Court sends case to Elkhart for retrial in fur theft
Indiana supreme court denies rehearing in disbarment actions against Lemuel Darrow and John W. Talbot. Two women Stella Lula and Mary Sobieski were arrested in Chicago for stealing furs from Herman in Michigan City. A witness, Mrs. Harry Duck of South Bend, admitted fabricating a tale and implicated Talbot. The Goshen trial ended with Darrow and Talbot convicted. WorB acquitted. Case now sent to Elkhart for retrial. appeal seeks supreme court review.
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Austin
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Chicago
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Ack
Eikhart ‘Court
Supreme Tefor
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Ferrywoman guides old Indiana ferry on White River
In Hazelton Indiana on December 12 a young woman, Nannie Catt, eighteen, operates the ferry at the old Giro Buena Vista crossing on the White River. The article recalls antebellum days when the village thrived as a flatboat loading point to New Orleans and notes the ferryboat continues to run despite harsh winds and high whitecaps.
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White River
Old Indiana Town
Hazelton
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N&e
Indianapolis Man Declares Nothing Concealed About Canal
Indianapolis businessman Harry Reisagberg told President Roosevelt that all books and papers on the Panama Canal were at his command and that nothing about the canal work or its purchase was concealed. Senator Beveridge introduced Reisagberg to the president in Washington.
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Washington
Beveridge
Harry Reis
Agberg
Indianapolis
Panama
Reizenberg
Liquor Interests Move to Block Local Option Vote
Indianapolis December 12 plan by liquor interests to curb county local option elections through injunctions surfaces in Whitley county. A temporary restraining order blocks commissioners from calling a local option election before February 4 when a final hearing for a permanent injunction is set.
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Indianapolis
Indiape
Ney
Whitley County
Hiquor
Immigration Commission General Salary Debate in House
Washington December 12 row over increasing the salary of the commissioner general of immigration. Mr Macon of Arkansas opposed the measure and the raise was blocked. Mr Fitzgerald of New York criticized Daniel Keefe’s appointment, calling it political debt payment and hypocrisy. Mr Mann of Illinois defended Keefe as qualified and faithful to the government.
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Macon
Arkansas
Fitzgerald
New York
Daniel Keefe
Mann
Illinois
Keefe
Illinois debaters lose as Nebraska wins municipal government debate
Lincoln Neb December 12 Nebraska three debaters J E Bednar R W Bates and Dean Driscoll defeated Illinois university team members 85 M Thompson Ray B Frizzell and J C Herbstman in a contest on a commission form of municipal government with Nebraska holding the affirmative.
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Nebraska
Bryan Ian’t
Lincoln
Neb
J. E. Bednar
R. W. Bates
Dean Driscoll
M. Thompson
Ray B. Frizzell
J. C. Herbstman
Ilinois University
Taft to Speak at McKinley Memorial Organ Dedication
New York will host a prominent dedication events week at the Metropolitan Temple with speakers including President Elect William H Taft Andrew Carnegie and Col John James McCook. Governor Hughes will speak midweek and Vice President Elect Sherman is set for December 20 with Bishop Goodsell and Rev Dr Buckley also on the program.
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New York
Metropolitan Temple
William H. Taft
John Wesley Hill
Andrew Carnegie
John James McCook
Kellogg in Cabinet Prospects Amid Taft Transition
Washington reports Frank B Kellogg the trust buster is assured of a Taft cabinet spot though not offered yet. George A Knight of California is named as a cabinet candidate while Taft attends the Gridiron dinner and heads to New York then Augusta Ga. Yale class of 76 to lead civil parade line at inauguration. Taft parade in New York costs $57,481 as announced by the Business Men's Republican League.
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Washington
Frank B. Kellogg
Taft
Kellogg
George A. Knight
California
New York
Augusta
Yale
Elect Taft
Yale University
Business Men's Republican League
House Favors Revision of Philippine Tariff Schedules
Washington Dec 12 The ways and means committee will continue tariff hearings into the short session with a compromise on Philippine sugar and tobacco schedules. A bill to thoroughly revise existing tariffs is generally expected to pass the House. Carnegie Postpones Testimony in Tariff Hearing. Iowa Beats Minnesota in Debate. Minneapolis Dec 12 Minnesota lost to Iowa 2 to 1 in a debate on adopting a commission plan of government for American cities.
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Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Taft
House of Representatives
Carnegie
Dec
Andrew Carnegie
House
Ways and Leans
Iowa
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
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