Candidates Press for Votes at Indiana Convention
As balloting nears at Tomlinson Hall delegates from across the state gather at party headquarters. Auditors and treasurers seek nominations while speakers praise their candidates and plan turnout with sergeants at arms coordinating crowd control. many expect victory in tomorrow's final ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kercheval
Denison
David E. Sherrick
L. S. Baldwin
Noblesville
Mr. Sherrick
David Sherrick
James R. Henry
Thomas J. Brooks
Capt. Henry
Fr. E. Osborn
Laporte
Doran
Frank Martin
Ripley County
Merritt Moores
Moore
George Cunningham
Evansville
Martin W. Fields
Fields
Cunningham
Grifith Dean
George A. Osborn
Dean
Charles W. Moores
Marion County
Brick
Charles W. Miller
James Bingham
New Canal Agreement Lets US Lease Panama Land In Perpetuity
Washington reports a Panama Isthmus canal deal outline with Colombia. US gains exclusive right to construct operate and protect a six mile wide zone including Flaminco Naos and Perico. Colombia grants perpetual canal strip lease and waives compensation for fourteen years while US pays $7 million on account. A five member board will set future annual rent.
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Washington
Hay
Mr. Concha
Congress
Panama
Colombia
Concha
United States
Flaminco
Naos
Perico
Panama Bay
Panam Canal Company
Supreme Court voids stationary engineers license law
The Ohio Supreme Court today announced a sweeping ruling invalidating the stationary engineers license law both old and new, saying licensing qualifications are a legislative power reserved for the Legislature and not an administrative function of examiners.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Court narrows on examining boards in state constitutional ruling
The court’s language casts doubt on the constitutionality of state examining boards, reversing prior stance on their legality. Eminent lawyers warn the ruling could affect licensing boards for physicians dentists pharmacists and veterinary surgeons across the state.
Storm casualties across Wisconsin farms and Milwaukee shops
A Milwaukee gale wrecked parts of the West Milwaukee railroad shops and damaged the steaming building and pattern shop. Thomas Rodman was fatally injured by a fall. Elsewhere in Wisconsin the storm toppled smokestacks, burned a barn, and damaged numerous barns near Oconto and La Crosse. In Kansas, rains cooled the state from 42 to 55 degrees.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Railroad
West Milwaukee
Thomas Rodman
Elmore
Seymour
Wis
Charles Zembeke
Oconto
la Crosse
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Two Eminent Dems in Jefferson Celebration Speech
William J. Bryan urged Jeffersonian principles as a cure for current problems. He warned against laws enriching a few and praised minimal citizen restrictions with protections against harm. David B. Hill called Jeffersonian democracy timely for unity, liberty, home rule, equal taxation, and peace-time tax abolition.
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New York
Thirty-first Assembly
Jefferson
William J. Bryan
David BR. Hill
Supreme Court Overrules Referee on Omaha Tax Fairness
The Nebraska Supreme Court reverses Referee Ryan in the Real Estate Exchange of Omaha vs Omaha City Council. The writ of mandamus is issued, ordering reconvening as a board of equalization to hear complaints against alleged low assessments of public service corporations. Franchised corporations must be assessed on the same basis as private property. The decision is described as far reaching.
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Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Referee Ryan
Real Estate Exchange of
Omaha
Chicago
Sufferings in Alaska Leave Two Seattle Men Dead
A report from Kokishim bay Alaska details deadly exposure among prospectors. Seattle men A. F. Filbure and Oscar Walters died, Lon Cooper suffered severe frostbite risking loss of feet, and another unnamed individual from the group faced critical injuries. Walters was unmarried.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Kokishim Bay
A. F. Filbure
Oscar Walters
Lon Cooper
Nushagik
Taal Dla
Walters
Funston silenced by order over Philippine question
President restricts General Funston from discussing the Philippine question citing his heated conscience. Absence leave refuses Funston, who declines a Middlesex Club invitation. He says speeches were garbled but will promptly obey official instructions.
Roosevelt Orders Funston to Stop Public Debates on Philippines
President instructed Gen. Funston to cease public discussions and avoid criticizing Senator Hoar. The dispatch ties to Moros in Mindanao and notes Taft's Washington presence guiding Chaffee to confer with Philippines officials before hostile actions. Reports detail Baldwin’s expedition, Chaffee’s discretion, and potential surrender through friendly Datus.
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Mindanao
Davis
General Chaffee
Taft
Washington
Chaffee
Malabang
Baldwin
Corbin
Funston says future talks will drop Philippine references
Denver reports General Funston defends himself saying his printed remarks on the Philippines were garbled and promising to avoid such references. He declined to attend Middlesex Club events, accepts May 1 banquet honors in Denver from Colorado Volunteers' Association, and notes he will await Roosevelt's guidance before commenting further. He also clings to his prior remarks while acknowledging potential temper in Philippine talks.
