Troops Patrolling Ripley After Tobacco Plant Destruction
Rainy dark roads and patrols gather near Ripley as troops arrive from Manchester to guard the area. Colonel Worthington Kautzman and local officials request help after tobacco plants are torn up, with no clashes expected and cavalry to stay as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iain Knauss
Fair Grounds
Ripley
Worthington Kautzman
Adaesmerece
Manchester
Adams County
Ster
West Union
Cavalcade Led by Captain Casey Reaches Versailles
Captain Bieny L. Casey from Danville arrives at Versailles at midnight at the head of a cavalcade of soldiers. He is reported to command sixty eight men stationed throughout the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bieny L. Casey
Danville
Versailles
First Regiment to Attend Dress Parade on Government Square
Orders for Colonel Hake and the First Time to despatch Cin companies to counter night rider attacks have been issued. The regiment's officers say two or three companies can be assembled within an hour. Dress parade exercises are set for Government Square this evening with Colonel Hake in command and the regiment marching from the Armory at 7 30 headed by its band. If rain, parade may be postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hake
Government Square
Troop G Cavalry Ready for Adams County Trip
Captain Schofield of Troop Greeperctandis crack cavalry prepares his men for a trip to Adams County’s tobacco district. A special train will carry the unit while Colonel Knox of the Seventh Infantry commands all troops in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, C
Harris
Schofield
Greeperctandis
Tobacco
Adams County
Knox
Tobacco Trust Suit Heard in New Jersey Court
Testimony given in New Jersey details the American Tobacco Company’s bid to enforce an agreement with Robey Richardson Jr and Co of Reidsville North Carolina. James Duke and Percival Hill allegedly planned a campaign against Richardson’s business described as warfare of extermination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Givens N. J
Chanowell
Toacco Company
Robey P. Richardson, Jr., & Co
Tobacco Manufacturers
Reidsville
N. C
Richardson
Duke
Percival
Hill
Tacco Trust
Four Die in Orchard Street Fire in New York
A five story tenement at 101 Orchard Street burned early today in a likely incendiary blaze. Four people died Eva Berg 52 Samuel Sach 10 Nattie Replemann 2% and an unidentified man. Police and firemen rescued dozens as fire escapes failed and crowds gathered on the narrow lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orchard Street
Eva Berg
Sambtel Sach
Nattie Replemann
Johnson Wins Minnesota Delegates in State Caucuses
Latest returns from last night's caucuses show Johnson will carry delegates in fifty six counties while Bryan controls fifteen counties, shaping the slate for the state convention. Bryan supporters threaten to hold a rump convention in St Paul amid ongoing contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Minn
Johnson
Bryan
Hotel Employee Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Belle Littell, 45, Emery Hotel employee, was found unconscious in her room yesterday. She died shortly after at City Hospital with a cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of death.
Edwards Print Gift in Frames Shown at Barton Studio
A wedding gift option features an Edwards print set in four specially designed frames by Emery H. Barton located at 328 W.7th, near BLM Street. The piece is presented as an ideal keepsake for couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Emery H. Barton
Strangers Break Into Farm Morgue Amid Rumors
Wild stories spread as strangers peered into the Guiness farm morgue holding nine cadavers. Coroner Mack gathered depositions from family members and locals while investigators pursued Lamphere and possible motives behind the disappearances and alleged murders.
Taft Favored by Many at Republican Conventions
Senator-Elect stirs the convention with an eloquent appeal but suffers defeat. Governor Hughes may shift to Taft, prompting expectations of a first ballot tilt. Roosevelt is named as first choice by the Salt Lake City gathering with Taft second amid party tensions. Delegates from Utah push a senator nomination move opposed by Smoot and regulars. The Chicago delegation list includes Reed Smoot Sutherland Howell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Hughes
Washington Star
New York
Auditoriu
Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
William H. Taft
D. O. Rideout
Salt Lake County
Smoot
Chicago
Reed Smoot
George Sutherland
Joseph Howell
W. D. Livingstone
San Pedro County
C. M. Wilson
Park City
C. W. Loose
Provo
Local Brother Accuses Mrs Guiness of Poisoning
In Providence on May 7 a man identified as the brother of Max Sorenson accuses Mrs Guiness of poisoning him. Sorenson, a resident, says his brother met the woman through a matinee venue and a tense confrontation followed.
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Ninpatch
Commercial Tribune
Providence
Max Sorenson
Guiness
Sorenson
Bishops Push Amusement Reforms At Methodist Conference
At Baltimore the Quinquennial General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church backs amending Paragraph 248 to strike out a list of worldly amusements. The Bishops also support the Littlefield interstate liquor shipment bill and note large growth in membership, languages, and church property. They affirm unions for workers and oppose canteen reestablishment while urging national divorce law reform.
