Taft Cabinet Takes Up Case Against Sugar Trust
Washington reviews a report by Henry Stimpson alleging the American Sugar Refining Co. crushed rivals with money, bribed officials, and corrupted government agents. Feared legal routes hinge on evidence and potential prosecutions, as Congress eyes a broad inquiry touching prior administrations and sugar trust influence.
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Washington
Taft
Wickersham
Henry L. Stimpson
American Sugar and Refining Company
Jast
Spreckles
California
Lim Nations
Stimson
Biwe
Stimaon
Business Inftoresia
First American Sugar Refining Company
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Cleveland
Willan McKinley
Roosevelt
Etiaha Jay Pines
Pilexins
Dent
Ugar Trust
Tate
Witsoe
Astor and Son Missing After Caribbean Hurricane
News from the Nourmahal reports no word since it left Port Antonio on Nov 8. Col. John Jacob Astor and his son Vincent reportedly traveled with the yacht before a divorce action by Col. Astor's wife. A rescue party in New York plans to search West Indian waters amid reports of extensive storm damage to vessels.
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New York
Nourmahal
John Jacob Astor
Yatch
Colonel Astor
Vincent
New Yo
Mrs. Astor
Port Antonio
William Astor
Pinchot Presses Taft for Clear Policy on Ballinger Clash
Washington November 16. It is reported that Gifford Pinchot has written to President Taft requesting a clear declaration of administration policy to settle the controversy between Pinchot and Ballinger over conservation. The letter asks Taft to affirm support for Pinchot or Ballinger.
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Washington, D. C
Gifford P
Taft
Ballinger
Pinchot
Auto and Crew May Lie in River Mystery
Farmers along the Kankakee River near Shelby and Water Valley Indiana found two automobile wheels in the stream and related debris including gloves and a veil. One wheel was torn from a axle and found by Joe Barne a Monon railroad conductor while fishing. A second wheel hung from a tree over the river observed by Ben Vogeli a Watervalley hotelkeeper. No body or other parts were located.
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Chicago
Kankakee
Shelby
Water Valley
Ind
Joe Barne
Monon
Ben Vogeli
Revolutionists Conduct An Orderly Government In Bluefields
Wireless report from Colon notes the provisional government is transacting affairs orderly and protecting American interests. Zelaya forces hold Greytown while General Chammero’s troops occupy a beach fortification. Prisoners claim many government soldiers are ill.
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Bluefields
Colon
Zelaya
Greytown
Chammero
Feats of a Noted Italian Medium Baffles Reporters
In New York on November 16, Signora Eusapia Palladino, famed Italian medium, impressed reporters and theatergoers by causing a table to rise four feet and suspend, then chant on the observer’s foot as it fell. Furniture moved, a bell and tambourine lifted, curtains blown, and an electric light burned during the private seance. The medium spoke only Italian, answering English complaints in kind.
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New York
Signora Eusapia Palladino
Chare Lombroen
Lier
Wyoming couple to wed at Brown Palace amid vast wealth
Mrs Julia Ferris and Isaac Miller of Rawlins Wyoming, heir to Ferris mine output and multiple ranches, plan marriage in Denver tomorrow. The couple, linked by a long friendship, share extensive property values and large families, with Miller noted as president of Hawting National Bank and owner of extensive sheep and cattle holdings.
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Denver
Golo
Brown Palace
Wyoming
Julia Ferris
Isaac
Ov Hines
Nee
George Ferris
Rawlins
Sarstoga
Mr. Perris
Miller
Mr. Ferris
Hawting National Bank
Raywins
Miller Andreds
I. D
le Rune
R. G
Sand Creek
Eford
Hohe
Hua
Indiana man trails swindler across states and learns of death
Newton A Grabill of Daleville, Indiana, after a 10,000 mile chase across many states, returns home to find creditors believe him dead. He had followed a Chicago con man who swindled him of 8500 dollars with a California desert pursuit aided by a Mexican detective. The pursuer died at a lonely ranch in Menifee after a gunfight, ending the chase.
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Anderson
Ind
California
Devert
Newton A. Grabill
Nonaire
Daleville
Delaware
Rdbill
Grabbil
Chicago
Cole
Grabill
Indianapolia
Indianapolis
Menife
Grabiil
Min Wody
Desert
Indiana
Mrs Read Case Details in Court Testimony
Dr. R O Butterfield testified about Mrs Allen Read at the Genevieve Phipps case. He described the woman's drug frenzy and raving when morphine was denied, noting an earlier attempt to extort money.
