Missouri Supreme Court Ousts Oil Firms from State
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday ousted Standard Oil of Indiana Republic Oil of Ohio and Waters-Pierce Oil of Missouri for monopolistic actions. Each firm faced a $60,000 fine. Waters-Pierce may continue if by January 15, 1909 it proves independent operation and pays the judgment. Republic Oil has ceased Missouri business, selling March 1, 1947.
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Standard Oi Company
Indiana
Republic Oil Company
Ohio
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Supreme Court of Missouri
Commonwealth
Waters- Pierce Company
Republic of Company
Secretary of State
Hadley
Folk Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
Riot in Homestead Targets Catholic Parish School
A Tuesday night riot in Homestead near Pittsburg injures four and harms hundreds of Slav residents. Police report 25 arrested, with warrants planned for more. Rioters then damaged St Michael’s Slavonic parish school interior at Municipal Hall amid disputes over furniture removal by a new pastor Rev M C Fiagensky.
Labor chiefs found guilty in contempt cases
The Buck Stove and Range Company sued AF of L leaders Gompers Mitchell and Morrison. Justice Wright of the DC Supreme Court sentenced Gompers to twelve months, Mitchell to nine months, Morrison to six months for contempt related to a boycott and the unfair list. The case tied to a mandamus order by Judge Gould and drew wide attention.
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Buck Stove and Range Company
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Gould
Tuberculosis Tops Death Toll in Illinois First Half Year
State health bulletin shows 31,443 total Illinois deaths in the first half, with 3,786 from tuberculosis the leading disease, followed by pneumonia causing 4,117 deaths. Death rate stands at 11.19 per 1000 population.
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State Board of Health
Illinois
Bathhouse John Coughlin Acquitted in Chicago Assault Case
A Chicago jury found Alderman Bathhouse John Coughlin not guilty of assaulting newspaper photographer Lyman Atwell during the First Ward democratic wall incident. The verdict was returned Wednesday after trial.
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John" Coughlin
Lyman Atwell
Chicago
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Wednesday quotations from the Sioux City Live Stock Market show beeves at 0.65 dollars and top hogs at 6.65 dollars. The brief price report lists grain and cattle figures for traders and buyers in the regional market.
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Sioux City
Baby Survives Five-Story Elevator Fall
A two-year-old child of Cash Idhum, a railroad agent from St. John, fell five stories down an elevator shaft and landed on a carriage. The infant escaped with only a few scratches after the dramatic accident on Wednesday.
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Cashidhum
St. John
Five Injured in Chicago and Eastern Illinois Wreck
A local passenger train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway collided with a freight train at Chaffe Indiana Wednesday night. Five persons were injured.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Chaffe
Ino
Gomez Establishes New Venezuelan Government After Casto Departure
Acting President Gomez restructures leadership in Venezuela replacing ministers and military chiefs with new factional figures. Leo public order with Aquiles Strube named Caracas governor as tensions from Castro’s Europe departure rise and revolutionary influence appears to recede briefly.
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Baldo
Castro
Chega Forren
Hedulo Olivares
Chracke
Venezuela
Gomez
Aquiles Strube
Caracas
Inauguration fund near record pledges in Washington
Washington newspapers report $69,000 pledged for the Inauguration fund with hopes to exceed $100,600 by March 4. Givers mix charity with expected revenue from the first week in March as the city prepares for a record inauguration display.
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Washington, D. C
Doctor conducts first US anti typhoid serum trial
Dr Harlan Shoemaker of Methodist Hospital Philadelphia vaccinates himself an assistant physician and two women nurses with anti typhoid serum in an experimental study. Reactions in all four cases are reported satisfactory with fever and pain for four days. City authorities hope general vaccination will prevent outbreaks as with yellow fever.
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Harlan Shoemaker
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Shoemaker
Railway Clerk Charged With Wife's Fatal Beating
Chicago police arrested Chas Holmes a railway clerk after his wife died from a skull fracture. A son said Holmes beat her when she answered a phone call, then struck her with a belt or staff as she resisted. The incident occurred after a disputed call.
