operative and Co educational society resolutions condemn breaking plans and threatening letters to tenants with less than one third of the crop. Officers condemn outrages by unknown Night Riders and seek the real offenders. Depredations have ceased and new contracts are being made as tenants return to work land near Ira.
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Petersburg
Ind
Ira
Farmers Co-operative and Co-educational Society
Pike
Daviess
Farmers’ Co-operative and Coeducational Society
Pike County
Stormy pursuit as Cabanne plans confrontation
St. Louis on April 26 reports James Cabanne Jr. has left for San Francisco to face Broughton Brandenberg, the man accused of abducting his wife Minnie Leonard Cabanne and their son on April 15, promising a dramatic meeting and bitter charges.
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St. Louis
James 3. Cabanne, Jr
Broughton Brandenberg
San Francisco
Cabanne
Bradenberg
St. Louisan
Minnie Leonard Cabanne
Trade Conditions Lacking Momentum With Mixed Signals
Bradstreet's review notes little overall change in trade and ongoing irregularity as the main feature of business in April. Spring results are disappointing, while expectation grows for wholesale activity in the fall and winter. Iron and steel see rising volumes, but prices slip as manufacturers cut costs to win business. coal and coke production fall with weak prices.
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New York
Bradstreet
Tornado Toll Rises in Cleveland and Southern Ohio
A Cleveland tornado on April 22 killed eight people and fatally injured nine others. At least fifty were seriously hurt while property damage exceeded $1,000,000 across Cleveland and southern Ohio.
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Cleveland
Sothern
Ohio
Russia Brings Shah to Full Realization
Teheran reports the shah agrees to an indefinite armistice in Tabriz and unlimited supplies for the beleaguered city where roughly 11,000 defenders and attackers clash. Civilians endure severe hardship as rumors of a Russian expedition led by General Sparsky to restore order unsettle Nationalists.
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Teheran
Tabriz
Sparsky
Julfa
Bomb in Cathedral in New Orleans Explodes in Church Tower
An explosion in the tower of St Louis Cathedral on Chartres Street damaged the structure about $2000. A woman and two children were inside but unharmed. Several arrests made as police suspect dissension among Italian workers repairing the south tower caused the blast.
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New Orleans
St. Louis Cathedral
Chartres Street
Watchorn Resigns as Immigration Commissioner in New York
Commissioner Robert Watchorn of immigration in New York resigns effective immediately. Assistant Commissioner Joseph Murray named acting commissioner pending successor appointment in Washington.
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Immigration
Watchorn
New York
Washington
Robert Watchorn
Joseph Murray
Daughters of the American Revolution elects president general
By a vote of 486 to 428 Mrs Matthew T Scott of Illinois the administration candidate was named president general of the DAR over Mrs William Cummingstory of New York the insurgent candidate A number of delegates refused to make the election unanimous on Mrs Storys motion
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Washington
Matthew T. Scott
Ilinois
the Daughters of the American Revolution
William Cummingstory
New York
Story
The Portuguese Earthquake Rips Through Portugal
Lisbon reports seismic disturbances have ceased. Many villages wiped out with Salvaterra and San Stefano severely damaged. Thirty nine bodies recovered and over a hundred people remain missing.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Salvaterra
San Stefano
Indictments Against Kidnappers in Mercer Case
Mercer Pennsylvania April 24 grand jury returns one indictment each against James Boyle and his wife charging kidnapping an extra count against the woman for aiding and abetting kidnapping.
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Mercer, Pa
James Boyle
Death of Ex-Senator Stewart
Former United States Senator William A. Stewart of Nevada has died in Washington after an operation. The body will be transported to Nevada for burial.
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Stewart
Washington
United States
William A. Stewart
Nevada
Lynching in Parkwood Alabama Ends Assault Case
A Black man was lynched at Parkwood Alabama after an assault on a white woman. The incident prompted territorial authorities to open inquiries into the mob action and motive.
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Parkwood
Ala
Sultan Abdul Hamid Quits as Turkish Capital Falls
The Yildiz garrison surrenders and Constantinople is in constitutionalist control after a dawn capitulation. Niaci Bey commands the garrison. Sultan Abdul Hamid remains inside Yildiz Kiosk with ministers awaiting parliamentary action and an inquiry into alleged mutiny. Siege declared in Constantinople and other towns.
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Niaci Bey
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Yildiz
Constantinople
New Census Director Named for Taft Era
Washington reports Dana Durand of California will be appointed director of the census to succeed N N North of Massachusetts, following retirement decided by President Taft. Durand currently serves as deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Corporations under the Department of Commerce and Labor. Six Lives Lost In Mississippi River at New Orleans the towboat Eagle capsized about forty miles south of the city with Captain George, Second Engineer Goodbull, Fireman Martin and two Black deck hands among the drowned.
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E. Dana Durand
California
Ss. N. D. North
Massachusetts
Taft
Durand
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
New Orleans
Louisiana Petroleum Company
Mississippi River
George
Goodbull
Martin
Clerree
Joan of Arc
la Crosse
Kan
Europe
BE. H. Harriman
Gillette
Chester
Jordan
Cambridge
Mass
Somerville
Frank Gotch
Jess Reimer
Des Moines
H. Percival Dodge
Boston
Salvador
Morocco
Gummere
Iowa
Edward Payson Weston
Joliet
Atlantic
Pacific
New York Central Railroad
The Colonel's First African Hunt in Nairobi
Nairobi April 26 Roosevelt's first hunt under fine weather yielded two wild beasts and a Thompson's gazelle. The expedition showcased his enjoyment and noted wildlife encountered in British East Africa.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Co. Roosevelt
Death of Peter F Collier in New York
Peter F Collier founder and publisher of Collier's Weekly died suddenly last night of apoplexy at the Riding Club in New York. The prominent newspaper figure was known for creating the popular weekly magazine and leading its editorial direction.
