Seed corn train announced for Indiana
Purdue professor G J Christie announces March 12 13 and 14 as a seed corn train over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway to educate farmers on seed quality germination tests and practical methods. The course is free with expert corn men, lectures, and literature supplied by the experiment station. New Albany fights Louisville and Northern Railway to stop operation of suburban cars arguing lack of city permission and a ban on broad gauge cars.
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Lafayette
G. J. Christie
Purdue University
Chicago & Eastern Wiineis
Indiana
Christie
New Albany
Louisville & Northern Railway Company
Albany
Kentucky & Indiana Bridge Company
Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Company
New Albany Street Railway Company
Woman 30 Despondent Deliberately Thrown Before Train
Terre Haute report states Rosa Gray, aged 30, despondent over domestic troubles, committed suicide by stepping in front of a train. Investigating officers consider it deliberate.
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Terre Haute
Rosa Gray
Stubbs-Moore Marriage Alters Political Race
Indiana statistician Miss Mary A. Stubbs and Harry C. Moore wed at the bride’s Indianapolis home. The formal nuptials accompany Miss Stubbs announcing withdrawal from the Republican bid for state statistician. Moore serves as secretary treasurer of Pitman-Myrers Co. The couple will live at 17 Sutherland Avenue. Mrs. Moore will complete her current term through December 31.
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Indianapolis
Mary A. Stubbs
Harry C. Moore
Miss Stubbs
Stubbs
Joseph H. Stubbs
Moore
Pitman-Myrers Co
Sutherland Avenue
Lectures and Materials Available at Depots
Opportunity to hear lectures and receive printed literature announced. Schedules available from C. and E. L. I. railroad agents at all depots.
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C. & Eli
Woman Learns of Fortune Heir to English Estate
Mrs. BP A Walters of Jasonville has learned she is an heir to an English estate once held by her grandfather. After about 20 years of searching for heirs, the custodians have located her, and the property will be settled promptly.
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Jasonville
Bp.a. Walters
England
Railroads Too Fast for Him Aged Pedestrian Walks Distances
Terre Haute man John Wickliffe aged 69 walked from Xenia Ohio to visit his daughter Mrs Joe Heck in Jasonville near Terre Haute to avoid train speed. Last year he walked to Moberly Missouri to visit a son and may repeat the journey from Jasonville.
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Terre Haute
John Wickliffe
Xenia
Joe Heck
Jasonville
Moberly
Centenarian Mrs H Meachen Reaches 100 In Michigan City
Mrs H Meachen of Michigan City marks her one hundredth birthday born in Westpoint New York on March 4 1808. She remains in good health with all faculties intact and celebrated the milestone in her hometown.
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Michigan City
H. Meachen
Westpoint
N. Y
Spark Costs Road 5000 in National Glass case compromise
In a compromise the National Glass company settles for 5000 against Clover Leaf Railroad over damages from the Marion Glass works fire at Greentown. A. S. Thompson of Beaver PA will receive funds on behalf of the company. The cross by the fire was estimated at 140000 and alleged that a locomotive spark started the blaze.
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Kokomo
National Glass Company
Clover Leaf Railroad Company
Marion Glass Works
Greentown
A. S. Thompson
Beaver
Tragic Belt Line Suicide and Accident Report
A woman threw herself before moving box cars on the Belt Line in the southern city area, dying within hours. She suffered severed limbs, a severed hand, and a broken hip, after drinking from a bottle beforehand, with whisky likely the cause. She had recently divorced from her husband.
New Trial Sought in Doyle Case Over New Evidence
A motion for a new trial has been filed in the circuit court in the Shirley Doyle case. Doyle was convicted of attempting to murder his sweetheart Miss Lida Scott by cutting her throat. The motion cites four issues, notably new evidence claiming Miss Scott carried a razor a week before the incident.
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Razora Anderson
Shirley Doyle
Doyle
Miss Lida Scott
Miss. Scott
A. Tazor
No More Card Playing in Saloons in Michigan City
The police board orders an end to card playing in saloons as a new enforcement step. Rumors say poker tables will be removed from saloons to enforce the measure.
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Michigan City
Jury Awards 4000 to Girl Hit by Indianapolis Streetcar
A jury awarded Alpha Croly, 15, of Indianapolis, through her next friend Joseph Croly, four thousand dollars against the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company for injuries from a September 1907 streetcar incident on Roosevelt Avenue. The suit, filed in Marion County, sought twenty five thousand dollars.
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Martinsville
Alpha Croly
Indianapolis
Joseph Croly
Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company
Roosevelt
Ate Enue
Marion
Tragic North Collinwood School Fire Kills 167
In Cleveland suburb North Collinwood 167 children aged six to fifteen died in a fire at the public school. Narrow inward opening hallways and a single exit trapped students as flames and smoke claimed victims. Fire drills failed to save lives and the building was destroyed leaving charred remains and a scene of collective mourning.