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Chas, Holmes
Chicago
Holmes
Thaw Denied Testimony in Bankruptcy Case
Harry K. Thaw, confined at Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, cannot be brought to Pittsburgh to testify in bankruptcy proceedings, per a United States Court of Appeals decision.
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Harry K. Thaw
State Hospital For
Matteawan
N. Y
Pittsburg
United States Court of Appeals
Root Signs Another Treaty With Salvedor Minister
Secretary Root on Monday signed a treaty with Salvadorean Minister Mejia providing for arbitration of disputed questions. The accord follows the line of similar conventions negotiated with various nations.
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Root Monday
Mejia
Salvador
Jury Unable to Agree in Parrish Bank Case
The jury in the state against James H. Parrish of Owensboro Kentucky a banker charged with receiving deposits while the Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company was insolvent failed to reach a verdict and was discharged on Monday.
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James H. Parrish
Owensboro
Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company
Big Christmas Mail Volume Flows Through Chicago
The Chicago post office processed over one million letters and parcels weighing about 260 tons on Monday as part of the Christmas mail rush. The vast volume underscores the busiest holiday period for the city's postal service this year.
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Chicago
Works of Art Seized From Gardner Household Sold to Crane Charbourne
Mrs Emily Crane Charbourne laid claim to art treasures seized last summer by the government. She paid $82,411 into court, plus $70,409 previously paid in duties and penalties. The goods originally belonged to Mrs Jack Gardner of Boston and were imported as household goods valued at $8,000.
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Coatly
Emily Crane Charbourne Monlay
Chicago
Mra
Jack"’ Gardner
Boston
Chadbourne
Fire Ruins Herald Square Theater After Midnight Blaze
Fire at the Herald Square theater on Thirty-fifth Street and Broadway in New York caused about 60,000 in damage to the front of the building and upper gallery. Fire spread from an electric sign to executive offices as actors and chorus fled into the streets amid snow and wind with no injuries reported.
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Herald Square
Lyon
Marlborough Hotel
Pittsburg Municipal Scandal Arrests Stir City
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania seven councilmen and two bankers were arrested on charges of alleged corruption in public affairs. The arrests, ordered by the Voters' league, shocked residents and indicated further dramatic developments. Authorities say depositories for city funds were central to the allegations and more officials from local banks may be taken into custody.
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Pittsburg
San Francisco
Voters’ League
Ricci Electrocuted at New Jersey State Prison
Giacinto Ricci was executed by electric chair at the New Jersey state prison on Tuesday just before 11 o clock. The planned resuscitation test by County Physician Scannell was not attempted as he was not present, and the attorney general advised he had no rights on the premises. Ricci had been convicted of assault and murder of a 3 year old girl.
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Giacinto Ricci
New Jersey
Scannell
Osborne
Rice
Queen Wilhelmina’s Expectant Condition Announces Joy
The chamber of deputies announced Tuesday that Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is in an interesting condition. The news was met with widespread applause and optimism. The birth is anticipated early in the spring after past hopes of an heir were repeatedly dashed.
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Stork
Chamber of Deputies
Wilhelmina
Holland
Missing Taft relative in Berkeley duck hunt misadventure
Dr. Frederick D Taft third cousin of President elect Taft and Walter J Wat son disappear after a duck hunting trip to Bouldin Island on Wednesday night they planned to return Sunday night neighbors report.
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Frederick D. Taft
Taft
Berkeley
Cal
Walter J. Watson
Bouldin Island
Earth Quakes Rattle Virginia City Montana Citizens
Six earthquake shocks struck Virginia City Mont in a twenty four hour span prompting residents to rush into the streets amid a sense of alarm and caution on Tuesday.
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Virginia City
Mont
Panama Canal to Open January First 1915
Official communication to the California promotion committee states the Panama Canal will open January 1 1915. The notice comes from Joseph Buckline Bishop secretary of the canal commission.
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Panama Canal
California Promotion Committee
Joseph Buckline Bishop
Canal Commission
Edbert Hubbard Injured in Woods Collision
Bibert Hubbard author and lecturer sustained serious injuries after a tree fell on him in the woods near his East Aurora colony. He was found by members of the settlement and received aid at the scene before transport to a local facility.
