Priest Murder Shocking Denver Parish Attack
Italian immigrant Giuseppe Guarnaccio shot Father Leo Beloridhs at St Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Denver while administering the sacrament. Police pursued, the priest died at the church, and the assailant was taken to jail then hustled to Colorado Springs for safety amid crowd anger. Guarnacco confessed a general grudge against priests as he described his anarchist motive before authorities moved him out of town.
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Denver
Col
Leo Beloridhs
St. Elizabeth’s Cattolle
Curtis
Guiseppe Cuarnaccio
Lin
Pather Leo
Phen
Tin
Yaniel Croala
Italifin
Cgvarnaceto
Saver
Chiula
Michael Delaney
Franciqosin Brothers
St. Elizabeth's Church
Wishop Matz
Father Leo
Eusebius
Daniel Hayes
Guarnaccio
Italy
Central America
United States
Father Lea
Koele
Germany
Tia
Paterdon
N. J
Orogas
Father Lee
Wwn
Littleton
Colorado Springs
Loss of Captain Palmer Vessel Relatives Lose Hope
Dorchester New Brunswick February 24. Relatives of Captain William Palmer a vessel owner and officer on the British ship Alacrus have abandoned hope the reefer will be heard from again.
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Dorchester
N. B
William Palmer
Frenzied assault ends in death in Fayetteville
Chief Heaton of Fayetteville is killed by a drunken Black man named Sam Murchison who also wounded two others. The assailant fled, was captured within an hour, and held after a struggle as crowds urged lynching. A separate incident left a drunk Black man injured after resisting arrest as city guards and police paced a tense night.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Fellce Heaton
Sam Muchhteon
Chason
Lochamy
Cermin
Tom Walker
Murchison
Banton
Yates Announces Candidacy for Governor in 1908
Richard Yates declares he will seek the Republican nomination for governor in the general primary on August 8, 1908. He says the new direct plurality primary law offers an opportunity for an appeal to the people rather than to convention and committees. He spoke Sunday night before boarding a Jacksonville-bound train and released his statement in full.
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Springfield
Richard Yates
Jacksonville
Thave
Enor
Threats to blow up naval magazine force enlistment halt
A letter signed Black Mand to Commander Braunsrueter at the U S naval magazine on Ioma Island threats to blow up the smokeless powder stores unless married men discharged from inland employment by January 2 1908 are recalled. The magazine holds 2 006 008 pounds of smokeless powder and other explosives across multiple magazines.
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New York
Fab
Braunsrueter
United States Naval
Ioma Island
Powers Prosecutor Dies in Kentucky Case
Victor A. Bradley, one of the prosecutors in the Caiet Powers trials, died Sunday night after a brief pneumonia illness. He was the second prosecutor from the defense side to die in the renowned case, linked to Georgetown, Kentucky.
Missouri Treasurer and Ex Mayor Chappell Dies at 70
Philip Edwards Chappell, who served as Missouri state treasurer and twice as mayor of Jefferson City, died Sunday night at his Kansas City home. He was 70 years old.
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Kansas City
Philip Edwards Chappell
Missouri
Jefferson City
This City
Ex Senator Knight Dead in Iowa Railroad Lawyer Dies
Dubuque Feb 24 W J Knight general counsel of the Winona Central railroad in Iowa and former state senator died Sunday at age 71.
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Knight
Dubuque
W.J. Knight
Keneral
Winole Central Rallroad
Iowa
Australia seeks American fleet to visit Pacific ports
Melbourne reports Australia invites the United States battleship fleet to visit major seaports, aiming to inaugurate a new era in the region. Prime Minister Alfred Deakin announces the invitation, with no reply yet, while the Navy League in New York rebukes changes to naval programs. In Callao the battleship crew enjoys a day of sightseeing.
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Melbourne
Australia
San Fransisco
Roosevelt
Alfred Deakin
Pacific
United States
Elo Jangiro
Valparaiso
Callao
New York
Navy League of the United States
Nny
Congress
Navy Department
Lima
Peru
Bay of
Catlao
Wealthy Italian Slain in West Broadway Warehouse
Gerolamo Cela a wealthy Italian cicomporter and leading member of the Italian chamber of commerce died after being found in his West Broadway warehouse with a fractured skull and suspected poison. Police consider murder, with coroner’s note of a hammer blow followed by poison to mimic suicide.
