Whole Family Under Sentence In Notable Indiana Murder Case
Jonah Williams and his wife Minerva Williams and son Wesley Williams were sentenced to life imprisonment in Evansville Indiana for complicity in the murder of James Leigh at Boonville on January 26. The family faces multiple crimes from grand larceny to murder, highlighting a remarkable court history. In New York, Stanford White was shot and killed at Madison Square Garden by Harry K. Thaw during a performance, with Thaw under arrest and no motive disclosed.
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Jonah Williams
James Leigh
Boonville
Rasch
Evansville
Ind
Minervas Williams
Wesley Williams
Madison Square Garden
Stanford White
McKim, Mead & White
Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
New York City
White
Thaw
Pitched Battle Between Hungarians in Lorain
A park fight in Lorain between Hungarians from Lorain and Cleveland at a reunion turned violent with beer bottles clubs knives and billy clubs. Dozens were injured including Cleveland participants who were not expected to survive. A separate fatal crash near Pasadena involved Cordori roasted to death by machine engine explosion. driver Henderson burned badly and may die. artist Ella May Morris from Pueblo was buried and bruised.
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Lorain
Oso
Cleveland
Harvest Help Appeal Reaches Kansas Officials
An appeal for harvest hands in Kansas goes to Gov. Hoek and railway managers in Chicago and Topeka. It urges prompt action within a week to avoid grain spoilage and seeks lower freight rates through Meloud.
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Kansas
B.W. Hoek
Wo. Baek
Atchison,Topeka & Sante Fe Ria Alway Comets
Chicago
Jos. Meloud
Chaironan
Western
MeLoud
Datppeal
Toledos Plea Court Hands Heavy Conspiracy Sentence
In Toledo Ohio Judge Kinkade imposed a six thousand dollar fine and one year in the workhouse on the conspiracy in restraint of trade case. Convicted defendant Joseph A Miller and guilty plea participants R A Deard Lemmon Hov Breming and Peter Watters are named in the companion pleas.
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Companion Pleas
Toledo
Ohio
Kinkade
Joseph A. Miller
Whoo
R.A. Deard
Lemmon
Hov. Breming
Peter Watters
Election Riots in Panama Leave Several Injured
A clash at Santa Anew park between liberal and polimen factions left nine policemen and Jose Ane Tonio wounded and one liberal dead. Police restored order after forty men contained unrest amid continuing tensions.
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Aspecidi
Canavia
Polimen
Santa Anew Park
Jose Ane Tonio
Patina
Hooth Tucker Weds in London in Salvagen Army Circle
Hooth Tucker marries in London with Commander Booth Tucker and Marys Reid in attendance. General Willian Booth, army commander, conducts the ceremony amid high military presence.
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Hooth Tucker
London
Booth Tucker
Salvagen
America
Nhow
Army
Colt. Marys Reid
Drefan
Eng
Willian Booth
Female Aeronaut Fatally Injured at Peoria Park
Miss Lelia Ailesworth, a balloonist at an amusement park in Peoria HK, fell from her parachute and landed on a rock pile. She sustained internal injuries and is not expected to survive.
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Lelia Ailesworth
Peoria
Watchman Burned to Death as Plant in Washington Nd Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed the Washington Manufacturing Company plant in Washington, Nd. Watchman William Cook was burned to death. Loss estimated at 70000 dollars. Bevard acquitted of murder in Newark Ohio after a two week trial of Levi Bevard for killing Mrs Wertz.
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Watchman
Washington Maoufacturing Company
Washington, Nd
William Cook
Bad Mortar Frisco's Foe
Japanese expert Dr. Nakamura asserts earthquake damage in San Francisco stemmed from poor mortar and faulty construction. He says hollow tiling and fire blocks caused most building fires and urges use of proper mortar ratios and wet bricks for stronger walls. He will report findings after sailing on the Korea.
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San Francisco
T. Nakamura
Imperial University of
Dr. Nakamura
Japan
Hawaii Irrigates Big Tract Opens Kohala Ditch
The Kohala ditch the largest irrigation project in the Hawaiian Islands was opened last Monday with Secretary Atkinson presiding. The fourteen mile system includes nine miles of mountain tunnels and aims to reach twenty one miles, delivering about 500 000 gallons daily to farms and newly arable lands. The project cost about 500 000 dollars and President Roosevelt pledged support for settlers to farm the lands of Hawaii.
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Alawaiian Islands
Atkinson
Prt
Roosevelt
Thawail
FLOCK TO CROW LANDS REGISTRATION BOOMS
Eastern settlers rush to Crow lands in Montana with hundreds registering after arrival by Burlington 200 from Missouri Iowa and Nebraska and trains from Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. Prospective settlers form camps on the reservation to inspect lands. Butte projects registration may top 10 000 at this rate.
