Standard Oil Verdict Rejected by Findlay Court
In Findlay Ohio Judge W S Duncan ruled the probate court lacked jurisdiction to hear a suit against Standard Oil under the Valentine anti trust law and dismissed the probate court case. The ruling leaves indictments in common pleas court against Rockefeller and other Standard officials intact. prosecution may appeal.
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Duncan
Findlay
Common Pleas Court
Standard
Probate Court
Common Pleas
Grand Jury
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rend
Court of Common Pleas
Common Pleas Criminal Code
Two Now Admit That "Husband" Was a Woman
Chicago reports Nicolai DeRaylan, long a clerk to Baron Schlippenbach, Russian consul, was a woman who lived as a man for fifteen years. Mrs. Eugenie Bruchulis and Mrs. Anne DeRaylan disclosed the motives, including early Russian affairs and revolutionary ties, and the truth about the child and supposed kidnapping. The diary and letters reveal a perpetual romance with a Russian woman, ending with admissions after DeRaylan’s death.
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Chicago
Nicolai DeRaylan
Baron Schlippenbach
Phoenix
Ariz
DeRaylan
Russia
Eugenie Bruchulis
Anne DeRaylan
Joseph Armstrong
Armstrong
DeRaylan’s Hidden Identity Sparks City Scandal
The narrative reveals DeRaylan, born as a man but living as a woman in a city, later leaving for New York where she adopts male dress and marries her first wife. She then moves to Chicago, links to a revolutionary party through attendance at west side bund meetings and secret conferences, sending many dispatches to Russia.
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DeRaylan
New York
Chicago
Revolutionary Party
West Side
Bund
Russia
Attorneys Inject New Issue In Tonkel Controversy
Attorneys Olds and Niezer issued a ruling at the request of County Commissioner William Hockemeyer that Joseph Tonkel’s term ends January 1, 1909. Tonkel would serve two of three years and retire after January. The opinion notes historical district rules and confirms Tonkel’s competency through next Jan 1. It also states Wyss may succeed Griebel next year.
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Wiliam Hockemeyer
Olds & Niezer
Joseph Tonkel
Hoffman
Tonkel
Wyss
Griebel
James Cleary Seen Alive After Hotel Fire Report
James Cleary of this city, reported dead in the Salvation Army hotel disaster in St. Louis, was seen alive by James Pope of Lake aide on Tuesday, with Mrs. present.
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James Cleary
Salvation Army
St. ‘Louis
James. Pope
Lake
Pease
Simplicity Marks White House Christmas Day Events
Washington December 25 simplicity surrounded White House festivities. The president rose early and handled business as gifts delighted the family including Representative and Mrs Longworth. A large Christmas tree stood in view and dinner was planned for eight. Vice President and Mrs Fairbanks stayed home with cabinet members and their families. A Christmas tree delivered by an express company was refused due to unpaid charges and removed.
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Washington
White House
Longworth
Fairbanks
Scattering Husband's Ashes Over Lawn Shrub
The cremated remains of George Kimmell of Wabash are to be scattered over a shrub on the lawn of his home. The widow will perform the act in accordance with his dying wish that the shrub represent him after death.
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George Kimmell
Wabash
Lindenwood
Kimmell
Fire kills five hundred horses at Harber Brothers livery stable
Atlanta dispatch reports a blaze at Harber Brothers livery stable destroying five hundred horses and mules. The loss is about 100000 dollars. The fire was started by safe blowers who blew open the office safe, causing an explosion that toppled a lamp.
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Atlanta
Harper Brothers
Fire damages Whites restaurant in Indianapolis district
Fire began in the rear of Whites restaurant on South Meridian street causing about 15000 in damage. Less than three weeks earlier the same district suffered a 65000 loss. Frank Ahrens, proprietor of the Bismark case, sustained the principal loss.
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Indianapolis
Whites Restaurant
South Meridan Street
Frank Ahrens
Bismark
Midwife Charged With Systematic Infants' Murders
Paris reports a Vivienne quarter midwife arrested on charges of systematically murdering newborns. Police traced lack of reported infant deaths to the establishment, prompting a broader investigation that uncovered the grim pattern.
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Paris
Vivienne
Eighteen Injured in Christmas Big Four Crash at Springfield
Eastbound Big Four passenger train collided with freight No 96 in western Springfield on Christmas morning. Eighteen passengers were injured none seriously with the crew jumping. Victims include Miss Alice King Susie Kahler and Mrs Mary Richmond. Three freight cars demolished engine damaged brakes failed reports say.
