Contested Republican Delegates Hearings Begin
The Republican National Committee opened hearings on 229 convention seat contests in Chicago. Deliberations aim to shape Taft’s nomination with allies pooling issues to keep opponents’ delegates from supporting him. Major Bryan leads Southern arguments on allegedly barred black voters.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Taft
Al-Ies
South
F. C. Bryan
Washington, D. C
Harry S. New
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Arkansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Ohio
Alaska
Arizona
Pennsylvania
New
Victim of Youthful Bandits in Montana Hold Up
Augusta rancher William Dempsey dies from injuries after being shot in the Montana & Great Northern hold up Saturday night. Four teenage bandits Rheams Hatch Creswell and Randall, aged sixteen to nineteen, face first degree murder charges under state law.
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Great Falls
Mont
William Dempsey
Augusta
Great Northern
Rheams
Hatch
Creswell
Randall
Montana
Fatal collision blocks Joliet line at Big Slough
A freight train from Elgin Joliet & Eastern collided with an Aurora Joliet electric car seven miles west of Joliet due to misplaced signals. Three people were killed W. W. Warfield of Aurora C. H. Whittington of Plainfield F. W. Beal of Chicago and twenty were injured.
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Joliet
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Aurora & Joliet
Big Slough
W. W. Warfield
Aurora
C. H. Whittington
Plainfield
F. W. Beal
Chicago
County to Back Sheriff in Belle Gunness Probe
Laporte Indiana June 6 The county commissioners announce support for Sheriff Smutzer in pursuing the Belle Gunness mystery to the bottom and will furnish needed funds to complete the investigation of all clues that arise.
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Laporte
Ind
Smutzer
Belle Gunness
Typhoon Claims Many Victims Offshore Liner Manuka Arrives
chaotic report from Victoria British Columbia details a typhoon wreck affecting a Canadian Australian liner and a distant fleet loss. The Manuka arrives with partial news as destruction is confirmed.
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Victoria
B.C
Manuka
Denver's Monster Auditorium Opens June for Democratic Conventions
The $550000 Denver Auditorium with 12000 plus seats will open June 27 and host the Democratic national convention July 7. The design allows half theater use and half convention space with a fast two minute emptiable exit system and extensive news service facilities for reporters.
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Denver
Col
Monster Auditorium
National Committee
Madison Square Garden
New York
Great Coliseum
Chicago
Salt Lake
Curtis Street
Fifteenth Street
Curtis
Champa Street
Bachman Declared Insane After Nazareth Killing
In Easton Pennsylvania on June 5 the commission testing Robert Bachman found him mentally unbalanced. The panel recommended transfer to an asylum after Bachman laughed at experts and affirmed his guilt claiming God directed the crime. He warned he would act again if so directed by God.
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Bachman
Easton
Robert Bachman
Nazareth
Pneumonia Survivor Credits Kings New Discovery
Tense P Morris of Skippers Virginia recalls a near death pneumonia episode in spring 1906. He says a severe cough and weakness led friends to urge him to try Dr Kings New Discovery which he credits with aiding his recovery and relief.
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P. Morris
Skippers
Thas
King
Mmedi
France Aroused by Shots at Zola Canonization in Pantheon
Paris reports two shots fired at Major Alfred Dreyfus after Emile Zola’s Pantheon ceremony. Military writer Louis Antheline Gregori wounded in the arm. Dreyfus uninjured though grazed. Royalist plots and anti-Semitic rhetoric cited as motives. Police arrests follow. public shock and political tension rise.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Pantheon
France
Louis Antheline Gregori
Alfred Dreyfus
Zola
Lfe
Dreyfus
Gregori
fAction Francaise
Court of Cassation
Philippe of Orleans
Maurras
Soleil
Duke of Orleans
Seine
Henri Rochefort
the Patrie
Mathieu Dreyfus
Major Dreyfus
Homeseekers Excursion Through Monon Route
Homeseekers tickets go on sale May 5 and 19 and June 7 and 16 July 1 and 21 August 4 and 18 September 1 and 15. The Monon route covers Arsona Arkansas Mexico Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Kansas Michigan Montana Nebraska Nevada North Dakota South Dakota Oregon Utah Washington Wisconsin Wyoming. Call at Monon passenger station for information. Kal Kalies Agent.
