Fairbanks Headed for 1908 Nomination Tour Across Indiana
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks completed day two of a four day Indiana speaking tour. He visited Hartford City Marion Wabash Huntington Rochester Argos Knox Valparaiso Hammond Michigan City and Laporte before ending the day in South Bend. Governor Hanly joined at Rochester.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
South Bend
Richmond
Hartford City
Marion
Wabash
Huntington
Rochester
Argos
Knox
Valparaiso
Hammond
Michigan City
Laporte
Fairbanks
Union Station
Roosevelt
Hanly
Grant Lupton
Lupton
Gus Condo
A. C. Alexander
H. J. Paulus
A. Y. Stout
Harry Charles
Congress
First Killed Wife Then Self in Shelton Tragedy
In Shelton Connecticut Charles Quazen a 46 year old weaver and his 40 year old wife were found dead in their home with their throats cut. Authorities say jealousy sparked the quarrel leading to the double tragedy. The couple had moved from Hoboken New Jersey a month earlier and leave five children ages six to twenty.
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Shelton, Conn
Charles Quazen
Quazea
Hoboken
N. J
Dynamite Wedding Joy Ends in Destruction near Stoughton
Madison Wisconsin November 1 Charles A Rob erts living on a farm near Stoughton grows the line at dynamite use by charivari parties to celebrate his marriage. Sunday night friends gathered at his home and exploded several sticks of dynamite wrecking part of the house. Roberts swore out warrants against four young farmers. The case highlights the grav penalties for misusing dynamite in this state.
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Madison
Wis
Charles A. Roberts
Stoughton
Robert
Plodea
Roberts
Oughton
Land Baron Scully Will Disinherits Daughters In Probate
The will of William Scully known as Lord Scully is filed for probate in Washington. It leaves all lands to his widow Angela Scully and disinherits three daughters Mary, Julia and Kathleen and their descendants. Executors named include Angela Scully and F C W Koehnle Frederick Trapp of Lincoln Illinois. The estate is valued between one and three million dollars.
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Washington
William Scully
Scully
America
United States
Angela Scully
Kathleen
Thomas Scully
B. Angel. Scully
Spooks Lug Off Gates And Steps On Hallowe'en
Police kept hustling through Halloween night but arrests were not required. A lone missing property report involved an iron gate atop a cannon at Old Fort Place. Ben Elliott chased several young girls from the market stands while much of Reservoir Park benches were thrown into the lake. Fire alarms near Hayes hotel were blamed on Halloween spirits. Confetti and corn littered streets. most displaced items were recovered with minor damage.
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Old Fort Place
Hallowe'en
Reservoir Park
Market Place
Ben Elliott
Fire Department
Hayes Hotel
South Calehoun Street
Hallowe’en
Pastor Rev. R. O. Miller to Lead Fort Wayne Church
Rev. R. O. Miller, 25, Yale graduate and Bethany alum, has been named pastor of the West Jefferson Street Church of Christ in Fort Wayne to begin November 11. A Wellsburg West Virginia native, he previously served a Pittsburgh church where membership doubled during his two-year tenure.
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R. O. Miller
West Jefferson Street
Mr. Miller
Yale
Wellsburg
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia Normal Institution
Bethany College
Yale University
Miller
Bethany
Crambler
Church of Christ
Pittsburg
Bro. Miller
Plan Giant Battleship Advances in Navy Bids
Washington plans for a giant battleship are submitted to the secretary of the navy by constructors seeking the project. The ship is expected to displace at least twenty thousand tons and must meet Congress for final approval. The appropriation bill uses vague language, describing it as a first class battleship with heavy armor and powerful armament, with maximum speed and range, costing not over six million dollars excluding armament and armor.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Navy Department
Salton Sea Doomed as Colorado River Reverts to Old Channel
San Francisco reports that the Salton Sea will be doomed as the Colorado River is restored to its former course. Officials say all gaps in the river bank have been filled and the river will flow back to its old channel, costing the Southern Pacific about a million dollars in work and track damage.
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Colorado River
San Francisco
Salton Sea
Southern Pacific
Great Island Sea
E.O. McCormick
Sullivan did not see Ellis over oil prosecution
John J Sullivan United States district attorney traveled from Cleveland to Columbus to confer with Attorney General Ellis about the Standard Oil case at Findlay. Sullivan returned to Cleveland saying Ellis could not be seen and that he had forwarded proceedings to Attorney General Moody.
