Indiana nominates Charles Warren Fairbanks for president
Indiana presents Charles Warren Fairbanks as a presidential candidate, arguing his proven loyalty to McKinley and Republic ideals. The speech extolls his purity, experience, and leadership, claiming he unites diverse states and interests and will enact reform, tariff revision, and strong governance.
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Eiple
Indiana
St. Louis
McKinley
Batlefield
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
Spaniard Mandida Faces Hurdle as Fear Of Hanging Grows
Manuel Mandida the Spanish emigrant who stabbed three men on a Wabash train sits in a county jail cell in mortal fear of execution. He is largely silent and unable to speak English, viewing the dead victim at the morgue and insisting his memory is blank regarding the attack. Deputies and witnesses, including Italian locals, accompany him as authorities seek clues while relatives of the victim Ariano Guiseppi remain in the hospital and others await travel westward releases.
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Manuel Mandida
Mandida
Schellmann & Ulmer
Michaletta Stefano
van Buren Street
Gandy
Ariano Guiseppi
Taft Family Roots Shape a Life of Duty
A portrait of William Howard Taft tracing his English Taft ancestors from Vermont to Ohio, and his mother Louise Torrey's influence. It covers his Yale education, early law career in Cincinnati, a dramatic act against a blackmailer, and his path toward public service including his promise to open the Philippines assembly.
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William Howard Taft
Western Reserve
Cincinnati
Mt. Auburn
Grant
Department of Justice
Austria
Russia
Louise M. Torrey
New England
Manila
Mr. Taft
Taft
Taft Family and Career Highlight Cincinnati Roots
A biographical portrait of William H. Taft tracing his Cincinnati origins, legal and political rise, and early judge career. It covers his family, marriages, children, and key milestones from 1881 through his tenure as solicitor general and federal judge, noting his influence on labor law and the Philippines policy.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
H. P. Floyd
Foraker
Judson Harmon
Cleveland
Taft
Helen Herron
John W. Herron
Robert Alphonso
Yale
Helen
Bryn Mawr
Charles Phelps
Washington
Superior Court
Harrison
The
United States
Great Britain
M. ‘Taft
Joseph H. Choate
Reed
Theodore Rooseveltt
Civil Service
Sixth Federal Circuit
Supreme Court
Iportant
Henderson man jailed after assaulting wife near post office
Robert B. Davidson an employee of Fort Wayne Gas slapped his wife twice as she clung to him near the post office. Chief Ankenbruck intervened and arrested him. A subpoena was served to ensure the wife’s appearance in city court. The wife said jealousy spurred the attack. Davidson was charged with assault and battery. Separately Harry Mills was found with a wash boiler and zinc and held on petit larceny charges.
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New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Ihinois
Indiana
Iowa
California
Organ
Washington
Pacific
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
McKinley
Nation
Republican Party
Elihu Root
Brick
Robert B. Davidson
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Ankenbruck
McClellan Street
Jim Smith
Fort Wayne Man Honored at Pathfinders Convention
The Pathfinders triennial convention in Dayton Ohio closed with officers elected including President George R. McKays of Cleveland and Vice President William Durr of Akron. Past president M. L. Clawson of Indianapolis and other officers were named.
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Dayton
Pathfinders
Argonautn
George R. McKays
Cleveland
William Durr
Akron
M. L. Clawson
Indianapolis
Ease
F.L. Fuller
C. W. Wellson
Fred Pomeroy
J. Whiteman
Ey. J
Rutledge
J. J . Texas
Musica
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Andover
New Haven
Charles P. Taft
Murat Halstead
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati Law School
Rose
Alphonse Taft
William H. Taft
Cincinnatii
High Court
Roosevelt
American Bar Association
Detroit
Spain
Aguinaldo
Islands
Panama Canal
Internal Revenue
Alphonso Taft
Peter Rawson Taft
Fort Wayne
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