Navy aide admits responsibility for Roosevelt criticism row
Washington March 3 Commander William H Sims naval aide to President Roosevelt testifies before the senate committee on naval affairs claiming responsibility for the battleship construction row. He outlines earlier criticisms and faults in the fleet logs turret design and gunnery while clashing with senators over scope and cross examination.
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Washington
William H. Sims
Roosevelt
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Admiral Capps
Sims
Tilman
Tillman
Hale
Pacific
West Indies
Rio de Janeiro
Capps
Rio
Goodrich
Commander Sims
Various 1906 Dispatches Share Global Local News
The report covers diverse items including political conventions in Ohio and New York, a Chicago wheat market wobble from heavy selling, a Los Angeles boxing match, San Francisco building permits totaling 97 million, a Chihuahua bank robbery of 300000 Mexican money, a Harriman-Gerry wedding, Jersey City chemical plant fatalities, Schumann-Heink naturalization filing, Erie depot wage strike in Binghamton, February debt figure of 900 million, Britain Japan trade marks talks nearing end, British disarmament debate, and New York City Railway lawsuit actions.
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Columbus
Chicago
Jimmy Britt
Battling Nelson
Los Angeles
National Association of Clothiers
New York
San Francisco
Banco de Minero
Chihuahua
Mex
Ambassador Creel
Cornelia Harriman
BE. H. Harriman
Robert Livingston Gerry
Elbridge T. Gerry
M. Calm & Co
Jersey City
Schumann-Heink
Newark
N. J
Erie
Binghampton
N. Y
Great Britain
Japan
Far East
New supply sought as Indian labor departs via Hong Kong
Information from Tokyo, relayed via India, says steamship and immigration firms target India for workers after Japan halts emigration. Indian laborers sail Hong Kong to Vancouver, with Mont Eagle listed as first to depart. Japan maintains a firm stance as negotiations with the United States affect Hawaii Canada and Mexico migration.
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Tokio
India
Japan
Hong Kong
Vancouver
Mont Eagle
Hawaii
Canada
America
Mexico
United States
Raid on two poolrooms in South Louisville
Acting under orders from County Judge Peter deputies raided the two poolrooms in South Louisville on Monday afternoon. Twenty nine people were arrested after a tense confrontation as officers forced holders to reveal identities. Officers seized placards of horse odds and other evidence while demolishing doors windows phones and furnishings.
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Louisville
Uder
Peter
Goeben Commits Suicide While Awaiting Trial
In East Prussia Captain Von Goeben, who killed Major Von Schoenbeck on Christmas night and faced a court martial, has taken his own life.
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Allenstein
East Prussia
von Goeben
von Schoenbeck
Double Murder Trial in Noblesville Heats Self Defense Claim
James W. Hensley of Indianapolis stands trial in Noblesville circuit court on two murder indictments. He pleads not guilty and contends self defense after a confrontation at the McClintock farm last October. A special venire of forty talismen is drawn to select the jury.
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Noblesville
Ind
James W. Hensley
Indianapolis
Walker
Enoch
Hensley
McClintock
Mary McClintock
Walker McClintock
Investigators to audit county offices in courthouse scandal
Indianapolis March 3 Instructions for auditing county office books have been issued to Edward R. Parmelee and Charles D. Lockhart the experts chosen to uncover mismanagement of county funds. They are to examine all records to root out wrong doing and pursue restitution by suits. Start point not fixed but commissioners say begin with Bec. 31 1907 and trace back six years.
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Indianapolis
Edward R. Parmelee
Charles D. Lockhart
Mendenhall and Roberts
Bec
Death of James Oliver famed chilled plow inventor
James Oliver of South Bend Indiana aged eighty five died at his home after months of illness. The Scottish born inventor built the world's largest chilled plow plant and a vast estate. He left a son and daughter and numerous contributions including a business block hotel and the Oliver opera house.
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James Oliver
South Bend
Ind
Mr. Oliver
Scotland
Oliver
Oliver Opera House
Jury Acquits Joe Mercer in Dog Feud Killing
Bloomfield Ind March 3 After a thirty minute deliberation the jury acquitted Joe Mercer of murdering Davy Jones in November near the Sullivan county line The case stemmed from a quarrel over a dog Jones claimed Mercer had and which belonged to Jones Witnesses testified Mercer acted in self defense with Jones gun leveled at him at the time of the shot.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Joe Mercer
Davy Jones
Sullivan County
Jones
Mercer
Maimed for Life by a Horse in Evansville Incident
Evansville coal driver Joseph Hagan attempted to control his horse when the animal suddenly seized with a paroxysm and mangled his left hand so severely it required amputation. The horse had to be knocked down to release him.
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Evansville
Ind
Joseph Hagan
Weather Almanac Sketch for Indiana Fair Day
The Sun and Moon notes show rises at 6 25 and sets at 7 15 p m. The Indiana Fair Wednesday forecast calls for increasing cloudiness.
