Bribery Warrants Target Grand Rapids Officials
Widespread warrants seize seventeen former and current Grand Rapids city officials and business figures amid bribery charges linked to a water supply scheme from Lake Michigan. Amounts allegedly paid range from 200 to 308 dollars with several named officials including former Mayor Perry and State Senator Burns implicated.
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Grand Rapids
Garman Cameron
Lake Michigan
Lant K. Salsbury
Perry
Burns
George R. Perry
Corey DP Bissell
Beans of Public Works
David E. Burns
James McCool
Peter de- Patzger
Scond Wank
Jacob Ellen
Malachi Kinney
Pearth
Johan T. Donovan
Jacel Mol
Abraham Ghysels
Charles Johnson
Ryner Stonehouse
Daniel Losier
John McLachlan
Clark Slocum
Adrian Shriver
John Moir
Tragedy Strikes Helland Leader J C Poat Dies in Suicide
Prominent attorney J C Poat, longtime booster for Helland development, dies by suicide after a letter to his wife reveals marital strains. He directed the Milneis Escribinge Company of Chicago and was active in several clubs. Also reported are a New York City tragedy and Kalkaska dynamite explosion with multiple deaths and an arsenic incident near Escanaba.
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Cleveland Cliffs Tron Company
Manistique Lumber Company
Grand Marais
Syney
Hoscholera
Clinton County
Bengal
Archibald Lever
Brooklyn
Hubbard Lake
Frank Stevens
Ithaca
J. C. Poat Kads
J. C. Post
Helland
Stoeting
Milneis Escravinge Company
Chicago
Chicago Athletic Club
Mecatawa Yacht Club
Airce Sons
Kalkaska County
Sharon
Kalkaska
Roy Dimes
August Wang
Lan
William Sharp
Twining to build hub factory with St. Louis firm
Whiting and Taylor of St. Louis to construct a hub factory for Twining. Mayor Inches of St Clair vows to supervise paving contractors to ensure work complies with the contract. Greenville adds modern auto transport with a four seat gasoline roadster.
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Twining
Whiting & Taylor
St. Louis
Inches
St. Clair
Greenville
Cheddorgan
Alpena
Frederick Gilbert
Ypsilanti
Ella Russell
Chicago
Windy City
Flint
William Lee
Bath House House
Harbor Beach
Ewart
Tom Horn Hanged After Sheriff Guarded Cheyenne
Wyoming bad man Tom Horn was executed in Cheyenne amid martial law threats of rescue. Horn, blamed for many crimes tied to cattle barons, killed 11 year old William Nickell in Blue Springs valley. a large militiary presence and dire threats surrounded the hanging.
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Wyoming
Tom Horn
Cheyenne
Horn
Chatterton
William Nickell
Blue Springs Valley
Nickell
Norn
Marshal Lafers
Miller and Johns Acquitted in Postal Extortion Case
Daniel V. Miller of Terre Haute and Joseph M. Johns of Rockville were found not guilty in Cincinnati of conspiring to extort a bribe from John J. Ryan to use the mails for questionable purposes while Miller served in the Post Office Department. Ryan testified he paid $4,500 for racing bets access and later turned state's evidence.
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Miller
Postoffice Department
Johns
Ryan
Post Office Department
Sryan
George B. Green
Fast Office
Binghamton
N. Y
United States
Charles 8. Hall
Washington
August W. Machen
Groff Brothers
Chicago Labor War Flares Amid Street Car Strike Violence
In Chicago 15000 street car strikers and allies filled Tattersall's hall denouncing aldermen and the mayor as talks with traction firms broke down. A riot on Archer avenue injured a constable. police fired in the air at Forty first Street and clashed with strikers near State Street cars. Two non union workers fired on strikers, wounding two, before rioters scattered as police increased guard.
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Chicago
Tattersall
City Railway Company
Archer Avenue
Wentworth Avenue
Front
Sangamon
Battle in Jolo Ends with Major Moro Leaders Captured
After five days of fighting near Siet Lake Jolo Gen. Leonard Wood’s forces killed about 800 Moros and wounded Maj. H. L. Scott and five privates. Scott was wounded in an ambush while escorting Panglima Hassan, who led the attack before escaping. Hassan reportedly died next day. The campaign, centered around swamps and rocky terrain, drove Moros to swamps and towns, with 2,000 Moros once headquartered there. By Nov. 17 most rebels were destroyed or scattered and Wood predicted no further uprising.
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Jolo
Leonard Wood
Maj
H. L. Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Gen. Wood
Siet Lake
Maj. Scott
Panglima Hassen
Hassen
Scott
Wood
Maine forest fires cost state six million dollars
State Land Agent Ring reports losses from northern and eastern Maine fires this past summer total six million dollars. He notes much of the damage could have been prevented if the state had trained fire forces in place.
