Roads in distress ring nine hour law delays
Rail carriers from across the nation urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to extend the nine hour law's effective date. Thirty seven petitions request relief, two have failed for lack of good cause. Carriers cite operator shortages and financial hardship, warning small stations may close and train movement suffer.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
St. Joseph
Too Proud to Ask Aid A Civil War Vet Dies at Home
Cleveland man Rus sell Page, a Port Donelson veteran decorated by Congress, dies of hunger related illness at his Cleveland home. He refused aid while his aged wife searches for work during hardship. Page once led sappers at Fort Donelson and carried a wounded comrade to safety under fire.
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Cleveland
Wile
Russell Page
Congress
Port Donelson
Page
Fort Donelson
Homer Stritton
Ohio
Stratton
Night Riders Burn Home Near Hopkinsville Kentucky
Night riders set fire to the Broussais residence west of Hopkinsville and fired into the bedroom where Gregory and his wife and daughter slept. the house burned to the ground as militia guards were ordered to the scene. A tobacco warehouse at Switzer ville near Frankfort burned, containing about 100,000 pounds of tobacco not in the equity society poll, owned by independent buyers in the Burley district.
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Hopekinsville
Broussais Tierory
Hopkinsville
Gregory
Switzerville
Frankfort
Equity Society
Burley
Sentence for Kidnapping of 8 Year Old in Chicago
William Jones alias Birmingham and his wife Irene Alzina Jones were Thursday sentenced by Judge Kersten to the penitentiary for kidnapping Lillian Wulff aged 8 last December. The man received a thirty year term and the woman twenty five years.
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Tong
William Jones
Birminghan
Irene Alzina Jones
Chicago
Kersten
Lillian Wulff
Religious instruction upheld in Italian chamber vote
The Italian chamber of deputies defeated the socialist motion to abolish religious instruction in schools by a large majority. Support came from socialists radicals republicans and a few conservatives.
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Italian Chamber of Deputies
Socialist Party
Italy
Van Shaick Sentenced to Ten Years at Sing Sing
Captain William H. Van Shaick of New York, master of the ill fated steamship General Slocum, was taken to Sing Sing prison to serve a ten year term at hard labor for his role in the disaster that killed thousands.
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotation Summary
Sioux City live stock market quotations for Thursday show top price near 25.05 for cattle and hogs around 4.30 per unit. The report lists prices for hogs and calves with midrange figures reflecting market activity in the Sioux City area.
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Iaux City
Sioux jCaty Lve
Gratia Calla Reveals Murder Plot and Duels in New York Interview
Gratia Calla the opera singer details a dramatic life including Paris successes, a Boston marriage to Paul Roy, a New Hampshire quarrel and a duel, and ten hours beside a corpse as a death trial loomed. She vows to seek justice via the electric chair and says she informed New Hampshire authorities and her attorney.
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New York
Gratia Calla
Paris
Paul Roy
Boston
New Hampshire
Culla
Miss Calla
Paul E. Roy
George E. Hodgdon
France
George A. Carkins
Rome
Shocking Boston Church Pastor Plans Quick Marriage
Fashionable Whitman Congregational Church in Boston is rocked as Rev. Charles H. Crocker plans to wed Chicago stenographer Lilly Florence McCrea. He intends to secure a marriage license in Boston and depart for Chicago on the next train, with no confirmation given to parishioners.
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Whitman Congregational Church
Boston
Mass
Charles H. Crocker
Lilly Florence McCrea
Chicago
Crocker
Dr. Crocker
Funereal in Denver for slain Rev Father Leo Heinrichs
Thousands crowd St. Elizabeths church and Union Station as the body of Rev Father Leo Heinrichs is moved to Paterson New Jersey after a murder at the church. The funeral drew vast crowds inside and outside the church with thousands bareheaded during the hearse procession.
