Standard Oil verdict thrown out by probate court ruling
Findlay December 24 The Standard Oil company wins a legal victory as Judge W S Duncan rules the probate court lacked jurisdiction in a case charging violations of antitrust laws. The decision voids the probate court proceeding but leaves indictments in the common pleas court against Rockefeller and other Standard officials intact. The prosecution plans to appeal.
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Common Pleas Court
Standard
Probate Court
Duncan
Common Pleas
Grand Jury
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rend
Ers
Court of Common Pleas
Common Pleas Criminal Code
Two admit husband masquerade by Nicolai DeRaylan case
Chicago authorities disclose Nicolai DeRaylan lived as a man for years while serving as a clerk to the Russian consul. Two women, Eugenie Bruchulis and Anne DeRaylan, admit the ruse and explain motivations rooted in early affairs and revolutionary ties. The report notes a son by Joseph Armstrong and disputes kidnapping rumors as fiction.
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Chicago
Nicolai
DeRaylan
Baron Schlippenbach
Phoenix
Ariz
Russia
Eugenie Bruchulis
Anne DeRaylan
South-Éiart
Joseph Armstrong
Armstrong
Woman fronted as man in early career of DeRaylan
A woman living as a man in a western city briefly adopts male dress before moving to New York where she marries her first wife and continues to Chicago. Her link to a revolutionary network appears through attendance at west side bund meetings and secret conferences with fellow countrymen, alongside dispatches to Russia.
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America
DeRaylan
Francis Hruchulis
Russia
New York
Chicago
Revolutionary Party
West Side
Attorneys Inject New Issue In Tonkel Controversy
County Commissioner William Hackemeyer solicited Olds and Niezer to issue a decision on the board dispute. The attorneys rule Tonkel’s term expires January 1, 1909 and he may serve two of three years, with Wyss set to succeed Griebel next year.
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William Hackemeyer
Olds & Niezer
Joseph Tonkel
Hoffman
Tonkel
Wyss
Griebel
James Cleary Alive Not Dead in Fire Report
Report from the city says James Cleary survived the Salvation Army hotel fire in St Louis. He was seen in Chicago last Tuesday by James Pope of Lake Slide, while his wife says he was headed to St Louis and has not heard from him since November.
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James Cleary
Salvation Army
St. Louisa
James Pope
Lakeslide
Chicago
Cleary
St. Louis
Day at the White House Marked by Simplicity
The article reports a simple White House day with the president early and busy, gifts exchanged among the family including Mr and Mrs Longworth, a large Christmas tree displayed, and dinner planned at o o clock. Vice President Fairbanks and cabinet members kept quiet days at home while a delivery of a Christmas tree was rejected for unpaid charges and removed.
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White House
Washington
Dec
Longworth
Fairbanks
Widow Fulfills Husbands Last Wish at Wabash Lawn Shrub
The ashes of George Kimmell of Wabash, cremated at Lindenwood cemetery after a brief illness, will be scattered over a shrub on the Kimmell lawn. The widow performs this duty as a promise to her husband who wished the shrub to symbolize him and to be cared for as sprung from his ashes.
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George Kimmell
Wabash
Lindenwood Cemetery
Kimmell
Five Hundred Horses and Mules Die in Atlanta Blaze
A Harper Brothers livery stable fire in Atlanta destroys about 500 horses and mules, with an estimated loss of 100000. Safe blowers triggered the blaze by blowing the safe in the office, the blast toppling a lamp. In Indianapolis, a separate fire at Whites restaurant on South Meridian Street caused about 15000 in damage, with Frank Ahrens, proprietor of the Bismarck case, bearing the principal loss.
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Atlanta
Harper Brothers
Indianapolis
Whites Restaurant
South Meridan Street
Frank Ahrens
Bismark
Midwife Charged With Wholesale Murder of Infants
Paris reports a Vivienne quarter midwife and a servant arrested for systematic infant murder. Investigators found no child deaths reported from the establishment and evidence shows they burned bodies in a dining room stove, with about 120 infants killed.
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Paris
Vivienne
Eighteen Hurt in Christmas Big Four Collision
Eastbound Big Four passenger train struck rear of freight No. 96 in Springfield Ohio on Christmas Day. Eighteen passengers injured though none seriously. crew jumped. Most affected travelers include Alice King Susie Kahler and Mary Richmond. Three freight cars demolished and passenger engine damaged. brakes reportedly failed.
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Springfield
Taflay
Alice King
Borsham
Susie Kahler
Osborne
Hack
Mary Richmond
Electric Shock Kills at New Power Station
Andrew B. Koller, an expert electrician with Westinghouse, died after receiving about 12 000 volts while testing a switchboard at the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co. plant on Spy Run avenue. Superintendent J Kehoe said the charged wire escaped his control and the exact source remains a mystery. Keller, 28, of Pittsburgh, had worked seven years with Westinghouse and was regarded as highly skilled. he had planned to dine with a friend for Christmas and had hoped to supervise Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro water plant installations next year.
