Tremendous national and local tragedies fill news from coast to coast
The Bessemer Herald reports a string of calamities and notable events including a New Orleans railroad wreck with nine killed, a fatal fire in West Tampa, the death of Dr. David D. Thompson in Chicago, and architect Herbert Hale in New York. Earthquakes shake Death Valley, a Dublin council chamber fire destroys paintings, and legal moves touch Oklahoma and Missouri cases.
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New Orleans and Northeastern
Littlewoods
New Orleans
A. Diaz
West Tampania
David D. Thompson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Chicago
St. Louis
Herbert Dudier Hale
Edward Everett Hale
New York City
Mr. Hale
Death Valley
Arizona
Council Chamber
City Hall
Dublin
Ireland
Daniel O'Connell
Justice Turner
Oklahoma Supreme Court
West
Haskell
Logan County District Court
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
John Loar
Pittsburg
Western Penitentiary
Harry Firth Smith
Francis Embriana
Petro Disconti
Harrison
N. J
Annie Woods
Tead
S. D
Woods
Toledo
St. Louis and
Western
Chicago and Alton
Richard Wall
Dr. Todd
Richards
Vernon County
General Assembly
Vernon
Bates Counties
Ile
Martin McDonough
St. Paul Minne
A. Stickney
Mendota
McDonough
Tobacco Trust in Court State of the Government Victory
The government won in the United States Circuit Court in New York against the American Tobacco Company for restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Judges Lacombe Coxe and Noyes sustained the government while Judge Ward dissented. Injunctions stay pending appeal to the Supreme Court and the receiver petition was denied as impracticable. The suit aims to dissolve the corporation and wind up its subsidiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tobacco Company
Lacombe, Coxe and Noyes
United States
Circuit Court
New York
Ward
James ©. McReynolds
Edwin P. Grosvenor
Combine
Great Corporation
Roosevelt Defends Taft Faith in Letter to Dayton
President Roosevelt replies to J. C. Martin of Dayton Ohio defending William Howard Taft's religious belief and argues religion should not enter politics. He says silence on faith is a personal right and voters should judge by honesty and conduct. He notes Catholics Protestants Christians and Jews share cabinet seats and serve a diverse nation of 90 million.
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Roosevelt
J. C. Martin
Dayton
Ohio
William ST. Taft
Ohioan
Martin
United States
Herbert S. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Boston
Mass
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan Shot in NYC Street
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan of New York City was shot as he left his home on One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street by Eric H. B. Mackey a law firm stenographer who then killed himself. The wound is not fatal and recovery is likely. The motive appears linked to a mail tampering complaint and a noted electric light issue. The incident occurred with 14 year old Dorothy Morgan present.
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Edward M. Morgan
New York City
Washington
Mackey
Dorothy Morgan
Typhoid Carrier Twenty Years Later Linked to Milk outbreak
A Marine Hospital Service investigation of a Georgetown J.C. typhoid outbreak found a dairy milker who had typhoid eighteen years ago continues to shed virulent bacilli. Authorities say this carrier likely sparked the outbreak, a rare case tracing through milk. Surgeon General Wryman notes carriers can shed bacilli after recovery.
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Georgetown
J. C
Marine Hospital Service
Wryman
Deny Oil Rehearing with Sharp Rebuttal in Court
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago overruled the government’s petition for a rehearing of Standard Oil of Indiana’s $29,240,000 fine. Judges Grosscup, Baker and Seaman upheld the original opinion reversing Judge Landis. The case moves to Attorney General Bonaparte for a possible writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court.
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United States
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Landis
Grosscup
Baker
Seaman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Bonaparte
Trial opens in Gunness murder case at Laporte
Ray Lamphere stands trial for the alleged murder of Mrs Belle Gunness and her three children at the Brooksby Farm site. Public interest is intense as residents weigh whether Gunness survived the blaze and if Lamphere bears guilt or innocence.
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Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Brooksbde
Carmack Shot Dead in Mashville Street Riot
Robin Cooper clashes with critics as his father witnesses a fatal street shooting in Mashville. Authorities say the slayer is his enemy, heightening tension after the incident.
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Carmack
Mashville Street
Carmack Murder Highlights Tennessee Feud After Primaries
Former U S Senator Ed ward Ward Carmack editor of the Tennesseean is shot and killed on 7th avenue in Nashville by Robin Cooper amid a Tennessee feud linked to June gubernatorial primaries. The confrontation follows Carmack editorials against the Democratic machine and Cooper. The article recalls Carmack’s career from Tennessee politics to national service and notes editor tours of Minnesota editors to Western Canada.
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United States
Edward Ward Carmack
The
Tennesseean
South
7Th Avenue
Nashville
Tenn
Robin Cooper
Duncan B. Cowper
Cooper
Carmack
Pellmell
Tennessee
M. R. Patterson
Democratic Machine
Colonel Cooper
Castalian Springs
Sumner County
Columbia
Memphis American
William Cherry
American
Mr. Carmack
Nashville Democrat
Commercial Appeal of
Memphis
W. A. Collier
Memphis Appeal-Avalanche
Holly Springs
Miss
Collier
Congress
Tenth
United States Senate
Aattle
Robert Taylor
Government attorneys criticized for appeal hearing approach
The article reviews federal prosecutors criticism of appellate judges and notes the punishment limits of thirty six settlements linked to an accused company. It cites a higher court opinion that a corporation using another to break the law must be punished, with traditional methods to reach the offender.
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Ofl
Chicago and Alton
October Business Failures Rise in Dun's Review
Dun's Review lists 1,187 commercial failures in October amounting to $15,808,008, a slight rise from a year earlier. The report notes signs of progress toward recovery from last year's panic starting in October.
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Dun
Steel earns 27 million in quarter as orders lag
United States Steel Corp reports the quarter ending Sept 20 with net earnings over 27 million, up from 20.2 million, seen as a favorable omen for better times ahead though unfilled orders fall. Philippine public school strikers to be expelled per a decision by the board director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
Educational Board
Prosecution Links Lamphere to Mrs Guinness Deaths
The state argues that Mrs Guinness died in the Laporte house fire and that Lamphere, a former hired man, started the blaze on April 25. Coroners report contradicting identifications and missing body parts are cited as key points in the trial.
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Wonlin
Mrs. Gunness
Lamphere
Cotton Growers Meet in Memphis to Discuss Future
A pass meeting of cotton growers and allied interests from the South is planned in Memphis. Winter wheat in the Missouri belt benefits from recent rains while new corn moves freely to the Southwest and Europe via gulf ports. Drought slows flooding in southern Minnesota soils and wells run dry until rains return. Minnesota law permits cooperative creameries to market jointly, six creameries forming a corporation with 12500 capital stock.
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Memphis
Missouri
Southwest
Europe
Gulf Ports
Minnesota
Co-Operative
North Dakota Delegation Christens New Ship in Quincy
Governor Kurke leads a 100 strong North Dakota group to Quincy Massachusetts to christen the battleship North Dakota. In the first day of the open game season on Long Island fifty deer were killed and more than 1 000 hunted were in the field. Investigators report graft among New York City employees over show licenses with one suspension and two resignations already recorded.
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Kurke
North
McLellan
New York City
Getting Interested Maude and Clara Discuss Elopement
Clara boasts the heroine is about to elope with one man because she loves another. Maude notes the novel has not yet reached its dramatic moment.
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Maude
Clara
Upward Start After Changing from Coffee Postum
Tennessee woman describes how coffee harmed her digestion and nerves from a young age and credits Postum with restoring strength and appetite. She reports improved digestion, steadier nerves, and now uses Postum instead of coffee. The testimonial is presented by Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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