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Denver
Muirtyre
Leo Heinrichs
Guiseppe Alio
St. Elizabeth's Church
Union Station
Burlington
Paterson
N. J
Dynamite in Package Sent to Eas on Solicitor
Pennsylvania Solicitor N P Turner of Eaton Pa received a package from Italy on Wednesday containing dynamite with a fuse. The cap burned en route, preventing detonation. Turner, a former assistant district attorney, suspects the dynamite came from Italians he prosecuted who have since been released and returned home.
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Pennsylvania
Tuy
N. P. Turner
Eason
Italy
Turner
Police Guard Italian Doctor Home Over Black Hand Threat
Police guard stationed at the home of Dr. Julius F. Meriestrina of St. Louis after he received an unsigned Black Hand note in Italian demanding $500 and threatening decapitation if not paid. The message prompts heightened security around the physician, a prominent local figure.
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Julius F. Meriestrina
St. Louis
Sioux City Live Stock Market and Waterways Plea
Sioux City market quotes list top beeves at 4.85 and top hogs at 4.30. A Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt sent a waterways message to Congress, introducing the inland waterways commission report. Daniel E. Naughton, assistant clerk of the Missouri St Louis delegates, was found guilty as an accessory after the fact to alleged bribery involving Pricemeyer and Warner.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
Man confesses to wrecking Pacific freight rail
Walter W. Cox of Franklin Junction Missouri admitted to Missouri Pacific officials on Tuesday that he removed a rail on Otterville hill fifteen miles east of Sedalia to wreck a freight train. He planned to flag the fast St. Louis Kansas City passenger train No 4 for reward. He acted alone, 36 with wife and child, after a Kansas City paper story inspired him.
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Pacific
Walter WW. Coz
Wood ' Chopper
Franklin Junction
Missouri Pacific
Ratteway
Otterville Hill
Sedalia
St. Louis
Cox
Kansas City
Roosevelt Opens Hudson River Tunnel Train Link
President Roosevelt pressed a Washington button to inaugurate the Hudson river tube linking Hoboken and New York City. Governors of New York and New Jersey attended with Delaware Lackawanna and Western officials as ceremonies marked the start of the new tunnel and subway system. A Roosevelt letter praising the achievement was read amid remarks by governors and officials.
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Roosevelt
Hoboken
New York City
Hudson River
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Riot Ends Polish Wedding Celebrations in Chicago
A wedding reception in Chicago erupted into a riot between two Polish factions early Tuesday. Four men were stabbed, likely fatally, numerous others wounded including a policeman, and chaos with knives bottles and chairs marked the end of festivities at Joseph Kuta's saloon for Leo Chasski and Mary Wadya. The violence stemmed from a long standing dispute between the rival Polish groups.
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Chicago
Joseph Kuta
Leo Chasski
Mary Wadya
Fort Dodge Banker's Daughter Weds Traveling Man in Crown Point
Miss Augustina Duncombe daughter of the president of the First National bank of Fort Dodge married Chicago traveling man G I Willington after overcoming parental objections. The ceremony was by Justice St B Nicholson in Crown Point Indiana. The couple reunited in Fort Dodge and Chicago after a two year separation and distant suitor veto.
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Augustina Duncomber
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Crown Point
Ind
Cupid
Augustina Duncombe
First National Bank of
Yort Dodge
G. I. Wilington
Justice St. B. Nicholson
A Willington
Miss Duncombe
Willington
Duncombe
Europe
England
Germany
France
Russia
Cashier Captures Bank Thief in Davenport
Julius Burmeister, a cashier at the Iowa National Bank in Davenport, overpowered a stranger believed to be a wanted burglar after he tried to cash a stolen Rock Island Fuel Company check. The suspect, identified as Arthur Johnson of Memphis Tennessee, was handed to police after the struggle.