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Andrew B. Koller
Westinghouse Electric Company
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Spy Rut Avenue
Kehoe
Koller
The
Sentinel
Keller
Pittsburg
T. E. Tines
Westinghouse Electricians
J. B. Stults
B. MM. van Buskirk
Peltier Undertaking Establishment
Westinghouse Company
Traction Company
Derry Street
Watalak Race War Threat as Troops Move In
In Kemper county Mississippi the town of Wahalak faces a threatened race war after white civilians report armed black residents marching and killings. Governor Vardaman dispatches two militia companies equipped with a Gatling gun to the scene amid fear of bloodshed.
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Meridian
Miss
Wahalak
Columbus
Tom
Jim Simpson
Samuel McCants
Leland’ Sparkman
McCants
Mobile and Ohio
Qld
Ota
Ito
Jackson Miss
Watalal
Kemper County
Vardaman
Cooper
Scooba
Caper
Spencer
Gas Fumes Cause Death Of Two Men In Riverside Hotel
Two Auburn men identified as F. Kruse and B. Huston died from escaping gas in a Riverside hotel room on Monday morning. Night clerk J. W. Madden forced entry after detecting odor. coroner Dr. J. E. Stults ordered the bodies removed to Wellman and Auburn relatives scheduled arraignments for interment.
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F. Kruse
B. Huston
Auburn
Riverside Hotel
J. W. Madden
Madden
J. E. Stults
Wellman Undertaking Establishment
Kruse
Truston
Huston
Kinston
Hved
Wiliam Link
Auburn Junction
Escape and pursuit after deadly train incident
A confrontation near a train left an unidentified Black man dead and Constable O'Brien wounded. The suspect, named Spencer, fled into the woods as a well organized posse chased him. Reports indicate the fugitive evaded capture despite extensive search efforts.
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Wahalak
Spen
Cer
O'Brien
Spencer
A Woman's Bloomers Cost Pastor His Charge
The presbytery of Indianapolis voted to sever the pastoral relations of the Rev. A. W. Sonne with the First Presbyterian church of Greencastle. Dispute began after Mrs. Cammack wore bloomers at her home and the pastor reproved her, sparking division. a congregational vote favored the minister, but the presbytery appealed and acted to end the relationship.
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Indianapolis
Presbytery of
A. W. Sonne
First Presbyterian Church of
Greencastle
Cammack
Boy Defends Mother In Fatal Revolver Incident
Henry Siebele a 16 year old boy bought a revolver with saved money to protect his mother from threats by his stepfather Henry Brinker. In a morning attack Brinker used a hatchet and the boy fired five shots, fatally wounding Brinker. The youth was arrested.
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Cincinnati
Henry Siebele
Henry Brinker
Brinker
Well Known Auburn Men Die in Fort Wayne Hotel
Wilam Huston and Fred Kruse, Auburn residents, were found dead in a Fort Wayne hotel today. Huston, a laborer from Auburn, lived with his daughter and was about 28 and single. His father and brother went to Fort Wayne to arrange the body’s return. City Marshal Bolton investigated and notified relatives.
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the Sentinel
Auburn
Ind
Wilam Huston
Fred Kruse
Fort Wayne
Huston
Juse
Lake Shore Road
Charles Bolton
Four Burn to Death in Princess Anne Fire
In Norfolk County and Princess Anne County, the wives and children of Samuel Poyner and William Grimstead perished in a Mor tis Neck house fire. The husbands woke the survivors, and investigators think an over heated wood stove caused the blaze.
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Norfolk
Samuel Poyner
Norfolk County
William Grimstead
Princess Anne County
Grimstead
Mortis Neck
Messrs
Poyter
Fire at Steubenville bakery suffocates three residents
A blaze from an overheated stove at Ira Willman's bakery in Steubenville caused upstairs sleeping rooms to burn. Three people, Mrs Ira Hillman 25 Katherine Hillman 2 and Elizabeth McCoy 1, died from suffocation. Mrs J Glanga and Jacob Oxemlder were rescued unconscious and are expected to recover.
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Steubenville, O
Ira Willman
Ira Hillman
Katherine Hillman
Elizabeth McCoy
J. Glanga
Jacob Oxemlder
Murder on a Mobile street shocks city
Mobile police report John McKenzie a master plumber found murdered on a principal street. His throat was cut and an old knife with a blond handle was found on the sidewalk near the body.
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Mobile
Ala
John McKenzie
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