Death of Bishop Charles C. McCabe in New York
Bishop Charles C. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal Church, famed as Chaplain McCabe, died in a New York hospital at 6:20 p m on Wednesday after a stroke. Born October 1, 1836 in Athens, Ohio, he served as a war chaplain and later as secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society, contributing to the society’s funds and serving as chancellor of the American University at Washington. His wife and niece were at his side.
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Missionary Society
New York
Charles C. McCabe
Philadelphia
McCabe
Athens
Ohio Conference of the
Methodist Church
One Hundred and Twenty-Second
Ohio Infantry
Winchester
Libby
General Conference
The
Portsmouth
Board
Madame Gould Wins Most Suits Against Creditors in Paris
Madame Gould, former Countess Bon de Castellane, defeats creditors who sought to make her jointly liable with the count. Thirteen of fifteen suits were dismissed with costs to the plaintiffs. Only two art dealers were found possibly liable, while three cases remain undecided for December 26. The court said debts were not proven to benefit the count and countess, and she fulfilled her marriage contract obligations.
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Paris
Madame Gould
Bon de Castellane
Canca Wera
Costa
Trys to Kill Chicago Judge In Corridor Shooting Incident
A would-be assassin fired at Probate Judge Charles S. Cutting in a Chicago criminal court building corridor. The bullet narrowly missed, striking a bystander and prompting a struggle to disarm the assailant. Indictment followed for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. A separate robbery at J B Moss Milling saw two men shoot cashier J B Mace. one suspect captured.
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Chicago
Charles
Criminal Court
Erlak
Elerbrock
Jarbrock
Jech
Cutting
Beaty
Birbbrook
Gaehler
J. B. Moss Milling Company
J. B. Mace
Regina War on Top Trust in New York
Attorney General Yullus Mayer filed a go fon against the Amerikan loo com aw in the Uetlanduee ohine Wark county alleging a to the au weenlied hee tat. The action targets a trust linked to the supposed sale of the product in violation of state law.
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Regina
War On Top Trust
Albany
N. Y
Yullus Mayer
Amerikan Loo Comaw
Uetlanduee Ohine Wark County
Iowa State News: Rebates Allegations Shake Great Western
SAYS ROAD GAVE REBATES Employees Charged With Padding Pay Rolls. Sibert, former Great Western freight and Cedar Falls station agent, threatens to provide government evidence of rebates to shippers in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. He admits no specifics. officials deny and plan grand jury appearance.
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Waterloo
W. V. Sibert
Great Western
Sibert
Walterloo
Cedar
Cedar Falls
Cefency
Sibert A
B. Hollendors
Marshalstown
Lakely
Joseph Bridges
J. H. Kuhne
Albia Fire Ravages Business District In Blast
A large blaze early on the 20th destroyed Latimer Brothers & Dunn store stock worth about 8000 and inflicted 3000 on Cramer block. The Riggs Hanna hardware store suffered over 1000 in water damage while many homes and stock areas faced losses. A new waterworks system is planned to boost firefighting.
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Altia
Gaso
Latimer Brothers & Dunn
Cramer
R. C. Cramer
Riggs-Hanna Hardware
Latiner's
W. C. Rameau
Mr. Matthews
John Harlsuck
Albia
Death of Bishop Henry Cosgrove Davenport diocese
The Rt Rev. Henry Cosgrove, bishop of the Davenport Catholic diocese, died in Davenport after a long illness likely due to kidney cancer. He had been invalid for eighteen months and his funeral and interment details are expected to include many bishops and priests. James Davis will succeed him as coadjutor bishop.
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Iowa
Davenport
Henry Cosgrove
Cosgrove
United States
Sacred Heart Cathedral
McMullen
James Davis
Indicted Banker O. Hughes Tied to Clearfield Bank Wreck
Grand jury returns two indictments against H. O. Hughes former cashier of Farmers State Bank of Clearfield tied to bank failure. William Hughes, Corydon resident, faces nine indictments in related case. Depositors pursue lengthy litigation with civil suits to follow next term.
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Clearfield
Bedford
H. O. Hughes
Farmers’ State Bank of
William Hughes
Corydon
We. A. Farren
Farmers’ Bank
Buxton Druggist Found Dead From Gas in Des Moines Hotel
Carson Cooper a Buxton druggist was found dead in a Des Moines hotel room. Authorities say an open gas jet caused lethal fumes and classify it as an accidental death with no inquest to be held. Marguerite Holland, proprietor, reported the scene at the La Cleda hotel near the North Western depot.
