Trial of Coopers and Sharpe on Carmack murder continues
Nashville February 26. Ninth day of actual testimony in the Carmack murder trial ends with a defense advantage as evidence centers on an alleged remark that Carmack was in an ugly humor. The state offers counter testimony disputing the remark while revolvers and ownership of firearms occupy much of today’s hearing.
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Nashville
Tenn
Coopers
Sharpe
Carmack
Cooper
Craig
Robin
Major Vertrees
T. Leigh Thompson
Vertrees
Thompson
Fourful Lovers Quarrel Ends With Fatal Blow In Butte
In Butte Montana on February 26 a 17 year old, Charles Stephens, lay unconscious after a jaw blow from 14 year old Lionel Smith. Smith, who weighs 170 pounds, struck Stephens once and is jailed. Stephens may die. Friends say Stephens took Smiths sweetheart.
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Butte
Mont
Charles Stephens
Lionel
Smith
Stephens
Smith Lad
Arrests After Taft Gets Involved in Libel Case
Assistant District Attorney McNamara left New York for Chicago after conferring with Federal District Attorney Stimson on the Panama canal libel case against the New York World editors. Federal authorities will delay action against the three defendants for several days, likely until after Taft's inauguration.
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New York
McNamara
Washington
Stimson
Panama Canal
New York World
Chicago
Indianapolis News
D Taft
Sermons by Phone for the Sick in Hastings
The Rev. G. T. Trites of the Methodist Episcopal church will preach sermons over the telephone to the sick and aged. A local independent company installed equipment enabling stay-at-homes to hear him from his pulpit, though the pastor may disconnect with those able to attend in person.
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Hastings
G. T. Trites
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tritées
Captain Snively Injured in Coal Mine Accident
Captain Scott K. Snively former speaker of the Wyoming state house of representatives is seriously injured after slipping in a coal mine near Sheridan on February 26. He fell hard to the slope floor and is hospitalized with severe injuries.
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Snively
Hart. Sheridan
Wyo
Scott K. Snively
State House of Representatives
Tangled Coney Island Divorce Tale Sparks Courtroom Whimsy
In Brooklyn a complex absolute divorce case unfolds with a judge and a wealthy trustee family. The dialogue wanders through fashion references and personal tastes as the judge contemplates propriety and decency while the couple argues over inheritance and separation.
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New York
Coney Island Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Gan
Trusman
Father threatens to kill priest son-in-law over daughter affair
Mrs Moran, exhausted by her daughter's escapade and illness, says the priest is to blame in Denver gossip. She fears the father, a Southern Pacific roundhouse worker, will not allow the girl to return home. The family is scandalized and the daughter faces a cold, possibly hostile reception if she comes back. The mother describes herself as broken by the nerve shock and the father as intent on moving the girl elsewhere.
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Southern Pacific Roundhouse
Catholic Church
Moran
Denver
Tta
Tate
Man offers himself for sale for ten thousand dollars
Girard Kansas February 26. W Thomas Withrow still seeks a buyer after public self sale bid. A Wisconsin store operator proposed using him as fertilizer, offering 11 cents dead and delivered, disregarding color or nationality.
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Girard
Kan
W. Thomas Withrow
Pinchot Loses Big Increase in Forestry Bill Debate
The Senate passed the agricultural appropriation bill after a full day of debate on the forestry provision. A $400,000 increase was rejected. Senator Teller condemned Pinchot's plan and warned Colorado would remain wild if adopted, preferring an American home over a forested outdoors.
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Washington
Senate
Forestry Bureau
Teller
Pinchot
Colorado
Funeral of David Smith Yesterday in Cheyenne
Funeral services for David Smith who died of tuberculosis in Cheyenne were held yesterday morning at Early Undertaking parlors. Smith aged 60 had recently come from Terre Haute Indiana for his health and stayed with his brother Henry Smith at 623 West Twenty Third Street. He leaves four brothers living in Cheyenne and the article notes his death and family details. The page also mentions the Supreme Court Appearance Docket Book No 2, in use for 28 years, to be discarded after one more case is filed, with a first entry dated March 14 1881.
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David Smith
Cheyenne
Terre Haute
Indiana
Henry Smith
West Twenty-third Street
Supreme? Court
Supreme Court
Wyoming
A. W. Bristol
E. W. Whitcomb
George Osborne
H. M. Hasick
Invitation to World Conservation Conference Issued
The president transmitted an invitation to Congress for an international conference on conservation. He expresses sincere gratification at Canada Mexico and U S cooperation and hopes the world meeting will advance the interests of all nations.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Mexico
Congress
Young Girl Arrested in West End on Prostitution Charge
Police seized Margaret Yates a girl claiming to be nineteen but likely seventeen from a West End house. She is charged with prostitution and held awaiting Nebraska authorities. Police suspect she escaped from a girls' industrial school, a detail under investigation.
