Tobacco Plant Demolished in Elkton Attack
Elkton Kentucky reports a dynamite blast destroyed Mrs. M B Penycks tobacco factory operated for the tobacco trust by American Snuff. no deaths but heavy damage to nearby homes depot and coaches. masked men seized an Elkton Guthrie train searching for tobacco buyers. investigators link to Dark Tobacco Growers Hill Billies. a Trenton Kentucky plant fire is noted.
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Elkton
M. B. Penyck
Tobacco Trust
American Snuff Company
Elkton & Guthrie
Dark Tobacco Growers’ ‘Association
American Tobacco Company
Elton & Guthrie
Guthrie
Bradshaw’s
Here
Thornough
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Association
Hill
Meriwether Sentenced After Court Martial
Midshipman Minor Meriwether Jr. was sentenced to one year confinement at the naval academy and public reprimand by the secretary of the navy for causing the death of Midshipman Branch. The penalty barring service on a practice ship was remitted. Representative Broussard praised the ruling. Meriwether was acquitted of manslaughter but convicted of two charges related to fisticuffs and conduct prejudicial to good order.
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Washington
Minor Meriwether, Jr
Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte
Broussard
Louisiana
Meriwether
Government of
Navy
Domestic Tragedy in Parkersburg Jealousy Suspected
All Bert Eagon a tool dresser in the oil field killed his wife at their Parkersburg home at noon Tuesday and then shot himself. Jealousy is believed to have prompted the tragedy.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Allbert Eagon
Eagon
Must Be Hanged in Brantford for Indian Murder
Ottawa cabinet approves order in council enabling immediate execution of Joseph Bennett an Indigenous man convicted of murder. Bennett is to be hanged at Brantford on December 18 following the ruling.
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Ottawa
Ont
Joseph Bennett
Bennett
Brantford
Haley Gipe Faces Second Murder Trial in Rushville
Haley Gipe of Greensboro goes on trial in Rushville Indiana for a second time on charges of murdering Mrs Mollie Starbuck and her baby Beulah on July 9 1904. The venue has drawn a fair crowd as prosecutors and defense study the 26 prospective jurors. Gipe is escorted in handcuffs beside his father Henry Gipe as proceedings begin.
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Haley Gipe
Rushville
Ind
Greensboro
Mollie Starbuck
Beulah
Gipe
Henry Gipe
Touring Car Wrecked in Goshen With Conn Family Hurt
The steam touring car of Col Charles G Conn crashed in Goshen Indiana when Col Conn driving lost control and struck a trolley pole. Four occupants Col Conn his sister Miss Sallie Conn and Mr and Mrs William J Grenert were thrown out. The women suffered painful injuries and nervous shocks.
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Goshen
Ind
Col
Charlies G. Conn
Hornmaker
Elkhart
Col. Conn
Sallie Conn
William J. Grenert
Coup by Marshal Lands Five Men in Marion Jail
Five men from Oakland City identified as Shirley Corn Tilden White Allen Duncan Clarence Duncan and Frank Duncan are held in Marion county jail after a coup by Deputy U S Marshal Charles H Jonson of Evansville. They were indicted by the federal grand jury for violating the liquor laws in Oakland City a temperance town.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Oakland City
Marion County
United States
Charles H. Jonson
Evansville
Shirley Corn
Tilden White
Allen Duncan
Clarence Duncan
Frank Duncan
Christian Smith Sentenced for Bicycle Theft in Indianapolis
Indianapolis December 13 Christian Smith alias Charley Johnson was committed to the Indiana state prison after admitting he stole a bicycle from Robert Ehrgott on November 24. He told detectives he was a sailor who served on U S vessels in the Philippines and had come to Indianapolis from Guthrie Oklahoma.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Christian Smith
Charley Johnson
Indiana
Criminal Court
Robert Ehrgott
Smith
United States
Philippines
Guthrie
Okla
Physician and veteran found dead in hotel room
Thomas Connolly about 50 a former Lafayette fire department member and civil war veteran was found dead in the Kramer house in Lafayette Ind on December 13. A two ounce vial of chloroform and a half pint whisky bottle were found in the room. He had suffered neuralgia for several days.
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Lafayette
Ind
Thomas Connolly
Lafayette Fire Department
Kramer
Aim to Save Friend in Mishawaka Burglary Case
In Mishawaka Indiana on December 13 authorities face charges of burglary highway robbery and possibly perjury as friends of Wesley Cook attempt to avert punishment believed due.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Wesley Cook
Smallpox Outbreak Reported Near Princeton Indiana
Smallpox breaks out six miles southwest of Princeton in the Mauck schoolhouse district with 15 cases. The country school and a nearby church have closed their Sunday services and other gatherings. Several cases are severe and officials fear further spread.
