Bigamist Hoch Is Reprieved At Last
Chicago reports Hoch the so called Bluebeard, suspected of fifteen marriages and multiple deaths, was reprieved to mid September after a long legal fight. He faced execution for murdering Mrs Walker Hoch and tied cases across Chicago Milwaukee St Louis and Hammond Indiana. Authorities say he defrauded wives of savings totaling thousands during ten years of bigamy.
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Johann Floch
Bluebeard
Knupp
Cincinnati
Columbus
Hoch
Mary Hendrick
Schmidt
Walker
Hoth
Chicago
Emilie Fischer
Fischer
Hoeh
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Mary Booker
Mary Schultz-Hoch
Argus
Ind
Lena Hoch
Mary Steinbrecker
Anna Schmidt- Hendrickson-Hoch
Hammond
Germany
William
New York City
Walke Hoch
Doneen
Woather
Delmar Racing Park Closed and Agriculture Resignation
Washington reports George T. Moore a department of agriculture physiologist and algologist resigned after allegations his wife held stock in a culture company for soil inoculation. Delmar Jockey Club announced no racing today pending supreme court action on a writ prohibiting county officials from interfering with police raids. Money market notes include Prime mercantile paper at 3 to 4 percent and silver at 56 cents an ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George T. Moore
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Department
Moore
St. Louis
Samuel W. Adier
Delmar
Fifty Years Since Great Canal Opens Trade Between Lakes
Sault Ste. Marie marks the fiftieth anniversary of the St. Marys River canal that joined Lakes Superior and Huron. A celebration in early August will bring 10,000 visitors, with officials, mine and vessel owners, and investors attending. Hon. Peter White heads the commission. The event includes unveiling a bronze monument, a militia review, and fireworks from the riverfront piers.Funding supports include Michigan and federal amounts, with a total raised near 25,000 and 10,000 listed by organizers.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Lakes Superior
Huron
St. Mary's River
Charles T. Harvey
Congress
State of
Michigan
Peter White
Marquette
Sais
Iron
Gandens
Weitzel
Poe
New Mexico policy holder sues Equitable Life Assurance Society
Adolph Didier of Belen Valencia county sues in Bernalillo County district court to force settlement on a paid up life policy worth 2000 dollars. He alleges he paid premiums under a 10 year contract and the company refuses to honor the surplus share, offering only cash or new policy options. He seeks an accounting and judgment for the due amount plus possible court settlement to protect policy holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Adolpho Didier
Belen
Valencia County
Bernalillo County
Adolph Didier
District Court
Bernalido County
B. F. Adams
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Towit
Lfe
Dian
Didler
Didier
Tim
Adams
Colonel Bryan to Open Democratic Campaign in Wisconsin
Madison July 28 Col William J Bryan to address the Monona Lake assembly and receive a complimentary reception and banquet from Wisconsin Democrats. The event is viewed as the nw region's major gathering in years and a kickoff for the 1908 campaign with speakers T E B Ryan Martin L Sneck J M Crowley and Congressman Charles H Welsse of Sheboygan.
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Madison
Wis
William J. Bryan
Monona Lake
Democratic State Central Committee
J. M. Crowley
Charles H. Welsse
Sheboygan
Tennessee sheriffs meet in numbers in Chattanooga
Chattanooga hosts the Association of Tennessee sheriffs for a two day session beginning today to discuss duties and matters related to sheriffs offices. Dr. F H Snow, former chancellor of the University of Kansas, travels with three assistants through Albuquerque en route to Arizona for an entomological expedition, his twenty fourth for the university.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nearton
Association of ‘Ten
Seasions
Sherf
Snow
F. H. Snew
University of Kansas
Albuquerque
Ariwna
Dr. Snow
Minnesota Men Begin Abaco Timber Colony Plan
New York dispatch reports A J Lammers of Stillwater sails to Abaco in the Bahamas signaling a vast Minnesota capital project to colonize the island. The syndicate has secured about 2,000,000 acres of standing timber on Abaco and nearby islands to build a town and sawmills. Also listed are closing stock quotations from New York markets with various percentages.
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New York
A. J. Lammers
Stillwater
Abaco
Minnesota
Island Empire Hosts America in Tokyo Luncheon
General Terauchi hosted Secretary Taft and 260 guests at a luncheon and garden party near the arsenal in Tokyo. Toasters included Roosevelt and the Mikado, with Taft praising the Japanese army and navy and recalling Boxer uprising events. A separate dispatch reports a July 20 raid near Krestakamp with a magazine building blown up after shelling.
