Haskell Suit On Hearst Letter to Roosevelt Leaked
Kansas City Oct 14 Gov Charles N Haskell Oklahoma arrived from Guthrie and announced intent to sue W R Hearst over the Osage oil lease 650000 acres urging Congress to void the lease and secure fair compensation for Osage landowners He released a letter to President Roosevelt detailing objections and demanding action. The missive cites 1896 Foster lease and 1905 transfer to Standard Oil affiliate Lumina Oil Co and criticizes underpayment to Osage owners.
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Guthrie
W. R. Hearst
Roosevelt
Congress
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Hearst
New York
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Seattle
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Washington, D CO
Frank Pierce
Interior Department
B. B. Foster
Foster
Standard Oil
Indian Territory
Luminating Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Osage Nation
Cherokee Nation
Lannon
Pierce
Thaw summoned to Pittsburg in pending bankruptcy case
Harry K. Thaw, held at Matteawan, is ordered by a federal court in Pittsburg to appear in bankruptcy proceedings there. The order mirrors one previously served on Sheriff Lane of Westchester, who declined to honor it citing habeas corpus actions. Archbald indicated U S jurisdiction over Thaw can apply once habeas actions are resolved.
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Fishkill Landing
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Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Matteawan State Hospital
Thaw
Pennsylvania
Lane
Westchester County
New York
Fire Almost Wipes Out Town in Alberta and Kentucky
A fire razed large portions of Stettler Alberta including Grand Union hotel and 20 stores, killing Leslié Mier in Rigs & Whyte's store. Loss near 250000 dollars. In Olive Hill Carter County Kentucky six buildings burned amid drought driven conditions, with extensive business district damage and about 10000 dollars loss.
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Alberta
Grand Union
Merchants’ Bank
Leslié Mier
Rigs & Whyte
Los
Lexington
Fire &F
Olive Hill
Carter County
First Virginia Electrocution in Richmond Penitentiary
The first execution under Virginia’s electrocution statute occurred in the state penitentiary. Henry Smith, a Black man convicted of rape of an elderly Portsmouth woman and robbery, was put to death on Tuesday.
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Virginia
Richmond
Henry Smith
Portsmouth
Taft Train Derails in Sterling Siding Delays 30 Minutes
In Sterling Nebraska on October 14 the Taft special derailed a front car and a Pullman due to a spreading rail, delaying the journey about an hour. Taft delivered remarks as crews repaired the track before resuming the tour.
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Erie
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Taft
Cleveland
William Howard Taft
Akron
Ohio
Lorain
Burton
Baker
Bryan
Tekamah
Neb
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Blair
West
Kern
East
Indianapolis
John W. Kern
New York
Indiana
Elizabeth
N. J
Syracuse
N. Y
Eugene Debs
Newark
Eugene V. Debs
Dismissal sought in Billik appeal in U S Supreme Court
Assistant State's Attorney Barbour of Chicago filed in the U S Supreme Court a motion to dismiss Herman Billik's appeal from a circuit court ruling in the Northern District of Illinois. Billik, under death sentence for multiple murders, had not been allowed to answer a trial court question about why sentence should not be pronounced. Execution has been postponed several times due to legal proceedings.
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Barbour
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Herman Billik
United States Circuit Court
Northern District of Miinais
Biliik
Suffragette Invades House of Commons in London
A militant suffragette slipped past police and entered the house of commons on Tuesday, waving and shouting for women’s rights before being seized and carried away. The incident occurred despite precautions, with members addressed at the bar urging discussion on women.
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Commons
London
House of Commons
Strict censorship imposed on Korean communications in U S
San Francisco reports October 14 the Japanese government has imposed a strict censorship on all communications between Koreans in the United States and relatives in Korea Rev R S Ryang a Korean Methodist minister says the measure targets control of information and movement amid tensions.
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San Francisco
R. 8
Ryang
Dealt in Millions by Ella Rawls Reader
Judgment was filed for a grocery bill of 629.88 against Ella Rawls Reader, noted as a financier and diplomat with links to South American republics and Santo Domingo. The note was sued on by grocer James Butler, costs included, with Reader's Broadway office at 45 Broadway referenced.
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York
Ella Rawls Reader
Santo Domingo
James Butler
Dominican woman financier storms Washington over treaties and debts
A notable figure, Sha Bued J. B. Hogeln, accused of a scheme to reestablish the Dominican republic and claiming $3,150,000 in damages from the U S government. Once a soda fountain worker in the west, she rose in business and politics, once relied on a grocery note she eventually paid in cash while continuing to shop at the same store.
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New York
Buller
Large Restaurants Shift to Massive NY Dining Halls
The piece argues New York will soon boast a 5000-seat restaurant as a norm, noting the shift from small intimate eateries to large scales. It compares NY trends with European practice and links growth to hotel restaurant unions and the rise of grand hotels drawing nonhotel patrons.
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Champs Elysees
New York
London
Brunswick
Delmonico’s
Waldorf-Astoria
Stew art Brice Son Of Senator Stricken By Mental Illness
Expressions of sorrow greet the Brice family as Stewart M Brice son of the late Senator Calvin M Brice is court appointed a guardian of his person and estate The Brice home sits in New York City where his promising political career and athletic honors were noted He returned from Central America after seeking timber and mining concessions and later served as a captain in the Spanish American War Mental illness now requires seclusion rest and quiet for recovery
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Ove
Stewart M. Brice
Calvin M. Brice
Ohio
Brice
New York
Stewart Brice
Cooker
Democratic Club
Croker
Tammany Hall
Congress
McKinley
Ouida
Central America
Famous Church Observes 60th Birthday in New York
The Church of the Transfiguration also known as The Little Church Around the Corner celebrated its sixtieth anniversary with a service led by Very Rev Dr Wilfred L Robbins. Bishop Geer praised the church as a home for all, with a history linked to theater figures. The piece recalls Joseph Jefferson and others seeking funeral rites there, cementing its famous name and role in theatrical circles. Also noted is a French bicycle tax update, now applied to the bicycle itself with a yearly plate, reducing per-transfer charges and yielding about 6.5 million francs in revenue. In 1907 France had just over 1,000,000 ordinary bicycles registered.
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Church of the Transfiguration
Wilfred L. Robbins
General Theological Seminary
George H. Houghton
Geer
Lfe
Joseph Jefferson
Madison Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
George Holland
Mr. Jefferson
Booth
Wallachr
Jefferson
France
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