No Leniency For Cashier Ten Years For Embezzlement
Charles A. Johnson former cashier of the First National Bank of Niles Michigan was sentenced to ten years hard labor at the Detroit House of Correction in Grand Rapids Michigan on October 3. Prosecutor said the embezzlement totaled 150000 dollars from stockholders and depositors while Johnson sought leniency claiming he tried to save the bank after bad loans.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles A. Johnson
First National Bank of Niles
Detroit House of Correction
L. Knappen
Johnson
Wanty
Fiendish Attack on Cherokee Man Heals with Electric Bitters
C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa suffered a severe kidney and back ailment after an assault. He found rapid relief using Electric Bitters, reporting a dramatic recovery and renewed health. Sold 50c at Rushton and Houseworth Bros. drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Iowa
Chas. D. Rushton’s
Houseworth Bros
Bookwalter Elected Mayor in Tight Indianapolis Race
Charles A. Bookwalter of the Republican party won the Indianapolis mayoral race by about 1600 votes over Democrat Charles Maguire. The GOP also took city clerk and police judge posts as Thomas Taggart ends six years as mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dianapolis
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles A. Bookwalter
Charles Maguire
Charles N. Elliott
George W. Stubbs
Thomas Taggart
Reward for Catarrh Cure Promises From Hall's Afirm
One hundred dollars offered for an incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Included are statements from West & Truax Walton and Marvin druggists acknowledging F J Cheney as honorable and able to meet obligations. The cure is taken internally and sold for 75 cents per bottle with testimonials free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hail
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West &Truax
Toledo O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo O. Hall
Hall
Pension inquiry seeks Wood heirs in Washington DC
To locate Mr. Wood Milo B Stevens Co of Washington DC has written city authorities asking for the location of M or U Wood once a resident and member of Co E 17th Michigan Volunteers. It appears pension funds exist for Wood or his heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Milo B. Stevens & Co
Washington, D. C
M. Or (U.) Wood
Co. E
17Th Michigan Volunteers
Marriage Links Kruse and Siegmann at Local Church
A social event records the marriage of Miss Anna Eloise Kruse and Henry R. Siegmann. Rev. H. Wickmeyer officiated as Mr. and Mrs. Siegmann began their life together. The notice appears amid local advertisements for The Original photo gallery on South Main Street.
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Michigan City
Anna Eloise
Fred Kruse
Henry R. Siegmann
Local Boy Killed by Falling Tree Limb
A fifteen year old son of Frank Hibeck was killed when a branch severed from a Hickory tree and struck him as he shook nuts. The incident occurred near Sunman during a 0-20 period. Authorities reported the death as instantaneous.
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Sunman
Frank Hibeck
Wheat Food Package Delights Breakfast and Dessert
A packaged Wheat Food product marketed as versatile for breakfast and dessert. Advertises a tasty option from a brand pairing nutrition with snack appeal. The copy promotes everyday use and flavor appeal to entice daily purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
The Power of Prayer to Heal and Reform
A reflective essay argues that moral effort alone fails without divine aid. It insists sincere prayer, free of selfish motives, strengthens mind and body, aids recovery, and sustains reform over time, highlighting patience and natural laws in healing.
Senator Depew on Pass System in Legislature
Senator Depew argues there is no good reason to keep the pass system but notes its use as a cheap way to block hostile railroad legislation. He asserts free passes to lawmakers hinder enactment of such bills.
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Depew
Fall of Hank Dodge Shown as Public Tragedy of Justice
The text laments Hank Dodge’s decline from a prominent Elkhart county bar figure to a petty attorney who exploits a helpless elderly woman. It asserts a universal law of compensation for wrongdoers that cannot be evaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank Dodge
Elkhart County
Peculiar Resignation Involves $30,000 Codicil
The case of the Hon. Bobby Burke stands out as the only political figure to attach a $30,000 codicil to his resignation from public office.
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Bobby Burke
Twain to test Croker with jumping frog stunt
Mark Twain plans a jumping frog trick aimed at proving his claim that Tammany can be beaten in the NYC election, targeting Boss Croker in the upcoming campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Croker
Tammany
New York City
Mrs Hobart Donates 250 Dollars for Miss Stone Ransom
Mrs Hobart wife of the late Vice President Garret A. Hobart provides a 250 dollar check toward the ransom for Miss Stone as the crisis unfolds in New York.
