Woodchopping murder trial hinges on self defense claim
In Bloomington Indiana Edward Ford stands trial for first and second degree murder after a November woodchopping near Unionville. The defense argues Ford acted to prevent a fatal attack as Joel and Frank McCoy advanced with axes while Ford says he shot to avoid being killed. Ford plans to testify with his sons and himself to support the self defense theory as testimony completes.
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Bloomington
Ind
Edward Ford
Frank McCoy
Unionville
Ford
Joel
Joel McCoy
McCoys
Henry Spaan
Indianapolis
McCoy
Spaan
R. L. Morgan
Juan
Young McCoy
Ban on bathing suits ruffles Tampico officials
In Tampico Mexico the mayor bans certain women bathing outfits seen as immodest sparking a clash with American colony residents who defend the styles as common at U S resorts. The mayor warns arrests will follow if the decree is ignored.
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Tampico
Mexico
America
Tno
Robbers Get Big Prize In Post Office Heist
Reluctant admissions by officials in three cities support the idea that a missing registered mail pouch within the Kansas City post office jurisdiction holds one of the largest Postal Department hauls. Private sources say the package contained at least 50000 in currency plus many letters and valuables, with total value possibly doubling the sum.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Post Office
Kansas City
Postal Department
Insurgent Leader Among 16 Koreans Burned in House
Reports from Korea port state Japanese troops surrounded a house where sixteen Koreans including an insurgent leader were burned to death. Incoming steamships from Korea carried the information.
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Victoria
B. C
Korea
Not Guilty Verdict in Raymond Hitchcock Assault Case
In New York a jury acquitted comedian Raymond Hitchcock of assaulting young girls. The verdict ends the confrontation over the charges filed earlier in the case.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Oliver Belmont Dead in Hempstead Long Island
Oliver H P Belmont aged 50 died at his Hempstead Long Island home after a ten day illness with appendicitis His death followed a period of anticipation He was a grandson of Commodore Matthew Galbraith Perry and had a prominent social life in New York London and Paris.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L. I
Matthew Galbraith Perry
United States
Japan
Belmont
London
Paris
A Marriage of Midgets elopes in Mississippi
James M. Burnett the Bristol midget and Lou Nabors claimed the title as the smallest female midget in the South. The pair eloped from Baldwin Mississippi and wed in Marietta after avoiding the bride’s mother who opposed the match.
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Richmond
James M. Burnett
Bristol
United States
America
Baldwin
Miss
Lou Nabors
South
Marietta
New York Senate Bans Race Track Gambling by Narrow Margin
The New York Senate passed the anti gambling bill by 26 to 25 to outlaw race track wagering, making it a felony with one year in prison. Senator Foelker, ill after surgery, delivered the decisive vote, then collapsed from exhaustion as supporters cheered and foes vented fury.
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Empire State
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Senate
Hughes
Foelker
Staatsburg
Senate Chamber
Direcotire Dress Sparks Mob At New York Ship Launch
A fashionable pearl gray directoire sheath with a side slit draws a crowd at the Oceanic sailing. The wearer exits carriage and later the ship to a mob’s stares as onlookers admire the new style, forcing her to be escorted aboard.
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New York
Great Crops Promised In 1908 Harvest Outlook
Washington reports the 1908 crop prospects with Department of Agriculture figures showing potential value near 8 billion dollars. Chief Statistician Clark notes sustained prosperity and a ninth consecutive year of high yields and prices.
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Washington, Special
Department of Agriculture
Clark
Jennie Stanford Lathrop Elopes with Ranchman Walter Watson
Jennie Stanford Lathrop, heir to a large fortune and Mrs. Leland Stanford’s will beneficiary, elopes and marries Walter Watson a poor ranchman from Napavalley in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Jennie Stanford -Lathrop
Leland Stanford
Walter Watson
Napavalley
Italian driver Nazarro sets Brooklands speed record
At Brooklands track London Felice Nazarro the Italian driver established a world automobile record for a two and three fourths mile distance traveling at 120 miles per hour.
