Judge Landis Grants Stay For Billik Reprieve Before Looming Execution
Federal Judge Landis ordered a stay of execution for Herman Billik granting an appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Crowds filled Dearborn avenue as Father Vatmann proclaimed Billie lives reprieved and jail officials confirmed the stay amid dramatic scenes and prayers.
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Chicago
Herman Pillik
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Standard Oil Company
Billik
Supreme Court of the United States
Father O’callaghan
Dearborn Avenue
Michigan
Illinois
Father Vatmann
Wilmiette
Ill
Billie
Landis
Davies
President and Attorney General Bonaparte May Leave Office
The President and Attorney General Bonaparte announced at the White House they intend to leave office on March 4. Rumors of a cabinet rift are denied, with emphasis that Buick and Rounds removals and a suit against the New Haven Railroad were agreed matters six months ago.
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Washington
Bonapart
Bonaparte
White House
Buick
United States
Rounds
Idaho
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Rise in Indiana Courts Shows 1907 Civil and Criminal Volume
A state report by Statistician Stubbs notes Indiana court activity increased in 1907 over 1906. Civil cases reached 28 755 and criminal cases 8 579 with liquor law violations 2 224 and convictions 891. The felony arrests led in assault and battery with intent grand and petit larceny burglary forgery embezzlement. Gambling arrests numbered 459 and liquor violations 1 791. White women most often faced grand or petit larceny charges while more colored individuals were tied to larceny and theft.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Stubbs
Indiana
Man balks at wife hair care costs in court
Philadelphia special: William Morgan chased into court for failing to support his wife. He testified he had supported her 21 years with weekly carriage rides and an elevator in their home, yet objected to paying 35 for rats for her hair and 2.50 a pair for hose.
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Philadelphia
William Morgan
Haif
Morgan
What a Woman Likes About Going to Church
A woman notes church offers a chance to discuss anyone who stays away, reflecting social dynamics and communal talk within religious gatherings. She highlights the open nature of church discourse and its role in shared concerns.
Millers Plan Advertising Push For White Flour
Detroit millers at a mass convention of the Millers National Federation pledge a publicity campaign to defend white flour against patent breakfast foods. They call for trade demand study, price setting by sellers, no dumping of overproduction, and profit across output with broader federation membership.
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Detroit
Mich
Millers’ National Federation
Pardon Granted in Goebel Case Ends Dark Kentucky Chapter
Governor Wilson pardons Caleb Powers and James Howard, ending eight years of legal proceedings tied to the Goebel murder. Powers and Howard leave jail and prison respectively after petitions, with the governor detailing the case and noting 500,000 signatories including 240,000 Kentuckians. The Goebel killing shook Kentucky politics and damaged public trust across the state.
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Frankfort
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Wilson
United States
Powers
Georgetown
Howard
William Goebel
William S. Taylor
Goebel
Secretary of State
United States Court
Supreme Court
Franklin Circuit Court
Scott Circuit Court
James B. Howard
Kentucky
New Gunness Victim Found Claim Sparks Debate
Mrs. Ole Remel says her father Chris ten Hendklove was murdered by Mrs. Gunness. Letters show he is not in Westby Bloomington Wisconsin or Norway as hoped. Hendkleve, age 70, left with $2000. Laporte postmaster says Gunness received his mail.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Ole Remel
Christen Hendklove
Gunness
Westby
Bloomington
Wisconsin
Norway
Laporte
Hendkleve
Highest Steer Prices Since 1902 in Chicago Market
Chicago reports an actual 15 25c advance for choice to prime steers, the highest prices here since 1902’s beef famine. Texas and grass cattle moves in the South and West pressured plain and grassy steer grades downward.
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Chicago
Texas
Expedition Disaster in Branca Crater Berlin
An exploring party led by Dike Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg was overwhelmed by a severe snow storm in Branca crater in the volcanic region of German East Africa. About twenty of the Black contingent, nearly half of the expedition, perished roughly ninety miles south of the equator.
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Berlin
Dike Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg
German East Africa
Branca
Equator
Cassell Faces Murder Trial In Owen Circuit Court
George Emory Cassell is set to answer to murder charges in Owen Circuit Court. The case hinges on circumstantial evidence as the two men traveled from Eminence to Mill Grove. Mills, 73, a wealthy Morgan County farmer, was killed. Cassell, an Indianapolis shoe store employee, was friend of Mills. Judge James L. Carter to preside. venue motion debated.
