The Powers Trial Ends With Friendly Prisoner Reception
Bowling Green attorney J. C. Sims argued Calebs defense for Powers claiming no conspiracy, blaming a single youth for the Goebel killing. Upon conclusion, families and supporters gathered at the bar to shake Powers’s hand as he stood with his aging mother, in an improvised tribute.
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Tee
J.C. Sims
Bowling Green
Calebs
Times
Goebel
Powers
Sims
Mien
Wowen
Priser
Finley
Shears
Mining Man Convicted in Chicago University?
Frederick H. assaday found guilty of using the mails to promote fraudulent mining schemes. Evidence shows Colvin purchased a mine at Salida Colorado and organized the Boston Colorado Mining Company with one million dollars capital, selling shares at 25 and 50 cents.
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Chicago
Frederick H.assaday
Colvin
Salida
Colo
le Boston-Colorado Mining Company
Jurisdiction clash in Kansas adoption case on infant claim
Across a Topeka chamber hearing Kansas judges weighed adoption papers from Illinois and Kansas in a dispute involving Mrs Stella Barclay and Mrs Bleakley. Senator Fitzpatrick led counsel while Stella Barclay attended as emotion filled letters between parties were read aloud.
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Vierfute
Hingis
Schnat Fentet Inenbater
Stella Hate Bleakley
Elas Vane
Dias Bekeak
Bleakley
Lhineis
Pollock
Juris Courts
Judee Pallock
Bargene Ware
Bleater
Stneys
Day
Kansas City
Kan
Topeka
Seria
Tor Fitzpatrick
W.P. Hackney
St. Louis
Eugene Ware
J. Q.rton
W. B. Brownell
Kansas
Stella Barclay
W. 8. Fitzpatrick
Illinois Court of Appeals
Taft Defends Roosevelt Policies In Boston Speech
Those who know Taft doubt he will desert Roosevelt and cut from the administration. The speech pleases friends, showing Taft as fearless and loyal to Roosevelt. He must sink or swim by Roosevelt policies and stands by what he believes is right. Elect Taft delegates from Kansas.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas
Prizes Announced for Athens Masquerade Ball Attire
The Athens council degree team Masquerade ball at F A A Hall will award prizes for the handsomest lady and gentleman costumes, most comical outfits, and second best looks. Sponsors include Castafion Fischer University Bookstore Cher Dick Bros Innes Julene Hackman and W E Spalding Co. A square meal at the Hiawatha awaits the leanest couple.
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Athens Council
F. A. A. Hall
Castafion
Fischer
University Bookstore
Cher
Dick Bros
Innes, Julene & Hackman
Death of Tarry E Hall in Clinton
Harry Hall Dead. This morning occurred the death of Tarry E Hall of Clinton. Death was due to consumption. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the home of George Lerby, eight miles southwest of town. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Tarry E. Hall
Clinton
George Lerby
Oak Hill Cemetery
Celebrating His Anniversary in Lawrence
F. 8. Hester recalls arriving in Lawrence twenty nine years ago today. He jokes he is too busy celebrating to make New Year’s resolutions. He notes the day brought two feet of snow and extreme cold in Lawrence. New York officials file amended bill of complaint in Katherine Clemmons Gould v Howard Gould suit. Allegations of unfaithfulness dropped. original claim says Gould hired detectives to defame her. Gould denies. Count Tolstoy reportedly hurt after a horse stumble and dislocated shoulder. advancing recovery noted. Community notes include local business ad for Wiedemann ice cream and visits from Mrs. E. B. Kendall of Anthony to Mrs. M. D. Moore.
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Hester
Lawrence
New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Gould
Farm listings near town offer varied sizes and prices
Snaps describes multiple tracts near KRRK town with 240 A at 3 miles, 120 A at 4.14 miles, 160 A at 5 miles and 320 A at 4 miles from B. R. town. Each features 9 room houses, barns, fences, water, and tillable, level land with prices from 17 000 to 18 000 dollars and easy terms. Contact Geo Brecheizen Jr. for information. For rent a five room lease in progress.
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Krrk
B. R
Geo. Brecheizen,Jr
Eudora
Kans
Neville’s .Corner
Wharton County
Texas
JM Bell Tel
Harden Case In Berlin Libel Suit Affects Von Moltke
In Berlin on December 31 the Harden libel trial focused on Count Kuno Von Moltke who testified he resigned his army due to Harden's Die Kant articles. The state seeks four months prison for Harden and notes a threatening letter to the prosecutor. Von Moltke defended his actions, saying he left the uniform to avoid stain and denied a poli group around the emperor.
