Roosevelt's quiet day for European trip includes Danish relics
In Copenhagen on May 3 Col Roosevelts kept to an eight hour low with six events. The party visited a model dairy farm Roskilde cathedral and the national gallery Elsinore Hamlet scene and a Danish royal residence. Grandchildren of M De Scholten presented priceless Washington relics eye glass walking stick snuff box. Roosevelt praised Bjornstjerne Bjornson. They sail to Christiania Wednesday morning.
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Copenhagen
Col. Roosevelt
Denmark
Holland Castle
Frederickeburg
National Gallery
Elsinore
Roosevelt
Washington
M. de Scholten
Danish West Indies
St. Croix
Bjornstjerne Bjornsagn
Roosevelts
Christiania
Secretary Denies Roosevelt Meeting Report
London news reports Lord Knallys private secretary to King Edward denies the claim that the king plans to avoid receiving Colonel Roosevelt during his London visit next month. The denial arrives as Roosevelt’s expected itinerary attracts public and political interest.
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London
Lord Knallys
Edward
Roosevelt
Cold snap hits Indianapolis as frost looms
A sharp 82 degree drop in 16 hours surprised Indianapolis Tuesday. Straw hats looked out of place as Verne H. Church of the weather bureau warned the worst is yet to come. Skies will clear tonight with a heavy frost likely and temperatures near freezing, fruit unsafe until Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
Dianapolis
Weather Bureau
Boy Riders Travel Alone to Roosevelt
Washington Indiana May 3 Rough riders Louie 8 and Temple Abernathy 6 travel to New York by horseback for Roosevelt reception passing through here alone They are sons of U S Marshal Abernathy of Oklahoma a known Rough Rider friend who visits the Roosevelt home without knocking The boys are seasoned horsemen and favorites of the former president.
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Washington
Ind
Rough Riders
Louie
Temple Abernathy
New York
Roosevelt
United States
Marshal Abernathy
Oklahoma
Wage Increase For Vast Plant Workforce In Ohio
About eighteen thousand workers at Youngstown Sheet and Tubing Company and Republic Iron and Steel Company will receive roughly a six percent raise. The announcement, posted at all plants, mirrors a similar increase earlier by United States Steel Company. Date. May 3. Location. Youngstown Ohio.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and
Republic Iron and Steel Company
United States Steel Company
Farmers Question Taft On Tariff At St Louis Convention
At the national farmers convention in St Louis on May 3, President Taft faces expected questions from the floor about tariff policy. Delegates complain of a dull reception plan and may adjourn to East St Louis to continue discussions. W H Wrightson cites tariff harms to producers and consumers as ideas to probe. Parcels post, roads and scientific farming are to be discussed, with ninety addresses listed and Bryan slated to speak Saturday night.
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Taft
ST. Louis
National Farmers’ Convention
East St. Louis
W. H. Wrightson
Fresno
Cal
California Fruit Growers’ Association
Farmers’ Convention
Wrightson
William Jennings Bryan
Washington Feels Storm Bolt's Force
A severe storm hit Washington Indiana on May 3 causing lightning strikes to homes of George Read and Richard McDonald, barns of Adam Isenogles and Anna Iverholzer, and deaths of several horses including a mare and colt of George Hyatt and two horses of Thomas Gamble as heavy rains flooded creeks.
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Washington
Ind
George Read
Richard McDonald
Adam Isenogles
Anna Iverholzer
George Hyatt
Thomas Gamble
Tornado Damages Antioch area with widespread destruction
FRANKFORT Ind May 3 Heavy damage occurred Monday as a tornado struck the southern county. Practically every building in Antioch suffered some damage with orchards badly damaged and fences leveled.
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Frankfort
Ind
Antioch
Shackleton Declines Cook Peary Debate in Dayton Visit
Sir Ernest Shackleton arrives in Dayton after a train ride from O to discuss polar feats. He refuses to weigh in on the Cook Peary controversy, says Peary popular in England, and notes the north pole is not a grand conquest. His lecture at Shubert Mural Theater will be introduced by Gov. Marshall under Children's Aid association auspices.