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Collinwood
Burns
Cleveland
North Collinwood
Anna Moran
Burke
Lakeview School
Hirter
F. P. Whitney
Fire at Superior Paper causes $100,000 damage
A Sunday blaze in the storeroom of Kalamazoo Michigan's Superior Paper company caused about $100,000 in damage. Firemen expect it may take several days to extinguish as flames burn within large masses of rags and old papers.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Superior Paper Company
Death of Iowa historian Charles Aldrich reported
Charles Aldrich a Boone based curator and founder of Iowa's historical department died Sunday from grip and kidney trouble. Born in 1823 in New York he contributed extensively to Iowa’s historical preservation.
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Iowa Authority
Boone
Ya—Charles_ Aldrich
State ‘Historical Department of
Iowa
Wes
New York
State
Receiver named for several Indiana firms in Laporte court
Judge C Richter in Laporte circuit court appointed George F Mull of Indianapolis as receiver for the Chicago-New York Electric Air Line company Cooperative Construction company and Goshen South Bend and Chicago Railway company representing stockholders holding 2000 shares.
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Laporte
Ind
C. Richter
Chicago- New York Electric Air Line Company
George F. Mull
Indianapolis
Co-Operative Construction Company
Goshen, South Bend & Chicago Railway Company
Senator Proctor Dead in Vermont at Age 76
United States Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died late Wednesday after a weeklong illness. Diagnosed with grippe that developed into pleurisy with pneumonic heart complications. He was 76.
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Senator Proctor
Washington
United States
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Famous Confederate dead in New Orleans
Congressman Adolph Meyer former assistant adjutant general in the Confederate army died at his New Orleans residence on Sunday.
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New Orleans
Adolph Meyer
Columbian Official Dies in City
Lima Ramirez Arbelaez, the Colombian chargé d affaires, died here.
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Lima—Ramirez Arbelaez
Pass Logas Money Orders
A gang is passing stolen money orders from station 129 in Chicago to merchants in northern Indiana southern Michigan and eastern Illinois. About one thousand blank orders were taken and later filled with amounts from 25 to 50 dollars.
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South Bend
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Adopted Daughter Shot in Sudden Quarrel
Rapid City report says Mrs. Charles S. Barbour killed her adopted daughter Rose Adams during a Saturday quarrel over two trivial matters. Police investigation underway as details remain unclear.
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Rapid City
S.D
Charles ‘S. Barbour
Rose ‘Adams
War in Tokyo Amid China Tension Rumors
Pekin dispatch reports Japan preparing for potential action in the China conflict with Premier Saionji and Foreign Minister Hayashi weighing options. Sasebo naval base is active as ships prepare for possible independent action, with the first squadron due to sail March 14 and the Tatsu Maru case under review by Tokyo and Pekin.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Saionji
Hayashi
Sasebo
Chi Yoda
Tokyo Foreign Office
Chinese Foreign Board
Macao Harbor
Canton
Pekin
Mar
Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs
Board of Foreign Affairs
Baron Hayashi
London
Assassin Alia on Trial for Priest Killing in Denver
Giuseppe Alia the priest killer faced trial in Denver criminal court after the Sunday morning shooting of Father Leo Heinrichs at St Elizabeth's church. Four brain specialists deemed him sane while the defense and prosecution each brought alienists to assess insanity. Alia had confessed to being an anarchist in his first statement amid public curiosity about motive and possible plot.
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Denver
Col
Alia
Colorado Springs
Convicts kill warden in Montana prison ambush
Three life convicts George Rock W H Hayes and an unnamed companion dashed for freedom injuring Warden Frank Conley and killing first assistant John Robinson. Robinsons throat was cut and he was stabbed as Conley wounded and shot two attackers. Hayes and Rock were killed after the clash. Conley expected to recover.
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Deer Lodge
Mont
Frank Conley
Montana State Penitentiary
John Robinson
George Rock
W. H. Hayes
Robinson
Conley
Hayes
Rock
King Leopold Relinquishes Congo Domain to Belgium
Brussels reports Premier Scholfaert presented the Congo annexation treaty to parliament. The king abdicates the crown domain and foundation. Belgium assumes Congo obligations of 21 million dollars and continues the king's Congo revenues during his lifetime. The treaty preserves 1906 concessions granted to two American firms linked to Thomas F. Ryan.
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Brussels
Congo
Scholfaert
Leopold
Crown Foundation
Belgium
Thomas F. Ryanth
Evans voyage near end sailed from Callao to Magdalena Bay
The Point Loma wireless station in San Diego reports a navy dispatch from Admiral Evans aboard the Connecticut. The Atlantic squadron, including the battleships, departed Callao, Peru for Magdalena Bay on February 29. Signals failed to reveal the Connecticut’s position or contents of the message.
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San Diego
Cal
Point Loma
Navy Department
Evans
Connecticut
Callao
Peru
Magdalena Bay
U. S. Soldier Pay Bill Approved by Senate
Washington reports the army pay bill passed by the Senate. It authorizes a graded pay raise from five percent for lieutenant generals to 25 percent for junior officers. Enlisted men’ s average pay is set to rise by about 40 percent.
