Toga Pact Senator Shafer Leader Signals Slack Alliance
State Senator Slack of Franklin seeks an offensive and defensive alliance with Stephen Fleming and Major G W Menzies for political uplift. Slack backers name I Ert Slack as first choice and E G Hoffman as second, while Shafer acts as signalman from Grant Blackford and Wells. Fleming camp has offered no public response.
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Slack
Franklin
United States
Stephen Fleming
G. W. Menzies
Fleming
I. Ert Slack
E. G. Hoffman
Fort Wayne
Senator Burtney Shafer
Grant, Blackford and Wells
Slack Army
Hoffman-Fleming-Menzies
Senator Shafer
Gra
Woman says he didn't fire out at man
Edward Shattuck went to see his wife living with May Parage when a shot from a revolver aimed at him failed. May Parage was arrested for shooting with intent to kill and disorderly conduct, denied responsibility, ten witnesses testified, charges dismissed. Shattuck and Parage were fined for disorderly conduct.
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Edward Shattuck
May Parage
Vermont Street
Little Girl Hurt by Lead Pencil Fall
Eva Yeapley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yeapley of Marion Indiana, was injured Tuesday after falling from a lounge with a lead pencil in her mouth. The pencil lead caused deep lacerations to the rear of her mouth requiring two doctors, but no serious complications are expected.
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Marion
Ind
Eva
Edward Yeapley
Adams
Stevens Trial Over Use Of Haughty Words In Chicken Dispute
James Stevens faces trial in criminal court after appeal from Justice B. Stout regarding profanity tied to a chicken loss. Witnesses include many women and children with Catherine Berry among them. The incident arose from Stevens allegedly taking the chicken and using language that offended state standards.
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James Stevens
Justice of the Peace
B. Stout
Catherine Berry
Mr. Stevens
Indiana
Haiti in Flames as Mob Attacks Capital
In Port au Prince clashes between a rioting mob and government troops left 12 dead and many wounded. Deposed President Nord Alexis fled to the French warship Duguay Trouin as fires raged, loot spread, and rumors swirled that the United States plans to annex Haiti and claim colonial rights.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Lord Alexis
Nord Alexis
Duguay Trouin
United States
May Wheat Surges as Patten Crowd Bids Higher
Opening prices show May wheat at 1.09 to 1.10 and December at 1.06. The Patten crowd, holding over 20 million bushels, pressed for a $1.40 target while May wheat settled at 1.10 and December at 1.06. Corn, oats, pork, lard and ribs also moved, with December corn at 61 and pork at 14.40.
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Chicago
Patten
Families to be Pensioned in Marianna Mine Disaster
Pittsburg Buffalo Company will pension the families of workers who died in the Marianna mine disaster last Saturday in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, as the city notes the tragedy and relief plans unfold.
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Pittsburg, Pa
Pittsburg- Buffalo Company
Acetylene Plant Blast Wrecks Home in Iowa Country
An explosion at the Amos Kimberly country home near West Liberty Iowa badly burned Amos Kimberly and his son Wilson. The blast wrecked the house and furnishings and caused an estimated loss of 10000 dollars with no insurance.
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Iowa City
Amos Kimberly
West Liberty
Kimberly
Wilson
Love Betrayal Claims Drive Prisoner Peter Hains
Capt Peter Hains, jailed for killing, rejects claims of lingering love for Claudia. He accuses she betrayed him and disgraced his children, insisting the assertion of his affection is monstrous. The interview portrays him as a brooding, sorrowful figure amid a young life ruined by fate.
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Dorothy Dix
New York
Claudia
Capt
Peter Hains
Man freezes after 83 mile roof ride on postal car
Daniel Sweeney of Philadelphia rode atop a fast Long Island mail train from Pittsburgh to New York for 83 miles. Rescued near Johnstown he slipped onto the engine coal tank, suffered a head cut, and is now in Memorial Hospital in precarious condition.
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Manhattan Limited
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Daniel Sweeney
Mineral Point
Johnstown
Sweeney
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Bentz Dies From Personal Safety Bullet Wound
Mrs Adelaide Bentz, famed for promoting a claimed sure destroyer of Mexican bull weevil, is dead from a heart wound in St Louis. She suffered from cancer and was known across the southwest for her controversial remedy claims.
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Bentz
Self
ST. Louis
Adelaide Bentz
Southwest
Apple King Zion attacks tree inspection in Indiana meeting
Zicn aka Apple King, Independence party governor candidate, denounces the current state tree inspection as costly and ineffective. He urges a new horticultural law modeled on western states creating a horticultural commissioner and three deputies to coordinate with local officials to eliminate tree diseases. Adjournment followed a divided house as legislators hear the plan.
