Boy Confesses Plot in Chicago Jewelry Theft
Ralph J. Dean reports a teen from Ashton Illinois confessed at the police station to conspiring in a jewelry heist valued at 5 000 dollars from Moore Evans in Chicago. He says he helped rob Bartlett Frazier Carrington last July and acted as a messenger blinded by red pepper during the scheme led by Joseph Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constan Beeney
Moore & Evans Company
Chicago
Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington
Beeney
Joseph Jones
Young Beeney
Jones
Teeney
Corn Exchange Bank
Tar and Feather Prophet Huffman Ousted by Vigilantes
A masked mob near Perth Kansas tarred and feathered George Huffman an itinerant preacher who called himself the true Prophet of Christ. He had preached the world would end in five years and swindled a boarder Talkington out of his property. Huffman fled the area arriving at Reufrow Oklahoma Territory early the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
George Huffman
Christ
Perth
Kan
Huffman
Talkington
Reufrow
O. T
Four Die in Lorain Theater Fire
Four people died and about a dozen were rescued after a blaze destroyed the Overbeck theater in Lorain Ohio. The dead include James Dwyer janitor Mrs Edward Marsh and two Marsh children ages three and one. Firefighters with ladders and a volunteer named John Shultz saved most residents from the flats above the playhouse while four remained unrescued. Property loss was about 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Playhouse
Hope
Overbeck
Ohio
James Dwyer
Edward Marsh
Marsh
John Shultz
Riots in Shanghai Kill Thirty and Injure Foreigners
Serious anti foreign riots erupt in Shanghai among coolie laborers resulting in thirty deaths and injuries to several Europeans. The outbreak appears linked to anti American sentiment and broad hostility to foreigners with the German consul stoned and the American vice consul among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
Hears Whispers of Crime and Elopement Attracts Attention
P. S. Free, once acquitted of the Colfax murder near Washington, says he endures torment from whispers accusing him. He requests jail in Omaha as doctors note his waning health. In a separate item, Prof. Bell, 40, a St Louis clairvoyant, elopes with 18 year old Maud Eaton from Whiting Indiana to Chicago and wed there after four weeks known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Free
Orville Hayden
Colfax
Wash
Omaha
Bell
St. Louis
Whiting
Ind
Maud Eaton
Chicago
Three Chicago Banks Fail in Liquidation
John T Walsh controlled three Chicago lenders the Chicago National Home Savings and Equitable Company have been placed in liquidation after an investigation. The local clearing house guaranteed payment in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John T Walsh
Chicago National, Home Savings and Equiable Company
Forlorn Men of Big Horn County Seek 7000 Wives
In Big Horn County Wyoming forlorn men plan to advertise for 7000 single women. A county census shows few bachelors for each unmarried woman. Separately Hearst aims high announcing possible 1906 New York governor and 1908 U.S. president bids with headquarters in every state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn County
Wyoming
Hearst
W. J. Hearst
New York
Russians Call General Strike Against Czar Rule
Russian workmen defy the czarist policy by calling a general strike and appealing for desperate resistance, claiming the government has declared civil war.
Fireworks Ignited by Cigarette Sparks Injuries in Houston
A lighted cigarette fell from a driver and touched off a load of fireworks in Houston causing a pyro technical runaway injuring several people. The report also notes State Senator Smith indicted in Kansas for conspiracy in land fraud and described as a leader in opposing the Standard Oil Company in the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Smith
Kansas
Standard OU Company
Fiance Kidnapped Prevents Zelaya Son’s US Wedding
President Zelaya of Nicaragua moved to halt his 18 year old son Alphonso’s engagement to Miss Baker after Dr. Corea, the Nicaraguan minister, requested intervention. Detectives detained Alphonso for two days and he was escorted home amid public outrage.
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Zelaya
Nicaragua
United States
West Point
Corea
Washington
Mills
Military Academy
$5 000 Set of Furs Stolen From Mining Woman in New York
A New York thief used an old ruse to steal a wild silver fox muff and other furs valued at $5,000 intended for Miss Frances E. Fitz a wealthy Alaska mining woman. A delivery man in uniform posing as a merchant carried the package from the Hotel Martha Washington with hotel staff watching. He signed for the parcel and left after posing as a hotel employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frances E. Fitz
Alaska
Martha Washington
Iowa Supreme Court Orders Milwaukee Brewery Refund
The Iowa Supreme Court rules Schlitz Brewing must refund $5,000 paid for beer shipped to John Hamilton in Linn County. The shipment violated Iowa law, and purchasers may recover money paid for the liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Milwaukee Company
Iowa Ec. C. d
Iowa Supreme Court
John Hamilton
Schlitz Brewing Company of
Milwaukee
Hamilton
Linn County
C. d
Fire destroys Lester home. six children perish in Galveston
Whiley TP Lester L P Meyer and Arnold Webb with their wives attended a theater in Galveston. The Lester home burned, killing six children under four who were left with a maidy. Mrs Lester was possibly fatally injured while trying to save a child.
