Supreme Court Dismisses Thomas Murder Appeal
Des Moines dispatch reports the U S Supreme Court for the second time denies relief to Charles Thomas the Des Moines cab driver sentenced to life for the murder of Mabel Schofield The court finds no jurisdiction and ends his last legal avenue after a decade long battle led by his mother to secure acquittal and challenge Iowa murder law on degree options.
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Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
Charles Thomas
Mabel Echofiel
Mabel Schofield
Thomas
Supreme Court of the Union
Fight Over Blank Estate In Des Moines Probate Case
Des Moines reports a bank from Leavenworth Kansas has filed suit in the district court probate division to bar widow Rebecca Blank from dower in the estate of J. B. Blank. The bank claims the estate is worth about 90000, not 5000, alleging transfers before death and alleging improvident court orders including a 1000 support grant. The Burlington Railroad will pay taxes on Western Union wires along its Iowa tracks, amounting to 675000, with prior injunctions to collect tax dismissed.
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Des Moines
Wulfebuhler State Bank of
Leavenworth
Kan
District Court
J. B. Blank
Fulmer
A. H. Blank
Rebecca Blank
Burlington Railroad
C. B. & QR. Railway Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Burlington
Iowa
Railway Company
Burlington Company
Fire damages Marsh home in Des Moines
Dec 21 fire damaged Bert Marsh residence, Des Moines City Railway Company general manager. Property loss valued at $500. family heirlooms worth $500 destroyed in the attic.
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Marsh
Des Moines
Bert Marsh
Des Moines City Railway Company
Doctor Charged With Assault in Sioux City
Sioux City December 21 Dr R G Hamilton Jr of Ocheydan was arrested on a charge of assault against Minnie Munville fourteen year old daughter of H O Munville.
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Sioux City
R. G. Camilton, Jr
Ocheydan
Minnie
H. O. Munville
Byers Fails to Land Persian Post
Washington December 21 Maj S H M Byers of Des Moines failed to secure the Persian minister post as the president named Charles W Russell to the Persian post leaving Byers prospects dimmer and the appointment in doubt.
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Byers
Washington
Maj. S. H. M. Byers
Des Moines
Persia
Charles W. Russell
U S A K S U 5 10 STRIKE ZELAYA'S CHOICE WON'T DO
News from Washington reports Gen Estrada leader of Nicaragua's revolutionaries demanding Zelaya's exclusion to secure peace. Telegrams say assembly urged Madriz or Trias as president, while Zelaya supporters in Managua prepare militarily and harass the American consulate. Crowds cry death to Zelaya as arrests follow a railway station riot. A cave-in in Chicago and the Pasadena banker T W Eyer death are also noted.
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Washington
Zelaya
Estrada
Revolutionary Army
Nicaragua
Congress
Madriz
Irias
State Department
National Assembly of
Trias
Managua
Leon
Granada
Red Cross Christmas Stamps Sales Reach Eight Million
In New York eight million Red Cross Christmas stamps have been sold this year. Distribution officers aim to double this total before the end of the holiday season.
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New York
Red Cross
Owen Kildare Near End In New York Hospital
New York December 21 Owen Kildare noted author and playwright is critically ill at a city hospital. Physicians say death may be expected at any time.
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Owen Kildare
New York
Trainmen Begin Fight for Higher Wages Nationwide
About seventy five thousand trainmen on roughly seven railroads east of the Mississippi notify employers through the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen of a wage increase demand of five to forty percent to be presented January 3. Conductors and crews seek standardized pay. no strike is planned. W. G. Lee, BRT president, cites near unanimous support from an eastern association referendum.
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Pittsburg
Mississippi River
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Cleveland
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood
Mr. Lee
Lee
Eastern Association of the Brotherhood
Chicago
Roosevelt Welcome in Entebbe Uganda Visit
Col Roosevelt and party arrived at Entebbe after a voyage across Victoria Nyanza. Government officials met them on the pier, with a guard of honor from Indian Sikhs. Roosevelt and Kermit rode to the government house to stay with the governor of Uganda before departing for Kampala.
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Entebbe
Uganda
Victoria
Nyanza
Roosevelt
Russell
Col
Kermit
Government House
Kampala
Three Children Die In Chicago Fire At Constance Avenue
A two story frame house at 9222 Constance avenue burned in early morning blaze while parents were in a barn. Three Carroll children John seven Charles two Mary four perished. fire origin unknown. Building valued 800 dollars with contents. total loss over 1500. Neighbors helped, police opened investigation.
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Chicago
Constance Avenue
Stractive
John Carrodie
Charles Carrodie, Jr
Mary Carrodie
Charles Carrodie
Mary
Carrodie
Corradic
Gorrodie
Leopold Hoard Put At 53000000 In Contrast To 3 Million Bequest
Paris reports a French financier estimates King Leopold of Belgium private fortune above 50 million dollars, vastly larger than the 3 million bequeathed to princesses. lawyers anticipate protracted litigation. Brussels notes Leopold’s body in state as crowds pay homage. Socialist groups favor a republic, denouncing Leopold’s Congo burden. Prince Henry to represent Germany at funeral. Crown princess travels to Cannes for Grand Duke Nicholailevich funeral.
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Paris
Congo
Leopold
Belgium
Brussels
Royal
Catafalque
Congo Independent
General Socialist Organization
Albert
Berlin
Prince Henry of
Prussia
William
Cannes
Grand Duke
Nicholalevitch
Thaw Loses in High Court Over Habeas Corpus Appeal
Justice McKenna denied Thaw's petition for a writ of error to the New York Court of Appeals in his bid to gain release from Matteawan asylum. The denial sustains the Court of Appeals ruling and leaves the habeas corpus action as decided.
