Indictments Return in Grand Jury Probe of City Officials
Grand jury tonight returned indictments naming Patrick Calhoun and Eugene E. Schmitz among others. Charges include bribery of fourteen supervisors for United Railroads overhead trolley franchise and related cases involving gas rates and the Pacific States Telephone affair. Bail set at 10000 on each count. bonds due by 11 am tomorrow.
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Patrick Calhoun
United States Railroads
Thornall Mollaly
Tierey L. Ford
W. M. Abbott
Legal Department
Eugene E. Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Louis Glass
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Theodore V. Halsey
Roef
Schmitz
Calhoun
Mullaly
Ford
Abbott
United Railroads
United Railway
Glase
Halsey
Coffey
Mulvan Won't Testify At Tucker Suit In Kansas
David W. Mulvan, Republican National Committeeman for Kansas, was fined five dollars and ordered jailed until paid for refusing to testify in a suit by H. H. Tucker Jr. Tucker's case involves Uncle Sam Oil Company now in receivership. Mulvan refused to pay or serve time. sheriff papers pending. Frank Monett, former Ohio attorney general, represents Tucker.
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Topeka
Kas
David
W. Mulvan
Republican National
Kansas
Justice of the Peace
Bollinger
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Mulvan
Frank Monett
Ohio
Tucker
Masons Confer Royal Arch Degrees at Lafayette Chapter
Lafayette Chapter of Royal Arch Masons convened Friday with the august degree of Royal Arch conferred on W. C. Whitthorne W. R. Hovious and John C. Nelson. L. L. Gambill and Grand Secretary John B. Garrett of Nashville aided in the degree work. A number of visiting Masons attended.
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Lafayette
Royal Arch Masons
Atkie
Royal Arch
W. C. Whitthorne
W. R. Hovious
John C. Nelson
L. L. Gambill
John B. Garrett
Nashville
Mass meeting pledges support for locked out street railway workers
More than six thousand laboring men gathered in Birmingham as the Bijou Theater proved too small for the crowd. Speakers led by P B Jacobs warned that failure to recognize the Street Railway union could trigger a general strike in the district. The overflow moved to Hippodrome Skating Rink.
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P. BE. Jacobs
Birmingham Trades County
Hen Commons
White Gibson
Frank S. White
James H. Leith
Typographical Union
Birmingham
Ala
Sen al
Fulton Honored as Southern General Assembly Delegate
At the Presbyterian Church South General Assembly in Birmingham, H O Fulton of Columbia was named a delegate to the council created by the Charlotte articles adoption. The leading South Presbyterians were chosen as delegates.
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church South
Birmingham
H. O. Fulton
Columbia
Charlotte
South
Timber lands in Mississippi and forgery case noted
William Deemer of Williamsport Pa, former Pennsylania congressman, discusses Mississippi timber holdings near Nehoba County and rising land values driven by eastern investors and sawmills. In Pulaski a forgery case against Mrs Fannie Campbell of Kentucky was heard, with bond renewed and supporters present.
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Washington
Elias Deesner
Williamsport
Pennnsylvania
Miss
Deemer
Mississippi
Neehoba County
Adam Byrd
Pennsylvania
Mobile
New York City
Pulaski
Mra
Fannie Campbell
Loulevillé
Cirreuit
Doctor’s Elixir Promises Youth Aging Women by Deception
In a British Medical Journal tale a German physician offers a rejuvenation elixir to women. He demands age entries, then fabricates missing papers and threatens a burn test, claiming success as all women appear years younger after forty eight hours.
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Cagliostro
Prize Essay Awarded to Kansas Woman for Definition of Success
Mrs. A. J. Stanley of Lincoln Kansas wins $250 from a Boston firm for the best answer to What constitutes success She writes a definition praising living well laughing often loving much gaining respect of intelligent men and love of children and leaving the world better than found through art and rescue of souls
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Kansas
A. J. Stanley
Lincoln
Boston
Earth
Learning to Work From the Youth's Companion
Judge Mack places incorrigible juvenile Jim with Milliken’s Jewish manual training school. Jim resists work until making a two and a half by three and a quarter foot box after learning to measure and add. He then shows interest in reading and later takes a mercantile job, proving the program’s value.