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Margaret Yates
West End
Nebraska
Nebraska Industrial School For Girls
Jury Retrait Anticipated in Standard Oil Rebating Case
The jury for the Standard Oil Company Indiana rebating case was completed tentatively today. Both sides reserved the right to recall jurors Monday. Three jurors are retired merchants and others are small merchants.
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Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Taft Under Scrutiny as Rail Line Receivers File Inventory
In Newark New Jersey the Council City railroad under receivership filed inventory listing whisky glasses poker chips and other equipment. The line runs Solomon City to Ruby Creek Alaska and is two months a year in operation. The stock includes 50 poker chips 26 cocktail glasses 21 wine glasses and 26 whisky glasses.
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Whisky Glasses
New York
Chancery Court
Newark
N. J
Council + City railroad
Solomon City
Ruby Creek
Alaska
Victim Says He's Swindled by Millionaire Bettor Mob
Detective W A Groneweg of Cornell Bluffs Iowa arrived in Little Rock with a requisition for J C Mabray alleged leader of swindlers held by postal authorities W T Ballew a Princeton Missouri banker swindled out of 30000 on a fake horse race He identified Mabray as one of the alleged millionaires betting with him.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. A. Groneweg
Cornell Bluffs
Iowa
J. C. Mabray
W. T. Ballew
Princeton
Mabray
Washington Women Now Have Ballot
Olympia Feb 24 The governor signed the women suffrage bill making Washington the fifth state to grant the ballot to women. The senate approved a railroad committee bill giving the railway commission jurisdiction over telephone and telegraph lines, allowing rate setting and mandatory interconnections in cities with competing exchanges. the measure awaits House consideration.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
Senate
Railway Commission
Alleged Forger Arrested in Salt Lake City Area
Salt Lake City authorities say actor Alan Farr was arrested in Laramie Wyoming on a tele graph warrant from Sheriff Sharp. Farr, once employed at a local theatre, is accused of signing other names to checks.
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Salt Lakev
Salt Lake City
Utah
Alan Farr
Liramie
Wyo
Sheriff Sharp
Farr
Taft Denies Tariff Misrepresentation In NY Papers
President elect Taft defended his tariff remarks in New York asserting reports distorted his position. He said the current business slump partly stems from tariff revision and urged a permanent tariff commission to study the new law for a more scientific basis. He stressed no change in his stance.
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New York
Taft
Agaimst
Police arrest six women for prostitution in two days
City police report a two day crackdown resulting in six women arrested on prostitution charges. Two women were fined $18, others await trial. Two men also arrested awaiting trial. One man fined $18 for visiting a prostitute, and another man jailed awaiting trial for impersonating an officer.
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Wagmen
Twe
Mam
Tril
Ten Chinamen Freed After Gambling Charge Trial
Ten Chinese men arrested in a city opium den raid were tried before Judge Brumer on gambling charges. They faced long, complex proceedings with attorneys Watts and Dyer and were discharged after the trial.
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Brumer
Watts
Dyer
Widow and Four Children Murdered in Bakersfield
In Bakersfield California Mrs Minnie Beekman a prominent resident and her four children were found dead at their home four miles south of the city the fire appeared to be set after the murders the charred bodies lay in their usual beds with a blood stained mattress the family had no known enemies and Mrs Beekman had been widowed about a year ago.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Minnie Beekman
Governor's delay spurs cross state nuptials tale
The Busy Gossip recounts how Wyoming's governor delaying Senate File 70 on remarriage after divorce could have allowed Denver couple Rolly and Miss Smith to wed locally. Neighbors talked, custody sues, and a marriage license was pursued as a remedy, with the story ending as plans move to continue on another page.
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Hutchinson
W. C. Vertregs
Sands
Hattie Fuller Dupont
John Tyler Dupont, Jr
S. Dupont
Elf
Tilman
Senate Committee On Post Offices
House Committee
Tillman
Committee On Post Office and Postroads
Commission
Committee On Post Offices
Berlin
Ripper
Friedrich Strasse
Colt
Wisconsin
O. K
Cheyenn
Mins Smith
Rally
Rolly
Miss Smith
Neobranka
Golog
Kiffeet
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