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Gibson County
Princeton
Ind
Mauck
Prisoners Hold Memorial Service for Chaplain Henderson
In Michigan City Indiana on December 13 convicts gathered in the prison chapel for memorial services honoring the late Rev. H. L. Henderson who died last week at the institution.
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Michigan City
Ind
H. L. Henderson
Bookwalter Names Hogue Street Department Chief
Indianapolis mayor elect Charles A. Bookwalter announced that Joseph Hogue will succeed George Herpick as superintendent of the street department when the new administration takes charge next month.
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Herpick
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles A. Bookwalter
Joseph Hogue
George Herpick
Miner Shot by Former Husband in Indiana Quarrel
Albert Wheatley, 41, a miner of Linton Indiana, was seriously wounded when David McAtee shot him after a quarrel over attentions. McAtee reportedly has been paying the divorced wife Lucy Wheatley.
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Linton
Ind
Albert Wheatley
David McAtee
McAtee
Lucy Wheatley
Indianapolis Man Attempts Suicide in Morphine Tonic
Alfred Helper aged 51 of Indianapolis swallowed ten grains of morphine in a suicide attempt and is in a serious condition at City Hospital pending further medical care and observation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Alfred Helper
City Hospital
Fatal Accident Kills Gas Foreman John O Connor
John O Connor of Pittsburg, foreman for the gas company, was killed crossing the Lake Shore road in South Bend Indiana on December 13.
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South Bend
Ind
John O’connor
Pittsburg
Gas
Lake Shore Road
Interurban Car Mangles Man in Shelbyville
Noble Bassett aged 35 was fatally injured when struck by an interurban car in Shelbyville Indiana. Amputation of a limb was required due to the injuries.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Noble Bassett
Hunter Shoots Boy Companion in Indiana
Evanaville reports a hunting accident as Silas Jones aged 11 was fatally shot by a fellow hunter while they hunted together. The incident occurred on December 13 in Indiana with no further details available.
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Hunter
Evanaville
Ind
Silas Jones
Child Killed by Train in Shelbyville Indiana
Shelbyville Indiana December 13 A nine year old boy named Fadio Kline was ground to death by a Big Four train in the local area. The tragedy happened in the street near the rail line as the locomotive passed. Authorities investigated the incident but details remain scarce.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Kline
Six children die in Lindsey fire as parents rescue efforts
In Dubois Pennsylvania near Punxsutawney a house fire killed six children aged 18 months to eleven years. Parents William Morgan and wife escaped with serious burns while attempting to save them. two other children survived. The blaze started in a stove outbuilding. Morgan, a miner from West Virginia, faces destitution.
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Morgan
Lindsey
West Virginia
Mitchell Laid to Rest in Portland Riverview Plot
The body of United States Senator John H. Mitchell lay in state in the Portland council chamber from removal to burial in Riverview cemetery. Thousands viewed the casket as the national colors draped the casket and auditor’s desk. Services at the First Congregational church were led by the Order of Elks, with eulogy by D. S. Cohen and scripture by Rev. E. L. House before interment by the Odd Fellows.
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Yortland
Ore
United States
John H. Mitchell
Riverview Cemetery
Portland
Mitchell
First Congregational Church
Order of Elks
D. S. Cohen
E. L. House
Judge of Elks
Portland Bar Association
The
Odd Fellows
Two Men Killed by Train Near Finleyville Pennsylvania
Walter Pellet and son-in-law William Anderson were killed Tuesday evening near Finleyville while walking from Hackett station to Venetia. They stepped from a freight train and walked into the path of a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train on the adjacent track.
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Monongahela
Walter Pellet
William Anderson
Finleyville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Venetia
Hackett
Queen Liliuokalani Petition for Ten Million Demanded
Washington December 13. A petition from former Queen Liliuokalani asking for the payment of 10 million dollars to her was presented Tuesday to the Senate by Vice President Fairbanks. The petition was accompanied by an autographed letter requesting early and favorable consideration.
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Queen Lil
Washington
Liliudkalani
Senate
Fairbanks
Senate Appropriations Panel Advances Canal Bill
Washington reports the senate appropriations committee agrees to issue the emergency canal bill at 11 million dollars, with bonds struck from the plan. Taft says 11 million suffices till April 1, then funds for the rest of the year.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Finance Committee
Taft
House
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hepburn
Government Printing Office
Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisville Railroad Company
Ouachita
Arkansas
Berry
Committee On Commerce
Taliaferro
Wages Boost for 30000 American Woolen Workers
Beginning January 1 30 000 operatives at the American Woolen company in Boston will receive a ten percent wage increase across 30 plants in seven states. The move affects all American mills in Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire Maine Vermont Connecticut and New York and could lift annual pay by about 1 000 000. Scotia worsted mills in Woonsocket Rhode Island also announces a ten percent raise for 175 workers on New Year’s Day.
