Grave Exhumation Opens in Druce Case Mystery
In London the grave of Thomas Charles Druce at Highgate Cemetery is opened to determine if the coffin holds a body or a 200 pound lead roll. The secrecy surrounding the operation aims to affect the Druce perjury case and the Portland dukedom dispute involving Herbert and George Hollambly Druce.
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London
Thomas Charles Druce
Highgate
Druce
Herbert Druce
Baker Street Bazar
George
T. C. Druce
Portland
George Hollambly Druce
Lord Howard de Walden
Duke of Portland
Thomas C. Druce
Robert Caldwell
New York
Aedesni
Alan Serpis
Portland Mayor reports Japanese map spying in city
Portland Oregon December 28 Mayor Harry Lane said agents of the Japanese government obtained accurate maps of Portland including all roadways into the city and water supply pipelines. He notified Washington and supplied details after discovering the alleged surveillance.
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Portland
Ore
Harry Wk. Lane
Mettors? Grerd Association
Lane
Washington
Savings of Lifetime Stolen in Uniontown
Thieves broke into the Yauger home near Percy Pennsylvania and choked William Yauger and his wife while threatening murder. They forced Yauger to disclose the hiding place of $2,000 in savings accumulated over a lifetime. The aged couple woke at midnight to find two men inside and a lookout outside.
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Uniontown
William Yauler
Percy
Yauger
Armed trio rob Great Northern train near Deer River
A Deer River Minnesota dispatch reports three armed men boarded a Great Northern passenger train and held up passengers. The robbers were beaten by some passengers who escaped, disarmed them, and handed them to the sheriff.
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Superior
Wis
Deer River
Minn
Great Northern
Accident Turns Tragic In Aiken Dove Drive
A dove drive near Aiken ends in tragedy when a boy, twelve, is killed by an accidental gunshot during a discussion. The shooter, believed to be relative Tyler, attempted self harm after the incident. The victim was the son of C. A. Humphrey of Atlanta.
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Aiken
5. C
Tyler
C. A. Humphrey
Atlanta
Navy department under fire prompts broad reform talk
Washington reports pressure for a full investigation of the navy department after Rear Admiral Brownson resigns as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Friends say friction among seven bureaus and wasteful spending tempt Congress to plan a sweeping reorganization and audit of naval operations.
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Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Department
Frownson
Navy
First lynching in new state shocks Henrietta Oklahoma
In Henrietta, Oklahoma a mob hanged James Garden after he killed liveryman Albert Bates for refusing to rent a rig. Garden was seized from Muskogee jail by about 100 men who battered the doors, then strung him from a telegraph pole and riddled the body with bullets as fear spread among local Black residents.
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Muskogee
Okla
James Garden
Henrietta
Here
Garden
Albert Bates
Bates
Nevada Governor calls special session amid Goldfield labor crisis
The Nevada Governor Sparks telegraphed Roosevelt to convene a special legislature as soon as possible. Federal troops may stay in Goldfield for an indeterminate period, easing fears of major disturbances. The legislature may or may not act in line with the governor, but the session call aims to calm the situation and keep troops nearby for weeks.
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Goldfield
Nev
Sparks
Roosevelt
Nevada
Troop withdrawal from Goldfield sparks renewed appeal
Goldfield Nevada December 24 mine operators vow to appeal again to President Roosevelt over the planned departure of federal troops. They cite alleged evidence of a Western Federation of Miners deportation attempt and plan to sue the miners in federal court while sheriffs and guards prepare to secure mines after December 30.
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Goldfield
Nev
Washington
Western Federation of Miners
Sheriff Ingalls
Captain Cox
Sparks
Ingalls
Cox
Goldfield Mine Operators’ Association
Miners’ Union
Western Federation
Mines of Goldfield
Panama Canal Excavation Reaches Historic Scale
Washington reports official canal records show 1,838,486 cubic yards dug from the Panama line last month. The work would fill ten blocks to forty feet, with progress likened to the pyramid of Cheops every fifty working days under Col Goethals.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Goethals
Cheops
Suez Canal
NeLessens
Manchester Ship Canal
Kiel Canal
The Thaw Case Heads To Second Trial Date
New York December 30 one week from today Harry K Thaw will be called a second time before a jury to defend the charge of murdering Stanford White. Several postponements occurred but it is now said there will be no further delay.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Four Billions of Deposits as of December 8
Washington reports the national banks total loans and discounts at 4.583 billion dollars with individual deposits at 4.177 billion and cash resources of 660.785 million. Capital stock stands at 901.682 million and United States deposits at 223.117 million. Clearing house certificate net balances amount to 64.844 million with a legal reserve ratio of 21.21 percent.
