Supreme Court Orders Sachs and Watts Released
The Supreme Court granted habeas corpus and certiorari in the Louisville contempt cases in Indiana. D. A. Sachs and W. W. Watts will be released on their own recognizance of 500 dollars each, with orders returnable on April 6. Their brothers and local attorneys celebrated the decision and telegraphed the good news.
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Fuller
D. A. Sachs
W. W. Watts
Louisville
Indianapolis
D. W. Farleigh
William Smith
Bernard Flexner
Louiisville
Riot in Port of Spain as mob attacks government buildings
Reports from Port of Spain Trinidad describe a serious riot erupting at 2 30 pm with the mob attempting to burn government offices. Police fired on rioters wounding and killing several while the British cruiser Pallas landed bluejackets to restore order amid protests over a water works ordinance.
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Kingstown
St. Vincent
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Pallas
Legislative Council
Commissary Edds Faces Court Martial Charge Sheet
Newport Ro 1 March 23 Chief Commissary George H Edds is set for court martial to be chaired by Lt Cmdr Knapp. He is charged with scandalous conduct tending to destruction of good morals and related offenses including a one cent per pound coffee commission totaling 16286 over two years and other improper benefits from Newport and Boston suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
George H. Edds
Knapp
Aldrich, Eldredge & Co
Providence
John T. Reagan
Reagan
A. W. Arthur
Simpson, McIntyre & Co
Boston
Charles H. Darling
Navy
Lemley
Supreme Court frees jailed officials in Missouri bribery probe
I L Page and Cole Hickox were released by the Missouri Supreme Court on a writ of habeas corpus after being jailed for contempt for refusing to say where they obtained $1,000 each. The capital investigation centers on alleged boodling tied to enacted legislation as the House adjourned sine die. Judge Hartzell convened a grand jury to pursue the charges amid a tense political climate.
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Jefferson City
I. L. Page
Cole Hickox
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
House
Page
Hickox
Hartzell
Cole County Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Harvard Defeats Yale in Joint Debate in Cambridge
Harvard defeated Yale in a joint debate at Sander's Theater Cambridge on March 23 winning the affirmative on a resolution that the United States should permit European powers to seize and hold debtor state territory not exceeding the value of the award. Judges included Pritchett of MIT Harrison of Penn and Judge Brown of Providence.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Yale
Sander
United States
South America
the Hague
E. D. Wagner
L Grossman
R. L. Lyman
Robert P. Ewell
Alan Fox
Charles D. Lockwood
Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Brown
Providence
Soufriere Eruption Triggers Migration on St Vincent
The Soufriere eruption at Kingstown on Sunday afternoon continues with cannonading and intense ejecta. Strong winds push ash northward while stones and black sand fall in northern districts causing casualties. Inhabitants flee south in panic as darkness and red dust descend over the island.
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Kingstown
Island of St. Vincent
Ihados
Gates Denies Morgan Conference Report
Special despatch from New York states John W. Gates denied meeting J Pierpont Morgan yesterday. He said Morgan came to see him about the Louisville and Nashville matter, while Gates was ill with a cold in his room at Jacksonville. Morgan reportedly did not call again.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
John W. Gates
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Louisville & Nashville
Gates
Jacksonville
Ee Gates
Mr. Morgan
the Waldorf
Mrs Maybrick to Be Freed in 1904
London announces that Mrs Florence Maybrick the American wife of Liverpool man John Maybrick convicted of arsenic murder in 1888 and later commuted to life imprisonment will be released in 1904. Home Office action follows efforts by American and British interests to delay lawsuits over land in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia until she can testify.
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London
Florence Maybrick
Liverpool
John Maybrick
Argenic
Home Office
Washington
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Home
Akers-Douglas
America
Maybrick
Atlantic
Herbert
Fitzjames
Stephen
Court of St. James
May Brick to Be Freed in July 1904
Attorneys for Mrs. May Brick in Washington received a cablegram from the American Embassy in London confirming her forthcoming release and stating she will be liberated in July, 1904.
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Washington
Largest Chicago man James H. Mahler dies at 430 pounds
James H. Mahler, claimed as the largest man in Chicago, died at 430 pounds though 5 feet 10 inches tall. He led a medical concern as president and traced from a noble German family. His bulk blocked elevated and suburban trains, and only surface cars with double sliding doors fit him. all clothing was custom made.
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Chicago
James H. Mahler
United States
Mahler
Hartman Guice Fulfills Fifteen Year Promise With $15000
Cadiz Ohio March 23 Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune reports Hartman Guice an old Ohio River steamboat captain paid his former partner Miss Sallie Martin the promised amount of 15000 after years apart. She is 40 he is 9.
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Commercial Tribune
Cadiz
Hartman Guice
Sallie Martin
Pope resumes audience after health
Romde March 23 The Pope shows better health and resumes public audiences. Today he received Reverend Joseph Mora Bishop of Tulancinge Mexico in a formal audience marking a return to duties.
