Captain Hains Found Guilty in Murder Trial
Flushing New York May 12 A jury found Captain Peter C Hains U S A guilty of manslaughter in the first degree in the August 18 1908 killing of William Aullis Sentencing to follow Monday defense to file motions for new trial asserting unguarded jury during trial No demonstrations at verdict and Hains removed to Queens County jail as lawyers plan affidavits and motions
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Flushing
N. Y
Peter C. Hains
William £. Aullis
Thornton Brains
Hains
Queens County
Missing Prince Found in Ohio Machinist Job
Chicago report says the Journal unearthed the lost Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria known as John Orth after nineteen years. He was living in Painesville Ohio as a machinist earning 15 dollars weekly, previously in Grand Rapids and Cleveland. He wished to be buried in Austria.
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Chicago
John Orth
Johann Salvator
Austria
House of Hapaburs
Ludmill Stubel
Painesville
Grand Hapids
Mich
Cleveland
Journal +ates
Archduke Salvator case puzzling Palasville
Local report notes a machinist named John Salvator who proclaimed himself Archduke Salvator of Austria and then vanished after five weeks in Palasville Ohio He stands five feet six inches while the purported archduke would be nearly six feet tall The discrepancy raises questions about his claimed identity and sudden disappearance
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Palasville
Ohio
Archduke Johann Salvator
Austria
John Salvator
Archduke Salvator
Hoarded treasure disclosed by Windsor resident
Mattoon Alabama May 12 Mrs Mary Evans eighty two year old of Windsor revealed the hiding place of 3235 dollars hoarded for fifteen years with her deceased sister. The pair had been county charges and considered poverty stricken.
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Mattoon
Mary Evans
Windsor
Paris Faces Great Strike Paralyzing Postal Service
Paris observers report a nationwide postal strike after the federal committee ordered a general walkout. The Hippodrome assembly of 6,000 postal employees pledged action, while government officials argued against conceding union rights and warned no letters would move from Paris. Support from miners at Lens and other unions signaled broad backing for the stoppage.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Federal Committee
Hippodrome
Pauron
M. Simyan
Poste and Telegraphs
M. Deschanel
M. Barthou
Clemenceau
Miners Congress
Lens
Overcrowded gasboat sinks in Ohio River disaster
Pittsburg May 12 Twenty workers from Pressed Steel Car company were aboard a gasoline launch that sank mid river near Schocaville four miles below Pittsburg. Only ten reached shore as twenty are missing believed drowned after overcrowding and a sudden plunge to water perhaps twenty feet deep. No explosion occurred and suction pulled others down as some attempted to swim to shore.
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Pittsburg
Ohio River
Schocaville
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Civil War Trophy Returned by Ohio Veterans in Alabama
In Huntsville Alabama May 12 Ohio Fourth Cavalry veterans returned a captured Confederate battle flag taken at Selma Alabama in April 1865. The flag had rested in the Ohio capitol as a war memento for forty four years. The reception by the United Confederate Veterans Daughters of the Confederacy and local groups was warm.
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Ohio
Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Fourth Ohio Cavalry
United Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Selma
Wirz Monument Unveiled in Andersonville Memorial Martyr
Memorial ceremonies in Andersonville Georgia marked the unveiling of a monument to Captain Henry Wirz the former keeper of the prison hanged after the Civil War Speakers recalled reunion and unity while veterans and allied groups attended Wirz described as a Confederate martyr in the remarks
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Andersonville
Henry Wirz
Sons of Veterans and
Daughters of the Confederacy
Two Victims Die From Gas In Indianapolis Home
Indianapolis May 12 Mrs Martha Manlove sixty and J W Hawkins fifty two a roomer in the Manlove home at 815 College avenue were killed by escaping gas that entered the house from an overlooked connection when the new gas companys gas was turned into the mains.
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Indianapolis
Martha Manlove
J. W. Hawkins
Manlove
College Avenue
New
Abbie Cross Pleads Guilty in Poison Case
Mrs. Abbie Cross of Jamestown New York pleaded guilty in Warren Ohio to administering poison to Ida J. Maynard. She received a sentence of two years in the penitentiary. The defendant was said to have been in love with Maynard and jealous of Mrs. Maynard.
Fairbanks Leaves Honolulu for Japan Voyage Begins
Charles W. Fairbanks former vice president who has been visiting Hawaii sails from Honolulu on the Pacific Mail liner Mongolia bound for Japan marking the end of a two week Hawaiian sojourn.
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Fairbanks
Honolulu
Charles W. Fairbanks
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Mongolia
Night Riders Convicted In Waverly Trial
Four teen night riders were convicted in Waverly Tennessee on May 12 and sentenced to ten days in jail plus a $500 fine each.