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Davenport
Julius Burmeister
Lowa National Bank
Rock Island Fuel Company
Burmeister
Arthur Johnson
Memphis,Tenn
May Close All Saloons Under Muled Law in Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court ruling on muleten law liquor sales on election days threatens to close most saloons. It states that any violator of muled law requirements makes the saloon illegal and enjoinable from that time forward, casting doubt that any Iowa saloon has avoided violating the law at some point.
Tragedy at Livery Stable Fire Destroys Horses
At a morning blaze the livery stable was consumed and every horse inside perished. M D Baldwin was found dead in his office after the fire, apparently having slept through the night as rescuers fought to save the building and its animals.
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M. D. Baldwin
Prohibition Orator Declines Prize After Plagiarism Admission
In Sioux City at Morningside College auditorium H H Gil president of the college prohibition oratorical association refused the $25 first prize after admitting his oration was plagiarized. He explained he used an old speech from his student days and could not accept the award. The college faces doubt over who will represent it at Osceola on March 4 for the state contest.
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Prise
Morningside College
Sioux City
H. H. Gil
Epworth
College Prohibition Oratorical Association
White Face
Prohibition Association
Oskaloosa
Attorney General’s ruling limits Iowa saloon ownership
Attorney General Byers issues an opinion to the executive council that saloons cannot be owned or controlled by corporations including breweries. Many saloons are brewery controlled, shifting liability to individuals who operate them. Prosecutions may target brewery operated saloons if transfers are not completed within a reasonable time. The decision shocks the industry, rivaling the Mule Law enforcement in scope.
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Byers
Executive Council
Iowa
Teachers Visit in Europe to Observe Foreign Schools
President I H Serrley of the State Normal school joins a twelve member advisory committee aiding the national civic federation. They will select five hundred teachers to tour Great Britain and Ireland to inspect schools and colleges from September 1908 to March 1909. The International Marine Company and Alfred Moseley of London lead the project with special terms for participants. Reports will be published for the wider teaching community. Civil War Veteran Murdered in Newell. Sam Carson, Civil War veteran, was found murdered in his cottage on Newell’s outskirts. He lived alone for years and was 87. Robbery is suspected. Thieves Steal $20,000 Worth of Jewels During Dinner. While a dinner party at Frank G. Jones’s Memphis home was underway, burglars took jewels valued at $20,000, belonging to Garrett E Lamb, his wife, and daughter of Clinton Town.
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Towans
I. H. Serrley
State Normal School
National Civic Federation
Great Britain
Ireland
International Marine Company
Alfred Moseley
London
Sam Carson
Newell
Frank G. Jones
Memphis
Garrett E. Lamb
Clinton
Town
Warrant for Arrest of Paul Stey Issued in Paris
Paris police received from New York a murder arrest warrant for Paul Stey. The charge stems from claims by Roys wife, actress Glagia Calla, that Stey killed her brother George A. Carkinsey in January in New Hampshire. Warrant not yet served. French law allows trial for crimes abroad but does not extradite French citizens.
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Paul Roy
Paris
France
New York
Paul Stey
Roy
Glagia Calla
George A. Carkinsey
New Hampshire
Davenport Brewers Stand Firm as Liquor Ruling Hits Unsold Saloons
Davenport brewers dispute Attorney General Byers ruling that a corporation cannot own saloons or brew retailers sell liquor. Ex State Senator William Schmidt, attorney for Davenport Malting Co, says the decision won’t affect Davenport since local brewers do not sell liquor retail or own saloons. Brewers had earlier transferred many saloon properties to other corporations which now lease them to current operators.
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Davenport
Byers
William QO. Schrmidt
Davenport Malting Company
Woman shoots lawyer in Smithtown office
Charles M. Sanford of Smithtown S A lawyer was shot in the head by Mrs. Jennie Hunt of Brooklyn as he approached his office door Tuesday. Hunt admitted the act and called it justified by Sanford's treatment of her and an act of God. Sanford said she had employed him in a suit against her husband.
