Allison Indorsed by Republicans at Iowa State Convention
Des Moines March 19 The Republican state convention named four delegates at large to the national convention to vote for Taft and indorsed Senator Allison by a wide margin. The platform backed tariff revision as part of the Ohio plan while emphasizing party unity amid lively cross‑fire between Allison and Cummins factions.
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Des Moines
Taft
Allison
Ohio
Cummins
Committee On Resolutions
York
No Fight On The Tariff Delegates To Chicago Pith
The article notes expected rival reports on tariff at the convention. Allison supporters fought the Allison endorsement, while the rest of the platform backed protection. Delegates at large named include Perkins Des Moines Young Davenport Leno Ottumwa, with alternates Kusheimer Lake Bealer Spahr.
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Cummins
Allison
Committee On
Des Moines
Cr. G. Saunders
Council Bluffs
Chicago
George D. Perkins
Sioux City
Lafayette Young
J. R. Leno
Davenport
Frank W. Si. 6Ons
Ottumwa
PD. L. Kusheimer
Glenwood
W F. Lake
Arlington
E. J. C. Bealer
Cedar Rapids
George H. Spahr
Taft
Congress
Governor Patterson Deplores Tennessee Dark Tobacco District
Nashville March 19 Governor Patterson issues a proclamation calling the situation in the dark tobacco district of Tennessee deplorable. He says as an executive he cannot address the causes of depredations arson and murder but must uphold the dignity of the state and public safety.
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Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Tennessee
Bright Tobacco Fight Continues in Virginia and North Carolina
In Danville Virginia on March 19 leaders urged citizens to uphold peace and law while plans by the Bright Tobacco Growers Protective Association of Virginia and North Carolina push forward a campaign against the American Tobacco Company begun several years ago.
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Danville
Bright Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
Virginia
North Carolina
American Tobacco Company
Supreme court overturns telegraph stipulations on delays
The Michigan Supreme Court rules that carrier liability waivers on telegraph forms have no force. It affirms a $900 award to Commercial Milling of Detroit against Western Union Telegraph for a lost Kansas City telegram. Damages beyond message charges were left undecided as lower court ruling stands.
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Lansing
Midh
State Supreme Court
Commercial Milling Company of
Detroit
Western Union Telegraph Company
Kansas City
Chicagoo
Labor Conference Aims Protest to Congress on Labor Legislation
A labor conference in Washington plans a memorial protesting congressional inaction on labor legislation. The protest committee will present demands, seek a meeting with leaders, and reference injunctions against labor and a German anti trust law amendment. The move aligns diverse groups including farmers for the first time.
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Washington
Congress
Gompers
Labor Conference
Supreme Court
Committees On
Labor
Conference of Unions Gathers 117 National Labor Groups
The conference brings together 117 national and international trades unions and 27 000 local unions. Gompers is elected permanent chair with Frank Morrison as secretary. Gompers outlines goals. For the first time, delegates from the Farmers National Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers attend, marking a historic moment in labor history.
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One
Hundre
Mos
Hstory
Gompers
Frank Morrison
Farmers’ Nationa Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
American Federation of Labor
Twenty Years in Prison for Woman in Unwritten Law
In Louisville Illinois on March 19 Kate Trainer formerly Mrs William Goins pleaded guilty to killing Samuel Roberts in front of the Hillside hotel at Xenia Ill She was indicted by a special grand jury and immediately sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary She confessed Roberts held her up to public scorn and refused reconciliation triggering the act of vengeance under local custom.
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Louisville
Ill
Kate Trainer
William Goins
Samuel Roberts
Hillside
Xenia Inl
Rose
Roberts
Orchard Is Sentenced in W F M Case
Caldwell Ida March 19 Jude Wood presiding in the W F M officer murders trial sentenced Harry Orchard to death but urged mercy and favoring penitentiary instead of gallows. He condemned the W F M and said Orchard's testimony implicated Haywood and others in killings. He excused jurors for acquittal due to uncorroborated accomplice testimony.
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Caldwell
Ida
Jude Wood
Organized Labor
Harry Orchard
State Pardon Board
U Penitentiary
Orchard
Haywood
Cheering Crowd Supports Schmitz At Theater
In San Francisco on March 19 an audience showed strong sympathy for former Mayor Schmitz as he walked through the theater. Shouts of three cheers rang out for Schmitz and lingered for over five minutes as many attendees rose and greeted him.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Senate and House in Brief in Washington March 19
The senate sat ten minutes in memory of Senator William Plockney Whyte of Maryland who died Tuesday. General debate on the pension appropriation bill lasted over four hours in the house as campaign rhetoric dominated and the bill remained unconsidered. The house adjourned in memory of Senator Whyte.