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Waverly, Tenn
Pay As You Go Health Advice With Breakfast Tips
A health guidance piece urges self discipline and proper living. It warns against excess in eating and drinking and promotes eating Corn Flakes or Egg-O-See Wheat Flakes for a digestible breakfast, highlighting the Egg-O- Gee process as key.
Senator Depew Proposes Porto Rico Civil Government Bill
Senator Depew introduces legislation to reform Porto Rico civil government based on President Taft's proposal. A Pacific Islands and Porto Rico committee meeting is planned soon to pursue enactment during the current session.
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Washington
Depew
Porto Rico
Taft
Congress
Committee On
Substantial Tariff Bill Progress Reported by Senate
Washington May 12 substantial progress in tariff bill debate as finance committee amendments are upheld by the senate by strong majorities and moving toward action.
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Washington
Committee On Finance
Senate
Indianapolis Real Estate Dealer Ends Life After Note
Campbell H H Cobb of Indianapolis shot himself in a toilet room at the Denison hatch after leaving a note claiming he was in serious business trouble. The death marks a tragic end to a local real estate career amid mounting pressures.
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Indianapolis
Campbell HH. Cobb
Denison Hatch
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Health and Strength
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy tones the kidneys and bladder purifies the blood and restores health and strength. It touts pleasant taste and no harmful drugs and urges readers to begin taking it today.
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Foley
D Knoefel
Brandenburg Waives Extradition in Grand Larceny Case
San Francisco May 12. Broughton Brandenburg newspaper man and writer charged with grand larceny over an article attributed to Grover Cleveland. He surprised observers by waiving extradition and agreeing to return East without further resistance. Habeas corpus writ dismissed.
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Brandenburg
San Francisco
Broughton Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
Deadly Conflict In Panama Leaves Two Americans Dead
In Colon near the dividing line a clash between Panaman police and canal zone workers killed C. M. Abbott an American electrician at Cristobal and a colored man also American. Authorities from both sides say investigations will determine responsibility.
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Panama
Colon
Canal Lane
C. M. Abbott
Cristobal
Indiana Man Killed Over Pool Table Trick Dog
Alpha Johnson, a former railroad switchman, died in Venice after his pet dog was shot by bartender Henry Price when Johnson placed the dog on a pool table during a trick act. Johnson died from a forehead gunshot after striking Price. Price surrendered to police. The victim was the son of Theodore Johnson of Jasonville. the body was shipped to Indiana.
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Washington
Ind
Alpha Johnson
Baltimore
Ohio
Venice
Johnson
Henry Price
Price
Theodore Johnson
Jasonville
Judge rules saloon license barred in Clay County two years
In Brazil Indiana Judge Rawley makes permanent the injunction stopping County Auditor Burns from issuing a saloon license in Fourth Ward. The ruling follows prior action by Judge Fortune granting Powers a license order, with a two year ban celebrated by local temperance supporters.
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Brazil
Ind
Rawley
Powera
Burns
Fortune
Et Terre Haute
Powers
Putnam County
Clay County
Drys
Editor Victim of Explosion In Washington Paper Office
Nora Nash wife of Richard Nash a former Tipton county newspaper man and Rainier County Record publisher reports her husband burned to death in a gas engine explosion that set his clothing on fire. Nash once led Tipton County Republican and other Tipton papers.
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Tipton
Ind
Nora Nash
Richard Nash
Rainier County Record
Washington
Nash
Tipton County Republican
Mrs Stringer Brought to Evansville Hospital for Insane
Mrs Zella Clark Stringer, linked to a blackmail attempt against banker Read, was moved by Sheriff Colbert to Southern Hospital for the Insane in Evansville. She was judged insane after last week’s trial and her condition is reported as extremely poor with poor prospects for recovery.
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Stringer
Hosplital
Washington
Ind
Zella Clark Stringer
Banker Read
Southern Hospital For
Evansville
Colbert
Pur due cattle feeding experiments at Lafayette meeting
Purdue experiment station issues bulletin announcing a May 22 cattle feeders meeting at the university to present results from fattening two year old steers. The tests compare the value of corn and clover hay in feeding.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue Experiment Station
University
Unlucky Call On Old Sweetheart in Valparaiso
Johno Graveline of Watseka Illinois is charged with stealing a $400 pocketbook from a woman on a Chicago and Eastern Illinois train near Danville. He evaded Chicago officers and planned to flee to Canada but stopped in Valparaiso to visit an old sweetheart, where police arrested him.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Johno Graveline
Watseka
Ill
Danville
Chicago
Canada
Fire at Trick Belt factory in Logansport forces evacuations
Fire that started from an electric front gutted the Trick Belt factory in Logansport Indiana causing about 12000 dollars in damage. Residents fled in their night clothes to avoid smoke and sixty to seventy girls lost their jobs due to the blaze.
