Allison Wins Out as Iowa GOP Endorses Allison, Taft Delegates
Des Moines March 19 convention endorsed Senator William B. Allison by large margins and voted four delegates at large to back William H. Taft at the national convention. The Ohio tariff plank was approved for a special session. Cummings supporters claimed to push a tariff revision plank but the Allison camp prevailed. The convention was otherwise orderly with all delegate selections by acclamation.
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Des Moines
Wiliam H. Taft
William B. Allison
Ohio
Allison
Cummings
Committee On
Taken in San Francisco on Theft Suspect Boeck
New York reports James Ed ward Boeck, under arrest in San Francisco, is wanted for trial in a $25,000 theft of diamonds and pearls from Ludwig Nissan & Co. His disappearance last year caused a social and finance circle sensation. Boeck, said to have business ties in China, previously lived in Pittsburg and befriended Maiden Lane jewelers. He allegedly obtained stones on credit by claiming customers among his circle. City and private detectives have pursued him since he left.
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New York
James Edward Boeck
San Francisco
Boeck
Ludwig Nissan & Co
China
Pittsburg
Maiden Lane
Killed Lottery Law and Brisk Puerto Rico Session
San Juan Porto Rico March 19 legislature adjourned ninety four bills became laws lottery and cock fighting pills killed in executive council public utilities bill passed large education and road appropriations George Griswold Haven New York March 19 Met Opera and Real Estate president died after operation born 1837 Brussels March 19 Congo annexation treaty approved on first reading by chamber of deputies marks new phase of question
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San Juan
Porto Rico
House
Executive Council
New York
George Griswold
George Griswold Haven
Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company
Brussels
Commission of the
Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Peruna hailed as cure in numerous consumption tales
The letter set documents multiple readers praising Peruna for coughs, catarrh and alleged consumption fears. Mrs Mary Meyer and others report relief, improved appetite and sleep after Peruna use, with testimonies from Hettie Green Beulah Broome and Josie Schaetzel. The piece frames Peruna within broader anti consumption efforts and open air treatment advocacy.
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Mary Meyer
Thomson Avenue
Shell Road
Winfield
L. L
N. Y
Hettie Green
R.R. No. 6
Iuka
Ilh
Governor in Critical Condition and Fleeing Suspect Incidents
Boston reports Governor Curtis Guild is in critical condition after a separate note states he fled when no man pursued. Adrian Michigan records John Bantica from Stone City Ta leaping from a Wabash passenger coach near Sand Creek to escape pursuers. He was found near death and transported to the Wabash hospital in Peru Indiana for treatment.
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Boston
Curtis Guild
Adrian
Mich
John Bantica
Stone City
Sand Creek
Fail River
N. Y
Peru
Ind
Must Have Physician's Consent For Boxing Contests
Philadelphia on March 19 reports after the death of WHHe Robinson from a blow during a boxing match with Charles Wolf at the Bijou theater. Director of Public Safety Clay ordered police to allow no contestant in any boxing event in the city without a thorough medical examination by a physician.
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Philadelphia
Whhe Robinson
Charles Wolf
Bijou
Public Safety
Clay
Nin
Murder and Robbery Linked to Five Deaths at Resort
In Oklahoma City March 19 Fannie Ritchie and Harry McCuen were arrested in Denison Texas after the former lover was accused of killing five people at Anne Bailey's resort last August. Three women and one man died in a fire meant to cover the murder and robbery plan. A porter is accused of starting the blaze to erase blood stains. Separately Denver reports Clyde H Walrath confessed to the Beaumont Texas railroad theft and agreed to extradition.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Fannie Ritchie
Harry McCuen
Denison
Tex
McCuen
Anne Bailey
Ritchie
Bailey Resort
Lillian Raye
Verdie Wallace
Sadie Ward
Walter Ward
Denver
Col
Clyde H. Walrath
Denver Post Ofice
Beaumont
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Fire tragedy in Eldorado claims two women
An explosion of coal oil as Mrs. Mills pours it on the fire kills Mrs. Mills and fatally burns her mother Mrs. Newcomb. The elder woman was burned while trying to extinguish the flames from Mills daughter’s clothing.
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Eldorado
Wm. Mills
Mrs. Newcomb
Ar mour in Chicago talks on automatic telephone union
Looking to Combination New York reports J Ogden Armour of Chicago held talks in Looking to Combination with interests tied to the Chicago Automatic Telephone system and other automatic systems nationwide. The discussions aimed to unite the country’s automatic telephone companies.
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New York
Duel to Death In St Petersburg War Duel
In St Petersburg on March 19 Lieutenant General Smirnoff was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with Lieutenant General Fock. They fought at twenty paces in the Chevalier Guard riding school, witnessed by officers and perhaps some women, after Smirnoff questioned Fock’s courage in a memorandum on Port Arthur. Smirnoff collapsed after the fourth shot and was taken to a military hospital for X rays to locate the bullet.
