Confession Links Lamphere to Gunness Murders and Fire
The confession by Ray Lamphere to Rev. Dr. H. K. A. Schell describes the killings at the Gunness home and the burning of the Gunness Louse. Lamphere admits involvement in murders, burying victims, and theft proceeds, while denying setting the fire. He alleges a future accomplice and details chloroform use and disposal of bodies near Laporte Indiana and Michigan City penitentiary connections.
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Ray Lanphere
Pihe
Indiana
Michigan City
Bella Gunnesa
Laporte
Gunesa
St Louie Post Dispatch
HK. A. Sehell
Gunness Charnel House
Belle
Gunness
Lamphere
Laminphere
Andrew Helgelein
St. Louis
Guoness
Guinness
Helgeleia
Lamphhere
Waa
Oa bin
Elopee Heiress Roberta De Janon and Frederick Cohen Arrested
Miss Roberta Lb De Janon, granddaughter of Philadelphia seed merchant Robert Burst, and Frederick Cohen, a married waiter, eloped from Philadelphia on December 29 and were found in a $4 a week room at 68 West Superior street, Chicago. They had been on the run across the country for days with only $1.08 remaining.
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Roberta Lb. de Janon
Frederick Cohen
Philadelphia
Chicago
Sliss de Janon
Robert Burst
Cohen
West Superior Street
Judge Dyer Sentences Young Men to Five Years
United States District Judge P. Dyer in St Louis wept as he sentenced two former clerks to five years in Leavenworth penitentiary. The judge rued sending young men to prison and stated the law permitted the term while expressing hope for clemency.
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Pwe Enbesalers Co
P. Dyer
United States District Court
St Louis
Smith
Wihmam A. Ginny
Tyo
Bane
Leavenworth
Man
Dyer
Suffering in the West as Coal Shortage Halts Factories
Winter coal shortages halt factory work across the West. In Indianapolis many plants run sparsely while others close, with railroads unable to transport coal. Indiana Operators' Association leader notes engines burn more fuel, reducing power. Prices rise, charities strained, and Iowa faces an unprecedented crisis as railways cut passenger service to move coal.
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Indianapolis
Aimes
Kolsom
Indiana Operators’ Association
Iowa
State Board of Raihway Commissioners
Indiana Honors Lew Wallace with Washington Capitol Statue
A Lew Wallace statue, portraying a U.S. major general, was unveiled in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Gov Thomas R Marshall accepted the piece on Indiana’s behalf as dignitaries including Senator Beveridge and James Whitcomb Riley read poetry and praised the general’s service. The statue by Andrew O Connor stands seven feet tall.
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Lew Wallace
Washington
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Hoosier
John P. Megrew
Wallace
Senator Beveridge
A. Rustem Bey
W. H. Andrews
New Mexico
James Whitcomb Riley
Andrew O'Connor
Paris
United States
Graves Named Chief Forester Succeeding Pinchot
Henry S. Graves is appointed chief forester to succeed Gifford Pinchot. He is Pinchot’s protege with similar views and policies and will continue the work Pinchot began. Graves, born in Marietta Ohio, grew up in Andover Massachusetts. He became Pinchot’s first assistant in July 1898.
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Henry S. Graves
Gifford Pinchot
Andover
Mass
Mr. Graves
Phillips Andover Academy
Mr. Pinchot
Department of Agriculture
German Krupps to supply Chile with 340 guns
Chile orders 340 guns from Krupps in Essen Germany to be delivered within three years. Diplomatic sources warn only a firm Turkish ministry can prevent a split among the Young Turks after the resignation of Grand Vizier Hilmi Pasha and his cabinet. A San Juan reception for Dickinson and Edwards is praised as exceptional.
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Krupps i
Exesen
Germany
Hilmi Pasha
San Juan
Porto Rico
Dickinson
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of
Insular
Roosevelt
Belgium
Leopold
Vangytai
Manuel
Vortugal
Rettef
Manapel
Perligal
Heire ss Weds Her Chauffeur Elopes to Jersey City
Miss Margaret Leavitt a 26 year old heiress to a multimillion dollar NY estate eloped with Joseph Smallen her Bayside chauffeur once in service to boxer James J. Corbett and later with the Leavitt family. They married in Jersey City according to reports.
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Margaret Leavitt
Jersey City
G. Howland Leavitt
Flushing
Bayside
N. Y
Joseph Smallen
James J. Corbett
Pugilist
Leavitt
Smalden
Lves
Candy Kid
Twenty Four Perish At Sea In Steamer Wreck
Dispatches from Marshfield report the steamer Caarina wreck at the Coos Bay entrance leaving twenty four men dead and only Ltarry Kentzel the first assistant engineer saved Thuoht b Mills son of C G Mills general manager of the Southern Pacific company at Marsh fled in the missing crew C Duggan of San Francisco was the ship’s master.