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New York
Gerolamo Cela
Auto racers race to Detroit via New York to Paris route
Positions of auto racers in the long distance event are sketched with the American car arriving in Michigan City amid snowdrifts and trudging through. The Italian entry reaches South Bend with its pilot car, and plans to return the chauffeur John Sperry to Detroit as part of the convoy.
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Michigan City
Ind
South Bend
New York
Paris
Detroiit
John Sperry
Rioting in Ten Ble in Alte Teberto Feb 24
Ten people killed and a score or more wounded in a riot on the main street during a Muharram procession in Ten Ble. Excitement followed the shooting death of a farmer, Walter Holbrook, by Fred Norman near June ton four miles away. Norman arrested and jailed amid public uproar.
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Alte
Teberso
Asveral Ecclesantics
Ag & Rewult
Sear
Shawnodtows
Walter Holbrook
Fred Norman
Ton
Norman
Senate expected to vote to retain Otto Kelsey as state insurance head
Albany February 24 indicates the senate will likely reject removal of Otto Kelsey from the office of state superintendent of insurance, a move recommended by Governor Hughes. The anticipated vote favors a decisive majority to keep Kelsey in place.
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Kelsey
Albany
Senate
Otto Kelsey
State Superintendent of Insurance
Hughes
Telegraphic Brevities Chronicle Varied 19th Century News
A laborer dies from a tunnel fall in Gary Indiana while a Brooklyn fire destroys property valued at 300000. The State Bank of Mt Pao Minnesota resumes business after doors closed January 18. John Myrenson of Duluth sets a new American record in active jumping at Ishpeming Michigan. A quarrel leads Mrs. Frazier to denounce her husband as a murderer to Los Angeles police. Taft attends Washington’s Birthday events in Buffalo. An Urbana Ohio carriage crash kills two, injures a girl. Oklahoma Democrats in Muskogee pledge for Bryan nomination. Society matron Mrs Nation Rives Burden dies by gas, disinheritance noted. Gov. Hughes visits Chicago for events on Washington’s Birthday. A Vizal family poisoning case may get retrial over alleged duress. Maj. Grant notes troops for Pacific coast defense. Chicago detectives trap a large armed gambling plot. West Hammond raid follows.
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Hichal Czopesak
Gary
Ind
Brooklyn
N. Y
State Bank of
Mt. Pao
Minn
Doora
Remein
John My
Buffalo
N.Y
Orge Mauck
Urbana
Weir
Muskogee
Bryan
Nation Rives Burden
New York Society
Gov
Hughes
New York
Washington
Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Union League Club
Herman Willi
Vizal
Maj. Gan
Frederick D. Grant
Japan
Pacific Coat
West Mammond
Edison Under Knife in New York Hospital
Inventor Thomas A Edison underwent a surgery at Moohattar Eye and Throat Hospital to relieve left ear trouble. Dr Arthur B Duel, ear specialist, performed the operation to open an abscess in the middle ear. The procedure was apparently successful and Edison is expected to recover promptly, staying about a week.
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New York
Pep
Thomas A. Edison
Moohattar Eye
Sar Aod
Arthur &. Duel
Mr. Edison
Farmer Oscar Frank convicted of manslaughter in wife’s death
In Pawnee City Nebraska Oscar Frank, a wealthy farmer, was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of his young wife. The crime occurred last April and the body was found at their farm home after initial belief of suicide. The couple had married recently.
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Pawnee City
Neb
Oscar Frank
Robbers In Field Kansas City Mo February 24
Two bold robbers seized Irwin Brooks’s home in Wyandotte county one mile from Bethel for four hours and held the family in bed while Brooks was shot on entering the scene. The assailants tied his hands and fled.
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Field
Kansas City
Irwin Brooks
Bethel
Wyandotte County
Manas
Brooks
Kingston man dies in hotel shooting attempt
Frederick J. Brinnier of Kingston North Carolina, son of former partner William Brinnier of New York, attempted death by own action in a Philadelphia hotel on Sunday by shooting himself. He is connected to Alton B. Parker through a former law partnership.
