Indiana Delegation Back Bryan for President Says Taggart
Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic national committee, declares William Jennings Bryan will be the party’s nominee and Indiana will be solid for him. He denies opposition to Bryan and notes Indiana figures once hostile now support Bryan. Taggart says he is neutral on governorship and expects a strong, square ticket from the convention.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Claypool
Taggart
Indiana
Takes Woman on Trial Hartford City Marriage Bid
James Bradford sought a marriage license with Mrs. Lucy Tweedy after two weeks as housekeeper but was refused. The clerk said they must appear before Judge Sturgis to prove their fitness to wed. Bradford's first wife died in an asylum about a year ago.
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Hartford City
James Bradford
Lucy Tweedy
Bradford
Tweedy
Sturgis
Elkhart Man in Trouble
Earl T. Sigerfoos, an employee of the Lake Shore railroad, created a scene at Rochester New York Central depot as authorities arrested him for opening mail not his own. He faced arraignment in a Rochester police court before U S Marshal Withman took him into custody.
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Elkhart
Earl T. Sigerfoos
Lake Shore Railroad
New York Central
Rochester
N. Y
United States
Withman
Bribery Charge Filed in Columbus Tax Case
County council member Walter Galbraith accused Nathan Wilson of Scottsburg a tax ferrer of accepting 60 dollars as hush money in a recent tax collecting case. Wilson initially asked for repetition then sprang to his feet denying the accusation.
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Columbus
Hamilton Bros. Plant to Move from Greensburg to Trafalgar
The Hamilton Bros. canning plant, in Greensburg for three years, will be relocated to Trafalgar due to farmers failing to grow suitable vegetables.
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Greensburg
Hamilton Bros
Trafalgar
Brewery settles claim in Columbus civil suit
Frank Morrison of Indianapolis received 1025 dollars after his damage suit against the Indianapolis Brewing Company was compromised in Columbus. Morrison was injured when an automobile owned by the company struck him some time ago.
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Columbus
Frank Morrison
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Morrison
Lonely neighbors wed after years of watching each other
Mrs. Sarah Daitle and Theodore Ditzer, both 73, longtime Evansville neighbors, married after pitying each other in their loneliness. They had spent years peering through windows across the yard before tying the knot.
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Evansville
Sarah Daitle
Theodore Ditzer
Evansville Mayor Seeks At Large Delegate for Bryan
Evansville mayor John W. Boehne announced at the Democratic state convention in Indianapolis his bid to be an at large delegate to the national Denver convention on a simon pure Bryan platform.
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Bryan
Evansville
John W. Boehne
Indianapolis
Denver
Simon Pure
Hold a Jubilee. Anderson. Factory sale of lots success
The new factory committee and Commercial club officers held a celebration at the Grand opera house to mark the success of two movements. At the meeting the sale of lots was started.
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Anderson
Commercial Club
Grand Opera House
Invalid Woman Assaulted in Goshen Home
Mrs Anna Lantz a 78 year old invalid was assaulted by an unknown man posing as an itinerant doctor and gained entry to her Goshen residence. Police investigate the case as a home invasion assault with no suspect named.
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Goshen
Anna Lantz
Monon Sued for 10000 Damages over Cantrell Death
Samuel R. McLaughlin as administrator of Cantrell's estate filed a suit in Bloomington seeking 10000 for the death of Mary A Cantrell last November. The complaint says Cantrell boarded a crowded hand car with nine coworkers, lost balance, fell between rails, and was struck by the car while attempting to dismount.
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Monon
Bloomington
Marry A. Cantrell
Monon Railroad
Samuel R. McLaughlin
Cantrell
Tax on Wheat Raised Urges Equal Assessments
State Tax Commissioner John Wingate told assessors from Jackson Johnson Shelby Decatur and Bartholomew counties to pursue equal real and personal property taxation and ensure full listing of assessable property. He noted Bartholomew County was taxing wheat at 60 cents a bushel and ordered it raised to 75 cents.
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Columbus
John Wingate
Jackson
Johnson
Shelby
Decatur
Bartholomew
Bartholomew County
O Keefe Enters Race for Democratic Governor Nomination
William O Keefe former Marshall county treasurer announces candidacy for governor as a Democrat. He rose to prominence opposing private interest in public funds and advocated the depositary measure now on the statute books.