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Buxton
Des Moines
Carson Cooper
la Cleda
Hast Pourth Street
Northwestern Depot
Marguerite Holland
Beck
Cooper
Mob Lynches Regro Davis After Jail Break in Annapolis
A mob of 26 or 30 men broke into Annapolis jail early Friday and lynched Henry Davis, also known as Chambers, who had confessed guilt. The crowd dragged him to a nearby vacant lot by College Creek, fired into him, and left his body beneath a tree. A coroner's jury later ruled death by unknown persons. The mob gathered at St John's Hall on the university campus and masked themselves, while college authorities denied student involvement.
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Annapolia
Henry Davis
John Reid
Igleharts Station
Davis
Chambers
Preacuer
College Creek
B & Mb
Lilekead
Davig
Calvert Street
State House
St. John's College
Annapolls
Igleharta Station
Reid Ives
St. John’s
Senor Hall
Thesa
River Packet Explodes Near Gold Dust Landing
The river steamer Scovell exploded at Gold Dust landing 17 miles south of Vicksburg, killing 14 with four white men among the dead. Captain John A. Quackenboss of Vicksburg and L Wade Quackenboss, also of Vicksburg, are named among the dead. The boat sank after the blast, caused by a defective boiler plate, and was insured for 6009.
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Vicksburg
Miss
John A. Quackenboss
L. Wade Quackenboss
Joseph Smith
Yazoo City
Leval Verger
Jackson
Somes
Soustabouta
Gold Dust Landing
Ita
Davis Bend
Wade, Quackenboss
Capt
Quackenboss
Child swallows poison. mother discovers fatal act
James Taylor, two year old son of Mr and Mrs James Taylor of 1915 Twentieth street, swallowed eight strychnine pills while the mother was away. The child grew nauseated and soon died despite medical efforts.
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Des
James Taylor
Twentieth Street
Human Chain Saves Drowning on Lake Ice
Two youths, Miss Frances Pord and Earl Coburn, were saved from drowning after skating on a lake where thin ice gave way. Friends formed a human chain, lying prone across the ice to reach and pull them to safety after a half hour in the cold water.
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Lake
Frances Pord
Earl Coburn
Rag Cutters Fatal Accident At Clinton Mill
W. D. McCrary, employed at a Clinton rag mill, was found unconscious near a rag cutting machine with his head crushed and skull fractured. He was taken to the hospital and not expected to live. The accident’s exact cause remains unknown but foul play is not suspected.
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Falla
Clinton
W. D. McCrary
Baby Eats Pills and Dies Man's Foot Sawed Off
Horace M. Jordan, helping cut wood with a buzz saw, had his left foot severed at the ankle when the belt pulled him toward the machine. He tripped while escaping and suffered the injury as his foot was cut off at the instep.
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Winfield
Horace M. Jordan
Jordan
Kibler Family Suit for Divorce in Federal Court
Dr. YW. L. Sweet sues Mr. and Mrs. Kibler and son Lou Kibler in federal court at Council Grove seeking $60,000 alleging interference with his wife's affections. The Kiblers, wealthy Harrie bow county family, moved to Salt for divorce after disputes over travel and residence.
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Woodbing
Bult
YW. L. Sweet
B. Kibler
Lou Kibler
Sweet
Kibler
Harrie Bow County
Child Burned In Coffee Spill At Bluff
A two year old child of Mr and Mrs Chas Gorman at Bluff suffered severe scalds when a cup of steaming coffee tipped onto the face neck and chest while seated at the table. Parents rushed to aid but clothing had to be removed to treat the burns, described as very painful and possibly serious.
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Bluffs
Council ‘Bluffe
Chas
Gorman
Seating Contract For State University Auditorium
The board of regents awarded the seating contract for the pew natural aclenca building auditorium to Grand Reptile Furniture company. Seats will be solid mahogany and upholstered at 4.25 dollars each, with a seating capacity near 6,000.
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University Auditorium
Towawily
Board of Regents of
the State University
Pew Natural Aclenca
Grand Reptile Furniture Company
Shenandoah-William Mcintyre Public Sale and Dairy Venture
A fragmented notice reports Shenandoah-William Mcintyre and wife held a public sale in town. It details her butter business with dairy records across 1293 to 1906, noting cows counts and income figures for selected years, though some figures are garbled.
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Shenandoah
William Mcintyre
Government Crop Bulletin Highlights 1908 U S Yields
The Washington agricultural department bulletin reports 1908 crops with corn at 2,027,416,091 bushels, winter wheat 492,888,004, and spring wheat 242,872,900 bushels. In Reno Oklahoma Captain Edgar B Macklin of the Twenty-fifth Infantry was shot twice by a Black man believed to be among soldiers discharged by Theodore Roosevelt.