Four Bailiffs Are Dismissed in Chicago
Sheriff Magerstadt discharged four bailiffs after a grand jury finding they conspired to corrupt juries and subvert justice. The named bailiffs were Curran of Judge Hancey would be, Healy and Lynch of Judge Stein, and Reilly of Judge Kavanagh's court.
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Chicago
Magerstadt
Grand Jury
William Curran
Hancey
William J. Healy
George Lynch
Stein
Eugene Reilly
Kavanagh
Deneen
Norway Faces Large Army Estimates
Christiania notes the cabinet proposes hefty army expenditures totaling 3.5 million kroner for defense of land approaches to Christiania 1.18 million for forts and mines 1.4 million for quick firing guns 0.8 million for nearby forts and 0.12 million for laying mines near Bergen. ordinary estimates total 14 million kroner.
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Norway
Christiania
Bergen
Fitzsimmons Applies for Final Naturalization Papers
Robert Fitzsimmons, former boxing champion, filed for final naturalization in Brooklyn. Born in Australia, he first became a citizen in New Orleans three years ago.
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Fitz
New York
Robert Fitzsimmons
Pugilist
Brooklyn
Australia
New Orleans
Secretary Root Takes Rest at Whitney Reserve
Secretary of War Root and his wife and daughter are staying at the Whitney Reserve in the Adirondacks for a rest. He will remain there until he is better and is expected to be away from Washington for at least two weeks.
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Root
Adirondacks
Utica
N. Y
A.— Whitney
Washington
Inquiries Detail Chart Flaws in Santiago Sea Battle
Washington Oct 9 Admiral Schley’s attorneys showed the chart of vessel positions during the Santiago fight was a compromise, not a consensus. Commander Richard Wainwright testified no navigator signed the chart believed it correct as officers debated distances and blocking details.
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Washington
Schley
Santiago Sea
Rayner
Richard Wainwright
Little Gloucester
Wainwright
Blodt Shortage Linked to Fraud Losses at Cleveland Lender
Secretary J. B. Livingston of the Guarantee Savings and Loan company reports a total shortage of over $200,000 tied to Treasurer J. A. Blodt who died by suicide a week earlier. The figures show a $50,000 deficit plus $200,000 in fictitious loans on vacant lots claimed to have houses, with Blodt intending to cover defaults himself to hide the fraud.
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Blodt
Cleveland
J. B. Livingston
Guarantee’ Savings and Loan ‘ Company
J. A. Blodt
Armour will filed names heirs and executors in Kansas City
The will of the late K. B. Armour filed in probate court leaves the estate to widow Annie H. Armour and children Andrew Watson Armour Lawrence H. Armour and Mary Augusta Armour in equal shares. The homestead at Armour and Warwick boulevards is given to Mrs Armour without reservation. Mrs Armour and C W Armour named executors without bond.
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KK. B. Armour
Kansas City
K. B. Armour
Annie H. Armour
Andrew Watson Armour
Lawrence H. Armour
Mary Augusta Armour
Caleb Powers Plea Denied in Goebel Murder Case
Georgetown Ky October 9 Caleb Powers must face trial again before Judge Cantrill the court refused to grant a continuance or delay and denied the plea for a later term Witnesses are being heard as the case proceeds with Powers facing possible accessory charges in Governor Goebel's Kentucky murder.
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Caleb Powers
Georgetown
Cantrill
Goebel
Kentucky
Rivers and Harbors Congress Opens in Baltimore
In Baltimore on October 9 delegates from boards of trade and 28 states gather for the Rivers and Harbors Congress. Speakers press for congressional action to provide appropriations for river and harbor improvements.
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Rivers and Barbors Congress
Baltimore
Boards of Trade and Commercial
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Great Fire in Chicago Destroys Docks and Buildings
A major blaze on the north bank of the river caused extensive damage in Chicago. Property valued at six hundred fifty eight thousand dollars burned, destroying the Peabody Coal docks and a five story brick building. Losses also fell on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad and the Davidson Marble company.
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Chicago
Peabody Coal Company
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
Davidson Marble Company
Locktender's Body Found in Ohio Canal
Massillon police suspect murder after locktender Holston Eachus 78 is found dead in the canal near his shanty south of the city. He had just received his pay Monday and no money is found on the body. Eachus and James A. Garfield once worked on the same barge fifty three years ago.