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Washington
Senate
William Plockney Whyte
Maryland
House
Wohrte
United Mine Workers Adjourns in Indianapolis Convention
The United Mine Workers of America adjourned in Indianapolis after shifting the next national convention from St. Louis to Indianapolis. The union heard the scale committee’s unanimous report recommending annual settlements by district with the current scale as a minimum and local differences to be settled within each district.
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United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
St. Louis
Gatling gun on roof to deter night riders in Maysville
The American Tobacco company has mounted a Gatling gun on the warehouse roof in Maysville Kentucky to stop night riders from burning the building. Guards will remain on duty around the clock.
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Maysville
American Tobacco Company
Fire Wipes Out Braham Town Business District
Reports from Northwestern Telephone indicate the entire business portion of Braham in Chicago county Minnesota was destroyed by fire. There was no loss of life.
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St. Paul
Northwestern Telephone
Braham
Chicago County
Minn
Maryland Senator William W Whyte Dies at 83 in Baltimore
United States Senator William Winckney Whyte dies at his Baltimore home aged nearly eighty four. The long serving Maryland figure passed away quietly in the city.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Marvel
United States
William Winckney Whyte
Burns Knocks Out Roche in First Round
In Dublin on March 18 Tommy Burns defeats Jem Roche by knockout in the opening round.
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Burns
Dublin
Tommy Burns
Jem Roche
Governor Will Not Interfere With GilletteExecution
Albany March 17. Governor Hughes will not interfere with the execution of Chester Gillette of Cortland for the murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake Adirondacks in July 1906. The death sentence stands, and the week of execution is to be set.
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Chester Gillette
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Cortland
Grace
Billy” Brown
South Otselle
Chennngo County
Bic Moose Lake
Adirondacks
Primary race in Saint Paul shapes up with McKibben and Lawler
Joseph McKibben seeks the Republican mayoral nomination with 4a tel W Lawler as his principal challenger. Leck Allen, noted prizefighter turned dean at Stooseph Missouri, recovers from boxing injuries after a match with Youn Rhodes. Foreign warships deter Haitian uprisings at Port au Prince. Public Service Commission records 3951 railroad accidents in February, 26 fatalities in New York. Mrs Verne Rosenberger of Riverside visits Fleming home.
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Joseph McKibben
Queen Do
St. Paul
4Atel W Lawler
Leck Allen
Dean
Stooseph
Youn
Rhodes
Port-au-Trince
Haiti
Public Service Commission
New York
HOGS AND CATTLE PRICES IN CHICAGO MARKETS
Chicago markets show firm to steady trends with hog and cattle quotes. Official receipts and shipments, estimated and actual, are listed with ranges for light, mixed packers, rough, and prime shipping grades, reflecting a strong demand across cattle and sheep markets.
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Powes
Death Is Her Refuge A Drug Store Man Hears Her Shot
Miss Helter Daenzer a 30 year old embroiderer and businesswoman in Brooklyn shot herself in a telephone booth after summoning a helper to her body. She had separated from her husband a year earlier and cited health in a note to her mother.
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New York
Helter Daenzer
Brooklyn
Miss Daenzer
Reid Avenue
Halsey Street
Husband strikes back hard in Paris divorce case
In Paris on March 19 Maitre Labori presented the husband’s side in the divorce suit brought by Mrs. A Hart McKee against McKee. Labori charged the wife with scandalous acts and urged the court to grant a divorce in favor of the defendant. He said McKee married Mrs Tevis to save her honor and named an Italian marquis as corespondent. Labori linked Mrs McKee to Lord Roslyn and claimed she and McKee stayed together at a hotel two days after their first meeting.
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Paris
Maitre Labori
A. Hart McKee
McKee
Maittre Labori
Mattre Labor
Tevis
Maitre Labert
Mrs. McKee
Lord Roslyn
Judge rules government owns 2000 dollar pearls smuggled in 1906
In San Francisco on March 19 Judge De Traven orders condemnation of 2000 dollar pearls seized after crossing the Mexican border in 1906 by M. J. Cornejo. Cornejo was arrested by customs, released on 40 bond, and must answer within thirty days or the bond is forfeited.
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San Francis
de Traven
United States
M. J. Cornejo
Black
Cornejo
Sunday baseball ban eyed by Lincoln sheriff
Lincoln Nebraska March 19 Sheriff F P Hoagland says he will enforce the Sunday baseball statute by arresting players. Guy Green manager of the Lincoln Western League team has an option on a local park and is pushing for Sunday games.
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Lincoln
Neb
Hoagland
Guy Green
Ogden Armour Elected IC Railroad Director
Ogden Armour elected director of the Illinois Central railroad to succeed Stuyvesant Fish. Directors also authorize a special stockholders meeting to vote on a 30 percent increase in the company’s capital stock.
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Ogden Armour
New York
Illinois Central Railroad
Condition of British Premier Improves After Quiet Night
London March 1 report says Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British premier, had a more comfortable night and shows no worsening symptoms. His strength is noted as increasing gradually.
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London
Bulletin
St Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry
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