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Harden‘Von Moltke
Kuno von Moltke
Harden
Die Zu Kant
Tie
Count von Moltke
Prince Eulenburg
Cont von Moltke
von Moltke
Stite
Courat von Maltke
Druce Refuses Defeat in Portland Dukedom Bid
London Dec. 31 George H Druce vows to persist in his claim to the Portland dukedom despite the discovery of a body in the Deuce coffin. He concedes the man buried may be Thomas Cruce but insists the case remains unresolved and objects to a full grave reexamination. He cites alleged similarity to photos of his grandfather and questions burial specifics.
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London
Deuce
George H. Druce
Portland
Thomas Charles Cruce
Highgate Cemetery
Duke of Portland
Bold Steal In Rochester Street Car Heist
Two men seized a chest containing 80 from a street car in Rochester in front of Main Street. They fled in an automobile as motorman and conductor stood in the station a minute. Tracks in the snow led toward the outskirts but the trail was lost. The money was the company’s partial daily earnings transferred to an uptown office. The robbers likely knew of the routine.
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Rochester
Main Street
Government seeks higher court ruling on dummy entry law
Washington on December 31 1907 the president and attorney general at the final cabinet meeting of the year authorized all means to seek disapproval in higher courts of Judge Lewis Colorado ruling. The government argues there is no law forbidding citizens agreeing in advance to purchase coal or other public lands that others may acquire under the dummy entry man system.
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Washington
Colorado
Lewis
Change for Quayle Bishop Andrews Dies in Brooklyn
New York reporting Bishop Ed ward G. Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal church died at his Brooklyn home this morning after a long ministry. He served the church for decades and held leadership roles within denominations in New York. Funeral arrangements are pending as colleagues mourn the loss of a prominent church leader.
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New York
G. Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Douglas county urged to be first in Taft endorsement
A Kansas message urges Douglas County to act quickly and elect Taft delegates for the state convention. The writer argues primaries could be held around early February and delegates chosen now, claiming leadership in being the first to endorse Taft.
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Kansas
Taft
Douglas County
As c
Denies Her Death in Murder Mystery
New York reports that Agnes Young, once thought murdered in Harrison New Jersey, is alive and working at a New York real estate office. She denies being in New Jersey on Christmas and says she did not know a Charles Meyers, contradicting Mrs Hull’s police statements.
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New York
Agnes Young
Tharrison
Hull
Mrs. Young
Bnt
New Jersey
Charles Myers
Mrs. Hull
Harrison
Want A Chautauqua For Lawrence Plans
Lawrence weighing Chautauqua with White proposing 750 season tickets at two dollars each and a three hundred dollar grounds upgrade. If approved, event would be in South Park around July 19 for a ten‑day circuit with ten venues one day apart. White has five years in the business and favorable reception today. New Year’s Menu listed.
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OS. White
South Park
Lawrence
White
Mhat
Finishing the Orient line by deadline still possible
Orient officials insist the Kansas City Mexico and Orient line will be completed today to meet a 120,000 bond condition from Wichita and Sedgwick county. About 125 men worked through the night and expect to lay two more miles, leaving four miles to reach the Texas line by midnight. The effort reflects payroll pressure and a determined team on a nearly 1,000-strong force marching rail by rail toward Sentinel and beyond.
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Oit City
KansasCity
Mexico & Orient
Rosare
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Kansas
Texas Line
Lone Wolf
Sentinel
Heartfelt plea from deserted wife to forgiving husband
New York dispatches recount Mrs Jere Knode Cook of New Traven Connecticut expressing forgiveness for minister husband who fled last April with Floretta Whaley and was found in San Francisco. She questions her duty if he returns a free man and asks for Christian guidance to forgive and forget. Cooke and Whaley with their baby tracked to a friend’s home awaiting money to travel east for a possible marriage arrangement.
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New York
New Traven
Conn
Jere Knode Cook
Floretta Whaley
San Fracio
San F . der
Jere Knode
Floreita Whaley
Cocke
Miss Whaley
Bomb explodes at Rome stock exchange causes casualties
A dynamite bomb exploded at Rome's stock exchange today. Eighteen people are wounded, with some buried under fallen building sections. Firemen, police, and troops are restoring order and aiding rescues as the roof collapses. Authorities believe the blast aimed to interrupt month end liquidation.
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Rome
Stock Exchange
Mitchell Hopes to Improve at Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Springs Mo Dec 31 John Mitchell president of the United Mina workers arrived here yesterday for health treatment and said this morning he felt no ill effects from the trip and expects to gain much from the waters and three weeks of care ahead.
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Excelsior Springs
John , Mitchell
The
United Mina Workers
Flotilla Falls Behind Schedule in Pacific Voyage
Para Brazil December 31 The torpedo boat flotilla ahead of the battleship fleet bound for the Pacific arrived today five days late after accidents damaged two destroyers.