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Romde
Rrs
Joseph Mora
Tulancinge
Meéxico
Little General Geiger Dies at 85 in Worthington
Ohio political figure Joseph H. Geiger known as the Little General died at Worthington aged 85. An orator, lawyer and congressman, he rose in 19th century politics and was famed for Fools and Follies and The Snapping Turtle lectures. He was born in Harrisburg Pa in 1817 and later served as state librarian and U.S. court clerk. He married Eliza Ingram in 1842 and left three daughters.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Joseph H. Geiger
Ohio
Worthington
Geiger
Newark
Joe
General Gibson
Tom Corwin
Congres
Washington
Harrisburg
John Geiger
Mary Shoch
Jefferson College
Circleville, O
United States Court
Cincinnati
Post Office Department
General’ Revenue
Foster
McComb Daughter Wins Husband and Estate Suit
Mrs Fannie Rayne McComb Herzog daughter of James Jennings McComb won in the New York Supreme Court today. She is declared entitled to about 4 000 000 dollars from her father s estate of 45 000 000 dollars after a clause attempting to cut her out for marrying Louis Herzog was challenged.
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New York
Fannie Rayne’ McComb Herzog
James Jennings McComb
Louis “Herzog
Herzog
Supreme Cour
Inquest of lunacy opened for Dayton street whistler Williams Kavanaugh
A Probate Court in Dayton opened an inquest of lunacy into Williams Kavanaugh known as the inveterate street whistler. He has often been taken into custody by police for whistling on street corners, with the court reserving its decision on mental state.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Williams Kavanaugh
Whistler
Mark Twain Recovering After Bronchial Illness
New York report says author Mark Twain was ill with bronchial trouble last night but resumed activities today. Authorities note he is under medical supervision and remaining at his residence.
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New York
Mark Twain
Tragic double murder suicide in Sturbridge burns family
In Sturbridge on March 2 Mrs Peter Burke of Finkdale killed her four children with an ax and killed herself after locking doors and windows and starting a fire. Two neighbors tried to help as flames spread and a closet holding the bodies was found charred with the victims. Burke fainted on arrival.
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Sturbridge
Peter Burke
Finkdale
Felf
Lula
Louise
Irté
Burke
Lilla
Lincoln and Davis cabin logs mixed in one building
In New York on March 23 an odd incident left timbers from two famous cabins—the Lincoln birthplace hut and a Jefferson Davis related cabin—combined into a single structure. Rev. Dr. Belis arranged to exhibit the mixed logs. owners offered only the Lincoln cabin if complete, but both were found blended.
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New York
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
Davis
Belis
Paymouth
Lincoln
Bingham
Nolan Creek
Larue County
Bowery
Rkon Davis
Oshkosh Woman Dies After Prolonged Yawning
An Oshkosh woman, Mrs William Jenny, died after yawning for three days without relief despite rescue efforts. Doctors concluded she suffered brain illness and an ailment related to persistent yawning, with the patient unable to sleep.
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Oshkosh
Wis
William Jenny
Jenky
Mrs. Burdick Admits Love for Pennell in Testimony
42 year old Mrs. Burdick testified she married Burdick in 1886 and has three children. She met Pennell at a card party years ago and traveled with the Pennells in 1899. She said Pennell hugged her in a doorway and she feared her husband’s reaction.
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Burdick
Pennell
New Haven
New York
Pennells
Buffalo
N. Y
Alicea Hull Burdick
Edwin L. Burdick
Coatsworth
Arthur R. Pennell
Ord
Tender Missives Breathe of Love Inquest Reads Letters
In Buffalo on March 23 the Burdick inquest heard letters from Mrs. Burdick to Pennell about love and future plans. She pledges to be a loyal wife if he protects her and contemplates leaving Arthur, or accepting his help to move on. The exchange reveals strain, fear, and a promise to return if circumstances allow.
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Commercial Tribune
Buffalo
Burdick
Arthur
Pennelis
Carrie
Pennell
Marion
Mama
Shelter Island
Inquest Ties Mrs Burdick to Pennell and Divorce Talks
Buffalo scene grows crowded as Mrs. Alicea Hull Burdick testifies in the Burdick murder inquest. She recalls love letters from Arthur R. Pennell and details an intimate past with him from 1898 to 1901, while noting prior marital forgiveness and the drive for divorce proceedings.
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Anderson
Department of Justice
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Denver
Bryanites
Otto Carmichael
United States Supreme Court
Diana
James H. Kenny
Ibreme Court
Aeble C
Yuydge
Dianapolis
Sdcis
Watts
John R. Watts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles D. Kelso
New Albany
Ind
John H. Baker
Floyd County
Grover Cleveland
West
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Kansas City
Bryan
Nevada
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Miss Chandler
Farmer
Commercial
Tribune
Springfield
Edgar Albin
Charles’ Mayers
Albin
Mayers
Travis
Guice
Pope
Wea
Mrs. Maybrick
M'Comb
Mark Twain III
Husband
Allie
Aliie
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