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Williams
Homer L. Moss
Henry N. Spaan
Indianapolis
Alexander McKnight
Brazil
A. M. Kivett
Martinsville
Willis Hickam
Thomas Mills
Quincy
Cassell
Eminence
Mill Grove
Mills
Cassel
Spencer
Morgan County
Bandits Fail to Rob Car in New Orleans
Three men attempted a streetcar holdup on the city outskirts. Henry Odell was wounded in the thigh and Ernest Reviere, the motorman, suffered a similar injury at home. Odell blamed the other two men who fled after a struggle where Odell fired twice.
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New Orleans
Henry Odell
Ernest Reviere
Odell
Confederate Flag Victory in Ossining Firemen Celebration
In Ossining New York during a firemen convention Major Physioc displayed a Confederate flag honoring his Virginian father. Commander Sumner A. Smith of Morell Post removed the flag while Physioc was away. Morrell Post adopted a resolution supporting the action and kept the flag as a trophy. A reception followed the post’s explanation and honor to the Physiocs.
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Ossining
N. Y
William J. Physioc
Main Street
Sumner A. Smith
Morell Post
Grand Army
Great Crops Promised For 1908 Harvest
The 1908 crops are forecast to reach about 8 billion dollars in value. Chief Statistician Clark of the Department of Agriculture predicts continued prosperity for farmers after eight years of high yields and prices, with a ninth strong harvest anticipated.
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Washington
Special
Department of Agriculture
Clark
Your Superiority Stated Beyond Any Pedestal
A concise proverb-like line asserts that authority or worth does not rise from a fixed elevated position but from behavior and merit rather than rank or status. The statement challenges hierarchical assumptions.
Million Gift Aids Johns Hopkins Psychiatric Clinic
Baltimore special: Henry Phipps of Pittsburgh and New York arranged a gift exceeding half a million dollars to Johns Hopkins Hospital and University for a psychiatric clinic. The funds cover a four story hospital, modern treatment apparatus, and laboratories for mental abnormality research plus medical and nursing staff. The exact amount is not disclosed.
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Baltimore
William H. Welsh
Johns Hopkins University
Henry Phipps
Pittsburg
New York
Europe
Johns Hopkins Hospital and University
Gunners of the U S Navy Praise Marksmen Across Fleet
Capt Henry McCrea commander of the battleship Georgia praises American gunners as the best in the world based on target records from the fleet’s South American cruise. He says sailors on many ships excel, with Magdalena records expected to astonish foreign powers.
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Logansport
Henry McCrea
Georgia
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
McCrea
United States
England
South America
Captain McCrea
Magdalena
America
Everett House Closes for 20-Story Office Block
New York reports the Everett House on Fourth Avenue and Seventeenth Street closed as the owner begins razing it for a twenty story office building. Built in 1853 and named after Edward Everett, the hotel hosted King Edward VII in the so called Prince's Suite on the third floor.
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New York
Army of Trade
Everett
Edward Everett
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
South Bend Forms Tuberculosis Cure and Prevention Society
South Bend develops a local tuberculosis society inspired by associated charities and Boston Emmanuel Church plans. Tubercular classes led by physicians and nurses will be open to all with disease or tendency, with home visits for the ill.
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South Bend
Associated Charities
Boston
Reward Offered for Finding Mrs Belle Gunness
Laporte Indiana report states a reward of five thousand dollars will be offered for the apprehension of Mrs Belle Gunness if she is alive. Ten citizens signed notes for fifty dollars each as the nucleus of the fund.
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Laporte
Laporte, Ind
Belle Gunness
Ncleus
No man has more religion in him than he uses
Fragmentary text suggests a reflection on true faith and practicality, noting belief measures by usage rather than proclaimed piety. No concrete events, dates, or identifiable persons are present to anchor names or places.
