Judge orders probe into Orchard interview bias during Steunenberg trial
Boise May 17 Judge Wood directs Ada county prosecutor to investigate yesterday’s Orchard interview for possible juror influence. Senators Borah defends press and Gov Gooding while defense decries the publication as harming the case. trial pauses to resume talesmen examination after hour interruption.
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Orchard
Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
Wood
Ada County
Harry Orchard
Richardson
Governor Gooding
Carrick
Suy
More Country Schools May Be Abandoned This Fall
Allen County trustees held the semi annual meeting to discuss the new law on closing district schools for low attendance. Under the rule a school with fewer than twelve pupils cannot employ a teacher, signaling consolidation as a likely goal.
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Allen County
Felger
Mystery surrounds Dr Philip Havice death in Wren Ohio
Investigators fail to determine a motive for the self inflicted shooting of Dr Philip Havice in Wren Ohio on a Saturday afternoon He was about 35 and had practiced there for years He left his wife and two children visiting relatives and died seven minutes after the shot in his home The case notes a happy home life and a successful practice with patients in the office at the moment of the fatal act Funeral services scheduled for Friday afternoon.
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Philip Havice
Wren
Ohio
8. H. Havee
Havke
Fort Wayne College of Medicine
General Bell Denounces Haywood Trial as Unfair
Denver May 20 General Sherman M Bell says moving Haywood case to Idaho is a farce and un-American He will not testify unless coerced and warns of stepping in if prisoners are mistreated He cites Colorado killings during Cripple Creek troubles and questions why Idaho prosecutes Colorado crimes naming Moyer and Haywood.
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Denver
Col
Sherman M. Bell
Cripple Creek
Peabody
Haywood
Boise
Western Federation of Miners
General Bell
Idaho
Steunenberg
Colorado
Moyer and Haywood
Judge Landis Fines Furnishers in Anti-Trust Case
Chicago May 20 Judge Landis fines F A Holbrook American Seating and I H Andrews $5000 each plus nine other furniture firms $500 to $2000 for conspiracy in restraint of trade. Defendants pleaded guilty and Church and school furniture trust methods condemned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Landis
F. A. Holbrook
American Seating Company
I. H. Andrews Company
Church
School Furniture Trust
Superior Manufacturing Company
Muskegon
Mich
Owensboro Seating and Cabinet Company
Owensboro
Southern Seating and Cabinet Company
Jackson, Tenn
Cincinnati Seating Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fridman Seating Company
New Richmond
H. C. Vought, Sons & Co
Parker City
Ind
Minneapolis
Office and School Furniture Company
Illinois Refrigerator Company
Morrison, Ill
Peabody School Furniture Company
North Manchester
Haney School Furniture Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Hudson School Furniture Company
Logan, W. Va
Blackford Law Club Holds Annual Banquet
Blackford Law Club held its annual banquet Saturday evening in the White Apartment cafe with fifty five guests. F B Shoaff acted as toastmaster and a quartet including E R Yarnelle L J Ninde D B Ninde and Herbert Lang sang previews of each speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackford Law Club
White Apartment House
F. B. Shoaff
E. R. Yarnelle
L. J. Ninde
D. B. Ninde
Herbert Lang
W. P. Breen
Harry G. Hogan
H. L. Townsend
R. B. Hanna
J. P
Henry Colerick
R. K. Erwin
Decatur
S. E. Cook
Huntington
First Baptist Men's Club Hosts Evening at Dr Morse Harrod Home
Seventy two guests attended a program at the home of Dr. Morse Harrod on East Washington street hosted by the First Baptist church Men’s club. Addresses were delivered by Dr E H B Bryan Franklin College Rev G A Row Dr J W Kannel Hon J M Robinson Rev J F Vichert Judge C N Heaton and Cc R Stone served as program president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Morse Harrod
East Washington Street
Eh.b. Bryan
Franklin College
G. A. Rowand
J. W. Kannel
J. F. Vichert
C. N. Heaton
Preetied
Cc. R. Stone
Bombs killed Odessa police chiefs and injured seven
In Odessa a bomb planted by two men and a girl exploded in the central police bureau. The police chief and two detectives were killed, seven others seriously injured. The trio leader was identified as terrorist Tcherikoff. the girl escaped. The two detectives had been hated for past actions against protesters and torture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Central Police Bureau
Tcherikoff
Warrant Issued for Lenin Leader in London Social Democratic Congress
