Review of Indiana finds fatalities, surveys and local notes
A long string of brief Indiana items reports a Hartford City man killed by an elevator at a Hamilton Ohio mill, local survey work for Evansville Carmel and Olney line, a typhoid death at Indiana Reformatory, retirements, harvest weather, tramps in Warsaw, a perils tale from Peru, and various local incidents including burglaries, a hospital case, and a bridge of community notes across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dodds
Hartford City
Colin “Ardner
Hamilton
Ohio
von Nimple
Evansville
AW. Carmel & Olney
Owensville
Grover Drees
Linton
Brasil
India
Tyr. Win OT. Kemper
Almncie Board of Health
Muncie
Kemper
Maneie
John T. Rice
Hancock
Elizabeth Richardson
Fred Iorton
Albion
Congress Hurls Back Presidents in Bitter House Clash
A special House committee delivered a vitriolic report rejecting parts of President Roosevelt's message on the secret service. It accuses sections of the address of breaching House privileges and urges the refusal to consider communications deemed disrespectful, sparking a heated debate on congressional prerogatives.
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Special Committee of House
Roosevelt
Congress
Hhouse of Representatives
Secret Service
Broweht
Licause
Fitzgerald
Committee
President Angers Senate Over Steel Merger
The President defends the steel merger with Tennessee Coal & Iron, rebukes Senate attempts to summon executive heads, and says the deal proceeded with his consent after explanations from Judge Gary and H. C. Frick. He cites bankers’ urging and potential financial distress if the sale had not occurred.
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Shields Bonaparte
Senate
Congress
Culberson
Bonaparteus
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Wqot
Bonaparte
Gary
Tennessee Company
Steel Trust
New York
Night riders found guilty in Union City trials
A Union City jury returned guilty verdicts at 9 15 p m Thursday night against Garrett Johnson Tid Burton Roy Ranson Fred Pinion Arthur Clear and Sam Applewhite for first degree murder with mitigating factors considered in the Union City night rider cases.
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Union City
Tenn
Garrett Johnson
Tid Burton
Roy Ranson
Fred Pinion
Arthur Clear
Sam Applewhite
Mit
Indiana Assembly Opens Under Hanly Temperance Plea
The Sixty-sixth Indiana General Assembly opened with Gov Hanly urging temperance. He blames alcohol for crime and poverty, citing studies linking alcohol to pauperism insanity and crime. Senate and House organized with Hanly presiding over a ceremonial session. A Vicksburg memorial dedication marked the day.
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Christendom
America
New York Trade Shows Seasonable Quiet as Holidays End
Wholesale and jobbing trade report seasonable quiet with traveling salesmen ready to start next week. Confidence in a good spring business persists as inventories show stock levels not as depleted as feared. Open weather slows heavy wear, boosting outdoor work and plans for future construction.
Night Riders Threaten to Tear Case to Pieces in Supreme Court
The trial features fierce exchanges as defense lawyers vow to fight the verdict. Six defendants face death or life terms after a night of intense courtroom clashes and courtroom crowds watching the proceedings. The case stems from the Grassy Island land dispute and tied to vigilante violence against Col. Taylor and Capt. Ranken in a deadly nighttime ambush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Morrig
Dob Tluffiiin
Gaurder
Pierce
Supreme Court
Taylor
Quentin Ranken
Jake
Ranken
Grassy Island
Col. Taylor
Cmpany
Slough
Ohio Legislature In Session To Elect Senator Foraker
The Seventy eighth General Assembly of Ohio convened in Columbus for an extraordinary session at 10 o clock to elect a successor to Senator Foraker. It also considers state appropriations, penitentiary reform, convict labor under Wortz law, and potential inheritance tax law due to revenue declines from the local option law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senaator Foraker
Seventy-eighth General Assembly of
Ohio
Harris
Statehouse
United States
Joseph B. Foraker
Convicted Wife-Murderer Seeks Grave Visit in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio Tar ry Crooks condemned to the electric chair for killing his wife requested a grave visit. The sheriff allowed it with a strong guard. Crooks refused to seek a new trial and insisted he is sane and the verdict is just. His wife had divorced him for cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Tarry Crooks
Crooks
Commerce Sees Recovery Amid Year End Quiet
Commerce shows renewed confidence as year end quiet softens. Banks report record payments for December, 40 percent above December 1907, aiding a total yearly drop of barely 2 percent. Weaker firms bear added trading defaults yet no major crash disrupts sentiment, with holidays and low stock levels shaping activity. Dun's Review notes Chicago district failures 43, liabilities over 5000, and year over year comparisons.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review
Market price report from multiple cities
A dense round up of commodity prices from Chicago to Toledo listing cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other staples. Prices show wide ranges by city with specific No. 2 grades and regional variations across Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo markets.
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Indianapolis
Ehvier Bears
Saale
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Potatoes net $100 per acre for Otter Tail farmers
Otter Tail Alinn county farmers report revenue of $100 per acre from potatoes this year. St Paul assigns a sealer of weights and measures to ensure full measure for buyers. The Pleasant found township annual rabbit hunt in Blue Worth Winnesota yielded 104 rabbits sold for $25 to fund a future oyster supper.
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St. Paul
Pleasant ‘Found
Blue Worth
Winnesota
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