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Billings
Mont
Crow Lands
Burlington
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Northern Pacific Railway
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Secmnas Tenta
Cams
Butte
Little Boy Hero Saves Baby In Hoboken Swamp Rescue
A Hoboken boy, aged years, risked his life by wading into a swamp off Seventh street to rescue a drowning year old girl, Marjorie Maines. He carried her to land and delivered her to police then to her mother.
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Hoboken
Peter Copens
N. C
Seventh Street
Marjory Maines
Football Trick Averts Death On Train Collision
President David Starr Jordan of Stanford recounts using football skills to protect himself and others after a collision of two Santa Fe trains near Corona Virginia. He rose, assisted the injured, and credited his gridiron training with preventing serious harm.
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David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Santa Fe
Corona
Vir
Jordan
Crowning of King Staakon VIIE and Queen Maud in Trondheim
In Trondhjem cathedral the ancient Norse capital, King Staakon VIIE and Queen Maud were crowned at noon Friday. Congressional appropriations for the current session are projected to reach nearly a billion dollars, surpassing all prior years.
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Norway
Trondhjem
Staakon Viie
Maud
Heirs Sue Widow Over Million Dollar Estate In California
Frank J Haddock and sister Sarah Haddock Whitsett sue Cynthia Haddock widow of Chicago millionaire Charles C Haddock claiming spirits mediums manipulated him to will away real and personal property valued around one million dollars. They assert the step grandmother and stepmother conspired to divert Chicago and California holdings including Los Angeles Kern Palmer Shasta counties Santa Catalina island.
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Charles C. Haddock
Chicago
Los Angeles County
California
Frank J.H Haddock
Sarah Haddock Whitsett
Mis
Cynthia Willett Haddock
Haddock
Laddock
Haxldock
Los Angeles
Kern
Palmer
Shasta
Santa Catalina Island
Rochester man held for murder of wife after confession
William Krasch of Rochester New York is jailed in Cleveland after a complete confession to police. He is charged with murdering his wife whose body was found in the canal at Rochester. Also arrested is Mrs Mary Gilmore the woman he allegedly eloped with.
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William Krasch
Rochester
N.Y
Cleveland
Brasch
Mary Gilmore
Ave
Charter Sas
Charter Sas, and Told Them That He Kills His Wife Heease
Gil More
Cuban Town Saguada Grande Destroyed by Fire and Flood
Cablegrams report Saguada Grande in Santa Chira province Cuba, a town of about 13 000 inhabitants, was flooded and then completely destroyed by fire in two messages received by telegraph.
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Saguada Grande
Santa Chira Provider
Cuba
Drownings In James River Whirlpool Near Mitchell
Nathen Well Clarence Knott and Maude Ellison drowned while fishing from a boat below White's mill dam two miles north of Mitchell. The boat was drawn into a whirlpool and upset Ellie sans boay was recovered.
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Nathen Well
Clarence Knott
Maude Ellison
James River
White's Mill Dam
Mitchell S.t
Ellie Sans Boay
Thrilling Balloon Flight Over New York to Binghamton
Dr. Julian F. Thomas and Charles 8. Levee narrate their 350 mile balloon voyage from New York, landing near Binghamton, New York after an electric storm. They describe rain soaked ropes alive with electricity, sparks on contact, and lightning revealing cloud formations as winds shaped mountains and valleys. The storm raged from 9 p m to 5 a m with flashes lighting the sky.
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Julian F. Thomas
Charles 8. Levee
New York
Binghamton
N. Y
Cloudland
Thomas
Oregon Harbors Red Anarchists in Portland
Walter Scalaszkiwez, ex president of the Polish National Society, tells police that Portland harbors about eighty anarchists who meet northeast of the city and allegedly plotted to assassinate President Roosevelt. He claims members attacked him Sunday night over alleged misuse of funds while he sought warrants for several members.
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Roosevelt
Walter Scalaszwiwcz
Polish National Society
Portland
Ore
Sealaszkiwez
Selaszkiwez
Panic Fire at Middletown Asylum Kills Manager
A blaze in the amusement hall of the State hospital for the insane in Middletown Connecticut caused one death. Fr. Lichtenstein, general manager of Merchants' Silk Company, was crushed by a falling wall, his body torn by a fire escape. The building and contents were valued at about 45000 dollars.
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State Hospital For the
Middletown
Conn
Asylum
Fr. Lichtenstein
Merchants’ Silk Company
Lichtenstein
York
Burglars Kill Woman Found Strangled in NY Apartment
Mrs. Margaret Green, 64, was found in her kitchen with a towel tied around her throat, choking her to death. Police suspect burglary over rumors she kept money at East Que Wandred and First street, New York, with little information obtained since discovery.
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Margaret Green
East Que Wandred
First Street
New York
Los Angeles Fire Threatens Wholesale Block
A blaze in a building occupied by Trolbrook Merrill and Stetson in Los Angeles burned for two hours, menacing the wholesale district. Oil concerns nearby escaped damage while the block from Commercial to East Market streets was endangered. Loss estimated at 150000 pounds.