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Springfield
Alice King
Borsham
Susie Kahler
Osborne
Mary Richmond
Electric Shock Kills At New Power Station
Andrew B. Koller, Westinghouse electrician, died at the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction power plant on Spy Run avenue after a 12,000 volt shock. Superintendent M. J. Kehoe, working beside him, could not explain the charged wire's source as tests in the switchboard gallery led to the casualty. Koller, 28, from Pittsburgh, had planned Christmas with a friend and was to soon ship to Rio de Janeiro for a Brazilian plant project. Coroner and doctor investigated. body moved to Peltier undertaking.
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Andrew B. Koller
Westinghouse Electric Company
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Spy Run Avenue
M. J. Kehoe
Motive Power
Kehoe
Keller
The
Sentinel
Pitttsburg
T. E. Tines
Westinghouse Electricians
J. B. Stults
Brooklyn Rapid
Rio
de Janiero
Sia
Angry Negroes May Wipe Out Wahalak In Meridian Conflict
Meridian Mississippi dispatch reports a fortified group of Negroes two miles from Wahalak vowing to resist dislodgement. White residents armed themselves and troops under Colonel Samuel McCants prepared to deploy a gatling gun as two Negro men named Tom and Jim Simpson were reported killed. Governor Vardaman had already sent militia to the area following a Sunday train fight near Wahalak.
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Meridian
Miss
Wahalak
Columbus
Tom
Jim Simpson
Samuel McCants
Leland Sparkman
McCants
Mobile and Ohio
Vardaman
Wahatak
Jackson
Kemper County
Scooba
Wahalak Teeters as Race Threatens White Town
In Kemper county Mississippi the town of Wahalak is described as perilously close to a race war with armed black residents surrounding the town and white residents fleeing. Governor Vardaman mobilized two militia companies to Wahalak after fatalities were reported and reports of further violence.
Gas causes two deaths at Riverside hotel in Auburn
Two men using aliases F. Kruse and B. Huston died from escaping gas in a second floor Riverside hotel room. Night clerk J W Madden found them after midnight as fumes filled the room. Identified by a town marshal from Auburn, Huston worked in a wagon factory and Kruse was a section hand. Their bodies were taken to Auburn for burial.
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F. Kruse
B. Huston
Auburn
Riverside Hotel
J. W. Madden
Madden
J. E. Stults
Wellman Undertaking Establishment
Kruse
Huston
William Link
Auburn Junction
Spur of the moment shootout ends with officer killed
An armed fugitive killed Constable O'Brien after Spencer, badly wounded, left the train. A well organized posse pursued the suspect into the woods but the assailant reportedly evaded capture as of the latest reports.
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Spencer
O’brien
A Woman's Bloomers End Pastor Sonne at Greencastle
The Indianapolis presbytery voted to sever the pastoral relations of Rev. A W Sonne with the First Presbyterian church of Greencastle. The dispute began after Mrs Cammack wore bloomers while working and drew the pastor’s reproval, leading to charges from some members and support from others.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Presbytery of
A. W. Sonne
First Presbyterian Church of
Greencastle
Cammack
Boy Defends Mother in Cincinnati Gift Effort
A Cincinnati story notes a boy's protective action while saving money to give his mother a Christmas gift. The fragment mentions Henry Bipetee, aged 16, in connection with the event.
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Cincinnati
Trias
Henry
Bipbetee
Two Auburn Men Die in Fort Wayne Hotel
William Huston a 57 year old laborer and Fred Kruse a 28 year old section man for the Lake Shore road were found dead in a Fort Wayne hotel. Huston lived with his daughter Mrs. Garrett Link and Kruse's father and brother went to Fort Wayne to arrange return of the body. City Marshal Charles Bolton investigated and notified relatives.
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The
Sentinel
Auburn
Ind
William Huston
Fred Kruse
Fort Wayne
Huston
Garrett Link
Kruse
Lake Shore
Charles Bolton
Four Burn to Death in Princess Anne House Fire
In Norfolk County two families suffered fatal losses as the Grimstead house on Morris Neck in Princess Anne county burned, killing the wives and children of Samuel Poyner and William Grimstead while the husbands slept nearby. The blaze likely started from an over heated wood stove, and survivors escaped in night clothes as the fire spread.
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Norfolk
Samuel Poyner
Norfolk County
Wiliam Grimstead
Princess Anne County
Grimstead
Morris Neck
Messrs
Poyter
Fire at Steubenville bakery claims three lives
A Dec 24 fire at Tr man's bakery in Steubenville originated from a heated stove in the rear and trapped three upstairs sleepers, Mrs Ira Hillman 28 Katherine Hillman and Elizabeth McCoy aged, all suffocated. Firemen used ladders. the victims will recover?
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Steubenville, O
Ira ‘Hillman
Yi Ae Katherine Hillman
Elizabeth’ “McCoy
Jacob Oxemider Scloua
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Standard Oil
America
Passenge Sain
New
A. B. Koller
TOWK
Wahalak, Miss
Little Village
Mississippis
Deacon
Brinker
Iat
Virginia
Steubenville
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