Bryan and committee name national campaign staff
Chicago reports show William Jennings Bryan meeting with Democratic National Committee leaders to select a national campaign manager and to outline campaign leadership. Timothy E. Ryan and Norman Mack are favored, with possible alternatives including John H. Atwood and Ollie James. Bryan stresses unity and cooperation with the chair, while crowds greet him in Omaha and Iowa as he campaigns.
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Chicago
Union Depot
William Jennings Bryan
Auditorium Annex
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Turkey
Bryan
Thomas Taggart
John W. Kern
Timothy E. Ryan
National Committee
Indiana
Norman EB. Mack
New York
Wisconsin
John E. Osborne
Wyoming
Omaha
United States
Republican Party
Iowa
McGregor Bribe Case Heads to Trial Next Monday
Court watchers anticipate a swift jury selection and a two week trial as John McGregor faces charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe. Officials warn jurors to report at 2 a.m. on Monday as Marion County rounds up the pool for crucial court action.
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McGregor
Tregor
John McGregor
Sheriff's Office
Marion County
Independence Party to Make Show in Indiana
The first Independence party convention opens Monday in Chicago to nominate president and VP candidates and issue a party platform. Delegates from Indiana and other states arrive, with William Randolph Hearst likely to chair, as Thomas I. Hisgen presses for the nomination and debates between Hisgen, Howard, and Graves.
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Independence Party
Indiana
Chicago
Orchestral Hall
Neal
United States Senate
Eugene S. Waterley
Emporia
Kas
Thomas I. Hisgen
Four Brotherea Independent Oil Company
William Randolph Hearst
W. A. Ford
New York
Frank Brust
Sinois
Hearst
William M. Howard
Alabama
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Thomas R. Hisgen
Massachusetts
Thomas BR. Hisgen
Pike County
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Negro Rice Identified as Daylight Thief
William Rice was arrested Friday by Patrolman Ed Helms and positively identified as the daylight burglar terrorizing North-side residents. He was identified at Mrs. George W. June’s home on 124 E Twenty-second Street and by a servant at Mrs. Mary McHugh’s residence on 2210 N Meridian Street.
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Wiliam Rice
Ed Helms
Rice
George W. June
Twenty-second
Mary McHugh
Meridian Street
Helms
Erto
New Jersey Street
Aural Sleuths In Gunfight Over Stolen Horse Near Valley Mills
Frank Coan and Cy Waters pursued a stolen horse Friday night leading to a running gun battle with members of the Horsethief Detective association. Bicycle Officers Kitzmiller and Trimpe chased to Kentucky avenue Belt railroad and found the two men. They were taken to the police station as Otto Thiesing Joseph Thiesing Vinson Winnings and others accused in the scuffle faced continued court proceedings Saturday.
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Frank Coan
Cy Waters
Coan
Waters
Horsethief Detective Association
Kitzmiller
Trimpe
Kentucky Avenue
Belt Railroad
Otto
Joseph Thiesing
Vinson
Valley Mills
Reisner Street
Desperate Suicide Attempt Ends With Rescue At Hackensack Bridge
Louise Kerger, 19, leaped from a speeding trolley into Hackensack River as conductor James Doyle jumped after her. He brought her to the river bank with help from passengers. she is unconscious and dying at Hackensack hospital. The case follows a public scandal after she bore a child to a presumed married man and fled from home.
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New York
Louise Kerger
Hackensack
N. J
James Doyle
Leonia
Miss Kerger
Palisade Park
Child Deserter Sentenced to Year in Workhouse
Omer Lewis of 1018 W Eugene Street was fined 250 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse by juvenile court for abandoning and neglecting his daughter Mabel Lewis. The ruling implies a year in prison when combined with existing penalties. Lewis has a lengthy police record with multiple assault and battery convictions, drunkenness, and petit larceny charges, and is accused of failing to provide for his children since August.
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Omer Lewis
W. Eugene Street
Mabel Lewis
Lewis
Pleased voters back patched building project in Pike township
The New Augusta case before John R. Carr will be heard Monday. Trustive BK E Hill and Pike township advisory board seek a $20,000 building to replace a condemned schoolhouse. More than eight per cent of township voters support $1,090 repairs versus new construction urged by the State Board of Health.
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New Augusta
John R. Carr
Trustive BK
E. Hill
Advisory Board
Pike Township
Sta‘t Board of Health
Banker Walker Must Serve 16 Years In Cell
Hartford news reports banker William FP Walker who embezzled from the Savings Bank of New Britain in February 1907 was sentenced by Judge Humway in the superior court to sixteen to twenty years in the penitentiary.
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Hartford
Conn
William FP. Walker
Savings Bank of
New Britain
Humway
Horses burned in barn fire at 419 W Pearl St
Fire at James Wilsons livery barn Friday night destroyed the large frame building and injured 18 horses, ten of which had to be killed. Thirty horses were housed there as rescuers worked to pull them to safety. Police shot four to prevent desperate returns to the flames. remaining horses were killed by humane inspectors. Loss estimated at $2,000.
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James Wilson
Pearl Street
Tailor Otto Schmuck Shoots Self After Sister Visit
Otto Schmuck a 39 year old tailor, shot himself at his sister Mrs Valentine Heintz home after a pleasant chat. He died four hours later at City hospital. He owned a tailoring shop, suffered insomnia, and carried a new revolver in a box. The weapon was a cheap model found beside him in the bathroom.
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Otto Schmuck
Mersing
Schnmuck
Valentine Heintz
Ohio Street
Schmuck
City Hospital
Spruce Street
Abbott Block
Hall
Simon
Bertha Pfeifer
New York Street
Heintz
Eddie Carter Headlines Brown's Boxing Show at Rockaway Beach
Eddie Carter heads a wind-up with Harry Ferns at Brown's boxing event in Rockaway Beach last evening. Carter exhibits his usual style as the bout unfolds with Ferns in close attendance.
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Carter
New York
Eddie Carter
Harry Ferns
Brown
Rockaway Beach
Why I Am a Baseball Fan Says Mrs. Kern
Mrs. John Worth Kern, wife of the Indiana vice presidential candidate, tells a St. Louis Post-Dispatch interviewer she loves outdoor life and baseball. She cites caddying for her son, golf as a fascination, and politics as the "most interesting game," noting her shift from Republican to Democrat after marriage.
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John Worth Kern
Indiana
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
John, Jr
Indianapolis
Divorce sought as wife courted by others
John Franklin Young, a solicitor, asks in circuit court for a divorce from Tru sie Bowen Young and urges that their two children be given to the custody of Mrs. Young's mother Naomi Bowen, who now is caring for them. The complaint charges that Trusie Bowen Young wrote to other men and permitted them to court her, in spite of her husband's objections.
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John Franklin Young
Trusie Bowen Young
Dr Carlton Flint killed by automobile in New York
New York reports Dr Carlton Flint died after being struck by a car last night. The chauffeur Louis Le Francois is being detained. Other items include a steamer sinking a schooner near New Bedford and various brief notices.
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New York
Carlton Flint
Louis le Francois
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