Democrats Begin Revision of Tariff Bills for Canada Pact
Washington April 12 Democrats open tariff revision with a Canadian reciprocity pact and a farmer friendly free list bill. Underwood introduces measures to remove about one hundred articles from duty and to curb debate time. The farm and consumer aims drive the bills as revenue impact stays modest.
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Washington
Canada
Taft
House
Representative Underwood
Democratic Committee On
Ways and Means
Senate
Judicial Primary Nominees for Chicago Courts
In Chicago April 123 the judicial primary nominated superior court candidates Marcus Kavanagh W H McSurely Albert Barnes Henry Freeman for the Republicans and John J Coburn Walter T Stanton Joseph H Fitch Daniell J Cruke for the Democrats. Circuit court nominees include Republican Thomas Taylor and Democrat John P McGoorty.
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Chicago
Marcus Kavanagh
W H. McSurely
Albert C. Barnes
Henry V. Freeman
John J. Coburn
Walter T. Stanton
Joseph H Fitch
Daniell J. Cruke
Circuit Court
Thomas Taylor
John P. McGoorty
Twenty Hurt At Auction Collapse in Newark Sale
Twenty persons injured in a platform collapse during an auction sale in Newark. Bidders crowded on the auctioneer’s platform before it gave way, sending the crowd ten feet to the ground. most victims are women under care of surgeons at Glengardner, New Jersey.
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Newark
N. J
Glengardner
Mine examiner shot at Dawson. miner held in Springfield
William Baugh, mine examiner for Wabash Coal at Dawson twelve miles east, was fatally shot by miner William Muldoon as Baugh went to the mine to report for work. Muldoon confessed and is jailed in Springfield. Baugh is not expected to survive.
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Springfield
William Baugh
Wabash Coal Company
Dawson
Here
William Muldoon
Baugh
Muldoon
David J. Francis Leads Jig Irrigation Project
Former Milscouri governor David J. Francis heads a regional irrigation project aimed at expanding water distribution. The announcement highlights Francis as project head with support from local officials and agricultural groups.
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Milscouri
Jig Irrigation Project
Kenyon Chosen Iowa Senator on Seventy-Second Ballot
Judge William S. Kenyon was elected United States senator by the Iowa legislature to succeed the late Jonathan Dolliver. He won on the second ballot of the day, after a seventy-ballot deadlock, with 78 votes then final tally 85 to 19 against Horace E. Deemer. Born Elyria Ohio June 10 1869 Kenyon had served as Webster County prosecutor and Iowa judge before federal appointments. His home is Port Dodge Iowa.
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Des Moines
William S. Kenyon
United States
Iowa
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Kenyon
Supreme Court
Horace EE. Deemer
Kenyor
Deemer
LaFayette
Chicago
Port Dodge
Organ's Trial Postponed in Indiana Fraud Case
Logansport Indiana April 12 The case of Harry C Organ has been continued indefinitely He is charged with passing a formed check at City National Bank of Logansport Civil actions by the local bank and by banks at Decatur Bucyrus Ohio Boone Pa Fremont Nebraska to recover money said to have been obtained fraudulently are pending Here Organ is alleged not to be a resident of Indiana His attorneys contend he has been a Marion resident for 22 years and argue suits should have been filed there They also contend the forgery case is barred by a two year statute of limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Harry C
Organ
City National Bank
Decatur
Bucyrus
Boone
Fremont
Neb
Indiana
Marion
Bananas and Cream Make a Simple Digestible Diet
Bananas and cream form a digestible staple food rich in sugar and fat, easily relished by most. Suitable for supper and even for the aged, with toast optional and olive oil adding a small extra element. good during stomach or intestinal irritation and could be continued long term.
President faces creditors in Car Company bankruptcy case
In a New York court the president of a car company faced petitions listing liabilities of 10 000 000 and 0 000 000. Receivers and trustees were named as creditors seek preferential payments with transfers of property under bankruptcy proceedings. Other petitions named Charles Arthur Moore and Matiro Jd Condon as directors.
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Ina Ni
Neghe Terrie
BME
Mann Meewerer
Herbert Hotfield
Jamen
Fort Sumter Anniversary Celebrated by Francis J Oakes
Francie J. Oakes of Flushing Long Island celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the crisis at Fort Sumter. He recalls marching guard duty at the fort on April 10 1861 and the first shots fired from Fort Johnson at 7 o clock, while Major Anderson negotiated surrender. He wears a medal from the New York Chamber of Commerce and preserves an authentic roll of Fort Sumter defenders.
