Priest Charged With Murder of Young Woman
In Toledo the Rev Ferdinand Walser assistant pastor of Sacred Heart is charged with the murder of Miss Agatha Reichlin. Evidence includes a scent leading to the Reichlin home and the hospital where Walser was treated. The Reichlin brothers deny guilt and call the accusation baseless while police pursue the case as circumstantial but strong.
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Ferdi- Walser
1 of Sacred Heart
Toledo
Agatha Reichlin
Charles Reichlin
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Ain
Father Walser
Charles Reichde
Fort Wayne
Rey
Father Walthe Reichlin
St. Ve Hospital
Father Walcot
Minty Jath i
Charles Reichtin
Simir Reichiin
Walser
Miss Reichlin
Father Reichlin
Fathalser
Armes
Ferdinand
Alin
Father Watname
Reichlin
Woman with nine children rents Bay area house
In New York a woman who had been refused a rental because she had nine children tricked a real estate dealer into leasing the house. She sent the children to a cemetery with a relative and, when asked how many children she had, replied that all nine were in the cemetery. The agent relented and the family moved in.
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New York
Bayie
Ildren
Pope's Voice Echoes in America at Notre Dame Jubilee
Dr hm imported the most wonder phonographic records in America allowing Notre Dame faculty and students to hear Leo XIII's voice in solemn benediction and the responses of cardinals and the papal court at his jubilee celebration on March 3. The cylinder, presented by M Betterio, also included a recording of the Ave Maria. The project was noncommercial and the recital first given in America, with Archbishop Christie among the audience.
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Pope
America
Notre Dame
Ind
Leo XIII
M. Betterio
Paris
Christie
Dismissed Columbus Pastor Claims New Revelations
The Rev. Paul L. Johnson, pastor at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Columbus West Side, was dismissed by his congregation after declaring from the pulpit that he received new biblical revelations on baptism with the Holy Ghost and faith in Christ. He said he cured himself of a long trouble by faith, then the struggle returned during preaching, and after prayer the voice returned.
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Columbus, Q
Paul L. Johnson
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
West Side
Women clash with police in Slavonic church disturbance
In Joliet, Illinois, about 2 060 worshippers caused a violent scene as women attacked others with fists and furniture. Police drew pistols to restore order, arresting several and sending a patrol wagon to the scene at the Slavonic Roman Catholic Church. Bloody and battered faces were reported.
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Joliet
Figst Legzan
Father Kollar
Turmoil at Church Leaves City Angry and Afraid
Police arrived as combatants fled to the street. Inside the church those outside returned with clubs stones and revolvers. A chaotic melee ended with arrests after officers threatened to shoot to restore order. No hospitalizations reported and Father Kollar escaped unharmed. The cause of the fight remains unclear.
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Father Kollar
Payne defends Machen as free delivery head not to be removed
Postmaster General Payne says Machen’s resignation not requested by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Hristow or First Assistant Wynne. He states Machen should not be removed without a request from Hristow or evidence of unlawful acts. Payne notes no facts or proof have been presented, only assertions.
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Washington
Payne
Machen
Hristow
Wynne
Frank Deserted Town Faces Mass Evacuation
Citizens fear Turtle Mountain peak will engulf the destroyed village prompting mass desertion. Chief Engineer M Henry of the Canadian Pacific warns the remaining peak is moving slowly toward the site and residents are packing to leave by week’s end with CP officials aiding the town’s exodus.
Lynching near Haynes Bluff ends murder case in Vicksburg
In Vicksburg Mississippi two Black men Bob Bryant and Will Morris were hanged to the Yazoo bridge at Haynes Bluff just before dawn Sunday. Bryant confessed implicating Morris who fired the fatal shot. About 200 armed farmers stopped officers and dragged the men into a thicket. robbery was stated as the motive.
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Vicksburg, Miss
Bob Bryant
Will] Morris
W. H. Legg
Yazoo
Haynes Bluff
Bryant
Morris
Legg Place
Man Found Dead in Terre Haute Rail Yard
John Schawntz, 50, was found dead early Sunday in the EF and TH yards near Kintz's old planing mill. Officials say he committed self harm by laying his neck on the rail. the decapitated body was discovered by railroad workers. He had been married twice, with both wives reportedly divorcing him.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Schawntz
Kintz
Schawntz
Schawatz
Roosevelt Visits New Mexico Comrades Welcome President
President Roosevelt spent over three hours in Santa Fe and Albuquerque during a swing through New Mexico. He spoke to about ten thousand at the Capitol, praised state prospects, thanked the people, and noted forest preservation and irrigation as keys to statehood. The visit featured Rough Riders guards, church ceremonies, school gatherings, a Fort Marcy view, and festive arches.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Roosevelt
Capitol
New Mexico
San Miguel Church
United States
Anthony Fourchega
George W. Armijo
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Indian School
St. Michael's College of Lorette Academy
St. Catherine’s Indian
Presbyterian Mission School
Old Palace
Thobbin's
Fort Marey
Sparke
M. A. Otero
Albuquerque
Lion killed by farmer in New Albany Indiana barn
D C Stuteville, a Rockport area farmer, shot and killed a lion that had entered his barn Tuesday night. The beast killed a dog and terrified horses before Stuteville fired both barrels, ending the danger. The lion likely escaped from a menagerie.
