Chester Gillette Pays The Penalty For Grace Brown Murder
Chester E Gillette was executed in Auburn prison for the murder of Grace Brown near Big Moose Lake in 1906. He confessed to counselors before death and faced the electric chair with calm composure, while the case hinged on circumstantial evidence and Brown’s letters.
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Grace Brown
Auburn
N. Y
Chester E. Gillette
Auburn Prison
Gillette
Chester BE. Gillette
Big Moose Lake
Adirondacks
Billy” Brown
Big
Ake
Eagle Bay
Farewell to familiar places in a country life memory
The speaker bids farewell to beloved local spots from spring house to apple tree and the Beehive in the orchard. Neighbors who mended her childhood dresses are recalled as part of a long life in the area. The tone reflects fond, intimate nostalgia for longtime attachments.
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Goodby
Letters From Grace Brown Reveal Enduring Love Across Cortland
Grace Brown, a Rooth Otselic farmer’s daughter who worked with Gillette, writes a poignant series of letters from South Otselic in 1906 pleading for marriage. She portrays her loyalty, loneliness, and hope as she awaits him, while Gillette rises to foreman in his uncle’s Cortland shirt factory and faces social pressure from wealthy relatives before arrest.
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Gillette
Cortland
N. Y
Grace Brown
Rooth Otselic
South Ostelic
Three Divorces In One Family In Ottumwa
In Ottumwa Iowa on April 1 three divorce petitions arise in one family. William Carnes seeks a divorce from his second wife while Samuel Carnes seeks relief from his first wife and Charles Carnes faces a similar action. The father of Samuel and Charles is the first named plaintiff.
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Ottumwa
William Carnes
Samuel Carnes
Charles ‘Carnes
Samuel
Charlee
Shonts backs daughter's duke de Chaulnes in life plan
Theodore P. Shonts defends his daughter Theodora's marriage to duke de Chaulnes ét de Picquiny saying title does not define worth and debts do not measure a man. He praises the nobleman as a square, honest man who will strive to lead a useful life with Shonts's support.
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Chicago
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Canal
Duke de Chaulnes Ét de Picquiny
Auditorium Annex
Theodora
Six Inch Gun Muzzle Blows Off During Target Practice
At Maddalena Bay during target practice on Saturday a six inch broadside gun from the Missouri blew off a portion of its muzzle. The fracture was clean with no defect in the metal. Practice continued and the gun will be replaced by a new one from the Washington navy yard. No injuries reported.
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Washington
Maddalena Bay
Missouri
Washington Navy Yard
Shaw's Daughter to Wed Congressman Slemp
Washington reports Miss Erma Shaw daughter of the former Secretary of the Treasury will marry Congressman Bascom Slemp of Virginia's Ninth District. Slemp chairs Virginia's Republican state central committee and succeeded his father Campbell Slemp as congressman, continuing a family political influence.
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Washington
Erma Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Slemp
Republican State Central Committee of
Campbell Slemp
Congress
Shaw
Funeral Held For Notorious Indian Outlaw Wyckliffe
Charles Wyckliffe, shot by his brother Thomas in a family quarrel, was laid to rest at the Wyckliffe home. Thomas and John Wyckliffe attended along with many friends while armed mourners kept watch as Oklahoma officers offered no interference after years of pursuit.
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Muskogee
Okla
Charles Wyckliffe
Thomas
Wyckliffe
John Wycliffe
Oklahoma
Charles
Trading stamps lure Sunday school pupils in Denver church
Salvation with green trading stamps has drawn praise and anger across Denver congregations. In Golden the Presbyterian church offers a stamp to every Sunday school attendee, promising enough stamps in a month for a nickel’s worth of candy.
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Denver
Colo
Salvation
Presbyterian Church At
Golden
Shah Thrashed Prince After Tehran Bomb Attack
A Teheran dispatch reports the shah, angered by police laxity after a motorcar bombing, struck Prince Zafer Sultaneh with a stick and threatened to have Tehran’s police chief blown from a cannon.
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Paris
Teheran
Shah
Zafer Sultaneh
Senator Jeff Davis in a Street Fight
In Little Rock Arkansas on April 2 United States Senator Jefferson Davis and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Helm clashed in a street altercation Helm struck Davis Davis then returned to his office and reappeared bystanders say he searched for Helm Davis was arrested on a warrant for carrying a revolver on the streets with murderous intent Helm says he met Davis and was struck twice in the face after accusing him of slander related to the Hartley case
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Helm
Helm
Davis
Hartley
Ward McAllister's Son Dies After Appendicitis Operation
San Rafael Cal April 2 Judge Ward McAllister son of the famous New York society leader died this morning in a local sanitarium from complications of an appendicitis operation. He had been poverty stricken and living on charity.
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San Rafael
Cal
Ward McAllister
New York
Charity of Friends
Patti and De Resze Sing Duet at Home in Paris
Paris April 2 Patti, still described as marvelously young at 65, arrived for a brief stay with Jean De Reszke and his wife. Although retired from public singing she occasionally performs privately and will duet from Faust with the famed tenor at a private entertainment. Parisese society seeks invitations to the intimate recital at De Reszke’s residence.
