Prosecution Plans Revealed In Pierce Trial
In Austin a secret conference among state counsel outlined the prosecution of oil magnate Henry Clay Pierce amid Governor Campbell’s push for aggressive actions. Judges McCord McLean and Jenkins met to coordinate the case while Campbell defended good roads efforts and denied calls to tax breaks for corporations.
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Campbell
Frank Johnson
Amarillo
Newton
Johnson
Ross
Rangers
Smuggling Ring Nabbed In Freight Car From El Paso
Six Chinese men seized after a Texas and Pacific freight car from El Paso arrived in Fort Worth. The car, loaded with no furniture, revealed the group connected to J C Anderson the consignee charged with smuggling. The men traveled from China via Mexico toward eastern states.
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Fort Worth
Jan
Texas and Pacific
el Paso
J.C. Anderson
Consignee
China
Mexico
Man Rescues Wife From Fire During Sleep
In Houston in January O L Anderson slept when fire started in his bed. He carried his invalid wife from the flames while the blaze fed by bedding near a grate. He later recalled no awareness of the rescue until an hour afterward.
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Houston
Jan
O. L. Anderson
Anderson
Pardons Deny Motions of Preston and Smith in Goldfield Murder
Carson Nev Jan 9 The board of pardons denied the applications of M R Preston and Joseph Smith convicted of the murder and manslaughter of John Silva a Goldfield restaurant keeper on March 19 1907 Preston who was convicted of murder and Smith of manslaughter drew national attention last summer when nominated for president on the Socialist labor ticket
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Carson, Nev
Board of Pardons
M. R. Preston
Joseph Smith
John Silva
Goldfield
Preston
Smith
United States
Socialist Labor
Sheriff Recaptures Dave Waterhouse After Chase
In Nacogdoches Texas on January 9 the sheriff captured Dave Waterhouse after a five mile chase with hounds. He faces charges of assaulting his wife who is said to be fatally hurt. Reportedly he also attacked a preacher and his wife who intervened.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Dave Waterhouse
Mistaken Robber Fear Ends In Fatal Blunder
In Hill Colorado a Russian resident Karl Tschardh shot at Henry Tucker and his wife, who stopped at his cabin seeking work. The bride, Mrs. Tucker, died instantly from a head wound while Tucker was only slightly wounded. Tschardh surrendered, claiming he feared an attack and robbery and that $600 was hidden in the house.
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Hill
Colo
Karl Tschardh
Henry Tucker
Tuckers
Local Man Killed by Live Electric Wire in Bastrop
Bastrop Texas January 9 James Kirkwood aged thirty three was fatally injured when he grasped a live electric wire hanging from a pole near a grocery store and attempted to move it. He was instantly killed.
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Bastrop
Tex
James Kirkwood
Kirkwood
Tenor Pate Bane Admitted To Washington County Home
Washington Pa January 9 Pate Bane reputedly the tallest man in the Union army at six feet nine inches has been admitted to the Washington county home at his own request. A veteran of the Ringgold battalion he served as color bearer during the war.
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Washington, Pa
Pate Bane
Washington County
Bane
Ringgold
Collision in Potomac wrecks two tramroad engines
In Potomac a collision between two tramroad locomotives killed engineer John Pew and fatally injured a Black worker. The crash wrecked both engines and occurred in Lufkin Texas on January 9.
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Lufkin
Tex
Potomac
John Pew
Stratford files suit over Jim Crow car ride
J W Stratford of Tulsa filed a lawsuit against the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway for being forced to ride in a Jim Crow car from Coffeyville Kansas to Tulsa Oklahoma, alleging racial segregation action.
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Tulsa
Okla
J. W. Stratford
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Coffeyville
Kan
Theater Manager Fined For Sunday Show
Dallas, Jan. 9 In city court T. P. Finnegan, manager of the Majestic theater, was fined 200 dollars for giving a performance on Sunday. He appealed the case.
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Dallas
T. P. Finnegan
Majestic Theater
Fiery Feud Ends in Fatal Standoff at Williamstown
In Williamstown Kentucky a feud between the Lantern and Ranson families erupts after a Friday night dance. Miss Ethel Rawson is killed by a bullet while six others are wounded including Sidney Ranson and Charles Clark. Grover Clark suffers a broken collarbone. Grover Clark and George Lantern are jailed.
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Williamstown
Ethel Ranson
Lantern
Ranson
Wes Barnes
Miss Rawson
Sidney
Charles Clark
Grover Clark
Thomas Turner
Emmet Homan
George Lantern
May Sherman Details Earthquake Refugees in Italy
Miss May Sherman of Elizabeth New Jersey describes the plight of refugees in Taormina and Rome after the quake. Wounded were moved from trains to Taormina for care as four died in the first two days. Bakers work for bread funded by the foreign colony. Many children are orphaned and clothing is scarce. Mrs Welch postponed travel to Messina and now cares for a young refugee girl.
