Thomas R Marshall Named Governor on Fifth Ballot
Thomas R Marshall of Columbia City won the Democratic state convention nomination for Governor on the fifth ballot against I Ert Slack and Charles G Conn. Slack led on earlier ballots, while Samuel M Ralston withdrew after the fourth ballot.
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Indianapolis
Thomas R. Marshall
Columbia City
I. Ert Slack
Pranklin
Marshall
Samuel M. Ralston
Democratic Party
Indiana
Ives
Marshall Standard
Mr. Marshall
Slack
Ralston
McCullough
Kuhn
Conn
Wiliam O'Keefe
Marshall County
Slackstock
Lebanon
Marion County
Marshall Vigo County
Miers
G&g
L. Ert Slack
Charles G. Conn
Hypnotism No Divorce Plea in Brooklyn Court
In New York Special Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Crane refused Albert Vazakas a divorce from Louise Vazakas. The 20 year old Columbia Greek student sought annulment claiming she hypnotized him into marrying five years ago in Athens, where she now resides.
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New York
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Crane
Albert Vazakas
Columbia University
Louise Vazakas
Athens
Kills Self and Woman in Braul Special
A Braul incident ends in a double tragedy as an individual identified as William W. kills himself and a woman amid unclear circumstances. Police investigation to determine motive and sequence ongoing.
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Braul
William W
Indian Bandit Slain in Cherokee Nation Feud
Charles Wickliffe, a member of a feared Cherokee outlaw gang, was shot dead by his brother Thomas at the Wickliffe home in the Spawinaw hills Cherokee Nation after a family quarrel. The Wickliffe trio, full-blood Cherokees, were blamed for several murders and sought following their attack on deputies near Kansas, Oklahoma on March 11, 1905.
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Muskogee
Okla
Charles Wickliffe
Wickliffe
Spawinaw Hills
Cherokee Nation
Thomas
Wickliffes
Charles
John
Southwest
Kansas
Trainor Kills Actress in Hotel Apartment Then Dies
Vaudeville actor Trainor fatally shoots Mrs. William Pryor during a traveling engagement in their Clarendon Hotel apartment and dies by suicide. Pryor, 25, was an actress accompanying him on tour.
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Trainor
William Pryor
Clarendon Hotel
Tragedy on Oil Ship Ingewood Explodes Off Mandal
The Norwegian vessel Ingewood serving as a naptha carrier exploded while at anchor off Mandal. The ship was destroyed and thirteen crew members died, eleven of whom were British or American.
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Christiania
Naptha
Ingewood
Mandal
Norway
Matador Jose Moreno Ends Own Life In Arena
In Guadalajara a bullfighter known as Jose Moreno owner of the San Pedro ranch at Comnosital turned his pride into tragedy. He faced a raging bull in front of about 300 spectators and allowed the animal to gore him to death, claiming the courage he admired in other matadors.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Jose Moreno
San Pedro Ranch
Comnosital
Death Toll at Coal Mine No 1 Explosions
In Cheyenne Wyoming a deadly pair of explosions at Union Pacific Coal Company No 1 mine killed between fifty five and seventy workers. Initial blast during a firefight in the shaft killed twenty two. a second blast as rescuers struggled to reach entombed miners claimed additional lives.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Briggs
Gould Family Tensions Cloud European Wedding Plans
A dispute in the Gould family over George Gould’s consent to marry his sister Mme Anna Gould threatens a break in the family. Mme Anna Gould departs for Europe with Prince de Sagan pressing for a ceremony abroad despite objections and protests.
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New York
George Gould
Mme
Anna Gould
Gould
Prince de Sagan
Miners at Treadwell Mines Prompt Taft to Send Troops
Acting Alaska governor telegraphs Secretary Taft describing about eight hundred striking miners, many foreigners, armed with ten cases of dynamite and intent to destroy property and possibly life. Taft orders federal troops to quell the disruption.
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Washington
Treadwell
Alaska
Taft
Earthquake levelled Chilapa in Guerrero state
A major quake destroyed the town of Chilapa in Guerrero, Mexico, a 15 000 inhabitant city located about 115 miles south of Mexico City. It served as a bishopric seat and housed several important manufactories.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Chilapa
Guerrero
Harriman Buys Trolley Lines in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles and southern California E. H. Harriman has taken over all interests of H. E. Huntington in steam and electric railways, paying 50 million dollars for the properties.
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Los Angeles
E. H. Harriman
H. E. Huntington
Southern California
Miners Find Real Diamonds Near Oroville
Three fine diamonds were found at Cherokee near Oroville on land prospected by a diamond company. Two were washed out and another was panned by an Indian in Oroville itself.
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Oroville
Cal
Cherokee
Uprising in Gotham Explodes in Union Square
A red flag protest in Union Square ends in a fatal explosion as an assassin and companion are killed. The blast wounds police, injures bystanders, and sparks a mass panic with arrests as authorities vow a governmenthouse cleanup and a stern police response.
Kokomo Ministers Oppose Evans Fleet Sailings
Kokomo Indiana ministers condemn the Evans fleet sailing around the world and urge Senators Hemenway and Beveridge and Representative C B R Landis to oppose naval armament. They forward resolutions to press for making the United States a leading peace nation.
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Kokomo
Ind
Evans
United States Navy
Ministers’ Association
Hemenway
Beveridge
C. B R. Landis
United States
Rural delivery cited as boon to postal receipts
Experts in Washington argue rural mail routes boost postal income and save over 12 million dollars by closing small post offices and discontinuing star routes, countering claims the system causes deficits.