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Locktender
Canal
Massillon
Ohio
Holston
Eachus
James A. Garfield
Florida Orange Crop Ahead of Season Start
Jacksonville Florida October 9. The orange season in Florida begins in ten days. Steven Powers secretary of the State Agricultural Society estimates 1 100 000 boxes will cover the crop. The industry’s rehabilitation since the fatal 1896 freeze shows more progress in the last year than in the five years before.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fila
Steven Powers
State Agricultural Society
Ellis Glenn Freed by Court in Parkersburg Case
Ellis Glenn, the man-woman at center of national curiosity, is set at liberty after Judge John Hay Jackson of the United States circuit court discharged him. The judge ruled there was no case made by the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Glenn
Liberty
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Hay Jackson
United States Circuit Court
Street Duel Fatal to Trio
Heousten Texas October 9 Walter Malch and Bob Kegans fought a street duel over a trivial matter. Four shots were fired with Malch struck through the heart and Kegans mortally wounded in the abdomen.
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Heousten
Tex
Walter Malch
Bob Kegans
Kegans
Malch
Great Gold Find in Arizona Revealed Near Tucson
An immense gold discovery is reported in the Gal iurio Mountains about seventy miles north of Tucson Arizona. An ore vein over 200 feet wide is cut by a box canyon 200 feet deep exposing a vast ore body valued at more than 7 million dollars.
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Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Galiurio Mountains
Gallery offers carbon finish photos at half price
The quality is first class and the price is only half for carbon finish photographs at Gallery located at 213 South Main Street.
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New ‘Gallery
Main Street
Miss Stone Kidnapping Sparks Bulgarian Outcry and Fund Drive
Boston reporters note the time limit for Miss Stone’s captors has passed with no word on her fate. Friends urge Christians to donate as the fund surpasses half the ransom. In Philippopolis public anger grows at government leniency toward the Macedonian committee supporting the kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Miss Stone
Bulgaria
Philippopolis
Hilen M. Stone
Salonica
Macedonia
Ferdinand
Dickinson
Sofia
Constantinople
Missionary Kidnapping in Bulgaria Sparks U S Action
Washington reports a strong U S effort to save American missionary Miss Stone held by Bulgarian bandits. A cable sum was sent to Spencer Eddy in Constantinople as the State Department probes the plot behind the kidnapping and coordinates with legation staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Hays Hammond
State Department
Miss Stone
Cable
Spencer Eddy
United States
Constantinople
Missionary negotiates ransom reduction in Stone case
Constantinople October 9. American missionary Has kell at Samokov Bulgaria begins negotiations with brigands to lower the ransom demanded for the release of Miss Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
United States
Constantinople
Mr. Haskell
Samokoff
Miss Stone
Episcopal Convention Reconsiders Huntington Amendment
At San Francisco on October 9 the Episcopal convention debated the Huntington amendment to the constitution and defeated it by a narrow margin after Nebraska challenged the count. Debate centered on worship forms and spiritual oversight by a bishop, with opposition from Chicago Milwaukee and Central State delegates. The marginal Bible committee report was read as the day adjourned after dismissing several diocese admission amendments.
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San Francisco
Cal
Episcopal Convention
Nebraska
Fulton
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
D. Huntington
Chicago
Milwaukee
Colorado
United States
Hodges
Baltimore
Roberty
New Jersey
Texas
Massachusetts
Carnegie Gifts Waterford £5000 for Library
London oct 8 The benefactions of Andrew Carnegie are reported as offered to Waterford city. He pledges five thousand pounds to build a new public library in Waterford Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
London
Andrew Carnegie
Waterford
Whith
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Louisville
Bookwalter
New Gallery
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C. W. Dyson
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
M. L. Bristol
Santiago and
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Hodgson
Bristol
Hanna
W. M. Folger
Santiago
Lemly
Commodore Schley
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Wainright
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Elkhart Food Company
South Main ST
Elkhart, Ind
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Pigeon St
Miss. Stone
R. M. Johnson
J. D. Osborne
Johnson & Osborne, Attorneys At Law
Elkhart
Indiana
U.S. Flag
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Main St
Episcopals
Huntington
Bible Committee
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