St Petersburg May 20 A warrant is issued for the arrest of Nickolai Lenin, called Vladimir Ulianoff, on high treason charges. Police say he is a noted radical, brother to the executions of 1887, and a key leader who evaded capture until 1905. He fled to Finland after police moved to arrest him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nickolai Lenin
Social Democratic Congress
London
Russia
Vladimir Ulianoff
Lenin
Ulianoff
Alexander II
Vladimir
Siberia
Nicholas
Social Democratic Party
Finland
Fort Wayne Gas loses first point against city in suit
In Indianapolis federal court Judge A B Anderson denied a temporary injunction to Fort Wayne Gas, allowing city officials to withhold using 75 miles of mains to distribute artificial gas at 75 cents per thousand cubic feet. Trial on merits set for June 5 before Judge Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Fort Wayne
A. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
Henry C. Paul
J. M. Barrett
H. C. Paul
G. Max Hofmann
Hosey
Lennon
Board of Public Works
Colerick
Allen Zollars
Board of Works
Anderson
Smallpox Case Leads to Area Vaccinations in South Whitley
Hubert Rhodes, a Barber Asphalt paving employee, was removed to isolation hospital Saturday with smallpox. Physicians led by Dr. H. O. Bruggeman toured the block and vaccinated all who could be found. Peter Tressler, pioneer of South Whitley, died Saturday at age 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Rhodes
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Rhodes
Chicago, Street
H. O. Bruggeman
Peter Tressler
South Whitley
Fort Wayne to Get New Six Story Hotel on Berry Street
Louis F. Gurdes leads a Fort Wayne group to organize a company to erect a six story hotel at Berry and Harrison, with a 99 year lease to E C Burode on Berry street church property. Early subscriptions push toward a $250000 goal, aiming to attract top hotel management and finance from local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Gurdes
Fort Wayne
Curdes
E. C. Burode
Berry Street
Berry and
Harrison Streets
Berry
Rurode
Central States
Premier Tells Of Plot To Slay Nicholas
Premier Stolypin announced a plot to kill Emperor Nicholas Grand Duke Nicholas and himself before todays session of the lower house in St Petersburg. A resolution praising the emperors escape was adopted as conspirators were to be prosecuted without delay. Some would be tried for attempting to enter the imperial palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Nicholas
Imperial Palace
Grace Reformed marks 24th anniversary. Zartman 19 years
Grace Reformed church observed two anniversaries on Sunday. The congregation celebrated 24 years since organization and 19 years of Rev. A. K. Zartman’s pastorate. From 52 charter members in 1883 the church now numbers over 300, with $18,000 spent on property and repairs and $4,000 still owed. A $100 free will offering was taken.
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Grace Reformed Church
A. K. Zartman
Probe Near Bottom in Graft Mess at Frisco
San Francisco May 20. Grand jury graft investigation to end soon with indictments likely. Mayor Schmitz broadens attack charging Judge Dunne and Rudolph Spreckels with conspiring to seize city government and grab street railway and other franchises worth millions. Affidavit claims Spreckels group spent near 1 million in a municipal purification drive and aims to overthrow current administration for personal gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Langdon
South Bend Officials Visit Fort Wayne on Interurban Study
A dozen South Bend city officials led by Mayor Fogarty toured Fort Wayne to study interurban street railway systems. Attendees met Mayor Hosey at Pennsylvania Station and visited the power station city hall and other sites before continuing to Bluffton and other cities on a three day Northern Indiana itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. Murdock
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Fogarty
Pennsylvania Station
Hosey
H. Q. Bruggeman
John Hans
George Whiteman
Herman Lang
Frank Rodgers
Adam Zell
Frank Hozinski
Peter Koczorowski
Albert Barnhart
P. H. Casey
South Bend Times
Fred Miller
South Bend Tribune
Bluffton
Logansport
Wabash
Indianapolis
Huntington
Peru
Kokomo
Fumigation of Liner Finds Six Japanese Girls in Boxes
Port Townsend Washington May 20 A steamship fumigation after a smallpox outbreak aboard the Dania uncovers six heavy boxes each containing a Japanese girl. The shipment is linked to steerage passenger K Sesookien alleged to be Taki Kai Joro, a procurer deported from San Francisco two years ago. The six women and Sesookien are to be sent back to Japan aboard the Oanfa, which sails this day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wash
Dania
Orient
Victoria
K. Sesookien
Taki Kaijoro
San Francisco
Sesookien
Japan
Noted Preacher Dies in Rochester at 68
Rochester, May 20. The Rev Dr Jas Patterson Sankey aged 68 died today at his home. Born in Londonderry Ohio he was the oldest pastor in Rochester in continuous service with the United Presbyterian Church. He retired June 30 1905 after a long ministry.
