Indiana Delegates to Republican Convention Chosen February 4
Indiana will elect two delegates and two alternates per congressional district to the Republican National Convention in Chicago on June 16 1908. Delegates at large will be chosen later. Meetings across townships precincts or wards are set for January 31 February 1 to select district delegates. Local call issued by James P Goodrich chairman of the state committee.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
Chicago
James P. Goodrich
Republican State Committee
New York Burglar Disguised as Santa Claus
In New York on December 27 a burglar dressed as Santa Claus alarmed John Distler by noises in the dining room. Distler yelled to scare the intruder away, discovering untouched family silver and a large amount of silverware left on the dining room table as the burglar fled.
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Associated Press
New York
Santa Claus
John Distler
Distler
Boy receives bad electric shock in family rooms fire scene
A nine year old boy was shocked while turning on a light at his parents’ rooms near Sycamore street and Miami avenue. A fire started when an electric wire burned in two and fell onto a bed, which was tossed from a window. the fire department arrived but only minor damage occurred as grounding and insulation failure caused the outage.
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Henry Guinip
Sycamore Street
Miami Avenue
Motorman Charged With Manslaughter In Indy Crash
Indianapolis December 27 August Battreall the motor man for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction company was arrested on manslaughter charges and released on a $1000 bond. He drove his car into an open switch at Action causing the vehicle to overturn on a sidetrack. Donald Sleeth a Shelbyville attorney was killed and several others injured.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Battreall
Joseph Clay
Battreau
Indianapolis and
Cincinnati Traction Company
Embezzler John Andrews Guilty in Atlantic City Case
Mays Landing New Jersey December 27 John Andrews longtime chief clerk in the Atlantic City comptroller office was found guilty tonight on forgery and embezzlement charges totaling about 24000 The jury retired for only ten minutes before returning with the verdict.
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Associated Press
Mays Landing
N. J
John Andrews
Comptrollers Office
Atlantic City
White cap trial ends in Columbus case
Associated Press reports on December 27 in Columbus Indiana a trial involving white cap violence concluded as the state closed its case in the afternoon. The case details are limited in the fragment but center on the white cap assault. No final verdict is shown in the provided text.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ind
New Year Prospects for Open Year Trade Report Says
The weekly R G Dunn and Company report notes heavy holiday trading before Christmas, with mixed prospects for 1908. Manufacturing idle, wage unemployment up, but anticipated resumption after January 1. Textile output down, wholesale woolens held back, and footwear prospects brighter with possible price advances.
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Associated Press
New York
R. G. Dunn and Company
New England
China
Senator Newlands Urges Delaying Goldfield Troop Withdrawal
Senator Newlands of Nevada urged Secretary Taft to suspend the planned withdrawal of government troops from Goldfield until alternative protection is arranged. He asked to confer with Governor Sparks and press Nevada legislators to respond. Taft has been consulting with Secretary Root on the matter and a decision was expected.
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Daughter's Request Brings Him To Death In Chicago
In Chicago on December 27, Bernard Krzwdkewski a watchman at Illinois Central elevator B died after attempting to retrieve a pigeon for his daughter. He fell from a platform on the eighteenth floor while pulling watch service boxes. Four policemen carrying him down the stairs were endangered by the fall.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois Central Elevator
Bernard Krzwdkewski
Krzwdkewski
LaSalle Street
Mystery slayer linked to New York man in Newark murder
Police tie the unknown woman found in a Harrison pond to a crime scene in Newark. William Snyder, a New York carpenter, reportedly spoke with the woman in Newark Christmas Eve and she asked for directions to a restaurant. Evidence and witnesses fail to identify the victim or killer.
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Newark
William Snyder
Rudolph Rogers
Plans for Mary Baker Eddy Charitable Fund Revealed
Editorial in the Christian Science Sentinel outlines Mrs Eddy plan to found a charitable fund bearing her name with a Boston based board. One million dollars will be devoted to support students of Christian Science and their families based on income projections and board decisions.
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Mary Baker G. Eddy
Associated Press
Boston
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Undertaker Clears Up Supposed Murder Mystery
Ford City Pennsylvania December 27 The discovery of a foot and leg portions in a sack near Pittsburg Plate Glass company stoked murder rumors. Hours later an undertaker, while retrieving a fallen sack, identified the remains as those of a man he had been hired to remove after a train severed his body.
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Associated Press
Ford City
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Japanese Spies Obtain Portland Water Map Says Mayor Lane
Portland Oregon December 27 Mayor Harry Lane told the National Guard association that agents of the Japanese movement had secured maps of the city and its water supply pipelines. He said he only learned of the espionage after completion and notified Washington to supply details of the operations.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Harry K. Lané
National Guard Association
Lane
Washington
Henryetta unrest prompts guard mobilization in Oklahoma
Governor Haskell reports disquieting intelligence from Henryetta and orders two national guard companies to be ready to move at a moment's notice. National guard companies in Chandler and Oklahoma City also stand by, while armed patrols scour Henryetta streets and search for a armed group of negroes four miles away.
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Henrietta
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Oklahoma City
Henryetta
Thrilling hold on moving train in Star City incident
E J Snyder clung to the vestibule of the last car as Train No. 40 pulled out from Star City depot. He reached the city with hands numb and nearly lost his grip at times, after catching the last car as it gained speed from Chicago.
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Star City Depot
Man Nearly Dies After Christmas Whiskey Wager
Danville Illinois reports a colorfully described incident in which Jimmy Carter a well known local figure drinks a quart of whiskey in a Christmas wager. He starts with three glasses then drinks seven more and is hospitalized overnight. Doctors work to save him and he regains some strength the next morning.
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy
Anti-saloon meeting urges all to take sides in Logansport
At a Ninth Street Christian church gathering in Logansport speaker W. H. Brubaker argued that saloons harm every business, cause public costs, and devastate families. He warned that voting for a license makes one a partner in the trade and urged citizens to sign remonstrances or risk aiding the saloon. The discussion covered indemnity claims and boycott views, with calls for decisive action.
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Ninth Street Christian Church
C. O. Fenton
W. H. Brubaker
Chicago
Logansport
Brubaker
United States Supreme Court
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