Hoosier Happenings in Washington and Debt Relief Move
Hoosier group forms in North Yakima to promote Indiana ties with over a hundred signatories and plans a spring banquet with a notable Hoosier orator. Debut of debt relief bill aims to wipe out Indiana’s $860,254.44 federal debt, with Rep Hall of South Dakota leading the push for 25 other indebted states. South Bend news notes city officials’ struggle to curb gambling.
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Indianapolis
North Yakima
Wash
John Hedges
L. Woods Bryant
L. Rowe
Vestal Snyder
Indiana Society
Northwest
Washington
Sam
Indiana
Representative Hall
South Dakota
Uncle Sam
Berlin Foreign Office signals Hill acceptable as Berlin envoy
Berlin states Emperor William has recalled earlier disapproval and would welcome Dr Hill as ambassador to Berlin while praising Mr Tower for upholding loyal conduct. German foreign office clarifies no recall of Hill approval and rejects any notion of Tower wavering.
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Berlin
William
Roosevelt
Dr. Hill
Germany
Charlemagne Tower
Associated Press
Hill
Mr. Hill
Tower
Quake Devastates Chilpancingo Chilapa and Surrounding Areas
A powerful earthquake hits the Mexican republic destroying Chilpancingo and Chilapa and leveling several villages including Concepción Tetilila and Coatepec. Chilapa bears the heaviest losses with 200 to 300 deaths. total fatalities may reach 500. City of Mexico reports 200 houses fallen and widespread panic persists as officials limit disaster briefings.
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Mexico
Mexican Republic
Chilpancingo
Chilapa
Conception
Tetilila
Coatepec
Republic
City of
Thomas R Marshall Emerges As Democratic Campaign Hope
Thomas R Marshall of Columbia City stands as a leading attorney and orator, known across Indiana for his speechmaking. Former Indiana State Bar Association president, he has held city and county attorney roles and sat on the Columbia City school board. He married Lois Kinsey of Steuben County in 1895.
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Thomas R. Marshall
Columbia City
Repblicans
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Indiana State Bar Association
Whitley County
Lois Kinsey
Steuben County
Stray Prevention Efforts Highlighted in Brief
A short item notes efforts to prevent individuals from wandering off and making errors. It emphasizes supervision and caution to reduce mistakes and improve safety.
Traction Sets Speed Records on Winona Interurban
Motorman Charles Zent pushed the Winona Interurban between Goshen and Warsaw to new speed limits. FromFelker south of Milford the five mile run to Leesburg took four minutes and forty four seconds, averaging over a mile per minute.
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Warsaw
Indiana
Winona
Goshen
Charles Zent
Felkner
Milford
Leesburg
Lovelorn Girl Kills Self in Franklin
Despondent over a suspected love affair, 18 year old Susie Richardson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Felix Richardson, killed herself with her father's revolver. She had helped her mother with house chores minutes before and did not show any prior intent.
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Self
Franklin
Susie
Felix Richardson
South Bend Orders Immediate Closing Of Gambling Houses
A committee of 50 prominent citizens pressured the common council to act, and all questionable resorts including gambling houses and alley saloons were ordered closed at once. South Bend has been one of Indiana’s most open cities over the past year.
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South Bend
Indiana
Fire Sweeps Greenville Destroying Town Center
New Albany Flames fanned by brisk wind virtually destroyed Greenville, a town 12 miles north on the knobs. The entire business district, two blocks, was swept away with total damage around 40000 dollars. Fire began from rubbish burning in a yard at Mrs. Marv. K. Wood’s home.
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New Albany
Greenville
Marv. K. Wood
City Committee Moves to Prosecute Immoral Building Owners
A 50 member city committee has begun criminal proceedings against owners renting buildings for immoral purposes. Owners face a two week cleansing deadline under Indiana statutes. penalties include fines up to 500 dollars and up to six months imprisonment.
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Bling
Daring Robber Sentenced in Greensburg Case
Greensburg man Floyd Florea confessed to several county robberies and the Emporia shooting. He was sentenced by Judge Hacker to a prison term of two to fourteen years in Michigan City. Brother-in-law Edward Demaree faces later trial. if not convicted here, he may be handed to Madison county authorities for the Emporia case, which Florea says Demaree shot Ellison.
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Greensburg
Floyd Florea
Walter Ellison
Emporia
Madison County
Michigan City
Fiorea
Hacker
Edward Demaree
Florea
Demaree
Ellison
Jury Frees Harrod After All Night Deliberation
An all night jury session ended with a sealed verdict acquitting George Harrod a Big Four telegraph operator in Crawfordsville of murdering Harry McClain of Clinton. The initial ballots showed seven for conviction five for acquittal and 26 ballots were needed for agreement.
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Harrod
Crawfordsville
George Harrod
Harry McClain
Clinton
Estate administrator awarded five thousand damages
Noblesville Addision Ballard, administrator of the Charles Palmer estate, received 5000 in a case against the Indianapolis Columbus and Southern Traction Co. Palmer was killed on Kentucky Avenue in Indianapolis when struck by a pole on a car steps. The jury heard the case in Hamilton circuit court for three days.