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Indiana
Indiana Republicans heat up in Eleventh district race
In Grant county 29 delegates are to be chosen for the Eleventh district convention next Tuesday. George B. Lockwood Charles Good and Major Joseph Murphy all open headquarters in Marion to back second choice delegates. Gus Conde and Rev. Thary vie for Grant county delegates as the outcome hinges on that result. Dr J N Hurty denounces $500000 annual waste of school funds and calls for reforms citing New Augusta schoolhouse conditions inhumane and unsafe. Overstreet to chair Republican state convention temporary with keynote address, convention to discuss national and state issues and issue platform planks. Married life for Miss Mary A Stubbs to Barry Coleman Moore announced. Mary Stubbs remains head of Indiana Bureau of Statistics until Dec 31 196? and will stay in post. Governor Hanly appointed her after her father Joseph H Stubbs died in Dec 1966. Governor Hanly’s appointee continues until term end. Governor candidates feud over delegate counts with bulletins from rival managers. John Edwards withdraws from lieutenant governor race leaving field to E F Branch and Fremont Goodwine.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grant County
George B. Lockwood
Charles Good
Joseph Murphy
Wabash
Marion
Gus Conde
Rev
Thary
Gas City
Washington
Overstreet
Indiana
Maria C. Stubbs
Mary A. Stubbs
Barry Coleman Moore
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Joseph H. Stubbs
Hanly
Miss Stubbs
Miss Studs
Honduran leaders swear to uphold constitution
In Tegucigalpa on March 3 the president General Davila the vice president and supreme court magistrates appeared before the national assembly and swore to uphold the constitution restoring normal conditions across the republic.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Davila
Supreme Court
National Assembly
National Cash Register Plant Suspends Operations in Dayton
The National Cash Register company suspended operation of its plant in Dayton Ohio affecting about three thousand employees. Company officials cannot say when work will resume.
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Dayton
National Cash Register Company
Indianapolis Man on Trial for Graft in Street Repairs
Harry Branaugh is charged with graft related to Indianapolis city asphalt street repair work and goes on trial in criminal court. The case centers on alleged improper contracts and overcharges connected to municipal maintenance.
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Indianapolis
Maren
Harry Branaugh
How It Was Revealed When a Photographer Snapped Hargis
The Kentucky feudist Judge Jim W Hargis, famed as a regional power, hated photographs but relented after a Courier-Journal photographer captured him at Jackson courthouse. Hargis initially cursed the camera but later posed for several pictures, marking a shift from his usual photo ban.
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Jim W Hargis
Kentucky
Breathitt County
Plord Byrd
Hargis
E. S Linzer
Harper's Weekly
Greathitt King
Jackson
Jim Hargis
Callahan
Louisville Courier-Journal
Robert Love
Hope
Courier-Journal
Emmanuel Movement gains traction says Dr MacDonald
Dr. Robert MacDonald of Washington Avenue Baptist Church Brooklyn praises the Emmanuel movement as a scientific Christian approach blending psychology medicine and faith. He says it unites help from many sources boosts Christianity and cites Tolstoi on the loss of sense of God. Two more sermons conclude the current series.
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MacDonald
Robert MacDonald
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
New Boston
Tolstoi
Airships in Future Warfare From Century Article
Henry B Hersey argues in the March Century that airships are an established success and will play a major role in future warfare. He notes France leading with aerial cruisers capable of bombing fortifications and sinking ships, while Germany under Count Zeppelin advances with large, highly planned airships.
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Henry B Hersey
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Letter Carrier Notices Concealed Inscription in Enveloped Note
A New York letter carrier found an inscription on an envelope to a young woman reading Postman do your duty. Take this to my Linck crew beauty. The incident emerged as a curious note in the upper section of the city.
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New York
Postian
Rockport Office Ground Floor Opposite Court House
Public notice locating an office in Rockport Indiana on the ground floor opposite the court house. Details unreadable but indicates a municipal or legal administrative site reference in Rockport.
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Rockport
Indiana
Court House
Attorneys Advertise Rockport Offices and Practice
Rein Hard and Stevenson, attorneys at law, occupy rooms in the post office building on Main Street opposite the court house and will practice in all courts. B F Huffman, attorney at law, also in a post office building on Main Street opposite the court house, Rockport Indiana, offers practice in all courts.
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Main Street
Occidental Hotel
Rockport
Indiana
BROWN
Brown Brown & Brown Attorneys-At-Law
Court House
Reinhard & Stevenson
B. F. Huffman
Allen J. Fayton
Sargent’sdrug
Main and
Third Streets
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Naval Committee
Perkins
Santiago
House of Commons
New York City Railway Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York Supreme Court
Sun and
Moon
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
New Augusta
John Edwards
Mitchell
E. F. Branch
Martinsville
Fremont Goodwine
Williamsport
THE
Emmanuel Movement
M. Swan
W. MA
Swan & Mason
J. W. Burns
R. E. Roberts
Attorney-At-Law
W.M. Smith
W. S. McCullough Smith
McCullough
IF. J. Reinhard, Aca Stevenson
J. Philip Burns
Eva Buxton
Krieger
Fourth Street
Main
Home
Cumberland
William H. Field
First St
St. George Hotel
Wm.e. Hartley
Nigiua
Bow
UmMce
Root Luckado
Rockport Indiana
D. C. Pattridge
Chase. Poole
Home Insurance and Loan Company,incorporated
East Ath Street
Farmer’s Bank
Rodolf
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