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Washington, D. C
Nominating Ballot Ends After 22 Hours in Anderson
The Eighth district Republican convention in Anderson Indiana ended on the seven hundred and sixty first ballot after a deadlock. Nathan B. Hawkins of Portland was nominated with support from George W. Cromer of Munele after Cromer saw Madison Jay and Randolph county delegations could not be broken.
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Anderson
Ind
Nathan B. Hawkins
Portland
Hawkins
George W. Cromer
Munele
Madison
Jay
Randolph County
Mission Penance Drives Leffingwell Hotel Sale in St Louis
Mrs Francina De Moss widow and her children plan to sell the twenty five room Leffingwell Hotel in St Louis to fund a self supported mission. John De Moss will preach nightly on the street, Grace will lead singing, and Mrs Verna O Stewart will play the organ. They attribute Johns illness and survival to divine Providence and vow renewed devotion.
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St. Louis
Francina de Moss
Leffingwell Hotel
John
Grace
Verna O. Stewart
Evansville Baseball Incident Ends in Fatal Head Injury
In Evansville Indiana a baseball game turned tragic when 13 year old George Cook was struck on the head with a bat by 16 year old Silas Posey a colored youth. Cook suffered a fractured skull and is expected to die Posey was arrested.
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Evansville
Ind
George Cook
Silas Posey
Posey
Gillette Executed for Grace Brown Murder in Adirondacks
Chester E Gillette was executed by electric chair at Auburn Prison after confessing to the 1906 murder of his sweetheart Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake. Governor Hughes refused clemency. Gillette said farewell to his mother before the sentence was carried out.
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Auburn
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Grace Hkrown
Big Moose Lake
Hughes
Gillette
Herkimer
Chester E. Gillette
Grace Brown
Big Moose
Adirondacks
Billy” Brown
Eagle Bay
Glenmore
Charles Graham
Albany
Old Forge
Arrowhead
Minister Granted a Divorce in Cloverland Case
Terre Haute Ind Special The Rev J A Robinson a young Cloverland minister ten miles from the city has been granted a divorce from his wife Pearl who eloped last July with Harry Brown conductor on an inter urban line She took her baby with her and the husband is given an order for its custody but there is no trace of Brown and the woman.
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Terre Haute
Ind
J. A. Robinson
Cloverland
Pearl
Harry Brown
Brown
Congressman Heflin In Shooting Affray
Washington report says Congressman Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama was involved in a desper ate car incident in which Thomas Lumby a colored man was shot in the head and Thomas McCreary a New York horse trainer was wounded in the leg The Lumby injury is described as critical McCreary's wound as accidental Heflin was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill then released on $5000 bail
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Thomas Lumby
Thomas McCreary
New York
McCreary
Brooklyn Man Saved From Self Destruction by Prayer
A Brooklyn business figure, on his way to buy a revolver for suicide, heard prayers from an open church window at Summer Avenue Baptist and was moved to abandon the plan. Pastor Rev. Robert M. Green reports the man wrote stating the prayers saved his life.
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New York
Robert M. Green
Summer Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Water Department Scandal Exposed as City Robbery
Chicago records reveal a Water Department scandal tied to South Side ministers campaign. City Engineer Erickson’s figures show robbing the city treasury of over 7.7 million dollars in the past year. Full discoveries may push losses beyond 10 million.
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Chicago
Water Department
South Side
Erickson
The Democratic Candidate for Indiana Governor
Indianapolis special outlines Thomas R. Marshall of Columbia City as the Democratic nominee known for legal prowess and eloquence. He has avoided factional ties and plans nationwide speeches to mobilize voters on key campaign issues.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thos. R. Marshall
Columbia City
Indiana
Marshall
Anna Gould Plans Another High Profile Marriage
Anna Gould, once Countess de Castellane after her divorce from Boni de Castel Lane, will marry Prince Helie de Sagan, cousin of her former husband. The move would make her a princess. the timing venue and settlement terms are yet to be fixed.
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Anna
New York
Mie
Anna Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
Prince Helie de Sagan
Mme. Gould
Boy's False Murder Tale Stirred County Wide Alarm
An inquiry into a boy's claim that his father Fred Chamberlain killed a man and buried him on the farm showed the tale came from the 7 year old's imagination. The story spread from the boy to playmates and parents, triggering a county wide uproar.
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Wabash, Ind
Fred Chamberlain
Dutch Nonplussed Diplomatic Move At Berlin Ambassador Issue
Diplomatic circles in The Hague are puzzled by a report that the German Emperor refused Dr. David Jayne Hill as United States Ambassador to Berlin. No motive is known and officials suspect a misunderstanding.
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the Hague
David Jayne Hill
Berlin
Young Bayonne Sculptor Eeadie Designs Local Monument
In a Bayonne New Jersey competition against notable New York sculptors, Eleanor Eadie aged 19 just out of high school and previously unknown to fame had her design for the proposed soldiers and sailors monument accepted for the city.
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Bayonne
N. J
New York
Eleanor Eadie
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Unwritten Law Defense Frees Cleveland Man in Murder Case
Andrew Kolinoski was acquitted by a jury in Judge Labcock's court after admitting the killings of his wife and her boarder. He claimed emotional insanity and justification for the acts.
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Cleveland, CO
Andrew Kolinoski
Labcock
Kolinoski
Jury instructed to find libel against Philip in Baker case
In New York the jury in the libel suit of Emanuel Philip, president of the Union Refrigerator Company of Wisconsin, versus McClure Publishing Company were not allowed a verdict for the defense. Judge Hough charged that Ray Stannard Baker imputed private graft to Philip in the magazine article and the jury was instructed to find libel.
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New York
Emanuel Philip
Union Refrigerator Company of
Wisconsin
McClure Publishing Company
United States
Hough
Ray Stannard Baker
Philip
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