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New Albany
Ind
D. C
Stuteville
Rockport
Leper Dong Gong Escapes Quarantine Near Jefferson Barracks
Dong Gong, the Chinese leper kept in close confinement for about a year and a half two miles below Jefferson Barracks, has escaped. Dr Woodruff, superintendent of the quarantine hospital, ordered an immediate search for the dangerous patient who remains at large. Efforts will be made to apprehend him.
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St. Louis
Dong Gong
Jefferson Barracks
Woodruff
Quarantine Hospital
Father Ferdi Walser Cleared in Reichlin Murder Case
Father Ferdi Walser, arrested last Saturday in Lorain on murder charges tied to Agatha Reichlin, was transported from Elyria County Jail to Lorain Tuesday night and released from the murder accusation.
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Lorain, O
Ferdinand Walser
Agatha Reichlin
Elyria
Schwab Re-elected President of United States Steel
Charles M. Schwab was re-elected president of the United States Steel Corporation by the board of directors at a meeting held in New York City on Tuesday.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Board of Directors
Collision of Hamilton and Saginaw off Hogs Island
Norfolk dispatch reports the Old Dominion Hamilton and Clyde Saginaw collided off Hogs Island near the Jersey coast. The Saginaw carried forty crew and twenty passengers bound for Philadelphia from Norfolk. the Hamilton carried a full crew and over 100 passengers. A dense fog overnight is believed to have caused the disaster with many passengers drowned.
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New York
Norfolk
Hamilton
Saginaw
Hogs Island
Philadelphia
Jersey
Patterson Shot at Home Shrouds Mystery in Muncie
William M. Patterson a wealthy Muncie citizen lies critically wounded after a Tuesday morning shooting in his residence. Police found the house secure and no clear suspect. Patterson claims a voice warned him to back away before the gunfire. His son Arthur 17, described as weak minded, was asleep and not involved. The physician Dr H M Winans warned the wound may be fatal. Patterson is brother in law to George F McCulloch president of Union Traction Co of Indiana and the case has caused a citywide sensation with no identified assailant.
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Muncie
Ind
William M. Patterson
H. M. Winans
Patterson
Arthur
George F. McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Indiana
Breathitt County Judge Campaign Sours After Fatal Shooting
James B. Marcum, counsel for fusionists contesting Breathitt County offices, was shot dead in the Jackson Kentucky courthouse front entrance shortly after filing papers. The assassination mirrors a line of violence tied to the Harris Cockrell feud, with Marcum long considered a marked man and previously confined to his home for seventy two days amid plots sworn in affidavits.
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Lexington
Breathitt County
James B. Marcum
Jackson
James Cockrell
Court House
Marcum
Cockrell
Booth son of General Booth plans gospel theatre in New York
Herbert Booth arrives in New York from Zion City and announces a plan to form a large theater company. He says the Scientific Evangelization Society will use eye catching illustrated Bible dramas to reach unreached masses and broadcast productions nationwide.
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New York
Herbert Booth
General Booth
Salvation Army
Mr. Booth
Ballington
Zion City
Scientific Evangelization Society
Sharks Devour Bathers at Mexican Beach
In Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, three men were attacked about 300 feet from shore while bathing. Spectators watched in horror as sharks mauled the swimmers with no chance of rescue.
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Coatzacoalcos
Mex
Premium on Matrimony Raises Military Officers Pay
Washington dispatch reports the Philippine commission has increased married officers’ monthly salary allowances by 15 gold dollars. The move accompanies a mutation of quarters noting many bachelors in the force.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
Tragic Grand Trunk Flyer crashes into Polish excursion crowd
In Detroit a Grand Trunk express plowed into a Polish Lancers crowd awaiting a Toledo train. Seven people killed and many injured as police and ambulances rushed to Canfield and De Quindre streets. Victims largely Toledo residents.
