Two teens in fatal street shooting shocks Tennessee town
Edgar Serber aged sixteen was killed in West Nashville by Jesse McPherson aged fifteen who fired a repeating shotgun twice. McPherson, son of a Church of Christ minister, was arrested and confined at the police station. He admitted going to Serber’s home to kill him after a prior fight and ongoing taunting between the youths.
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Peea
Edgar Serber
Nashville
Tenn
Jesse McPherson
McPherson
Joseph McPherson
Church of Christ
Serber
Sobeski Receives Life Term for Indiana Robbery Habit
Peter Sobeski, 22, is sentenced to life imprisonment under Indiana’s habitual criminal statute after three robberies. He priorly served two terms for robbery and led a Sonnenborn’s store raid in Laporte with dynamite blasts, stolen goods, a race horse driven wagon, and a plot to murder the Sheriff.
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Peter Sobeski
Laporte
Ind
Indiana
Sobeski
Sonneborn
Illinois bill bars lease clauses banning children
The Illinois Legislature passed a measure prohibiting leases from containing clauses that exclude children. Governor Deneen plans to sign the bill. Representative McNichols advocates for kids and recalls past rent disputes with landlords.
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Ilinois
Deneen
McNichols
Jump to Escape Flames Injures Four at Chicago Block
Fire partly destroys a four story brick building at West Jackson boulevard Chicago Bel mount Hotel occuped by guests who leaped from second and third floors. Four guests suffer broken limbs and one fireman is overcome by smoke. C W Carr of Chalmers Indiana breaks an ankle jumping to safety.
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West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Ill
Belmount Hotel
C. W. Carr
Chalmers
Ind
Arkansas River Cuts New Channel Near Douglas Ark
The Arkansas river eroded a narrow neck to form a new channel at Douglas Arkansas creating a cutoff that leaves the town three miles inland. The new waterway measures about 340 feet across already.
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Douglas
Ark
Indiana Lieutenant Governor Frank J Hall in serious condition
Lieutenant Governor Hall of Indiana is again gravely ill at his Rushville home after a prior attack of stomach trouble.
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Hall
Frank J. Hall
Indiana
Rushville
Ind
Two Bank Robbers Escape Jail in Wisconsin Case
Jim Clairmott and Jim Radley were charged with robbing the Bank of Warrens of 25000 last October. They escaped from Sparta jail by removing bricks from the wall.
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Jim Clairmott
Jim Radley
Bank of Warrens
Sparta
Wis
Pike Perch Shipment Reaches Winona Lake Near Warsaw
A consignment of 50,000,000 pike perch also known as wall-eyed pike has been shipped from the United States Fish Commission to Winona Lake near Warsaw Indiana.
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Winona
United States Fish Commission
Winona Lake
Warsaw
Ind
Taft Opens Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Fair with Gold Key
President Taft in the White House pressed a gold telegraph key to launch Seattle’s Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The ceremony featured military parades, naval reviews, and speeches by James J. Hill and others. Taft sent a message praising the venture and its regional and national significance for resources, trade, and education.
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Taft
White House
Alaska
Seattle
Washington
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
J. E. Chilberg
Wash
Great Northwest
Pacific
West
William H. Taft
Piles
Independent Steel Merger Speculation rises on new Imperial Steel charter
The Imperial Steel Corporation is incorporated in Dover Delaware with a charter allowing capital stock to rise from 3 million to 750 million dollars. Wall Street sees this as potentially influencing reports of a merger of major independent steel firms into a giant entity comparable to United States Steel Corporation.
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Independent Steel
Imperial Steel Corporation
Dover
Del
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
Quaker City Strike Riots Roil Philadelphia
Rioting in northeast Philadelphia injures nearly 100 as crowds attack two trolley cars manned by imported workers. Police lieutenant Sykes is suspended and to face a police board for not leading his men. Elevated and subway services halt as crews desert trains amid clashes and arrests.
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Philadelphia
Kensington
Lieut. Sykes
Sykes
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
46Th Street
63Th Street Terminal
69Th Street Terminal
Sentencing in Arizona Two Queens mine fraud case
Frank H. Horn 8 H. Snyder and Raymond P. May received one year and a day in Leavenworth plus 500 dollar fines each for mining fraud. John E. Horn was fined 500 in Kansas City. E S. Horn awaits sentence due to illness. The judge allowed leniency for John E. Horn due to youth.
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Frank H. Horn
H. Snyder
Raymond P. May
United States
Leavenworth
Kan
John E. Horn
Kansas City
Queens
Arizona
E.S. Horn
United States District Attorney
Jeweler Fires Burglary Intruder In Cincinnati Home
Albert Esberger a Cincinnati jeweler awakened by a kitchen noise fired at a man in his home at 241 Helen street. The intruder leaped from a window and Esberger fired again. the burglar fell dead on the ground below.
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Albert Esberger
Helen Street
Cincinnati
Insberger
Esberger
Notable Sports News Briefs From Across the Nation
Bork R William Sherring turns professional after Athens Marathon win. Dr B F Roller defeats Hjalmer Lundin in Topeka two straight falls. Tommy Murphy adds Ethel Mack by Steel Arch. Minnesota Wisconsin League opens with strong crowds. Kelley lands Orville Kilroy for St Paul. Nagle leased from Toledo to Lincoln Western League. Conqueror sets 100 mile horse record in 1853, 8 53 55. Sund dies at Newtown Square while breeding. 50 000 bet against Sir Martin in English Derby. John Evers suspended by national commission for failing to report. Hamline interclass meet highlights sophomores 67 points. Paull breaks two mile record 9 28. Corbett offered five thousand purse for Colma bout with Britt.
