Indiana man guns down self after family attack
In Sarrodsburg Kentucky Edward Moore tried to kill his wife and family injuring two officers. His fourteen year old stepson Frank Wotan shielded relatives by hurling a chair. Moore died from a self-inflicted wound after a confrontation with police. Weapons and ammunition lay on a kitchen table. Denver Colorado two dozen boys and a man visit a hotel lobby, the man claiming many more rooms. Alexander lists single rooms and insists on not sharing.
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Sarrodsburg
Edward Moore
Moore
Frank Wotan
Go C
Smith
Tiiam Davenport
Davenrt
Rt. E
Denver
Colo
Goodland
Kas
Nathan Alexander
Alexander
Nurse Loyal In Death Leaves Gift for Earle Children
Catherine Convery a Philadelphia nurse who served the family of George H Earle for fifty years died recently. Through her will she leaves her entire fortune to purchase presents for the Earle children George Ralph Hansel Edith and Gladys. In fifty years of service she nursed the Earle patriarch and accumulated about 4000.
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Philadelphia
Catherine Convery
George H. Earle
Earle
George
Ralph
Hansel
Edith
Gladys
Hungry Timber Wolf Seen On North Shore Ice
Excitement rose along the lake shore as a huge gray timber wolf appeared on an ice floe near Chicago along the north shore. The gaunt animal, likely seeking food, seemed to have ventured from the woods and was later lost to view as the floe drifted away.
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Chicago
Pawtucket Librarian Mrs Saunders Dies at 74
Mrs Minerva A Saunders longtime Pawtucket public librarian noted for reading more than 6000 novels during 34 years of service died at age 74 She reviewed every title before it could be placed on library shelves in Pawtucket Rhode Island.
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Pawtucket
Minerva A. @Saunders
Twenty-Sixth Dreadnought Ajax Launched at Greenock
Greenock Scotland reports the British battleship Ajax, a King George V class dreadnought, the twenty sixth in the Royal Navy. The vessel displaces about 23000 tons and marks a milestone in British naval building.
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Greenock
Scotland
Ex Chief Must Go to Prison in Bribe Conviction
Olympia reports the state supreme court upheld the conviction of Charles W. Wappenstein former Seattle police chief for accepting a bribe. Sentenced to serve from three to ten years. Storms across Texas and Oklahoma cause $150 000 to $160 000 in damage. Electra oil field damage and a fatality noted. Hotel fire on West Street leaves three dead and four injured with possible fatalities.
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Olympia
Wash
State Supreme Court
Charles W. Wappenstein
Seattle
Wichita Falls
Tex
Texas
Oklah Omaa
Electra
Woody
Ork
West Street
Final Tribute to Maine Dead at Arlington and Washington
The bodies of the Maine victims lay in state during a national ceremony at Arlington cemetery after a White Lot procession. President Taft, cabinet members, and thousands attended as 34 unknowns joined 227 recovered victims in a solemn tribute second only to McKinley’s funeral in national history.
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Washington Navy Yard
John P. Chadwick
New York
Maine
White Lot
White House
McKinley
Havana Harbor
Birmingham
Taft
Charles D. Sigsbee
Richard Wainwright
Army
Navy
Washington Monument
Arlington Cemetery
Potomac
Washington
Weavers Demand Higher Wages Across Mills
Mass meeting of Lancaster operatives demands a 15 cent wage rise and abolition of the fine system. Clinton workers seek a 16 percent wage increase. Loom fixers push for a 10 percent raise as part of the broad Weavers strike at Lawrence Gingham mills involving over half of about 1,000 workers.
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Lancaster
Clinton
Mass
Lawrence Gingham
Two Washington deputy sheriffs found murdered near Hoquiam
The bodies of Deputy Sheriffs Colin McKenzie and Al Elmer were found by a search party near the headwaters of the Wyncodele about 30 miles from Hoquiam Washington. Both men had been murdered according to local officials and investigators are reviewing the scene.
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Odies
Washington
Hoquiam
Wash
State ownership bill proposed for natural resources
Phoenix Arizona senator Worsley introduced a bill in the senate to place state ownership over all industries tied to natural resource development. The plan would have the state own oil wells refineries and mines and sell the products to the people.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Senate
Worsley
Tucson
Banta Fe Plans 22 Million Investment in Topeka
Topeka Kansas announces a 22 million dollar spending program aimed at development and public works. The plan names Banta Fe as leading financer with city approval expected soon. Officials cite job creation and economic growth as primary goals.