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Zicn
Independence Party
Indiana Horticultural Society
Society
Benjamin Douglass
Mr. Zion
Douglass
San Jose
Zion
Maids of Corkville uplift minstrel show at Flower Mission
Society women in blackface presented a novelty minstrel styled program at Tomlinson hall last night. The entertainment featured the Opalescent Belles Sextet and Clifford and Burke from the Grand, with Miss Hilda Fletcher as interlocutor and Miss Jeanette Alexander entertaining the crowd with songs.
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Tomlinson Hall
Corkville
Flower Mission
Tomlinson ‘Hall
Cid
Clifford and Burke
Corkyville
Hilda Fletcher
Jeanette ‘Alexander
Ellie ‘Carter
Rosie
NalOTS ON APPEAL AT PUBLIC GOST
Attorney Clifford Kealing seeks to force Marion county to fund an appeal to the supreme court in the McDowell case. County officials discussed timing. McDonell's 688 dollar poor person status was noted. Court said no funds available. mandatory action to compel funding ensued.
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Clifford Kealing
Marion County Council
Eugene F. McDowell
Supreme Court
Kealing
Ruckelshaus
McDonell
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Adams Express Company
McDowell
Criminal Court
County Council
Pritchard
Shelbyville Man Stricken With Facial Paralysis in Tennessee
Robert Tomlinson a traveling representative of Brown Lumber Co. of Louisville was struck with facial paralysis in Nashville Tennessee. His condition was precarious for several hours but there is hope for recovery. His father has gone to his bedside.
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Shelbyville, Sind
Robert Tomlinson
Brown Lumber Company
Louisville
Nashville
Tenn
Thas
Funeral wagon driver fatally injured after runaway horses
Alonzo Petit, pallbearers' wagon driver, was injured in a midweek accident when his team bolted at Bis mark avenue and Tenth street. He was taken to City hospital and is believed fatally injured, not regaining consciousness since the crash.
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Alonzo Petit
Petit
Bismark Avenue
Tenth Street
Taft to reshuffle cabinet with Hitchcock Hill and Burton
Washington dispatch says President elect Taft will install a new cabinet. Frank Hitchcock is slated as postmaster general and David Jane Hill, ambassador to Germany, is favored for secretary of state. Theodore Burton of Cleveland is preferred for treasury though he may seek the Senate.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
David Jane Hill
Germany
Hill
State Department
Staca Department
Theodore Burton
Cleveland, O
the Treasury
Burton
Secretary of the Treasury
Ohio
Senate
Pontil
Dragnet Out for Negroes in Saloons on Indiana Avenue
Lieut. Sandmann and a squad arrested 18 Negroes Wednesday night in saloons and poolrooms on Indiana avenue known as the island. Most were fined for loitering after failing to show they worked. The dragnet follows a prior arrest of 30 Negroes the night before. Police say loiterers are linked to burglaries and pocketbook snatching has declined.
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Sandmann
Inudiana Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Mysterious Grand Hotel occupants held by police
Joseph Klein and Charles Higgins occupied rooms at the Grand hotel arousing suspicion after a night clerk reported five men in one room. Police found a jimmy pattern, pawn tickets, a glass cutter and hotel keys, and Klein and Higgins pawned a valuable violin for $10. The men refuse to reveal their source.
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Joseph Klein
Charles Higgins
Grand Hotel
Jimmy
Bray
Returnel
Ulery
Stewart
Klein
Higgins
Bride slain in city hotel shocks New York society
Coroner identifies the murdered Mrs. Lillian Falconer Doty of a wealthy New York family. She had recently obtained a Sioux Falls divorce from Mansfield Duty and was to marry soon. Police report bruises, a gunshot to the temple, costly garments, jewels, and a stormy married life.
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Lillian Falconer Doty
New York
Clarendon Hotel
Brooklyn
Sioux Falls
S. C
Baltimore
Alexander Falconer
Mansfield Duty
Wall Street
Honan Emerges As Possible Speaker In Indiana
In Indianapolis on Wednesday Representative Thomas Honan of Seymour drew renewed attention as a potential speaker of the house. Supportive Republicans including Gus S. Condo, though not in the coming session, signal strong backing. The scene suggests powerful forces may back Honan, with chatter centering on him as the likely choice.
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A. J. Behymer
Elwood
Indianapolis
Thomas Honan
Seymour
James Garrard
Vincennes
Honan
Careless Driver Fined After Defying Officer
Adolph Bretzloff of 221 West Eleventh Street was admonished for driving on the left side of East Market Street. He declared he could drive anywhere and was ordered to the police headquarters. Bretzloff complied and was fined one dollar plus costs in police court Thursday.
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Burk
Adolph Bretzloff
W. Eleventh Street
E. Market Street
Bretzloff
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Stevens
Port Au Prince
U. S
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William E. Annis
Earth
Johnstown, Pa
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Paris
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Faure
Steinheil
Ern
Nalots
Chelbyville
Mak Otaigren
Tennessee
Hitchcock, Hill, Burton
Secretary of the United States Treasury
Wopiciong
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