Troops Deployed In Muncie Over Streetcar Strike
Indiana National Guard moved twelve infantry companies a battery hospital and signal corps to Muncie to restore order amid a streetcar strike. Martial law proclaimed by Governor Hanly placing Major General McKee in control as rioting wounded eleven and left eight thousand idle workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Signal Corps of
Indiana National Guard
Hanty
Street Railway Company
Auditorium Skating Rink
Indiana Union Traction Railway Company
Marion
Traction Line
Hanly
McKee
Death of Rev. Father Denis J. Stafford at Providence Hospital
Washington reports the death of Rev. Father Denis J. Stafford D D pastor of St. Patrick s Church in this city after an operation. He was forty seven and ordained in 1885. A noted Shakespearean scholar and orator, his death was caused by cirrhosis of the liver. President Roosevelt attended the dedication of St Patrick s academy and hall in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Denis J. Stafford
D. D
St. Patrick's
Providence Hospital
Stafford
St. Patrick's Academy
Carroll Hall
Roosevelt
Pr. Stafford
Earl Will Defend in Annulling Suit in London
Faris of Yarmouth life in Pittsburg wife Alice Thaw sues for nullification of marriage. Legal action to be heard in divorce court with 166 defended cases ahead. Sir George Lewis to defend. Grounds are insanity prior to marriage or non consummation under English law. Meanwhile New Orleans reports liquor shipments to southern states and Texas dry counties face legal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Far
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsbur
George Lewis
England
New Orleans
Texas
Aggressive Tax Acceptance By Waters-Pierce Oil
Attorney General Davidson decided to accept the egress receipt tax offered by Waters-Pierce Oil company. The tax and penalties for failure to pay as required by law total $18,930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jan
Davidson
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Fort Worth and Dallas Crime and Local Notices Brief
Disjointed OCR reads of arrest reports and local notes. Mentions thefts in Dallas, a fatal shooting while resisting arrest in Fort Worth, and a fort Worth record editor's injury. Cornerstone laid at Bonn Grayson county for a $12000 school building. Fort Worth articles reference various individuals and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
Das George L. Rockwell
Texas Million Club
Bonn
Grayson County
Texas
T. O. Walker
Fort Worth
Powers case ends in mistrial after long jury deadlock
After over forty eight hours the Georgetown jury failed to reach a verdict in the Caleb Powers murder case tied to Governor Goebel. This fourth trial followed two life sentences and one death sentence in prior proceedings. Foreman Price and Renaker held out for conviction while Powers welcomed the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb Powers
Georgetown
Goebel
Morris
Powers
J. L. Price
J. W. Renaker
Harrison County
Bomb Blast At First National Bank In Kansas City
A bomb exploded in the basement toilet area of the First National Bank building at Tenth and Baltimore, causing damage and panic. Six people were injured but not fatally, as investigators note the blast bent a steel post and shattered basement windows. The marble structure, finished last year at near one million dollars, houses bank operations on the main floor and law firms and real estate offices upstairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Tenth
Baltimore Streets
First National Bank
Bank
Baltimore Avenue
English Missionary Reports Boxer Riots in Sichuan Province
C Polhill, a English missionary after twenty years in China, arrived on the Uner Nippon Maru and described Boxer unrest near Kai Tsien Sichuan 1500 miles from Shanghai. He cites heavy school and opium taxes provoking riots that destroyed five mission buildings before authorities stopped the violence. He heads to London expecting wider trouble in China soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Polhill
London
China
Pettibone Acquitted in Steunenberg Murder Trial
In Boice Ida on Jan 4 the Pettibone murder trial jury returned a verdict of acquittal for George A Pettibone accused in the death of former Governor Frank Steunenberg. Also from New York on Jan 4 J B Hagegin the noted horse breeder nominated 306 colts for the 1910 Futurity, the largest number by a single owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boice
Ida
George A. Pettibone
Frank Steunenberg
New York
J. B. Hagegin
American Embassy to Host Evans at Banquet and Garden Party
Rio de Janeiro on January 4 reports the American embassy will tender Admiral Evans and other fleet officers a banquet on January 14 and a garden party on January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Admiral Evans
Tremendous Egg Receipts
New York reports egg receipts as 15 059 cases for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco war unsettles growers