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Peary
England
London
North Pole
United States
Gilbert D. Hurty
Claypool
Man Bares Secrets of White Slavery Case
Harry Levinson, indicted in the white slave traffic case in New York, confessed and pleaded guilty on May 3. He said he willingly revealed the business practices and will testify against others, admitting his clothing trade masked sex trafficking to inmates of disorderly houses and implicating several East Side figures.
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New York
Harry Levinson
Levinson Wll
Von Buelow Plots To Oust Kaiser in 1900s Exposé
The article recounts former chancellor von Buelow allegedly plotting to topple the Kaiser by influencing interviews published abroad. Martin is cited claiming German officials pressured the Kaiser to speak to English and American audiences, aiming to trigger a political crisis and potential overthrow.
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von Buelow
Kaiser
Berlin
Joh Martin
Egent Martin
von Brettova
Germany
Martin
Mystery still shrouds death of Dr Deputy
The body of Dr Addison C Deputy, found near Sandfordtown Kentucky, was identified in Covington as his. His son in law Charles R Yoke says he is at a loss to know if suicide or murder occurred after a left arm artery was severed. The doctor had left Brownsburg for Indianapolis to pay taxes. He vanished after a corncrib collapse injured him, and the corpse was sent to St Paul Indiana for burial Tuesday afternoon.
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Charles R. Yoke
Fletcher Avenue Savings and Loan Company
Addison C. Deputy
Sandfordtown
Deputy
Covington
Brownsburg
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Ind
Bryans Clothe Wedding With Great Secrecy
Lincoln May 3. The wedding of Treut Reginald Althem Owen of the British engineers and Mrs Ruth Bryan Leavitt took place at Fairview William J Bryans country home. The ceremony occurred at 10 a m and a luncheon followed. The couple boarded a train for the east likely Kingston Jamaica where the bridegrooms stationed with the British army. Owen aged 26 listed Kingston as his home and he applied for a marriage license with T S Allen present.
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Lincoln
Neb
Treut
Reginald Althem Owen
British Engineers
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Fairview
William J. Bryan
Kingston
Jamaica
T. S. Allen
Lottie Collins, famed singer of Ta-Ra Rah-Boom-DE-Ay, dies
London reports the death of Lottie Collins, once a popular music hall artist, who rose to fame in the early 1890s with her song Ta-Ra Rah-Boam-De-Ay. She died here of heart disease on May 3.
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Collins
London
Lottie Collins
Ax Glaves Skull When Bolt Strikes
Two lightning fatalities are reported in Indiana. Henry Holton, 35, of Brown farm near Rosedale, is struck by a bolt that splits his ax as he raises it to a felled tree. Instant death follows. In New Castle, lightning tears through a home near Sulphur Springs, ripping carpet as it travels down the chimney through two floors.
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Rosedale
Ind
Henry Holton
Holton
John F. Brown
New Castle
Walter Bowers
Sulphur Springs
Mother. Earth
Heinze Gas Books Missing In Heinze Trial
New York May 3 All major United Copper Company books including cash and check ledgers have vanished. During Tuesday's session in the Fritz Augustus Heinze trial on overcertification of checks and misapplication of Mercantile National Bank funds, prosecutors demanded production of these records. The defense suffered a setback when Max H Schultze admitted a copper pool existed in October 1907, with Schultze tied to Otto Heinze.
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New York
United Copper Company
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
F. Augustus Heinze
Max H Schultze
Schultze
Otto Heinze
Wedge of pie defies etiquette in comic dining scene
A humorous tale set in a cheap eating house shows a hungry patron and a neighbor both attempting to eat pie with forks while a waiter teases them about comfort and atmosphere. The scene escalates as one guest finally lunges for the last bite, leaving the others to decipher manners and appetite.