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William Sherring
Athens
Topeka
Kan
B. F. Roller
Seattle
Hjalmer Lundin
Tommy Murphy
Ethel Mack
Steel Arch
Kelley
St. Paul
Orville Kilroy
Minneapolis
Nagle
Toledo
American Association
Lincoln
Neb
Conqueror
Sund
Newtown Square
Sir Martin
John Evers
Chicago Nationals
National Commission
Hamline University
Norton Field
Paull
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Young Corbett
James Coffroth
San Francisco
Jimmie Britt
Colma
Cal
Tornado Toll Rises Across Texas and Oklahoma
A series of devastating tornadoes struck Zephyr Texas and towns in Oklahoma, killing dozens and injuring many. In Zephyr the storm destroyed schools and churches, with hundreds fleeing to cellars and a railway aid response arriving with surgeons. Oklahoma towns Key West Depew Stroud Sapulpa Langdon Jamestown Fair Association also suffered severe damage and high death and injury tolls.
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Brown County
Texas
Brownwood
Santa Fe Railroad
Thad Cabler
Oklahoma
Key West
Depew
Salt Creek
Stroud
Sapulpa
North Dakota
Langdon
Jamestown Fair Association
Clyde Farmer Killed in Quarrel with Neighbor
Morris Donovan a wealthy Clyde New York farmer was killed by neighbor Beckwith Tremper at Tremper home. The incident followed a night in the Tremper barn where Tremper Donovan and employee Fred Hart drank cider and argued before the killing.
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Morris Donovan
Clyde
N. Y
Beckwith Tremper
Tremper
Donovan
Fred Hart
Peru's Leguia Survives Palace Revolt In Lima
Rebels seized the palace and held President Leguia prisoner but loyal troops restored him. Loyal forces routed the insurgents after a fight. Leguia later rode through guarded streets and assured citizens the danger was over.
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Leguia
Lima
Peru
Kansas Enacts Broad Prohibition And Reform Measures
Kansas becomes dry with a new law stopping liquor sales by druggists and closing bucket shops. The acts prohibit child actors and restrict messenger services for boys under 14. Inter urban cars gain added features and cities must protect water purity. railroads must fence rights of way. fruit tree agents face jail for misrepresentation.
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Kansas
Ite
Odd facts as to growth of U S New York Chamber report
A New York chamber of commerce annual report covering 1858 to 1908 notes striking growth metrics. Population up 193 percent wealth 563 percent public debt 2675 percent per capita debt 8 1 2 times to 10.76 bank deposits 3460 percent government receipts 1186 percent war and navy expenditures rise, imports per capita and exports per capita increase, wine and liquor consumption up 266 percent. Foreign commerce carried in American ships falls 39.06 percent.
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United States
New York Chamber of Commerce
Steel Trust Forcing Open Shops At Tin Mills
United States Steel Corporation pushes to end union labor in its mills by ordering an open shop after June 30. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company posted notices at major plants, stating no further dealings with the Amalgamated Association and mandating open mills. The tin mills had previously been the only ones recognizing the union.
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United States Steel Corporation
American Sheet and Tin Plite Company
Amalgamated Association
Colleges and gifts spark early 20th century debates
A plan to establish a college industrial school for African Americans at Shelbyville Kentucky is announced with major gifts from Andrew Carnegie Mrs Russell Sage and Mrs Henry Pickering. In Virginia President Rennisen condemns college materialism while Harvard appoints Abbott Lawrence Lowell to succeed Charles W Eliot. a retirement fund of 150000 is planned. Cosmopolitan editor Harold Bolce accuses colleges of radical teaching and moral decline.
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Shelbyville
Andrew Carnegie
Russell Sage
New York
Henry Pickering
Boston
Charlottesville
Rennisen
Virginia
Johns Hopkins
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Abbott L. Lowell
Dr. Eliot
Harvard
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Harold Bolce
Senate Tariff Schedules Adjusted Amid Debates
The Senate advanced tariff schedules including barley at 30 cents a bushel hops to 20 cents and potatoes to 45 cents while oysters rose to 25 percent ad valorem. Lemon duties sparked extended debate with Root opposing 114 cents per pound. Flint supported the California lemon industry. Debates extended into German wages and tariff implications as Taft’s message ended the session. Senate to hold night sessions. House stayed largely idle.
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Beveredge
Root
House
Flint
California
Germany
Aldrich
Taft
Congress considers Columbus Day as a public holiday
Representative Moore of Pennsylvania introduces a bill to make October 12 the legal public holiday marking Columbus discovery. St Mary's Cathedral Covington Kentucky to have the largest cathedral window in the US and second largest in the world containing 1500 square feet of glass. M H De Young buys the eleven story loft and office building at 236 and 238 Fifth Avenue New York valued well over 1 million dollars. Diplomatic relations with Venezuela resumed as Pedro Rojas presents to President Taft as new minister.
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Pennsylvania
America
Columbus
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Covington
United States
M. H. de Young
Sann Francisco Chronicle
Fifth Avenue
New York
Venezuela
Pedro Rojas
Taft
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