Kentuckians and Tennesseans clash with the American Tobacco Company over marketing the 1907 crop. Russellville raids prompt heightened vigil by sheriff, deputies, and citizens while Governor Willson signals no troop deployment. Burley growers meet Winchester to set terms but the company refuses prices above 12 cents, insisting the company is the sole buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Tennessee
American Tobacco Company
Russellville
Ayres
Willson
Burley Tobacco Society
Burley Society
Writ of habeas corpus sought by Alderson in injuntion case
Ross Alderson a Brownwood saloon keeper who was fined 100 and jailed three days for violating an injunction prohibiting liquor sales in a club seeks a writ of habeas corpus in the Texas Supreme Court.Attorney J H Baker filed the application challenging the injunction provision of the search and seizure act amid broad interest in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Alderson
Austin
Supreme Court
Brownwood
J. H. Baker
Alderson
State Department of Education
Railroad Commission
Texas
George C. Greer
Minor
Beaumont
Security Oil Company
Dalas
Corsicana
Sparks
Nevada
Ranger Force
Prohibition Question On Sale Of Saloon Fixtures
Atlanta reports Attorney General Hart says foreclosing a debt on a saloon's fixtures and liquor to sell them would violate the prohibition law since the state and its agents cannot sell whisky. Evansville sees a wreck on the traction line injuring several including Major G V Menzies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Brooks County
Gal
Hart
Evansville
Ind
John Niederhurst
Mount Vernon
G. V. Menzies
Ford
Demise of Noted Astronomer
Hanover New Hampshire January 4 Charles Augustus Young the noted astronomer is dead of pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N. H
Charles Augustus Young
Coleman Executed for Deputy Sheriff Murder
Leo H. Coleman was executed in DeQuincey for killing Deputy Sheriff William Shoemaker. He was attended on the scaffold by Father Cramers after joining the Roman Catholic church in jail and shook hands with the victim’s father. The body was shipped to Texarkana, his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Leo H. Coleman
William Shoemaker
DeQuincey
Coleman
Cramers
Texarkana
Mrs Nation Arrives in Mexico for Insane Relative Rescue
Mrs Carry Nation of saloon smashing fame arrives in Mexico City to secure the release of a relative housed in an asylum. She says the mission is peaceful and aims to bring the patient back to the United States. No unusual incidents reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation
Mexico
City of
Carry A
Saloog
Traveling Man in Tragic Death Near Tuscumbia
W. W. Walker a Marshall Field & Co traveling salesman killed himself in a Tuscumbia hotel by taking morphine. A native of Holly Springs Mississippi aged fifty five, troubled by unhappy domestic relations and ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscumbia, Ala
W. W. Walker
Marshall Field & Co
Holly Springs
Miss
Streetcar Jumped Track Injures Twelve Passengers
In Memphis on January 6 a street car on Latham Avenue derailed injuring twelve Black passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Latham Avenue
No Pension Opposition by Nashville Confederate Veterans
At a Frank Cheatham bivouac meeting in Nashville on January 4, a resolution was adopted urging southern congressional representatives to oppose federal pensioning of Confederate soldiers. The group argued state treasuries should fund worthy veterans, not the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Frank Cheatham
United Confederate Veterans
Congress
Confederate States of America
Mother of Ruth Johnson Disarmed In Court Shooting Attempt
In Waco on January 4, Constable Guy McNamara acted quickly to stop Mrs. Forrest Johnson, mother of Ruth Johnson, who was allegedly assaulted by Joe Williams, from firing a pistol found in a paper bag during the examining trial. Officers confiscated the weapon after a scuffle. Williams’ bond was set at $5,000 amid great courtroom excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Guy McNamara
Forrest Johnson
Ruth Johnson
Joe Williams
Williams
Honesty Rewarded in Pottsville Case
Lawrence Pickett a draughtsman at Easton Steel plant in Pottsville Pa found in a Pullman car a package containing 7500 in gold bonds and 4500 in negotiable paper. He communicated with a Philadelphia broker learned the owner and sent the documents by express. The owner rewarded his honesty with a 500 U S gold bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Lawrence Pickett
Easton Steel Company
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Express
United States
Baldwin Locomotive Works Adopts Eight Hour Day
Philadelphia January 4 1914 Baldwin Locomotive works to switch from ten to eight hour shifts affecting about 15 800 men and boys and reducing employment by about 3 000 workers. The change lowers weekly hours by two per worker and reorganizes production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
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Father Stafford
Earl
CG. O. D
Tex
Dav
Dallas
John Batram
Wrathy
Rela
M. H. James
James & Nunn
Furniture Line
Rohde
Higgs Market
Edinburg's Restaurants
Zenetti Block
Hamilton
Pullman
C.K Dunlap, M.L
Robbins
Gen. Pass
Agent Houston
Shoop
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