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Boston
American Woolen Company
Scotia Worsted Mills
Woonsocket
R. I
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Life Sentence for Wife Murder in Hawarden Area
Matthew Baldes received a life prison sentence in Orange City Iowa for beating his wife to death on October 15 at his farm near Hawarden. Judge Hutchinson pronounced the sentence.
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Orange City
Matthew Baldes
Baldes
Hawarden
Hutchinson
Death of Town Ex Judge G W Ruddick
Waverly Iowa December 13 Hon. G W Ruddick longtime judge of the Twelfth district who retired in 1892 died Tuesday at age 70 from cancer.
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Waverly
G. W. Ruddick
Twelfth Judicial District
Ryan Reveals Harriman Threats Over Equitable Stock Share
Thomas F. Ryan testified before the insurance investigating committee detailing Harriman’s demand for half of Ryan’s Equitable stock and his threat to wield political influence or legislative action if not granted control. The interview occurred days after Ryan gained Hyde stock control and included scrutiny of other insurance figures and political contributions.
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Insurance Investigating Committee
E. H. Harriman
Ryan
Equitable Assurance Society
Harriman
Y. Ryan
Bir. Ryan
Hat Harriman
Charlies E. Hughes
Elihu Root
Paul D. Cravath
Equitable Society
Hyde
Prudential
United States
John F. Dryden
New Jersey
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Hughes
Senator Dryden
Andrew Hamilton
New York Life Insurance Company
Dryden
Andrew C. Fields
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Korea Says Japan Treaty Is Null and Voided by Force
A cable from Korea's emperor declares the Korea Japan agreement null and void as it was obtained by force. Homer B Mant Bert reports the emperor will not sign the pact in its present form and warns disturbances from the November outrage may recur. He says the emperor sought U S intervention and notes the treaty relation with the United States was severed after Japan acted without Korea's consultation.
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Japan
Washington
Homer B. Manlbert
Korea
Hurbert
America
Rasoevell
Seoul
Roosevelt
United States
Made Bishop Coadjutor in Western Michigan
Rev John Newton McCormick rector of St Marks Episcopal in Grand Rapids elected bishop coadjutor of the Western Michigan diocese. He will assist Rt Rev George E Gillespie who has led the diocese for over 30 years and is now 86 years old.
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Grand. Rapids
Mich
John Newton McCormick
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Western Michigan
George E. Gillespie
Gillespie
La Crosse Manufactures Arrested Over Smoke Ordinance
Nine large La Crosse manufacturers and business leaders were arrested Tuesday for violating the city smoke ordinance. Factories employing about 2000 workers may close if the ordinance is upheld in court. All defendants will contest the case.
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la Crosse
Wis
Fire Razes Six-Story Factory on Elizabeth Street
A six-story factory building at 49 and 51 Elizabeth Street in New York sustained about 160,000 in fire damage on Tuesday night. More than 250 people were in the building when the blaze began and all escaped unharmed.
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New York
Elizabeth Street
Beef Packers Face Split Trials in Conspiracy Case
In Chicago, lawyers for Armour & Co. and 20 co defendants sought separate trials and mutual immunity for Samuel A. McRoberts, a key financial agent, after a grand jury indictment. Judge J Otis Humphrey reserved ruling on whether the 21 defendants will be tried separately rather than together.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Samuel A. McRoberts
Armour & Co
Bar
J. Otis Humphrey
McRoberts
Humphrey
Democrats win Boston mayor in 8,380 plurality
Boston voters elect former Congressman John F. Fitzgerald as mayor over Louis A. Frothingham and others. Fitzgerald led with 44,316 votes to Frothingham's 35,936, Dewey 11,637, and Watson 515, while many Massachusetts cities settled local governments and party lines influenced results.
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Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Louis A. Frothingham
Massachusetts House of Representatives
John F. Pritz—gerald
Henry S. Dewey
James A. Watson
Massachusetts
First Dividend Planned for Defunct Enterprise Bank
Pittsburg December 13. The Enterprise national bank of Allegheny will likely pay depositors within six months. The receiver aims to organize affairs to issue a dividend around the first of May, about one per cent.
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Pittsburg
Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny
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