Conscience Stricken Boodler Tells Thrilling Confession
Former Missouri State Senator Pred Th. Busche confessed to Circuit Attorney Folk about eight years of boodle schemes tying to steam and street railway interests. He named prominent capital figures, testified before a grand jury, and indicated many payments for votes and holds on legislation. Busche claimed about $15,000 earned across his career and expressed deep remorse. Schweickardt also testified on related corruption.
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Missouri
Pred Th. Busche
Folk
Grand Jury
Eleventh Street
School Book Commission
School Book Trust
Schweickardt
St. Louis
DHLT
Gallronis
Iean
Busehe
Torméy
Schweickard
Kbusche
Charles Schweickardt
Circuit
Idaho Posse Pursues Lone Highwayman After Stage Hold Up
A posse left the Halfway House at 6 AM pursuing the robber who halted the Tipse Idaho Stage yesterday. M M Gibson of Idaho Globe Mining and Jack Cassel waited in Bow returning from the mine. Gibson believes he spotted the suspect a mile beyond the ambush point. the man, heavyset, rode a sorrel with a Winchester, and did not reply when spoken to.
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Poise
Idaho
Tipse-Idaho
Globe Mining Company
Idaho City
Bow
Jack Cassel
Mr. Gibson
Mr. Cassel
Cassel
Short Line station agent vanishes from Dillon
Special Dispatch from Dillon reports Harry Allen, station agent at Short Line, disappeared after a rumored shortage in his accounts. Traveling Auditor Craig confirms a shortage but says it is not large. Allen was last seen in Butte, leaving his wife and two children to relatives in Utah. He had previously served in Company E during the Spanish American War and returned to his posts. He settled affairs before leaving and warned he was headed to Butte.
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The
Standard
Dillon
Harry Allen
Craig
Salt Lake City
Allen
Corinne
Utah
Idaho Falls
Attempted Bribery of Nebraska Governor Reported
Lincoln Neb May 15 Governor Mickey said in an interview he was offered 1000 dollars for four state government posts. The bribe centered on appointing oil inspectors deputies or inspectors and commandant of the soldiers home at Grand Island. He withheld the fourth post and any contemplated action.
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Lincoln, Neb
Mickey Today
Grand Island
Courtroom Bribery Claim Sparks Wide Attention
A sensational court case centers on alleged bribery ties involving a high profile lawyer. The attorney denies the charges and calls for a thorough investigation, asserting the public deserves full disclosure and accountability.
Despondent Texas Woman Attacks Attempted Suicide
A despondent woman in Texas attempted to kill herself and a companion in a double incident. Authorities reported the suspect took action amid personal distress, with police investigating the motive and exact sequence of events.
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Texas
Husband in Montana Prison Revolver Fatality Case
A Montana prison incident links a revolver borrowed from a man below heart level to a deadly outcome involving Mrs. Fairchild and George Peterson who die together. Authorities investigate the circumstances and motives surrounding the pair’s deaths.
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Mrs. Fairchild
George Peterson
Tragedy and threats surface in widespread court actions
In Great Falls a witness claims attorney John A. Langent offered $1,000 to sway a damage suit against the Anaconda company. The suit by McDevitt seeks $23,000 for coal mine injuries. a previous verdict of $20,500 was set aside. A second trial is before Judge Tattan as inquiries into the bribery claim proceed. Separately in Tacoma a woman attempted suicide over personal troubles linked to a jailed husband.
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McDevitt
Anaconda Company
John A. Langent
Ansaeconda Company
Belt
Leslie
Tattan
George Fisher
Fisher
Langent
Berry
Standard
Tacoma
Wash
Emma Phillips
Everett
Portland
Henry Phillips
Montana
Cave-In Kills Two Finnish Miners at Liberty Bell Mine
Telluride Colorado May 15 A cave-in in the lower level of the Liberty Bell mine crushed to death two Russian Finnish workers. The dead are John Antilla 27 and Letter Houghtie, both Finnish. Injured Eric Johnson with a broken leg and sprained wrist Mat Attner with severe head and body injuries. Houghtie was married and leaves a wife in Finland.
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Telluride
Colo
Liberty Bell
Eric Johnson
Mat Attner
Antilla
Houghtie
Finland
Hill Will Inspect Road for Labor Contentions
President James J. Hill departs for the West to personally examine labor conditions on the system and verify whether minor troubles cited during strike negotiations exist. He plans two weeks away focusing on mountain sections and coast lines while a plan to post two month bulletins on doubleHeader trains is implemented by the company.
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the Standard
St. Paul
James J. Hill
The
West
Hill
Ward
Tragic El Paso figure George M. Peterson Linked to Denver Stop
Milwaukee dispatch reports George M. Peterson 23, a Milwaukee freight employee, formerly with Wisconsin Central, identified in the El Paso tragedy. He left here three years ago for Milwaukee then on to Denver and Texas. No information yet on Mrs. Fairchild.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Amherst
George M. Peterson
el Paso
Wisconsin Central Railway
Peterson
Denver
Texas
Fairchild
Tracks May Point to Egan in Mountain Search
Dr. H K Houston reports thorough search around Lake No 5 Crescent Lake and a valley south of Belt. Tracks found in the valley were followed as far as possible, leading him to believe they may be Egan's tracks and that the missing man’s body could be nearby.