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Ion
Bryan Nomination Push Centers on Fairview Visit
Lincoln reports rapid movement of Democratic activity around William J. Bryan at Fairview his Omaha attorney J J Dunn to present Bryans name to the Denver convention Dunn accepted the honor with option to invite another to present or second the nomination F W Brown Lincoln mayor to handle resolutions Col Henry Watterson and Sen Charles Towne visit Bryan plans for summer include remaining at home Bryan will campaign and visit churches lodges and farms with daily speeches
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Lincoln, Neb
Fairview
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Denver
J. J. Dunn
Omaha
Dunn
Nebraska
F. W. Brown
Lincoln
Col
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Charles A. Towne
New York
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Col. Watterson
Mr. Bryan
State University
Lincoln Bryan Club
Open suspended Merchants and Traders Bank in New York
Directors' counsel seeks order to modify injunction for dissolution. They propose cutting capital from 2 million to 1 million and borrowing 1 million from Equitable Trust. Reported 82 percent of depositors back reopening. liabilities 14,411,830. assets 14,443,650. surplus 31,820 plus 2 million capital.
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New York
Merchants’ and Traders’ Bank
Blanchard
Jackson
Equitable Trust Company
Spiritualist Prophet On Trial For Assault In Arkansas
Elijah Skaggs claimed as reincarnation of a prophet faced a criminal assault charge in Ft. Smith Arkansas. Dallas woman Margaret Irene Taylor testified the attack was spiritual not physical, offering to hang Skaggs to prove divinity. Skaggs admitted heart assault, argued covenant did not violate law. jury deliberations proceed.
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Ft. Smith, Ark
Elijah Skaggs
Elijah
Margaret Irene Taylor
Dallas
Texas
Skaggs
Taylor
Governor Hanly Finds Berth 14 Safer for Trip
In Indianapolis a Special report says Gov. Hanly, faced with a choice between delaying his Chicago trip or sleeping in berth No 13, opted for deferral and switched to berth No 14. The secretary judged deferring preferable to starting a presidential nomination journey with a superstition tied to 13.
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Hanly
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Fairbanks
Toads Stampede on Cleveland Streetcar
A panic on a Superior Avenue streetcar in Cleveland broke out when three toads escaped from a paper bag and hopped about the car floor. A man planned to keep the amphibians to prevent bugs in his wife’s flower bed, as a stout woman screamed when the largest toad settled in her lap. Passengers fled at the next stop as the toads hopped around and officials halted the car.
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Cleveland
Superior Avenue
Car Stopped for Sneeze On Tower Grove Line
A St. Louis street car on the Tower Grove line halted for ten minutes to recover from a sneezing fit after a stout passenger demanded a fare. The conductor tried to nab a young man who had sprinkled snuff on the car floor, but he escaped as the others sneezed through the stop.
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St. Louis
Tower Grove
John Burns
Choo
Too Wet for Potatoes in Chicago Market
Potatoes sell at beef and mutton price levels as old crop rises 13 cents a bushel and new 5 cents. In 10 days, new potatoes gain about 40 cents, top fancy stock at 1.85, old stock 0.96 wholesale. Retail values higher. wet South weather disrupts shipping, limiting supply to meet demand.
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Chicago
South
Oliver Belmont Dead in Hempstead Age 50
Oliver H P Belmont aged 50 died at his Hempstead Long Island home after a ten day illness with appendicitis. A grandson of Commodore Matthew Galbraith Perry he was popular in social circles here London and Paris and had not been active in business for several years.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L. I
Matthew Galbraith Perry
United States
Japan
Belmont
London
Paris
Koreans burned in house by Japanese troops
Report from Victoria British Columbia states sixteen Koreans including an insurgent leader were burned to death when Japanese troops surrounded a house where insurgents were entrenched. Information came via incoming steamships from Korea.
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Victoria
B. C
Korea
A Marriage of Midgets Elopes in Mississippi
James M. Burnett the Bristol midget known nationwide as America's smallest Odd Fellow elopes from Baldwin Mississippi with Lou Nabors said to be the South's smallest female midget weighing under sixty pounds. They marry in Marietta Mississippi after evading the girl's mother who opposed the match.
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Richmond
James M. Burnett
Bristol
United States
America
Baldwin
Miss
Lou Nabors
South
Marietta
Woman Prefers Fashion to Wealth and Jewelry
A woman is quoted as valuing clothing and jewels over riches, expressing contentment with material adornments rather than financial wealth. The remark reflects attitudes toward wealth and luxury.
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