Fight to Finish on in the Eddy Family
Boston reports the renewed legal battle between Mary Baker G Eddy and her sons George W. Glover and Dr. Ebenezer K J Foster Eddy. Lawyers plan to restrain Eddy trustees over a 1 million dollar endowment while questions of mental competency go to court. The sons prepare to sue the trustees directly after a thwarted reconciliation and a move to donate Eddy’s fortune to Christian Science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Boston
Mass
Christian Science Cult
George W. Glover
Ebenezer
K. J. Foster-Eddy
Mra. Eddy
Pleasant View
Concord
Glover
Foster Eddy
Christian Science
Mrs. Eddy
A. 5
William E. Chandler
John W. Kelly
Portsmouth
N. H
de Witt C. Howe
Con
Cord
United States Court of
Merimac County
New Hampshire
Eddy
Chandler
Streeter
William F. Chandler
Dr. Foster-Eddy
A Bill for Fort Logan
Washington D C Jan 8 Senator Guggenheim introduced bills including free registered mail for naturalization matters an extra judge for the Eighth Circuit an extra judge for the District of Colorado funding for a Betes Park fish hatchery raised pensions for totally deaf soldiers pensions for Forsythe scouts widows and survivors medals for surviving members of the first volunteers and funds to purchase additional land adjacent to Port Logan for military purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Guggenheim
Righth Circuit
District of Colorado
Betea Park
Forsythe Scouts
Lincoln
Port Logan
Weather forecast and local readings for January 1908
Washington D C January 8 fair Thursday snow or rain and colder Friday Local weather data show 24 hour period ending January 3 maximum 61 degrees minimum 24 degrees no precipitation and a northwest wind 42 miles per hour at 12 80 pm W B Palmer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabhington
D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Divorcee May Marry Nordica Rumor Surfaces
New York Jan 8 George W. Young former president of United States Mortgage Trust and Wall Street figure is defendant in a divorce suit by Natalie M Brady on desertion grounds. Reports link him to Madame Nordica and San Carlos Opera while he says he is still married in response to a marriage question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George W. Young
United States Mortgage & Trust Company
Mutual Life
McCurdy
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Natalie M. Brady
Young
Willian’ B. Corey
Ateel Trust
San Carlos Opera Company
Madame Nordick
Madame Nordign
Rockefeller pays damages in Ohio case
John D. Rockefeller agrees to settle a damage suit filed in Cleveland by Mia Martha Condes, a Chicago woman, for 25000 dollars. The case concerns alleged damages from activities linked to a cult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Mia
Martha Condes
Bonfils Found Guilty of Assault on Patterson in Denver
Denver December 26 incident led to a conviction for F G Bonfils one of Denver Post proprietors on charges of malicious assault and battery against Thomas M Patterson former US senator and Rocky Mountain News owner. The judge criticized personal attacks in papers and warned against repetition with Bonfils planning an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Fred Bonfils
Denver Post
Thomas M. Patterson
United States
Rocky Mountain News
Denver Times
Justice of the Peace
Thomas Carson
Patterson
Carson
Bonfils
Bold Attempt at Robbery
Searchlight Nov 8 reports three men including miners from Goldfield being caught mid crime at 2 30 am while blowing open a Brown Grocer company store safe. A running pistol fight with Deputy Bodie and store employee John Congult ensued. Officers traced them to a lodging house and found three fully dressed men feigning drunkenness with burglar tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Grocer Company
Wm. McVey
Thomas Nolan
William Kellogg
Goldfield
Otto Bodie
John Congult
Takahira to be Japan's Ambassador
Tokyo reports the selection of Baron Takahira as Japan's new ambassador to the United States in Washington. The embassy has notified the state department and awaits the American response, with no hesitation expected despite a delay from busy Washington affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takahira
Japan
Tokio
Viscount Aoki
Washington
Associated Press
State Department
Baron Takahira
Italy
Foreign Office
Saloon Keeper Shot After Refusing Drink in St Louis
In St Louis a saloonkeeper named Conrad was shot and killed yesterday after refusing a drink to James McLaughlin, brother-in-law of ex Chief of Detectives Doumond. McLaughlin then robbed another saloon at gunpoint before capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Jon
Aujount Conrad
Hia
James McLaughlin
Doumond
McLaughlin
Conrad
Western Wool Growers Officials Head to Conventions
Dr. J. M. Wilson western vice president of the National Wool Growers Association and W. F. Hamilton arrived from Douglas last evening en route to the Wyoming Wool Growers Association meeting in Laramie and the National Wool Growers Association session in Helena.