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Justice McKenna
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Harry K. Thaw
Court of Appeals of
New York
Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
McKenna
Court of Appeals
Wealthy heirs welcome McLean Walsh heir to fortunes
John R. McLean and Thomas F. Walsh, famed multimillionaires, become grandfathers with the birth of a son to Howard Beale McLean and Evelyn Walsh McLean. The newborn is heir to the McLean and Walsh fortunes, valued at about 25 million and 50 million respectively.
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Washington
John R. McLean
Thomas F. Walsh
Howard Beale McLean
Evelyn Walsh
McLean
Walsh
Bible Translation Underway for Koranko Language
New York reports progress on translating the Bible into Koranko, an African tongue with no prior printed works. Missionaries, after six years among the Woranko people in Sierra Leone, West Africa, believe the language is mastered and prepare to publish the Bible for converts.
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New York
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Nurserymen Convene in Kansas City for Twenty First Annual Meeting
In Kansas City on December 21 the Western Association of Nurserymen held its twentieth annual meeting under President A Brown of Geneva Nebraska. The morning was taken by routine business and officer reports. Sessions resume tomorrow with speakers including W P Stark Louisiana Missouri EB S Welch Shenandoah Iowa W F Heikes Huntsville Alabama J W Hill Des Moines and F H Stannard Ottawa Kansas among others.
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Kansas City
Coates House
A. Brown
Geneva
Neb
Western Association of Nurserymen
W. P. Stark
Louisiana
EB. S. Welch
Shenandoah
W. F. Heikes
Huntsville
Ala
J. W. Hill
Des Moines
F. H. Stannard
Ottawa
Kan
Mrs Sage Presents Antiquities to Metropolitan Museum
New York December 21 Mrs Russell Sage has added another public benefaction by presenting the Metropolitan Museum of Art with an American furniture collection she bought from Boston lawyer H Eugene Bolles. The set cost Mrs Sage $100000 but collectors say it could not be duplicated now for less than $500000.
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New York
Russell Sage
Publc
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Boston
H. Eugene Bolles
Sugar Frauds Under New Investigation Indicts Possible Higher Up
Sugar frauds again under federal investigation with unofficial hints of a possible indictment against a higher figure than previously indicted. A confession from some already named in the sugar scandals was anticipated, though its influence on the indictment could not be confirmed.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Drop Move to List Steel
Paris dispatch reports the syndicate formed to list United States Steel on the Paris bourse has dissolved and the scheme abandoned. In Altoona Pa severe cold and railroad activity yield an average of one trainman killed daily over the past two weeks.
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List Steel
London
Paris
United States
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Taft Nominates Ambassadors to France Austria Hungary and Mexico
Washington December 21 President Taft sent to the senate the nominations of ambassadors and ministers Robert Bacon of New York as ambassador to France Richard J Kerens of Missouri as ambassador to Austria Hungary and Henry Lane Wilson of Washington as ambassador to Mexico Todays dispatch outlines the three diplomatic postings with formal appointments to the Senate for confirmation.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Robert Bacon
New York
France
Richard J. Kerens
Missouri
Austria-Hungary
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Christmas Curiosity Kills Boy in Portsmouth Store
In Portsmouth Ohio on December 21 James A Snold six year old son of a ghee factory man climbed a heavy counter before a Christmas display causing it to topple and crush his skull, killing him.
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Portsmouth
James A. ‘“Snold
Gifts to Columbia Hit Near Five Million Mark in 1908
New York Dec 21 During 1908 Columbia University received gifts totaling nearly 5 million dollars a figure believed to be a record for eastern educational institutions The donations reflect substantial support from benefactors toward the universitys programs and endowment growth.
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Columbia
New York
Columbia University
East
Confederate Leader Is Dead in Wilmington Veteran Bolles Dies at 85
Maj Charles P Bolles Confederate veteran and engineer who built the first battery and laid out fortifications that withstood a fierce bombardment by the federal fleet during the Civil War died at his Wilmington home aged 85 on December 21.
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Wilmington
N. G
Charles P. Bolles
Chilean Cabinet Resigns After Short-Lived Unity
Santiago December 21 cabinet formed on September 12 with Ismael Tocornal as premier and minister of the interior resigned.
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Santiago
Chile
Cabiiet
Ismael Tocornal
Interior
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Mabe
Schofield
Blank Estate
Kansas Bank
Knox
Patrick Sheehan
la Salle Street
Sheehan
T. W. Eyer
Pasadena
Cal
George W. Byer
Byer & Co
Wall Street
Jose Madriz
Hunter
T. F. Walsh
Washington Bay
Koranko
The
Western Association
Chas. A. Grubb
4Th and
Chestnut Streets
C. B. Clovis
Melcher’s
T. B. Swan
J.B. Rockafellow
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
BEN U. Wood Co
W. Savery
Sixth and
Chestnut Sts
D. O. Herbert
Fifth Street
Max Emmert
J. D
Musson
Bell
C. G. Clark
State University of Iowa
R. A. Gamble
Opera House
Chas. D. Finley
Chestnut Street
C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
U. S. Mullins
W.C. Heers
Smiley
G. R. Miller
Butte
J. A. Giffen
C, Thurman Furniture Company
W. M. Bailey
Embalmar
Chestnut St
Butler
M. H. Butler
Ooea
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