Important News Notes Of A Week
Water for 10777 acres of Belle Fourche land in unit three will be ready May 25 with about 100 government farms open for homestead entry. Congress passes a large appropriation bill and rivers and harbors funding including Chicago harbor aid. The house votes to abolish the commerce court.
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Secretary of the Interior
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
House
Washington
Commerce Court
Senate
Chicago Harbor
Notable Claims and Legal Rulings From Across the Nation
United States District Judge Cor nelius J. Hanford in Seattle ordered the cancellation of Leonard Olesons citizenship papers on grounds of fraud regarding his attachment to constitutional principles. Dr George Chalmers Richmond of Philadelphia preached against Col John J Astors wedding and condemned his will. James Douglass, 24, died by lightning near McLeansboro Indiana. Delegates to the Associated Advertising Clubs convention will meet in Dallas on May 19 after traveling from San Francisco. A Caesarean birth in Fordham Hospital produced a boy weighing 8 pounds 18 ounces ten minutes after the mothers death from apoplexy. Rear Admiral Bradley A Fiske rode a hydro aeroplane for ten minutes at Salem with Philips W Page piloting. Sheriff Bradshaw returns from Seattle to Kansas with Charles Marzyck accused in the William Showman family murder in Elsworth Kansas. Marzyck was the former husband of Showmans sister.
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United States
Cornelius J. Hanford
Seattle
Wash
Leonard Oleson
Fordham Hospital
New York City
Bradshaw
Kansas
Charles Marzyck
William Showman
Elsworth
Kan
Marzyck
Showman
Mexico's provisional government leader flees Juarez
Emil io Vasquez Gomez and his cabinet hurriedly left Juarez as northern Mexico grew quieter amid unrest. Swedens suffrage bill signals parity for women voters.
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Mexico
Jemilio Vasquez Gomez
Juarez
Panama-Pacific Exposition Delegation Tours St Petersburg
Personal members of the Panama-Pacific exposition commission led by John Hays Hammond arrived in St. Petersburg from Germany and spent most of the day sightseeing in the capital. Dr. John Grier Hibben was inaugurated president of Princeton University with many educators and thousands of alumni present. A Paris rumor suggested Mrs Ava Willing Astor, recently divorced, may wed Maurice Rostand, son of Edmond Rostand.
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John Hays Hammond
St. Petersburg
Germany
Capital
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Paris
Ava Willing Astor
Col
John Jacob Astor
Maurice Rostand
Edmond Rostand
Chantecler
New York
Cavanaugh
Princeton
N. J
Republicans to meet in Chicago on June 6 to decide delegate contests
Unofficial but revised returns from Hennepin county Minnesota show Roosevelt with 352 delegates, Taft 110, LaFolette 61, fusion 56 from 610 total. Illinois April 9 primaries put Roosevelt over Taft by 128 041, Clark over Wilson by 143 475, Deneen over Small by 63 168 and over Wayman by 80 714.
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Hennepin County
Minn
Roosevelt
Taft
LaFolette
Fusion
Secretary of State
Illnois
Clark
Wilson
Deneen
Small
Wayman
Indiana Republicans Plan Fund for Chicago Convention HQs
Indiana delegates at Indianapolis vote to assess $100 per delegate and $25 per alternate to finance Indiana headquarters in Chicago. A committee led by Clem Studebaker will arrange headquarters, hire a band, badges, and supplies. Roosevelt delegates also set up separate Indiana Roosevelt HQ with a $25 assessment and pledge to vote Roosevelt first in the convention.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Indiana Pastor Killed in Ohio Auto Crash
Rev. Winton Hobson, former United Brethren pastor of Richmond, died in an automobile crash at Springfield Ohio while serving a Newton Ohio church. He had left Richmond in 1909 and switched to the Methodist Episcopal church at the Cincinnati conference. The car plunged over a steep embankment.
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Indiana
Richmond
Winton Hobson
Springfield
United Brethren Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Newton, O
Say Husband Ordered Death in Shelbyville Trial
Testimony for Henry Pollard's case alleges Mrs. William Fouty hunted with Fouty for the purpose of killing Pollard. Witnesses claim Fouty urged his wife to kill Pollard or that he would kill her, as the couple faces a bond request to keep the peace.