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Columbus
Ohio
John. J. Sullivan
United States
Cleveland
Ellis
Standard Oil Company
Findlay
Cadiz
Bullivan
Moody
Court rules express firms must treat all alike in exchanges
The Indiana supreme court held that express companies may not refuse a competitor access to facilities and advantages in business exchanges. The case involved American Express and Southern Indiana Express, which operates on one railroad. American Express must accept from Southern Indiana on the same terms as it does from Adams, Pacific, and others, with exceptions for perishable goods and low-value items.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
American Express Company
Southern Indiana Express Company
Southern Indiana
Adams and Pacific
British murderer identified by U S fingerprint system
A British murderer held at Fort Leavenworth was exposed by the U S Army fingerprint program. Scotland Yard had sought the killer, who resisted a fingerprinting attempt and prompted sharing of records with police. Yard linked him to a prior Morta murder.
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Washington
United States Army
War Department
Fort Leavenworth
Scotland Yard
United States Penitentiary
Morta
WANTS 5 000 LABORERS FOR PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD EXPANSION
San Francisco reports that the Southern Pacific seeks five thousand laborers as Harriman orders expedited Pacific slope line development. Over 325 million dollars will be spent in two years on Pacific coast rail construction, signaling a major national railroad competition. The aim is to strengthen feeders as Hill’s northern route and Gould’s line push cross country.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Pacific Coast
Hill
Indictments Brought Against Fifteen Coal Dealers
Omaha Nebraska November 1 The Douglas County grand jury returned indictments against fifteen members of a coal dealing ring. The case involves alleged price fixing and fraud in the coal trade. Local authorities say evidence points to a broad conspiracy across several firms.
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Omaha
Douglas ‘County Grand
Vere
Swindler Norton Arrested Over $3 Million in Securities
Charles Whitney Norton, accused by police and postal authorities of extensive swindling across the United States, is under arrest in Chicago. Authorities say he obtained and sold bonds and securities valued around $3,000,000, keeping neither money nor documents for victims. Found in his room were bonds, land title abstracts, first mortgages, and negotiable papers, with an estimated genuine value near $2,000,000 and a doubtful $1,000,000 more. Norton reportedly disappeared in 1905, operated in Elmira, Troy, Rutland, Toledo, and claimed to head to London, England. He allegedly solicited stocks and land titles and never returned papers or funds. Stocks include gold mining, copper, insurance, railways, and gas outfits, with actual values undetermined. postal authorities plan to press mail fraud charges.
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Chicago
Charles Whitney Norton
Norton
United States
Officers of Justice
Detroit
Mich
London
England
Elmira
N. Y
Troy
Rutland
Toledo
Nebraska
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Train bandit scare near Pine Ohio as officers chase ghost letters
Postoffice Inspector A R Burr aided in a futile trap for a bandit who demanded 1200 in gold from the Lake Shore Limited between Chicago and New York. A dummy train with armed guards, bloodhounds, and searchlights scoured Pine Indiana as two pistol shots were to signal the drop. No arrest. only a cheap watch found.
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Postoffice
A. R. Burr
Fort Wayne
Lake Shore Railroad Company
The
Railroad Company
Chicago
E. A. Handy
Lake Shore
Lake Shore Limited
Pine
Ind
Schaff
New York Central Lines
Buffalo
Farmers Taught Denatured Alcohol Production
Washington discusses two new Agriculture Department bulletins by Dr. H W Wiley on sources and manufacture of industrial denatured alcohol. Small scale production unlikely to be profitable under current rules. raw materials only, not practical distillation. Potential price reduction with better materials and processes.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Wiley
Garrett Lines Connected to Kendallville and Avilla
A northern Indiana period update details the Garrett line linking to Kendallville and Avilla. Other reports note G W Patterson fracturing ribs in Ossian, Mrs Samantha Caley fatally struck by a Wabash train near Belden, and a columbia city home fire.
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Toledo
Chicago
Garrett
Kendallville
Avilla
G. W. Patterson
Ossian
Samantha Caley
Belden
Wabash County
John Briggs
Columbia City
Ben C. Bender
Recorder
Elkhart County
Goshen
Elks’ Club
Bender
Benjamin Renkenberger
Decatur Packing Company
Fred Shheiman
John S. Bowers
Ferdinand Beeke
Herman Gerke
Dan N. Erwin
J. H. Vogelwede
F. H. Scheiman
Decatur
R. M. Crabill
Wabash
Dr. Crabill
Walter Zeige
Auburn Junction
Zeige
Richard Hunter
Bluffton
Orley W. Osborne
Winifred Fryer
Detroit
Justice E. DeGraw
Papa
Mamma
Collegiants Sent to Workhouse After Halloween Riot
Five collegians from the state college battalion were sent to the Lexington workhouse after a Halloween riot. Shelby Jett Jr of Richmond T R Veal and Thomas Swigert of Maysville George Bogard of Golden Pond Marion Cheek of Richmond were unable to post bond. Swigert and Veal serve as lieutenants. They face trial tomorrow on breach of the peace charges for assaulting officers as patrols broke up the disturbances.
