New York Republicans Back Roosevelt Hughes Bid at Caucus
At Carnegie Hall the New York Republican state convention outlined support for Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Hughes for the presidency while Westchester delegates opposed endorsing Hughes. Taft supporters circulated material praising Taft as the caucus opened. The address by M Linn Bruce defended strict law enforcement and the party’s fidelity to its principles, ending with Hughes presented as a worthy national figure.
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New York
N. Y
Carnegie Hall
Roosevelt
Hughes
Taft
West Chester County
Woodruff
M. Linn Bruce
Bruce
Republican Party
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Gov. Hughes
Weather outlook for Iowa and Illinois this weekend
Iowa fair tonight and Sunday with rising temperatures on Sunday. In the west fair tonight with possible showers in the extreme south on Sunday. Illinois also fair tonight and Sunday with a rise in temperature Sunday. Moon sets at 3 22 a m. Sun rises at 5 17 a m and sun sets at 6 27 p m.
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Iowa
Illinois
American Car Leaves Alaska for Seattle Route Change
Valdez Alaska April 11 The American automobile and crew have departed on the steamer Bertha for Seattle A reception hosted by the chamber of commerce followed. The team began inspecting the trail reporting ten miles with deep snow and numerous holes blocking any chance of driving even one mile The leader Schus says he will return to Seattle and ship for Vladivostok to make up time lost on the Alaskan trip.
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Valdez
Alaska
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Schus
Vladivostok
Murder at Ft. Madison in Santa Fe shops
In Ft. Madison Iowa on April 1 Walter Arnold a Black worker in the Santa Fe machine shop killed Tom Lewis after Lewis shot at him in the engine room. Arnold's finger was severed by Lewis's first shot and Arnold returned fire, striking Lewis in the heart and causing instant death.
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Walter Arnold
Tom Lewis
Ft. Madison
Santa Fe
Arnold
Lewis
House slips into river, drownings in Huntington
Mrs. William Adkins and her two young children were drowned when their riverbank home collapsed into the Guy andotte river. The 100 foot undermined bank, loosened by last night’s rain, slid into the water carrying the house with it.
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Huntington
W. Va
William Adkins
Guyandotte River
New Name for Venezuela
London editorial calls Venezuela a brigand republic outside civilization and urges recall of the British minister at Caracas and reprisals. The Graphic warns it is inconsistent with Britain’s dignity to maintain friendly relations with a government robbing British subjects and offensively mocking the flag.
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London
the Graphic
Venezuela
Caracas
Standard Oil Is Ousted From Tennessee
Nashville April 11 The Tennessee supreme court ousted Standard Oil from doing business in the state for restraint of trade at Gallatin. The ruling upholds the trial court and enforces the 1903 act penalty denying the company the right to operate in Tennessee.
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Nashville, Tenn
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Tennessee
Gallatin
Standard Company
Davenporter in Lottery Ads in Chicago Case
Three Iowa men Dora the Davenport area named among defendants in a federal lottery case in Chicago. W H Harrison of Davenport, a retiring fifth ward alderman and hotel proprietor, is listed among those fined in the crackdown on the Old Republic Lottery. Fines totaling 10150 were imposed on 28 men. David H Jones, head of the operation, received the heaviest fine of 6000 in Chicago.
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Davenport
Iowa
W. H. Harrison
Chicago
Fifth Ward
Harrison
Ill
Bethea
David H. Jones
Reliable Guaranty Loan and Trust Company
David Sharp
Fort Madison
Jones
Secret Service
United States
Honduras
Kentucky
Harry Donaghy
David Sharpe
Ft. Madison
William i H. Harrison
Peter Ruff
Burlington
Thieves Loot San Francisco Jewelry Store
Thieves entered P. Lundy’s jewelry store on Markets street during the night and carried off diamonds watches and other jewelry totaling about 50000 dollars. Authorities investigate the bold heist as investigators review nearby security footage and canvass the area for clues.
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San Francisco
Cal
P. Lundy
Markets Street
Lilley Urges Probe of Navy Yards Across Nation
Representative Lilley of Connecticut urged a House resolution for a presidentially appointed commission to examine navy yards in Charleston Port Royal Mare Island Portsmouth New Orleans and Key West with a view to abandoning them and reforming the navy department to stop waste. He cited reports dating to 1885 showing long standing criticism and the need for reorganization.
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Washington, D. C
Charleston
Port Royal
Mare Island
Portsmouth
N. H
New Orleans
Key West
Lilley
Connecticut
House
Navy
Navy Department
Califor nia Fast Mail Derails Near Marceline
The Santa Fe California fast mail train from Chicago to the coast derailed at La Plata near Marceline Missouri last night after a loose rail. Four cars left the track and baggage express and two passenger coaches were thrown off. Four persons were slightly hurt.
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Marceline
Santa Fe
California Fast Mail
Chicago
la Plata
Divorced Wife of Duke in Jail in Chicago
Alice Webb Duke, former wife of Brodie Duke of the American Tobacco Co, held on $2,000 bond after arrest for passing counterfeit checks. She failed to furnish surety and remains in Cook County Jail. Police say two checks for 25 and 50 dollars drawn on a Texas bank were offered at a hotel. worthlessness telegraphed. Duke blames an ex-husband and wife for her troubles.
