Japanese cleaner on trial for brutal murder in Denver
Judge Shattuck denied dismissal of the pan el of jurors in the Mitsunaga murder case. The Japanese housecleaner is charged with killing Mrs. Katherine Wilson, whose mutilated body was found May 9 in a packing cage at 1054 Clayton Street. Mitsunaga confessed but said another man killed Mrs. Wilson and forced him to help dispose of the body.
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Denver
Genkyoe Mitsunaga
Katherine Wilson
Shattuck
Supreme Court
Mitsunaca
Ridgely Wilson
Hot Springs
Clayton Street
Genkyo Mitsunaga
Wilcon
Curtiss Offers To Instruct Army Men
Aviator Glen H. Curtiss proposes to teach several officers aviation at no government cost. He has secured a mile long course near Los Angeles to start a training school and will experiment with water takeoffs and landings.
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Washington
Glen H. Curtiss
War Department
Los Angeles
New Nationalism Opposed by Governors Meet
At a regional gathering the governors of three states denounced the New Nationalism as harmful to conservation while one state chief executive defended it. Governor Norza of Montana opposed the policy, citing paternal government plans to divide patrimony.
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Outsville
Frankfort
Nora
Montana
Shafroth
Colorado
Bloon
Arizona
Noel
Misplesippi
Mississippi
Homestead Contest Heard in Land Office
Officials of the local land office considered the homestead contest case of Jeng Han sen versus the heirs of Ida Miller over a dry farming district claim. Miss Florence Miller of Campstool, sister of Ida Miller, attended the hearing.
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Land Office
Jeng Hansen
Heira
Ida MM. Miller
Florence Miller
Campstool
Tda M. Miller
Girl Rivals Fight The Man Over Love in Detroit
In Detroit Michigan two young women Lydia Brown and Annie Welsh fought on a downtown street this morning over a young man both loved. The man watched and cheered as they punched pulled hair and bit until a policeman broke up the brawl and all three were arrested.
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Detroit
Mich
Lydia Brown
Annie Welsh
Bair
Italian Girls Marry Early to Evade Education Law
New York's board of education reports rising marriages of Italian girls sixteen and under with parental consent to evade compulsory education. Edward B. Shallow notes fifteen such marriages in three months. Some under fourteen have left school, and enforcement remains challenging for the district.
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APE Education
New York
Navy
Board of Education
Edward B. Shallow
Department of Compulsory Education
Wealthy Nebraskans Furnish Jail for Fenced Lands Convicts
Bartley RK Richards and partners including W G Comstock Charles Jamgon and Aguila Triplett, all land barons and cattle magnates, were sentenced in federal court to one year in a county jail for fencing government land. They traveled from Nebraska to Hastings after conviction, bringing a Japanese chef and ordering costly furnishings. The jail cells will resemble upscale rooms with lace curtains carpets and a library as they serve their terms.
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Omaha
W. G. Comstock
Bartley RK
Richards
Charles Jamgon
Aguila Triplett
Nebraska
Government Land
Hastings
Adama County
Brakenton Mail Crane Survivor After Unprecedented Railroad Accident
Brakenton Ball of Seventh District survives a rare railroad accident involving a mail crane incident. Officials investigate the event as emergency crews respond and transport the survivor. Local witnesses describe a sudden mishap amid cargo handling at the rail yard.
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Brakenton Ball
Deathly near miss on Wyoming rail line shocks crew
George A. Ball brakeman riding between a freight and a passenger train near Rawling Wyoming was ripped from the locomotive cab by a mail hook and dragged along the track before landing unharmed. He escaped with a bruised back and a deep scare, beyond serious injury.