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Edbert Hubbard
Bibert Hubbard
East Aurora
Traveling advertising scheme targets Nebraska towns
Merchants in small Nebraska towns use traveling advertising cards that resemble game promotions. Game Wardens condemned the scheme noting no 1908-09 game laws cover it and warning that the cards could mislead the public into thinking official lottery or gaming laws apply. Carter says laws may change and urges merchants to reject the cards.
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Grotier Trehaming
Wardes Garier
Carter
Eoman
Schgme
Fairbury
Lincoln City Charter Debates Pay for City Commission
Mayor Brown returns from Excelsior Springs and opposes a paid city commission. He argues businessmen should not work for nothing and doubts unpaid members will fulfill duties. While charter talks proceed without him, local leaders seek his input and guidance.
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Brown
Lincoln
Excelsior Springs
Two Men Accused of Ostrich Plume Burglary
Detectives in Sioux City arrested two men about a week ago after finding ostrich plumes and furs in their room. A. H. Whiteworth of Miller and Paine and Mrs. Compton identified sable muff and plumes as stolen from a Lincoln store four weeks earlier, with Omaha police linking them to other burglaries.
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Lincvoath
James Matone
Lincoln
Sioux City
Wve
Millers to Appeal Wilson Bleached Flour Order
South Platte division of Nebraska Millers plan to seek federal court relief from Secretary Wilsons order against bleached flour. They say the ruling would cause heavy losses to Nebraska mills and ruin the industry in the state. They protest freight-rate cuts and accuse Wilson of favoritism.
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Wilson
South Platte
Nebraskan Millers' Association
Lincoln
Federal Court
Nebraska Millers
Nebraska
Old Settler Samuel Wymore Dies After Stroke
Samuel Wymore founder of the town of Wymore died Monday morning at his home near Blue Springs from a paralysis stroke suffered Saturday. He resided in Gage county forty one years and once owned the Jam on which Blue Springs and Wymore are located. He was 75 years old.
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Samuel Wymore
Wymore
Gage County
Blue Springs
Bank plans new two story brick building in spring
The First National Bank of Shiibey announces plans to erect a two story brick building next spring. The bank has twenty three years in business and states it will not borrow or discount during the three years of hard times from crop failure, maintaining full cash payment levels during the recent bank panic.
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First National Bank of
Convict Returns to Penitentiary After Parole Violation
A prisoner named Tetrns, released on parole, is recaptured for violating terms. He was found at Téneatw briett and sent back to the penitentiary.
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Prien
Cylet Poueret
Eoine Montis
No Pardon for Clements in Omaha murder case
Lieut. Gov. Hopewell announced there will be no pardon for Fred W. Clements of Sarpy County who must serve out the remaining sixteen years of his term for the murder of Luke Golden near South Omaha two years ago.
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Clements
Hopewell
Fred W. Clements
Sarpy County
Ble
Luke Golden
South Omaha Atrat
Stobber Promptly Captured After Gibbon Store Robbery
The J. L. Hopper store at Gibbon was robbed of money and goods. The robber was caught at Minden by Walter Bammann of Kearney. He admitted the theft and led to the hidden goods.
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Stobber
J. L. Hopper
Gibbon
Minden
Walter Bammann
Kearney
Vote Bonds for School Building at Shelby
A school bond election was held Saturday afternoon in Shelby to issue $8,000 for a new school building. Four thousand dollars has been accumulated in four years by taxation and will be added to this fund.
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Shelby
Nation Corn Exposition Ends in Omaha at High Attendance
The National Corn Exposition closes in Omaha after a weekend run drawing 105 041 attendees. Exhibits show 7 7 728 etc and 1 028 corn sold with premiums totaling 64 000. Delegations from Mexico Canada Hungary Mogul India China Cuba Philippines and Germany attended.
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Omaha
Auecees
Mexico
Canada
Hungary
Moglind
China
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Germany
Stern Fuote
Bank Robbery In Cresea Nets 39000 In Loot
Three gunmen robbed the State Bank of Cresea at 1:30 m Sunday, blowing the vault and taking 39000. They forced James Doyle inside, gagged and fed him to a bar, then escaped in a stolen rig later abandoned in Ashland. Authorities recovered the scene after dawn.
