Mrs Annie Bradley Testifies In Utah Senator Killing Trial
Washington November 19 Mrs Annie M Bradley on trial for the killing of former Senator Brown of Utah took the witness stand. She described her background and marriage to Clarence Bradley, joining women’s clubs and political work, and her relations with her husband as unhappy. The courtroom was crowded with many women among the attendees as she began her testimony.
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Washington
Annie M. Bradley
Senator Brown
Utah
Mrs. Bradley
Adams
Clarence Bradley
Salt Lake Women’s Club
Woman’s Press Club
Poets’ Round Table
Sisal hemp price plan shocks Harvester Trust rivals
New York November 19 the International Harvester company and other major users of sisal hemp face a new plan by Yucatan growers to form the Corporation Association of Sisal Hemp Planters. Deliveries go to the association, growers get two thirds of value on delivery and the rest on sale, with five year penalties for breach. The plan relies on Yucatan’s near monopoly of production, with annual output about 600000 bales of 360 pounds each and current price at 51½ cents per pound.
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New York
Yucatan
Mexico
International Harvester Company
Agricultural Implement Trust
Sisal Hemp Growers
Merida
Corporation Association of
Sisal Hemp Planters
Plymouth Cordage Company
North Plymouth
Variio
Treat
Bryan Addresses Lafayette Banquet Before Huge Crowd
In Lafayette Indiana on November 19 William Jennings Bryan spoke to hundreds at the twelfth annual Jackson club banquet. National and state party leaders were absent but enthusiasm surged as Bryan took the stage amid a dramatic lights display. Speakers urged Indiana Democrats to strengthen party organization while denouncing machine politics and endorsing clean ballots and local option laws.
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Lafayette
Ind
William Jennings Bryan
Jackson Club
Thomas Taggart
W. H. O’brien
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Risk
O'Brien
Nathan Krass
George R. Durgan
Thomas J. Barnes
Indiana
Richmond
Thomas Tageart
A. Loca
Ohio Supreme Court upholds Aikin saloon tax law
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Aikin law imposing a $1000 saloon tax valid in the Bernard Wride versus C C Richardson case from Cincinnati. The decision upholds all acts from the last legislative session whose validity was questioned during Governor Pattison’s illness.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Bernard Wride
Cincinnati
C. C. Richardson
Pattison
Court upholds invalid recount act in NYC election dispute
The New York Court of Appeals ruled the recount bill from the 1905 legislature unconstitutional in the Hearst contest to topple Mayor McClellan. The unanimous decision rejects the method of counting votes in the mayoral election.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
New York City
Wm. R. Hearst
McClellan
New Men Qualified for Post Office Clerk Carrier Posts
Results of a civil service examination held October 12 in Fort Wayne show clerks Henry A. Zeller Frederick E. Shroyer Robert P. Troyer Godfrey J. Gladbach Arthur F. Ruhl Clarence H. Clay and Charles W. Miner passed. Carriers Clarence Wiant Mannasseh G. Garard John H. Byrer Clarence F. Gilchrist William Hupp Leslie Maxwell Chester W. Casey Lee H. Burgette. Appointments will be made from this list. another exam is held tomorrow with twelve applicants competing.
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Civil Service Examination
Fort Wayne
Hanna
Henry A. Zeller
Harmer Street
Frederick E. Shroyer
Stroh
Ind
Robert P. Troyer
Butler
Godfrey J. Gladbach
Esmond Street
Arthur F. Ruhl
West Main Street
Clarence H. Clay
Charles W. Miner
Columbia City
Clarence Wiant
Laotto
Mannasseh G. Garard
Wagner Street
John H. Byrer
Fairfield Avenue
Clarence F. Gilchrist
East
Jefferson Street
William H.]upp
Herman Street
Leslie Maxwell
Auburn
Chester W. Casey
Union Street
Lee H. Burgette
Two Street Cars Collide Injuring Two Passengers
A Lakeside street car rear ended a Huffman car at Calhoun and Berry streets just after 8 am on Friday. Miss Bessie Fish and Miss Martha Holmes were tossed onto the platform. Fish had minor bruises and a torn dress while Holmes sprained her ankle and suffered back bruises. Both taken home. injuries not serious. Frosty tracks caused the slippery condition and inability to stop.
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Calhoun and
Berry Streets
Huffman Street
Berry Street
Bessie Fish
Rurode’s
Martha Holmes
Wolf & Dessauer’s
Miss Holmes
Taber Street
Alabama Senate Passes Prohibition Law in 1909
In Montgomery Alabama the senate approved a prohibition bill by 32 to 2 with Spragins and Hammer voting No. The law takes effect January 1, 1909. Mobile women arrived to lobby, but delegations from Montgomery Selma and Birmingham filled galleries leaving no seats. Children stood in lobbies pinning ribbons. Mobile visitors waited outside amid a dramatic spectacle.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Spragins
Hammer
Selma
Birmingham
Devious Walsh System Details in Trial Day One
National Bank Examiner Edward P. Moxey testified in the Walsh trial about a memorandum signed by A. N. Williams traced through bank books. The funds totaling 97,000 were credited to Walsh’s personal account and then paid to Illinois Southern Railway, a company Walsh heavily backed. Eight similar memos were followed, including 50,000 in Illinois Southern Railway bonds purchased by Chicago National Bank with 45,000 credited to Walsh personally, and 25,000 and 20,000 credited to related railway entities.
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Chicago
National Bank
Edward P. Moxey
Walsh
A. N. Williams
Illinois Southern Railway Company
Moxey
Chicago National Bank
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Farmer John Horn killed as bridge collapses under traction engine
John Horn a 30 year old Springfield township farmer was killed Tuesday when a small bridge on the highway collapsed beneath a traction engine he drove. He was pinioned between the engine and a water tank at the rear. Horn was operate ing a corn shredder outfit on Allen Gorrel’s farm and was moving to a new job when the bridge gave way. He left behind a wife and one child. The tragedy occurred about a half mile south of Center School house on a small stream crossing.
