Logansport Judge Baldwin Dies Amid Bank Scandals
Daniel Pratt Baldwin once Indiana attorney general and Wabash College trustee died at his Logansport home after years of banking troubles tied to private banks in Goodland Fowler and Ambia. Indictments for embezzlement and state probes were said to have ruined his health. Born 1837 in New York, he had long Republican ties and a noted political career.
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Logansport
Ind
Daniel P.baldwin
Indiana
Wabash College
Goodland, Fowler and
Ambia
Newton County
Porter
Harrison
Baldwin
Milwaukee
Judge Baldwin
Daniel Pratt Baldwin
Madison County
New York
Hiram
Harriet (Pratt) Baldwin
New England
Daniel D. Pratt
United States
Court of Common Pleas
Madison College
Drunk Purchase Valued At 80 000 In Chicago Court
In Judge Mack's Court the widow Mrs Bertha Willis moves to set aside the will of the late Joseph Willis. The case cites an $80,000 windfall from an intoxicated purchase of West Side real estate for 4300 dollars. Willis later improved the property, paying taxes and earning some profit. Today the estate is appraised at 85,000 dollars.
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Chicago
Mack
Joseph Willis
Bertha Willis
Willis
West Side
Twenty-Seventh Child Reported in Byrn Mawr Family
In Byrn Mawr Pennsylvania a claim is vouched that Clem Tuck aged 65 father of 27 children by his three wives, including his present marriage. The Tuck family stems from Virginia with the father noted as a deacon in a local colored Baptist church.
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Byrn Mawr
Clem Tuck
Haverford Road
Tuck
Colored Baptist Church of
Burn Mawr
Virginia
Alimony Day Declared by Judge Barnes in Chicago
Judge Albert C. Barnes of the Superior Court of Cook County announces that starting with the New Year every Friday will be Alimony Day. He says the volume of divorce cases and hearings has grown so large it interferes with other important matters and requires a portion of a day set aside.
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Chicago
Albert C. Barnes
Superior Court of
Cook County
Barnes
Santa Claus Mail Problem Reveals Postmaster General Dilemma
Washington special reports Postmaster General Meyer has not decided if he will issue an order reissuing a prior directive. He has received numerous communications for and against the measure and is giving them careful consideration before any action.
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Santa ‘Claus
Washington, D. C
Meyer
Indiana Leads the World in Corn Exhibits at National Exposition
Omaha Nebraska special reports Indiana earns top places at the world's corn exposition. Premiums were awarded among twenty eight corn states with Indiana taking first and second for single ear and claiming the world's championship for largest and best ear corn. Notable winners include Monroe Riggs Anthony Kan sas and Geo Stambrook Franklin Ind with other judges and locations listed.
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Omaha
Neb
Indiana
Monroe Riggs
Altamount
Kansas
Fred Waltje
Anthony
Hugh A. .Randell
Guthrie
Oklahoma
H.T. Lake
Razeville
S. D
Franklin
Ind
Harry Tilson
Harry Seitz
Desoto
Record-Setting Blast Kills and Wounds Panama Workers
In Bas Obispo near Panama, over 100 laborers were killed or wounded by a 40 ton dynamite blast during Culebra cut construction. Officials say familiarity bred carelessness as crews sought to exceed a 27 ton record. Field hospitals were overwhelmed. doctors and foremen worked quickly to aid victims.
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Panama
Bas Obispo
Culebra Cut
Culebra
Work of Chicago Dynamiters
Chicago police probe a bomb in an alley on Wabash avenue that wrecked two buildings near the Coloseum area. Several people are believed killed or injured as windows shattered for blocks. The blast threatened the first ward ball planned at the Colosseum, with authorities suspecting the bomber aimed to disrupt the event.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Coliseum
First Ward
Law and Order
Acquittal in Whitecap Case Shocks Rushville Residents
In Rushville Indiana a special acquittal was returned for Mrs Leona Tribbey Charles and Harry McFatridge Perry Collins Burl Kenedy and Lafayette Goldman in the whitecapping case involving John B Tribbey. The jury deliberated two hours and five minutes. The six were charged with whipping Tribbey after he was taken from his bed by masked men beaten and tarred and feathered on August 5.
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Rushville
Ind
John B. Tribbey
Leona
Tribbey
Charles
Harry McFatridge
Perry Collins
Burl Kenedy
Lafayette Goldman
Famous Sioux Leader Hump Dies in Cherry Creek Camp
Pierre South Dakota special reports Chief Hump the Sioux leader who headed the band involved in the clashes that led to the Battle of Wounded Knee is dead at his Cherry Creek camp. The Wounded Knee conflict marked the last major Indian fight in the northwest.