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Monon
Arsona
Arkansas
Mexico
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Idaho
Indian Territory
Kansas
Michigan
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Kal Kalies
Brunaugh Guilty After Brief Deliberation in Fraud Case
Indianapolis June 5 a jury convicted Harry P Branaugh of presenting a fraudulent claim. The verdict followed a sixteen minute deliberation and carries a potential two to four teen years in prison plus a 10 to 1000 dollar fine. Defense moves for new trial while awaiting sentencing. Branaugh as Western Construction manager allegedly padded street patch records in 1907 to inflate city allowances, earning 60 percent of the profits.
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Indianapolis
Harry P. Branaugh
Winson Carter
Carter
Branaugh
Brangugh
Brunaush
Western Construction Company
City i
Editors Convene in Logansport for Northern Indiana Session
The Northern Indiana Editorial association meets in Logansport with a large turnout. welcome address by B F Loutham and responses by A L Crampton. speeches include H A Barnhart on The Paper Trust and Congressman Charles B Landis on Journalism. ladies at theater. auto tour and luncheon follow.
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Logansport
Ind
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
B. F. Loutham
Logansport Phares
A. L. Crampton
Carrow County Citizen-Times
Oliver Hand
H. A. Barnhart
Rochester Sentinel
The
Kokomo Tribune
Clay W. Metsker
Plymouth Democrat
Omar Holman
Peru Republican
R. M. Yelvington
Round Table
Logansport Automobile Club
Longoli
Garver Confesses to Ticket Racketeering in Railway Heist
In South Bend Indiana detectives say accomplices of R A Garver will be found. D R Papineau of the New York Central detective force arrived in Cleveland and aids investigation. Garver once an old Pennsylvania line conductor, used his knowledge to fix tickets for sale.
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South Bend
Ind
R. A. Garver
D. R. Papineau
New York Central Railway
Cleveland
Papineau
Garver
Pennsylvania
Cattle Tuberculosis Certificates Required for Milk
Terre Haute officials and H. B. Barnard state fund and drug commissioner meet to approve an ordinance. Dairymen must produce certificates showing cows inspected for tuberculosis before selling milk in the city.
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Terre Haute
Ind
H. B. Barnard
State Fond and Drug Commissioner
New Albany Masons to Confer Master Mason Degree
Capt. George W. Briffett resigns as Corydon branch railroad superintendent after sixteen years service. John Matthews withdraws liquor license application at New Amsterdam amid remonstrance.
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New Albany Lodge of Masons
George W. Briffett
Corydon Branch
John Matthews
New Amsterdam
Personal notices from Corydon area social circle
Mrs. Maurice Burrell visits relatives in Brownstown and Mr and Mrs Allen E Wright tour Cincinnati. George Wright ill with typhoid near Vincennes. Engagement announced between Peter Tegart and Elle Howard. Strooper Hall and Hattie McFarren wed in Louisville. Numerous travels and visits to Indianapolis, Corydon, Terre Haute, and Washington noted among local residents and families.
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Misa Edith Gwin
Highland Couantry
W A. McLean
Crystal Beach
Canada
George Wright
Vincennes
Main Street
Munson Dale
Mitchell
Frances Steele
Hank Street
Eugene L. Brisby
St. Edward's Hospital
Peter J. Tegart
Elle Howard
Strooper Hall
Hattie MccFarran
Louisville
A . Clutton
W. H. Roose
Einora
Ind
New York City Receipts and Resources Highlight City
The New York Herald notes daily post office receipts reaching 54 370 dollars, six months of losses by fire, vast coal and water supplies, and extensive dairy and farm inputs. It references packing 86 000 farms and securing milk from up to 400 miles away.
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Manhattan
New York City
Venice
New York Herald
Public disagreement and courage in facing critics
The Atchison Globe notes that few dare to publicly oppose the majority and that praise can turn potential friends into critics. It observes how laziness is excused by exaggerating obstacles, and how matters require action rather than excuses.
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Tou
Atchigon Globe
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Homeseekers Excursion
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Maurice Burrell
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Mrs. Allen E Wright
Cedar Bough
George Deutch
Garrison County
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P. R. Stoy
West Market Street
Emma O. Diepenhoven
Jeffersonville
Lewis A.B .Nolds
Corydon
Eleanor Starr
Indiana State Normal
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Philip Lotich
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