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Noblesville
Addison Ballard
Charles Palmer
Indianapolis, Columbus & Southern Traction Company
Palmer
Kentucky Avenue
Indianapolis
Hamilton
Express Messenger Slain on Santa Fe Train No 115
Newton Kansas report says A Bailey Kansas City Wells Fargo Express messenger was killed by an unknown robber on train No 115 between Florence and Newton early Sunday. Robbery motive stated. both the local and through safes were ransacked with about 31000 in cash and jewelry taken. Full amount unclear.
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Newton
Kan
Oo. A. Bailey
Kansas City
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Santa Fe
Florence
Korean’s Bullet Fatal to San Francisco Official
San Francisco physician surgeon Stevens, adviser to the Seoul government, died at midnight Wednesday after being shot Monday by a Korean who blamed him for Japan’s protectorate over Korea. A bullet passed through the intestines and surgery failed to save him.
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San Francisco
Durham W. Stevens
Stevens
Japan
Korea
Seoul
Gen Horne Acquitted Amid Insanity Verdict In Missouri
Gen R C Horne was acquitted of murdering H J Groves managing editor of the Kansas City Post by a criminal court jury. The verdict held him insane at the time of the shooting and unfit for trial, ordering confinement in an asylum.
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Gen. Horne
Kansas City
R. C. Horne
H. J. Groves
Kansas City Post
Groves
Train Crash at JX Tower Kills Two on Erie Route
Hornell N Y reports a collision when the westbound Wells Fargo express struck an eastbound freight at JX tower on the Erie railroad. Two men were killed and five injured in the Friday morning wreck.
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Hornell
Wells, Fargo
Erie Railroad
Florida appoints Milton to U S Senate seat
Tallahassee Fla Gov Broward Friday appointed Hall Milton of Marianna to succeed State Senator Bryan in the United States Senate. Milton is a grandson of former Gov John Milton of Florida.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Broward
Hall Milton
Marianna
Bryan
Florida
United States Senate
Milton
John Milton
Senator Bryan
Hotel Leland in Flames Thwarts Political Center
The Leland hotel in Springfield Illinois, famed as a political meeting hub, was severely damaged by fire on Thursday. No lives were lost though the Wiggins estate faces about 75000 dollars in losses. Delegates at the adjacent Republican state convention rushed to save belongings as the fire threatened the Springfield Journal nearby.
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Springfield
Ill
Leland Hotel
Wiggins
Springfield Journal
Vaudeville actor shoots fellow actress then commits suicide
St Paul detective reports William W Train or, a vaudeville actor, shot and killed Mrs William Pryor, an actress he traveled with, in their Clarendon hotel apartment early Sunday. He then died by suicide. Pryor was about 25. Train was about 30 with a brother in Reno.
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St. Paul, Minn
William W. Trainor
William Pryor
Clarendon Hotel
Bank payroll theft rocks Lincoln
Banker Dl Frank Freezer president of the Lincoln Mining Company was robbed of five thousand dollars in payroll money by three highwaymen in Lincoln on Wednesday afternoon. Two suspects were captured after a running clash with police and deputies. a third fled with the loot.
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Peoria
Frank Freezer
Lincoln (I
Lincoln Mining Company
Lincoln
Double Crime by Rejected Lover in Wellsville
Mrs. Spires wife of Constable William Spires was shot by George Snowden from Steubenville after she refused to elope. Snowden killed the woman then shot himself and died almost instantly.
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Wellsville
Spires
William Spires
George Snowden
Steubenville
Snowden
Korea Plans 50 000 Yen Aid to Stevens Family
Tokyo reports the Korean cabinet approved a donation of 50 000 yen to the family of Durham Stevens who was assassinated in San Francisco by a Korean zealot. The decision signals official sympathy from Korea toward Stevens' relatives.
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Korea
Stevens
Tokyo
Durham
San Francisco
Bomb for Officers in Union Square Tragedy
A socialist radical attempted to throw a nitroglycerin bomb at Capt. Reilly’s squad in Union Square. The blast killed one companion, wounded four policemen, and damaged bystanders. The suspect Selig Silverstein, with Ignatz Hillebrand, claimed to act on orders and to seek revenge after police confrontations.
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Haymarket
Chicago
Union Square
Reilly
East Side
Clark Street
Broadway
Brooklyn
Russia
United States
Cohen
Park Street
Goldstein
Eldridge Street
Broome Street
Manhattan
Selig Silverstein
Beaver
Hunter
Safe-Cracker Blow Up Guns Bank Heist Ends
In Springtown near Gentry Arkansas a robber was killed by a premature dynamite blast while attempting to blow open Farmers Bank. His head was blown from his shoulders and his body lay beside the bank safe. The incident follows a bank looting in Chrisman and a water company robbery in Danville with two men suspected.
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Gentry
Ark
Farmers’ Bank
Springtown
Danville
Chrisman
Danville Water Company
Byers
Severe Michigan Storms Hit Jackson Area Farm Property
A late Friday storm in Michigan produced a tornado near Jackson causing extensive damage to farms around Blackman and Woodville west and northwest of Jackson. No fatalities were reported though the system also brought a heavy blizzard to the upper peninsula.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Jackson
Upper Peninsula
Blackman
Woodville
Bank of Commerce Reopens in Kansas City
Bank of Commerce in Kansas City reopened with six million dollars in cash and exchange to back a twelve million deposit account. Financiers of national prominence were placed in charge as the National Bank of Commerce resumes operations on Monday.