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Read
Denver
Allen Read
Agade
Momn
Genevieve Phipps
R. O. Butterfild
Trial opens in Auburn for Alma Bell murder case
The Alma Bell murder trial of Joseph Armes in Auburn California began with widespread public interest. Prosecutors and defense pledged a lengthy, bitter confrontation as family and supporters offered assistance and faced threat letters amid the case.
Troop Company Arrives At Dawn For Guard Duty
State troops arrived at 2 oclock in the morning to assume guard duty. The Galwinre and Kewanee companies were deployed to secure the area and protect key locations amid ongoing operations.
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Cberry
Galwinre
Kewanee
Joe Run
Gaara
Nan Senpr
Remarkable Kansas City Boy Sent To Sanatorium After Night Attacks
Walter Schoonover an 11 year old Kansas City boy is described as kind in the day yet a fiend at night with urges to murder his parents. He confessed plans involving a hammer and sawh while awake and told Judge Van S Prather he could not sleep and acted on dark impulses.
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Kansas City
Walter Schoonover
Kan
Van 8
Prather
Grandview Sanitarium
Mabel
Walter
Papa
Mamma
Coroner Jury Rejects Slayer's Confession in Kansas Murders
A coroner's jury in Kansas City Nebraska recalling the October 19 farm killings of Rose McMahon and the Van Royens found the victims died at hands of an unidentified killer. Although James McMahon confessed, the inquest did not mention his statement and the verdict pointed to unknown assailants.
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Kansas O
Rose McMahon
Alonzo van Royen
Maggie van Royen
Kansas City
Kan
James McMahon
Dozen Die When Excavation Caves Near Salem Creek
Ten or perhaps twelve men were smothered to death in an excavation near Winston-Salem North Carolina. They worked digging for a new railroad and five bodies were recovered.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Salem Creek
Here
Warriner in Prison and Woman Wanted in Embezzlement Case
Cincinnati reports Charles L. Warriner former Big Four treasurer is jailed as a warrant issues for Mrs Jeanette Stewart Ford charged with receiving part of over six hundred thousand dollars embezzled. Warriner allegedly paid her the money and pleaded not guilty. Ford jailed after arrest and bail denied. A Chicago accomplice suspect in blackmailing is also expected to be served.
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Cincinnati
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Jeanette Stewart-Ford
Warriner
Hunt
Acoused
Wariner
Western Union Merged Into American Telephone Company
New York reports that the Western Union Telegraph Company has been absorbed by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in a billion dollar merger. The Gould family control ends with the sale of Gould stock, and no confirmation on Mackay Companies joining the merger was obtained.
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New York
Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
Jay Gould
Gould
Mackay Companies
Postal
Governor Shafroth Rules Out Colorado Fight
Gov. Shafroth stated Colorado laws ban price fighting and punishable by penitentiary time. He said he cannot sanction anything that would give Colorado the same reputation Nevada earned by allowing the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight.
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Denver
Shafroth
Colorado
Nevada
Corbett- Fitzsigmons
City Council Probes November Expenditures and Early Warrants
City council met in regular sessions with Mayor Cook and eight councilmen, including the newly seated Martin and Henderson. Discussion focused on authorizing the city auditor to draw November warrants before month’s end, with Sweet questioning item purposes after seeing a published list. The attorney said early action was legal for payroll convenience.
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Cook
Staunton
Sweet
Cole
Nimmo
F. J. Johnston
Schilling
Martinj
Henderson
Neo
LaPountaine
Trump
Messrs. Martin
Martin
Finance Comittee
Troops Called to Prevent Disorder at Cherry Mine Disaster
In Cherry H, Nov 16, troops are asked to guard the St Paul Coal Mine as 300 entombed miners are believed dead. Sheriff Skoglund and State's Attorney Eckhart sought Governor Deneen’s aid amid intense subterranean heat and failed rescue efforts. Fire, water cannons, and a large funeral setup accompany the ongoing tragedy.
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Horan
Taylor
Ife
Skoglund
Cherry
Fess
Fess Was & Eese
Ph Pepo
Papas
Richmond Youth Dies From Game Injuries
Walter J. Laffey Jr. aged 21 died from injuries sustained in a game on November and later pneumonia developed. He had been in declining health after the incident and passed away in Richmond.
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Richmond
Walter J. Laffey
Laffey
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