Weekly roundup of national news notes and events
A compilation of brief items reports Taft paying tribute at Major Butt memorial services in Washington then noting State Department findings on land acquisition in Mexico, naval gun scores by Utah, rail yard strikes in Chicago, Champ Clark politics, antitrust cases, and other assorted 1900s-era federal and regional happenings. It covers politics, labor, disasters, and society from various locales with names like Taft, Butt, Tillman, and the Mississippi flood.
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President Taft
Archibald W. Butt
Ria
National Theater
Washington
The
Masons
Taft
U. S. Senate
Department of State
Mexico
Provisional Mexican leader proclaimed as rebel clashes loom
Foreign Emilio Vasquez Gomez, a lawyer, is named provisional president of Mexico. Gen Pascual Orozco leads rebel forces threatening the federal base at Torreon. Juarez may remain provisional capital, likely shifting to Chihuahua as tensions rise. Meanwhile news from St Petersburg reports the czarina gravely ill under surveillance. A Smyrna harbor mine attack from the Turkish-Italian war results in heavy casualties aboard a steamship flying the Turkish flag with 140 dead, 60 injured, and 100+ escape.
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Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
Pascual Orozco
Torreon
Juarez
Chihuahua
Texas
Smyrna
Asiatic Turkey
Roosevelt renounces MA delegates at large to Taft after vote
Colonel Roosevelt repudiates the Massachusetts eight delegates at large elected for him and telegraphs support for Taft from Oyster Bay. Taft won the state on the presidential preference vote, each garnering 13 of 36 MA delegates. Democratic and Progressive outcomes shift as law changes impact at large delegations amid partial precinct returns.
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Massachusetts
Oyster Hay
Taft
Foas
Champ Clark
Saloons Closed After Supreme Court Kokomo Ruling
In Marion Indiana the mayor and saloonkeepers closed all twenty one saloons by agreement after a Kokomo ruling on local option. The decision touched county commissioners duties in local option elections and followed a drys victory overturned by the state supreme court. Saloon stock will be returned to wholesalers.
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Marion
Ind
May
Ciy
Kokowno Cape
Grant County
Gere
Leroy B. Nash
Troten
Supreme Court
Marion Rajoon
Acart
Rys
Nash
Woman Planned Murder in Bedford Case Evidence Found
The Bedford murder case shows premeditation by the wife, with letters detailing marital trouble over another woman. She planned to kill her husband and herself, left funeral instructions, and asked to be buried beside her infant child. She shot her husband then herself and remained in critical condition.
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Bedford
James Ping
Ping
Pioneer farmer Henry Johnson divides $100000 estate
Henry Johnson, age eighty seven, renowned pioneer farmer who cannot read or write, has divided his $100000 estate among his six children. He notes he started with nothing, never used tobacco, and claims he never spent money foolishly.
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Sullivan
Henry Johnson
Johnson
Man Killed by Train Near Unionity
Ralph Bishop, 35, a laborer, was found dead on Pennsylvania tracks near Unionity by William Dunn, a yard watchman he employed. Believed to have fallen asleep on the rail. He leaves a widow and one child.
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Winchester
Ralph Bishop
Pennsylvania
Unionity
Here
William Dunn
A Yard
Three Deaths In One Family In South Bend Home
In May in South Bend the Bay tink family records a third death within nine months. William J. Baytink, aged sixty eight, arrived in South Bend from Plymouth years ago. First his wife, then a daughter, and now Mr Baytink himself have died. Three children survive.
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May
William J. Baytink
Mr. Hayman
Mr. Bayman
South Hend
Mlymouth
First Mayor of Jasonville Elected in May Election
In Jasonville on May 3 a new mayor was elected by a majority as WZ Stadey 1 Pretpner secured the free mayoral post on the Democratic ticket. The Republican ticket carried Dempsey, whose victory supported the dry vote and the party line.
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Jasonville
Indiana News In Brief Evanville Summary
Misa Mary Barter of Evansville drowsed in Rockford Colorado while attempting a forde a strenc. Wabash-Mr Anew Watt age seventy-seven, found dead at home. heart disease suspected. Peru William Brock painter died from carbolic acid self harm attempts. wife discovered him. Bullivan two smallpox cases in city school grades. buildings disinfected. South Bend police arrest Lewis S Alderfer for running a house of ill fame. pastors subpoenaed. Terre Haute silver spoons from Big Four loot recovered at Mrs Lawson Irwin’s home. Winamac Felix Frain fined $54 for unlawful sale of intoxicants. Greensburg bond set for Zvehbariah Price in tenant murder case. habeas denial. Terre Haute Mrs Ambrosio dAmorim to learn mother died same day letter arrived. Roushville Union District Medical Association to meet. seventh meeting closed at Liberty. Lagrange Helmsman Allgood jailed for assault on nine-year-old daughter. life term. Sullivan two masked burglars attempt Metz residence. rescued by neighbor and arrested. Crawfordsville wireless telegraph club strengthened by Sve wae Young.