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New York
Francis J Oakes
Ash Street
Flushing
Oakes Manufacturing Company
Long Island City
Fort Sumter
Doubleday
Oakes
Oaken
Anderson
Fort Johnson
Cummins Point
Kidnapping Case Clears With Confessions and Ransom Return
In Las Veras New Mexico on April 12 the $12,000 ransom was recovered and confessions by Joseph Wiggins, a former inmate, and Will Rogers, uncle of the child, reveal the plan and execution of the March 29 kidnapping of two year old Waldo Rogers. The boy, son of A. T. Rogers Jr. of Las Vegas and grandson of Kansas City financier P. J. Waldo, was taken by masked men and returned the next day after payment.
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Las Veras
N. M
Joseph Wiggins
New Mexican Penitentiary
Will Rogers
Waldo Rogers
A. T. Rogers, Jr
Las Vegas
P. J. Waldo
Kansas City
Wiggins
Rogers
Drowning at Massac Creek Bridge Collapse in Paducah
Two women, Mrs Louis Harter and Mrs James Wilford, sisters-in-law, were drowned when a Massac creek bridge near Paducah Illinois collapsed as they returned from Brookport. The horses pulled to shore alerted rescuers to the tragedy.
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Paducah
Brookport
Louis Herter
James Wilford
Massac Creek
Texas irrigation plan aims at Devils and Pecos rivers
Governor David R. Francis leads a syndicate preparing a major irrigation system with two hydro electric plants on the Devils and Pecos rivers in western Texas. The project is valued at over 5 million dollars, per an authoritative statement to the railroad commission.
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Austin
Tex
David R. Francis
St. Louis
Devils and Pecos
Texas
Railroad Commission
Supreme court upholds parole and reformatory law validity
The Supreme Court in Springfield issued an oral opinion confirming sections 18 of the reformatory act and 10 of the parole law as constitutional. The challenge by Adolph St George to set aside his writ of error as super sedeas was denied after his Chicago robbery conviction.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Adolph St. George
Chicago
Talcott Pays Alimony After Jail Term
Thad M. Talcott Sr paid 145000 alimony to Nellie S. Talcott, his ex wife, after two weeks in jail. Attorneys alleged nearly 8000 more and 2000 is his bond in a pending perjury case. Talcott left town after release, was caught in Toledo Ohio following a year long evasion and faced contempt of court charges.
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South Bend
Ind
Thad M. Talcott
Nellie S. Talcott
Talcott
Toledo
London Paris flight successful marks notable sports tie
Frank Chance manager of Chicago's famous National League team reports a successful London Paris flight and notes the team's prominent status. The terse dispatch highlights travel, leadership, and prestige in early 20th century baseball circles.
First Games Open Season Amid Excitement in Major Leagues
Opening day across Chicago and New York features lively contests. Cubs edge St Louis in extra innings before darkness ends play in Chicago. Phili delphia shuts out the Giants in New York as Ames and Moore star on a cool, clear day. Rivalries unfold with Colombia Cincinnati and Boston Brooklyn also in action.
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CaNiearo
St. Louis
Cubs
Chicago
Rivelbach
Kling
Salle
Brenahan
New York
Phillies
Giants
Lobert
Ames
Taderus
Moore
New York R. HB
Philadelphia
Ames and
Myers
Doom
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Fromme
McLean
Adams
Gibson
Dynamite Blast Kills Neit Tottingham in Michigan Farm
Neit Tottingham, 35, was killed at a St Charles farm in Chesaning when a dynamite fuse lit under a stump set off charges in a basket he carried. He stumbled while running after lighting the fuse and died instantly. his wife and two children survive.
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Chesaning
Mich
Committee to select trustees for Lewis publishing holdings
A ten man committee named by 108 magazine publishers will arrive in St Louis to choose three trustees to take over and run the Er G Lewis publishing and real estate properties valued at more than 5 million dollars. The committee aims to oversee finance and operations of the extensive holdings.