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Whiley
Lester
L. P, Meyer
Arnold Webb
Galveston
Burglary Attack Leaves Asbury Park Woman Dead
Mrs. Morris Naftal aged 77 wife of a wealthy Asbury Park resident was attacked by burglars in her apartment and died hours later. Earrings and rings were taken and she was bound and bagged before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Naftal
Asbury Park
Wood Succeeds Corbin as Philippines Division Commander
Major General Leonard A. Wood is ordered by President Roosevelt to take command of the Philippines division, with Major General H. C. Corbin returning home to await promotion. In Livonia peasants have set up a new government, proclaiming a separate state and confiscating land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livonia
No Recount Under Albany Court Upholds Mayor McClellan
The Court of Appeals at Albany ruled that New York election law forbids a ballot recount, supporting the position of Mayor McClellan’s counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals At
Albany
N. Y
New York
McClellan
Ministries Resign Amid Defeats in Popular Assemblies
Three ministries Itay Greece and Montenegro resign after losses in popular assemblies. The shakeup follows defeats shaping the political landscape and signals shifts in government leadership across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itay
Greece
Montenegro
Loot for Millinery and the Southport Bank Wreck
Oliver T. Sherwood, former cashier of the Southport National Bank, jailed for misusing 200000 dollars, disclosed in a creditor suit that he had an accomplice in the wreck and described financing friends who owned millinery stores in New York while funding his own lavish life with bank securities converted to cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver T. Sherwood
Southport, Conn
Sherwood
New York City
Former Chicago football star rescues himself from shaft ordeal
Walter Cavanaugh former center for the University of Chicago football team was trapped on a main shaft in Simmons Manufacturing Company Kenosha Wisconsin. He braced against the ceiling and held on until clothing tore away and he fell to the floor. No bones were broken though muscles were severely strained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cavanaugh
University of Chicago
Simmons Manufacturing Company
Kenosha
Wis
Kansas Senator Indicted in Land Fraud Inquiry
A federal grand jury returned six true bills against Kansas State Senator F Dumont Smith and his law partner Roscoe Wilson for allegedly influencing a federal officer to neglect duties in land fraud investigations. The indictment names T E Ryan, formerly a government land office special agent, as the target of the influence scheme. An Havana effort seeks a new US commercial treaty with Rafael Fernandez De Castro supported by Senor Detro, a sugar planter, favoring ratification of the Anglo Cuban treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Kansas
F. Dumont Smith
Smith
Roscoe Wilson
St. Charles
Ill
Government Land Office
Havana
United States
Rafael Fernandez de Castro
Senor Detro
Senate
Fatal burns after molten cinder dump at La Belle iron works
In Steubenville Ohio a group of workers waded through red hot molten cinders dumped around railroad shanties at the La Belle iron works. Wade in Molten amp Merron and Miamas a ban were fatally burned and two others seriously injured as crews tried to prevent further cremation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Merron
Miamas Aban
Steubenville
Ohio
la Belle Iron Works
Double Tragedy Puzzles in New York Murder Case
A double tragedy on West Sixty third street involves Albert Davy and a woman he lived with. Police doubt whether either committed murder or self harm as they investigate the shooting deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wntelk
Albert Davy
Plasterer’'s Union
West Sixty-third Street
New York
Bank Robbers Loot Sage Field Bank Safe in Conn
Six bandits tied a watchman and a guard named Big Ron and blew open the Sage Field bank vault in Connecticut, securing $50,000 in registered securities valued as worthless to the thieves, then vanished. A Chicago woman, Mrs James Morgan, reports diamonds and other jewels valued at $1200 stolen from her at the Hotel Green in Pasadena during dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Ron
Sagefield
Conn
Chicago
Aew
James Morgan
Green
Pasadena
Cal
Heavy Losses on the Great Lakes in Fatal Storm Season
Seventy nine vessels were destroyed on the Great Lakes in the storm season just closed. Total shipping loss is four million six hundred twenty five thousand dollars and cargo losses amount to seven hundred fifty thousand. Casualties reached seven hundred forty, compared with four hundred thirty last year. Vessels were lost mainly to grounding, collisions and fires, yet shipyards race to expand capacity with many new large ships under construction.