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Lexington
Shelby Jett, Jr
Richmond
T. R. Veal
Thomas Swigert
Maysville
George Bogard
Golden Pond
Marion Cheek
State College Battalion
Hallowe’en
Bond
Swigert and
Veal
Baals Mother Learns of Catlettsburg Murder Conviction
Mrs R Baals of 184 West Jefferson received a telegram noting that rat Haney was convicted in Catlettsburg Kentucky for the murder of her son Frank E Baals and sentenced to ten years. The Fort Wayne interment revealed death from head blows and the prosecution followed. Dr W W Barnett and Dr H A Duemling, who performed a post mortem, traveled to Kentucky to testify.
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Kentucky
Funeral services for Dr Isaac M Rosenthal
Physicians gather to mourn Dr Isaac M Rosenthal whose funeral was held Thursday morning at his West Berry street residence. Rabbi Harry W Ettlson conducted the service and interment followed in the Jewish cemetery with a large showing of medical professionals from the court house to the Rosenthal home.
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M. Rosenthal
Isaac M. Rosenthal
West Berry Street
Harry W. Ettl¢son
Real Estate Trust Company Reopens Under Earle Plan
Philadelphia reporting that the Real Estate Trust Company reopened for business under George H. Earle Jr after failure on August 28. Receiver Harle oversaw a rapid reorganization with over $600 000 deposited in the first hour and unanimous creditor and stockholder consent.
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Philadelphia
George H. Earle, Jr
Frank K. Hipple
Harle
Earle
Akron Engineer Narrowly Escapes Infernal Machine
Andrew McIntosh, a 40 year old Baltimore and Ohio engineer, survived a murder device hidden in a toolbox in his coal house. A .38 caliber revolver rigged with explosive powder and ten sticks of dynamite triggered as the lid was opened, wounding him with burns from the powder and bullet impact.
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Akron
Andrew MclIntosh
Baltimore and Ohio
McIntosh
Halloween shooting near Brodrick shocks Huntington crowd
In Brodrick opposite Huntington West Virginia on Halloween night Harlow Smith and Robert Riley were likely fatally shot and George Whitley wounded while celebrating. A man with a shotgun emerged from behind an outhouse and fired after the victims, with details uncertain and no suspect identified yet.
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Huntington
W. Va
Harlow Smith
Robert Riley
George Whitley
Hallowe’en
Brodrick
Moody Declares Bryan Right on Trusts in Campaign Speeches
Attorney General W H Moody told Republican crowds in Beverly and Salem that he is studying coal and oil trusts and would pursue illegal combos despite risks. He linked Roosevelt’s anti trust enforcement to a need for lawful conduct by organized capital and labor, criticizing railroad rebates as the root of trusts.
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Boston
Beverly
Salem
W. H. Moody
Moody
Bryan
Roosevelt
Organization of Labor
Organization of Capital
Havermeyer
August P. Gardner
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Famous terrorist Gersuchnin escapes from Siberia
St. Petersburg reports Gersuchnin a renowned terrorist and head of a fighting group evaded captivity by hidden in a water cast while serving a perpetual imprisonment for complicity in the Sipiaguine and Plehve assassinations. Comrade Melnikoff escaped earlier. Akatui governor warns guard failures may allow further escapes amid revolutionary funding and public sympathy.
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St. Petersburg
Gersuchnin
Sipiaguine
Plehve
Siberia
Gerschmin
Interior
M. Pobedonosteff
The
Holy Synod
Akatui
Schlusselberg
Melnikoff
Akatul
Sasanoff
Sikoritsky
M. Plehve
Gershhmnin
Giant is a Forger
George A. Daly of Painesville Ohio seven feet tall is locked up at central station to await Ohio officers on a charge of forging a check for a small amount. Daly asked to be locked up after confessing but was thought crazy by Chief Doyle. Daly returned a week later and was detained after the Painesville police confirmed the warrant.
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Minneapolis
George A. Daly
Painesville
Central Station
Ohio
Daly
Doyle
Dolan Family Saved From Fire by Dog in Wisconsin Home
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on November 1 John Dolan his wife two daughters and a son were saved from a deadly blaze by their dog which awakened them. The dog barked and roused the family as flames grew around the home. Dolan reportedly carried his wife and children to safety while the dog stayed near the bed guiding them to exit as the roof began to collapse.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
John Dolan
Pais
Dolan
Don
Thorous
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