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Washington
United States
Former Hoosier in Trouble Surrender in California
Ocean Park Calif Dec 26 Post master Charles E Lovelace formerly an Indiana politician surrendered to the United States court on embezzlement charges for 1000 to 2000 dollars He was released on a 4000 dollar bond Lovelace formerly edited the Wabash Star Indiana and later published the Huntington Morning Journal before moving to Ocean Park four years ago.
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Ocean Park
Cal
Charles E. Lovelace
Indiana
United States Court
Lovelace
Wabash
Ind
Foreclosure Decree Ordered on Union Traction Properties
Judge Grosscup of the U S circuit court has ordered foreclosure of Union Traction Company properties, including street car systems on the south and west sides of Chicago. The decree directs sale of the properties to Chicago Railways Company.
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Chicago
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
Union Traction Company
Strove
Chaleria
Hovehtimb
Chicago Railways Company
Millionaire Lawyer Ernest G. Stedman Dies in Subway Jump
New York Dec 27 Ernest G Stedman prominent lawyer worth over 7 million and cousin of poet Edmund Clarence Stedman died by suicide by leaping in front of a subway train at the Fourteenth Street station. Financial troubles are cited as a principal cause.
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New York
Ernest G. Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Fourteenth Street
Indianapolis Markets Report Across Grain and Livestock
Market notes from Indianapolis, Chicago, New York and East Buffalo show varied wheat, corn, oats and hay prices. Cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs trade in multiple regions with percent changes and month specifics, including Toledo futures for May and July.
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Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
New York Republican Club backs Hughes for president
Dispatches note the New York Republican club endorses Governor Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination. Also reported are five deaths from a compressed air explosion in an unfinished Paris subway tunnel under the Seine.
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The
New York Republican Club
Hughes
Conspiracy to topple Ecuador government noted in Quito
Five men linked to a bank robbery in Aldrich Missouri December 12 are jailed in Cairo Illinois. Efforts for peace between the American Federation of Labor and the Western Federation of Miners continue. A Pekin throne edict hopes a constitution will come, no date set. Warsaw governor general Skallen closes Polish schools and bans unions. Polish Jewish clubs ordered shut. Railway Age shows US railroad construction near 1906 peak.
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Quito
Aldrich
Cairo
Ill
American Federation of Labor
Western Federation of Miners
Pekin
Skallen
Warsaw
Poland
Railway Age
United States
Wounded Wife Fled After Newcastle Man Shootout
At Newcastle Pennsylvania Charles Quimby twenty seven shot and mortally wounded his wife then escaped. In Sharon Pennsylvania William Van Bush jealousy drove him to slash his wife’s throat with a razor and then cut his own throat. Excavation planned for a twenty two story LaSalle hotel in Chicago starting March first at LaSalle and Madison.
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Newcastle
Charles Quimby
Minneapolis
Sharon
William van Bush
W. J. Bryan
Jacksonville
United States
Florida
R. Mallory
LaSalle
Chicago
LaSalle and
Madison Streets
Louisville Saloons Face Higher License Fee
An ordinance raising the saloon license from 150 to 500 was approved by the Louisville city council. Two Kings Nowther Mills workers in Lebanon were fatally injured in the plant’s third explosion in as many weeks. A Chicago to Havana motor boat race is to be arranged at the upcoming national show in Chicago. Albert G. Beaumane, assistant to the publisher of the Chicago Daily News, has died. An Ecuadoria n revolution attempt in Quito was quelled with the arrest of General Toral and twenty adherents.
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Louisville
Kings Nowther Mills
Lebanon
Chicago
Havana
Cuba
Albert G. Beaumane
Chicago Daily News
Quito
General Toral
Great Britain
Colorado Utes Raid Sheep and Cattle in Utah
Bands of Colorado Ute Indians move through southern Utah raiding livestock herds. The article notes ongoing tensions and impacts on ranchers in the region.
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Colorado
Consecration of Kennedy as Adrianapolis bishop
Thomas F. Kennedy rector of the American College at Rome is consecrated titular bishop of Adrianapolis. A fire near Hamden Ohio destroys a home killing Mrs Boyer and one child. Ambassador Aoki may depart Washington this week after recall. The Slippedrome playhouse opens in Cleveland touted as the largest outside New York. East of Chicago railroads defer wage and condition demands.
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Mer
Thomas F. Kennedy
American College At
Rome
Adrianapolis
Boyer
Hamden
Ohio
Aoki
Fokio
Washington
United States
New York City
Cleveland
Indiana Receivership Petitions Filed Over Banks in Ambia
Indiana petitions allege Baldwin & Dague owners of private banks at Ambia Goodland and Fowler diverted funds totaling over 112000 invested in Arkansas timber lands railroad and a sawmill more than 19000 from Fowler and 18000 from Ambia plus 338000 on personal notes. Hearing set January 6 in Fowler circuit court with aim to restore Goodland bank if possible.