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Chicago
Ill
Alice Webb-Duke
Brodie Duke
American Tobacco Company
Duke
Great Northern Tel
Harrison Street
Frank Repetto
Woman Held on Murder Charge in Cassopolis
Mrs. George Metzker of South Bend Ind waived examination and was bound over to the circuit court without bail for trial after firing a shot that killed Carleton Morgan as he left Mae Green's house in Cassopolis Mich The shooting followed contention that Morgan enticed Metzker s husband away from home A letter found by Metzker revealed an appointment with a South Bend group of women prior to the Friday night meeting
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George Metzker
Cassopolis
South Bend
Optimism at annual American Academy session
Philadelphia April 11 speakers at the American Academy of Political and Social Science annual session discussed the present business situation and anti trust legislation. Samuel Gompers Charles P Neill Wm J Schneinfeld Isidore Strauss George L Duval and Theodore Marburg voiced optimism about the financial and business outlook.
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Philadelphia
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Charles P. Neill
Washington, D. C
Wm. J. Schneiffelin
National Association of Wholesale Druggists
New York
Isidore Strauss
George L. Duval
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
Aged Editor J R Decker Dies at 63 in Columbus
Columbus Wis April 11 J R Decker longtime editor of the Columbus Republican died today at age 63 after forty years in the post. He guided the paper through many local events and shifts in the community.
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Columbus
Wis
J. R. Decker
The
Columbus Republican
Mme Gould and Prince De Sagan Sail for Europe
New York April 11 Mme Gould and her party including her children and tutor departed by the freighter Frederich Der Grosse for Genoa and Naples. Prince De Sagan, long courting her, sails aboard the St Paul as the family retreats from Hotel St Regis amid secrecy and family tension.
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New York
N. Y
Mme. Gould
Genoa
Naples
Tyler Morse
Mme
Gould
St. Regis
Paris
First man who set a Morse message dies in Hillsboro
Leander Chinfield, the first to set the Samuel Morse message What Hath God Wrought during the telegraph’s first official trial, died in Hillsboro Illinois yesterday. He had worked as a Baltimore compositor when the message was sent and spent his final years on a local farm.
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Hillsboro
Iil
Leander Chinfield
Samuel Morse
Baltimore
Chinfield
Here
Test New Primary Act in Penn
The uniform primaries act faces its first real test as all parties in Pennsylvania vote on delegates to national and state conventions and nominate candidates for Congress, state senate and assembly, judges, and minor offices across 67 counties. With thousands of nominations filed and over three thousand candidate names awaiting processing, election machinery will be taxed to the limit and returns compiled under unprecedented load.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Congress
Senate
Assembly
Commonwealth
Great Western Railway Labor Dispute Settled
Receivers in St. Paul announce an amicable adjustment of the Great Western railway controversy with trainmen. The interstate commerce commission need not intervene as workers and management agree on reducing delays and will maintain former labor conditions.
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St. Paul
Great Western Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Recall Talk After Des Moines Police Chief Pick
Des Moines officials elect Billy Hume, liveryman, as chief of police. The liberal faction celebrates a victory that may lead to a recall effort against Councilman Schramm, who cast the deciding vote. The move sparks local unrest and talk of indignation meetings.
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Des Moines
Billy Hume
Schramm
Young Girl Ella Powell Arrested for Attempted House Breaking
Fairfield Iowa April 11 Ella Powell a young woman about eight ee n years old was arrested at her home on North Main street last evening charged with attempting house breaking on information sworn out by Mrs James Doud who lives on West Stone street The young woman is charged with having attempted to gain entrance to the Doud home yesterday afternoon by trying to unlock a door with a bunch of keys she carried.
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Fairfield, Ja
Ella Powell
North Main Street
James Doud
West Stone Street
Doud
Gilman Methodist Church Burns Down in Gilman Iowa
A Gilman Iowa Methodist church was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin last night. The loss is estimated at 2500 dollars with 1000 dollars insured. The blaze occurred in Marshalltown county on April 11.
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Gilman
Marshalltown
Chang Held on Murder Charge in Stevens Killing
Whan Chang, a Korean national, was held yesterday in superior court to answer for murder in the shooting of D. W. Stevens, American attaché to the Japanese diplomatic service.
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Stevens
San Francisco
Cal
Whan Chang
D. W. Stevens
Tainted Beef Scandal Allegations Go To Health Board
In St Louis on April 11 a special committee of the Master Butchers association charged that thousands of pounds of tainted and diseased meats are transported from East St Louis across the Eads Bridge in darkness to St Louis and sold there. The committee has led an active campaign against bad meat and presented the statement to the board of health.
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St. Louis
Eads Bridge
Mississippi River
East St. Louis
Illinois
Board of Health
Master Butchers’ Association
Rail leader Hill to address White House waterways conference
James J. Hill, head of the Great Northern, will speak at the May White House conference on conserving natural resources. He and other notable figures including Grover Cleveland William Jennings Bryan John Mitchell and Andrew Carnegie are invited along with governors and cabinet members. The event, in the East Room, will discuss rail and canal competition the canal system’s decline and potential restoration efforts.
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Washington Bureau of Journal
Washington, D. C
J. C. Welliver
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
White House Conference of
President Hill
Bureau of Corporations
White House
United States
Loeb
Supreme Court
Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
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