Murder Charge Against Him In Ohio Case
General intelligence notes a formal murder charge against David Curtis, 27, the self described slayer of Dana Gilman. Curtis, held in a county jail awaiting arraignment, confessed to detectives and coroner in a revolting account of chasing and strangling the factory girl near her home. His employers provide an alibi, and the case proceeds with scene-by-scene testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
David Curtis
Dana Gilman
Curtis
Collin Gilman
Trother
Walter Kline
Gilman
Dave
James Curtis
Negro's Work Kills Two and Wounds Four in Mississippi
In Greenville Mississippi on December 8 a confrontation at a boarding house led to two deaths and four injuries. Felix Holman a negro from Arkansas shot Celina Holman and fired on arresting officers, wounding Acting Officer Coffer seriously and Sheriff’s deputy Abercromlin in the thigh. Thompson was killed and Warner slightly wounded. Holman surrendered after a warehouse standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Miss
Felix Holman
Arkansas
Celina Holman
Negress
Sherif Crouch
Holman
Indictments Return In Utah Coal Land Fraud Case
The grand jury charges Union Pacific Railroad, Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific Coal, Utah Fuel and Harriman Gould reps with discriminating against shippers. Indictments name Everett Buckingham and Moore, plus Utah Fuel officials and Wasatch store head Alexander Cowle. Perjury charges allege two men lied as land locators tied to Utah Fuel. Bail set at 2500 dollars for Schulte and Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Nee
Feimal Grand Jury
Utah
Usion Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Union Pacific Coal Company
Utah Fuel Company
Harriman and Gould
Harriman Company
Union Pacific
Oregon Short
Everett Buckingham
Geeral
Oregon Short Line
Moore
D. J. Sharp
Gould
H. G. Williams
Robert Forester
W. R. Foster
Alesander M. Cowle
Wasatch
Sunnyside
Elroy N. Clark
Denver
George A. Moore
United States
Theodore Schulte
Thomas A. Moore
County Recorder’s Office
Grand
Record Breaking Run For Christmas Specialties
Trade review from New York notes a weather aided rise in seasonable goods and a hoped for record Christmas run. Jobbing and wholesale firms prosper, but mercantile collections show irregularity. Iron and steel outlook remains strong. other sectors see high prices and prompt payments improving with crops marketed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G Dun & Company
Octogenarians' Fate in Train Collision at Farmland
In Muncie Indiana on December 8 Jesse Page and his wife both over eighty were struck and killed instantly by a passenger train as they attempted to cross the Ble Four tracks at Farmland. The fatal accident involved an elderly couple seeking passage across active rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Jesse Page
Cornell Dormitory Fire Kills Seven In Ithaca
A dormitory fire at Cornell University in Ithaca results in seven deaths including three city volunteer firemen A B Robinson John Rumzey and Esty Landon and four Cornell students O L Schmuck F W Grelle W H Nichols and J L McCutcheon The blaze damages the Chi Psi house and a wind driven spread raises the casualty count with total losses near 200000. Abe Attell defeats Jimmie Walsh in a decisive eighth round KO in Los Angeles with a disputed stoppage after a towel was thrown in.
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Cornell University
Ithaca
A. B. Robinson
John Rumzey
Esty Landon
O. L. Schmuck
Hanover
F. W. Grelle
South Orange
N. J
W. H. Nichols
Chicago
J. L. McCutcheon
Pittsburg
Chi Psi
Jennie McGraw Fisk
Attell
Walsh
Los Angeles
Cal
Abe Attell
San Francisco
Jimmie Walsh
Boston
Tenard
Trial reveals photo of ten thousand dollar check
In New York a Supreme Court trial of George Burnham Jr. of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance features a photograph of a $10,000 check. Burnham claims the check was among two canceled checks from George D. Patterson of the Firemen's Benevolent Fund, kept for safekeeping and later returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Mutual Reserve
Louis F. Payn
New York State
Burnham
George D. Patterson
Firemen’s Benevolent Fund
Patterson
Simplified spelling in 1908 appropriation bill faces blow
Washington reports that the 1908 appropriation bill for government printing imposes Websterian spelling rules on documents. Public Printer Stillings gets a salary hike from 4500 to 6000 dollars. In Tokyo, Japanese press salutes Roosevelt’s message and compares him to Lincoln and Garfield. In New York Major Berry arrives to inspect packing plants while Chicago packers fill a 10 million pound canned beef contract for Britain, with Dr. Osler aboard the Celtic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Government Printing Office
Webster's
Stillings
New York
R. G. J. J. Berry
British Army Service Corps
Chicago
Celtic
Berry
William Osler
Regius
Oxford University
Foreigners Barred At New York Fortifications Visit
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers ended its annual meeting with a Sandy Hook trip hosted by General William Crozier. Delegates inspected coast defense guns at work and the proving grounds. Four foreign members were excluded from the fortifications zone by regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sandy Hook
William Crozier
New York Harbor
Proving Grounds
Improvement of Waterways Debate at White House
