Jumped Bail Brought Back Affects U S Honor
In New York a habeas corpus case questions whether using extradition to punish a public servant who jumped bail is proper. Judge Hough cites U S honor as more important than punishing criminals, referencing the Rauscher decision. Browne, once a customs employee, fled to Canada, then jailed for conspiracy to defraud the government.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Hough
Charles C. Browne
Customs Service
Browne
Canada
Sing Sing
W. M. K. Olcott
Rauscher
Supreme
Court of the
Judge Hough
Charles Fox
Sir Percy Sanderson
Balloonist falls to death at Utica street fair
William Johnson, balloonist attending a Little Falls street fair, ascended to about 3000 feet. While attempting a double parachute descent the second chute failed. he discarded the first, the second strings broke, and he struck railroad tracks near Utica, fracturing his spine and dying.
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Utica
N. Y
William Johnson
Little Falls
Johnson
Rival exchanges at Kansas City in war for control
Kansas City live stock exchange suspended two firms absorbed by the Cooperative Live Stock Commission. The move targets allies of the rival firm in a bid to maintain support from packers amid market tensions.
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Kansas City
Live Stock Commission
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
Exchange
Co-operative Live Stock Commission Company
Bankers and Missing President Tie Up Milwaukee Bank
Chicago reports the Milwaukee Avenue State bank faced irregularities over years as top debtors fled. Vice president Theodore Stensland, son of the missing banker, arrested for accepting deposits while insolvent. safety deposit boxes looted. hopes for depositors rise as 70 cents on the dollar expected.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Theodore Stensland
Collins
Theodora Stenstand
Stenslund
J. P. Straub
Stensland
Peried
Canada
Illinois
Henry W. Hering
Lydia Herrman
Democrats of Idaho Nominate with Anti Mormon Plank
At Coeur d Alene Idaho on August 8 the Democratic convention placed Fred T. Dubois for US senator Rees Hattabaugh for Congress Stewart S Denning for supreme court justice J O Stochsinger for lieutenant governor and George C Chapin for secretary of state on the ticket The platform makes anti Mormonism the keynote pledging to enact the constitutionally provided test oath to disfranchise faithful Mormons Bryan is endorsed.
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Idaho
Couer d’Alere
United States
Fred T. Dubois
Congress
Rees Hattabaugh
The
Supreme Court
Stewart S. Denning
J. O. Stochsinger
George C. Chapin
Flourney Galloway
Bryan
Democratic Party
Frank Steunenberg
Game Forfeited Over Umpire Clash
New York and Chicago clash over a national league game halted by police after Umpire Jeasaeene was barred. Chicago claims forfeit for umpire ban. New York argues Chicago refused to play. The row heads to protest with President Pulliam expected to back Johnstone’s forfeit ruling.
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New York
Chicago
Jeasaeene
Pulliam
Johnstone
Baseball Roundup Brooklyn and Chicago in NL and AL Standings
Baseball round up from the National and American leagues with scores at Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia New York Chicago Detroit Washington and other venues. Includes standings, batteries and notes on postponed games amid rain and the sentenced circus performer Speyer in Kansas City.
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Schreck
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Chica
Best
Banks, Slever and Wartel
American Association
Louisivilae
Kansas City
Columbus
St. Paul
W.L P.C
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Milw
Toledo
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John M. Speyer
New Orleans
Speyer
Supreme Court
Leaders of the Mob In Salisbury Lynching Will Be Hunted Down
Public frenzy over the lynching of three accused of the Lyerly murder at Salisbury, North Carolina, prompts guards to shoot to kill near the jail. Leaders or alleged organizers, including ex-convict George Hall, are jailed as troops patrol streets and arrests are expected.
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N. C
Charlotte
N C
Lyerly
Henderson
North Carolina
George Hall
Montgomery County
Glynn
Henry Lee
George Irvin
Rowan County Cour
Pittsburg
Cincinnati and
New York Limited
Panhandle
L. B. Jones
Jones
Lady of the house scolds cook over references
A Milwaukee Sentinel snippet quotes a householder telling the cook job applicant that she is not satisfied with the references, while the cook insists they are the best obtainable. The exchange highlights tension over qualifications and trust in hired help.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Ohio Briefs: Wealthy Man Dies Penniless in Canton Links
Ohio briefs report Thomas C. Snyder once worth 1,000,600 dollars and a key figure in Canton steel politics who died penniless in City Hospital after mining stock losses and a divorce. Also gold found near Danville, Marylanders in Ohio reunion in Springfield, a murder charge in Zanesville, a hay fever club in Marysville, and a Marietta Democrat convention nomination for Congress.
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Buckeye
Cleveland
Thomas C. Snyder
Grand Army
Canton
Ohio
William McKinley
City Hospital
Missing Columbus minister Rev. Good. foul play feared
A Columbus Ohio clergyman, Rev David J Good, is reported missing with foul play suspected. In far broader news, three of seven coal mine blast victims in Nanticoke Pennsylvania died from injuries, while Pleas Childers near Nowata Indiana Territory shot his wife and stepdaughter. General Andre and Negrier dueled, Andre missed and Negrier declined to fire. Bla Mayers, 36, hanged himself in North Baltimore jail, leaving a widow and nine children.
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David J. Good
Columbus
Nanticoke
Pleas Childers
Nowata
I. T
Andre
Negrier
Bla Mayers
North Baltimore
Bryan at Pompeii Visited Pompeii Before Rome Trip
Bryan at Pompeii reports William J. Bryan visiting Pompeii on Tuesday August 8 during a trip from Naples to Rome. The Brownsboro event marks a notable political stop as the traveler continues toward the Italian capital.
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Pompeii
Naples
William
Rome
Milwaukee Avenue Bank Failure Shocks Chicago
The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank on Chicago’s northwest side failed triggering heavy losses for working families. President Paul O. Stensland and cashier Henry W. Hering were implicated as deposits, totaling about 4.2 million, faced a shortfall between 750 thousand and 1 million dollars amid real estate and securities speculation. A depositor died after hearing the news, and another man committed suicide. The bank faced an embezzlement warrant for Hering and was not part of the local clearing house.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Paul O. Stensland
Theodore
St. Paul
Henry W. Hering
Stensland
Northwest Side
Paul O. Stensland & Company
Stensland Bank
Clearing House
American Trust and Savings Bank
New York
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Chase National Banks
Theodore Stensland
Potter
State Bank Examiner
Downt Town Bank
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
American Trust
Commercial National
First National
Cleveland
Setekeeping
J. G. Visser
Royal League
Henry Koepke
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