Widow Edith Melcher Confesses to Carbolic Acid Child Murder
Rochester dispatch says Edith Melcher a 23 year old widow from Behenectady confessed to giving carbolic acid to her 6 year old son. The boy's body was found in a swamp near Albany after police tracked her to a railroad station. She claimed abandonment hardship and an uncle planned to take the child to Chicago. Investigators note possible motive tied to a local romance.
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Albany
Chicago
Senators Face Direct Vote on Senate Election
Washington January 18 direct election supporters claimed a test vote shows the senate may vote on a constitutional amendment to elect senators by popular vote. Senator Hale sought more time, a motion to adjourn failed 48 to 1T, Senator Pharah urged a Jan 24 vote, Senator Carter objected, plan blocked and the senate met in executive session.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Pharah
Carter
Cheyenne Street Car Fares Cut to Five Cents
A 5 cent fare plan surfaced at a large Industrial Club meeting led by Mayor Bresnahen to halt the Fort Russell boycott against the Cheyenne Electric Street Railway. Business leaders and military representatives debated funding a deficit, with Cosgriff offering to cover 20 percent while the city and army collaborate to implement soon.
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Fort Russell
Industrial Club
L. R. Bresnahen
Cheyenne Electric Street Railway Company
Omas A. Cok- Britt
N. Potter
Cosgriff
Mr. Cosgriff
George Abbott
Carpenter
W. Riner
Thomas Heaney
Atlas Theatre
Breenahen
J. Ross Carpenter
Johnston
G. P. Mobley
Signal Corps
Leonberger
George Dyberg
Mobley
Ed Pierce
Pierce Bult and Cloak Company
Merchants’ Credit Association
Actresses Urge Suffrage At New York Meeting
Ruth Litt the actress addressed a Broadway theatre crowd urging suffrage speakers to travel from union halls to small towns and churches to deliver strong pro suffrage speeches. Carrie Catt chaired with James J. Lalélaw Robert Wider and Dr W Aked among speakers.
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New York
Ruth Litt
Chase
Broadway Theatre
Woman Suffrage Party
Addrewal
Proseason
Carrie ©. Catt
James J. Lalélaw
Robert Wider
Kings County
W. Aked
Five Die As Western Express Crashes In Dense Fog
Five men were killed and several injured when the New York Central Western Express crashed into a Buffalo and Boston special at Batavia station in thick fog. Engineer J B Lydell and the fireman jumped to escape as signals were ignored and trains collided.
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Western Express
New York Central
J. B. Lydell
Lydell
Explosion on Southern Pacific ferry injures two riders
An unknown man detonated a dynamite bomb on a crowded Southern Pacific ferry in San Francisco. The blast damaged the lavatory and injured two passengers Roy Sampson and Edwin Wolf scheider who were carried to a hospital as crews fought to quell panic on the decks.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Roy Sampson
Edwin Wolfscheider
Van Tassell Hurries to Pasteur Institute for Wound
R N Van Tassell prominent Cheyenne stockman and capitalist, with Dr A W Barber, left for Chicago to enter the Pasteur Institute for a wound from a dog bite on their hand. The bite also nipped his leg and hand, causing painful wounds. He may be away about thirty days. A sample of the dog's saliva sent to Denver tested positive for rabies.
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R. N. van Tassell
A. W. Barber
Cheyenne
Chicago
Pasteur Institute
Obrate
Kellogg Hits the Standard Hard in Dissolution Case
Washington January 14 government opens its dissolution case against The Standard Oil Company. Fred B. Ridley argues the history of the company and its reorganization as a basis for the government’s claims of suppressing competition.
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Kellogg
Washington
Sloud
Fred B. Rilody
Assidtu
Waane
Supreme Court
Abe Rene
Independent Businesses Face Collapse in Five Years
He warned that every independent would be out of business within five years, signaling a dire outlook for small enterprises.
Rich contractor killed by kick from horse in Glenrock Springs
Hugh Sulisenberger a 40 year old wealthy building contractor and brick yard owner in Glenwood Springs was killed yesterday afternoon when kicked in the temple by a horse as he attempted to harness the team. A widow and three children survive.
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Glenrock Springs
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Hugh Sulisenberger
Glen- Wood Springs
Garde
Bulteenif
Berger
Mety
Burglars Loot Denver Jewelry Store In Basement Breakin
In Denver the Enterprise Jewelry Co. on Sixteenth and Champa was robbed last night. Thieves cut through a basement wall, opened safes with chisels, and carried away more than 100 solid gold watches and other valuables valued near $5,000. Police have no clues.
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Denver
A. C. Foster
Sixteenth
Champa Streets
Entorprise Jewelry Company
Wne
L. Bresler
Thirty Bills Introduced in the Wyoming Legislature Friday
The state legislature opened with thirty bills introduced on Friday, six in the senate and twenty four in the house. Key measures aim to widen elector influence through direct primaries, initiative and referendum, and recall of officials, led by Sen Blume and Rep Metz. Metz introduced nineteen bills in under half an hour, pushing reform in labor, prison labor, public finance, and anti trust provisions.
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Wis
House
Senate
Fred H. Blume
W. 8. Metz
Blume
Birney Sage
Mets
Metz
State Department of Labor
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