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Para
Brazil
Pacific
Spain
Popcorn Crisp at Wiedemann's Holy Ghost Man May Be Lost
New York on December 31 reports anxiety over the yacht Coronet bound from the Orient to San Salvador. The vessel bears Leader Sanford of the Holy Ghost and Us Society of Maine who is returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy land.
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New York
Coronet
Orient
San Salvador
Sanford
the Holy Ghost
Us Society of Maine
Holy Land
Col. Murdock Not Yet Out Of Danger
Col M M Mur dock rests comfortably with no recovery timetable. Little change noted since yesterday. Congressman Mur dock, his son, will return home tonight from Washington.
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Wichita
Dee
Col
M. M. Murdock
Erange
Murdock
Washington
French Minister of Justice Dies in Senate Session
Paris reports a sudden death as Jean Francois Edmond Guiet Dessaigne, justice minister, collapsed from apoplexy during the Senate session. He was 74 years old.
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Paris
Jean Francois Edimond Guiet-Dessaigne
Senate
Bailey and Stubbs Rival for Republican Gubernatorial Nomination
In Topeka reports, Willis Bailey of Atchison and W R Stubbs of Lawrence lead the fight for the Republican nomination for governor. Leland reacts with concern as Stubbs appears poised to enter the race. John Bishop of Salina and J N Deller of Maple Hill open Kansas for Stubbs headquarters and plan statewide sentiment drives. Editors already weighing in with Staillton Journal Bristow’s paper Abilene Chronicle joining the discussion with William Allen White expected to comment today.
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Decbi
Willis, Bailey
Atchison
W. R. Stubbs
Lawrence
Leland
Stubbs
John Bishop
Salina
J. N. Deller
Maple Hill
Kansas
Bishop
Dolley
Salina Journal
Bristow
Abilene Chronicle
Governor to Decide Week on Special Session for Guaranty Deposit Law
Topeka dispatch says Governor Wouch will decide this week whether to call a special session of the Legislature to pass a guaranty deposit law and related measures. He indicates a decision by week’s end, possibly Wednesday, stressing the issue’s importance and business pressure from banks and others. He maintains support for the law regardless of bankers’ opposition.
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Topeka
Wouch
Markets by Wire Grain and Provisions Summary
Kansas City market report dated December 31 shows receipts for wheat at 27 cars with May at 1.00 4, July at 1.00 4. No. 2 hard at 96 1, No. 2 red at 98. Corn May 543c, July 5484, No 2 mixed 51 3 52 4, No 2 white 52 6. Oats No 2 white 49 50 4e, No 1 mixed 48 48 4e. Rye 78e. Hay Choice Timothy 11.50 12, Choices Prairie 9 0 9 0. Butter Creamery Packing 1 56.
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Kansas City
Death by self before arrest ends Reichard forgery chase
Pittsburg December 31 William G Reichard aged 50 charged with forgery killed himself last night as police closed in after a chase linked to the Fettiane Case. Subpart the case to the jury.
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Pittsburg
William G. Reichard
Populists to Make Last Stand in Topeka Meeting
Topeka on December 31 reports chairman George Hanna of the populist state central committee issued a call for a January 9 meeting. The agenda includes deciding if a state convention will be held this year and whether the state organization will continue.
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Topeka
George
Hanna
Governor Lopez Shot in Manila on December 31
Governor Lopez of Manila has been shot and seriously wounded by a discontented politician. Officials report the wound is not expected to be fatal and says the governor remains under medical care with condition serious but improving.
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Manila
Lopez
Officilo
Ice Cream Flavors At Wiedemann’s Store
Vanilla and chocolate ice cream along with brown bread ice cream and pineapple ice are offered at Wiedemann's. W. L. Douglas shoes are sold by Abe.
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Wiedemann’s
Douglas
Abe
Investigating Mrs Hull in Newark Murder Case
Newark authorities hunted Charles Meyers after Mrs Frank Hull identified the murder victim as Mrs Agnes Young of New York. Hull, detained in a Newark hotel, later said the dead woman was her half sister Minnie Jeanette Gaston, and asked the body be sent to Gaston in Serville Tennessee. A magistrate lectured Hull and ordered a detective escort out of state.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Hull
Agnes Young
New York
Charles Meyers
Hull
Glass plant resumes as workers return after shutdown
Thousand glass blowers have returned to work in large glass plants here after a ten day shutdown. Companies say there is no expected halt before July 1 due to heavy orders and a current shortage of labor. Millville, N. J., Dec. 31. Three Dr. S. E. Carruthers will be out of town for a week, will be back Jan. 1.
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Millville
8. E. Carruthers
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