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Rochester
N. Y
Jas. Patterson Sankey
Sankey
Londonderry
Ohio
United Presbyterian
Nistly
Foraker hints at his own candidacy
Senator Foraker of Ohio counters a Columbus statement by Republican Chairman Brown and Governor Harris, saying a convention will name the presidential choice. He resists dictation, vows to abide by the next Ohio Republican convention, and asserts Taft support is widespread. Brown replies that Taft leads in eighty eight counties and warns of consequences if Foraker and Dick oppose him.
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Washington
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Columbus
Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Harris
Taft
Toledo
Foraker
Walter F. Brown
State Central Committee
Fairbanks
Tot Meats Death In A Most Singular Manner
Elwood Indiana May 20 Marie three and one half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Sseminger living three miles north of Elwood was found dead in the barn hanging from a wall in the harness room on an upper floor with a strap around her neck. The mother was milking when the child climbed to the hay loft and slipping her head into a loop on a harness thought to swing herself.
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Elwood
Ind
Marie
William Sseminger
Samuel Stocks Returns to New Haven Home
Samuel Stocks, chief clerk at the Wabash freight office and former New Haven resident, moved his family back to New Haven on Saturday after residing here last fall. He will keep his job, commuting from home in the mornings and returning in the evenings. Judge Edgar Haymond, Kosciusko County pioneer jurist, is very ill at 78, with friends alarmed by his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stocks
Wabash Freight Office
New Haven
Mr. Stocks
Edgar Haymond
Kosciusko County
Two Women Charge Pastor with Slander in Warrants
Mrs. Matilda Ridenour and Mrs. Dora Murray of Webster Groves accuse Rev. A. L. Pritchett former pastor of Weston Park Methodist of slander. Warrants issued at their instigation. Ridenour claims letters and unflattering remarks worsened friendship and nearly disrupted her home. They plan suit for 3500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Matilda Ridenour
Dora Murray
Webster Groves
A. L. Pritchett
Wellston Park Methodist Church
Ridenour
Murray
Hummel Begins One Year Prison Term in New York
Abraham Hummel, once a famed criminal lawyer, started a one year sentence at Blackwell's Island after his conspiracy conviction tied to the Dodge Morse divorce case. He left his Fast Seventy third Street home in an automobile without a guard and went to the prison, arriving about 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abraham Hummel
Blackwells Island
Hummel
Dodge-Morse
Bar Association
Penitentiary
Fast Seventy-third Street
Mr. Hummel
Blackwell’s Island
Blackwell's Island
Rhode Island Mill Workers Seek 10 Percent Wages Rise
Rhode Island textile owners face a ten percent wage increase demand to begin next Monday after the Rhode Island Mule Spinners association voted at its Pawtucket meeting to follow Fall River and New Bedford in advancing wages.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Fall River
New Bedford
Mule . Spinners Association
Pawtucket
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Borah
Talesmen
Wren, Ohio
Gen
Sherman Bell
Judge Landis
Association In American
Isolation Hospital
Douma
Botton
Frisco
Schmitz
S Bom
Bill Taft
Mr. Brown
Mr. Taft
Canton
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