Spensley Granted 20000 Bail In Bank Fraud Case
In La Crosse Wisconsin on December 9 judge Sanborn set bail at 20000 for Spensley the Mineral Point bank president accused in a bank failure. He plans to produce private memorandum books of Vice President Allen containing detailed notes of alleged frauds and biblical notations.
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Spensiey
P. M. Bashford
Jake Alford
James Nevin
Phil Allen
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Spensley
Allen
Jesus
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Underweighing of sugar implicates six former sugar firm workers
New York reports testimony in the government case against six former employees of the American Sugar Refining company. James Conlon, a former customs weigher, says fraud was known over ten years ago but punished only after H. O. Havemeyer's death. Thomas Kehoe is linked to the scheme through Conlon's accounts of manipulating scales.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
James Conlon
H. O. Havemeyer
Thomas Kehoe
Conlon
Kehoe
Two Men Die By Own Action In Minneapolis Night
Two men committed death by their own actions in Minneapolis at night. Peter Alden, twenty seven, was found writhing in agony by his young wife at 2796 Twenty-fifth Street East after swallowing potassium cyanide. The other man, unidentified, likely a tramp.
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Minneapolis
Peter Alden
Twenty-fifth Street
Fatal carbolic acid overdose at city saloon
An unidentified man drank contents of a carbolic acid bottle in the Jackson & Nylander saloon. He was rushed to the city hospital by patrol wagon but died before arrival. The report notes poisons known and an Alden who had undergone recent surgery, with the wife under physician care.
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Alden
Jackson & Nylander
City Hospital
Ballinger Exoneration Promised in Taft Conservation Message
Washington reports a second exoneration of Secretary Ballinger will appear in Taft's special conservation message. The president secured promises from Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich to pause Cunningham Coal and General Land Office investigations until after the message. Insurgent senators doubt the investigative aim.
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Aldrich
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House
Committee On Rules
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Murderers Under Arrest In Hattie Zinda Case
Milwaukee detectives arrest Karl Wojciechowski and Adam Pietrzyk in Blaney Michigan for the murder and assault of fourteen year old Hattie Zinda. Pietrzyk confessed detailing the brutal attack and implicated Wojciechowski.
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Hattie Zinda
Central
Karl Wojciechowski
Adam Pietrzyk
Blaney
Mich
Eugene O’gorman
Bernard Ronowski
Wojciechowski
Pietrzyk
Little Hattie Zinda
Unprecedented Cold Claims Five Lives Across States
A severe cold wave across the northern Mississippi valley causes five deaths in Des Moines Hanna Bonner Springs Marion and Denver while Lake Pepin freezes navigation and utilities fail. Wires down cripple communications as gas shortages in Kansas and Missouri force households to switch to coal stoves.
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Oklahoma
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Roosevelt returns from hunt in Mau forest and Kilwa
Kermit Roosevelt arrives in Nairobi after a hunting trip through the Mau forest and Kilwa and departs for Mombasa to pursue sable. He bagged two cow bongo and one bull in the Mau forest, reporting unusually good luck.
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Kermit Roosevelt
Mau Forest
Kilwa
Mombasa
Roosevelt
Fire Nearly Destroys Plummer Store in High Wind
Plummer Minnesota December 9 a strong wind swept through town causing a fire that nearly destroyed J Schmitz Co general merchants. The entire stock was burned with losses reported at 13000 dollars.
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Plummer, Minn
Plummer
J. ©. Schmitz & Co. General Merchants
Lurton Nomination Gains Momentum for Supreme Court
Washington reports that Judge Lurton's nomination to the Supreme Court is growing more likely as arguments favoring a balanced court persist. With Justice Peckham dead, the bench has only two Democrats, raising questions about party representation and the choice of a chief justice under Taft.
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Washington
Lurton
Supreme Court
Peckham
Justice White
Fuller
Taft
New York
Youth’s accidental rifle discharge wounds boy in palm
Montevideo Minnesota reports twelve year old While Moyer was playing with a revolver a discharge struck the palm of his left hand causing a painful though not serious wound.
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Montevideo
Minn
Moyer
Honduras Proclaims Martial Law Amid Expectancy
Port of Cortez Honduras reports martial law is proclaimed and a state of expectancy exists as authorities curb civil unrest and prepare for potential security actions. Local officials confirm heightened measures across major cities and ports.
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Porto Cortez
Honduras
Train Hits Crowded Car In Indianapolis Crash
A Pennsylvania train struck a street car at the South street crossing injuring thirty five passengers. The car toppled onto a cement sidewalk and lay across the tracks before the engineer halted the train. Eleven injured were taken to St. Vincent's hospital with nervous shock reported as a major concern.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
South Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
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