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Government
Washington
Agricultural Department
Macklin
TD Reno
Okla
Edgar B. Macklin
Company C
Twenty-fifth
United States Infantry
Roopevelt
Real D R Dios Aged 96 in Newark Obituary
Mrs Rachel Brookfield Day a daughter of the Revolution died in Newark at 96. She was the daughter of Capt Job Brookfield who served throughout the Revolutionary War.
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D. A. R. Dios
New York
Rachel Brookfield Day
Newark
Job Brookfleld
Cuba Free From Yellow Fever in Havana
Cuba has been declared free of yellow fever with the last case in a large city discharged Friday. The report notes this marks a full year since the earlier wave began and contrasts with 32 cases in the same period last year.
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Cuba
Havana
Land Fraud Trial Ends in Convictions at Omaha
Bartlett Richards and Will Comstock led the Nebraska Land and Feeding company with C C Jameson and Aquilla Trippet found guilty on 36 counts. They conspired to defraud public lands in the Spade ranch area through fraudulent homestead entries under the Kinkaid law. Witnesses testified to payments promised to claimants and improvements by the company. Earlier Richards and Comstock were convicted of fencing government land and fined $300 with six hours in custody.
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Omaha
Neb
Trla
Federal District Court
Bartlett Richards
Will G. Comstock
C. C. Jameson
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Spade
Aquilla Triptet
Svenin
Attorneys
Nebraska
Kinkaid
Fife
Richards and
Comstock
United States
T. L. Matthews
Vatican protests French actions over religious rights
The Vatican issued a note of protest to papal representatives abroad accusing France of outraging religious rights by hindering church communication and expelling Mar Montaguin, secretary of the papal nunciature in Paris. In New York, Harry Kendall Thaw’s trial for the Stanford White murder is set for Monday January 31 by Justice Newburger after a defense motion.
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Rome
Vatican
France
Mar. Montaguin
Paris
Thaw
New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
New York State
Au Prems ‘Court
Stanford White
Justice Newburger
Famous Child Educator Dead in New York
Mrs Delapghe Horson Boardman Inecom a renowned child educator and former lecturer on child training died at her New York home after a long career in the field.
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New York
Delapghe Horson
Boardman Inecom
U S Senate Debates Roosevelts Action On Brownsville Troops
Washington scenes unfold as senators demand full investigation into the discharge of Twenty-fifth Infantry African American soldiers linked to the Brownsville raid. Lodge and others press for Senate military committee inquiry with a resolution pending. The House adjourns to January 3 as President Roosevelt issues messages on San Francisco Japanese and requests action by Congress.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Lodge
Scott
Ohioatur
House
Washington
Ville
Tex
Bownsyville Mutim
Congress
San Francisco Japanes
Mat
Metcalf
Dl Francigsco
United Civil and Military
Congressmen Tour Canal Zone on Inspection Mission
Ten representatives and one senator sailed on the Alliance to inspect the canal project. Included were Merk Knowland California Goeme Fulkerson Missouri Rives McKinney and Smith Winds Howell Utah Kinkal Nebraska and Stenerson Iowa. They visited the gang on invitation of the canal commission to ensure a thorough examination.
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New York
Alliance
Merk Kknowland
California
Go Meu Fulkerson
Missouri
Rives
Unclear fragment hints at military squadron arrival in San Francisco
Fragment mentions a squadron arriving in July or February and a feared repetition of a master issue. The text is garbled and provides only partial context about San Francisco and military movements. No clear names, dates, or organizations are discernible beyond these vague references.
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San Francisco
Court finds Quin ce Louigville man guilty of murder
A jury at Jackson, Kentucky found Jamga Cockrell guilty and sentenced the defendant to imprisonment. The case arose near Louisville and involved Jett in a fatal shooting in a center city area.
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Quince Louigville
Divorce Granted After Long Union Ends in Milwaukee
The divorce case of Jacob Heyl and Clara Heyl is set for Friday in Milwaukee. The proceedings name Mrs. Jacob Meyl as the plaintiff and reference the late Mrs. Ligette Heyl in context of the family matter.
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Mra
Jacob Meyl
Milwaukee
Clara 8
Heyl, Tor
Ligette
God Wits
Jacob Heyl
Beng
Jesob Heyl
Central Fxure Typie
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P. Boyd
Pub
Uffalo Center
M'Cabe
C. G. McCabe
Mma Gould
Castellane
Iowa State News
Commonwealth
Bishop Cosgrove
Mississippi
Arkansas Bank
Texarkana
Ark
Bank of
Nebraska Cattle Company
Mgr. Montagnini
Houston
John Hamilton
Ave
Hamilton
Foraker
Panama
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