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O'Keefe
Plymouth
William O'Keefe
Marshall County
Found Dead in Cornfield Near Ladoga
The body of Jesse Howard, 28, a farmer, was found in a cornfield four miles south of Ladoga. He left home about noon and, not returning by evening, his wife notified neighbor Ora Payne to search. Howard was found lying face down, apparently dead for some time.
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Ladoga
Jesse Howard
Ora Payne
Howard
Elevate Tracks to Shield Flooded Wabash Route
The Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction company seeks to raise the railroad between this city and Peru to protect traffic during high waters and preserve limited service among Wabash Fort Wayne Lafayette and Indianapolis. Water currently covers the tracks several feet in places during floods.
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Wabash
Fort Wayne
Delegates Urged to Back Hugh T. Miller for Governor
At the Brown County Republican convention in Nashville delegates were instructed to vote for Hugh T. Miller for governor as their first and only choice with no second option.
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Miller
Nashville
Brown County
Hugh T. Miller
Evansville Traction Company Orders Line Survey
Evansville and Olney Traction directors meet and order an immediate survey of the proposed line. The route would cross the Wabash River at Mount Carmel.
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Evansville
Evansville & Olney Traction Company
Wabash River
Mount Carmel
Aged Physician Dead in Elkheart County
Dr. Amos C. Jackson aged 87, the oldest physician in Elk heart county and a native of Ross county Ohio, died here. He had lived in this immediate vicinity for over 75 years.
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Co . Goshen
Warships to Visit Japan and Possibly China on New Itinerary
The American battle fleet will visit Japan after a cordial invitation from Emperor Hirohito’s regime. Secretary Root accepted the invitation after Cabinet deliberation and may include a China stop if invited. Metcalf and Admiral Pillsbury plan the itinerary with potential calls at Hawaii Samoa Melbourne Sydney Manila Yokohama and Manila then home via the Suez Canal with limited coaling stops.
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Washington
Japan
Root
Baron Takahira
Roosevelt
China
Metcalf
Admiral Pillsbury
Atlantic Seaboard
Hawaiian Islands
Samoa
Melbourne
Sydney
Manila
Yokohama
Philippines
Suez Canal
Flood Relief Follows Sudden Pittsburg Upturn
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania officials of the weather bureau announced a rapid change in flood conditions Thursday night, easing expectations of a severe catastrophe. Yet the city faces huge losses as many families remain trapped, rail service is disrupted, and river craft suffer heavy damage while flood patrols supply food and essentials.
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Pittsburg
United States Weather “Bureau
Russians in Deadly Duel Near St Petersburg
Lieut. Gen. Smirnoff was probably fatally wounded in a pistol duel with Lieut. Gen. Fock in the riding school of the Chevalier Guard regiment. The clash arose from a memorandum Smirnoff wrote about Port Arthur siege, challenging Fock over courage and honor.
Richmond Confederate Colonel John W Fairfax Dies at Leesylvania
Col John Walter Fairfax died Sunday at his Leesylvania home in Prince William county Virginia in his eightieth year He was a Civil War veteran and held the rank of colonel in the Confederate army.
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Richmond
John Walter Fairfax
Leesylvania
Prince William County
Virginia
Milukoff Threatened With Assassination in St Petersburg
The Znamy newspaper in St. Petersburg printed threats calling for Milukoff's death with a black cross emblem and the banner Death to Milukoff, signaling a life threatening alert amid political tensions.
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St. Petersburg
Znamy
Milukoff
Duke to Wed Miss Elkins
Rome confirms engagement between the duke of the Abruzzi and Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator Elkins. The journal notes the senator will be ennobled to allow a titled wife for the duke. The duke will be promoted to vice admiral and reside in the Venice royal palace.
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Rome
Duke of the
Elkins
Venice
Orchard seeks mercy as Idaho killer sees commutation
Harry Orchard, condemned to death for a string of murders tied to the Steunenberg case, may escape the penalty after his conversion in prison. Judge Wood urged the state board of pardons to commute the sentence to penitentiary imprisonment, citing Orchard’s candor in trials of Haywood and Pettibone and his confession.