Receivers Appointed for Hundley Dry Goods in St Joseph
Receivers were named for the Hundley Dry Goods company of St Joseph Missouri at the request of two minority stockholders who allege the majority led by Harry M Hundley has been liquidating and preparing to close the business permanently. The minority stockholders aim to continue operations.
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ST. Joseph. Mo
Hundley Dry Goods Company
Harry
Hundley
Former Mayor Found Short In Accounts
Huntington Ind May 3 Former Mayor D C Anderson is found short 357 dollars in his accounts. He has arranged to pay the amount and will not be prosecuted.
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Huntington
Ind
D. C. Anderson
Furness Election Declared Void By Corrupt Practices Act
London May 3 The election of Sir Christopher Furness a millionaire steamship man and prominent landowner was declared void for violations of the corrupt practices act in his Hartlepool district. Furness has represented Hartlepool since 1900 and is a Liberal.
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England
London
Christopher Furness
Pras
Christopher
Hartlepool
Attorney Given Stinging Rebuke by Judge Carter
In superior court Judge Vinson Carter granted Grace B. Harlan a divorce and $500 alimony then berated Oliver E. Harlan for acting as his own counsel in his wife's case. He dismissed his conduct as unbearable and warned future consequences. The court ordered the Broadway deed returned to the Harlands, giving Mrs. Harlan her share of about $5,000.
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Carter
Oliver E. Harlan
Grace B. Harlan
Vinson Carter
Harlan
Broadway
Oliver BH. Harlan
Legislators Called Before Grand Jury In Lorimer Case
Chicago May 3 Representative Charles A White, author of bribery charges in Lorimer’s Senate election, resumed testimony before the Cook county grand jury. He was examined Monday and the panel plans to summon every Democratic legislator who backed Lorimer. Fifty subpoenas reportedly issued. State's Attorney Wayman disappeared, fueling rumors. The panel adjourned until Wednesday.
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Chicago
Charles A. White
Willam Lorimer
States Senate
Cook County
Grand Jury
White
Ilinois
Lorimer
Wayman
Springfield
Burke
Messina Struck by New Cyclone After Earthquake
Reports from Rome on Tuesday describe a devastating cyclone hitting Messina and surrounding areas scarred by the 1908 earthquake. Early accounts say many are killed and wounded as temporary shelters collapse like card houses.
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City of Death
Rome
Messina
Foreigners to Take Places of Strikers
Washington Indiana May 3 B and O Southwestern officers prepare to install men to take the places of striking machinists. Officials expect notices to resume work to be posted Tuesday and foreign labor imported if workers refuse. No trouble yet. Superintendent Hair arrived from Cincinnati and conferred with Master Mechanic Smith.
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Washington
Ind
B. & O. Southwestern
Hair
Cincinnati
Smith
Insurgents Win Big Victory On Railroad Bill
Washington May 3 Senate adopts amendment by Senator Clay striking section seven from the railroad bill which would repeal the Sherman act. Cummins amendment defeated 34 to 29. Insurgent Republicans rally to push changes, while Democrats seek to keep coalition. Also notes appointments of reserve agent for Mon ticello bank and two teaching appointments for Indian and Kishema schools.
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Bulletin
Washington
Senate
Clay
Administration
Cummins
Bun’s
Washington Service
Hibbs
House
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Wickersham
Aldrich Monafy
Taft
Aldrich
Brown
McEnery
Smith
Clark
Ark
Bankhead
Flint
Interstate Commerce Commission
LaQollette
LaFollette
Cummiss
First National Bank of Chicago
Monticello National Bank of
Monticello
Esther H. McMurray
Indianapolis
North Carolina
Carrie E. Beer
New Albany
Kishema School
Wisconsin
Sale and Maddox Named Again in Hartford City Primary
Hartford City Ind May 3 James W Sale of Bluffton and Jacob G Maddox of Hartford City were nominated by acclamation Tuesday by Republicans for joint senator from Blackford Grant and Wells and for joint representative from Blackford and Grant respectively.
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Hartford City
Ind
James W. Sale
Bluffton
Blackford
Grant
Wells
Jacob G. Maddox
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