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Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Grand Trunk Railway
Polish Lancers
Canfield
de Quindre
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
St. Josephat’s Church
Harmonia Hall
de Quindre Treets
Lorede
Lake Shore
Grand Trunk
Brush Street
de Quindre Street
Chicago and
New York Express
American Flyer
Fred Schulte
John Lynda
Canfield Street
James Howard Found Guilty in Goebel Murder Trial
In Frankfort Kentucky the jury in the Goebel murder case returned a guilty verdict against James Howard after a long trial. The panel fixed punishment at life imprisonment following a dispute over whether to impose the death penalty. The case marks Howard’s third trial for the killing of Wm Goebel over three years ago.
New York Boy Wins Big Verdict Against Street Railway
Vincent Mues, a 9 year old from New York, secures a $20,000 verdict against Metropolitan Street Railway Company in Supreme Court for loss of his two feet. He originally sought $50,000 and had previously won a $320,000 verdict on a former trial before a retrial was granted.
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New York
Vincent Muesman
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Supreme Court
Oil Gusher at Muncie Blocks Flow for Hours
An oil gusher on the H. L. Cecil farm in Parker oil fields near Muncie Indiana spewed crude for four hours until controlled. About 500 barrels were wasted while the well owned by St. Louis Oil Co. produced an estimated 700 to 1000 barrels daily. Drilled by Walker Kelley and O Neil of Muncie.
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Muncie
Ind
H. L. Cecil
Parker Oil Fields
Walker, Kelley & O'Neil
Supreme Court Review of Alabama Voter Rights Case
The Supreme Court opinion by Justice Holmes in Giles v. Board of Registrars of Montgomery County addresses whether a challenge to Alabama's new constitution's registration provisions can grant relief to Black voters. The court notes the plaintiff seeks registration under a purportedly void scheme and questions the proper role of the court in validating or nullifying fraudulent lists while denying redress beyond declaring the instrument void.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Jackson Giles
Montgomery County
Alabama
Board of Registrars
Justice Holmes
Giles
Federal Circuit Court
Middle District of Alabama
United States
Pensacola Enforces Sunday Laws In 19th Century Standstill
Pensacola imposes Sunday restrictions with hacks banned and livery stables closed. Soda fountains and confectionery stalls shut, only streetcars and trains run as county solicitor notes state law conflicts. The move marks an early enforcement of Sunday statutes in the area.
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Pensacola
Fila
Frankfort Minister and Wife Marry After Jail Sentence
Frankfort Indiana reports the sensational arrest of the Reverend Charles Eaton and Mrs. Medina Scott for adultery four months before their marriage. They wed in the county jail office after completing a 115 day sentence, during which their previous spouses obtained divorces. The marriage created as much stir as the arrest itself.
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Frankfort
Ind
Charles Eaton
Medina Scott
Rome cable shows William greeted by pope on visit
Emperor William was received by the pope in Rome on Sunday in a forty minute conference. He then went to the residence of the Prussian minister to the Holy See before departing.
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Rome
William
Holy See
Washington Post editorial on a proposed 1900s ticket
The Washington Post editorially proposes a ticket of D. M. Parry for President and George F. Baer for Vice President with a blunt platform statement labor be damned expressing strong anti labor sentiment.
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Washington Special
Washington Post
D. M. Parry
George F. Baer
The Sunday School Lesson on Paul’s Plot and Courage
Tightly narrated in Acts 23, readers learn of a Jewish plot to kill Paul by more than forty conspirators who vow to fast until his death. Paul’s nephew informs the Roman captain, who then sends Paul to Felix for safety as the lesson highlights faith, courage, and divine support.
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Paul
A. D
Tower of
Antonia
God
Felix
Poe’s Birthplace Settled by Biographer
The Boston born date of Edgar Allan Poe is asserted as January 19, 1809 by Professor Harrison. He notes Poe’s actor parents were in Boston when he was born, with a facetious remark about a stop in the city during their wandering.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Professor Harrison
Boston
Edgar
Poe
Boston Herald
Child to Rabbit: Rabbits Multiply Rapidly
A little girl argues with her rabbit about multiplication. She repeats phrases like "five times five" and "six times six" while shaking the rabbit, insisting it will multiply as her father says. Her mother asks what she is doing.
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Dorothy
Bunny
Child narrator comments on rising jam prices at home
A family discusses high provisions prices when a small boy interrupts and notes jam has risen. He realizes his talk may have worsened his situation as he speaks up.
Bjohnson Portrait Skips Timekeeper’s Logic
A dialogue outlines Bjohnson as the type who corrects a visitor’s slow parlor clock by comparing it with his own watch. The exchange delivers a quick sketch of his precise, perhaps pedantic, nature in a Somerville Massachusetts context.
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Barton
Bjohnson
Somerville
Mass
Monroe Doctrine lines from 19th century commentary
The quoted New York Tribune piece discusses President Monroe and his celebrated doctrine. It notes the nations trembling at its framing and humorously comments on personal distractions as the great man turns his defiance away.
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Monroe
New York Tribune
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