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California
Trolbrook, Merrill & Stetson
Los Angeles
Commercial Street
Fast Market Street
Los Angeles Street
Sausage Death Kills Three in Arkansas Farm Incident
A farmer J B Baremore and his two children Emma six and James fifteen months died near Port Smith Arkansas from lampamine poisoning after eating bologna sausage. A daughter aged seven is at the point of death.
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J.B. Baremore
Emma
Jaues
Port Smith
Ark
Dighter
Bridge Company Plans Niagara River Span North of Arch
The Trans-Niagara Bridge Company, incorporated in Ottawa with a $1,000,000 capital, seeks to construct a bridge across the Niagara river north of the upper steel arch bridge at Niagara Falls. Separately, Wounds Divorced Wife reports W F Kerring shot and likely fatally wounded his former wife and her niece Bessie ODay in Los Angeles, while Isis reconciliation overtures were ignored.
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Niagara Falls
Trans-Niagara Bridge Company
Ottawa
Ont
Niagara River
W. F. Kerring
Bessie O'Day
Los Angeles
Cal
Isis
Shirts as a Campaign Issue in Kansas
A farm paper notes a movement to organize farmers into unions and treats shirt lengths as a campaign flashpoint. The argument suggests that elongating shirts by one inch would use up the cotton surplus, highlighting agricultural labor concerns in the election discourse.
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Kansas
Liquid Air Promoter Charles FE Tripler Dies in New York Hotel
Charles F. E. Tripler a pioneer of liquid air fame died at a Liberty New York hotel after an illness of two months. He directed the organization of the Tripler Liquid Air Company.
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Liquid Air
Charles FE
Tripler
Liberty
N.Y
Keright
Liquid Air Company
Filipino Bandits Capture Town in Leyte Clash
A 300 strong Pulajanes unit under Cae eario Pastor attacked Bu cauen on Leyte island. They killed five policemen, wounded five, captured the rest except the officer in command, with Pastor killed in the encounter.
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Cae Eario Pastor
Bucauen
Leyte
Pastor
Ammonia Tank Explosion at Polar Wave Tee Plant
An ammonia tank exploded in the condensing roan area of the Polar Wave Tee Company in St. Louis. The blast ignited fumes filling the air around nearby apartments and caused estimated losses of 350.00 dollars.
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Polar Wave Tee Company
St. Louis
Richard Ivens Hanged for Murder in Chicago County Jail
Richard Ivens was executed in Chicago Friday for the murder of Mrs Bessie Hallister. The scaffold fall occurred at 11 05 p m with the law’s penalty carried out in the county jail.
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Richard Ivens
Richard G. Ivens
Bessie Hallister
Chicago
Brown University to Build John Hay Memorial Library
Brown university received 3120 to fund a John Hay memorial library with a larger grant of 150000 from Andrew Carnegie. Gov Folk of Missouri granted a respite to Mrs Aggie Myers and Frank Slottman delaying their June 20 hanging to Sept 3.
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John Hay
Brown University
Andrew Carnegie
Folk
Missouri
Aggie Myers
Frank Slottman
Illinois Man Nominated for Envoy to Norway
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Herbert IL 1 to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Norway. Huntings ton Wilson of Illinois to succeed Mr. Pierce as third assistant Secretary of State.
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Illinois
Senate
Herbert
Pierce
Norway
Huntingston Wilson
Ohio Acting Governor Calls Extra Session Based on Daguer Influence
Acting Governor Harris of Ohio will convene an extra legislative session only if the Daguer interests prevail against the Aiken high saloon effort. The decision hinges on defeating the anti saloon measure, which would void much of the previous Legislature’s work.
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Harris
Ohio
Aiken High
Boom in Cement Trade
The United States Geological Survey reports Portland cement production in 1905 reached 36,240,812 barrels worth 33,243,807 dollars, up 8,740,031 barrels and 89,890,748 dollars from 1904.
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United States Geological Survey
Congress Debates Budget Bills and Fortifications
The Senate and House considered the meat inspection provision in the agriculture appropriation bill and debated sundry civil and fortifications measures. Speakers included Proctor Beveridge Lodge Morgan Perkins and others. A range of bills passed or were sent to conference, including spending for the President’s travel and a Missouri congressional seat dispute.
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Senate
House
Messrs
Proctor
Beveridge
Lodge
Morgan
Perkins
Panama Canal
Llouse
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Pouse Hill
Lone
Mesa Verde
Cliff Dwellers
Colorado
Benejamin B. Barnes
Washington
District of Columbia
Postoffic
MA Conedrey
Missouri
M. L. Brooks
Niagara River Waters Control Bill Moves Through Senate
The Niagara River water control bill passed the Senate and was sent to conference. The old conservatives were reappointed with instructions to insist on Senate amendments. President Tooseygu faced sharp criticism from Representative Boundage over White House spending and Mrs Minor Morris’s arrest.
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National Capital
Niagara River
Senate
Tooseygu
Representative Boundage
Arkansas
Minor Morris
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