Adele Boas Found Safe After Train Abduction
Adele Boas, 13, daughter of silk manufacturer Arthur E. Boas, returned to her Stamford home after disappearing last Friday. Detectives traced a Boston clue from Mrs. Upton of Charlestown, revealing the girl rode from New York to Boston, stayed briefly in a furnished room, worked at a restaurant, and fled to earn her own living.
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New York
Adele Boas
Arthur E. Boas
New England
Boas
Stamford
Conn
McCafferty
New York Detective Bureau
Mrs. Upton
Charlestown
Mass
Boston
Miss Boas
Grand Central Station
Saengerfest Date to Remain Unchanged in June Event
The state saengerfest arrangement committee decided last night that the event in this city will stay scheduled from June 19 to 21. Despite other weeklong commitments, organizers will proceed with plans for the original dates and carry out preparations accordingly.
Brandenberg recounts escape and child abduction tale
San Francisco April 24 Bratton Brandenburg novelist and magazine writer describes fleeing police over three months. He portrays disguises in Harrington Delaware a pool hall feud in Bridgeville and a wicker basket kidnapping of his stepson James Cabanne from St. Louis. He says authorities may extradite and claims to be scapegoat of politics in the Cleveland forgery case.
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San Francisco
Broughton Brandenburg
New York
Brandenburg
Harrington
Delaware
Carl Rheinder
Bridgeville
James Cabanne
St. Louis
California
Mr. Cabanne
Cabanne
Littl
the Dreyfus of
America
Grover Cleveland
Dreyfus of
Cleveland
New York Times
F. H. Hastings
Hastings
D. W.,l. Leonard
London
United States
W. J. Bryan
Taft
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
June Date Chosen for Fort Wayne Bankers Meeting
Fort Wayne will host the Indiana Bankers Association annual meeting in June replacing the fall schedule. The executive committee in Indianapolis set the shift, with Fort Wayne Clearing House to finalize the exact date, likely June 23 and 24. The event is expected to draw 300 to 400 bankers and other financial figures from across the country.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Indianapolis
C. H. Worden
First National Bank
Fort Wayne Clearing House Association
Indiana
Senator Overman proposes twelve dollar head tax on immigrants
Washington April 26 Mr Overman of North Carolina offered an amendment to the tariff bill proposing a head tax of twelve dollars on each immigrant. He argued the measure would yield revenue and protect American labor and cited a Supreme Court ruling as supporting it. He estimated six to ten million dollars in revenue. Senator Aldrich plans to introduce committee amendments to the tariff bill including deferred administrative features.
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Washington
Overman
North Carolina
Senate
United States
United States Supreme Court
Treasury
Aldrich
Senate panel names tariff subcommittee for Philippine islands
Washington April 26 The senate committee on the Philippines appointed Senator Beveridge and Representatives Hepburn and Johnston of Alabama as a sub committee to draft a tariff bill for the Philippine islands.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the
Philippines
Beveridge
Hepburn and Johnston
Alabama
Philippine Islands
Nagel North Fight Put Before Taft by Nagel
Washington April 26 The dispute between Secretary Nagel and Census Director North over census bureau administration is before the president. Nagel says he does not know the outcome and stresses no charges or investigations are directed by him. He warns the census is a big matter for the department administration and country.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Census North
Census Bureau
Cigarette foe John W Parks dies at 57
John W Parks longtime Indiana state senator who framed the anti cigarette bill that became law in 1905 died at Plymouth Indiana he was 57 He led a bitter fight against cigarettes facing Oscar A Baker the tobacco trust attorney who fled the country to avoid bribery charges Baker’s reward of 3000 was posted and later canceled Parks leaves a widow and two adopted children.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Plymouth
Ind
John W. Parks
State Senate
Parks
Oscar A
Baker
Tobacco Trust
Canada
Europe
Marshall
Marion
Two Farmers Die in Deep Drain Ditch Near Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on April 26 James B Long 51 and Albert McKibben 34 were found dead in a deep ditch on Frank Peterson s farm seven miles northeast of Muncie. The ditch caved in while the men were ten feet or more below the surface while digging to drain a swamp. James Brown another worker quit at noon Saturday and likely escaped.