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Rawling
Wyo
Wyoming
George A. Ball
Thin Place
Green River
Ball
Bal
Hag
Arizonans Cut Down Salaries Officers
The Arizona constitutional convention reduced salaries for state officers. The governor drops from 5000 to 4000 dollars, the secretary from 4000 to 3500, supreme court judges from 6000 to 4000, and county judges scaled to 4000 in five main counties and 3000 in others. A delegate mocked hiring a blacksmith as a judge, triggering boos.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Thouwanand
Salarieg
Train Hold Up Ended By Watchman Fatality
In Memphis on November 30, Jack Thomas, a Black man robbing riders on a westbound St. Louis and San Francisco train, was fatally shot by railroad watchman A B Walton as he rifled a passenger. Thomas forced travelers toward the next car to surrender valuables.
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Meamphis
Jack Thomas
St. Louis
San Francisco
A.B. Walton
Thomas
John Stoffer Found Not Guilty by Jury in Federal Trial
In Uinta county a federal trial ended with John Stoffer acquitted of removing a government cornerstone. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty and the accused man was released from custody. Defense was handled by the law firm Lee and Mallin.
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John Stoffer
Uinta County
Lee and Mallin
DeOro Breaks World Pool Run Record in New York
De Oro broke the world record for consecutive pool balls with a 61 ball run in a world championship contest against Jerome Keogh. He won five straight frames and part of the sixth, finishing 600 to 470.
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New York
de Oro
Jerome Keogh
DeOro
Edison Declares He Is An Atheist Now In His Views
Thomas A Edison responds to critics of his religious views saying he believes in a supreme intelligence but doubts heaven as described by ministers. He challenges church leaders to read his words and mocks payment demands from a clergyman for opinions. He endorses the Golden Rule and notes his ideas come from impressions of the universe.
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Iciams
Hell
Tiaan
Aked
Iborg
Net of evidence is tighter on Wendling
Louisville reports in the murder trial of Joseph Wendling at St. John’s church Father Schurmann testifies to a foul odor from the furnace the day the child Alma Kellner disappeared Wendling, the church janitor, cites burning odor as explanation James Veytob and Peader testify Wendling barred access to the music room to read the inspector’s notes Fragments of clothing found in the church cellar are identified by the girl’s family
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Louisville
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Schurmann
St. John's Church
Wendling
James M Veytob
Meter
Peader
Piri
Tribute to Mark Twain at Carnegie Hall
The memory of Mark Twain was honored in New York with William Dean Howells presiding and speakers including Joseph Cannon Champ Clark Henry van Dyke Booth Tarkington J P Morgan and Henry Watterson. Notables gathered as Howells declared Twain a living influence even after death.
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Newark
Carnegie
Mark Twain
William Dean Howells
Joseph Qcannon
Champ Clark
Henry van Dyke
Booth Tarkington
J. P. Morgan
Henry Watterson
Howells
Take Oath in Capital Inauguration Quiet on Parade
The inauguration in the capital proceeds without the usual public display of pageantry. Officials report a subdued ceremony focused on formal oaths and governance.
Mexican leaders to take oath amid limited ceremonies
Conflicting dispatches from Chihuahua report Diaz and Corral to take office as president and vice president in Mexico City with restricted festivities. Separate inauguration events are planned in Torreon amid security measures as federal troops clash with insurrectos near Pedernales, near 50 miles north of Chihuahua. reports say many killed or wounded and about 200 engaged.
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Mumoly Palace
Chihuahua
Ped
Explosion Toll at Starkville Mine Blamed on Gross Negligence
Coroners jury in Trinidad Colorado finds 56 victims died October 8 at Starkville mine from coal dust ignition by an electric spark. Verdict cites mine not sprinkled as required by Colorado law and fault lies with Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
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Trinidad
Colo
Starkville
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
French aviatrix Marvingt flies Antoinette monoplanes fifty six minutes
Mile. Marvingt competed for the Coupe Femina flying an Antoinette monoplane and stayed aloft fifty six minutes covering about forty five kilometres in bitter cold with a six metre per second wind. She wore fur and wool protective gear and noted aviation is not a suitable sport for women.
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Aviatress
Paria
Mile
Marvingt
Allen Marvingt
Witks
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