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Philadelphia
Frederick J. Brinnier
Wiliam Brinnier
Alton B. Parker
New York
Kingston
N. C
Himaalf
General Rufus Saxton Dies Suddenly in Washington
Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton retired from U S Army collapsed and died Sunday in Washington. Reports list a heart attack as the cause. Saxton, a noted Civil War veteran, had served as a district official and adviser in the capital. His death shocks military and political circles.
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Saxton
Washington
Rufus Saxton
Kaart
Diagaae
Twelve Arrested in Kenosha Black Hand Outcry
Mariano Saltemachels, an Italian resident near Kenosha, survived a shooting and fall from a second story window after a suspected Black Hand attack. Twelve men were arrested. Saltemachels could identify only one. Police suspect an organized crime link. the injured man faced exposure and blood loss but is expected to recover.
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Kenosha
Mariano Saltemechels
Mdéimbera
Saltemachsla
Charged with Incendiary Act in Wisconsin Case
In La Crosse county 19 year old John Olson testified denying involvement in three barn blazes at Merbert J. Coolidge property. He was bound over for trial despite his denial. In Fond du Lac a breach of promise suit brought by Mary Salbert, aided by Madison Supreme Court ruling, awarded $16,000, up from $15,000, reduced by $5,000 to set one of the largest awards by the court.
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Allentown
Emme Mak
Slatington
la Crossa
Merbert J. Coolidge
John Olson
Madison
Supreme Court
Fond du Lac
Mary Salbert
Sues for Loss of His Eye in La Crosse trolley accident
Merbert J. Coolidge filed suit against La Crosse Street Railway for 25000 damages after losing sight in one eye at a pearl button factory and then having the other eye damaged by a trolley rope on a street car. Racine council rejects raise for Police Chief Maker. Marquette transfers Reverend Otting to Detroit College and appoints Reverend O Hoyie to succeed him at St. Louis University.
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la Crosse
Merbert J. Coolidge
la Crosse Street Railway Company
Racine
Henry C. Maker
Horleck
Baker
Marquette
Milwaukee
Henry Otting
Marquette University
Detroit College
Francis X. O'Hoyie
St. Louis Universlly
Bim
Four Years in Waupun Sentenced for Fraud Case
George Paradise du Marchande, convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses, is sentenced to four years in state prison with each January year set in solitary confinement. The case may be appealed to the supreme court.
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Waupun- la Crosse
George Paradise du Marchande
Supreme Court
Fires Destroy Three Stores on Brown Street Rhinelander
Fire swept three wooden stores on Brown street owned by W. Shelton and E. Vasseur and housing Frank C. Cramer bakery Frank Planke bakery and P. E. Glom jewelry. The blaze left the structures badly damaged and partially covered by insurance loss uncertainty.
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Rhinelander
Brown Street
W. Shelton
E. Vasseur
Frank C. Cramer
Frank Planke
P. E. Glom
Josueance
Large winter catches of whitefish and trout reported
Reports from Marinette and Door County indicate unusually large runs of whitefish and trout this winter with shipments of sizeable consignments. The season shows better yields than any year since 1900, prompting broader fishing activity and trade interest.
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Marinette
Door County
Bank Official Dies Suddenly in City
Ole H. Swanley, 12 year cashier of Northern State Bank, dies suddenly at his home. A well known county figure, he leaves a mark on local finance and community life.
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Washburn
Ole H. Swanley
Northern State Bank
Immigration from the South Drawn to Canada Northwest
St Paul reports expectations of a heavy movement of new settlers from the United States to Canada Northwest in 1908. Railroads offer homeseekers rates on par with western pathways, with good winter wheat prospects in Alberta and Magrath regions. Reports from 1907 yield show high bushel payments for wheat and oats, indicating strong farm profitability despite note of mixed items and a joke about brain function at the end.
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St. Paul, Minn
Canada Northwest
United States
Canadian Northwest
St Paul
Canadian
Canada
Winter Wheat Bell
Alberta
Cardston
H. Howe
Magrath
Alta
J. F. Haycock
J. F. Bradshaw
Ivy plant damages tower foundation in Yarnborough
An ivy plant growing near St. Sohn the Baptist church tower in Yarnborough England undermined the foundation lifting stones. Repairs cost $3,000 to restore the structure. The article notes the plant's persistence and the resulting risk to the historic tower.
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Toy
St. Sohn the Baptist
Yarnborough
England
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