Repudiation at Lucey murder hearing unsettles case
In Richmond Indiana Grace Dubois repudiates a signed confession accusing Earl Dubois Peter Sturgess and Will Philpott in the Joseph Lucey murder case saying she was scared and does not remember making the statement Prosecutor Jessup ends examination and releases Dubois Philpott and Sturgess amid ongoing pursuit of the real culprits
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Richmond
Ind
Earl Dubois
Lucey
Grace Dubois
Preston Cates
Connersville
Peter Sturgess
Will Philpott
Joseph Lucey
Milton Recluse
Jessup
Dubois
Philpott
Sturgess
John F. Robbins
Judge Urges Quick Trial in Ill-Filed Embezzlement Case
Terre Haute Ind January 29 Judge Ulric Z Wiley laments delays in the Clark embezzlement case and orders 200 names placed for a 100 person jury pool. He instructs deputies to muster a full court turnout to proceed promptly.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ulric Z. Wiley
Clark
Wiley
Ida Hill Fights Burglar Near Petersburg
Ida Hill a teen girl from James Hill's family near Petersburg Indiana armed a double barreled shotgun after hearing a noise at night. She fired as a man stepped from the chicken-house but he escaped. a bloodied glove with shot holes was found nearby the next morning.
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Petersburg
Ind
Ida Hill
James Hill
Death of Cardinal Richard in Paris
Cardinal and archbishop Francois Marie Benjamin Richard of Paris dies in Paris from lung congestion after a brief illness. The prominent church leader, age 86, had presided over Parisian Catholic affairs and influenced religious life in France. Funeral plans were not immediately announced.
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Paris
Francois Marie Benjamin Richard
Congressional Doings and Politics in Washington
The senate cleared many minor measures while resuming work on a constitutional revision bill. In the house, National politics, international marriages, and government spending dominated debate. William J. Bryan stirred the floor as Mr. Wallace praised his overall worth and suffrage. McGavin attacked American heiresses marrying foreign nobles, drawing applause and laughter.
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Washington
Senate
United States
House
William J. Bryan
Wallace
Arkansas
Bryan
McGavin
Illinois
Franco American Reciprocity Pact Announced
Washington Jan 29 The president issues a proclamation announcing the Franco American reciprocity arrangement under the Dingley act. The accord grants 20 percent duty abatements on champagne and sparkling wines imported to the United States while France affirms the current minimum tariff on American goods. A joint commission is to study possible amendments to trade rules in both nations.
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Washington
America
France
Detective Suspended Over State Case Information
Assistant State's Attorney Rittenhouse accused Detective C. R. Woildridge of sharing information with Mrs. McDonald's attorneys. The detective was suspended pending an investigation in Chicago on January 29.
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Chicago
Rittenhouse
C. R. Woildridge
Trio of boys injured in coasting accident at pole crash
Martins Ferry Ohio January 29 George Molkeny nineteen died Elmer Shaffer and Frank Shaffer fatally hurt twelve others injured when a filled bob sixi sled struck a telephone pole.
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Martins Ferry
George Molkeny
Elmer
Frank Shaffer
General Reduction of Forces at Louisville & Nashville Shops
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad announces a general reduction of forces in machine shops along its lines. Many workers were laid off at Mobile Pensacola Montgomery Birmingham and Decatur due to a sharp drop in business.
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Montgomery
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Mobile
Pensacola
Birmingham
Decatur
Bank President Arrested in Rockyford Bank Case
Colorado Springs, Jan 29 John B Godding president of the defunct Bank of Rockyford Colo was arrested on a northbound Santa Fe train Criminal charges allege he received deposits after knowing the bank was insolvent He denied any intent to jump his bonds.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
John B. Godding
Bank of
Rockyford
Godding
Aldrich Financial Bill to be Reported
The Aldrich financial bill will be reported today amid expected committee action. Lawmakers anticipate rapid debate on tax provisions and budgetary implications as the measure moves toward floor consideration.