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Peter F. Collier
New York
Collier’s ‘Weekly
Riding Club
Fires Hit Multiple Cities Causing Heavy Losses
Brief dispatches report fires destroying large parts of Helena Arkansas Corday Oklahoma and La Crosse Kansas business districts with losses ranging from 55 000 to 100 000. Other items note donations to Berea College nominations confirmations arrests and notable deaths.
Ex Senator Turpie Dead In Quiet Indianapolis Home
Former United States Senator David S Turpie dies at his Indianapolis residence aged eighty expected next July. A long public career included service in Indiana general assembly speaker of the house in 1875 and U S senator from 1887 to 1899 with key roles in codifying state laws and national conventions. He leaves a daughter Ella as his lone immediate survivor and had retired after 1899 due to ill health.
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Indianapolis
United States
David S. Turpie
North Meridian Street
Mr. Turpie
Ella
David Turpie
Hamilton County
Ohio
Kenyon College
Indiana
Monticello
Indiana General Assembly
Joseph A. Wright
Court of Common Pleas
Benton, White and
Tippecanoe
White County
Turpie
Thomas A. Hendricks
Jesse D. Bright
United States Senate
J. A. Wright
Turple
Logansport
Marton
Isaac P. Cray
Cleveland
District of
Democratic Legislative Caucus
William E. Niblack
Senate
Benjamin Harrison
Charlies W. Fairbanks
Senator Turple
General Assembly
Albert J. Beveridge
Judge Turpie
St. Louis
Chicago
Seven Sentenced in a Week in Indianapolis
Jordan Walker, a colored man, pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree for killing his wife Marie Walker on March 10 and was sentenced by Judge Pritchard to life imprisonment. He is the seventh person to receive life in prison from the criminal court within a week.
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Indianapolis
Jordan Walker
Marie Walker
Pritchard
Hfe
Nervous Collapse Fells W Z King of King & Bro Furniture
W Z King head of King and Brother Furniture Company lies dying at his Chestnut Street home with a bullet in his brain after a nervous collapse. The April 24 report from Brazil Indiana notes his condition worsened following a prior sale of property.
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Brazil
Ind
W. Z. King
W. Z. King & Bro. Furniture Company
Chestnut Street
Mr. King Wagerty
Sentenced for Life in Indianapolis Double Murder Case
Six young men in Indianapolis were chained in couples and escorted to criminal court. Judge Pritchard sentenced four to life in Indiana state prison: Fred Cassell Charles Jackson Edward Decker and Harry Riggio. He deferred verdicts for Harry Doty and George Miller pending jury trial before finalizing. Mrs Mary Nichols fate remained undecided and will be determined after further consideration. No time will be lost in sending the convicts to prison.
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Indianapolis
Criminal Court
Pritchard
Indiana State Prison
Fred Cassell
Charles Jackson
Edward Decker
Harry Riggio
Harry Doty
George Miller
Mary Nichols
Axtell Sentenced by Judge Wilson in Bloomington Case
Harry A. Axtell former wealthy Bloomington official and Real Estate Building and Loan secretary was sentenced to at least two years in Michigan City prison for embezzling more than $38,000. Judge James B. Wilson denied a new trial and juror misconduct claims. Attorneys filed a bill of exceptions and sought sixty days to prepare the case.
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Wilson
Bloomington
Ind
Harry A. Axtell
Michigan City
Ratliff
Real Hestate Building and Loan Association
James B. Wilson
War on Washington Autoists Turns Sour in Wheatland
Farmers near Wheatland west of Washington Ind have started a campaign against autoists following a crippled schoolboy named Barekman killed by a car months ago. They scatter tacks and barbed wire on roads, damaging machines from Washington and Vincennes and warn drivers to slow down through the area.
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Washington
Ind
Wheatland
Here
Barekman
Vincennes
Expensive Dipper Fails to Meet Official Measure
Indianapolis April 26. D W Jackson manager of the Indianapolis Creamery was fined 125 and costs in city court for selling short measure and using unsealed measures. He claimed the tin dipper had been in use for five years and thought it correct. The measure tested held less than a quart while used in the creamery’s retail department, affecting about fifty gallons of milk daily.
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Indianapolis
D. W. Jackson
Indianapolis Creamery Company
Jackson
Pendleton Republican Plant Destroyed by Fire
Pendleton Indiana April 25 The plant of the Pendleton Republican was destroyed by fire last evening causing a loss about 2500 The blaze started in the back stairway where stock and old papers were stored and the upper floor was in flames when found The Republican was owned by Robert E Maranville and established in 1878 by Charles S Cady The loss is fully covered by insurance.
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Pendleton
Ind
Pendleton Republican
Republican
Robert E. Maranville
Charles S. Cady
Autoists rally opens in New York with hill climb
The annual automobile carnival week began in New York with the Fort George hill climb. Motorists, owners, drivers and sellers will participate in races and speed contests through next Saturday, culminating in a grand parade afternoon. More than motor cars are entered.
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New York
Fort George
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