Plan to Prevent Soft Coal Strike
A crisis in coal wage talks could trigger a strike by over 460,000 miners on April 1 or a suspension until new wage agreements are reached. United Mine Workers officials weigh a compromise lowering demand to five percent pay raise. London reports government readiness to use force, with Highlanders ordered to be ready for deployment to quell disturbances.
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Cleveland
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
London
Thief Daniel Callahan Surrenders in St Louis Heist
Federal authorities allege Daniel Callahan led a gang in three diamond robberies totaling about 260000. An index finger missing on Callahan and a post office inspector who tailed him for eighteen months sat opposite him at a restaurant in Union Station, triggering the arrest. Victims include Mrs Maldwin Drummond of England, Edward Alberti, Spaulding and Co of Chicago, and jewel losses at Strauss & Strauss and Sloan Co in New York.
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Daniel Callahan
Louie
Louis
Post Office
Union Station
Callahan
Maldwin Drummond
England
Marshall Field, Jr
Edward Alberti and
Spaulding & Co
Chicago
Alberti
Spaulding
New York
Strauss & Strauss
Sloan & Co
Mob lynches convict slayer in Cochran Georgia
Homer Howell, a black convict, killed guard Joseph Coody aged forty and tried to shoot two more guards at the convict camp a mile from Cochran. As he was being moved toward Hawkinsville a mob of about fifty men swarmed the escort and stringed Howell to a telephone pole. Sixty other prisoners in the camp reportedly plotted escape as word spread of the killing.
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Cochran
Homer Howell
Joseph Coody
Mile
Howell
Hawkinaville
Milea
Coal Carrier Fined 62000 Under Commodities Clause
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad was found guilty in federal court of violating the Hepburn act commodities clause and fined $2,000. Indicted on twenty counts for shipping hay from Buffalo to Scranton for mule feed in the mines. Counsel said an appeal would be taken to the U S Supreme Court.
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Buffalo
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
United States District Court
Scranton
Supreme Court of the United States
Maine refuses to instruct electors for Democratic convention
Maine's twelve delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore will go unpledged with no expressed preference. Wilson's resolution lacked acceptance by the resolutions committee. By convention agreement no delegates at large were chosen, each district naming three delegates instead of two to reach twelve.
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Wilson
Augusta
Maine
Baltimore
Committee On
Three Are Killed In Fight In Bayloraville Ky
In Bayloraville Kentucky a fight left Charles May age seventeen and William P Day age nineteen dead after being shot by Harry Raybours age nineteen who was fatally stabbed. The three victims were cousins and the quarrel began over a trivial matter.
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Bayloraville, Ky
Charles May
William P. Day
Harry Raybours
Veterinary Kicked to Death in Larimore Incident
In Larimore North Dakota Dr J D Campbell a veterinarian and a member of the state IP is connected to a fatal incident involving a kicked death. Authorities report scarce details as the case unfolds with local officials and veterinary circles noting the unusual nature of the event.
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Larimore, N. D
J. D. Campbell
Larimore
Ernary
Her
State
Interstate Rail Rates Define Federal Authority Over Traffic
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a landmark ruling stating railroads must adjust freight charges so interstate and intrastate traffic under similar conditions receive equal treatment. The 4 to 8 decision asserts national regulatory supremacy, amid a Louisiana Texas carrier dispute, with mixed votes among commissioners.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Railroad Commission of Louisiana
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Louisiana
Texas
Interstate Commission
Lane
Commission
Prouty
Clark
Meyer
Clements
Harlan
McChord
Louisiana Commission
Dallas
Shreveport
Texas Railroad Commission
Mine blast at Ban Bole mine kills and wounds many
At Ban Bole mine No 2 in McCurtain Oklahoma a devastating explosion left 52 bodies recovered 26 rescued alive and 29 bodies located with one death since. W Q Rapier chief surveyor of San Bois Co perished. Air pump kept last survivors alive as rescuers found them. Cause undetermined with State Mine Inspector citing gas. In Ohio Governor Harmon's backers push a May 21 Democratic presidential primary.
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Boyle
Columbus
Harmon
Democratic State Central Committee
Ohio
Girl Wing $16,000 gult in Cincinnati case
A jury awarded Miss Lilian Sucher 15,000 dollars damages against merchant William Burger after she sued for 88,000 dollars claiming breach of promise. The plaintiff formerly worked in Burger’s store and the trial took place in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Lilian Sucher
William Burger
Burger
Wisconsin Senator Senachee Ousted By Resolution
A fragmentary note indicates a move to oust Senator Senachee of Wisconsin via a resolution. The phrasing references a political action against the senator and suggests a formal assembly or body was involved in the selection or removal process.
