Stoessel Condemned to Death in Port Arthur Case
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports Lieutenant General Stoessel condemned to death by a military court for surrendering Port Arthur to Japan. General Fock reprimanded for a separate offense. Smyrnoff and Reiss acquitted for lack of proof. The court urged commuting Stoessel to ten years fortress imprisonment and removal from service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Russia
Port Arthur
Fock
Pullman Cars to Become Dry on Company Trains
The Pullman Company plans to end liquor sales on its cars, starting with Philadelphia & Reading trains, citing prohibition laws and Sunday sale conflicts in several states. A Rome dispatch notes Father Bernard of Abyssinia presented two lions to the pope from King Menelik, with a message to protect Catholic missionaries. The lions await a special cage in the Vatican gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Pullman Company
Rome
Bernard
Abyssinia
Menelik
Hathlopte
Jions
Vatican
Gardons
Thaw Denies Divorce Rumors At Matteawan Asylum
Attorneys Dantel O'Reilly and A Russell Peabody told reporters after two hours with Harry K Thaw at Matteawan asylum that he has no intent to sue for divorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and that rumors of an annulment are groundless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Dantel O'Reilly
A. Russell Peabody
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Death in U S Senate Claims Senator Latimer in D C
Senator Asbury C. Latimer of South Carolina died at Providence Hospital Washington D C from peritonitis following an appendicitis operation. He had been at the hospital since Sunday after the procedure revealed a more serious ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
Asbury C. Latimer
South Carolina
Providence Hospital
Washington, D. C
Elijah B. Martindale
Frank Martindale
Knightstown
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Henry Herliman
Newcastle
Herliman
Germany
Cincinnati
Fatal Explosion at Powder Works Kills 28 Workers
A nitro glycerine mixing house at the lerea les Powder Works fourteen miles north of Berkley California exploded destroying the building. Twenty four Chinese workers and four white men were killed and six white men were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lereales
Rescued with Difficulty in Marietta Fire
Goldie Ackerman 25 suffered severe burns as two babies were nearly drowned when they were thrown into flood water during a fire that consumed two Marietta Ohio residences. All victims were rescued in boats with difficulty.
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Goldie Ackerman
Marietta
Ohio
Detroit River Trade Declared Greatest In World
William E. Curtis reports the Detroit River and Lake commerce as the world’s largest inland trade channel. He notes iron ore, coal, and grain shipments dominating totals, with tonnage up 10 percent from 1907 and 200 percent from 1905, driven by mines in Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia and ports at Buffalo and across Lake Erie.
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Detroit
Willian 2
Curtis
Tie Wastinetann Cor
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Ohio
Poconsylvania
West Virginia
Detroit River
South
Ste. Marcie CIA
New York
Boston
Philadelhia
Baltimore
Chivtleston
Savannah
Lanedon
Liverpool
Suez
Manichester
Kiel
Amsterdivm
Corinth
Hunter
Flute
Lake Superior
Duluth
Superior
London
Vomburg
Antwerp
Marseilles
Sasiwg
Sygiiist Ag
Chicago
Various 1900s Global Conflicts and Incidents Reported
A roundup of recent world troubles includes a Persian Assembly dispute over resignations, French casualties in battles with Moors, pirate attacks on the Grand Canal, and Japan planning shifts toward South Africa. Other items note Mexican Yaqui roundups, a burning steamer near Nova Scotia with fatalities, Florence burials, Finland partition rumors, and Vladivostok fortification as Japan tension grows. An American Congo expedition under Darsey Mohun was repulsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iis
Grand Canal
Japan
South Africa
Acific
Mexico
Nova Scotia
Robert Hart
Onida
Florence
Italy
St. Petersburg
Finland
Mary Robison
London
Edward
Brighton
Russian War Ministry
Vladivostok
Darsey Mohun
Congo Free State
Review of Indiana Sums Local Officials and Tragedies
Review of Indiana items includes resignation of Jeffersonville justice John Ware active since 1881, Shelbyville Gas Co. improvements with a 100000 cubic foot reservoir, fireman Samuel Thornley’s tetanus death, Martinsville lamp fire at Rev Yocom home, Hanover College elects Prof. Millis as president, and multiple accidents and deaths across cities such as Bloomington Martinsville Columbus Noblesville Mishawaka Elkhart and Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ware
Jeffersonville
Samuel Thornley
Thornley
Mr. Yocom
Martinsville
Maggie Hardin
Yocom
Hanover College
Madison
W. A. Millis
Millis
Crawfordsville
Department of Eucation
Wabash College
Mary Ham
Sherman Ham
Ellettsville Pike
Bloomington
Blizzard Paralyzes Railways Across Central West
A raging blizzard swept the country causing record snowfall in Chicago and a broad west region. Rail traffic halted across Michigan to Nebraska, with drifts and high winds delaying trains and cutting telegraph service. Fatalities were reported and rural mail routes crippled as the storm abated leaving frigid winds and drifting snow.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
West
Missouri
Arkansa
Nebraska
Towa
Wisconsin
Hunoly
Michigan
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Kansas
Illinois
Arkas
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Middle West
Rock Island Road
Prairie Wome
Lincoln
Wuinnis
Mississippi
Republican National Convention Plans Highlight Chicago Coliseum
Representative Hobson backs naval defense. Williams elected Senate minority leader. Taft praises the President's message. Jackson of New York criticizes bankers. Bryan predicts Cannon as Republican nominee and opposes him. Ballot on Sunday saloon question appears in Chicago spring election. Black denounces current policies at Boston meeting. Cousins steps down after sixteen years in Congress. Convention plans in Chicago near completion with pig meeting notion.
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Hobson
Mississippi
John Sharp Willams
House
United States Senate
Taft
Kansas City
Jackson
New York State
Banks
William J. Bryan
Danville
Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Chicago
Frank 8. Black
New York
Home Market Protection Club
Boston
Republican Party
Robert G. Cousins
Fifth
Lowa
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Congress
Cousins
Coliseum
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Denver
Dice & Lacey
Mary McDonald
Mass
Patrick McDonald
William TE. Curtis
Uncle Sam
Review OF Indiana
Shelbyville
Lewis Crawford
Columbus
United Brethren Church
Henry Petty
Milton
Charles Rucker
Seymour
Southern Indiana Railway
Samuel C. Schmitt
Mishawaka
Grand Trunk Western Railway
Samuel Bement
Petersburg
Daviess County
Syracuse
Butler Company
Butler
Lee Overton
Owensville
Huestis
Sunman
George Hare
Noblesville
Silver Lake
Kosciusko County
L. C. Skinner
Sutherland & Son
Toledo
Robert A. Woods
Knights Templar
Princeton
North Vernon
Pleasant Run
William Thompson
New Ross
Daniel V. Chapman
Goshen
George Kerns
Clay City
Young
Fardi‘n
Clayton
Elkhart
Hyland
Terre Haute
Walker Smith
Jesse Hodson
Bakers Corner
Sheridan
David Leonard
Hodson
Leonard
Pire
EB. J. Moore
Christian Mast
Lizzie Patterson
Patoka
Gossard Corset Company
Benjamin Jenkins
St. Paul
Jenkins
Poltics
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