Taft to Congress Highlights Trusts and Federal Incorporation
Washington reports note President Taft finished a roughly 6,000 word annual message focusing on trusts and monopolies and proposed federal incorporation as a remedy. Earlier, Washington Wharton Barker testified about alleged 1904 assurances from a New York financier supporting Roosevelt due to a railroad bargain. The Black River Falls Indian agency in Wisconsin is abolished as the Winnebago population declines.
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Wharton’Barker
Philadelphia
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Washington
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Taft
Black River Falls
Wis
Murder gang given hangings and life terms in Chicago case
Domestic Ewald and Frank Shibiowski and others were sentenced to be hanged or life in prison for the murder of Fred W. Cuelxow, a Young truck farmer, in October. Gov Marshall backed for presidency. funds diverted case in Memphis. western governors tour Chicago. Lafargue and Laura Marx death by own actions announced in Paris. Beattie confessed to murder of his wife in Richmond. Kenosha double crime confessed to a priest. S…
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Ewald
Frank Shibiowski
Philip Sommerling
Thomas Schultz
Frank Kita
Leo Suchomekl
Chicago
Fred W. Cuelxow
Jet
Multiple historical notices and incidents reported in brief
Summary of diverse items including a marriage intention filing in Kansas City probate court. Owosso and Jamestown fire losses in Michigan and Kansas. Darius Wilson publisher pleads nolo contendere in Boston federal court. Louise Vermilya inquiry into an arch-poisoner case. Ralph Mulford wins Vanderbilt Cup in Savannah with notable speeds. Patterson trial testimony corroborates shooting claims. Baltimore order dissolves the bathtub trust against Standard Sanitary. Mars canals reported by Lowell Observatory. William J. Cummins sentenced for Carnegie Trust embezzlement.
Witnesses Testify In Shelbyville Murder Trial
In Shelbyville Downey Woolen and Clifford Van Pelt testified for their father Charles Van Pelt in the murder trial of Charles Tindall. They described their father as of unsound mind due to lodge affairs. Downey Van Pelt broke down on the stand and recovered, recounting Tindall's alleged insult to his mother and the accusation she stole money while lodge records were discussed seven years ago.
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Shelbyville
Downey
Woolen
Clifford
Charles Edward van Pell
Charles Tindall
Downey Way Pelt
Tindall
van Pelt
Court of Honor Lodge
Powder Explosion Injures Washington on Farm Job
Roosevelt G. Washington, a farm worker on Kirby C. Tanner’s tobacco plot, was injured when powder packed in a corncob pipe exploded. Tanner had hidden powder in tobacco after misplacing stolen product, and Washington accidentally triggered the blast, losing five teeth and suffering severe facial injuries.
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Law Menceburg
Roosevelt G. Washington
Washington
Kirby C.tanner
Tanner
Skeleton Found in Gravel Pit Near Webb Farm
Workmen uncover a human skeleton in a sitting posture at James Webb’s gravel pit near this city. Most bones crumbled. Believed to be an Indian remains buried over 50 years, with theories it may belong to a man missing in 1836 near the site.
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Anderson
James Webb
Rockafellar Weds Morgan in City Ceremony
Rockafellar of Conneraville married Miss Gladys Morgan of Elwood in this city and afterward left for Conneraville. A license mixup arose when the deputy county clerk noted the names Rockafellar and Morgan. the groom reminded him that his name differs from Rockefeller. The bride said her parents are not related to John Pierpont Morgan.
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Rockafellar
Morgan
Anderson
Robin Ross Rockafellar
Conneraville
Gladys Morgan
Elwood
Rockefellar
John
Monitor turret builder Kokxomo David Edwards dies at 71
David Edwards 71, a workman who helped build the Monitor turret, died at his son Rev E R Edwards's home. A former New York City resident, he worked at Delamater Iron Works where the turret was forged and was an intimate friend and confidant of inventor John Erri Gon.
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Monitor
Kokxomo
David Edwards
E. R. Edwards
New York City
Delamater. Iron Works
John Eriiagon
Dr Jesse Reagan Dies At Plainfield Veteran Physician
Dr Jesse Reagan aged eighty plus, longtime Plainfield physician and notable local figure, died at his home after a long career. Born in Wayne County near Richmond in 1826 he graduated from Ohio Medical College in 1856 and practiced in the community for many years.
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Jesse Reagan
Plainfield
Wayne County
Ohio
Medical, College
Notable Arrests Involving Jo Mitchell And Joe Jefferson
Information filed charges Jo Mitchell and Joe Jefferson with murder based on details supplied by Lois Sutton and Della Hamilton. Plans allegedly sought to send both women to a reformatory, while Major D G Peyton arranged detention for the two in Jeffersonville county jail until Bedford authorities redirected them to Indianapolis.
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Jo Mitchell
Joe Jefferson
Luca
Lois‘ Sutton
Della Hamilton
Reformatory
D. G. Peyton
Jeffersonville
Bedford
Ipianapoli
Woman Drops Dead After Wind Storm Panic
Lafayette report says a severe wind storm disrupted the lighting system briefly. Mrs. C. H. Myers wife of a Monon railroad engineer fainted and died while returning home after attending a local theatre performance. The U S experiment station sustained roof damage and several other buildings lost their tiles.