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Mock
Smirnoff
It Was All a Joke on the Big Four Spur
A can of supposed nitroglycerine found on the Winchester Indiana Big Four track was opened and found to contain only wet gravel. The nearby stone weighed over seventy pounds and could have endangered the train, leading authorities to conclude the can was placed as a joke.
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Winchester
Ind
Work Resumed at Davis Sewing Machine Company
Dayton March 19. The Davis Sewing Machine company has resumed work with its entire complement working full time. About 1,500 men are affected.
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Dayton
Davis Sewing Machine Company
Round A Way Out to Escape to St Thomas
Port au Prince reports the Haitian government will allow insurrectionists granted asylum in consulates to depart unmolested. The French cruiser D Estrees will board refugees from Gonaives St Marc and Port au Prince and transport them to St Thomas. A court martial will decide Maj Aurel Madtu’s case for allegedly conspiring to assassinate the president. Warships in the harbor reassure foreign residents as calm returns to the capital.
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Port Au Prince
Haytien
Laraque
Aurel Madtu
House Debates Pension Bill Amid Wide Range of Topics
Washington dispatch notes a four hour debate in the house on the pension appropriation with discussion spanning politics finance trusts and the president s last message. Ohio Mouser forecasts Taft victory while Tennessee Hull backs Bryan. Indiana Adair attacks trusts and Alabama Henlin condemns the cotton exchange. House and Senate adjourn in memory of Senator Whyte.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Mouser
Ohio
Taft
Hull
Tennessee
Wiliam J. Bryan
Messrs. Hardy
Texas
Waldo
New York
Adair
Indiana
Rauch
Congress
Henlin
Alabama
Fire traps guests at Mish hotel. roof collapses
Ten or more guests in J. J. Arlington's Mish hotel in Covington County Mississippi escaped via windows as fire swept through the building. The post office and store inside were destroyed and roof sections fell before occupants woke. Loss estimated at about 30000 dollars.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
J. J. Arlington
Mish
Covington County
Mississippi
Town and Gown Row Continues in Ann Arbor Riot
Rioting between University of Michigan students and city police persists after Monday night. Two students arrested for stealing a cuspidor from the Cook hotel. Management did not press larceny charges. both faced court for being drunk and disorderly, pleaded guilty, fined $10 and $5.20 costs.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Cook Hotel
Rivers Rising Threaten Pittsburg Flood
Rivers in all sections are rising rapidly and rains at the headwaters threaten Pittsburg with another flood. An ultimate rise of thirty feet is not improbable.
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Pittsburg
Pitsburg
Records of Jail Books To Settle Old Boarding Contention
Indianapolis March 19 An inquiry by experts into jail boarding records since January 1 1907 will begin soon. Sheriff Clay will be asked by county commissioners to sign an affidavit asserting all boarding bills are correct and law compliant. If he signs and records match the affidavit the matter ends. if not, explanations or actions follow.
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Indianapolis
Clay
Roberts
James Oliver Will Admitted to Probate in Open Court
South Bend Indiana March 19 The will of James Oliver the millionaire plow manufacturer and richest man in the state was admitted to probate in open court The Oliver fortune remains within the family with most of it held in trust Joseph D Oliver surviving son is named executor and a $25 000 bequest goes to Mrs Anna G Oliver and Mrs Josephine Ford The will dated March 12 1904 has three codicils and the estate is said to be worth about 68 000 000 with no public benefactions
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James Oliver
South Bend
Ind
Oliver
Joseph D. Oliver
Anna G. Oliver
George Ford
Mra
Josephine Ford
Mra. Ford
Joe D. Oliver
J. D. Qover
Frank C. Nippold
H. Gen. Davin
Man Town Merchant Shoots Self in Fatal Attempt
Shelbyville Indiana March 19 Charles W Taylor fifty five of Manila tried to end his life by firing a revolver into his forehead the bullet exiting the back of the head. The wound is likely fatal. He was a merchant with a wife and seven children and his despondency is blamed on ill health and financial troubles.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Charles W. Taylor
Manila
Taylor
Former Hoosier Slain in Ranchester Wyoming Hotel
Julius W. Hansen of Princeton Indiana reports his brother Herman Hansen of Arcadia Iowa was shot and killed in a Ranchester Wyoming hotel where he had gone to buy land. Details are scarce. the deceased formerly lived in this county.
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Princeton
Ind
Julius W. Hansen
Herman Hansen
Arcadia
Ranchester
Wyo
Governor Magoon to protest U S Cuba quarantine plan
The report states Governor Magoon will protest to Washington over the quarantine announced by the United States to be instituted against Cuba after April 1.
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Tt Fe
Magoon
Washington
United States
Cuba
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Beulah B. Broome
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N. E
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William Hobmann
N. Pantina St
Chicago
Pernna
Josie Schaetzel
Appleton
Wisconsin
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Peruus
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Wera
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