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Western
Herk
J. M. Wilson
National Wool Growers’ Sesociation
W. F. Hamilton
Douglas
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Laramie
National Wool Growers Assoctaton
Helena Mort
More Land Indictments in Denver Grand Jury
United States grand jury finished its term in Denver and will report to Judge Robert B. Lewis. Indictments voted include over twenty bills, mainly land fraud cases by special agents under Chief McEntry, plus post office and counterfeiting indictments. Mason and Vanderwelde faced murder-related charges in Walker case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
United States Grand Jury
Robert B. Lewis
Cranston
Grand Jury
Special Agenta
McEntry
Wheeler
Department of Justice
Grand
Mason
Vanderwelde
Secret Service
Walker
Post Office
Kemp Biglow
Erbaugh
Bradley
Fisher
Receivers Appointed for Chicago & Great Western Road
Judge Sanborn names A. B. Stickney and Charles H. F. Smith as receivers for the Chicago & Great Western rail road after failure to meet 1908 obligations. Stickney serves as president. boilermaker strike and $19,000,000 in ten years of construction cited as factors in financial distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Walter H. Sanborn
United States Circuit Court
A. B. Stickney
Charles H. F. Smith
St.Paul
Chicago & Great Western Rail Road
Stickney
Thirty Year Truth Ended by Marriage in Ottawa
In Trinidad Colorado and Ottawa Kansas a couple sealed a thirty year romance with marriage on New Year's Day. William W. Baker and Miss Kate Filen, both in their sixties, had remained engaged while caring for aging parents and corresponding across years. The bride is 65 and the groom 67.
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Trinidad
Cole
Jan
Ottawa
Kan
William W. Baker
Kate Filen
Kansas
Miss Pitch
Mr. Baker
Defense in Thaw Case Thaws Into Surprise Moves
The Thaw second trial opens with subpoenas for prosecution expert witnesses who testified previously on insanity. Defense aims to limit evidence to the 1906 tragedy. May MacKenzie’s absence sparks rumors of a rift. Josiah Thaw enters court as Evelyn Nesbit sits with her husband. Six jurors secured. more talesmen ordered as both sides push challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
Stanford White
May MacKenzie
Evelyn Thaw
Marriage by Spirit Agency Hits Chicago Suite
J H Lesher a millionaire woollen maker and Chicago Athletic Club member is sued for separate maintenance in a case echoing the Vanderbilt Pepper dispute. He admits a woman identified as Mrs Belle Scramlin was sent to Europe and given business interests but denies a lawful marriage claiming a spirit portrait of his dead mother deceived him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. H. Lesher
Chicago Athletic Club
New York
Lesher
May Bangs
Bangs Sisters
J. BE. Funk
J. BE. Funk Investigated Unavailingly. ‘the Plaintiff, Whom Mr. Lesher
Europe
Belle Scramlin
Pancake wager lands two eaters in hospital in Delaware
In Rehoboth Rufus Roach and Wilmer Steele competed to eat large meat shuckwheat cakes. Three bakers produced cakes about a dinner plate thick. Roach ate 27 cakes Bleese 21. The pair consumed two pounds of butter and suffered violent pains, rushed to Georgetown hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth
Del
Rufus Roach
Wilmer Steele
Roach
Bleese
George Town Hospital
Banker Walsh as a Witness
John K R Walsh testified in Chicago on the bank’s closure to answer charges of misapplying funds. He admitted engineering loans to railroads and other firms in which he held large stock blocks and said memorandum notes were his idea while denying personal gain motives. He claimed the bank and allied institutions were his chief concern as inspectors pressed for clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John KR. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Equitable Trust Company
Home Save Lign Bank
Walsh
Taft Buys Large Saddle Horse for Secretary Taft
A McDonough county dealer sold his six year old black saddle horse to a Chicago firm seeking a mount large enough for a 100 pound weight. The 16 hand, 1240 pound steed, bought a year ago in Missouri, cost Secretary Taft $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Bloomington
Jan
Ewing
McDonough County
Chicago
Fim
William Taft
Missouri
Kidnapper Takes Topeka Children On Train
Topeka police report J. R. Smith kidnapped his two children from Garfield School and forced them into a car then a Rock Island train bound west. The jailbreak followed a California visit after a divorce, with telegraphs sent to the conductor for arrest.
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Topeka
Kan
Jan
J. R. Smith
Smith
California
Garfield
Recen
Rock Tlind
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Fort Logan
Weather Report
Nordica
Rockefeller
F. G. Bonfils
Justice Carson
Justice For
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