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The
Standard
Kalispell
H. K. Houston
Egan
Lake No. 5
Crescent Lake
Belt
Houston
Mr. Egan
Norwegian Dramatist Henrik Ibsen Seriously Ill Again
Copenhagen May 15 Henrik Ibsen the Norwegian dramatist is again seriously ill. His friends are very anxious regarding the outcome of his illness.
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Copenhagen
Henrik Ibsen
Standard Oil of New Jersey Declares 7 Per Share Dividend
The Standard Oil company of New Jersey announces a quarterly dividend of 7 per share. This compares with 10 per share declared in the same quarter last year.
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New York
Standard Oil! Company of
New Jersey
Moonshine Whiskey Kills Two in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas on May 15 Joe Adair Wash Turner and Dave Preddy died and John Spivey may die after drinking moonshine whiskey from the mountains of this and Montgomery county. Investigators say some samples contained concentrated lye mixed with the liquor.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Joe Adair
Wash Turner
Dave Preddy
John Spivey
This
Montgomery County
Once Noted Man Dies in Poverty in Kansas
George Kettler once held a German army boot contract and was known as Baron von Kettler, worth half a million in Hanover. Found dead in his Argentine shoe shop, Kansas, authorities suspect a blow to the head from an unknown assailant a month earlier. He came to Argentine six years ago after losing his fortune. He leaves a daughter Mrs A Miller of San Francisco and four siblings here.
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Kansasity
George Kettler
Baron von Kettler
Hanover
Argentine
Kan
Kettler
A. Miller
Hartford Street
San Francisco
Wolf Creek Youth His Injured Head Remains Stable
Special Dispatch reports Colbert Baxter son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Baxter of Wolf Creek is at St. Peter's hospital after being thrown from a horse. The head injury remains about the same and his condition is unchanged.
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The
Standard
Helena
Colbert Baxter
Baxter
Wolf Creek
St. Peter's Hospital
Leubady Airship Performs Nicely in Test Flight
The Leubady airship ascended from Paris circling Nantes Rosny and Moisson. It covered over seven and a half miles in twenty minutes with a brisk wind, and a ventiilator hiccup did not hinder the flight.
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Paris
Leubady
Nantes
Rosny
Moisson
Chateau de Rosny
Herder Bitten by Rattlesnake Seeks Medical Aid in Glendive
A herder was bitten by a rattlesnake while handling the reptile to move it from a hole. The snake struck his hand after pulling the tail, leading to hours of pain and extended travel before medical care in Glendive.
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McFran
Me-Fran
MeFran
Drinking Alkali Water Saves the Man’s Life
Glendive May 15 Joe McFran a sheepherder for Milan Brooks was bitten by a rattlesnake on the hand. He drank large amounts of extremely alkaline water and later rode to safety despite paralysis. Doctors call it a miraculous escape attributed to the alkali water acting as an antidote.
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Milan Brooks
Fran
McFraw
James Cavanaugh
W. T. Jordan
Glendive
Roosevelt Camps Among Giants in Yosemite Big Tree Country
President Roosevelt travels by special train to Wawona and camps in the Big Tree region for a two day Yosemite visit. He travels with Governor Pardee and Secretary Moody seeing Ahwahnee and the forest fire near the trail before reaching camp for a night outdoors.
Roosevelt Arrives in Ahwahee California on Way to Big Trees
President Roosevelt and party arrived in Ahwahee at 11 15 AM completing half their journey to the Big Tree country. Luncheon was served and they expect to reach the Big Trees at 4 PM. At Grub Gulch flowers were offered to the president and he greeted locals before continuing.
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Ahwahee
Cal
Roosevelt
Big Tree
Taymond
Grub Gulch
President climbs toward Mariposa Big Tree grove
Wawona California on May 6 reports the president after a luncheon begins an ascent of the mountains. He expects to reach the Mariposa Big Tree grove at 4 o clock where soldiers and forest rangers await with two saddle horses. John Muir guides the party through Yosemite country as they plan no demonstration in the grove.
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Big Tree Country
Yosemite Valley
Ahwahnee
Big Tree
Nature
Muir
Digh
Leonard
Forest Rangers
San Francisco
Pardee
Moody
Raymond
Cal
Roosevelt
Yosemite
Berenda
Lig Tree Country
Wawona
Abhwihee
San Joaquin
Coast Range
Mariposa Big Tree Grove
John Muir
Belree Yosemite National Park
Sultan's envoys arrive with funds and a pretender named Hubel Kader
A Melilla dispatch says the sultan's envoys on a pacificatory mission to rebels have reached the city with 16000 dollars. Rebels reportedly select a new pretender named Hubel Kader, a Moro of good family.
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Madrid
Melilla
Morocco
Hubel Kader
Moro
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John Antilla
Great Northern
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Joe McFran
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