Fraud Trials Unfold as Spitzer Testifies of Sugar Scale Cheats
Oliver Spitzer, pardoned by the president, testifies in New York at the trial of Charles Heike and associates over conspiracy to defraud the government by underweight sugar imports. He describes lead weights and spring devices used to falsify scale readings and recalls ties to the sugar trust and key figures.
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Oliver Spitzer
Charles R. Heike
American Bugar Refining Company
Spitzer
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Tio
Helke
James C. Breet Oe
Treasury Department
Braezinsk
Breczinski
Vail
Pitzer
Spit
Od Leroy
Wall Street
The
Sugar Trust
James F. Bendergel
Frank W.bracht
Ilness
Benrnagel
Gerbracht
Ike
Forty Rescued by New York Firemen
Fires swept a burning building on East Beventieth street injuring several and claiming Mrs. Mary Miller's life from inhalation. Firemen carried tenants down ladders and lowered to lifeboats as about forty people were rescued from the blaze.
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New York
East Beventieth
Mary Miller
Discussion over color line at sixth Sunday school convention
Washington reports heated debate as British delegates criticize the Washington committee for barring District of Columbia Negro delegates from the parade. White critics and two American delegates denounce the color line while Rev John L Dube recalls hotel discrimination in London and New York. The issue may be discussed further at the convention.
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Washington
District of Columbia
W. N. Hartshorn
Boston
Louis Streiber
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
John L. Dube
London
New York
Senate Passes Naval Appropriation Bill With $134 Million
The Senate voted 26 to 59 to approve the naval appropriation bill carrying about $134,000,000. Amendments fund torpedo boats, exclude certain securities for contractors, and cap battleship construction to two ships from different firms while retaining the eight hour law for battleships and fleet colliers.
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Washington
Burton
Senate
Johnston
Jones
Trans
Notable Deaths and Trials Amid Global Tensions
A sweeping digest notes the illness of conductor Hane Richter in London, a fatal explosion at Hamilton powder works near Nanaimo, court actions including John A Hall's larceny plea, and multiple international updates. It reports Roosevelt’s London visit, mine strikes in Illinois, cyanide mining advances in Johannesburg, and a series of legal and political developments across the U.S. and abroad.
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Hamilton
Nanaimo
B. C
Waukesha
Wis
John A. Hall
Bouthbridge Savings Bank
Worcester
Mass
Yle Chaim Yong
Three Girls Drowned in Lake Byron
On May 24 at Lake Byron twenty miles north of Huron three girls Lydia Bonesteel Leila Bonesteel and Jessie Broe drowned when a small metal boat capsized about forty yards from shore in ten feet of water. They were daughters of Charles H Bonesteel of Hutton and a local resident.
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Huron
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Lydia
Leila Bonesteel
Charles H. Bonesteel
Hutton
Jessie Broe
No Funds for Tariff Board Amid House Debate
After lengthy debate the proposed 250000 appropriation to defray tariff board expenses, urged by President Taft, was struck from the sundry civil bill in the house. Mann of Illinois upheld a Fitzgerald of New York point that no law authorizes such funds. Tawney offered a similar amending provision to supply information to Congress.
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Tariff Board
Taft
Mann
Illinois
Fitzgerald
New York
Tawney
Congress
House
Postal savings bank reforms pass at German American alliance meeting
Delegates from the New England division of the National German American alliance, about 8 000 members, passed revolutions favoring postal savings banks at their annual Clinton Mass convention.
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Clinton
Mass
New England
National German American Alliance
Doxey Trial Delays as Talesmen Balk at Jury
In St Louis on May 24 Judge Hugo Grimm leads the Dora E Doxey murder case. Mrs Doxey and Dr Loren B Doxey face an indictment for allegedly poisoning postal clerk William J Erder. Erder died July 16 1908. The case involves a marriage to Mrs Doxey, sending Erder's furniture to Columbus Nebraska and life insurance proceeds. Twenty two of forty seven jurors have been accepted.
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Johannesburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Denver
Socialist Congress
Chicago
S. C. Baker
Saltillo
Genevieve
Glen Park
Elwood
Charles Thompson
J. E. Babbett
Peoria
Linois
Lovelace
Isaac C. Wyman
Salem
Mass
Graduate School
Princeton University
Mr. Wyman
Fort Gibson
Alaska
George F. Cooke
St. Louis
Talesmen
Dora E. Doxey
William J. Erder
Hugo Grimm
Grain Market Slumps as Wheat Leads Decline
Chicago May 28 More than four million bushels of wheat hit the pit as selling intensified throughout the session. A major house dominate short May wheat and foreigners aided the slide. May wheat traded as high as 4c off before closing down 24c with new crop futures lower. Corn and oats slipped while provisions fell, with May prices: Wheat 1.08 and 58c corn. Pork and lard also declined.
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Chicago
Grain Prices in Omaha Market Report May 23
Wheat declines at 1 2c lower for No 2 hard and 87c to $1.00 for other grades. Corn falls 1c with No 2 white around 58 1/4c and No 2 yellow near 56 1/4c. Date steady to lower with No 3 white around 37 3/4c and No 3 yellow about 87 1/4c.
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Omaha
Albert J Snell Found Dead In Chicago Rooming House
Albert J Snell son of Amos J Snell the millionaire was found dead in a Chicago rooming house at age fifty. Once rich from his inheritance he lived recklessly and declined in recent years. The 1888 sensational murder involving his father’s name looms in the memory of the city.
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Chicago
Albert J. Snell
Amos J. Snell
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices From South Omaha Market
South Omaha reports cattle receipts 3800 with best steady and lower for other classes. Cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.75, western and Texas steers 3.00 to 7.00, calves 4.00 to 7.50, hog receipts 4300 with heavy and mixed trades around 9.40 to 9.50, sheep receipts 6000 with lambs 7.00 to 8.50 and yearlings 7.00 to 7.60, ewes 5.00 to 6.00.
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South Omaha
Texas
Rates Increase For Sugar And Coffee Transport
Washington May 24. A sharp rise in rail and sea freight rates on sugar and coffee from Atlantic seaboard points to western trunk line destinations was announced with tariffs filed at the Interstate Commerce Commission. Increases range from 16 to 44 percent.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Snowstorm grips northeastern New Mexico livestock feared loss
Snowstorm tightens its hold on northeastern New Mexico with Albuquerque reports as the system, continuing from southeastern Colorado, centers near Folaom. Authorities fear significant livestock losses due to accumulating snow and cold conditions.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Colorado
Folaom
Repair work by permanent local mechanic in Alma Levee
Repairs end parts furnished for alma Levee. Geo. D. Darling advertises securing a practical mechanic who will be here permanently and guarantees all work. Do not trust traveling repair men. Phone 139.
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Alma
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