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Orchard
Carter Wins Ruling in Case Against Government Costs
Former U S Army captain Oberlin M Carter gains partial victory as United States circuit court grants final decree. Government must cover most costs of Carter suits in Chicago New York Savannah and elsewhere, while Carter keeps $45 000 from about 400 000 in funds held in trust. Court finds $285 000 received from Greene and Gaynor tainted but held by government to offset costs.
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Chicago
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Engineer Corps
Kohlsaar
United States Circuit Court
Carter
Kohlsaat
Robert F. Wescott
Westcott
Greene and Gaynor
Greene
Gaynor
Savannah
Shohisaat
New York
Horace G. Stone
Hind
Senator William J Bryan of Florida Dies at 57
United States Senator William James Bryan of Florida died at Providence hospital at 8 30 Sunday morning from typhoid fever. He served 73 days as Mallorys successor after being appointed to the Senate and was the youngest member among the late senators. Born October 10 1876 in Orange County Florida he studied at Emory College and Washington and Lee University and began law practice in Jacksonville in 1899. He was married to Janet Allan of Lexington Virginia.
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Washington
United States
William James Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospital
Stephen R. Mallory
Bryan
Senate
Alabama
Morgan
Pettus
Mallory
Latimer
South Carolina
Proctor
Vermont
Whyte
Maryland
Mr. Bryan
Orange County
Emory College
Georgia
Washington and Lee University
Jacksonville
Fla
Duval County Criminal Court
Janet Mallan
Lexington
Littlefield Resigns From Congress in 1900s Rockland Me
Congressman Charles E. Littlefield tendered his resignation to Gov. William T. Cobb effective September 30 to resume his law practice. The letter, dated in the same mail to the campaign committee chairman, surprised Cobb and many friends in the Second district.
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Rockland
William T. Cobb
Charles E. Littlefield
Congress
Second District
Republican Congressional Committee
Littlefield
Cobb
Confessed brutal murder backdrop in Fort Wayne arrest
Grover C. Blake and Orse Reynolds of Anderson Ind were arrested on murder charges after Blake confessed to killing his mother with a hammer and robbing her. Blake said Reynolds aided and struck the woman a second time after the initial assault.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Grover C. Blake
Orse Reynolds
Anderson
Blake
Reynolds
New Message to Congress on Trust Law Revisions
Washington reports that after extended discussion Congress will receive another message within a day or two. The message aims to direct attention to the presidents recommendations for amendatory Sherman antitrust legislation and other topics noted in his prior message.
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Congress
Washington
New Liability Act Aimed At Employers' Responsibility
Speaker Cannon and Vice-President Fairbanks urged Congress to pass an employers liability act to address constitutional issues cited by the Supreme Court. Their remarks came during a national labor conference led by Samuel Gompers with delegates from 87 labor and farm groups seeking a memorial, Labor's Protest to Congress.
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Washington
Cannon
Fairbanks
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Farmers
House of Representatives
Portuguese Heir's Arm Wound May Require Amputation
Madrid reports Eli Mundo says Prince Manuel now king of Portugal suffered a February 1 arm wound during the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince. The wound has not healed and worsened, with physicians stating amputation may be necessary.
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Madrid
Eli Mundo
Manuel
Portugal
Carlos
Chicago Grand Pacific Hotel Fire Plains Chicago
Fire partially destroyed the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago on Friday afternoon. About two hundred guests and one hundred employees escaped unharmed. The loss is estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Chicago
Grand Pacific
Duluth Skier Sets American Jump Record at 131 Feet
John Evanson of Duluth shattered the American ski jump record with a 131 foot effort in the season finale. The previous mark stood at 124 feet, set by Evanson in Ishpeming.
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Duluth, Minn
John Evanson
Duluth
Evanson
Ishpeming
Jail inmate dies in mattress fire at Little Falls jail
John Doherty of Middleville accidentally set fire to his bed mattress while lighting his pipe in his village jail cell. He was burned to death before assistance could reach him.
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Little Falls
John Doherty
Middleville
Milwaukee Mill Owner Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide
George Willoughby manager of Jewett & Sherman coffee and spice millers chloroformed and shot his wife Florence Willoughby at their Prospect avenue home early Friday. He then fired two shots over his heart. doctors expect recovery given his strong constitution.