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Tuerge
Aldrich
Fire Devastates Coburn Storage Plant in Indianapolis Loss Topped $500000
A major blaze at the Henry Coburn Storage and Warehouse company in Indianapolis gutted the five story Crescent Paper stockhouse and offices. Fire crews fought through the night as millions in fire fuel spread, threatening hundreds of neighboring businesses.
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Indianapolis
Coburn Storage Company
Henry Coburn Storage and Warehouse Company
West Georgia Street
Coburn Company
Crescent Paper Company
Thaw Trial Parade of Experts Provoked by Jerome
New York January 29 The Madison Square Garden murder trial ends another day of testimony with Martin W Littleton opening for the defendant and District Attorney Jerome promising a brief address tomorrow The judge may charge the jury Friday and the case heads to the jury with Jerome largely excluding expert insanity witnesses while presenting eyewitness and police testimony to show Thaw's rationality.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Martin W. Littleton
Jerome
Justice Dowling
Abraham Hummel
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Iummel
Thaw
Nesbit
Fire devastates Chicago business district with 1 million in losses
A major blaze in Chicago on January 29 destroyed three adjoining buildings in the Wabash street area. Alfred Peats & Co wallpaper dealers, Colby & Sons furniture dealers, and millinery firms Gage Bros, Theodore Ascher, and Edson Keith all suffered interiors burned out. The blaze began in the Peats building engine room and burned for three hours, causing more than a million dollars in damage.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Alfred Peats & Co
John A. Colby & Sons
Michigan Avenue
Gage Bros. & Co
Theodore Ascher & Co
Edson Keith & Co
Peats
Packing Plant Fire Threatens Nelson Morris Co Site
Fire of unknown origin struck the canning department on the second floor of Nelson Morris & Co. packing plant in Kansas City Kansas, threatening the entire facility and causing losses around a half million dollars before control. The rear box factory burned, and flames reached cattle chutes and adjacent areas.
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Kansas City
Nelson Morris & Co
Kan
Parisian Laundry building gutted by fire in Detroit
The Parisian Laundry company building at Grand River avenue and Washington boulevard caught fire early today. The five story structure was gutted with an estimated loss of 200000 dollars.
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Detroit
Grand River Avenue
Washington Boulevard
County equity board releases pooled tobacco members
Vevay Indiana January meeting of the burley branch of the American Society of Equity passed a resolution releasing all members who pooled their tobacco supplies. The move cites failure to raise funds to finance the undertaking and leaves farmers free to sell last season's crop in the open market.
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Vevay
Ind
County Board of Control
Burley
American Society of Equity
Mrs Eddy Moves Concord to Brookline, Mass
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science relocates Concord New Hampshire to Brookline a Boston area suburb. The change involves the head of the movement and the Massachusetts site shift reflects organizational relocation.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Concord
N. H
Brookline
Boston
Indiana Society of Chicago Banquet Hosts Indiana Figures
Several hundred past and present Indiana residents attended the Indiana Society of Chicago banquet in Chicago. Speeches included Wilbur D. Nesbit on Indiana as a State of Mind, Daniel Frazer on The Country Lawyer, and remarks by William Dudley Foulke and others.
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Indiana Society of Chicago
Chicago
State of
Indiana
Wilbur D. Nesbit
Daniel Frazer
Fowler, Ind
William Dudley Foulke
Richmond
Ind
Tragic Bedford Family Perishes In Richmond Fire
The collapse of Anthony Franklin’s house in Richmond Virginia on January 29 trapped his wife, himself, and five children who were seated around the corpse of a child when the building fell and burned, killing seven members of the family.
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Richmond
Anthony Franklin
Bedford City
Bank Cashier in Appleton Ends Own Life
Appleton Minnesota January 29 A L Sloss cashier of the First National bank of Appleton shot himself with a shotgun in an apparent act of suicide. No reason is known but it is believed business worries drove him to temporary insanity.
