Mrs LeDoux Faces Hanging After Fatal Poison Plot
Emma LeDoux, convicted of murdering her husband A N McVicar by poison and placing his body in a trunk, faces execution by hanging on October 9 as court records recall her stoic demeanor. Prosecutors cite bigamy fears as motive while defense seeks a new trial citing an untruthful witness. The case unfolds amid broader dispatches noting New York city area land, city expenditures, and other distant incidents.
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Ohio Falls Holiness Association Opens Nineteenth Meeting
The nineteenth annual Ohio Falls Holiness Association began on the Silver Hills camp grounds west of New Albany Indiana. Grounds are in excellent condition and attendance is larger than ever. Numerous speakers will deliver addresses over the three week meeting.
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New Albany
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Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Company
Vermont State Tennis Championship Opens in St Johnsbury
Vermont State Tennis Championship opened in St Johnsbury on August 7 with a large field entries promising an unusually spirited contest. Somp Russ of San Antonio Texas is featured as a stave champion in the tournament.
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St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Ie Somp Russ
San Antonio
Tex
Death toll easing in New York amid heat relief hopes
Scripps News Association reports lower death rate than yesterday as humidity lags. Five deaths today raise the total to twenty one since yesterday morning, signaling possible relief from the heat. Also note lawsuits and union convention items in brief dispatches.
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New Yok
Buried in Steel Vault Daniel Wilson Body
The body of Daniel Wilson was buried today in a steel vault weighing 2000 pounds which automatically locked from the inside in Springfield Massachusetts.
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Springfield
Mass
Daniel Wilson
Bank receiver appointed for Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
John C. Fatzer, a capitalist, named receiver on a one million dollar bond. Two women with deposits under three hundred dollars prompted a warrant charging President Paul O. Stensland with accepting deposits while insolvent. Stensland and cashier Herring are absent. examiner Jo es cannot yet state the shortage amount.
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Chicago
John C. Fatzer
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Paul O. Stensland
Stensland
Herring
Cabinet Changes Reported in St Petersburg
The St Petersburg Gazette says the Czar will reshuffle the cabinet next Thursday with Prince Lvov as premier, Count HAYdan interior minister, and Prince Stokovich finance minister. The Douma will supervise the 1907 budget, and urban unrest is being controlled as strikes disperse and factories resume work.
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St. Patersburgt
St. Petarsburg
Prince Lvoff
Count Haydan
Prince Stokivich
Pat Foley Helps Stop Runaway Wagon in Portland Street
Pat Stopper on Adama Avenue intervened to hold a runaway wagon near Depot corner. The Hotel Feley wagon broke loose, sped toward the hotel, and Pat grabbed the horse, guiding it to a halt amid cheering onlookers. Mrs Deckhoff and family plan a weeklong visit while Mr Deckhoff heads to Shanghia for a new general superintendent post.
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Pan American Congress Debates Arbitration Steps
In Rio de Janeiro on August 7 the arbitration committee urged all represented nations to commit to a Hague conference arbitration convention. A naturalization treaty proposed by Leo Rowe aims to restore original citizenship when a naturalized person reverts to native lands. The measure awaits next session adoption and immediate effect after ratification.
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Naturalization Commission
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Congress
Men fined for dynamite fishing on Wallowa river
G. E. Lind Eliott Johnson and Axtel Linstead, laborers on the O. R. and N. extension of the Elgin branch, were arrested in Elgin and pleaded guilty to using dynamite to catch fish on the Wallowa river. Each was fined 50 dollars plus costs, with a warning that penalties could be harsher.
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Axtel Linstead
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Wallowa
Refusal to Seat Frisco Delegates Sparks Convention
Chicago August 7 police and plain clothes guards outside the Leamsers convention faced a protest over seating San Francisco delegates after credentials were challenged as irregular. Philadelphia report notes a grand jury indictment of fourteen local ice trust members for conspiring to monopolize the trade.
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Chicago
Leamsers
San Francisco
Strippe News Association
Philadelphia
Ice Trust
Army Officers in Duel Near Paris Ends Without Fatality
Paris August 7 reports General Andre and Den yeriare settled a dispute by dueling. Two shots were fired both missing. The combatants survive the encounter as authorities note no injuries.
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Paris
Andre
Denyeriare
Captured Mutineers Executed in Hel sinki Fort
Helsingfors reports captured revolutionists handed to Finnish authorities for trial and punishment under local law. Military executions continue at the fortress following the mutiny allegations. In Chicago fifteen witnesses were summoned by the grand jury for the Standard investigation as the delayed jury was finally empaneled.
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Sorippa News Association
Helsingfors
Geeahkare
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Chicago
Ill
Ninth Annual Tanley Trotting Races Open in Va
The Peninsula Fair Association stages the ninth annual fair and trotting meet in Tanley August 7 opening a four day event. Top trotters and pacers are entered for three races daily with prizes from $100 to $500.
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Scripps News Association
Tanley Va
Peninsula Fair Association
Governor orders Salisbury lynchers arrested. guards at jail
Governor Glenn wires Salisbury officials to arrest lynchers of three Negroes and plans to visit Salisbury tonight. The Charlotte military company is ordered to guard the jail to prevent escapes, as lynchers already in custody. In other dispatches conservatives control the Democratic convention in Waterloo and lumber dealers raise base lumber price to $26 per thousand in Los Angeles.
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Raleigh
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Salisbury
Charlotte Military Company
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Waterloo
Low
Scerippe News Association
Los Angeles
Freight Handlers Strike Stalls at Southern Pacific
In Sacramento California August the Southern Pacific freight handlers remain on strike as the company refuses to meet their demands. Ships and yards have not been fully staffed and freight movement remains congested.
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