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St Louis
Er. G. Lewis
Lewis
Weather outlook for Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin
Forecast shows Indiana rain today with clearing and a colder tomorrow. Illinois expects rain today, colder in the west, then fair and cold tomorrow with brisk winds. Wisconsin reports rain with colder conditions in the west today and colder in the east tomorrow, with winds shifting from southeast to north.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Two Men Drowned While Fishing
South Bend Indiana April 13 Georges Faboo and Peter Major Hungarians drowned while fishing in the St Joseph river at Mishawaka
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South Bend
Ind
Cgeorge Faboo
Peter Major
St. Joseph River
Mishawaka
Unclear OCR Record From Multiple City Mentions Report
Fragmentary OCR text lists names and places such as Cleveland Philadelphia Washington and Detroit with scattered numbers and initials. No coherent event or outcome is clear. entities include Powell Clarke Blanding Smith Tao Vaughan Blair Maddern Gray Street Wood Kleinow and organizations or locations like St Louis Philadelphia and Detroit-Chicago.
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Washington
B. Washington
Maddern, Gray and Street
Wood and Kleinow
Detroit
Chicago
Wet Grounds
Secret Service probes counterfeiting den in Sullivan County
United States secret service men scour Sullivan county New York for a counterfeit plant amid months of fake quarters dimes and 6 cent pieces flooding the area.
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Middleton
N. Y
United States Secret Service
Sullivan County
Deer suffer harsh Adirondack winter trapping blizzard snows
Bert Conkling of Wilmart reports deer in the Adirondacks fared very badly that winter due to deep soft snows. The weather elsewhere saw scoreless or rain affected games including Louisville 8 Louisville 1 Kansas City 0 and Milwaukee 4 Toledo 0 with rain at Columbus versus St Paul.
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Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Uticn
N. Y
Bert Conkling
Wilmart
Adirondacks
Aviator Prier Reaches Nonstop 290 Mile Channel Crossing
Aviator Prier leaves Hendon and lands at Issy Les Moulineaux after a nonstop 290 mile flight from London crossing the Dover Calais route. He faced fog and currents but completed the coast to France with no escort boats, setting a new record for continuous water and land distance.
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London
English Channel
Lande
Issy Les Moulineaux
Prier
Hendon
Varia
Dover
Calais
Iney Les Molineaux
Prior
Olleslaexers
Rheims
Httle
Paria
Porter
Teay
England
Channel
Heauvais
Ise
Les Molineauy
Hlertot
Leblanc
LeMatin
May abandon Fort Brady Sault Ste. Marie
Inspector General and Lt Col Charles E B Morton of the war department at Fort Brady have recommended abandoning the post. Major Durfee, commanding officer, reports the fort on a bluff above the town and river has housed regular troops since 1822 and sits where the federal building now stands.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Charles EB. Morton
War Department
Fort Brady
United States
Durfee
Canal Park
Federal
Cass
Commission suit settled over Mishawaka Woolen stock sale
Indianapolis April 18. A federal suit seeking 100000 in commissions for brokered stock sale of Mishawaka Woolen stock was dismissed by agreement. The Stude baker Eberhart shares and other stock were sold for 7000000 to a syndicate led by 8 P Colt. Plaintiffs Daniel B Shepp and Ned A Flood of Philadelphia, with Horace Rawn (now dead), formed the partnership. Terms of the compromise are not public.
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Indianapolis
Studebaker
Eberhart
Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Company
8. P.colt
United States Rubber Company
Daniel B. Shepp
Ned A. Flood
Philadelphia
Horace Rawn
Aged husband saves wife from house fire near Richmond
James Lamb eighty rescues his invalid wife from a blaze in their four mile from Richmond home. He carries her to the yard and collapses as neighbors find them in the rain. Fire at Denver hotel in Albuquerque drives guests into streets in night clothes. Logs show losses of sixty thousand nine dollars.
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Richmond
Ind
James Lamb
Lamb
Albuquerque
N. M
Denver
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Mine Examiner
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Miner
David J. Francis
Hawkeye
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la Potlello
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Imi Imere
John DD
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Michigan
George 2 Melenn
Connecticut
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Atlee Pomorene
DR. T
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President Tat
White House
Ft, Sumter
Francie J. Oakes
Long Island
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Frank Chance
Cuicago's
National League
Borton
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Brooklyn
Crowam
Graham
Barger
Bergen
St. Charles
Weather Forecast
KR. H.E. St. Louis
Cleveland
Powell and Clarke
Blanding
Oo OM OO PU
Tao Bender
Thomas Vaughan
Blair
American Association
Louisville
Kansas
Commission
Mishawaka Woolen Company
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