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Muncie
Ind
James B. Long
Albert McKibben
Frank Peterson
Peterson
James Brown
Heirs of Uncle Jonathan Dean Challenge Will
Petersburg Indiana April 24 Heirs to the 520 acre farm left by Uncle Jonathan Dean in 1870 to aid widows within eight miles plan to contest the will Oil wells have been bored on the land though the farm has rarely profited the trustees have only recently paid back taxes If the land yields wealth many widows may gain relief The supreme court previously ruled against the heirs in a long running contest Newton Depew of Garrett was attacked by two bulldogs at the same time.
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Petersburg
Ind
Jonathan Dean
Dean
Supreme ‘Court
Effigy of Governor Willson Hung Over Kentucky Bridge
Following pardons for ex Governor Taylor ex Secretary of State Finley and others charged in the Goebel case, locals hung an effigy labeled Gus Willson murderer of justice from a bridge over the Kentucky River. The display labeled mob law and disgust at pardons, was cut down and shown at a newspaper office.
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Frankfort
Gus Willson
Kentucky River
Taylor
Finley
Goebel
Powers
Howard
Willson
Pardon of Taylor and Finley Joyed by Kin and Friends
In Indianapolis on April 24 Governor Willson of Kentucky pardoned former Governor W. S. Taylor and former Secretary of State Charles Finley after nine years in exile. Taylor plans to stay in Indiana to practice law, while Finley expects to return to Williamsburg and visit Morgan town, Kentucky. Anna Taylor, the elder daughter, spoke of the relief and mixed feelings among family and friends.
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Indianapolis
W. S. Taylor
Charles Finley
Willson
Kentucky
Taylor
Mr. Finley
Finley
Mr. Taylor
North
Delaware Street
Anna Taylor
Morgantown
Williamsburg
Indiana
Public reception planned for exiled Charles Finley in Lexington
Lexington reports a public reception in Lexington Kentucky for Charles Finley on his return from nearly a decade in exile in Indiana over Goebel murder charges. A York Pennsylvania telegram notes Caleb Powers visiting a young woman in York who is said to be his fiancée.
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Lexington
Charles Finley
Williamsburg
Whitley County
Indiana
Goebel
York
Caleb Powers
Ditcher Freeman Held After Offering Bank Certificates
Benjamin F Freeman claims to be a ditcher from Big Rapids and offered two $50 certificates of deposit from Citizens Bank of Big Rapids for sale at $20 on the north side Friday. Suspected by locals, he was jailed for drunkenness and held until Monday morning after police confirmed the certificates’ face value and ownership.
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Benjamin F. Freeman
Big Rapids
Citizens Bank of
Man guilty of manslaughter in quarrel killing
Ernest Campbell, 21, of Muncele Ind, was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting John Cook after a quarrel over Mrs Cook. He was sentenced to the Jeffersonville Reformatory for a term of from two to twenty-one years. Campbell’s crime followed a dispute over Mrs Cook’s affections.
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Muncele
Ind
Ernest Campbell
John Cook
Mra. Cook
Ffersonville ‘Reformatory
Campbell
Roosevelt Visits Africa for Big Game and Speeches
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Mombasa aboard the German steamer Admiral and heads to Kapiti Plains for a shooting expedition. The party, including F J Jackson acting governor, is greeted by a guard and officials. Roosevelt sends telegrams to King Edward and German leaders, praises British East Africa, and promises future entente hopes while noting the importance of peace through strength.
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Mombasa
Theodore Roosevelt
Kahiti
Sir Alfred Pease
F. J. Jackson
Protectorate
Roosevelt
King Edward
Panadora
Mr. Roosevelt
Government House
Mr. Jackson
Kermit Roosevelt
J. Alden Loring
Emund Heller
Major Mearns
Germany
Dohert
East Africa
Kapiti Plains
Athi River
Sir Alfred
Natronal
Kermit
Edmund Heller
F. C. Selous
R F. Cunninghame
United States
Africa
British East Africa
America
Philippine Islands
Pandora
Mr. Selous
Great Britain
Kilindini Harbor
Pandors
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D. N. Foster
Wayne Knitting Mills
Packard Company
Bowser Oil Tank Works
Perfection Biscuit Company
Nagel North
Interior Department
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Newton Depew
Dri
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Old Kentucky
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Free Mall
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