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Rome
May Sherman
Elizabeth
N. J
Taormina
Catania
Sherman
Welch
Messina
Cotton Ginned Total Reaches 12.47 Million Bales in 1908 Census
Washington reports 12,470,226 bales ginned from 1908 crop by Jan 1, with 27,386 ginneries in operation. The tally includes 231,821 round bales and 86,416 Sea Island bales, and shows 90 percent ginned to Jan 1, 1908.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Sea Island
Head hits fence in fatal Long Island automobile crash
Edward Gilman a noted Flushing real estate broker was instantly killed when thrown from an auto against a fence during a ride with local youths. Miss Jeanette McKim of Flushing was unconscious and chauffeur Frank Brennan suffered a fractured skull and a broken arm.
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New York
Edward Gilman
Flushing
L. I
Long Island
Jeanette McKim
Frank Brennan
Indicted ex bank cashier Edward Rowland in Sonoma County
Edward Rowland formerly cashi r of the Bank of Healdburg is indicted on five counts of misappropriation by the Sonoma county grand jury. The shortages cited total 12000 dollars with Rowland admitting a larger 125000 in a bank examiner statement. He was arrested and posted 15000 dollars bond.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Edward Rowland
Bank of Healdburg
Sonoma County Grand Jury
Rowland
Brooklyn brewery valve mishap injures worker
In Brooklyn a brewery employee, Frank Casper, is probably fatally burned when a vat fails and boiling beer pours over him. He is found unconscious in the hot liquid by coworkers.
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New York
Brooklyn
Frank Casper
Bulldog Kills Neighboring Bull in Butler County
A large bulldog owned by Stephen Morris killed a two year old bull in southern Butler County after a six hour struggle. The dog, about seventy pounds, was severely injured and may need to be shot. The bull had previously tossed the dog days earlier during a chase in the barnyard.
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Butler
Stephen Morris
Bank Vault Protections Against Cracking The Cracksmen
Harper's Weekly explains bank vault security using concealed wiring linked to a central office with a sensitive relay that triggers alarms at the first sign of tampering. Electric lighting and hidden teller push buttons enhance daytime and nighttime deterrence, ensuring quick police response and locking mechanisms to block escapes.
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Harper's Weekly
Bachelor girl complaints about hair loss and curls
A Chicago Inter Ocean quote has a bachelor girl lamenting paying $3 for a bunch of brown curls only to find gray hair and yellow leaf bits mixed in. She asks whether this is fair and questions the value of her purchase.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Say Where is that place Atoms blown to
The Chicago News quotes a witty remarks on a place called Effigy where many become the target of public punishment. A solemn figure replies that the site lies just beyond Effigy, the gallows plate referenced in the exchange.
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Chicago News
Suicide by Percy L. Clinton shocks Dallas household
In Dallas on January 9 Percy L. Clinton aged 45 shot himself in the heart in a room where his three year old daughter and another occupant were present. The girl alerted Mrs. R V Carleton nearby and cried Papa has shot himself. Clinton, a former linotype operator now half owner of Peerless Brick Co, was born in London and had lived in Dallas six weeks after arriving from Shawnee Oklahoma.
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Percy L. Clinton
R. V. Carleton
Papa
Clinton
Katy
Waxahachie
Peerless Brick Company
Shawnee
Okla
London
Execution date set for six night riders in murder case
Union City Tenn January 9 Judge Jones fixed February 19 as the execution date for six men convicted of first degree murder in a night riders case. Attorneys for the condemned filed notices of appeal to the state supreme court.
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Union City
Tenn
Mrs Connors Bitten by Hydrophobic Cat in Grocery Chase
Mrs Mary Connors suffered bites to neck and face from a cat believed hydrophobic in a Chicago grocery. The cat attacked, was beaten off with a broom, and after a pursuit police cornered and shot the animal as stock was toppled during the chase.
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Chicago
Mary Conners
Mexico Earthquake Shakes West Coast No Fatalities Reported
An earthquake struck the western coast of Mexico on Friday with strong effects in Acapulco and parts of Oaxaca and Guerrero. The tremor caused minor damage but no fatalities were reported.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Acapulco
Juerrero
Oaxaca
Widow of Charles Davis to Return to Stage
Pittsburg January 9 Widow of the late Charles Davis also known as Alvin Joslyn will resume her stage career. The report notes her reentry to performing art after his passing.
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Pittsburg
Charles Davis
Alvin Joslyn
Quote exchange on belief and trust in Greene
In a dialogue the speakers Brown and Black discuss people's beliefs. They note Greene's lack of confidence yet willingness to eat croquettes and mince pie, highlighting inconsistency between faith and appetite.
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Brown
Black
Greene
Hash
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