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Pierre
S. D
Hump
Knee
Northwest
Cherry Creek
Gas and Oil Flow From Petersburg Well
Natural gas at 300 pounds pressure and 2,000,000 cubic feet was struck late last week at Petersburg West Peters burg at a depth of 1,200 feet. Oil also flows from the well.
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Petersburg
Ind
Roosevelt Denies Canal Deal Again in Vitriolic Message
President Roosevelt reiterates denial of any impropriety in the Panama Canal purchase and accuses Joseph Pulitzer of criminal libel. The message, described as virile and blazing, targets Pulitzer and Merges Cabinet views with criticism of canal construction methods and cost projections. Senators rush through reading. House shows more interest as Bunau-Varilla’s warning about sea level plans stirs debate.
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Washington, Special
Congress
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
United States
William D. Foulke
Indiana
Hot Springs
Joseph Pulitzer
The
New York World
Ananias Club
Bonaparte
Rooseveltian Philippic
Pulitzer
Foulke
Senate
Philippe Bunau-Varilla
Panama
Congress in uproar over secret service wording
Washington report notes the House unanimously backed a resolution to investigate that portion of the President's message about appropriations and secret service personnel. Congress condemns the reference as an attack on integrity while recounting past limitations on moving secret service staff between departments.
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Washington, Special
House
Secret Service
Congress
Secret Service Bureau
Oregon
Public Service
Society Girl to Wed Jap Sunukai Heir to Old Japanese Title
An American Japanese romance begun at the Art Institute two years ago ends in marriage plans for Miss Luéene Goodenow of Woodlawn and Kiokei Sunukai, a Japanese artist heir apparent to a noble title.
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Chicago
Art Institute
Luéene Goodenow
Woodlawn
Kiokei
Sunukai
Japan
Head Too Big for Town in Columbia Missouri
In Columbia Missouri a special report describes the Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle Episcopal bishop of Missouri during the presidential inauguration exercises. His silk hat was too large or too small and a loaned hat had to be balanced on his head to stay in place.
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Columbia
Daniel S. Tuttle
Missouri
University of Missouri
Death of Ik Marvel author Charles Mitchell at Edgewood
Charles Mitchell known by pen name Ik Marvel dies at 84 or 86 in Haven Edgewood suburb after long writing career. Born April 1822 in Norwich Connecticut, he attended Yale and served as United States Consul to Venice before retiring to his Edgewood farm near New Haven. His notable works include Reveries of a Bachelor and Dream Life, which remained popular for decades.
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Haven
Conn
Donald” Grant
Mitchell
Ik Marvel
Norwich
Yale
New York City
Mary F. Pringle
Charleston
D. C
United States
Venice
Edgewood
New Haven
Popular Vote Totals Show 1908- Era Leads by Bryan Over Parker
Official tallies disclose Michigan's final vote returns and national totals for Taft Bryan Debs Chafin Hisgen Watson and Gilhaus with Bryan ahead by 1 315 211 votes over Parker. Taft led in New York Pennsylvania and Illinois while Debs surpassed Roosevelt in 1904 comparisons.
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Bryan
Sage of
Esopus
New York
Michigan
Taft
Weveee
Wee
Debs
Hisgen
Independent
Watson
Gilhaus
Socialist Labor
Secane
Prohibition
Bryat
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Ohio
Illinois
Maryland
Nevada
Massachusetts
Morgan Gives $100000 for San Francisco Churches
Bishop William Ford Nichols of California announces that J Pierpont Morgan contributed $100000 for rebuilding Episcopal churches in San Francisco, destroyed by the quake and fire three years ago.
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J. P. Morgan
New York
William Ford Nichols
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
California
J. Pierpont Morgan
San Francisco
Editorial Demands Hanging in Memphis Story
A Memphis Commercial Appeal editorial calls for public hanging of William Laturn after he shot and killed three Black men. The piece demands immediate action with a grand jury due and the noose ready before year’s end.
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Memphis
Broom Prices Climb as Shortage Bites Illinois
Terre Haute notes broom corn brokers have cornered the supply in Illinois and Paris offers up to 150 dollars per ton. Broom factories raise the price of the lowest grades as the 25 cent broom becomes a thing of the past for a year.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Illinois
Paris
Argentina Plans Big Navy Senate approves six year naval armaments
The Buenos Aires report says the senate confirmed the naval armaments commission plan authorizing spending of 33 million dollars over six years for expansion of the Argentine navy.