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London
Cable
Brooklands Track
Felice Nazarro
Billik granted stay to appeal to Supreme Court
Federal Judge Landis stayed Herman Billik’s execution at 11 10 pm after a dramatic scene outside the jail crowding Dearborn avenue and a priest’s exultant shout. Landis ruled Billik’s right to appeal is absolute and inalienable, delaying the death march while the case goes to the United States Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Herman Billik
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Standard Oil Company
Billik
Supreme Court of the United States
Father O’callaghan
Dearborn Avenue
Michigan
Illinois
Father Vatmann
Wilmette
Ill
Billie
Landis
Davies
Bonaparte
White House denies serious differences between president and attorney general
The White House declares no notable rift exists between the President and Attorney-General Bonaparte. They plan to stay in office through March 4, denying rumors of early departure or cabinet conflicts over Buick and Rounds removals and a suit against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.
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Washington
Bonaparte
White House
Buick
United States
Rounds
Idaho
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Indiana Courts See Record 1907 Civil and Criminal Caseloads
State Statistician Stubbs reports 1907 court activity in Indiana surpassing 1906 with 28 755 civil filings and 15 579 criminal filings. Liquor law violations yield 2 224 cases and 891 convictions. felony arrests center on assault and battery with intent grand larceny burglary forgery embezzlement. Gambling arrests reach 459 and liquor violations 1 791. whites see most grand or petit larceny arrests while colored individuals show higher larceny and theft rates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Stubbs
Indiana
Man Refuses Support Over Wife’s Hair Rats
Philadelphia report says William Morgan, chased into court for support, blamed his wife’s extravagance. He claimed 21 years of support including weekly carriage rides and a home elevator, but objected to paying 25 for rats for her hair and 2.50 for each pair of hose.
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Philadelphia
William Morgan
Morgan
Woman Instructed About Church Attendance Sparks Debate
A provocative remark about women and church going circulates, alleging that a woman claims to discuss anyone who stays away. The comment prompts discussion on communal judgment and religious participation norms.
Millers Aim Push to Boost White Flour Prestige
Detroit millers at a Mass Convention of the Millers National Federation plan an advertising campaign to defend white flour against patent breakfast foods. They call for closer trade study, price protection from buyer control, no dumping of excess product, profits, and expanded federation membership.
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Detroit
Mich
Millers’ National Federation
Pardon for Powers and Howard Ends Goebel Case
Gov Wilson grants clemency to Caleb Powers and James Howard eight years after the Goebel assassination case. Powers and Howard are released from Georgetown jail and the state penitentiary respectively as petitions totaling about 500 100 signatures prompt renewed debate. The governor reviews the case, noting the murder of Senator Goebel disrupted Kentucky politics and stained the state’s name.
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Frankfort
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Wilson
United States
Powers
Georgetown
Howard
William Goebel
William S. Taylor
Goebel
Secretary of State
Ooghee
United States Court
Supreme Court
Franklin Circuit Court
Scott Circuit Court
James 2. Howard
Coebel
Kentucky
New Gunness Victim Found in Wisconsin Letters Claim Murder
Mrs. Ole Remel says her father Chris ten Hendklove was murdered by Mrs. Gunness and not in Westby Bloomington Wisconsin or Norway as hoped. Hendkleve, age 70, left with $2000. Laporte postmaster reports Hendkleve mail reached Mrs. Gunness.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Ole Remel
Christen Hendklove
Gunness
Westby
Bloomington
Wisconsin
Norway
Laporte
Hendkleve
Punishment Fit Crime in Easton Prison Sentence
Edward Whelan, convicted of stealing a straw hat and a screwdriver from a church sexton, was sentenced to ten years in the eastern penitentiary. A young man with prior jail and penitentiary terms.
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Easton
Edward Whelan
Eastern
Tragic Freeze Strikes Mecklenburg Expedition in Branea Crater
An Italian and German party led by Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg is wiped out in Branea crater after a fierce snowstorm in German East Africa. About twenty native porters die, leaving a grim toll near ninety miles south of the equator.