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Indianapolis
Baldwin & Dague
Ambia
Goodland and Fowler
James Bingham
Indiana
Fowler
John C. Billheimer
Bank of
Citizens’ Private Bank
Arkansas
Ambia Bank
Bank of Fowler
Goodland Bank
Kentland
Saloon Closures Spread in Van Buren County Townships
The Good Citizens League wrapped up a blanket remonstrance in Van Buren township with 150 signers and has driven saloons from ten of eleven townships in the county. Knightsville Harmony New England Bobtown and Carbon will lose nearly twenty saloons, leaving Brazil township as the remaining seat of saloons as efforts press to remove forty six more. Local saloon men are dazed by League success and brewery resistance. The campaign aims for continued high licensing reductions in Brazil.
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Brazil
Ind
Good Citizens’ League
van Buren
van Burean
Knightsville
Harmony
New England
Bobtown
Carbon
Brazil Township
League
Two Girls Die in Gasoline Lamp Fire at Monterey
In Monterey Indiana two 15 year old girls Clara Kammel and Margaret Fox were fatally burned when a gasoline lamp exploded during a rehearsal for a New Year’s Eve program at the Catholic schoolhouse. Several other girls and sisters were present as flames spread, with quick aid from a local helper who extinguished the fire.
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North Judson
Ind
Monterey
Here
Clara Kammel
Margaret Fox
Weber
Meyer Teis
Hanged Horse's on Vincennes nie Dayson
A garbled clipping reports a death by self injury in Vincennes Indiana with uncertain details about a soldier and possible misread names. The fragment notes a hanging and references a banister and a shot but lacks clear chronology or identity confirmation.
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Vincennes
Ind
Negro shooting victim dies after store confrontation
An African American man named Nero Ber Indianenais was shot by two assailants near Pureman's shoe store in White Plains. He survived initial wounds but died six hours later from injuries sustained during the confrontation. Police reported two bullets struck the victim in the body.
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Nero
Fairbanks Boom Loosed at Indiana Republican Love Feast
Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks was endorsed for the 1908 presidential nomination at Indiana's mid winter Republican gathering. Senator Beveridge, Governor Hanly, and other leaders praised Fairbanks as party leader with Beveridge launching the boom amid cheers and a banner read Charles W. Fairbanks for President in 1908.
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Indianapolis
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
Beveridge
Hanly
Wallace Foster
Charles W. Fairbanks
Hemenway
Kansas for Christ to Lead Yearlong State Revival
The Sunflower State will host a yearlong evangelistic campaign titled Kansas for Christ starting next year. Hundreds of ministers and evangelists will conduct revivals across all counties under Rev. William Edward Biederwolf of Monticello, with a supervising board from multiple denominations. Edward E. Taylor of Philadelphia was named secretary to coordinate the union meetings and concerted religious work.
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Ries
Kansas City
Kansas
William Edward Biederwolf
Monticello
Ind
Edward E. Taylor
Philadelphia
Rev. Biederwolf
Burglars Raid Mt. Summit in Nighttime Heist
Robbers used nitroglycerin to blow open the safe at Guy West's general store in Mt. Summit, stealing $152 in cash and over $10 in stamps from the post office. They also took a horse and buggy from Win Cloud's home, escaping as Cloud woke to the blast. A posse pursued, with nearby towns alerted to an expected capture.
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Newcastle
Ind
Mt. Summit
Guy West
Burelars
Win Cloud
Bucey
Cloud
Liberty
Mt. Liberty
Governor’s Christmas Gifts to Two Prisoners
Governor Hanly allows freedom from Michigan City prison for two inmates serving life for second degree murder. Samuel Harmon, confined since May 1901, will live with his daughter in Brazil under her care. Joseph Osborn, imprisoned since Christmas Eve 1903, will return to family and friends in Allen County.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Michigan City
Samuel Harmon
Brazil
Joseph Osborn
Allen County
Indiana Teachers Elect Officers in Annual Meeting
The Indiana Teachers association chose George W. Benton principal of Shortridge high school as president. J. B. Pearcy of Anderson was re-elected secretary and Miss Elizabeth Hull of Sullivan became recording secretary. W. H. Sanders of Bloomington will chair the executive committee for the coming year.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Teachers’ Association
George W. Benton
Shortridge High School
J. B. Pearcy
Anderson
Elizabeth Hull
Sullivan
W. H. Sanders
Bloomington
Beasley Convicted of Manslaughter in Linton Killing
Bloomfield Ind December 27 The jury convicted George R Beasley of manslaughter for killing his wife in Linton on June 21 Judge Henderson set a prison sentence from two to twenty one years in the state prison
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Beasley
Bloomfield
Ind
George R. Beasley
Linton
Henderson
Death on the Big Four tracks in Shelbyville
The body of Daniel Wise of Cincinnati was found on the Big Four tracks in Shelbyville Indiana on December 28. He was killed by an express train.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Daniel Wise
Cincinnati
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