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Cova Hay
Portland Oregonian
Marshfield
Coos Bay
Ltarry Kentzel
Thuoht B. Milla
C. G. Mills
Southern Pacific Company
Marsh
C. Duggan
San Francisno
Poisoned death linked to stepdaughter witness in Terre Haute
Terre Haute police seek Effie Sellesberry in New Orleans as a witness over the death of jeweler W. H. Helman found unconscious in a Terre Haute hotel room. Notes blamed Effie for poisoning Helman with coffee in Chicago, after which he traveled by train to Terre Haute. One theory suggests Helman drank poison voluntarily.
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Indiaman
Terre Haute
Ind
Effie Sellesberry
New Orleans
Indiana
W. H. Helman
Helman
Chicago
Workers Awarded 20000 for Bridge Save on Queensborough Bridge
Orlazus Judge and John J. McGlynn received a verdict of 20000 damages for saving several workers on the Queensborough bridge in New York when a steel plate began to slip. They thrust their hands into a crevice to hold the plate until it could be lifted, suffering injuries keeping them from work for two years.
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Lves
Queensborough Bridge
New York
Orlazus
John J. McGlynn
Senate
House
Henry
Perkins
Parker
New Jersey
Tenry
Texas
Goebel
Ohio
Stafford
Wisconsin
Campbell
Kansas
Harrison
M. E. Driscoll
Craig
Alabama
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Sissons
Mississippi
Alum Rhoda Alins Rhoda AM becomes dean of women at Middlebury
Rhoda AM Alins, a 1906 University of Wisconsin graduate and former sociology fellow, has been appointed dean of women at Middlebury College Vermont. A Wisconsin dormitory incident triggered campus amusement over numerous minor disruptions. Indian country educators gathered in Washington DC to share experiences on improving Native minds and education.
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Alins Rhoda AM. White
University of Wisconsin
Middlebury College
Vermont
Irs
Chadbourne Hall
Boise
United States
Washington, D. C
Rural Mail Service Gains as Road Improvements Rise
The annual report of Postmaster P. De Graw shows a 9 percent rise in mail handled on rural routes ending June 30, 1906. Improvements in road conditions are credited to postmasters and carriers, with many rural delivery petitions filed and accepted, while 907 of 2,015 disposed petitions were rejected.
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de Graw
Ineréuke
Cole
E Kentucky Farmers Win
Kentucky farmers form pools to beat the American Tobacco Company and other large manufacturers. They win higher tobacco prices with little violence, aided by country storekeepers carrying accounts. Kentucky now grows about 400 million pounds of tobacco annually and farmers earn roughly double previous prices.
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Tobacco Trust
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
Labor unions expand across United States and Canada
Reports cite Hungary 450000 unionists and tailors across North America voting on international officers. Wyoming forms a 6000 member miners federation while New England machinists seek a 20 percent wage rise by next May. Memphis Typographical Union funds aid for farm charity. California consolidates labor law into one volume as Massachusetts considers a $200 daily minimum wage. Union activity surges post AFLCIO meeting with locals paying dues and securing water labels for production.
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Hungary
United States
Canada
Fargo
N. D
New York
Wyoming
New England
Railroad Clerks
New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Typographical Union
International President
Retail Clerks
Californis
American Federation of Labor
International Mill Eleyes
Daes Rystilteal
Week in Congress Shows Narrow Votes and Delays
The Senate unanimously approves a joint resolution affecting the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry while House actions pause over the Bolian theft relief. Debates hinge on the army appropriation 95 million and white slave measures. The Chamber adjourns amid postmaster salary talk and a heated inauguration date debate.
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Senate
House
Bolianweck
Chicago
Taft
Mann
Townsend
Selb Zer
Genzal Fantrada
Nicaragua
Bankers' Deposit Guaranty Company Granted Kansas License
Four men were likely fatally injured in a limestone quarry explosion near Newton New Jersey. Mrs George Lecheter was acquitted by a Mankato jury of murdering her husband whose body was found buried on their farm. A fire destroyed twenty six business structures in Lolhand area, and fire crews equipped with oxyl tank sprayers battled a blaze in Pennsylvania.
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Wubbins
Bankers’ Deposit Guaranty and Surety Company
Kansas
Newton
N. J
George Lecheter
Mankato
Minn
Bire
Ae Tech
Ronmwless
Amd
Comrmpansy
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Roberta de Janon
Eral
Graves
Forester
Pinchot
OOLS
Gr.olleges
Kentucky Farmers
Congress
Immigration Committee
Bartlett
Georgia
Richardson
Secretary of the Treasury
Statuary Hall
Penrose
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