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Milwaukee
George Willoughby
Jewett & Sherman Company
Florence Willoughby
Prospect Avenue
Willoughby
Miners in Alaska Call General Strike
In Juneau a special meeting of Douglas Island Local 109 of the Western Federation of Miners voted to call a general strike and issued notices directing union men and sympathizers to stay away.
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Juneau
Alaska
Douglas Island
Western Federation of Miners
Tragedy at Clover Leaf Station Ends in Self Inflicted Wounds
Sorenzo L Evans shot and killed his wife near the Clover Leaf railroad station then wounded himself but survived. He was arrested immediately and jailed.
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Sorenzo
Lll
L. Evans
Clover Leaf Railroad
Hoax Telegram Triggers Fatal Shock in Hartman Case
In Cincinnati a bogus telegram claimed C. H. Hartman’s wife was dead. He alighted at St. Louis Union Station meeting his wife and daughter smiling. The shock of the hoax, amid tension and grief, caused him to collapse and be taken home in serious condition.
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St. Louis
C. H. Hartman
Cincinnati
Union Station
Bishop Fowler Dies at 71 in New York
Rev. Charles H. Fowler, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his New York home Friday aged 71 from heart failure due to complications of diseases.
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Charles H. Fowler
New York
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Milwaukee Grafter Pleads Guilty in County Coal Contract
Milwaukee man Joseph J. Galewski, a former supervisor, pleads guilty to a conspiracy charge connected to a county coal contract. He faces sentencing after admitting the indictment on Friday afternoon and was fined $100.
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Milwaukee
Joseph J. Galewski
Supreme Court Rules on State Power to Fix Railroad Rates
The U S Supreme Court affirmed rulings in two cases from Minnesota and North Carolina upholding state authority to fix railroad rates. It rejected habeas corpus relief for Attorney General Young and discharged James H Wood in Asheville on contempt convictions for charging higher rail fares than state law allowed. Justice Peckham wrote the main opinion with Justice Harlan dissenting in Young.
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Washington
Young
Minnesota
United States Circuit Court
District of Minnesota
Pritchard
Western District of North Carolina
James H. Wood
Southern Railway
Asheville
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Peckham
Justice Harlan
Stevens Shot in San Francisco by Korean Attacker
D. W. Stevens former counselor to the Japanese embassy at Washington and diplomatic adviser to Korea in Seoul was shot and seriously wounded Monday morning as he prepared to depart for Washington. The weapon was concealed in a handkerchief and used by I. W. Chang a small Korean. The motive appears tied to local Korean resentment over Japan’s protectorate role in Korea and Stevens’ part in its government reorganization.
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San Francisco
D. W. Stevens
Washington
Seoul
I. W. Chang
Korea
Hundreds drown as steamers collide off Hakodate
The 800 ton Matsu Maru of Yusen Kaisha sank after a collision with the 695 ton Hideyoshi Maru two miles off Todchakke near Hakodate. Of the Matsu Maru crew and passengers 267 perished, with 224 passengers and 43 crew among the dead. Survivors were rescued by the Hideyoshi Maru and another steamer.
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Tokyo
Yusen Kaisha Line
Todchakke
Hakodate
Widow's widow in custody after Fayette county murder
Mrs Anne Whitbeck widow of the man murdered in Fayette county last Wednesday night was taken into custody near her husband’s funeral as police investigate. Authorities expect sensational developments as the case unfolds. Whitbeck was beaten to death with a heavy sled stake while en route to the barn to care for a sick horse.
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Waterloo
Anne Whitbeck
Fayette County
Whitbeck
Rev Cephas Baird Dies After Fire Injury
Santa Monica California minister Cephas Baird who served fifty years at the English Lutheran church died from injuries after a January incident when a newspaper covering his face caught fire as he slept.
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Cephas Baird
Santa Monica
Cal
English Lutheran Church
Indiana Man Leaps to Death at Hotel Grunewald
New Orleans March Babbington from Franklin Indiana committed death by own actions Monday by jumping from a window in the Hotel Grunewald.
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Indiana
New Orleans
March Babbington
Franklin
Ind
Grunewald
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