Plan to Prevent a Break in Taft Harmony at Chicago
Republican leaders push a first ballot Taft nomination to avoid a Blaine Conkling split. Senators Aldrich Hale Allison Crane and reps Payne Sherman Tunner Jenkins Smith back harmony talks with readers backing Fairbanks Knox and Hughes. Roosevelt remains uncommitted while Taft is favored to avert multi ballot fight at Chicago.
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Hale
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Crane
Payne and
Sherman
New York
Tawner
Minnesota
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Smith
Iowa
William H. Taft
Taft
Harmony Movement
Hemenway
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Hopkins
Depew
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Mann
Illinois
Burke
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Pennsylvania
Watson
Landis
Indiana
Tatf
Texas
Utah
California
Knox
Harmony Action
Harmony
Roosevelt
Theandidate
Fairbanks
Ako
Llinis
Cannon
Republican leaders push renomination plans for Hughes in New York
A movement seeks to renominate Mr. Hughes as New York governor and to unite Secretary Taft with Senator Foraker to stabilize Ohio. The plan circulates among leading Republicans, with Frank H Hitchcock directing the national campaign and Jos B Kealing advising on broader strategy.
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United States District
Jos. B. Kealing
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Washington
How They Stand in Pennant Races Major League and A A
National League standings show Chicago leading with 13 wins and 5 losses, followed by Pittsburgh 12-6, Boston 13-8, New York 11-8, Philadelphia 10-9, Brooklyn 8-13, Cincinnati 9-13, and St. Louis 6-15. American Association lists Indianapolis 15-8 atop, Toledo 12-7, Milwaukee 14-9, Louisville 15-10, Columbus 13-10, Kansas City 9-10, St Paul 7-16, Minneapolis 5-17. game-by-game scores note pitchers and lineups. The Word in Norway reports a murder spree in Laporte, with Olaf Jensen among the victims connected to Mrs. Gunness’s marriage ads. Jensen left Christiania two years ago and has not been heard from.
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Laporte
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Philadelphia Reese
Cleveland
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Washington
Cates
Streit
Schlitzer
Schreck
Newton
Kleinow
Burchell
Glaze
Criger
Carrigan
Near Riot Ends Quietly After Quarry Camp Clash
In Bloomington Indiana on May 12 a clash between American quarry workers and Italian camp members at Antonio Tosti’s store led to knife and stone blows. Police arrived as both sides faced off. one American was wounded and a shoestring was cut, but no fatalities occurred. Militia Company H stood ready as tensions lingered.
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Ined
Sanders Quarry
Antonio Tosti
Harley East
Jewett Tatum
Tony
Tosti
East
Grand Jury
Tatum
Damage suits filed against Aveline hotel owners
Three gun injuries prompt lawsuits in Fort Wayne. John P. Strodecker seeks 5 000 for injuries, while James C. Foster and Fred C. Phillips demand 25 000 each. Plaintiffs allege hotel negligence from inadequate fire escapes, dangerous furnace proximity to wooden joists, and missing ropes or chains in rooms with lit paths.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
John P. Strodecker
Charleston
S. C
Jas. C. Foster
West Newton
Mass
Fred C. Phillips
New York
Tornado Toll and Fire Blaze Through Headlines
The dispatches report eight killed and many injured in northwestern Oklahoma tornadoes, a Terminal Roofing plant fire in East St Louis causing about 300000 dollars in losses, a 344 to 31 Irish university bill vote in the British House of Commons, and a remarkable 13 to 18 inch hail event at Vici Oklahoma.
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East St. Louis
House of Commons
Vici
Okla
Oklahoma
Farm owner fatally shoots tenant in Indiana
James Brown a 50 year old farmer of Galveston county was shot and killed on his farm eleven miles west of Kokomo. Tenant Robert Cotterman 30 surrendered after Brown warned him to leave and a struggle over reentry led to the fatal shooting.
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Kokomo
Ind
James Brown
Galveston
Robert Cotterman
Brown
Cotterman
The Brunaugh Case Resumed in Indianapolis Trial
Judge Vinson A. Carter sits in criminal court for the Henry P. Brunaugh trial. He faces a charge of presenting a false and fraudulent claim against the city of Indianapolis tied to an asphalt street repair contract with Western Construction Company last year.
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Brunaugh
Indianapolis
Vinson A. Carter
Superior Court
Henry P. Brunaugh
Western Constriction Company
Aldridge Held for Murcer in Trinkle Killing
In Jeffersonville Indiana on May 12 John Trinkle aged twenty two was shot three times and died twenty minutes later. His lifelong friend Jesse Aldridge also twenty two claims self defense and is held on homicide charges.