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Tokio
Terauchi
Taft
Arsenal
Roosevelt
You Ita
Tokios
Kataoym
Kaeler Bay
Lene
Krestakamp
Hassall Island
Alexandroveky
Kasirbay
Sagallentsk
Sagallen Town
Sixteen Yachts Set For Chicago Mackinac Race
Sixteen yachts are expected to start in the Chicago Yacht club's annual cruising race to Mackinac Island tomorrow. The Detroit Country club boats depart Port Huron at the same time, with both divisions planned to meet at Mackinac. Coast life saving stations will report the yachts.
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Chicago
Chicago Yacht Club
Mackinac Island
Detroit Country Club
Port Huron
Chicago Yachts
Mackinac
Ght
Vanderbilts Unite Pennsylvania Road
Pittsburg, Pa. July 28 The Van derbilts have formed a new corporation, the Bear Creek Extension Railroad Company, to unify their coal roads under one management in Pennsylvania. It will issue 20 million dollars in bonds, part kept in treasury, to extend lines and develop coal properties in the Bear Creek and Cherry Run districts.
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Pittsburg
Vanderbilts
Bear Creek
Plot Against Life of Unspeakable Turk Uncovered in Roumania
Bucharest July 28 authorities at Kustenji uncovered a plot against the life of the Sultan of Turkey. Turkish houses held revolvers rifles and dangerous documents. Officials found rifles hidden in a Turkish steamer at Kustenji.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Turkey
Kustenji
Yellow fever held in hand in New Orleans
New Orleans health authorities report thorough inspection and hope every yellow fever case is reported and recorded. They expect mortality to fall with continued scientific treatment as Louisiana towns tighten quarantines against New Orleans. A case was reported in Tampa from an Italian refugee.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Tampa
Corn Crop Promises Immensely Big Yield
Washington July 28 reports on the 1905 corn crop show an outlook for a large harvest. Total corn acreage is estimated at 94,236,000, up 1.5 million from last year, with good progress in the corn belt. Oats appear normal with slightly higher acreage, rye and barley outlooks are positive, and the final yield may reach around 900 million bushels, subject to season conditions.
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Washington
Corn
Pool Selling and Bookmaking Charged
Jefferson City Mo July 28 Quo warranto proceedings prepared by Attorney General Hadley were filed in the supreme court seeking to annul the Delmar Jockey Club charter and confiscate its property for the state. Judge Marshall of the supreme court ordered the respondent to appear October 10 and show cause why the charter should not be annulled and the property confiscated. The petition alleges misuse of the franchise since the pool selling and bookmaking ban took effect.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Supreme Court
Delmar Jockey Club
Marshall
Jockey Club
Santa Fe Suffers Another Bad Washout Delays Trains
Heavy rains in Colorado and northern New Mexico disrupt Santa Fe line with No. 7 train annulled while traffic between Las Vegas and Albuquerque experiences a minor, later repaired interruption on the New Mexico division.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Albuquerque Junta
Las Vegas
Governor General of Moscow Is Changed In Turbulent Era
Scotty the world roaming millionaire returns home from New York via St Petersburg and Cincinnati amid reports of new appointments, champagne celebrations, and a shift in Moscow leadership. A. W. Kimball, former Albuquerque deputy assessor, arrives with family for a visit, while Captain Kimball of the US Army seeks two months’ leave and possible reassignment in the United States.
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Scotty
Death Valley
Scott
New York
Johnoy
Chicago
Council of Empire
Wal
Moscow
Kortoff
Semstro Congress
Tm 8T
Louis
Plain A. W. Kimball
Albuquerque Loy
Bernalillo County
Philippines Islands
Islands
Nome
Banda
Young Corbett and Abe Attell in Six Round Bout
Philadelphia July 28 patrons of the National Athletic club expect a rattling six round fight between Young Corbett and Abe Attell tonight. Both claim the other dodges a meeting for years and the pair are viewed as evenly matched for a lively bout in the local arena.
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Philadelphia
Thaless
National Athletic Club
Young Corbett
Abe Attell
Ttle
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Johann Hoch
Big Mist
Marie Welchek-Hoch
Emella Fisher
Hodh
Liston H. Montgomery
May Wilson
Jallet Whittman
Delmar Racing Park
Ull Broter
Money Market
Asy
Prime Mercantile
Lake Superior
Weltze
Bryan
Tennessee
Bahamas
N.Y. C
Pennsylvania
U. S
Island Empire
America
Pennsylvania Road
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A. W. Kimball
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