Infernal Bombs Plague Los Angeles Times Blast
A blast and fire at the Los Angeles Times building killed about twenty workers on Saturday and caused extensive damage. Another bomb was found at Gen. Otis residence and a third device at F J Zeehandelaar's home. Authorities and union leaders dispute blame while a $25,000 city reward and a $2,500 bounty are offered for suspects.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles Times Publishing Company
Times
Harrison Gray Otis
F. J. Zeehandelaar
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Otis
Typographical Union
the Times
General Otis
Four Die in Vanderbilt Cup Auto Race Crash
The Vanderbilt cup race on the parkway left four killed and twenty seriously injured as cars struck crowds. Spectators were run down as mismanagement and poor policing were blamed. Harry Grant won the race in a 120 horsepower Alco, beating Joe Dawson by twenty five seconds with John Aitken in a National close behind.
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New York
Parkway
Harry Grant
Alco
Joe Dawson
John Aitken
Dawson
Launch Upsets 29 Crown New York Crew In Hyders
A fragments report notes 29 crew members of a launch in the water onHyder Saturday with one dead and others saved. Midshipman Godfrey is mentioned in relation to the rescue effort though details are unclear.
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New
York
Godfrey
de Alier
Democratic Platform Pushes Reform and Old Nationalism
The New York Democratic state convention nominated a full slate led by Governor John A. Dix and endorsed a platform urging direct primaries, preservation of old nationalism, home rule for cities, and retrenchment from tariff excess. It denounces Republicans, supports popular election of U S senators, an income tax, parcels post, and water power for all.
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Rochester
N. C
John A. Dix
Washington County
Thomas F. Conway
Clinton
Edward Lazansky
Kings
William Schner
New York
Thomas Carmody
Yates
John J. Kennedy
Erie
John A. Bensel
Court of Appeals
Irving C. Vann
Ono
Republican Party
Democratic Party
United States
Senate investigation reveals Lorimer patronage offer
Testimony at the senate committee hearing linked Senator Lorimer to offering patronage for votes. Jerseyville bank cashier Henry A. Sheppard testified Lorimer promised a Jerseyville postmaster job for support. Lee O Neil Browne arranged the meeting and payment, with Representative Michael S. Link recounting a $1000 payoff in St Louis.
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Chicago
Senator Lorimer
Senate
Henry A. Sheppard
Jerseyville
Austrian
Sheppard
Lorimer
Lee O’neil Browne
Mr. Lorimer
L Lorimer
Michael S. Link
Mitchell
Link
Southern
St Louis
Lee O'Neil Browne
Walter Brookins breaks air record in Chicago to Springfield flight
Walter B Brookins in a Wright biplane flies from Chicago to Springfield Illinois 186 miles in five hours forty nine minutes with two stops and wins a $10000 prize. Crowds totaling hundreds of thousands cheer as he lands before 40000 at the state fair grounds. The flight o a Daylight Special train accompanies the aviator and Wright brothers aides with rail supports and refueling at Gilman Mt. Pulaski and Springfield.
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Springfield
Walter B. Brookins
Chicago
Brookins
Fair Grounds
Washington Park
Park Row
Illinois Central
Wilbur Wright
Roy Knabenshue
Wright Brothers
Aero Club of Illinois
Gilman
Wright
Knabenshue
Mt. Pulaski
Wisconsin Republicans praise La Follette and rail tariff clash
Madison dispatch reports the Republican state convention adopts a platform praising Senator La Follette as a progressive pioneer and criticizing the Payne tariff law. The platform endorses insurgent congressional delegates, denounces Taft, and calls for a nonpartisan tariff committee to study production costs and revise tariffs accordingly.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Congress
Taft
Wisconsin
Senate
House
Payne-Aldrich
Republican Party
Tariff Board
Outlaw Dietz raid ends with three Dietz children shot
Cowderay Wisconsin October 3 a raid on John F Dietz known as the outlaw of Cameron Dam results in three Dietz children shot two wounded and two captured while the third fled to warn his father Sheriff Madden ordered the three to surrender and fired when they did not a man was shot in an election row on September 1 and Dietz is again at large with authorities on his trail.
