Hatfield Graft Hearing Details Tangle Witnesses
Hatfield testified about a $3500 fixtures contract offer to Cassidy & Sons while rockaway and councilman Rubens and Copeland face questions. Hatfield claimed bluffing and no secret talks with city officials about profits though Mayor Shank sought contract review.
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Copeland
Rubens
Shank
Hatfield Electric Company
City Hall
H. A. Rockaway
Cassidy & Sons
New York
T. B. Hatfield
Hatfield
Mr. Rockaway
Claypool Hotel
Rubena
Rockaway
Mr. Rubens
Claypool
Hatfield Company
Champagne blamed for the Maine disaster
Boston reports an official account of the 1898 Maine explosion. Curtiss Gushi cites Gen. Watzhugh Lee recounting Spanish officers wine fueled act setting off the mine near the anchored vessel. Lee said the Maine was moored over the mine to control hostilities, not to destroy it.
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Boston
Maine
Havana Harbor
Curtiss Gushi
Texas
Watzhugh Lee
Havena
Guild
Gen. Lee
Dynamite Scare Arraigns Burke at California Sanitarium
Dr Willard P Burke head of Burke sanitarium is arrested in Santa Rosa California charged with exploding dynamite outside the main building to maim or destroy. Luella Smith and her 11 month old baby were injured though the child survived. The district attorney holds a letter from a sanitarium attendant as key evidence. Burke is released on forty thousand dollar bond and claims the woman is insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa
Cal
Burke Sanitarium
Luella Smith
Willard P. Burke
Miss Smith
Dr. Burke
Smith
Burke
Misa Smith
Feudists at War in Grotar India Bandits in Hills
Revolt has broken out in Eastor a feudatory state and nearby central provinces. Advances report many killed in raids and battles as reinforcements rush to police. Troops ordered from Sironcha and Jeypore while tribesmen sack police posts schools and markets. Bands retreat to Bastar hills Narainpur near Godivari river source. Police struggle to quell rising violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Eastor
Sironcha
Jeypore
Brazaars
Bastar Hills
Narainpur
Godivari
Woman breaks wrist fleeing barking dog in Fairmount
Mrs Elva Fickle an applicant for census enumerator in Fairmount Ind slipped and fractured her right wrist while fleeing a barking dog on her way home from church. She previously fractured an ankle after a fall from a step ladder, adding to a string of mishaps.
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Fairmount
Ind
Elva Fickle
Snake awakens early in February in Indiana
In Wabash Indiana February 14 a first awake story of the season reports that Turkey Pen schoolboys killed a two foot snake. Teacher Miss Ethel Phillips vouched for the incident noting snakes seldom roam Indiana in February and the reptile greeted the groundhog’s tale with its demise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Turkey Pen
Ethel Phillips
Indiana
Falls Downstairs Fatality at Wayne Mills
John Ort age 58 a well known Fort Wayne resident fell at Wayne knitting mills Sunday. He revived after the first fall and tried to walk upstairs when he fell again striking his head and fracturing his skull leading to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Ort
Wayne Knitting Mills
Camnitz Heads Home After Conference with Dreyfuss
Lexington report says Howard Camnitz star pitcher for the National League is en route to Houstonville Ky after a conference with Parney Dreyfuss at Pittsburg. Camnitz did not sign with the world's plans because of a slight monetary issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Howard Camnitz
Houstonville
King Edward Gies Policies Before Jaint
London Feb 14 Premier Asquith resumes drafting the king’s policy as King Edward takes a vacation. Cabinet meets to present the monarch’s view. Government poised to yield to coalition demands on Lords’ precedence over the budget. Rivers of fiscal tension loom if budget action delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Asquith
Putning
Brighton
Laborites
Cathcart Wasson
Lberal
Orkney
Shetland
Tiberal
John Redmond
Healy
O'Brien
Noiseless Car Booster Demonstrated by Hoagland
I Hoagland demonstrates a noiseless bolster for street cars claiming it reduces street noise and improves ride. He says fitting costs are only slightly above current, and the bolster should extend car life. Hoagland, an inventive maker, has produced several railway appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Hoagland
Mr. Hoagland
Chinese Given a Permit to Set Off Firecrackers
Chinese residents celebrate New Year with a 15 day festival aided by a city permit from Spt. Hy land to use long strings of firecrackers. The bursts resemble rapid gunfire and are lit at small gatherings across Chinatown neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spt. Hyland
Wife Seeks $10,000 Alimony in Indiana Divorce
Lilian Harrison files for divorce from James Harrison in Terre Haute Indiana seeking $10,000 alimony and custody of two daughters Emma and Frances. She accuses cruel treatment and ongoing quarrels over household matters while noting his finances include $16,000 in personal property and $10,000 in real estate and his former presidency at Harrison National Bank in Rosedale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Lilian Harrison
James Harrison
Emma
Frances
Harrison National Bank
Rosedale
Muskrats Scarce in Fairmount Trappers Report
Fairmount Ind February 14 The trapping of muskrats fell off this winter as the fur bearing animals grew scarce. Trappers say the extremely dry summer of 1908 sent the rats to areas with more water and they have not returned in substantial numbers yet to rekindle interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount
Ind
Quiet After Night of Tension at Mobile Jail
After a night of excitement Mobile Alabama remained quiet as deputy sheriffs and police guarded the county jail to prevent a lynching. Houston Mosely, a Black man accused of attacking 13 year old Katie Walters, faced a tense scene with the girl in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Houston Mosely
Katie Walters
Beef Trust Grand Jury Resumes Action in Chicago
The grand jury convened by Judge Landis in Chicago reassembled after a two day adjournment to continue investigations into the beef trust. It will review the 1907 1908 agreement among Armour Morris and Swift on one side and Schwarzchild and Sulzberger on the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Landis
Combine
Armour, Morris and
Swift
Schwarzchild
Sulzberger
Wreck in Pennsylvania Kills Fireman and Injures Three
A freight train crash on the Cresson and Clearfield division near Munster Pennsylvania killed fireman A M Endler of Cresson and injured three trainmen H D Zeck J H Eckenrode and O J Carney who were badly hurt but not fatally.