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Maine
Death on the Rail Toll Reaches 3 554 Killed
Interstate Commerce Commission reports railroads in the year ending June 30 2008 killed 3554 people and injured 45977 with total casualties 49531 and property losses of 9590977. The report notes more complete reporting inflated figures and highlights 23 fatalities from butting collisions due to carelessness.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cape Verde Islands Suffer Severe Famine Crisis
Letters from the Cape Verde Islands report a famine in which Santiago alone has about 10,000 deaths. Despite relief efforts, daily deaths range from 80 to 35. The Portuguese group, 320 miles off West Africa, includes ten major islands and a volcanic peak on Fogo.
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde Islands
Santiago
Portugal
Fogo
Sal
Board of Trade of
Lisbon
Exposition Expenditure Report For St Louis Reveals Progress
President Carter furnishes Roosevelt with a detailed statement on the 15 million dollar appropriation for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Receipts through Sept 80 totaled 10,386,985.58 with disbursements of 10,154,006.77 leaving a 232,888.51 balance. The report outlines building costs and construction progress for a grand international display by government, societies, and industries with fifty states and territories and forty three foreign countries represented.
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Carter
St. Louis
Thomas H. Carter
National Commission of
Oil finds spark in Lawton townsite and Canadian fields
A wave of energy news reports oil discovery in Lawton Oklahoma townsite and strong oil flow at Toronto Kansas from 1000 feet. St Louis hotels prepared for up to 50000 guests. Justice Gill reappointed in Indian Territory Supreme Court.
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Lawton
O. T
St. Louis
Toronto
Kan
Joseph A. Gill
Supreme Court of
Indian Territory
Home Rule Party
Hawaii
Bessie Knecht
Salt Lake City
Utah
South Dakota
United States District Court
Philippine Islands
August Garaux
West Nimisilla Creek
Canton
Ohio
End of Chicago street car strike brings peace and return to work
Strikers vote to accept Tuesday night’s agreement and resume service at noon. South Side system fully in operation by night, easing elevated congestion. Union leaders claim a union victory while company officials say concessions favor the firm, with wage arbitration to set a new scale based on labor value. Nonunion workers may be rehired, a point argued as separate from original demands.
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George Leachman
New Lathrop
Ann Arbor
Catherine Collins
Corunna
Leachman
Burpee
Flint
Michigan Grand Lodge of Masons
Chicago
Ras Settlal
Ounce
Barnes
South Side
Mahon
Buckley
Prentiss
Calle
Car Service
Confesses Car Barn Murders in Chicago Gang Case
Gustave Marx admits a spree of crimes including car barn murders and robberies at the City Railway barns. He names alleged accomplices Peter Neidermeier Harvey Van Dein and Emil Roeski and describes the fatal shooting of Motorman James B Johnson and Clerk Francis W Stewart. Detective Jobin Quinn’s death prompted the confession the police call complete and detailed.
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Chicago
Jobin Quinn
City Railway Company
Chicago Dispatch
Gustave Marx
Quinn
Blaul
Sheffield Avenue
Marx
Herman Schuettler
Peter Neidermeier
Harvey van Dein
Emil Roeski
Mars
United States
Canada
Chicago City Railway Company
John Slieder
Neklermeier
Vann Dein
James JB. Johnson
Francis W. Stewart
Plot to Blow Up Mines In Cripple Creek Unfolds
Startling discoveries from the Cripple Creek probe reveal plots to blow up the Vindicator mine and several other properties. Adjutant General Bell reports most suspects are in custody, with some held over the Florence and Cripple Creek train incident. The War Department approves Colorado militia arming under the Dick Will act. Utah National Guard leaves Salt Lake for Carbon County with two gatling guns. Hiawatha merchants adopt Indiana head trademark designed by Beulah May.
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Cripple Creek
Cokn
Satanta
Adjr
Gen. Bell
McCormack Andelvin Beck
Stratton
Hell
Camp Goldfield
Florence and Cripple Creek
War Department
Washington
Colorado
Utah National Grant
Salt Lake
Carbon County
Sollers
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Ende
Calhoun County
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Business Men's Association
Granges
New Richmond
Alden
Detroit Southern
Scofield
New Congregational Church
Grand Ledge
Lexington
Linden Presbyterians
Albert Ross
Huron County
Barney McKeever
Newberry
Holly
Vanderberg
Menomines
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Ebenezer B. Ehle
Allegan County
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Marlette
Mollie Mullins
Hazel Wallace
Owosso
Sylvester
Henderson
Manistique
Clarence EL Fenton
Escanaba
Fenton
Ile
Water Nichols
Birmingham Spindle Works
Zimmerman Novelty Works
Carney
Carney Mining Company
Norway
Big Norway
Calumet
Hecla
Mary Harrington Thomson
Port Huron
Joshua Copley Thaw
Pittsburg
Countess of
Yarmouth
Grace Episcopal
Musband Kade Life
Alexander Turner
Daniel V. Miller
M. Manahan
Boling
John Reeves
Blaine, Kane
Maes
State Street
Forty-first Street
Darrow
Mr. Darrow
Hiawatha, Kan
Indiana
Beulah May
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