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Cowderay
Wis
John F. Dietz
Cameron Dam
Dietz
Madden
Indiana Counties Estimate November Vote Totals
The Indiana State Board reports an estimated 801,207 votes statewide for the coming November, up 91,367 from 1908. Lake county shows the largest gain, with 32 new precincts adding about 250 voters each, while a long list of counties is cited with their estimated totals. The board also notes pardons workload and a rise in drunkenness cases, with various court figures for 1909.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Election Commissioners
State Board
Allen
Cass
Delaware
Elkhart
Grant
Knox
Lake
Laporte
Madison
Marion
Posey
St. Joseph
Tippecanoe
Vanderburg
Vigo
Wayne
Lake County
Adams
Bartholomew
Benton
Blackford
Boone
Brown
Carroll
Clark
Clay
Clinton
Crawford
Daviess
Dearborn
Decatur
DeKalb
Dubois
Fayette
Floyd
Fountain
Franklin
Fulton
Gibson
Greene
Hamilton
Hancock
Harrison
Hendricks
Henry
Howard
Huntington
Jackson
Jasper
Jay
Jefferson
Jennings
Johnson
Kosciusko
Lagrange
Lawrence
Marshall
Martin
Miami
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Newton
Noble
Ohio
Orange
Owen
Parke
Perry
Pike
Porter
Pulaski
Putnam
Randolph
Ripley
Rush
Scott
Shelby
Spencer
Starke
Steuben
Sullivan
Switzerland
Tipton
Union
State Board of Pardons
State’ Board of Pardons
Steve Fucynski
Indiana Reformatory
Fucynski
EB. ‘E. Gray
Bloomfield
Cyrus E. Davis
Gray
Elizabeth Skinner
Jackson Boyd
Greencastle
Pardon Board
Sterling Bolling
Bolling
Wayne County
William Osborn
Jackson County
George W. Folk
Delaware County
Alice Cooper Lawson
William Allen
Randolph County
Charles Kercheval
Dubois County
Edward Taylor
Jefferson County
Hotel Keepers Plan Indiana Meeting on Political Matters
J Edward Krause secretary of the Indiana Hotel Keepers association announces a meeting of all Indiana hotel keepers in Indianapolis this month to discuss political issues affecting their interests Invitations will go to all hoteliers regardless of association membership The group notes it has long informed members about political matters and views the county option law as a catalyst for greater unity to protect their interests
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J. Edward Krause
Indiana Hotel Keepers’ Association
Indiana
Indianapolis
Krause
Hotel Keepers’ Association
Mr. Krause
Opens Fifty-Ninth Session of Northwest Indiana Conference
The fifty ninth session opened at Laporte with Bishop Moore presiding and communion served by district superintendents from Crawfordsville South Bend Lafayette Greencastle and Hammond. D D Goagland Attica elected conference secretary and A M Hogen Book Jamestown statistical secretary. Reports by W M Nicely Newport and others noted growing membership and church work advancement. Bishop Moore lectured on Chemulpo and the first battle of the Russian Japanese War.
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Northwest Indiana
Laporte
Moore
New York
Crawfordsville
South Bend
Lafayette
Greencastle
Hammond
D. D. Goagland
Attica
A.M. Hogenbook
Jamestown
C. V. Stockbarger
Kentland
W. M. Nicely
Newport
W. H. McKenzie
K. W.cameron
A. T. Briggs
Bishop Moore
Denies Rensselaer Report On Morocco Audit Cost
William A. Deharity of the state board of accounts refuted a dispatch claiming the Morocco town records examination cost 900 dollars. An official check shows six days of work totaling 120 dollars. A Rensselaer dispatch reported Judge C W Hanley issued a restraining order against Newton county auditor over paying claims tied to the examination.
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Rensselaer
William A. Deharity
State Board of Accounts
Morocco
State’ ‘Board
C.W. Hanley
Cupid Probation Officer Arranges Marriage for Ward
Madison county juvenile court probation officer Mrs. Nora Dyson arranged a marriage for Lena Contest a seventeen year old incorrigible ward. Dyson found no family support and located a willing Elwood suitor William Bruner to produce a legal union and protective home.
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William Bruner
Elwood
Veterans Reunion Marks 130th Indiana Regiment Closures
About 170 members attended the One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana volunteers reunion. Of 1000 muster rolls, only 300 remain alive. Permanent headquarters are now in this city and future reunions will be held here. Lieutenants Truax of Kokomo and Hunt of Connersville attended.
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Anderson
Indiana Volunteers
Truax
Kokomo
Hunt
Connersville
Gilispie Blames Prize Fight For Undoing
Warsaw. Jack Gillispie a Columbia City forger testified at arraignment that the Jeffries Johnson prize fight ruined him. He lost his position after attending the battle and tried to raise funds by forging a minister's check passed on Globe Clothing. Gillispie pleaded guilty but was paroled at Rev Shaffer's request.
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Warsaw
Jack Gillispie
Columbia City
Jeffries-Johnson
Gillispie
Globe Clothing Company
Gilespie
Rev. Shaffer
Woman's Relief Corps Elects Officers at Indiana Convention
One hundred delegates attended the Eleventh Indiana district annual convention in Warsaw. Elected officers include President Mrs J Frank Long of Claypool and Senior vice president Mrs Catherine Cowgill of North Manchester. National delegate Mrs Jennie Gidley of Roann with alternate Mrs Horton Frazer of Warsaw named.
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Warsaw
Woman’s Relef Corps
Eleventh
Indiana
J. Frank Long
Claypool
Catherine Cowgill
North Manchester
Rochester
N. Y
Jennie Gidley
Roann
Houton Frazer
Compromise Reached In Damage Suit Over Fatal Blowout
Washington report says Mrs. M B Sooper and children of Oakland City settled with Jules Compario former saloonkeeper. Damages sought were 5000 with plaintiff receiving 325. Complaint alleged unlawful liquor purchase led to husband’s suicide at the Globe hotel about two years ago.
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Washington
M. B. Sooper
Oakland City
Jules Compario
Companio
Globe
Eagle Attack Foiled by Younger Brother
In Huntington eleven year old George Pflenger escaped a large eagle as it tried to carry him off on his way home from school. His eight year old brother Walter fought the bird with a dinner pall to save George. The struggle lasted about fifteen minutes and left Walter with his left thumb torn off.
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Huntington
George Pflenger
Walter
Train Narrowly Escapes Wreck Near Mt Vernon
Princeton reports a fast east bound Southern passenger train from St Louis nearly wrecked at Mt Vernon when worker Arthur Pigg spotted a broken rail on a sharp curve. He waved and halted the train a short distance from the break.
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Princeton
Southern
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Arthur Pigg
Mt. ‘Vernon
Evansville Guards Evict Tenant After Two Months
A local eviction action in Evansville ends with a two month removal of a tenant from a street property. The case notes show a court-ordered eviction and rental status.
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Evansville
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