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John Horn
Springfield Township
Horn
Allen Gorrel
ADY TO ENDORSE CANDIDACY OF FORAKER
Columbus Ohio officials plan a meeting of the state republican league committee to adopt resolutions in support of Senator Foraker for the presidential nomination. The group has long backed Foraker and expects his formal declaration of candidacy to follow at the session.
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Ady
Foraker
State Republican League of Columbus
Columbus
Senator Foraker
League
Near 75 Million in Gold Shipments Mark Relief
New York reports engagements of gold abroad for U S imports nearing 75 million dollars to ease financial strain. Heidelbach Ickelheimer & Co adds 1 million and Guaranty Trust 500 thousand, bringing total to 72.9 million. Twelfth Ward Bank will reopen tomorrow after suspension during the crisis.
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New York
United States
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
Twelfth Ward Bank
Canada Accepts Bank Bills at Par in U S Centers
Montreal reports a shift as Canadian bank notes circulate at par in U S cities. Canadian theatre firms now remit receipts in Canadian bills due to cash shortages for drafts in New York. U S manufacturers with Canadian ties also request Canadian bills by express instead of checks or drafts.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
New York
Express
Princess Manufacturing Company Increases Capital Stock
The Princess Manufacturing company which operates a factory at Second and Harrison streets where work shirts are made on a large scale has increased its capital stock from 15000 to 50000 and plans to enlarge its field of operations. It has a modern factory and reports strong business. S. S. Fisher is president J. C. Peters vice president and W. F. Peters secretary and treasurer. Stockholders have subscribed for the additional stock to be issued.
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Princess Manufacturing Company
Second and
Harrison Streets
S. S. Fisher
J. C. Peters
W. F. Peters
Curtis Swallows Acid and Dies After Despair
Harry J. Curtis, 26, swallowed about an ounce of carbolic acid at his father E. R. Curtis’s home on Howell Street Monday night and died ten minutes later. Coroner Dr. J. E. Stults blamed despondency from marital estrangement and heavy drinking. Curtis had recently found work on the McKinnie farm, packed belongings with his stepmother’s help, and returned home Saturday. He stated before dying that he had taken the acid. He had worked previously at Pearl and Heeringgal Hoe Factory.
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Harry J. Curtis
E. R. Curtis
Howell Street
J. E. Stults
Curtis
McKinnie
Pearl
Calvin
Chosen to Murder: Heart Fails for the Czar Revolts
A chilling report notes a plot against the Czar where the would be assassin’s heart fails. Instead of carrying out murder the conspirator turns to poison seeking control amid revolt and upheaval in the capital.
Dying Woman In Tsarskoe-Selo Plot Frustrated
A well dressed eighteen year old woman was found dying at Baladad 70 Palace St Petersburg station of the Tzarskoe-Selo line. She admitted to being chosen for an important terror act but drank poison. Authorities seek her identity while guard surveillance thwarted a November 9 plot to assassinate Emperor Nicholas.
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Denver
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
St. Petersburg
Tzarskoe-Selo
Nicholas
Peterhof
Tsarskoe-Selo
Ligove
Tsarskoe- Selo
Wabash Fiancee's Death Hidden From Survivor Months Later
Ozro Mason, badly injured in the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction crash on October 18, was brought home to Urbana, unaware his fiancée Miss Katherine Freshour had died. Doctors say his memory fades around the fatal moment, though he recalls early life and family. Freshour, a Home Telephone operator, died in the same accident. Mason's recovery is described as remarkable despite severe injuries.
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Wabash, Ind
Katherine Freshour
Ozro Mason
Urbana
Hiss
Miss Freshour
Mr. Mason
B. A. Houser
Love Match Threat Follows Rifle Warning in Indiana Field
In Huntington County a masked man forced a young Boose to stand in a Warren township cornfield and warned that three lives would be taken if a love pairing was not ended within three days. He demanded Sterling Dobbs and Miss Powell end their relationship, and threatened Boose and Dobbs as well as Miss Powell. Authorities pursue leads as the scare rattles the countryside. Elwood reports 100 glass workers hired at McBeth Hoang plant with more to follow once benches are ready.
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Huntington
Ind
Boose
Warren Township
Arthur Boose
Sterling Dobbs
Miss Powell
Thomas Powell
I. Dobbs
Elwood
McBeth-Hoang
Treasury measure immense relief dissolves crisis
A Treasury initiative described as an immense relief is set to dissolve the ongoing crisis. The measure aims to stabilize finances, restore liquidity, and reassure markets and citizens amid mounting uncertainty. Officials emphasize swift implementation and measurable economic stabilization.
President Roosevelt plans Panama bonds and treasury coupons
New York observers discuss a $50,000,000 Panama bond issue and $100,000,000 one year treasury certificates bearing three percent interest. The certificates could attract funds from small hoards and may ease gold imports, though some bankers warn of European gold returning if discount rates rise. Charles A. Conant explains uses of the new certificates amid ongoing monetary tension.
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New York
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Panama
Treasury
France
Gorce
Europe
London
Paris
Berlin
Bank of France
Charles’ A. ‘Conant
Morton Trust’ ‘Company
DL Belové
Cortelyouis
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Ashe
Harvester Trust
Board. of Public Works
T. R. Marshall
Supreme Court
W. R. Hearst
New York State
Berry
Calhoun
Alabama
John R
Czar
Baladad 70 Palace
Hancees
Cornfield
Warren
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