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Shelbyville
William Fouty
Henry Pollard
Masons to Erect New Home in Laporte
Plans for a flagship Masonic home in Laporte include a temple costing 80000 dollars. A incorporation committee is formed with 50000 dollars in preferred stock bearing six percent interest and 30000 dollars in common stock. A large block of the preferred stock was sold at once.
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Masons
Laporte
Embezzlement Trial Set For Blauth In Evansville
In Evansville on May 14 the second trial of John W. Blauth former book keeper of the Evansville Trust and Savings company charged with embezzling 438000 has been set for June 28. The first trial ended in a hung jury. Since then the trust has been absorbed by another company and its former stockholders refuse to aid the prosecution.
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Evansville
John W. Blauth
Evansville Trust and Savings Company
Trust Company
Richmond Seeks Big Meeting
The Richmond Commercial club aims to secure the 1913 National Municipal league meeting to be held in Los Angeles. Richmond’s chance rises as William Dudley Foulke of the city begins a second term as league president, boosting hopes of a favorable selection.
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Richmond
Richmond Commercial Club
National Municipal League
Los Angeles
William Dudley Foulke
Possesses Ancient Papers Found by Carlisle Brick Mason
Charles Watchi ette of Carlisle owns two historic papers. A letter Lincoln wrote on April 23, 1857 to Lewis M. Hayes of Gosport concerns a lawsuit Lincoln was pursuing for Hayes. Also a line of march from an Indianapolis parade dated October 25, 1842 honoring Henry Clay.
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Sullivan
Charles Watchiette
Carlisle
Abraham Lincoln
Lewis M. Hayes
Gosport
Lincoln
Hayes
Indianapolis
Henry Clay
Swat the Fly wins prize at Big Six oratorical meet
Evansville on May 14 saw William Mauer of Mount Vernon win the gold medal in the Big Six high school oratorical contest with his piece Swat the Fly. Dan Mehane of Princeton placed second. In the reading contest Marie Critchfield of Princeton won, with Eugene Stinson of Evansville taking second.
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Evansville
William Mauer
Mount Vernon
Dan Mehane
Princeton
Marie Critchfield
Eugene Stinson
Union Methodist church on Portland circuit dedicated
The Union church on the Portland circuit was dedicated with a sermon by Dr. W. D. Parr of Kokomo. The building was completed and had been delayed from March due to weather. Many former pastors attended the service.
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Jay County
Portland
Union
W. D. Parr
Kokomo
Pursuit and Capture of Matt Bell in Indianapolis
Matt Bell, twenty eight, colored, rode a stolen horse and held up eight men as he fled through the west side of Indianapolis. Four officers stopped him at a saloon after a lengthy chase with revolvers drawn. An emergency machine and patrol wagon assisted as spectators directed the pursuit. Bell was arrested at the point of revolvers.
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Indianapolis
West Side
Matt Bell
Gibson
Bell exchange collapse as operators strike for higher wages
In Elwood the telephone service was paralyzed for hours when ten Bell exchange operators quit the switchboard at peak hours after a wage demand was refused. The manager and linemen replaced them to restore service. In Evansville the eight year old daughter of Bernard Davidson bit off her tongue in a fall from a tree and may die.
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Elwood
Bell Exchange
Evansville
Bernard Davidson
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Robert W. Archbald
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The
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Mississippi
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Shriners
Imperial Council
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Baltimore
Imperial
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Fargo
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Tex
Bend
Macoupin County
George Chalmers Richmond
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Co. John J. Astor
Miss Madelaine Force
S Astor
James Douglass
McLeansboro
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
San Francisco
Bradley A. Fiske
Salem
Mass
Philips W. Page
Havana
Cuba
Paraguay
Alvino Jara
Tibiuary
Sweden
Bachmayer
Johannisthal
Berlin
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
State Department
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Colima
Republican National Committee
Hoosier News
Terre Haute
Reid Electrical Workers
Illinois
Ray Focht
Thomas Blake
Hammond
F. H. Stapp
L. F. Flotekoetter
Quincy
O. P. M. Davis
Redford
Fred C. Hares
Gussee McVey
Peoria
Shannon Rector
Stiersville
Mack Adams
Rosedale
Rachel
Connersville
Charles Duckworth
Fayette County
Anderson—Kikthaweenund
Daughters of the American Revolution
Janesville
Forest
Russiaville
McCormick
Ross
Union City
G. A. Auble
GL. Wood
GS. W. Kreme
Paphe
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