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Creseo
Cresea
Milleweet
Ashland
Hovses
James Doyle
Hoyle
Cashier in Omaha Ended His Life with Self Inflicted Bullet
William T. Kelley a cashier for the Union Pacific railroad in South Omaha killed himself Saturday afternoon by firing a bullet through his brain. J Th Westover, a close friend, found the body after midnight when visiting to present an Elks pin. A second bullet pierced the bed and clothing. no reason was given in a note to his wife and children visiting in Kansas City.
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Stailroad
Omaha
William T. Kelley
Union Pacife Railroad
South Omaha
J. Th. Westover
Kelley
Elks
Westover
Kansas City
Barely Escape From Fire At Tecumseh Area Farm House
A one story frame house on the Polla farm four miles northwest of Tecumseh burned Monday morning. J W Morris, home with his wife and five children, escaped in their nightwear after he saved the youngsters by tossing them from a window to the barn. Neighbors later provided clothing as the family, renting the property, lost everything and had no household insurance.
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Polla
Tecumseh
J. W. Morris
Contest for Mayor’s Office and Sarranto Proceedings
A legal notice describes a party contending that a high court decision favors them in a mayoral race. Prohibition authorities consider starting Sarranto actions to oust Mayor Mile and Rohrer, who last spring held the city post without a formal election.
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All. Heme
Sarranto
Mile
Train collision damages caboose and cars at Nebraska City
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided in the yards at Nebraska City in a rear end crash. The air brakes failed on the rear train, wrecking the caboose, two cars, and an engine. The caboose crew narrowly escaped injury after a passerby warned them.
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Missouri Pacific
Nebraska City
Prison sentences follow Guilty pleas in Diller burglary
Judge Kaper adjourned district court at Fairbury after sentencing Frank Williams to four years, Joseph Bushnell to four years, and Joseph Williams to eighteen months for breaking into the Mablish store at Diller. All defendants had pleaded guilty to the burglary.
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Kevere
Kaper
Fairbury
Frank Williams
Joseph Bushnell
Joseph Williams
Diller
Death of Valentine Boy Ness Pettycrew
A 16 year old Valentine boy Ness Pettycrew died following a week of falls and subsequent injuries. Local authorities reported the incident and sent the body for examination.
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Valentine
Ness
State Auditor report tracks 1908 1908 bonds across counties
The biennial report shows bonds registered from December 20, 1908 to December 20, 1908 totaling 2,201,086.66 with 76,000 by counties, 9,000 by precincts, 896,000 by cities and villages and 1,331,186.65 by school districts. It notes many issues are refunding bonds and cites Western and northern counties building schools while Lancaster County reels in legislation.
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Loarie
Bonaparte Asks for More Legal Power
The Attorney General calls for the right of appeal to the Supreme Court as a matter of right in criminal cases and cites the Standard Oil reversal. He urges statutory changes to allow appeals in all prosecutions, especially where wealth influences outcomes, and proposes a simple process to arrest and move corporate defendants to trial districts.
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United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Ctrenlt Court
Bonaparte
Fiven
Congress
Sup
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Couple Murdered in Sleep In Wilmington Hatchet Killing
A man known as Macks faces charges in a Wilmington home murder case. Verona Florczik and his wife were killed with a hatchet at 192 Bird Street. Alexander Wilerczik, brother of the slain man, found the bodies after trying to gain entry around 11 PM. A baby and toddler survived, guarded by mournful silence. The motive appears revenge tied to the suspect, who was 18 years old. Florence Florczik, aged 38, and his wife 24 were the victims.
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Macks
Mas
Vite
Wicents Floresik
Bird Street
Wilmington
Del
Alexander
Ilerczik
Ledger
Muiden
Florczik
Bribe Official Sentenced in Ohio Penitentiary Case
Former Corenne board member Fred Lied received ten years in an Ohio penitentiary after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe from Nelson Cambe, a Trinidad Sun cot representative. The case involved officials linked to a city beard and a bid irregularity.
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Permer
City Beard
Sean Temced
Fred Lied
Corenee Baead
Mates
Ohio
Pookemann
Nelson Cambe
Trinidad Pee
Io Coving
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