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Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Senate
Naval Armaments Commission
Turkish steamship wrecked in Black Sea storm
Telegram from Sebastopol reports a Turkish steamer bound from Constantinople to Sebastopol was wrecked in a storm on the Black Sea. Details are lacking but it is believed the crew and 50 passengers were drowned.
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Black Sea
St. Petersburg
Sebastopol
Constantinople
Insurrection Battle Report From Odessa Ends in Many Deaths
Fragmentary dispatch notes heavy fighting in Odessa with numerous casualties. Text mentions a cable and Persia, hinting at broader insurgent actions but lacks full details. The report conveys chaos and significant loss without clear attribution or timelines.
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Odessa
Cable
Ironghont
Persia
Dutch Cruiser Seizes Venezuelan Guardship Off Puerto Cabello
The Dutch cruiser Gelderland captured the Venezuelan coast guardship Alix near Puerto Cabello, hoisted the Dutch flag, and towed the vessel to Willemstad. The Alix crew were landed, no shots were fired, and Curacao welcomes Holland’s active move against Venezuela amid regional tensions.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Gelderland
Puerto Cabello
Puerto Cabelio
Curacao
Holland
Venezuela
Castro
Wreck of North Coast Limited deemed one of railroading’s luckiest
The west bound North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific derailed twenty miles east of Bismarck North Dakota after hitting a broken rail. The engine cleared the embankment but the tender baggage mail cars and several coaches slid into a deep snowdrift. Despite the 200 plus passengers and eight babies unharmed the incident, aided by hard packed snow, is considered remarkable.
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Bismarck
N. C
North Coast Limited
Chicago Mystery: Knights of the White Death Hoax Solved
William Pollard a 22 year old grocer wagon driver confessed to sending threat letters to clergy and citizens in Chicago as a joke, ending the Knights of the White Death scare.
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Chicago
Knights of the White Death
William Pollard
Millionaire Petroff Burns Wealth to Spare His Kin
In Moscow a wealthy but ill Petroff withdrew his fortune as bank notes and burned them in his sick room. He then called his relatives, once poor, to view the ashes and proclaimed wealth the root of all sin, congratulating them on escaping vice.
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Moscow
Petroff
Chicago Murder Totals For 1908 Listed By Police
The Police Department records show 156 people were murdered in Chicago in 1908 with 24 cases unsolved. In 1905, 173 murders were recorded, the highest number noted.
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Chicago
Bureau of ‘Records
The
Police Department
Man Convicted for Sharing Whisky in Rose Jaw Case
In Bellefontaine Ohio Charles Sutton was fined 50 dollars after being convicted of violating the Rose Jaw by giving a friend a drink from his whisky flask. Local authorities report the case stemmed from the prohibition era public morality statute.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Charles Sutton
Father of Triplets at 82 in Columbus Ga
Special news from Columbus Georgia reports Ambrose E Calhoun and wife welcomed triplets born Wednesday. The couple now has 25 children and the father is 82 years old. The note appears amid market detail.
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Columbus, Ga
Ambrose E. Calhoun
Princess Sells Diamond Tiara To Aid Miners' Widows
The crown princess sold a diamond tiara valued at about 25 000 to raise funds for widows and orphans of a Hamm mining disaster. Court members are scandalized yet public opinion praises the princess's generosity. The crown prince previously donated 1250 to the fund.
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Berlin
Hamm
Roosevelts Africa Hunt Skit Dazzles Gridiron Club
The Gridiron Club fall dinner at the New Willard featured a Roosevelt Africa hunting skit with a tent scene in a jungle. An auditor in the sketch tallies each word at one dollar, prompting loud laughter from the distinguished guests including presidents, senators, diplomats, and newspaper men.
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Washington
New Willard
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Jim Watson
Charley Landis
Watson
Charles G. Dawes
Frank Lowden
Norman &. Mack
W. J. Bryan
Loeb
Taft
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
James S. Henry
Africa
Senegambia
Scribbler’s Magazine
New York
Victoria
Nyanza
Christmas trees forbidden in Calvary Baptist Church
New York Special reports Rev. Robert S. MacArthur of Calvary Baptist Church urging abandonment of Christmas trees. In his sermon he links deforestation to floods and shade loss and states he has forbidden evergreen purchases for the holidays.
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New York
Robert S. MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
Tobacco Interests Organize in Louisville Kentucky
The Union Tobacco Society representing tobacco growing interests in Kentucky Indiana Ohio Tennessee and Wisconsin was organized here last week with estimated assets of 30 million dollars. Its purpose is to protect growers from a minimum price and the consumer from a maximum scale with pooled interests across the states and tobacco sold through a board of directors.
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Tobacco Interests
Louisville
The
Union Tobacco Society
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
Wisconsin
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