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Paris
Patti
Jean de Reszke
Forge Venezuela to Arbitrate
Washington dated April 2 reports the president sending to the Senate the Venezuelan correspondence demanded by the Lodge resolution. It recounts five American claims pursued without success and urges vigorous prosecution if Castro refuses. The solicitor cites Fish on exhausting justice in a country without justice and notes no Roosevelt or Root recommendation is offered.
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Washington
Séiasre
Lodge
Castro
State Department
Fish
Roosevelt
Root
Senate
Copyright extension debated by House Senate library groups
Washington reports that a joint House Senate library committee session heard proposals to extend the copyright law to all forms of expression and to fix a universal royalty rate collected via government issued copyright stamps. The agreement reflects cross interest discussion ahead of proposed legislation.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate Library Committees
Proposed Interior Bureau of Mines Plan Advances
Washington April 2 the House committee on mines and mining has unanimously but unofficially concurred in a proposed interior department bureau of mines and mining. Within a week or two the subcommittee will draft a bill to establish the bureau and report it favorably to the general committee.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines and Mining
House Committee On Mines and Mining
General Committee
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen delegates meet in Washington
One thousand delegates from 30 states wrap up a union meeting and set the next gathering for Altoona Pennsylvania on the fifth Sunday in May. They back Hemenway Graff self dumping ashpan bills La Follette employees liability and anti injunction reforms. They oppose Townsend’s investigation of interstate commerce a move toward federal labor regulation and compulsory arbitration. Roosevelt hosts an informal White House reception with no speeches.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Altoona
Congress
la Follette
Townsend
Cannon
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
White House
Novelist Club Woman Seeks Divorce in Chicago Case
Mrs Lillian Shaffner, head of the Social Economic club police, filed for separate maintenance from husband Benjamin M. Shaffner in the circuit court. She cites extreme cruelty and inhuman treatment as grounds. The note quotes lines from her Chicago society novel Suzanne.
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Social Economic Club
Lillian Shaffner
Suzanne
Circuit
Benjamin M. Shaffner
Women to Have Control of Money in Paris Bill
Paris April 2. Deputy President Maynaud introduces in the chamber a bill to make married women masters of their fortunes. He says current law allows husbands to control wives wealth fueling more free unions and financial independence for women. Maynaud rose to prominence through landmark rulings on girl mothers and infanticide cases.
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Paris
Magnaud
Maynaud
Paper Box Factory Destroyed by Fire in Cincinnati
The Western Paper Goods plant, maker of folding paper boxes envelopes and paper bags, burned to the ground in Cincinnati on April 2 with losses estimated between 150000 and 175000 dollars.
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Paper Box
Cincinnati
Western Paper Goods Company
Bride Escapes in Torch Plot. Husband Suspect
Neighborhood buzzes over Mrs. George Carstens who, after a month of marriage, alleges her husband drenched her clothes with kerosene and tried to set her ablaze. She fled to neighbors and returned to St. Louis.
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Manson, Ja
George Carstens
St. Louis
Nomination to Senate Lists Five Ambassadors
Washington April 1 The president sent to the Senate the nomination of David Jayne Hill as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Germany Also named are Arthur M Beaupre minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg Spencer F. P. Boddy of Illinois named minister to the Argentine Republic
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Washington
Charlemagne Tower to leave Berlin posts early
The United States will withdraw Ambassador Charlemagne Tower from Berlin sooner than planned after the current diplomatic crisis. David Jayne Hill, U S minister to the Netherlands, is set to replace him pending Senate approval. Baron Von Sternburg’s departure from a White House talks on the diplomatic muddle was noted.
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Washington
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Netherlands
Senate
Baron von Sternburg
White House
Gould Family Splits Over Helie's Pursuit
New York report says Anna Gould plans to separate from sister Miss Helen Gould and move to the St Regis with her children amid Prince de Sagan's wooing. Observers note tension in the Gould family as De Sagan pursues the countess with potential engagement or marriage on the horizon. Madame Gould is reported ill with bronchitis and stomach trouble at the St Regis after a family meeting at Helen Gould's home.
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New York
Prince Qe Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Gould
Mme. Gould
Helen Gould
St. Hegis
de Sagan
Countess de Astel
Jane
George Gould
Associated Press
Tyler Morse
Hotel
St. Regis
Madame Gould
Shot and killed over poker stakes in Mississippi
In Columbia Mississippi at dawn a poker night ended in tragedy when Charles Wesley was shot by Miss Hunie Spencer after winning five hands. Miss Spencer aged 20 was described as a brunette who had been friendly with Charles Wesley and F F Coombs, both local planters and heads of families.
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Columbia
Miss
Charles Wesley
Huniie Spencer
Mharies Wesley
F. F. Coombs
Miss Spencer
Old Man Arranges Cremation Then Shoots Self
Melvin F Root, a 69 year old man from Bay City Michigan, arrived in Brohalo New York and arranged cremation plans with a local crematory. This morning he went to the crematory and shot himself three times. His condition is fatal. His wife died recently and was cremated and buried in Lockport, New York, where he planned to be buried beside her ashes.
