Widow on Trial for Life in Lyons Murder Case
Mrs Georgia E Sampson faces a jury in Lyons New York accused of shooting her husband Harry Sampson on November 1 1908 The defense claims he killed himself in a jealous fit while prosecutors stress the couple’s strained family ties and the high profile Allyn and Sampson clans in Wayne County The trial before Justice Adelbert P Rich draws wide press coverage from Rochester Buffalo and beyond with jurors to be picked amid strong public interest and family connections
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Mary Farmer
Georgia E. Sampson
Harry Sampson
Lyons
N. Y
Wayne County
Sampson
Allyn
Gilbert
Adelbert P. Rich
Auburn
Macedon
Here
Georgia Allyn
Sampsonsa
Allyns
Rochester
Young Sampson
Georgian Sampson
George Sampson
Diet
Bright
Chicago Live Stock market report April 5 highlights
Cattle receipts 23 000 steady to lower with steers 5.00 to 7.15, cows 4.00 to 5.75, heifers 3.25 to 6.00, bulls 3.75 to 5.25, stockers 3.30 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 40 000 steady to lower with choice heavy 7.10 to 7.20, butchers 7.05 to 7.15, light 6.90 to 7.00, packing 6.95 to 7.10, bulk 6.96 to 7.10. Sheep receipts 25 000 about 10 lower with sheep 3.00 to 7.00, ewes 7.00 to 4.00, yearlings 6.60.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Texas
Attempted Robbery of Treasure on Czarevitch Steamship
A Georgian band of twenty armed men led by Lieutenant Mashikaridze failed to seize £600000 in specie aboard the Czarevitch in the Caspian Sea. The crew resisted before dawn near Krasnovodek, preventing the caper from succeeding and the robbers fleeing into the Caucasus was prevented.
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Caspian Sea
Caucasis
Czarevitch
Krasnovodek
Mashikaridze
Weal
Mayor Bookwalter Injured by Hat Feather on Streetcar
Indianapolis Mayor Bookwalter suffered a serious eye injury when a hat feather pierced the corner of his right eye as he stepped to let a woman alight from a streetcar. The woman apologized and the mayor, in great pain, sought an eye specialist. The hat was described as of generous proportions.
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Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Kentucky Railroads Win Suit
The Kentucky railroad suit challenged the Kentucky rail road commission order of June 20 2006 fixing interstate rates. The U S Supreme Court decided in favor of the roads.
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Kentucky Railroad
Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
Walsh Files Lengthy Appeal In Bank Misconduct Case
The appeal of John R. Walsh, former banker and railway builder, sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth for mis application of Chicago National Bank funds, was filed in Chicago with the clerk of the United States circuit court of appeals. The document is described as the largest ever filed in the local case.
National Banks Barred From Guaranty Fund
Attorney General Wickersham rules Kansas national banks cannot participate in the state guarantee fund. Governor Stubbs, in Washington, wired that the attorney general decided national banks cannot participate without an act of Congress.
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Kansas
Wickersham
Washington
Stubbs
Fire drill saves pupils as McKees Rock school burns
Between 600 and 700 pupils were safely marched out of a public school at McKees Rock Pennsylvania when the building was found to be on fire. The roof was in a blaze and the building was destroyed but no child was injured.
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McKees Rock
Chicago grain and provisions market reports April 6
Wheat for May hit a high $1.22 and July rose to $1.08 with a steady close after a nervous session. Corn oats and provisions eased. cash prices show No 2 hard wheat at 1.21 to 1.25 and No 3 corn around 664 to 674. South Omaha live stock receipts totaled 3,400 cattle and 4,400 hogs with mixed price ranges across steers, cows, calves, and bulls.
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Chicago
Florida Democrat Defies Colleagues On Tariff Debate
The House set April 9 for a vote on the Payne tariff bill and adopted a rules resolution allowing for committee amendments on lumber and hides schedules, despite 22 Republican desertions including many from the Louisiana delegation. Clark of Florida denounced Bryanism and pledged to back the Payne bill if it protected citrus fruits and inland cotton, sparking exchanges with Randell and other Democrats as Mrs. Taft watched.
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House
Committee On Rules
Louisiana
Austin
Tynn
Terry
Cooper Lennott
Morsey
Nelson
Wis
Dawson
Good
Haugen
Pickett
Woods
Hubbard
Kendall
Hinshaw
Norris
Neb
Lindberg
Minn
Murdock
Kay
Wickliffe
Clark
Fla
Bryan
Randell
Tex
Bartlett
Calderhead
Kan
Burgess
Stanley
Hobsen
Ala
Gillispie
Thistlewood
Saunders
Reeder
Madden
Ill
Taft
Archibald Butt
Michigan votes dry as twenty dry counties edge wet
Superintendent George W. Morrow of the Michigan Anti Saloon League proclaims a dry victory stating that in twenty seven counties voting on liquor in their borders twenty counties chose dry and seven chose wet. Before the election only eleven of eighty three counties were dry.
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Michigan
George W. Morrow
Michigan Anti-Saloon League
Gunfire at Gloveville church over pastor ouster
Dozen gunshots erupted as Rev. Adam Trant fortified his evangelical church doors to block entry by opponents. Dispatches from Teheran warn of a looming tragedy at Tabriz with potential starvation and mass killings if the city resists or falls.
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Evangelical Church
Gloveville
Col
Adam Trant
Tabriz
Teheran
Attempted mob attack as Bert Taylor faces Lincoln custody
In Minden Nebraska Bert Taylor, accused killer of Pearl Taylor his sister in law, narrowly escaped being shot by Douglas Taylor the victim’s father while boarding a train for Lincoln. Johnson Slack subdued the shooter and a court motion for venue change and insanity plea are expected.
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Minden
Neb
Bert Taylor
Pearl Taylor
Lincoln
Douglas Taylor
Taylor
Sheiff Rangom
Johnson Slack
Sherif Ransom
Kentucky Goes Dry in Boyd County Vote
In a highly watched election Boyd County voted dry by a 107 majority. The city, center of iron industry in the Big Sandy valley, saw church bells ring hourly as women worked at polls and children sang while bands played. The result leaves ninety six of Kentucky’s 119 counties dry under the county unit law.
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Boyd County
Big Sandy Valley
Filipinos Urge Payne Tariff Bill Support
Washington dispatch reports the governor general of the Philippines flooded with telegrams urging the assembly to recede from its opposition to the Philippine schedules of the Payne tariff bill. The cables come from multiple points across the island, reflecting broad local pressure for tariff support.
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Bureau of Insular Affairs
Washington
Governor General
The
Philippines
Assembly
Girls Hurt in Church Fight Between German Factions
Two girls, Liggie Wetzel age eight and Mary Wolf age eleven, were injured in a church hall clash between rival German faction groups. Authorities investigated the disturbance and offered aid to the injured children.
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Liggie Wetzel
Mary Wolf
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Wheltons
Sigtim
Admiral
N. V4
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Florida
Slayer Taylor
Mcberess Drug Store
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Rex
Box Butte Ave
Payne Bill
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