Alfonso XIII Reaches Majority and Is Proclaimed King
Madrid May 17 King Alfonso XIII attained his majority and became king in fact as well as name at sixteen. Festivities featured a medieval procession to the chamber of deputies where he swore to uphold the constitution in the presence of senators and deputies. The ceremony included grand carriages, royal guards, and a cannon salute signaling the oath and accession.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Spain
Infantas
Isabella
Eulalie
Princess of the Asturias
Solomon
Royal Bodyguard
Infanta Maria Teresa
Depu
the Asturias
Senor Vega Armijo
Senor
Senor Armijo
Republican county convention set for June 14 in Fort Wayne
The Republican county central committee met in the superior court room and fixed Saturday June 14 as the county convention date. Primary for delegates will be held Thursday June 12 with representation based on five delegates per 100 votes for Hugh Hanna in the last election. The meeting may be at Saengerbund hall.
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Republican County Central Committee
Sesson
Superior Court Room
Saengerbund Hall
Hugh Hanna
Loving Cup Award To Hibernian Rifles In Indianapolis
The Hibernian Rifles returned from Indianapolis where they participated in the dedication of the soldiers and sailors monument. They marched in the parade taking the right of line in the second division and performed creditably in drilling. Captain J. E. Ford received a handsome loving cup from J. H. Mahoney at an informal reception hosted by the Hibernian societies.
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Hibernian Rifles
Indianapolis
Hibernian Societies of
J. E. Ford
J. H. Mahoney
Epworth League Plans Winter Lecture Course
The Epworth League of Wayne Street Methodist Church may host a winter series of lectures and concerts at the church. A meeting will be held soon to form an executive committee as the group negotiates with lecture bureaus and awaits notable attractions.
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Epworth League
Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Young Elmer Franke Injures Leg In Fence Fall
Master Elmer Franke son of Street Commissioner Franke fell from a fence in front of his home Sunday afternoon breaking a leg in a compound fracture. He walked along the fence top when his foot caught between pickets and he couldn't free it.
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Elmer Franke
Franke
Birth Announcement for Miller Daughter at Baker Street
Born to Mr and Mrs Herman Miller of 418 Baker Street a daughter arrives, marking a family newborn in the community.
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Herman Miller
Baker Street
Huntington man narrowly escapes lynching after shooting
F D Smith of Huntington a former state representative narrowly avoids mob justice after shooting McCoy Lassater a farmer at Lassater home near Huntington. Smith is taken to jail then moved to Columbia City as crowds demand law not violence. Lassater seriously wounded vows to see justice.
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F. D. Smith
Huntington
McCoy Lassater
Fort Wayne
Southwestern
Whitley County
Allen County
Stout
Ryan, Huguenard
Bert Smith
Barnett
Smith
Redding
Alfred Redding
Lassater
Harvey Redding
James Walker
Roanoke
Huntington County
Columbia City
Gallagher
Branyan & Feightner
Marshall & McNagny
Victim Improves After Nighttime Shooting Near Abolt
Huntington Ind May 17 McCoy Lassater wounded near Abolt by F D Smith shows improvement. Doctors say abdominal bullet causes no pain and leg wound is not dangerous. Gallagher and Prosecutor Whitmattier of Columbia City involved in the case.
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Huntington
Ind
McCoy Lassater
Abolt
F. D Smith
Gallagher
Mhiteléattier
Columbia City
Remains of Major General Rosecrans Interred at Arlington
In Washington on May 17 the reinterment of Major General William S. Rosecrans was held at Arlington Cemetery under the Army of the Cumberland. President Roosevelt, cabinet members, Congress leaders, and many veterans attended. Full military honors were given as the body lay in a caisson, with remarks by Speaker Henderson and brief tributes from Roosevelt, Senator Foraker, and Representatives Hepburn Grosvenor and Gardner.
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Washington
William Starke Rosecrams
Arlington Cemetery
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
David B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
D. J. Stafford
John M. Schofield
Nelson A. Miles
H. C. Corbin
U.S. A
A. Baird
John M. Wilson
George L. Gillespie
Thomas M. Vincent
U. S A
Frankg. Smith
Coil
Green Clay Goodloe
William P. Huxford
John M. Farquahr
Henry May
District of Columbia N. G
George W. Steele
M. C
H. Clay Evans
United States
Joint Committee of Congress
WN. T. J. Dana
James Longstreet
John S.S. McCalmont
General Rosecrans
West Point
J. C.breckinridge
John F. Weston
John Tweedale
E. A. Carman
G. C. Kniffen
U.S. V
Henderson
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ead
Foraker
Hepburn
Grosvenor
Gardner
Special Car Sent For News Of Abolt Shooting
First reports of a shooting near Abolt reached the city Friday evening. General Manager Nelson ordered a special car for newspaper men. Sheriff’s officers and the coroner learned the affair was outside their jurisdiction and returned home.
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Abolt
Fort Wayne
Nelson
Civil service exams set for Fort Wayne June 1
Civil service examination to be held in Fort Wayne on June 1 for a photographic assistant position at $70 per month and for an assistant examiner in the patent office at $1200 per year.
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Fort Wayne
Patent Office
Desperate Battle Ends in Slayings in Pittsburg Suburb
In Pittsburg suburb of Atlanta early today four white men and three negroes were killed, with five whites and one negro wounded and a block of buildings burned after a clash between police and blacks resisting arrest. Officers and militiamen moved in as the siege unfolded with gunfire erupting from a house on McDaniel street and a store owned by Will Richardson.
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Atlanta
Will Richardson
McDaniel Street
Pittsburg
Fulton County
H. G. Ozburn
Thomas Grant
Edward Crabtree
Milton Rosby
A. Kerlin
W. A. Wright
W. T. Jackson
Owen Heard
Spradlin
Negro Hackman
S. A. Kerlin
Candler
Nelms
McPherson Road
Kerlin
Fort McPherson
Golden
Justice Orr
Dunbar and
Cheshire
Will King
Richardson
Tom Grant
Ball
King
Robert Osborne
Chandler
W. W. Barker
Fifth Regiment
J. W. Nelms
Téd
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Alfonso XIII
Kingdom of Spain
Goodrich
M’coy Lassater
Mrs. Lassater
Colum
Bia City
Rock Creek Township
Farmers’ Institute
Arlington
Taries
Civil Service
Ed Battle
Fulton
Owen
Annie Wilburn
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