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Lafayette
Woman Found Guilty of Placing Husband in Early Grave
In Canneltoun Indiana the Perry county circuit court convicted Mrs Ellen Mertes of murder in Dubois county Indiana last summer. The jury found her guilty of manslaughter and sentenced her to two to twenty one years in the women's reformatory at Indianapolis.
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Bransville
Perry County
Canneltoun
Ind
Ellen Mertes
Dubois
County
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mrs. C. C. Harter Dies at North Manchester Home
Mrs. C C Harter aged 78 dies at her North Manchester home Survivors include a husband three daughters an aged mother and other relatives She was born in Omaha Nebraska April 14 1858 and was reportedly the first white child born there
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C. C. Harter
North Manchester
Dayton
Harter
H. J
Mary Browne
Omaha
Neb
Bridegroom Terre Hayte-Howard Logue Dies After Wedding
Terre Hayte-Howard Logue aged husband of Emma Hoff of Bedford died in Donovan Illinois after a three day illness. He was brought to his mother’s home in this city for care.
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Terre Hayte
Howard Logue
Emma Hoff
Bedford
Donovan
Indiana News In Brief Highlights Local Sudden Deaths Fires and Accidents
Winamac Mia John J Kellar age ninety two pioneer of Pulaski county died in Winamac Goshen The shoe store of Joseph Freed Wakurusa wa wrecked and burned by a defective gasoline plant English While hunting David Macon of Tower accidentally shot himself part of his face torn away and he will lose sight of both eyes Petersburg While returning from this city to Blackburn White Sanders a miner was struck and killed by a southbound BE and 1 passenger train Newcastle Thomas Nugen age eighty five retired farmer and stock map died of pneumonia in this city survived by a widow and four daughters North Manchester Mrs Harriet Stickler age sixty widow of Abraham Stickler died at her home Evansville Vanderburg county grand jury indicted Herschell Burris for murder in the first degree Burris accused of shooting Leslie Sacknon about a month ago Lyons attempting to fight a smuggling fire in a cook stove Mrs Earl Huffman poured gasoline on coats instead of kerosene severely burned not expected to live Jasper Heading factory of Peter Egle and Frank Seng destroyed by fire origin unknown logs valued at 12000 no insurance Boonville farmers of Werrick county preparing to tell ten days rodents cause substantial damage in the fields and orchards
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Winamac
John J. Kellar
Pulaski County
Goshen
Joseph Freed
Wakurusa Wa
David Macon
Tower
Petersburg
Blackburn
White Sanders
Newcastle
Thomas Nugen
Manchester
Mrea
Harriet Stickler
Abraham ‘Stickler
Shela
Evansville
Vanderburg County
Herschell- Burris
Burris
Lesiie Sacknon
Lyons
Earl ‘Huffman
Jasper
Peter Egle
Frank J. Seng
Boonville
Werrick
Flelda aFangrles
McNamara Pleads Guilty in Los Angeles Times Bomb Case
James B. McNamara pleads guilty to first degree murder in the Los Angeles Times explosion that killed 21 and damaged the paper's plant on October 1 1910. His brother John J. McNamara pleads guilty to dynamiting the Llewellyn iron works.
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Angeles
Cal
James B. McNamara
Charles J. Haggerty
Los ‘Angeles Times
McNamara
Llewellyn Iron ‘Works
Lfe
John J
Indianapolis
Los Angeles Times
Arendicdd
J. B
Charles J. Hagerty
Mrs Patterson Freed in Denver Murder Trial
Mrs Gertrude Gibson Patterson was tried for the murder of her husband on September 25 and acquitted by a jury. Reported that she shot him during a quarrel after he threatened to kill her and allegedly bartered her to a Chicago millionaire as a white slave. The Patersons, who had moved from Chicago to Densey, faced tuberculosis hardship as Patterson was near death, and the jury verdict brought relief to him.
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Francis J. Easton
Minneapolis
Denver
Gertrude Gibson Patterson
Patterson
Chicago
West
Woman Kills Man in Cleveland Street Shooting
In Cleveland painter Jacob Horwitz was shot and killed by Rose Dworkin who claimed she came from Lawrenceville Massachusetts to kill him. A bystander restrained her and police were summoned to the scene. The woman stated I have ruined his life and I have ruined mine.
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Cleveland
Jacob Horwitz
Rose Dworkin
Lawrenceville
Mass
Train Stops After Wheel Issue Near Brocton
Eastbound Twentieth Century limited halted near Brocton on the Lake Shore line after a car wheel problem triggered abrupt air brake action. No derailment occurred and no injuries reported.
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Dunkirk
NJ Y
Brocton
Son -the -Lake Shore
Fire Claims Two Lives in Louisville Tragedy
A deadly fire in Louisville results in the deaths of Margaret Gomstock and three year old Agnes Thompson. The grandmother died while attempting to save her granddaughter as Agnes’ clothes ignited from a blaze. Agnes Thompson perished in the flames and her mother Mrs. George Thompson suffered serious burns.
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Louisville
Margaret
Angelina Gomstock
Agnea Thompson
George “‘Thompson
Tao
Teen Dies After Walk in Brow of Wisconsin Drift
A Brow of Wisconsin incident ends in teen death after a walk amid heavy snow and zero wind chills. School officials and authorities investigated the fatal walk as storms drifted through Spooner.
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Spooner
Wis
Ano
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