Delegates from the National Rivers and Harbors convention urged sustained federal funding for deep waterway projects to equalize freight costs and boost prosperity. President Roosevelt expressed a plan for a coherent, nationwide waterway program and noted the need for irrigation and transport reforms alongside river improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
National Rivers and Harbors Convention
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Albert Bettinger
Cincinnati
Rocky Mountain
Convict Labor Bill Moves Through House
Washington dispatch reports the House passed a nearly unanimous bill to regulate interstate commerce in goods made by convict labor and prison or reformatory work. It seeks to curb criminal competition and allow states to ban shipment of convict-made goods within their borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Hunt
Fire Wipes Out San Saba Business Section Loss 100000
A massive fire destroyed the entire San Saba Texas business section, causing an estimated loss of 100000. The report notes multiple other disasters including deaths and indictments across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
Tex
Sappori
Pope
Rome
Fort Apache
Ariz
International Portland Cement Company
Elizabeth
High Street
Holyoke
Mass
Maine Central Railroad
Annebesoakoe
Anniston
Als
Louise M. Dike
W. R. Lochley
Attala National Bank of
Attala, Ala
Grain and Livestock Markets Across Cities Report
The column lists mixed livestock and grain quotes from Chicago East Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburg Cincinnati Toledo and North Lima. Prices cover cattle sheep hogs calves and grains with ranges and regional notes indicating market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
East Buffalo
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Toledo
Lima
South Lims
Indiana
Fire destroys National reduction mills plant near Florence
A fire wrecked the National reduction mills plant located about a half mile from Florence, causing an estimated loss of 150,000 dollars with no insurance. Fire officials reported no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Colo
Dec
National Reduction Mills
Noing Suranes
Hot And Cold Water Remedies For Injuries And Ailments
A St. Louis Globe Democrat adapted guide explains when to use hot or cold water for inflammation, cuts, abscesses, pimples, and eye strain. Cold water helps stop bleeding and reduce surface inflammation while hot water draws blood to the surface to stimulate needed circulation. Gradually cooling water aids eye relief and headaches, with cautions on boiling water and repeated applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Governor Stokes Quizzed by Baby at Bank Steps
A young girl, Catharine Johnson, questioned Governor Stokes at the Mechanics National bank in Trenton New Jersey. Stokes, president of the bank, confirms he has no children. The playful exchange touches on babies and Stokes's bachelor status. Also included are brief notes on other December 8 news items about Higgins, freight wrecks, a Harlem river bridge accident, and ships in the Great Lakes.
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Chil
Mechanics’ National Bank
Trenton
N. J
Stokes
New York Times
Catharine Johnson
Frank Johnson
South Warren Street
Mr. Stokes
Governor Stokes
Catharine
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Zanesville
Sarah Wiley
New Concord
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John
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J. M. Robertson
Hi. P. McIntosh
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Circuit Court
Duncan
Common Pleas Court
Roscoe Mauck
State Attorney General's Office
David
G. H. Phelps
S. H. Tolles
J. C. Troup
Bowling Green
Bulgaria
New Lexington
Grosvenor
J. A. MacGahan
Janarius MacGahan
Russia
Turkey
MacGahan
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson
Adeline Thomson
Miss Thomson
William B. Astor
William Waldorf Astor
John Jacob Astor
Portsmouth
William and
John Tipton
Madison Bush
Julia Riddlebarger
David Bussler
Scioto County
Mercer
Springfield
Ill
Philips
Common Pleas
Forest City Railway Company
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Johnson
Cleveland Electric
Will
Delaware
Lucius Lybrand
Terre Haute
Edward G. Lybrand
Ohio Wesleyan University
Carrie Brown
Miss Brown
Blanchester
Henry White
Marshal Basore
Franklin, O
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Columbus
National Association of Sand
Middleport
James Semple
William Kelley
Cornelius P. Shea
Teamsters
Kelley
Michael Murphy
al Young
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Young
Murphy
Bakersfield
Edison Electric Company of
Count Witte
St. Petersburg
Gould and Harriman
Trade Review
John Cropper
National Capital
Robert McLane
France
Cropper
Society of the Cincinnati
Society of the War of 1812
Winchester
W. O. Haris
Louisville
Beckham
W. M. Beckner
England
Job
Tokyo
Japan
Asahi Shimbun
Lincoln
Garfield
Austin
Joseph W. Bailey
Bailey
Davidson
Standard
Waters-Pierce Oil Companies
H. Clay Bierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Shreveport
N. J. Roberts
Lecompte
Louisiana Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Roteris
J. L. Moore
Minden
Committee of Investigation
Dean
Walter M. Deane
Canton Rubber Company
United States District Court
Rubber Company
House of Correction
Negro
Lexington
William Tioward
Howard
Tweic
Mins
Laredo
Monterey
Mexico
Avino
Benjamin Harris
Antigo
Wis
A. C. Campbell
Stock Exchange
Campbell
Grain and Livestock
Staeff
Chicago Tribune
Higgins
St. Joseph
Edward Kiccan
William A. McGinnis
H. O. Widener
Rock Island
Burlington
New York Central
Harlem River
John Kaiser
John Baumgarten
Wessela
Detroit
Mich
Lake Michigan
Sidney C. McLouth
Sarnia
Ont
Pirge
Dakoda
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