Burdick Case Details Pennell Ties and Letters Surface
Mrs. Burdick testifies Pennell urged fatal outcomes and used intimate letters to bind her to him. District attorney questions her about the death of Edwin Burdick as two younger children recount the night of the murder. She denies immorality but acknowledges Pennell’s influence and veiled threats found in private papers.
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Pennell
Buffalo
Maron
Alice Huth
Coateworth
Burdlek
Diewers
Coatsworth
Mrs. Burdick
Atlantic City
Tie
Princeton Chair Offered Dr. Rice
A dispatch from Atlanta reports Princeton Theological Seminary has elected Dr Theron Rice pastor of the Central Presbyterian church to the homiletics chair, succeeding Rev Dr William M Pawton. Rice, a leading Atlanta minister, awaits final decision and may announce soon. He has declined other calls while active in promoting a Presbyterian university project for Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Theological Seminary of
Princeton College
Theron Rice
Central Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
Willam M. Pawton
Rice
Presbyterian Church
South
W. B. Strickler
Centralresbyterian
Presbyterian University
I Big Ct
St. Rice
Las
Black Bear for Roosevelt by Rough Riders in Arizona
Fifty rough riders from Bisbee and southern Arizona plan an excursion to the Grand Canyon to greet President Roosevelt on his northern itinerary. They will present him a large black bear skin captured in Sonora as a token of esteem, noting it will give him at least one bear on the western trip.
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Band of
Rough Riders
Tucson
Ariz
Bisbee
Arizona
Roosevelt
Grand Canyon
Sonora
Packers Form Great Combine
Announcement of the incorporation of the National Pack ing Company capitalized at $15,000,000 and including several small plants in Chicago Omaha and elsewhere was made today by J J Tyman president of the company The papers were taken out in New Jersey and the following companies were purchased Omaha Packing Company Hammond Packing Company G T Hammond Company Hutchinson Packing Company Anglo American Provision Company United Dressed Beef Company Fowler Packing Company The purchase is for investment with a business aim of about 150000000 a year The directors are all connected with Chicago packing firms
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Chicago
Narcional Packng Company
Omaha
J. J. Tyman
New Jersey
Omaha Packing Company
Hammond Packing Company
G. TI. Hammond Company
Hutchinson Packing Company
Anglo-American Provision Company
United Dressed
Sham battle horror causes panic and deaths in orient display
Reports from Victoria B C describe a sham battle drill of Chang Chih Tung's modern forces causing mass panic in Yangtao Nangang and Pei Yang areas. Many people reportedly died by their own actions and children drowned to escape events amid fears of invasion. Seismic shocks in Derbyshire caused alarm with cracked ceilings and swaying walls.
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England
London
Derbyshire
Derby
Scandal FoulS Ceylon General MacDonald Court Martial
Major General Sir Hector MacDonald commander in Ceylon faces court martial on serious charges of immoral conduct. Governor West Ridgeway authorized proceedings as headlines compare the case to Colonel Valentine Baker. MacDonald returns from England to answer the accusations amid army reverberations.
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Ceylon
Valentine Baker
Colonia
Hector MacDonald
Joseph West Ridgeway
Mack
England
Gondon
Oloaibe
MacDeonald
MacDonald
Britain
Gordon Highlanders
Lord Roberts
Iin
General MacDonald
Continent
Kaiser Clever to Gretchen Kaisers in Crefeld Tale
Berlin March 24 Photographs of twenty of the prettiest girls in Crefeld become part of Reichstag records to argue for funds to build barracks so women can have lieutenant partners. The emperor at a Crefeld party joked about supplying a regiment for dancing partners. A hussar regiment was directed to transfer from Dusseldorf to Crefeld once barracks could be built.
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Berlin
Créfeld
Reichetag
Pariament
Crefeld
Leutenanta
Dunseldorf
Mad Husband Murder in Cincinnati Shoots Wife and Brother in Law
In Cincinnati at 7 West Second Street, Louis Kohl, aged unknown, shot and wounded his brother in law Harry Stacktole, 17, after forcing entry to see his wife Georgia who had separated from Kohl since January 8. The elder Stacktole died from a bullet to the brain as Mrs Stacktole attempted to intervene. Kohl was arrested.
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Cincinnati
Louis Kohl
Harry Stacktole
Stacktole
West Second Street
Kohl
Georgia
Control shifts at New York Central under Rockefeller interests
New York March M4 control of the New York Central and its operation has moved to new hands while the Vanderbilt family retains large holdings and a voice in management. The shift aligns with the Rockefeller Pennsylvania Morgan interests and maintains harmony with the Pennsylvania system, with no surrender of property interests.
