Pontiff Pius X Celebrates Golden Jubilee of Ordination
Rome on November 18 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Pope Pius X’s ordination to the priesthood with a grand Mass at St Peter’s. The pope, carried in the sedia gestatoria, blessed the congregation as cardinals archbishops bishops and historic orders followed in solemn procession. Born Giuseppe Sarto in 1835, he became pope five days after Leo XIII’s death in 1903.
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Knights of St. Gregory
Pius X
Giuseppi Sarto
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Rceme
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St. Peter
Riese
Italy
Padua
Treviso
Mantua
Sacred College
Venice
Leo XIII
Governor Hanly Grants Commissions in Indiana Election Dispute
Indiana Governor Hanly issues commissions to most Republican victors after Nov. 3, with Thomas R. Marshall to receive a parchment commission soon. Democrats cry foul over alleged tabulation errors and seek court or legislative relief while Democrats deploy committees to review county returns.
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Indianapolis
Brake
Hanly
Thomas R. Marshall
Fred A. Sims
William Fogarty
Charles Korbly
Edward Raub
Sims
Lincoln Dixon
Fourth District
Joseph Shea
Seymour
Shelby County
Marshall
Lawrence County
John Billheimer
Congressman Dixon
Shea
Secretary of State
Heney Shot in San Francisco Courtroom During Ruef Trial
Francis J. Heney, a leading anti corruption prosecutor, was shot in Superior Judge Lawler's courtroom by Morris Haas, a saloon keeper and former juror, during a recess in the Ruef bribery trial. Heney’s condition improves after surgery as doctors report progress toward recovery. Haas, an ex convict, claimed he shot Heney because Heney had ruined him.
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Francis J. Heney
Morris Haas
Lawler
Abraham Ruef
Heney
Haas
Ruef
San Quentin Penitentiary
Morris Jinas
Death by Own Action Ends Haas in Jail
Morris Haas, who shot Francis J. Heney, killed himself in the county jail in San Francisco. Reports say the pistol was hidden in his shoe. another account claims a sister or friend smuggled a weapon to him while imprisoned.
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Morris Haas
Francis J. Heney
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Honey
Odd Fellows Begin Anniversary Observances in Indianapolis
Indiana Odd Fellows start a series of ceremonies in Indianapolis with the dedication of the new grand lodge building at Washington and Pennsylvania streets. A torchlight parade Wednesday night will mark the sixty first annual communication of the grand encampment and commemorate the seventy third annual communication of the grand lodge I O F Indiana.
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Indiana
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Washington
Pennsylvania
O. F
Old Veteran Presss Away
Lawrenceburg Indiana reports General Thomas J. Lucas dead at eighty three. Lucas earned the rank of general in the Mexican War and served in the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixteenth Indiana. he retired as a brigadier general. He was the son of Major Frederick J. Lucas who fought under Napoleon.
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Ind
Thomas J. Lucas Fis
Lucas
Indiana
Frederick J. Lucas
Miner shoots rival five times in Boonville
In Boonville Indiana on November 18 Howard Littlepage a miner and former grudge rival shot John Wagner five times during a knife confrontation. Wagner was critically wounded with bullets in the neck leg and abdomen. Littlepage suffered cuts and is jailed.
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Boonville
Ind
Howard Littlepage
John Wagner
Wagner
Littlepage
Girl's Assailant Convicted in Indiana Court
Hirjah Harreill, 53, former justice of the peace and village blacksmith of Hanfield, Grant County, was found guilty by a jury in Grant circuit court of assault on 12 year old Add Bodkin. The sentence ranges from two to twenty one years in the state prison.
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Ind
Hirjah Harreill
South Dakota
Wise County
William A. Shanklin
Upper Iowa University of Fayette
Wesleyan University of Middletown
Conn
American Anti-Saloon League
Governor fills vacancy on Indiana railroad board
Indianapolis Indiana November 18 Governor Hanly appointed Tudge John and James McClure both of Anderson to the state railroad commission to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of U B Hunt.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Tudge John &. McClure
Anderson
U. B. Hunt
Gunness Case Trial Opens With Threats Evidence
Testimony in Laporte Indiana centers on Ray Lamphere allegedly threatening Belle Gunness and motives tied to their affair. Witnesses recount love entanglements and the fire that killed Gunness and her three children while defense argues self defense or coercion.
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Attorney Worden
Gunness
Andrew Helgelein
First National Bank of Aberdeen
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Helgelein
Lamphere
Joseph Maxson
Coming Legislature Shows Democrats Hold Joint Ballot Lead
Final returns from legislative districts indicate Democrats will hold a 14 member majority on joint ballot in the next General Assembly. Senate stands 27 Republicans to 23 Democrats, with Republicans holding a 4 seat edge. House shows 41 Republicans to 59 Democrats, giving Democrats an 18 seat House majority. Joint ballot edge favors Democrats by 14.