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Appleton, Minn
A. L. Sloss
First National Bank of
Appleton
Sporting Parsons Echoes of Fox Hunting Pride and Patronage
A London Times correspondent recalls a duke of Grafton being aided by a determined curate during a fox hunting chase. The curate’s bold shout and success lead the duke to promise a living, later fulfilled, linking sporting prowess with patronage. The piece notes enduring fox hunting zeal across counties and the emergence of keen hunters from common ranks.
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London Times
Duke of Grafton
Divine Big
The
Capital Graft Prosecutions Highlight Witnesses In Harrisburg Trial
In Harrisburg on January 29, Stanford B. Lewis testified as an active assistant to Architect Joseph M. Huston, lending support to rumors that Huston may testify for the Commonwealth in the capitol fraud trial. The proceedings focus on contracts and signatures linked to capitol furnishings across defendants including John H. Sanderson and William P. Snyder, as well as former state officials.
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Harrisburg
Stanford B. Lewis
Joseph M. Huston
Capitol
Commonwealth
Huston
Lewis
P. F. Rothermel
Sanderson
Samuel C. Huston
Philadelphia
The
James Scarlet
John H. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
William L. Mathues
James Shumaker
John E. Stott
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Stott
Mines Return to Kelly Heirs in Indiana Illinois Coal Field
The Kelly Coal company reverts control of its Indiana and Illinois mines to the Kelly heirs after six months of struggling to meet interest payments. The mines valued at about 3 million dollars will be leased back month to month, while rumors of a future syndicate or transfer to Chicago capital remain unconfirmed.
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Danville
Kelly Coal Company
Indiana
Illinois
Shickies
John Dering
W. W. Hammond
Kelly
Michael Kelly
Ilinolg Field
George W. Buckingham
W. M. Bridge
Chicago
Eastern Capitaliata
Jessup Will Leaves Major Gifts to Museum and Church
Morris K. Jessup financier and philanthropist dies last week leaving $1,000,000 to the American Museum of Natural History and $100,000 to Brick Presbyterian Church. The remainder goes to his widow, Irene.
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Morrie Jessup
New York
Morris K. Jessup
American Museum of Natural History
Brick Presbyterianch
Ife
Personal Liberty League Plans Local Option Campaign
East St. Louis brewery saloon interests form Personal Liberty League to oppose temperance measures. They will distribute thousands of circulars urging a yea or nay vote on saloon closures. Circular claims five city departments rely on saloon revenue and warns saloon closures would suspend police fire street lighting sewer departments and the public library.
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East St. Louis
Personal Liberty League
Ilinois
From pauperism to affluence in a Detroit case of a $25,000 legacy
Mrs. Mary McGlynn, long at Wayne county Eloise house, may gain a $25,000 legacy if she proves she is mother of Edward McGlynn who died in Louisville. Edward, a wire worker, left for Louisville a month ago and has had no word. Louisville undertaker L. D. Bax, administrator of Edward McGlynn's estate, confirms the death and believes the man was Mrs. McGlynn's son.
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Detroit
Mich
Mary McGlynn
Wayne County
Eloise
Edward McGlynn
Louisville
East Cheatnut Street
McGlynn
Akatut prison officials ousted over escape of alleged assassins
The governor and vice governor of Akatut prison in Siberia were removed from office for lax methods that allowed Gregory Gerschmin, linked to the 1902 assassination of Russian interior minister Sip jaguine, and Peter Karpovitch, who killed the minister of public instruction in 1901, to escape.
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St. Petersburg
Akatut
Siberia
Gregory Gerschmin
M. Sip Jaguine
Peter Karpovitch
M. Bogoliepol
Heirs Seek to Annul Deeds Over Bradley Institute
Heirs of Mrs. Lydia Bradley hire an attorney to challenge deeds transferring her property to the Bradley Polytechnic Institute affiliated with the University of Chicago. They claim the transfers were unduly infringed and will be joined by others from Indiana Missouri.
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Peoria
Mii
Lydia Bradley
Bradley
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
University of Chicago
Loydiana
Missouri
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Vigo County
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