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Misa Mary Barter
Rockford
Colo
Peru
William Brock
Bullivan
Serioul
Joseph Lanaub
South Bend
Lewis
Alderferd
Terre Haute
Muncie
Lawson Irwin
Winamac
Felix Frain
Wingmac
Cutty
Greensburg
Bond
Rio Janeiro
Roushville
Heétman Allgood
van Buren Township
James 8
Drake
Michigan City
Sullivan
Adam Metz
Shelburn
115 Women Seek Bride in Marion May Day Ad
An Indianapolis paper notes 115 responses to James Hodges ad offering a bride and plan to wed July 4 with the chosen woman a New Harmony resident. Hodges aims to halt further letters as the match is set and the bride’s name will be kept secret until the wedding day. Twin dies at 84 in fabanon. Malinda Lowman, born March 20 1828 in Montgomery county, died of organic heart disease leaving sister Matilda Melure and two surviving relatives.
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Jamesa Hodges
Taan
Indianapolis
Hodges
New Harmony
Cloverdale
A. W. Loman
Rooster Attacks Boy in Boonington May Event
A two year-old boy played when a large rooster attacked. His mother Mrs Frank Burns arrived and beat the bird away after the rooster pulled the child down and pressed its spurs into him. The incident occurred in Boonington on a May day.
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Frank Burns
Old Man Wede Hits Stenographer Hartford City Orto Sipe
Hartford City Ontario Sipe aged sixty five manager of the Independent Oil company and Civil War veteran with Mise Hazel Clapper aged seven are mentioned in the fragment describing a local incident or note.
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Ortendo Sipe
Independent Oil Company
Mise
Hazel Clapper
Train Wreck Kills Four, Wounds Dozens Near Hattiesburg
Four trainmen and at least seven passengers were killed and about 40 injured when the Van Sandt Special on the New Orleans Northwest railroad wrecked at Gunn's Mill six miles north of Hattiesburg. The Dallas to Macon express plunged from an embankment as coaches and sleepers piled up, a relief train rushing to the scene within an hour.
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Macon
Gunn's Mill
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Allen trial details steel breastplate claim in Hillaville case
In Wytheville Virginia Floyd Allen trial the commonwealth contends the Allen gang planned to “shoot up the court and shoot down the law” at Hillaville last March. Witnesses describe Allen wearing a steel breastplate and that about a dozen shots were fired at him at close range without effect. Other testimony notes Allen firing toward Commonwealth's Attorney Foster who was killed and a witness saw his revolver leveled at Betty Ayres shortly after she was struck.
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Betty Ayres
Boston Attorney Partridge Dies by Suicide in Office
Olcott O. Partridge a noted Boston lawyer and club man shot himself in his office. A suicide note addressed to his mother Mrs. H. W. Partridge was found near the body. Partridge had been ill for a long time and was in the city for Victoria visit.
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Boston
Olcott O. Partridge
H. W. Partridge
Victoria
Tez
Partridge
Six Hurt in Wreck in Louisville
W B Minton of North Dakota Kinney Carpenter of Lexington Ky W R Hutchinson conductor Clinton Keene of Georgetown Ky J M Judd engineer and M A Hamley fireman were injured when a Southern passenger train collided with a freight in Louisville authorities investigated the collision and treatments were given at the scene
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W. B. Minton
North Dakota
Kinney Carpenter
Lexington
W. R. Hutchinson
Clinton Keene
Georgetown
J. M. Judd
M. A. Hamley
Southern
Cincinnati Market Prices and Ship Loss Report
Cincinnati market notes show grain prices for wheat corn oats and hay with varied levels for No 2 red No 4 white No 2 yellow and others plus cattle hog and sheep bids. A shipping alert reports the German steamship Augsburg believed lost after departing February 2 with a 1 000 000 cargo and possible loss of all aboard.
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Bologna
Duill
New York
Augsburg
Bremes
Saving Stepe and the Ovar Table Conflict
An encoded cartoon caption describes a dispute over a station house and a cramped setup. The dialogue features Agent Yee and Harper's Bazaar framing a scene with a baby, a crib, and limited space. The piece reads as a whimsical, rhetorical exchange rather than a narrative.
Garfield Tea Feats Of Digestion Endorse Bafors Retirement
Bafors plans to retire as Garfield Tea endorses digestion innovation. Eup ce Garfield Tea reports ongoing development and continued support for the veteran executive amid industry shifts.
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Bafors
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