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General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association set midwinter meeting
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association executive committee approves annual midwinter meeting February 4 and 5 1909 at the Denison Hotel Indianapolis Banquet featuring Governor elect Thomas R Marshall Robert J Aley and Isaac R Strause as stellar attractions A U S senator elect to appear and February 5 will host the business session with papers to be read.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Denison
Thomas R. Marshall
Robert J. Aley
Bloomington
Isaac R. Strause
Rockville
United States
Ric's War in Stamps
Burglars robbed the South Bend post office of 18653 dollars in stamps and escaped. The loot included 25 cent books of one cent stamps 1000 25 cent books of two cent stamps 500 49 cent books and 500 97 cent books.
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Ric
South Bend
Ind
Wife of Chick Stahl Found Dead in Doorway
Boston dispatch says the widow of Chick Stahl, the baseball figure, was found dead in a doorway last night. Foul play is suspected. Stahl, who played for the Boston Americans, died by his own hand in March 1907 at French Lick.
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Chick” Stahl
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Boston
Stahl
Brief Dispatches From National News Gleanings
It reports Willian Marconi may win the Nobel physics prize and France to adopt simplified phonetic spelling in schools. A La. planter’s gin burned allegedly by night riders. indictments against Richard B. Owen Jr. for embezzlement. various items on politics, fires, arrests, and stock market impacts, including taft, taft extra session, and international events.
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Roosevelt
France
W. P. Ware
Inorwood
la Yas
Richard B. Owen, Jr
Citilerk
Mobile
Deeper Waterways Convention Aims for Atlantic Inland Route
Five hundred delegates from over 200 associations gathered in Baltimore for the first annual Deeper Waterways convention. Led by Rep. J. Hampton Moore, the meeting backs an inland waterway from Boston to Key West to aid American shipping, war needs, and inland trade by deepening channels along the Atlantic coast.
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Deeper Waterways Convention
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Key West
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Deeper Water Ways Association
J. Hampton Moore
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Moore
Cane Cod
Longs Island Sound
Delaware River
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
Roosevelt Dinner Links Cabinet and Labor Leaders
President Roosevelt hosted a White House dinner with members of the cabinet and Supreme Court justices meeting labor leaders from across the nation. The gathering aimed to discuss and support efforts toward improved labor conditions, described as one of the most notable White House events in months.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Market Quotations from Indianapolis and Chicago Livestock Reports
Market figures show wheat corn oats and livestock prices across Indianapolis Chicago and New York. Prices include wheat No 2 red at 1 01 to 1 08 per bushel, corn around 63 to 64 cents, oats near 48 to 51 cents, and cattle hogs and sheep trading across regions with varied bid ranges and receipts reported.
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New York
Dowager Empress Tsze Hsi An Dies in China
Peking reports the Dowager Empress Tsze Hsi An died at 2 00 yesterday. She had directed the government since 1861 and ruled without protest since 1881. The Emperor Kuang Hsu is also reported dead, with officials indicating both deaths may have occurred earlier than stated.
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Peking
Tsze Hsi An
China
Kuang-Hsu
China’s Ruler Dies At 38 In Pekin Palace
Washington reports official notice of the emperor Kwang Hsu’s death in Pekin. The 38 year old monarch died suddenly while the Dowager Empress Tsu Hsi wielded power. Prince Puyi, age three, was installed on the throne as heir presumptive.
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China
State Department
Imperial
Pekin
Tsu-Hsi
Kwang Hsu
Prince Puyi
Prince Chur
A Price on Her Head in Peking
Foreign observers distrust recent events surrounding the Dowager Empress in Peking. For a decade both natives and foreigners have discussed paying killers to end her life, with many calling her death a providential riddance. The empress is widely hated and blasphemed by many in China.
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Peking
China
Five Die in Okmulgee Shootout Between Desperado and Officers
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on November 18 five people were killed and ten wounded during a confrontation between Jim Deckard a negro desperado and lawmen. Sheriff Edgar Robinson and Assistant Chief Henry Klaber were among the dead. deputies including two Chapman brothers were slain as Deckard fired from his house after an initial assault at the St. Louis & San Francisco station. The scene left Steve Grayson an Indian boy fatally beaten and Chief Vic Farr wounded.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Jim Deckard
Edgar Robinson
Okmulgee County
Henry Klaber
Chapman
Steve Grayson
Vic Farr
Deckard
Chapman Brothers
Change in the Cabinet as Metcalf Resigns
Washington reports Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf has resigned for health reasons, effective December 1. Assistant Secretary Truman H. Newberry to succeed him as Metcalf’s replacement.
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Nawy
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
Truman H. Newberry
Mr. Metcalf
France Faces German Balloon Threat as Officers Descent Alarm Grows
Paris reports the French government is alarmed by a rising number of balloons manned by German officers descending in France. Diplomatic representations to Berlin have failed, and France considers vigorous steps to stop what is called a veritable peril.
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France
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