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Rockefeller-Morgan-Pennsylvania
New York Central
New York
March
Thrustworths
Oe Vanderbitt
William K. V Vanderbitt
Rockefeller-Pennsylvania-Morgan
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilts
Vanderbilt
Naval Station Selected at Guantanamo West Indies
Guantanamo Cuba March 14 Secretary Moody selects Guantanamo as the principal US naval station in the West Indies after site inspection with Senator Proctor and Congressmen Cannon Foss and Gillett. They propose purchasing twenty square miles around the lower bay and nearby islands for fortifications barracks and a dry dock. Dolphin will head to Jamaica tomorrow.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Moody
United States Naval Station
West Indies
Proctor
Cannon, Foss
Gillett
United States
Dolphin
Army
Navy
Guantanamone
Jamaic
Big Increase in Capital for Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Co votes to raise capital stock from 21 7 million to 400 million and to boost bonded indebtedness. Share tally reaches 2 892 452 votes, over 70 percent, largest ever polled. Directors W H Barnes George Wood and C Stuart Patterson reelected. terms expired.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
W. H. Barnes
George Wood
C. Stuart Patterson
T Organdz
Yarn Market Shaken by Loom Strikes Across New England
Boston March 24 The prospect of strikes in Lowell cotton mills and yarn mills in New Bedford Fall River and Taunton and friction in several other manufacturing towns are affecting the goods and yarn market here and elsewhere The firm raw cotton price supports finished products and many orders are delayed Jobbers see the threatened shutdown as ill timed but Lowell manufacturers might favor plant closures if needed The jobbing trade remains active and mills continue taking orders under threat of disruption
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New England
Boston
Lowell Cotton
New Bedford
Fall River
Taunton
Lowell Mills
Lowell
Bryan Aims for Democratic National Committee Chair
Washington March special reports William Jennings Bryan seeks the Democratic National Committee chair position for the next presidential campaign. He has discussed the idea with Senators Jones Carmack Patterson and others in Washington while urging secrecy. Bryan plans to back trusted current members for the new committee and expects the nominee to favor him.
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Jos
Washington
Wlliam Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Senator Carmack
Tennessee
Patterson
Colorado
Jones
Mills in the South eyed by Carson Pierce Scott plan
Carson Pierce Scott and Co. may buy several cotton mills in the South or contract for output from southern plants. Buyer Frank A. Devlin is at Atlanta evaluating options, with a report due in a week or ten days. John T. Pierce Jr. says plans remain indefinite. The South is praised for hosiery and underwear quality and market control.
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Chicago
South
America
Harvey Brothers acquire R H Russell publishing and syndicate
New York March 24 announcement that George Harvey, president of Harvey Brothers, has acquired R H Russell’s publishing firm with Russell joining Harper Brothers. Russell’s syndicate business will pass to a syndicate controlled by Harvey. Also, Kelley knocked out by Forbes in Kansas City in the ninth round of a ten round bout.
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Georges Harvey
R. H. Russell
New York
George Harvey
Harvey Brothers
R.H. Russell
Mr. Russell
Harper Brothers
Russell
Harper & Bros
Colonel Harvey
Kelley
Forbes
Kansas City
Harry
Johnny Kelly
University fund mass meeting and legal actions in Atlanta
Local notes report a university fund mass meeting this afternoon, a $50,000 suit by Dr. Blosser Printing Co. against the Employing Printers' Club of Atlanta, and a halt on a bands issue reducing it to $100,000 after two meetings. Also mentions notable appointments and legal matters across Georgia and national events.
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Dr. Blosser Printing Company
Club of Atlants
Philp Y W. Perley
New York
National Association of Life Insurance Underwriters
Lesle M. Shaw
Flood Rush Forces Dwellers to Flee Nearby Areas
Residents flee as floodwaters advance through nearby districts. Authorities urge evacuation and provide shelter and relief services to affected families. Emergency crews coordinate road closures, rescue boats, and temporary housing for displaced residents. Local officials warn of rising water levels and urge caution.
Flooded Delta Levee Breach Sparks Mass Evacuation
Thirty thousand acres are flooded as a protection levee breaks near Lacona Circle Ark. Crevasse several hundred yards wide forces residents to flee to the government levee. Six drowned near Gavin station after a skiff capsized. River levels fluctuate with a forecast of continued rises and eventual ebb as rail lines prep to reopen.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Lacona Circle
Ark
Rosedale
Le‘gona
Bible Is Human and Not Divine Says Abbott at Conference
Rev Dr Lyman Abbott argued at a Methodist ministers' conference that the Bible is a record of human religious experiences not a divine manuscript. He urged moving from the old theology to a modern method, noting the Carpenter theory of creation and the Bible as a consciousness of God rather than authored by fifty or sixty writers.
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Lyman Abbott
New York
Wiliam J. Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Mar. Person
Wilson
N. C
Vick
Memphis
Judy Kohlsaar
Chicago
Indiana
Methodist
Abbott
Biel
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Gretchens
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Big Chicago
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Brooks County
Pastor Williams
Savannah
John T. Green
Putnam County
Phi Kappa
A. P. Griggs
Powder Springs
Souther
Erin, Tenn
Archibald Jones
Richmond
Sureogucy
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Ernest Haywood
Ludlow Skinner
Raleigh
Suriago
Mindanao
Iaken
Ladrones
Port of Spain
Rosedale, Miss
Tenn
R. Hood
Arransex
Gavin
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Bead City
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Thera
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