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Baltimore
Good
John Wesley
Littlefield
Congress
General Office
Pennsylvania Bible Society
Philadelphia
Daniel A. Goodsell
Boston
United States
Goodsell
Methodist Book Concern
Board of Church Extension
Board of Home Missions and
Chi Extension
Sunday School Department
House of Representatives
General Conference
House
Senate
Paper prices hit chi publishers knight tells cost cuts profits
C L Knight publisher Akron Beacon Journal testifies that rising paper prices wiped out profits for many papers, forcing some to borrow to meet payrolls. He refuses to name publishers in confidence, prompting Mann to insist on records. Noyes details large purchases amid paper scarcity. Congressional investigation continues with in New Corinth and a vent at Lyric and First Methodist Church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Mann
C. L. Knight
Akron
Noyes
Frank B. Noyes
Associated Press
Chicago Record-Herald
Corinth
N. Y
Hudson River
Fake story denied by Longworth and Cole in Ohio race
A dispatch from Washington reports a rumor linking Representative Nicholas Longworth, his wife, and the Countess De Chambrun with a campaign clash in Ohio’s Eighth District. Longworth and Ralph D. Cole refute the tale as a fake, noting only possible campaign speeches and unclear socialist connections.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Countess de Chambrun
Fighth
Mr. Longworth
Mr. Cole
Longworth
Countess of Warwick
Congress
Man accused in fatal shooting details confession told by husband
In a dying confession the husband told his brother the details of the killing. Sorenson has left for Chicago to aid the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rimonial Bureau
Sorenson
Chicago
Chicago Official Probes Mrs Guiness Mortality Case
Coroner Hoffman in Chicago investigates possible murder in the husband of Mrs. Guiness and reviews coroner police and health records. Records show exhumation in 1900 with no finding recorded while Carolina Sorenson and an infant died in 1896. A search will inspect for insurance and any burials at her current city premises before she moved to Laporte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Mack
Guiness
Chicago
Orphanage Association
Laporte County
Indiana
Hoffman
Max Sorenson
Carolina Sorenson
Brother Suspects Foul Play in Wisconsin
Carl Guiness of Edgerton suspects foul play in his brother Joseph Guiness’s death four years ago when a sausage grinding machine allegedly fell on him. Joseph, a Norwegian immigrant who lived in Janesville, met his wife through a Minneapolis matchmaking agency, and they traveled to Chicago after taking money. Carl plans to investigate possible claims to Joseph’s daughter and contacts in Pro RIN.
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Ber
Guiness
Farmers’ State Bank
Iola
Father
Laporte
Janesville
Wis
Carl
Joseph Guiness
Edgerton
Christiania
Norway
Chicago
Gue
Pro Rin
Tor Guiness
Obituaries of Civil War Veterans across Kansas and Ohio
Dewitt C. Gallup died in Hutchinson aged 78. Major O. P. Chaffee died in Kansas City at 79, former Confederate officer and brother of Lt. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee. Prof. Adrian Beaugureau of Oxford Ohio, 75, artist and teacher, served in the Ninety third Pennsylvania. Funeral rites to be held by Oxford Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt C. Gallup
Cuba
Nicaragua
Hutchinson
Kan
O. P. Chaffee
Adna R. Chaffee
U.S. A
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Oxford
Paris
Philibert Beaugureau
America
Beaugureau
Oxford Female Seminary
Oxford Lodge of Masons
Ninety-third Pennsylvania Regiment
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Wren
Tobacco Trust
Independent Dealer
Minnesota
A. J. G. Wells
Kentucky Night Riders
Calloway County
Murray
Guiness Farm
D. M. Hudson
Mack
Jennie Olsen
Asle K
Helgelein
Mansfield
Stgly
Glander
Matt
Oscar Budsberg
Wisconsin
Tola
Oregon
Budsberg
Smith
Lamphere
Bessie Wallace
Kentucky
Bradley
Edmondo Mayor Des
Edmondo Mayor
Planches
Marshall Field
Prairie Avenue
Turin
University of
Crispi
Servia
Book of Discipline
Jesus
Missions In Sunday Schools
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hanly
J. Frank Hanly
Hitchi Publishers
Provident Associated Press
Cannon
BE. W. Hoch
Kansas
Samuel Dekief
A. R. Leonard
A. BD. Thompson
John T. Holland
Levi Gilbert
J. E. Endrus
R. T. Miller
Brotherhood of
Says Longworth
The
F. Schultze Co
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Co
Libbey Cut Glass
Delft Co
West Fourth Street
Girape
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