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Jim
Mr. Milliken
Nawthin
When Love Grows Cold in a Brief Rustic Observation
A line from the Atchison Globe notes that neglecting small duties like kissing a wife goodbye mirrors neglecting a wood box. The piece uses a folkish proverb to compare care in daily life with affection, suggesting a chain of minor failures undercuts harmony.
Lincoln Welcomes William J Bryan as Plain Neighbor
In Lincoln Nebraska Mr Bryan is loved as a plain citizen not a distant political figure. He walks the streets, wears ordinary clothes, helps at church and the local Round Table, giving time and land for civic uses without ostentation. Lincoln’s voters see him as a friendly neighbor despite world fame.
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Leonard H. Robbins
Newark
N. J
Lincoln
Mr. Bryan
Wegard
At Brasks State Journal
Republican Party
Burlington Railroad
Mexico
Bryan
State Capitol
West Hoboken
America
Enoch
William J
Shere Kahn
Pike's Peak
Lke
the Elks
Brotherhood
Round Table
Departure of Wright Deplores Japan Ambassador
May 23 the resignation of Gen Luke Wright, the Ambassador to Japan, is widely deplored. The Asahi will editorialize tomorrow, expressing deep regret at his abort tenure in office.
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TOKIO
Luke Wright
Japan
Asahi
Mrs McKinley Dies in Canton Ohio
Mrs. William McKinley died at 1 05 PM at the Canton home after a peaceful decline. Attendants and family were present as physicians noted the moment of passing. Funeral services will be simple and held at the McKinley home at 2 PM Wednesday with Secretary Cortelyou directing arrangements.
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Canton
William McKinley
McKinley
Cortelyou
M. C. Barber
Sarah Duncan
Luther Day
Justice
W. R. Day
Vagrancy Law Sparks Judicial Clash in Gallatin
In Gallatin Tennessee on May 24 judges debate the McFarland vagrancy law. Judge Hart of Nashville ruled it unconstitutional while Judge Bell charged the grand jury to indict vagrants. Gallatin reports many loafers of both sexes and races and seeks enforcement until the Supreme Court rules.
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Gallatin
Tenn
W. M. Hart
Nashville
B. D. Bell
Bell
Supreme Court
City Court Finds Weat Guilty in Liquor Sale Case
J R Weat the South Columbia druggist appeared in City Court Saturday on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor via lemon extract. The court assessed a fine of 25 dollars plus costs and he gave notice of appeal to the Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Weat
South Columbia
Martin Taylor
Circuit Court
Local Markets and Field Seed Prices From Wholesale Listings
The listing details wholesale prices for produce and field seeds, plus meat and grocery items. Items include Gab bage Danish bags at 2.50 per hundred, Iriah potatoes 96c per bushel, Tennessee stock potatoes by the bushel, apples Ben Davis fancy per barrel 4.25, Jumbos bananas per bunch 1.12 to 2.00, celery Perdosen 1.00, lemons fancy 5.50, and various field seeds like Red Clover 5.50 to 7.60, Timothy 2.00 to 2.26 per bushel, and Blue Grass 11 per bushel. Flour and grain prices from mills and stores are listed, along with wholesale groceries, bacon, lard, eggs, poultry, butter, and other staple items.
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Tennessee
Ben Davis
Eal
Alsyke
Seede
Timothy
Tumbia
Milla
Best
Atores
Nelsons signal and Scottish pride cited in Trafalgar lore
An Inde pen dent excerpt recalls Nelsons famous Trafalgar salute and a Scottish remark about duty. The swapped lines show how Scots valued service and loyalty, contrasting with a naval engineer’s quip. The passage emphasizes national identity and expectations of responsibility during wartime.
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L. Hutton
Greenlan
D. F. Watkins
Lem Thomas
Phoenix National Bank
JW Howard
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Fly
A. Dale
T. CG. Webster
E. E. McLemnon
Inc
A. Oakes
Lb. McKinney, F. ©. Chaffin
W. E. Jones
Dl. Hutton
Pres
W A. Dale
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Maui
Jim Andrews
B. P. Dalton
F. Stockard
W. P. Ridley
C. Wooten
B.C. Church
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