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Aldridge
Murcer
Jeffersonville
Ind
John Trinkle
Jesse Aldridge
Jury Imposes Death Penalty in Rushville Case
Rushville Indiana May 12 The jury found Leslie Brundant a self confessed murderer of Charles Coleman also colored guilty and sentenced him to death.
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Rushville
Ind
Leslie Brundant
Charles Coleman
Despondent man ends life in Warsaw with razor
Despondent seventy year old John Roach cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor in Warsaw Indiana due to ill health and died within minutes.
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Warsaw
Ind
John Roach
Political intrigues in Indiana and national race talk
Indianapolis Civic League declines to endorse Colonel Russell B. Harrison and Captain William E. English for state legislature seats. Debates loom as James E. Watson and Thomas R. Marshall plan joint talks. An anti Landis group forms in Camden to defeat C B Landis in the Ninth district, echoing past bullfrog tactics.
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Indianapolis Civic League
Russell B. Harrison
Benjamin Harrigan
William E. English
Wiliam H. English
Harrison
English
Indiana
Congress
League
Colonel Harrison
Washington
James E. Watson
Thomas R. Marshall
Mr. Watson
Mr. Marshall
Watson
Marshall
State Sims
Camden
Carroll County
C. B. Landis
Fred Landis
Danish Inventor Demonstrates Wireless Typesetting in London
Hans Knudsen claims to have perfected a wireless typesetting system enabling an ordinary linotype in Paris to be set by waves from London. He says a machine already types 3000 words per hour at a distance and envisions sending news to printing presses via Marconi. He also demonstrates wireless photography sending recognizable royal and imperial portraits through walls.
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Paris
London
Hotel Cecil
Hans Knudsen
Mr. Knudsen
New York Times
New York
Marconi
Knudsen
England
Porter Murder Trial Set for June 7 in Jay County
Ira Porter of New Pittsburg, Indiana, indicted for the January murder of his wife Mary Ann Porter by shotgun fire, has had venue changed to Jay County and will be tried June 7. Porter contends the wife ran toward him with the gun to shoot a hawk and the weapon discharged by accident.
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Porter
Winchester
Ind
Ira Porter
New Pittsburg
Mary Ann Porter
Jay County
Suicide by Poison in Kansas City Case of George P. Case
George P. Case aged twenty six a Pullman company storekeeper recently from Cincinnati where his father is well to do killed himself by drinking poison in Kansas City May 12 according to local reports.
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Kansas City
George P. Case
Pullman Company
Cincinnati
F A Hearing J P Burns Rockport Indiana
Attorney J P Burns announces he will practice in all courts from his Rockport Indiana office opposite the courthouse, with an office over the Post Office.
Humming Bird Farm Plans In Central Islip
Miss Gwen dolin Brooks of New York will raise ruby breasted humming birds on a Central Islip farm. She has bought land, secured ovaries plans, and will sell the tiny birds with commissions already listed. The birds migrate seasonally from South America to the north and back, requiring space and honey plus insects to thrive.
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Gwendolin Brooks
New York City
Central Islip
N. Y
South America
Tropics
Miss Brooks
Dynamite Plan Against Madrid Panther
Joe Dignard, famed hunter, hired to track a dangerous female panther near Madrid Maine. The creature has terrorized residents since last fall, attacking several people and prompting canceled evening events. Dignard will use an automotive rifle, revolver, and dynamite to blow the cave and force a confrontation.
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Joe Dignard
Madrid
Dignard
German Universities See Move to End Forced Drinking
A movement among some graduates of German universities aims to abolish compulsory drinking by student corps. Currently only abstainers are admitted to these societies, and new students are required to drink until nearly intoxicated.
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Noone
Call of the Esrine Season In New York Sun Verse
Dena McCarthy in New York Sun writes of Maytime and spring awakening The poem invites lovers to flee woes embrace birds blossoms and the thrill of spring The magician Mer revives the world from death and the couple flees to woodlands and streams to dream in spring.
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Mer
Mil
Mart
McCarthy
New York Sun
Rockport Lawyers Advertise Full Court Practice
W. a. McHullough Scullough and B. F. Huffman announce law offices in Rockport Indiana. McHullough Scullough will practice in all courts from an office on Main street ground floor south side. Huffman will practice in all courts from an office in the post office building on Main street opposite the courthouse.
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Rockport
Indiana
Main Street
B. F. Huffman
Court House
Lawyer J Philip Burns Practice In All Courts Rockport IN
Lawyer J Philip Burns of Rockport Indiana announces he will practice in all courts. Office located on the ground floor opposite the court house. Dr Eva Buxton also listed with office and residence near Fourth Street and Main, contact Cumberland 14.
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Krieger
Fourth Street
Main
Cumberland
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