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Berlin
Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg
German East Africa
Branea
Equator
Bryan Nomination Plans Guided by Omaha Attorney I J Bunn
Lincoln reports rapid political activity as supporters gather at Fairview, Bryan’s Lincoln home. I J Dunn of Omaha to present Bryan’s name at Denver, with F W Brown of Lincoln on the resolutions committee. Visitors include Col Henry Watterson and Senator Charles A Towne. Governor John A Johnson stops in Omaha. Bryan spends days delivering speeches and tending his farm.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fairview
Wiliam J. Bryan
Bryan
Denver
I. J. Dunn
Omaha
Dunn
Nebraska
F. W. Brown
Lincoln
Col. Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Charles A. Towne
New York
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Col. Watterson
Mr. Bryan
State University
Toads Stampede on Cleveland Streetcar
In Cleveland Ohio a panic on a Superior avenue streetcar broke out when three toads escaped from a paper bag and hopped around the crowded car. A man planned to keep them to deter bugs for his wife’s flowers. A stout woman spotted the largest toad in her lap and cried out as passengers fled to the upper seats and leaped off at the next stop.
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Cleveland
Superior Avenue
Car Stopped for Sneezes on Tower Grove Line
A St Louis street car on the Tower Grove line halted for ten minutes to help passengers recover from a sneezing fit. Conductor John Burns collected a fare from a stout woman who joked about sneezing and transfers. A nearby young man sneezed through a gust of snuff thrown on the floor eluding capture.
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St. Louis
Tower Grove
John Burns
Governor Hanly Avoids Unlucky Berth In Travel Plan
In Indianapolis Gov. Hanly’s private secretary chose deferring a Chicago trip over sleeping in berth 13, deeming it safer for his nomination efforts. Berth 14 was finally secured, deemed satisfactory for the journey.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Hanly
Fairbanks
Spiritualist Prophet on Trial for Assault in Arkansas
Elijah Skaggs claims to be Elijah the prophet and faced criminal assault charges from Mrs. Margaret Irene Taylor of Dallas. At a preliminary hearing she described a brutal, spiritual attack linked to a covenant to hang him, while Skaggs admitted a heart assault but pleaded not guilty to avoid punishment. The dramatic testimony featured religious ecstasy as the jury heard the case.
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Ft. Smith, Ark
Elijah Skaggs
Elijah
Margaret Irene Taylor
Dallas
Texas
Skaggs
Taylor
Four-Bagger for Golofsky at Farm Near Troy Hill NJ
Abram Golofsky and his wife welcomed four baby boys weighing 16 pounds 4 ounces, born over a span from 1892 to 1908. The farmer, aged 40, and wife 32, have 30 children with 14 living. The births include multiple sets: twins, triplets, and quadruplets.
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New York
Abram Golofsky
Troy Hill
N. J
Golofsky
Sky
Potatoes See Prices Rise Amid Wet Weather
Chicago reports higher potato prices with old crop up 13 cents per bushel and new stock 5 cents higher. Over 10 days fresh potatoes gained about 40 cents a bushel, fancy stock reaching 1.35 dollars, old stock at 96 cents wholesale, while retail values climb as wet South shipping disruptions curb supply.
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Chicago
South
Plot to Dyna mide Royal Family in Lisbon
Police uncover and thwart a plan by the Society of the Black Cross to blow up royal family members at a religious feast set for June 18. The plot was exposed before the attack could be carried out.
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Lisbon
Society of the Black Cross
Steer Prices Hit Highest Levels Since 1902 in Chicago
Prices for choice to prime steers surged by 15.2h5e, marking the strongest levels since the 1902 beef famine, while Texas and grass cattle moving south and west caused a setback in plain and grassy grades. In Fez, Tangier, Mulati Hafid the insurgent sultan with 12 000 strong men entered the city as 20 000 Berber tribesmen advance to join.
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Chicago
Texas
Fez
Tangier
Morocco
Mulati Hafid
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