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Fiat
Logansport
Ind
Delays in Legislation and District Governance Debate
Prominent western businessmen visit Speaker Cannon to discuss reform as he laments that small states with two senators slow progress. The piece also covers District of Columbia government changes, pension bill tensions between senators, and a Panama Canal study trip by lawmakers led by Charles W. Arthur.
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District of Columbia
Washington
Far West
Cannon
House
Senate
Uncle Joe
Joe
Taft
Colaumbia
Panama
Mississippi River
Panama Canal
Charles W. Arthur
Off to Africa Missionaries Begin Diamond Jubilee Campaign
Milesions in That Field New York May 13 Among the pastor Africa who left for a four months visit to the Seid to spend the later years of his life. He held conferences with missionary workers and attended to administration then will return to the United States in fall to resume the work of the Methodist African diamond jubilee campaign marking seventy fifth anniversary of the first missionary's sending to Africa.
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New York
Africa
Seid
United States
Legislative adjourns after long session ends
The Texas legislature ends its continuous session that began January 11 as governor signs a Columbus Day bill in Illinois. Manhattan crime deaths rise with twenty seven children killed since April 1, while leaders meet in Brindisi as Italian royalty visit Germany. Wright brothers return from European tours and wheat prices rally on Chicago trade. Secret service prepares Beverly, Massachusetts summer guard for Taft. Hosiery and underwear manufacturers hold a Philadelphia convention with about 700 delegates.
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Texas
Illinois
Manhattan
Italy
Brindisi
Germany
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Kansas
Nebraska
Chicago Board of Trade
Secret Service
President Taft
Beverly Cove
Mase
Fecocration of America
National Association of Underwear Manufacturers
Philadelphia
Birds as Scouts Forewarn Archduke at Sadowa Night
In Bohemia on July 28 the archduke's retreating division near a village gained the gypsy warning that the Prussian advance was coming. The Roma observer noted birds flying north to south, signaling the enemy's approach, prompting a midnight mobilization and a subsequent two hour assault.
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Sadowa
Bohemia
Sir Evelyn Wood
Londor
Salvation Am Free Sermon Sparks Hat Passing
A Colored parson preaches salvation as free while joking that delivery costs must be paid, urging the congregation to pass the hat. An acutely brunette brother challenges the idea, asking why money is needed if salvation is free, prompting the parson's roadside analogy about river water and piping.
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Salvation Am Free
Pahson
Brudder
Everybody'’s Magazine
Desperate Cure Claims for New Discovery
Wm Upoborch of Glen Oak Oklahoma recounts exile from home to Mountain Air to cure a two year cough. After six months, death dogging his steps, he used Dr King 1 New Discovery and after six bottles is well. Advertisement touts the remedy as infallible for coughs colds hoarseness sore throat with claims it cures grip bronchitis hemorrhage asthma and whooping cough at 50 cents to $1.00 per bottle with a free special bottle promised.
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Upoborch
Glen Oak
Okla
Dr. King
Chas. L. Kecefel
Fragmented baby welfare note from Red Besk
Ambiguous piece laments hardships harming children per frost, pests, and crop failures. Mentions babies as emblem of innocent affection and the need for guardianship, patience, and discipline, with a likely editorial tone from Red Besk.
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Lars
Centa
Trapping Rabbits and Poisoned Water Holes Technique
An Australian method traps rabbits by surrounding tanks with wire netting and digging poison-filled holes outside the fence. Cattle drink at the dam then rabbits follow to the poisoned wells and die after drinking. A sales pitch for Foley's Urino Laxative appears in the text, endorsing cleansing effects for spring health.
Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo travel to Seattle ad
Round trip from Monoa Route to Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition running June 1 to October 16. Fare listed as 6765 with contact by telephone for information. Includes route details and lodging notes.
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Alaska
Yukon
Seattle, Wash
Monoa
Geattle
Yekon Pasifis Exposition
Moscon
Batis
Market Quotations for Wheat Corn and Livestock Prices
Indianapolis grain and livestock report shows wheat No 2 red at 1.45 to 1.48 with bids near 1.40 range. Corn No 2 around 75 to 77 cents. oats 58 cents. Cattle and hog prices vary by market with ranges for steers 3.25 to 7.20 and hogs 4.00 to 7.50. Receipts include 7,000 hogs 1,600 cattle 300 sheep.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Presbyterian church excursion fares to Colorado trip
The Monon railroad offers excursion tickets from Denver and Colorado Springs to Pueblo via Moon Route for May 17 to 19 with return by October 31 at 635 80 round trip. Tickets sold through the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. route.
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Mooon
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Monon
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