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Pennsylvania
Altoona
Munster
Here
Cresson & Clearfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. M. Endler
Cresson
H. D. Zeck
J. H. Eckenrode
O. J. Carney
Fire Claims Two At Buena Vista Near McKeesport
Two persons burned to death in a spectacular Buena Vista fire about ten miles east of McKeesport on Sunday. Antonio Monstro and his wife were cremated in their bed as a volunteer rescue corps saved several others and fought the blaze that consumed three buildings.
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Pyitsburg
Buena Vista
McKeesport
Antonio Monstro
Lawyers for Ballinger 10 Attend Probe
Washington feb 14 the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee resumed hearings after a recess to hear the so called other side the interior secretary Ballinger was represented by lawyers for the first time and cross examined witnesses the session opened with L R Glavis the sole witness who was allowed to amend his testimony by correcting errors in the printed records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating Committee
Senator Nelson
Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Senator Jones
J. J. Vertrees
Nashville
Carl Rasch
Helena. Mont
Messrs. Vertrees
Rasch
Louis R. Glavis
L. R. Glavis
Ballinger-Pinchot
Brandes
Glavis
Lincoln Day Observances By Local Christian Scientists
Christian Science churches held Lincoln Day services with the standard Sunday format. The lesson sermon centered on Liberation, linking Romans 6 18 to freedom from sin and righteousness, with Isaiah 58 1 8 as the responsive reading. Horace C Star gave a talk on Lincoln at the Second Church in the Masonic temple.
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Christian Science Churches
Boston
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Baker Eddy
Church of Christ Scientist
Masonic Temple
Lfe
Lincoln
Horace C. Star
Indiana YMCA reports forty year figures and assets
Indiana state secretary E. E. Stacy releases the fortieth annual YMCA report showing 14 199 members in Indiana and property valued at 1 171 498 dollars. The state has 45 YMCA associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Stacy
Young Men's Christian Association
Indiana
Grape-Nuts Health Testimony Highlights Digestion Gains
A Chicago woman writes that after years of indigestion and constipation caused by coffee and heavy foods, Grape-Nuts food restored her health. She notes improved digestion, weight gain, and dependence on Grape-Nuts, urging others to try it. The letter extols physician success with the product and closes with “There’s a Reason.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Welville
Plogs
Patrick Calhoun Goes On Trial Second Time
San Francisco February 14 The second trial of Patrick Calhoun street railway magnate for bribery opened in Judge Lawler s court Calhoun and counsel said they were ready for trial and urged impaneling a new jury The jury from the first trial was agreed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Calhoun
San Francisco
Jodge Lawl
Calhoun
Catholics to Build New St. Marys Church in City
Rev. Anthony Scheideler of St. Marys Catholic church announces start of construction for a new church at New Jersey and Vermont streets. Ground was purchased for 82000 dollars. total cost estimated at 125000 dollars with 15000 dollars for the Bedford stone structure. Groundbreaking set for April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Scheideler
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Church
New Jersey
Vermont Streets
Dr Eber Holbrook Dies After Church Visit
Dr Eber Holbrook aged 54 director of the South Side high schools and Civil War veteran collapsed and died on Fifth Avenue near Bellefield Presbyterian church after leaving services. Born in Lebanon Ohio his father founded Lebanon University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Eber Holbrook
South Side High Cachools
Fifth Avenue
Bellefield Presbyterian Church
Dr. Holbrook
Lebanon
The
Lebanon University
Boy Hurt When Wagon Wheel Traps Leg
Oscar Young, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Young, was injured when a wagon loaded with 2 500 pounds of coal ran over his right leg in Huntington Indiana. He was picked up by the driver and taken home for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington, Ind
Oscar Young
Harry Young
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