Plot to Slay Roosevelt Recounted in Louisiana Letter
A letter found at the Shreveport Union depot describes a plan to dynamite the Minden bank and murder Judge Hall and J. W. Atkins after chloroforming the family. The 32 member gang includes six women and threatens Teddy before escaping to Europe. Police pursue several suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Union Depot
Shreveport
Libbie Merritt
Minden
Teddy
Europe
CARELESS HUNTER CONVICTED IN WILDE KILLING
Mat Penanen was found guilty in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan of killing Thomas Wilde while hunting, under a carelessness statute for accidental murder. The jury urged mercy at sentencing, with a maximum ten years pending. Prosecutor Holden calls it the first conviction of this law in the state. Penanen testified he believed he aimed at a base when he fired. The shooting occurred at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat Penanen
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Thomas Wilde
Keim
Penanen
Holden
Wilde
Reforming thief seeks restitution before missionary trip
John H. Page a Williamsburg carpenter writes Sheriff Frank P. Grace of Sonoma County California offering to repay those he robbed in Sonoma and neighboring counties before leaving for India as a missionary. He asks for identification of victims and describes his reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
John H. Page
Williamsburg
Frank P. Grace
Sonoma County
Cal
Page
Prison for Army Officer in Desertion Embezzlement and Forgery
Confidential report from Fort Leavenworth says First Lieut. Sidney S. Burbank Sixth Infantry was found guilty by a court martial of deserting his Filipino wife denying the marriage embezzling company funds and forgery. He is sentenced to dismissal from the army and fifteen months in prison. In separate items four drown when the Rose Hite collided with the John St Klein on the Monongahela near Brownsville Pa all crewmen aboard the steamer perished. In Evanston Ill a wall collapse at the Mark Manufacturing Company pipe mill kills two firemen injures six and causes $100000 loss. Chicago and Alton indicted for rebates complicity and free transport for employees. A Ohio man faces trial for alleged whitening of black people by a patent preparation and the jury recommends mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort Leavenworth
Kan
Sidney 8
Burbank
Sixth Infantry
Monongahela River
Brownsville
Rose Hite
John St. Klein
Evanston
Mark Manufacturing Company
Annapolis Cadet Hazed and Suspensions Reported
Midshipman Jordone P. Kimbrough of Annapolis fainted after hazing by a group of fellows. Two of the participants have been suspended and face possible disciplinary action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Jordone P. Kimbrough
Issal
Chicago National Equitable Trust and Home Savings Fail
Three Chicago banks the Chicago National Bank the Home Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust Company failed as a clearing house effort pledged to pay depositors in full. The institutions faced losses tied to coal and railway assets controlled by John R Walsh. The Clearing House Association moved quickly to avert a panic and restore depositor confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago National Bank
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
Chicago
Chicago Clearing House Association
James B. Forgan
First National Bank
Chicago Associated Banks
John R. Walsh
Elquitable Trust Company
Chicago Clearing House
Morgan
Trust Company
Clearing House Association
Dowie names triumvirate as he seeks health abroad
The Chicago associated banks declare deposits of Chicago National Bank Home Savings Bank and Equitable Trust will be paid in full on demand. Dowie abdicates authority naming a triumvirate to govern while he seeks four months of health treatment in the Caribbean. He remains absent due to bronchitis and prior paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearing House Committee
Chicago Associated Banks
Chicago National Bank
The
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
Zion
Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church In
Zion City
Caribbean Sea
Shiloh Tabernacle
Speicher
Apostle
Shiloh House
Senate Debates Canal Bills and Insurance in Week of Action
Congress grapples with Panama canal appropriations and emergency funding while debating insurance regulation and pure-food measures. Senate considers bonds, quarterly officer reports, and postal matters as House discusses hazing at Annapolis and civil pensions amid repeated adjournments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Heyburn
Elkins
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Congress
House
Stone
Gallinger
Bacon
Messrs
Tillman
Spooner
Money
Hale
Culberson
Allison
Sherley
Cochran
N. Y
Annapolis
National Capital Notes and Appointments Report
National Capital Notes report on comments about child labor parity with Russia. Charles B. Morrison named district attorney of Chicago for a four year term. Attorney General Moody urges prosecutions of railroad officials and shippers violating rebate law. Postmaster General Cortelyou cites Chicago post office deficiencies but prioritizes efficiency. The Philippines tariff committee requests tariff modification on cotton goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital
National Conference
America
Russia
Charles B. Morrison
Chicago
Moody
Cortelyou
Philippines
Merchants’ Association of New York
War Department
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Ashton Gazette
Ralph J. Dean
Ashton
Illinois
Whief
Senger
TAR and
Iowa
John R. Baird
San Francisco
Baird
Gearin
Oregon
George E. Chamberlain
Jol M. Gearin
Mr. Gearin
Kansas City
Cuba
Loubet
Paris Journal
Marly
Charles H. Neal
Baltimore
Mil
Twenty-eighth Street
Fourth Avenue
Morton
Roosevelt
Paul Morton
Santa Fe
Biber
Municipal Ownership League of
Independence League
W. R. Hearst
J. G. Phelps-Stokes
Mme. Modjeska
Arden
Mme
Helene Modjeska
Santa Ana
Leopold Moss
Big Cage
Maumee
Toledo
Melvin
Kraft
Frank Kiausere
Charles Harris
Marine Insurance
Chicago and
Alton
Chicago Ba Railway Company
John N
James A. Herlihy
Chillicothe
Unitedtes Court
Juy
Kansas Board of Railroad Comp Toners
Jesse Barber
Knoxville
Tenn
Chicago National
Miss Auawavyis
Newark
John Hammond
Edward Lovett
Trenton
N. J
Fulton County
Georgia
Atlanta
Jim Walker
Alice Moore
John Alexande
Herat “Congress BF Eves Eciltuen
Rock Island, Arkansas and
Louisville Railroad
Arkansas
Committee On Appropriations
Secreta Shaw
Lamar
Ila
Shackleford
Williams
Panama Canal
Bishop
Burton
Secretary of the Treasury
Apu- Apolis
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