Senator-Elect Kemp Killed in Modern Duel in Amite
Amite La March 10 Murder intensified a bitter political feud when Senator elect D S Kemp was shot and killed by Hyde a rival in a planned duel. The two men argued after primaries the duel distance was set and a signal given Kemp fell fatally shot while Hyde fled. Kemp was elected to succeed Samuel Douglas McEnerny whose term ends March 1908.
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Kemp
Louisiana
Amite
Poste
Seu Pentivan
Keanp Omerg
Olwar D
Hyde
Apot
Brownsville Shooting Affair Reports Filed in Congress
Washington March 11 The committee on military affairs filed three reports on the Brownsville incident. The majority supports the president, the minority calls the evidence unreliable, and a third exonerates the soldiers. A bill to reenlist the soldiers will be sent to Congress per Roosevelt.
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Washington
Committee On Military Affairs Today
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Congress
Thaw Marriage Annulment Sought by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Papers seek the annulment of the marriage of Harry Kendal Thaw to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw filed in the district court this morning by Evelyn.
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New York
Harry Kendal Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
District
Evelyn
Deposed Mayor Schmitz Plans Fight on 28 Indictments
San Francisco March 11 Former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, freed from prison fetters, vows to fight the remaining 28 indictments alleging bribery in trolley and gas cases. District Attorney Langdon and F J Heney expect a new grand jury to indict in extortion cases subject to Supreme Court review.
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San Francisco
Schimitz
Eugene E. Schmitz
Ruef
Langdon
F. J. Héney
Schmitz
Supreme Court
Rumors of Smoke at Central School Shown False
Local reports claimed teachers used smoke-producing chemicals to scatter students during a fire drill. Officials confirm the hall gong sounded repeatedly this week and rooms were evacuated as a precaution, but no smoke or incineration occurred.
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Central School
Rome
Potentate Frank Roundy To Visit Atlanta Shrines
Imperial Potentate Frank C. Roundy, the top Shriner in America, will be honored in a major ceremony in Atlanta Georgia as he continues a tour of leading U S cities.
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Atlanta
Shriners of Georgia
Frank C. Roundy
Amorics
United States
Two Students Die in Suspected Murder Suicide at Elite School
Police report a double death at the fashionable Tetras schoch school for young women in Reston. Sarah Chamberlain Weed of Philadelphia is believed to have killed Elizabeth Batley Hardee of East Savannah, Ga, then shot herself. The pair, longtime friends since Wellesley, were found in bed by a student. Miss Weed reportedly collapsed at the auditorium earlier that evening.
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Reston
Sarah Chamberlain Weed
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Batley Hardee
East Savannah
Miss Weed
Wellesley
Aflis Matiles
Welloalow
Laurie
Misa Weed
King Alphonso Monitors Barcelona Calm as Banquet Hints Reform
In Barcelona King Alphonso faces anarchist threats with a calm public embrace of constitutional restoration. Enthusiasm rises after a banquet where he hinted at returning Barcelona to its constitutional privileges, signaling political stability amid tensions. In Indianapolis miners weigh strike action at the United Mine Workers social convention led by President John Mitchell before his April retirement.
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Barcelona
Spain
Alphonso
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mineworkers of America
John Mitchell
Trouble Sprouting Again Between Czar and Perein Clashes Loom
March 11 report from St. Petersburg notes renewed tension as Czarist troops back the shah against Turkish forces in Persian territory. Russia accuses Turkey of treaty violations and demands withdrawal. Turkish representatives at Tehran were recalled after a tense embassy meeting.
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St. Petersburg
Czar
Perein
Turkey
Russia
Sultann
Teheran
Primaries decide Taft tilt for St Louis districts
Bt. Louisa March 11 delegates and alternates to the Republican congressional conventions for the 11th and 12th districts were chosen today with conventions to meet tomorrow. Each district selects two delegates and two alternates for the Chicago gathering. Both districts appear likely to back Taft.
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Bt. Louis
Louisa
Chicago
Taft
Gould Defies Court As She Sails With Children
In Cherbourg on March 11 Anna Gould and Prince de Sagan face a court row over custody. Gould sails aboard the Kron Pring Wilhelm at 1 pm with her two children and a tutor. De Sagan is not expected to accompany them.
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Cherbourg
France
Anna Gould-Prince de Sagan
Count Bont
Kron Pring Wilhelm
de Sagan
Caldwell man files for Idaho governorship nomination
F C Rice of Caldwell Idaho announces his candidacy for the democratic nomination for governor of Idaho on March 11 Bolsnc Idaho indicates his bid aims to win the governorship with support from party delegates and voters.
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Idaho
Bolsnc
F. C. Rice
Caldwell
Two Mt Emily Real Estate Deals Close Near La Grande
Two farms near Mt Emily sold through La Grands Real Estate Loan and Commission, with Joseph Gibbons selling to A B Hendricke of Marysville Idaho for 4690 and the Davis Hunter property fetching 3800. J H Wilson of Idaho bought the J J Carr residence for 2000 and will make La Grande his home. A retired banker will reside there after selling wealth into property. Additional homeseekers from Teton Basin are eyeing La Grande tracts tomorrow.
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Mt. Exmilly
Towt Estate, Loan & Commission Company
Thonea
Dallas
Wilson Hue
Carr
tIs
Hemain
la Grande
la Grands Real Estate, Loan & Comimission Company
Joseph Gibbons Vre
Mt. Emily
A. B. Hendricke
Marysville
Idaho
Davis Hunter
James H. Wilson
Inva
J. J. Carr
Wilson
J. Carr
John Gates
Daniel Leatham
Teton Basindaha
Italian car stuck in mud during New York-Parts race near Paxton
In Mud Near Cheyenne Wyoming on March 11 a Italian car in the New York-Parts automobile race is stuck in a mud hole at Paxton with a broken shaft. The American car, after a snowstorm, reached Walenti Wyoming last night and hopes to dine at Mawlins. The Italian lead over the American is 178 miles.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Paxton
Neb
Walenti
Mawlins
Japanese Spy Suspect Arrested After San Francisco Plot
A Japanese man is held by Ely officials amid a probe over a plot to obtain harbor fortification drawings in San Francisco. He offered a drayman a high salary and bonus to accompany him, but was beaten after the plan was exposed. The suspect’s name is not given and federal authorities may pursue espionage charges. Washington reports indicate California Congressman Hayes expects rapid progress on a Japanese exclusion bill with southern support in exchange for ties to western aims on race issues.
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Ely
Nev
Waasheington
A.B. Clinton
San Francisco
Clinton
Washington
BE. A. Haye
California
Japan
Hayes
House Committee
Jurors to Be Chosen Today in Hitchcock Trial
In New York on March 11 only five jurors were seated for the Raymond Hitchcock case. Judge Blanchard ordered the jury box filled by evening as proceedings moved swiftly. By noon two more jurors had been secured with only case officials and reporters admitted to the courtroom. Mrs Hitchcock attended with her husband during the session.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Blanchard
Hitchcock
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Hill’s Drug Store
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