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Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
National Bank of Commerce
Col M C Langhorne Dies At 85 Civil War Vet
Lynchburg Virginia Maurice G Langhorne aged 85 died Saturday after weeks of illness. He commanded the Eleventh Virginia regiment during the Civil War. services and further details follow in local notices.
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M. & Langhorne
Lynchburg
MINE BLAST KILLS SCORES AT Hanna Wyoming
Two coal mine explosions at Hanna Wyoming left between 55 and 70 workers dead and many rescuers among the dead. The first blast at 3 00 p m killed 18 including a superintendent and three bosses. The second at 10 30 p m killed 40 to 50 relief workers and possibly more. The mine owner is Union Pacific Coal company and State Mine Inspector D M Elias was among the victims. Fire and gas hampered efforts to recover bodies.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Hanna
D. M. Elias
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Briggs
Elias
James Case
Congressman Heflin shoots on Pennsylvania avenue car
Congressman Thomas Heflin of Alabama opened fire on a crowded street car injuring two men, Thomas Lumby critically and Thomas McCreary wounded in the leg. Heflin was arrested and released on $5,000 bail after a charge of assault with intent to kill.
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Washington
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Thomas Lumby
Thomas McCreary
New York
McCreary
Heflin
Senate approval of Aldrich currency bill defeated by party lines
The senate passed the Aldrich currency bill by 42 to 16 in a largely party line vote. A preceding Bailey substitute authorizing government emergency circulation for nonnational banks failed 42 to 13, with Senator La Follette voting with Republicans.
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Washington
Senate
la Follette
Florida selects Milton to fill late Sen Bryan seat
Tallahassee Gov Broward names Hall Milton of Marianna to replace the late United States senator Bryan. Milton, 42, is the grandson of former Florida Gov John Milton.
Wagon tragedy at Meramec River ford near Pacific
A wagon carrying Henry Gilhouse, his wife, and two infant children capsized in the swollen Meramec River at Pacific Missouri. Gilhouse and one child drowned while the mother and other infant were saved.
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Pacific
Henry Gilhouse
Meramec River
Gilhouse
Terrible Deed in Somerset Night of Fire and Death
Edward A. Watring shot and killed Dennis M. Weimer, age 60, in a Sunday tragedy in Somerset. Watring then set a summer kitchen on fire and died by a self-inflicted gunshot, described as demented by investigators.
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Somerset
Edward A. Watring
Dennis M
Seals Report Withdrawn by Senator Foraker
In Washington Senator Foraker obtained leave to withdraw a public document by Henry W. Elliott about the Alaska fur seal herd. Copies were circulated before suppression. The paper attacked a senate officer and other officials, and included a disputed claim about Senator Fairbanks in 1902 3.
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Washington
Foraker
Senate
Henry W. Elliott
Lakewood
Alaska
House
Congress
Elliott
Anglo-American High Joint Commission
Fairbanks
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Cleveland murder mystery unresolved in woods
Detectives scour Dundas woods for a missing revolver linked to the deaths of Carl Bernthaler a 58 year old music teacher and Lena Ziechmann a 30 year old pupil and German teacher found with hearts pierced by a bullet in Cleveland Heights. Coroner favors homicide by a third person due to revolver absence.
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Cleveland
Dundas Woods
Carl Bernthaler
Lena Ziechmann
Cleveland Heights
Bernthaler
Ziechmann
Miss Ziechmann
Charges Against Pinchot Raise Fresh Controversy
In the house on Monday Smith of California and Mondell of Wyoming accused Gifford Pinchot chief of the forestry bureau of a secret understanding with Los Angeles to secure Owens river valley water rights against private claims and of illegal spending to promote his bureau. Pinchot was defended by Pollard and Set Vee.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
Messrs. Smith
California
Mondell
Wyoming
Smith
Los Angeles
Owens River Valley
Mr. Mondell
West
Pinchot
Pollard
Nebraska
Seti Vee
Kansas
Beating Fatality Shocks Huntington Family
George Conrad, a Wayne County farmer, killed his six year old daughter with a poker and fatally wounded his wife with the same weapon. Jealousy is given as the motive in this grim Huntington West Virginia case.
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Huntington
W. Va
George Conrad
Wayne
Unsuccessful Bank Robbery Attempt in Buckner Missouri
An attempted bank robbery occurred in Buckner, Missouri, early Monday. The bandits used nitroglycerin to blow the outer vault door but failed to gain access after opening the inner door.
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Buckner
Bank of Buckner
Indiana railroad reduces express rates by ten to twelve percent
Indianapolis reports the Indiana railroad commission issued an opinion and order on Monday approving a new schedule for express companies. The total annual business is under $100,000 and the reduction is about ten to twelve percent, affecting charges within the $80 range as part of the plan.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Indiana Railroad Commission
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