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Denver
Sanger
Funston
Philippines
Hale
Philippine
Roosevelt
General Davis Won't Withdraw From Mindanao
The War Department announced today that General Davis will not be compelled to withdraw from Mindanao. The statement, issued in Washington, addresses ongoing military and strategic concerns in the region and signals a firm stance by U.S. command amid regional tensions.
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Davis
Water cure reports from Lynn men to Senator Lodge
Two Lynn veterans of Company D Twenty sixth Regiment U S V report incidents of the water cure in the Philippines. At Anilao natives were tortured for gun locations, one man blindfolded and shot with a stone. Water torture caused bleeding from eyes and ears near Estancia. Bertrand details Father Augustine’s disappearance, allegedly killed after being dressed in artillery uniform and held in a well at Banato.
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Lynn
Mass
William Labelle
Albert W. Bertrand
Senator Lodge
Philippines
Bertrand
Panay
Labelle
Anilao
United States
Estancia
Company D
Father Augustine
Bolo
Decemb Eer
United States Artillery
Banato
Water cure not harmful says former army officer
In Los Angeles an ex US Army lieutenant declares the water cure used in the Philippines was not deadly, recounting experiences near Blacanan bato Pass. He describes painful but nonlethal effects and compares it favorably to beatings, detailing a June 140 incident with Troopers and natives.
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Bertrand
Pricet
Labelle
Dungas
Hertrand
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles BE. James
Thirty-sixth Regiment
United States Volunteers
Philippines
James
Jack Roberts
General Roberts
Gallion
Blacanabato Pass
San Miguel
Treson
Strikes Halt Chicago Building Work Across City
Bricklayers and Stonemasons unions stage walkouts suspending construction citywide and in suburbs. In stockyards no cargo movement or work on projects for Nelson Morris Co Swift Co and the Hammond Company packing plant valued at 2.5 million. Wage demands sparked the strikes.
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Chicago
Bricklayers’ and Stonemasons
Nelson Morris & Co
Swift & Co
G. H. Hammond Company
Kaiser Booms Alcohol Fuel For German Motors
Berlin April 25 Emperor William shows strong interest in engines using potato alcohol as fuel. He secured promises to equip harbor boats at Bremerhaven and to provide alcohol powered motors for ships and experimenting with naval guns. He aims to boost agriculture by creating demand for potatoes and to support chemical and motor industries.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Kronprinz Wilhelm
North Sea
Herr Wiegand
German Lloyd Company
Bremerhaven
Hamburg- American Steam Packet Company
Herr Krupp
Meppen
Hanover
von Rosenberg
Koerting
William
The
Alcohol Association
Alcohol Corporation
Amng
War Department
Fire Bugs Confess In Bradley Building Fire
Two youths from Kentucky confess their involvement in a March 2 fire at the Bradley building of the House of Reform in Lexington. Ed Houston, 22, of Louisville, and Ben Day, 17, of Jackson say about forty boys were implicated and three were to apply matches to paper stuffed in a wall crevice. The fire aimed to aid an escape. the broom factory fire attempt earlier failed.
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Lexington
Houston
Louisville
Ben Day
Jackson
Bradley
House of Reform
Great First Day Opening Session at Republican State Convention
The opening day draws a large crowd as men and women listen to party leaders. Enthusiasm runs high with ongoing applause after speeches, signaling strong support for the Republican agenda.
Beveridge Opens Republican State Convention With Inspiring Address
The opening session at Tomlinson Hall featured Senator Albert J. Beveridge delivering a keynote speech amid a charged crowd. Governor Durbin and Senator Fairbanks received warm applause as the party’s leaders organized, with Beveridge’s remarks focusing on unity and the campaign ahead. The event showcased a strong, orderly Republican show of force with flags, portraits, and a large, attentive audience.
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Tomlinson Hall
Albert J. Beveridge
Beveridge
Washington
Fairbanks
Durbin
Congress
Lincoln
McKinley
Harrison
Grant
Mount
Roosevelt
Senator Fairbanks
Seventh District
Goodrich
Worth M. Tippy
Broadway M. BE. Church
Commonwealth
Jesus
John B. Cockram
A. J. Beveridge
W. A. Hough
Hemenway and Watson
Pade & Goles
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Ward H. Watson
Dan E. Storms
Mr. Millikan
Nat A. Hill
Monroe County
Bloomington
Mr. Hill
Hill
Jacob Joel
Crawfordsville
Joel
John W. Dyer
Mr. Dyer
Dyer
Ohio
Ww. J. Bryan
D. B. Hii
Jeffer
Sonian Principles
Middlesex
Philippine Commission
Fred Funston
Department of the Colorado
Colorado Sons of the Revolution
General Funston
Hoar
Massachusetts
Boston
Middlesex Club
Manila
Wright
White House
Frank D. Baldwin
Sultan Pualo
James F. Wade
Cebu
Chaffer
Kaiser
His Majesty
Kesucky Reform School
MR. Beveridge
Indiana
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