First round in theater riot case tied to Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor the first riot case tied to the theater disturbance saw Orville Glenn Emerick bound over to the May term of the Circuit Court with $1,000 bonds. Bail posted as heated courtroom exchanges occurred. defense offered no testimony and a motion to dismiss was overruled. The prosecution argued rioting laws apply to anyone in the crowd after dispersal orders. A second case, Charles Roy Rook, follows, with defense challenging officer identifications and a note that some arrestees aided quieting the crowd. Each case to be addressed separately.
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Ann Arbor
Orville Glenn Emerick
Galveston
Cavanaugh
Brown
Emerick
Charles Roy Rook
Bowen, Ill
Girl Shot by Brother Reveals Secret of Death
Henry Orlaskey of Benton Harbor, a 10 year old German boy, confessed to firing the shot that killed his sister Louise Orlaskey, 8, in their yard on July 27, 1907. He said two unknown boys fired first, a promise of silence followed the accident, and the dying child kept her pledge.
State Oil Inspection Remits Net 15408.16 to Treasury
State oil inspector Neal filed annual report covering 1907. Inspected 23,261,416 gallons of kerosene, 7,001 gallons rejected as dangerous and shipped out of state. Department collected 45,657 in fees, leaving a net 15,408.16 returned to the treasury, likely a record. No kerosene accidents. only three gasoline incidents since November 1, 1907.
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Neal
State Board of Health
Seventeen Sons Help Peter Ruell Seek Highway Post
Peter Ruell, longtime Portage township highway commissioner, seeks reelection amid a local paper’s note on his seventeen sons. The writeup likens his family to a political dynasty and suggests rivals face a Rooseveltan loyalty test in road building contests.
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Peter Ruell
Michigan Copper Country
Peter Ruelle
Peter
Portage Township
Michigan Senate
Special Highway Acts Void in Michigan Townships
The Michigan Legislature passed a general township highway act replacing special acts and introducing a tax. Attorney General Bird states the 1907 act repeals all township-specific laws. A power dam at Buchanan on the St. Joseph river, built for 250000 dollars fourteen years ago, was carried away Saturday after flood weakening. The dam, 500 feet long, now leaves about twenty feet at each end, cutting power to Niles and South Bend, Indiana.
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Michigan
Bird
Buchanan
St. Joseph River
Niles
South Bend
Ind
Fugitive Hallie Stevens Surrenders After Week on the Run
After sleeping in barns, Hallie Stevens, a fugitive who jumped bail, walked from Grand Rapids to Muskigan to surrender to authorities.
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Hallie Stevens
Grand Rapids
Muskigan
Ironwood Opera House Burns Report Local Fire Damage
A fire at the Ironwood Opera House caused damage with uncertain origin. The Pierce Opera House in the same complex was partially covered by insurance. Anderson and Co. saloon and C. Brody dry goods, both in the building, suffered water loss. No cause established.
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Ironwood Opera House
Pierce Opera House
Anderson & Co
C. Brody
Fight Over Two Fifty Ends In Fatal Shooting
During a quarrel over the price of a load of wood, Peter Karanen shot and killed John Ahlgren, a Calumet farmer. Both men were slightly intoxicated. Karanen was captured after a chase.
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Peter Karanen
John Ahlgren
Calumet
Karanen
Infant's Body Found Near Oak Hills Cemetery
A newborn infant's body was discovered beside the stone walls at Oak Hills cemetery in Grand Rapids, wrapped in a skirt. Death is reported as exposure. Police have slight clues to the mother's identity.
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Oak Hills Cemetery
Grand Rapids
Merrill Fire Sweeps Through Local Hardware and Stores
A morning blaze at Mer rill caused by spontaneous combustion in the oil room of J. I. Whitney's hardware store destroyed stock and parts of the building. Losses include Whitney stock 10000 and building 2500, Packard drug stock 2500, Mrs. John Murray drug building 2200, George McVicker general store stock 1200, J. H. Hudson post office fixtures 1200, State Bank Merrill post office building 1000. Fire brought under control by 3 o'clock.