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Stephenson
Washington
Senachee
Wisconsin
Allen Escapes as Posse Closes in on kin in Virginia Case
Galax Va leaders say Claude Swanson Allen fled after the Carroll county courthouse killings that claimed Judge Massie Prosecutor Foster Sheriff Webb Juror Fowler and Miss Nancy Ayres. His uncle Sidna Allen and cousins Wesley Edwards and Fred Allen are hotly pursued in the Blue Ridge. three days' capture hoped. Others dodging toward Mount Airy NC and beyond North Carolina line. Sidna Edwards, indicted for murder, taken to Roanoke jail for safety.
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Galax
Carroll County Court
Massie
Foster
Webb
Fowler
Nancy Ayres
Claude Swanson Allen
Floyd Allen
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Fred Allen
Blue Ridge
Claude Allen
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
Here
Mount Alfry
N. Y
Sidna Edwards
Roanoke
Victor Allen
Byrd Marion
Four New Mexico Legislators Accused of Bribery
Santa Fe reports an investigation into bribery charges against Representatives Cordova, Lucero, Montoya, and Trujillo. Witness Lina testified under cross examination while Bena described a Palace Hotel room scheme to influence senate votes. Arraigned before District Judge Leahy, the four waived preliminary examination with bail set at $2,000 each.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe
N. M
House Committee
Cordova
Lucero
Montoya
Trujillo
A. A. Lina
Bena
Elfego Baca
Palace Hotel
Senate
Baca
David J. Leahy
Three Americans Shot by Pirates in China Near Wushan
U S Consul reports three American teachers attacked by pirates on the Yangtse near Wushan in Szechwan. Bert R. Hicks of Oshkosh Wis is said killed. The two wounded are Messrs Hoffman and Sheldon. American legation seeks details via Hankow and Chungking channels. Hicks was son of E R Hicks, former Wisconsin attorney general.
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Wushan
Peking
U. S
E. Carlton Baker
Chungking
Yangtse River
Szechwan
Bert R. Hicks
Oshkosh
Wis
Messra Hoffman
Sheldon
Roger 8. Greene
Hankow
J. Paul Jameson
Hang
Bert Hicks
China
E. R. Hicks
Atorney
Wisconsin
Explosion Ends Eight Lives In Scranton Home
A gas explosion at John Corello’s Scranton residence killed eight people including his wife six children and a grandchild. Mamie Summa, seven, was severely injured after being found among tree limbs. The blast wrecked nearby buildings as investigators probe gas accumulation under the dwelling.
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Scranton
John Corello
Fur
Corello
Mamie Summa
Corelio
Miss Pittsfield to Prison Six Months for Suffragist
London reports Helen Pittsfield a leading militant suffragist was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labor for attempting to burn a branch post office during the suffragette demonstration. She declared she would repeat the offense when freed and cried out for the freedom of the cause.
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London
Helen Pittsfield
Guffer
Roald Amundsen to Visit U S for Antarctic Lecture
Roald Amundsen the South Pole discoverer will visit the United States next January to deliver his flat North American lecture on the successful Antarctic expedition before the National Geographic Society in Washington.
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Mear Amundsen
Gritigal Time of Woman's Life Ends in Odd Va
A woman from Odd, Virginia, describes severe health struggles including prolonged hemorrhages back pain and nervous insomnia after heavy farm work. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and allows broad endorsement for other women suffering similar ailments.
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Omni
Martha L. Hottoway
Odd
Vic
Lydia E. Pinkham
No Excuse for the Dyspeptic Garfield Tea
A short note references Garfield Tea available at every drugstore as a remedy. In a humorous dialogue from Harper’s Bazar, Mrs. Howard asks if Johnny was given an unbreakable toy and Mrs. Barker confirms, yet he has broken everything else with it.
Eph Hoskins Burns Bucks In New York Spree
In a sharp exchange Uncle Ezra questions Eph Hoskins about his fortune from New York. Uncle Eben predicts the spending will not last, noting Eph wrote $100 checks and burned them to light a cigar in the local general store last night, as reported by Puck.
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Ezra
Young Eph Hoskins
New York
Eben
Eph
The Office Boy and the Truth in a Grim Jest
In a small office, a boy lies and clings to it. The grizzled clerk asks what happens to liars. The boy answers with a wry line about becoming travelers when grown, revealing a darkly humorous take on honesty.
Henry Peck Braced for Company with Wartime Wit
In a Boston Globe comic vignette, Mrs Mary Peck heckles her husband Henry to brighten up for guests. He nervously teases by asking if she has all her hair on this evening, prompting a light exchange as the company arrives.
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Henry
Henry Peck
Mary
Mrs. Peck
Boston Globe
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