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Gillette
Chester
DeRuyter
Charles George
Grace Brown
South Otselic
Cortland
Utica
Billy
Eagle Bay
Charles Gordon
Ew York
Tupper Lake
New York
Big Moose
Gillete
Glenmore
Charles Graham
Albany
Old Forge
Arrowhead
Big Mose
Herkimer
Supreme Court
Brohalo
WN. Y
Melvin Ff
Root
Bay City
Mich
Lockport
Toselli Plans suit over Carnival procession parody
Signor Toselli husband of former Princess Louise of Saxony plans to sue Nice carnival committee for 20000 dollars alleging an allusion to his marriage in a procession. The scene shows a trombone player astride a large gun playing to a woman he seeks to charm. Local papers suggest the joke refers to the musician and the princess.
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Paris
Toselli
Louise of Saxony
Carnival Committee
Nice
Jocusely
Yellow Fever Surgeons Granted Pensions
The widows of Surgeon James Carroll and Dr. Jesse W. Lazeur, both U S army, were each granted $125 monthly pensions by a Senate bill. The trio, including Surgeon Walter Reed, served on a commission investigating Cuba’s 1900 1901 yellow fever outbreaks and risked illness to prove transmission by mosquitoes. Reed’s widow had already received $125 monthly.
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Washington
James Carroll
United States Army
Jesse W. Lazeur
Senate
Walter Reed
Army
Cuba
Reed
Insurance Broker Saves Self With Burning Bill
Stewart Timbar of Des Moines fell on a railroad cattle guard near bare City Ta. April 2 and caught his foot as a handcar approached. He lit a $20 bill and waved it overhead to signal danger, alerting the crew and avoiding injury.
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Bare City
Stewart Timbar
Des Moines
Victims of Mine Explosion Cannot Be Identified
In Hanna Wyoming the Union Pacific Coal Co mine No 1 suffered two blasts on Saturday. Officials say no identification possible until at least Thursday as rescue teams clear wreckage by half hour shifts. Fifty nine deaths are estimated with a body found near the east slope entrance. D O Clark arrived from Omaha to assume command.
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Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
East Slope
D. O. Clark
Union Pacificoar Company
Omaha
Railroads to Hire 300000 Men Across U S
Chicago and major lines announce a large labor drive over the next 606 days as 250 000 to 260 000 workers are needed to mend tracks and roadbeds while another fleet will repair cars and locomotives. Chicago roads expect 100 000 hires by June as labor agents prepare assignments. In Missouri a conference vows to renew litigation against the 2 cent rate law with injunctions planned before Judge McPherson in Kansas City.
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Chicago
United States
St. Louis
Missouri Railroads
Missouri
McPherson
Kansas City
Photographer Colonel Rockwood Who Captured Moseby Dies
New York April 2 Colonel John R P S Rockwood a renowned New York photographer for 40 years died of heart disease. He twice captured Confederate guerrilla Colonel John S Moseby and thrice Moseby was freed after poker games with Rockwood. Rockwood recalled winning $1500 from Moseby in one night.
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New York
John RP S Rockwood
Rockwood
John S. Moseby
Millsons
Moseby
Lockwood
Federal
Women Feed Men to Gain Rights in German Suffrage
Berlin reports German suffragettes plan peaceful action by “feeding” men to win support. A club led by Frau Gelbenstein offered a prize for essays on how to win men to the cause, with hundreds submitted and the winning line simply “Weed the brute.”
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Berlin
Frau Gelbenstein
Naval jails full, prisoners get off with short stays
Washington reports the navy department, faced with overcrowded prisons, has started discharging all prisoners who have served at least one third of their sentences. To house new inmates, the period of confinement is being halved, then extended, with commutations shrinking time served. The move harms discipline but aims to prevent unsanitary overcrowding.
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Washington
Navy Department
Naval
Pretty College Girl Sentenced Despite Pleas
Estelle Taylor, former University of Minnesota attendee and Galesburg resident, pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pretenses and received 10 days in the county jail. Judge Nersten imposed the sentence despite seven complainants' pleas for her release.
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Chicago
Estelle Taylor
Universit of Minnesota
Nersten
Miss Taylor
Galesburg
Law Department
University of Minnesota
Woodward charges dismissed in insanity case
Kansas City April 2 General Richard C. Horne acquitted of murdering H J Groves editor of the Kansas City Post was sent to the state asylum for the insane. Another assault with intent to kill Co D Woodward manager formerly of Omaha was dismissed.
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Kansas City
Richard C. Horne
H. J. Groves
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Henry McKllavy
Little Falls
Cordelle Herrick
Shonts
Soninlaw
Lowan
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Ward M’allister
DE Reszke
Venezuela
Copyright
Bureau OF Mines
Brotherhood
Helie
Col. Rockwood
Col. Moseby
Woodward
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