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Merrill
J. I. Whitney
J. AL. Whitney
Jolmes
Packard
John Murray
George McVicker
J. H. Hudson
State Bank of Merrill
Boy Shoots Two Girls Near Menominee
Antone Schick faces serious charges after an accidental discharge while pointing a gun at Miss Kate Lenz and her sister Mary Scheck as they walked a country road near Menominee. Kate loses use of her right arm and struggles to breathe. she and Mary were wounded but Kate declines to testify. The boy had just returned from a hunting trip and warned the girls before shooting. He showed no emotion when arrested.
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Kate Lenz
Frank Lenz
Antone Schick
Miss Lenz
Mary Scheck
Menominee
John Cameron
Watertown
Bedford Township
Middleville
Anton Jensen
Manistique
Escanaba
Martin Lichte
Lansing
Bancroft
Fort Worth
Texas
James N. Ockerman
Burton
Gladstone Dowie
Muskegon
Porter Bordine
Ithaca
Bordine
Ile
North Star
David O'Brien
Northfield
O'Brien
Loren Gage
Sand Lake
A. D. Ballinger
Selkirk
West Branch
Fort Brady
Sault Ste. Marie
Philippines
Auditor General
State Senate
Irene Bell
Oak Grove Hospital
Flint
Grand Rapids
Elizabeth Klyn
William Humphrey
Battle Creek
Chicago
Battdorff
Humphrey
Stearns Salt and Lumber pleads guilty to rebating
The Stearns Salt and Lumber Company of Ludington admitted guilt in Grand Rapids federal court to twenty counts of rebating lumber shipments to Toledo via Pere Marquette railroad. Each count carries a fine from $1,000 to $20,000. Company president Justus S. Stearns, former Michigan secretary of state and past gubernatorial candidate, led the firm.
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Stearns Salt and Lumber Company
Ludington
United States District Court
Grand Rapids
Toledo
Pere Marquette Railroad
Justus
Stearns
Michigan
The
Michigan Timber Nearing Exhaustion Without Reforestation
Statistics by E D Cowles show Michigan’s annual lumber cut shrinking to well under half of the 1888 peak. Total production in 1907 reached 1 743 584 000 feet, down 10 percent from 1906, and unless broad reforestation is adopted the state’s timber may be practically exhausted in about thirty years.
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E. D. Cowles
Michigan
Bomb in Union Square Brawl Echoes Haymarket Tragedy
A bomb tossed in Union Square, New York, mortally wounded the bomber and killed a companion while injuring four policemen and many bystanders. The attacker, Selig Silverstein, stated he was told to act and provided a Brooklyn address that does not exist. The blast followed police disruption of a Socialist mass meeting led by Morris Hilquit and Robert Hunter, with Hunter denouncing police actions later.
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Haymarket
Chicago
Union Square
New York
Reilly
Clark Street
Broadway
Brooklyn
Russia
United States
Cohen
Park Street
Goldstein
Eldridge Street
Broome Street
Manhattan
Selig Silverstein
Vantine Street
Silverstein
Ignatz Hillebrand
Third Avenue
H. Bickman
Prospect Place
Miles O'Reilly
Mercer Street
Ife
O'Reilly
Socialist Party
Morris Hilquit
Robert Hunter
University Settlement
Caroline Stokes
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Hunter
Roosevelt entertains Wyoming Indians with sign language
Telegraphic briefs report President Roosevelt entertained a band of Wyoming Indians by correctly using their sign language. Also noted is Mrs. William J. Lemp Jr seeking 800000 in a divorce suit from the St. Louis brewer. The New York Metropolitan Company's 1908 9 opera season spans twenty weeks from November 16, and Paderewski will give a Plaza Hotel piano recital on April 30 to aid the city music school settlement.
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Roosevelt
William J. Lemp, Jr
St. Louis
New York Metropolitan Company
Paderewski
Plaza Hotel
New York
War on Frisco Plague Delays Fleet Visit
After months of fight the marine hospital service is confident the bubonic plague at San Francisco is under control. Surgeon General Wyman and local authorities led efforts to stamp out the disease as the battleship fleet waited at Magdalena Bay for target practice before moving to Frisco. By now 121 cases with 77 deaths have occurred, with rats as the main spreaders and thousands trapped or examined.