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Charles M. Sanford
Smithtown
S. A
Jennie Hunt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bunt
Sanford
Milwaukee Derrick Blown Up Near Clinton
A derrick rail car of the Milwaukee Bridge Company was destroyed by dynamite near Clinton on Monday. Twelve sticks failed to explode and three bridges near the derrick were damaged. Work on the Chicago and North Western bridge superstructure will be halted for the present.
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Milwaukee Bridgea Company
Clinton
Milwaukee Bridge Company
Chicago and North Western
Army Car Reaches Michigan City En Route Grant Message
The so called army car carrying a message from Gen Grant in New York to Fort Leavenworth Kansas reached Michigan City Indiana early Tuesday.
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Chicago
Grant
New York
Fort Leavenworth
Kowa
Michigan City
Ind
Deaths Day Apart for Revered Presbyterian Clergyman
Rev. Robert Conover a leading Presbyterian pastor in central Illinois died in Bloomington on Tuesday at age 85 His wife died the previous day The couple founded the state s first girls seminary in 1856 marking a notable early education effort for women in Illinois.
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Robert Conover
Central Hlinois
Bloomington
Three Children Burn to Death in Santa Rosa Fire
Three children of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davis aged 4 and younger perished in a Monday afternoon blaze that destroyed their Santa Rosa home in New Mexico.
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W. A. Davis
Santa Rosa
N. M
Work on Panhandle suspended during reconstruction
Orders suspend work on the line known as the Panhandle from Mulvane Kansas to the west line of the Panhandle Texas as reconstruction proceeds.
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Panhandle
Mulvane
Kan
Texas
Des Moines Plan Upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court sustains the Des Moines plan of municipal government by a commission within legislative authority. Central lawyer W. J. Konvight of Dubuque dies at 70. former mayor and state senator was general counsel for Illinois Central and Milwaukee railroads. A wreck on the Minneapolis and St. Louis line kills switchman Scott near Fort Dodge. In Marshalltown, a 15 year old boy Leslie Watt drowns. three companions escape after an ice floe capsizes their boat on the Iowa River.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Suataina
Des Moines
Iowa City
Witness Central
W. J. Konvight
Duebuque
Dubuque
Ilinois Central
Milwaukee
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Fort Dodge
Scott
Boy
Leslie Watt
Lewis Arnold
Frank Cook
Burton Jenkins
Iowa River
Marshalltown
Arnold
Burlington Copes with Gambling Crackdown and Fires
The Civic Federation warns officials to purge gambling. A major blaze destroys half the Pierson business district with losses around 230000. A forged mortgage swindle ties a Tees man to a Corning bank cashier. Mayoral candidates in Council Bluffs face questions on liquor sales. A Minneapolis kidnapping case surfaces near Spencer. A fatal diphtheria scare grips Ort Dodge after a child’s coffin procession. Statewide prohibition battle looms in 2011 Iowa General Assembly. Fort Dodge merchant L E Sturges plans a six month England tour, leaving April.
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Civic Federation of
Burlington
Pierson
Algona
Tees
Corning Bank
Council Bluffs
Schiel
Minneapolis
Minnie Proctor
Spencer
Ort Dodge
Iowa
General Assembly
L. E. Sturges
Fort Dodge
England
Europe
Raton
Business and trade outlook amid weather and finance report
Mixed signals from February settlements show gradual recovery in retail and wholesale activity. Banks note improving demand for dry goods, milk shoes and furniture while weather hampers purchasing power and delays certain shipments. Bank clearings reach 205 500 dollars, with declines in local merchandise stocks and rising wholesale orders. district failures 41, with 12 over five thousand dollars.
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Sett
New York Storm Dampens Trade and Rail Traffic Across Regions
A widespread storm in New York slows railway movement and grain flows, restraining market volume. Ohio and Mississippi valleys report floods that suspend some imports. Trade remains uneven with firmer demand in dry goods and staples, while woolen goods show idle looms and crude iron and steel activity declines.
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Ohio
Anes
China
Bae Port
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