Important News Notes Of A Week Summary
Condensed weekly briefing reporting the Supreme Court upholding the Payne Aldrich tax provisions, leadership shift as Walter L Fisher becomes interior secretary, and various national incidents. Notables include a New York firm dissolving over fireworks, agricultural state production shifts, a Carnegie Trust inquiry loss, Cox contempt ruling, Mexican prisoner issues, Taft yacht theft, Maine turret cover raised, Greenwich initiate injury, Seattle nurses strike, Nashville building collapse, Gamma Delta Tau initiation, Black Hand threats, Chicago shootings, Vermilion grand jury, Gordon Ferguson elevator accident, Clavansky death, Canadian reciprocity protest, Milwaukee park funding, Queen and Crescent strike fatalities, Mexican uprisings spread, cold deaths from ice, and a Virginia mine disaster.
Kalamazoo Seeks 50000 Dollar Burrows Statue At Milham Park
Kalamazoo group drives a drive to erect a 50000 dollar statue of ex Senator Julius Caesar Burrows at Milham Park Kalamazoo. The move aims to honor the longtime public servant and local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Julius Caesar Burrows
Milham Park
Governor Praises Sixty Seventh General Assembly
Governor Marshall and Mrs. Marshall depart for Danville Kentucky to visit springs after reviewing the recent session. He endorses the assembly’s work, warns courts may alter laws, and notes the Proctor act and liquor policies as key issues.
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Mr. Marshall
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Danville
Marshall
Sixty-seventh General Assembly
McCoy
Indiana National Guard
Texas
Mexico
General Assembly
New Era Looms for Indiana Railroad Commission
Commissioner Frank E. Payne predicted a new era as the Sixty seventh general assembly grants the Indiana railroad commission powers exceeding any state body. With the trespassers' bill sidelined, almost all commission measures will become law once the governor’s proclamation takes effect. The expanded jurisdiction will approach federal powers similar to those of the interstate commerce commission.
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General Assembly
Indiana
Marion
Kokomo
Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Indiana
Senator Powers
Railroad Commission of
Sixty Seventh General Assembly
Frank E. Payne
House Committee On Railroads
Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission of Indiana
Payne
Lawa
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Congress
Italian Government Memoir Covers Hopkinsville Mob Verdict
The jury finds Dr. David Amoss not guilty of leading a night riders raid in Hopkinsville Kentucky on December 1 1907. A crowd from Christian Caldwell Trigg and Lyon counties applauded the verdict as Judge Hanberry warned against further demonstrations. The raid caused property damage estimated at half a million dollars including a warehouse owned by John Latham containing tobacco tied to the Italian government.
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Hopkinsville
David Amoss
Night Riders
Hanberry
Sam
Amoss
John J. Kelly
David Amogs
Hopkingville
Christian
Caldwell
Trigg
Lyon Counties
John ©. Latham
New York
Indicted for Fraud in Alaskan Coal Lands Deal
Nine men indicted by a federal grand jury for defrauding the government of 10,000 acres of Alaskan coal lands valued at 10 million dollars. Lands lie in Cook Inlet precinct with offices at Juneau. Indicted individuals include Albert C. Frost Chicago and others across Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington, Alaska, and Canada.
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Chicago
Federal
Cook Inlet
Albert C. Frost
A. C. Frost Co
Chicago, Milwaukee Electric Road
George M. Benard
Pierre G. Beach
The
Frost Co
Frank Watson
King County
Washington
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
Duncan M. Stewart
Ledard
Alaska
Henry C. Osborne
Toronto
Canada
Gwyn L. Francis
Francis H. Stewart
United States Land Office
Juneau
Prison For Woman Who Killed Babe in Albany
Edith Melcher was found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing her four year old son George in January. She was sentenced to an indeterminate term not less than twenty years at Auburn prison. The crime involved luring the boy away and giving carbolic acid. a hunter found the body five days later and Melcher was arrested in Rochester.
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Babe
Albany
N. Y
Edith Melcher
Howard
Auburn Prison
Melber
Death Corner terror grips Chicago as Black Hand fear grows
The City district around Oak street and Milton avenue earns the nickname Death Corner after three men were killed in three days. Police attribute the violence to Black Hand activity, with Italian residents and criminal agencies suspected. The area remains tense as investigators pursue leads in a state of fear.
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Anthony Dugo
Philipp Manisciascoe
Chicago
Secret Society
Myate
Ill
Tony Gothias
Death Corner
Oak Street
Milton Avenue
Tims
The
Black Hand
Jet Gothias
Peaceful protest on Our Avenue cited by officers
A fragment notes officers describing a peaceful demonstration on Our Avenue. Details are unclear but indicate calm police involvement without injuries or property damage. Named individuals or organizations are not identifiable in the readable text.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Congress
Department of the Interior
Walter L. Fisher
Richard A. Ballinger
Palin Manufacturing Company
Supreme Court
Guy
Iowa
California
Minnesota
Department of Agriculture
Carnegie Trust Company
Grand Jury
New York City
Andrew Carnegie
Frank Gorman
Court of Common Pleas
Cincinnati
George B. Cox
Danker
Cox
Stata Department
Blatt
Converse
Juarez
Government of
State Department
G. N. Logan
Maine
Havana Harbor
Mary Fitzbam
Greenwich
Conn
King County Hospital
Seattle
William P. O’rourke
J. H. Fall
Nashville, Tenn
Helen Zander
Gamma Delta Tau Sorority
Gordon & Ferguson
St. Paul
Minn
Frank Clavansky
Harlem
Utah State Senate
House
Milwaukee City Council
Queen & Crescent Railroad
Coahuila
Morelos
Chihuahua
Lower
Sonora
New England
Maritime Provinces
Norman
Virginia
Mion
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Northwest
Pasadena
Cal
Whitelaw Reid
United States
England
Ogden Mills Reid
Helen Miles Rogers
Racine
Wis.) College Chapel
John Hays Hammond
Burdett-Coutta
London
Nat Goodwin
Edna Goodrich Goodwin
Misa Margaret Moreland
Mr. Good
Win
Col
Wiliam F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Arizona
Mount Vesuvius
France
Republic
Indiana Ice Dealers' Association
W. K. Martin
Crawfordsville
A. BB. Swarts
Frankfort
W. BH. Siddona
Marton
Frank T. Fitch
Association
Era’ Association
Ima
New Era For Rail Commission
Ho.kinsville
Neiighboring
Itt
Adenue
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