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Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Wyman
Magdalena Bay
Frisco
Treasury Department
Department
British Plague Commission
India
Pacific
United States
Denver's Anarchist Giuseppe Alio Portrait and Trial
The best picture of Italian anarchist Giuseppe Alio, who assassinated Father Heinrichs at Denver’s altar, is shown. Convicted of murder in the first degree, he was stripped and clothed anew before cell placement. A vapour blade attack on a mopping trusty followed, but he was overpowered. Denver fears a local anarchist gang ready to act.
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Giuseppe Alio
Father Heinrichs
Denver
Alio
Republicans and Democrats Meant to Hold Delegations for Taft and Bryan
The Illinois Republican convention endorsed Speaker Cannon on Taft's platform while Gov. Deacon's administration was commended. First Iowa and Kentucky districts split on Taft and Fairbanks with contested delegations. Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, Minnesota, and Indiana Republicans broadly backed Taft, and Indiana Democrats nominated a state ticket with Bryan as their presidential candidate. Thomas R. Marshall won Indiana governor nomination. Thomas Taggart re-elected national committeeman.
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Illinois
Cannon
Taft
Deacon
Iowa
Allison
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Nebraska
Washington
Oklahoma
Chicago
William H. Taft
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Minnesota
State Central Committee
Indiana
William J. Bryan
Thomas R. Marshall
Columbia City
Thomas Taggart
White Plague Declared on the Wane in Mortality Report
Government census bureau statistics show a drop in deaths from tuberculosis and meningitis in 1905 across fifteen registration states and DC, with higher deaths from cancer, typhoid, whooping cough and violence. The report covers 77 nonregistration cities and highlights state differences, city extremes, and age patterns. It notes New York City as the highest city rate and points to rising deaths from violence and accidents, with data for cancer and other diseases.
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Census Bureau
District of Columbia
Mes
South Dakota
Michigan
Colorado
California
New York
New Jersey
Boston
Pennsylvania
Masmichustts
Rhode Islami
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Girl's Nerve-Racking Night With Bats in Texas
Miss Alice Earle of South Norwalk, visiting San Antonio, awoke to a midnight attack by bloodsucking bats. She wrapped a bed covering around her head and fled the room, fainting in her maid’s arms. Hotel attendants later killed sixty-one bats after daylight.
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Alice II
Earle
South Norwalk
Doan
Miss Earle
San Antonio
Texas
Bate
See Francisco Grafting Again
Francisco Grafting Again reports on the liberation of Schmitz and Rees, two convicted San Francisco grafters, while noting multiple police officers under the current administration have been caught with marked money used to protect Chinatown divekeepers.
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Ceoimeidat
Schmitz
Rees
San Francisco
Chinatown
Parents of truants punished by Chicago justice
Five fathers and one mother of truant children were sentenced to one day in jail and fined five dollars by a Chicago justice. Warrants issued for additional parents as authorities pursue compliance.
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Chicago
Russia and Congo treaties dominate early interpellations
The Russian duma unanimously interpellates Finance Minister Kovosoff over a ukase authorizing a $3,000,000 international loan without budget sanction. Belgium’s King Leopold agrees to cede Congo crown lands in a new annexation pact, taking on $21,000,000 in obligations and Congo revenue use, while Thomas F. Ryan is named. Prince Ludwig Menelik of Abyssinia is expelled from Germany as an undesirable foreigner amid past drunkenness and disorder charges. Yaqui Indians kill miners in Mexico as Mexican troops pursue them. Leopold’s Congo concessions cited as fear of British-US intervention.
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Duma
M. Kokovsoff
Leopold
Congo Free State
Belgium
Congo
Thomas F. Ryan
Ludwig Menelik
Abyssinia
Germany
Addis Abeda
Ile
Mexico
United States
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Lord Baltimore
Paris
Louis XIV
France
England
Louisiana
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Pyrenees
Cortes
United States Congress
Bank of New Brunswick
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Charles Albert of
Sardinia
Victor Emmanuel
Nicaragua
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Nice
William George
Denmark
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Versailles
Fiji Islands
Great Britain
Eurydice
Northwest
Canada
Major Crozier
Duck Lake
Dakota
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Vancouver
Bower
Massillon
Canton
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Wyo
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