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U. S
Washington
Senate
Wealthy horseman slain in Missouri runaway crash
David Waldo, a wealthy Kansas City horseman once owning a local race track, was killed near Independence in a runaway accident. The incident removes a nationally known figure with ties to the region's horse world.
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Kansas City
David Waldo
United States
Independence
Conductor Killed by Own Train at Frankling Junction
Frank Taylor of Syl vania, conductor on the Toledo and Western Traction, was thrown from a box car and killed at Frank ling Junction Sunday.
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Toledo, O
Frank Taylor
Sylvania
Toledo & Western Traction Road
Frankling Junction
Jerome to Answer Charges in Albany Action
District Attorney Jerome traveled to Albany to file his answer with Governor Hughes to the accusations presented by W. F. King, former Merchants' Association president.
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New York
Jerome
Albany
Hughes
W. F. King
Merchants’ Association
Threats against Italians prompt police inquiry in St Joseph
In St Joseph Michigan threats of death were made against anyone harming Italians. Chief of Police William EL Frans and Detective Inspector Charles H Keily received letters bearing the warning and opened an investigation into the matter.
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St.Joseph
Mich
St. Joseph
William. EL Frans
Charles’h. Keily
Duma Demands Explain International Loan Decision
The Russian Duma unanimously adopted an interpellation to finance minister Kokovtsoff seeking reasons for prompting the emperor to issue a ukase authorizing an 83 million dollar international loan at the end of January, bypassing the Duma mandated budget sanction.
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Duma
St. Petersburg
M. Kokovsoff
Waterbury Musician Montrezza and Son Die from Carbolic Acid
Waterbury resident Monetti Montrezza, a noted local musician, and his young son died Friday after ingesting carbolic acid. A six year old daughter was found nearly dead from the same poisoning.
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Waterbury, Conn
Twenty Die in Gale Off British Coasts
A violent gale swept the coasts of the British Isles on Friday wrecking many small craft. Most losses were on the east coast of Ireland with about twenty lives reported.
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London
British Isles
Ireland
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing in Schmitz Case
San Francisco The state supreme court on Monday refused a rehearing in the case of former Mayor Eugene E Schmitz convicted of extortion and sentenced to five years. The ruling sustains the appellate court voiding the indictment and discharge of Schmitz and Ruef plead guilty with a pending sentence. Schmitz expected to seek release on bail after eight months in jail.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Eugene E. Schmitz
District Court of Appeals
Abraham Ruef
Schmitz
Supreme Court
Ruef
Schimtz
Navy armor belt too low claim heard by Senate panel
Testimony presented Monday to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs investigated criticisms of battleship construction and argued that armor belt lines on U S Delaware and North Dakota were correct while a letter from Secretary Metcalf supported the board of construction and flag officers Evans and Brownson. Witnesses included Lieut Richard D White and Rear Admirals George C Remey CG F Goodrich.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Metcalf
Board of Construction
Evans
Brownson
Delaware
North Dakota
Richard D. White
George C. Remey
CG. F. Goodrich
Jerome Denies All Charges In Metropolitan Railway Case
Albany N Y Jerome of New York filed a general denial of charges alleging minority stockholders fees and seeking removal of Jerome from office. The governor will announce next steps after reviewing the document. Holocaust Narrowly Averted reports a Lee's Summit fire drill ended with four hundred children rushing out but no injuries.
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Albany
N. Jerome
New York
Hughes
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Jerome
Lee's Summit
Jury for Alla Secured in Denver Murder Case
A Denver jury was secured Monday evening to try Giuseppe Alla, charged with the murder of Father Leo Henrichs, a Roman Catholic priest at St. Elizabeth Church. The case centers on the alleged killing at the church and the jury is seated for trial.
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Alla
Denver
Col
Guiseppe
Fathers Leo Henrichs
St. Elizabeth Church
Milwaukee Judge Appoints Receiver for Chicago and Milwaukee Railway
Milwaukee April 7 Judge Tarrant was named receiver for the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway company by Fidelity Trust company. The appointment places control of the line in Wisconsin jurisdiction pending further action.
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Electric Road
Milwaukee
Fidelity = ‘Trust company
Judge Tarrant
Wisconsin
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Company
England Keeps Private Emperor Letter, Lord Tweedmouth Declares
London report states the government will withhold the personal missive written by Emperor William. Lord Tweedmouth, first lord of the admiralty, confirms the decision and notes its sensitive nature.
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London
Tor
Willia Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
War Cries and Coincidence In The Evening Chronicle
Fragmentary notes describe a tense atmosphere with phrases like war cries and a sense of coincidence. The text hints at preparation and a forthcoming event but lacks coherent details or identifiable entities.
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Hoosier
Ilinois
Collinwood, O
Cleveland, O
Wallace
Cleveland Fire Department
London Reports
Father Leo
Fleet
Supreme Tribunal
Frisco
Gov. ‘Hughes
Lima
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