Jury hears defense model rejected in Bayside Yacht Club murder trial
In Flushing New York on December 17 the Hains murder trial heard doctors describe Annis autopsy findings while the judge ruled against a defense model of gunPosed positions. Key witness Birchfield testified Hains drew a revolver and fired as Annis sat, with Mrs Annis asked if she saw her husband die.
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N. Y
Annis
Cree
Thornton J. Hains
Peter
Bayside Yacht Club
Birchfield
Anins
Hains
William Kk
Thornton Hains
Pam
Edward Andrews
Yacht Club
John Tonning
Darrin
Tonning
Sweden
Tanning
Captain Hains
White
State
G. G. Skinner
Bayside Club
Herbert Franke
Crane
McIntyre
Frank L. Leavitt
Bayside
Jenkins
Senatorial clash over Aldrich resolutions on secret service matter
Washington lawmakers clash as Perkins reports urge President to disclose evidence behind claims about Secret Service. Senate debate erupts with Bailey Tillman Culberson Newlands Bacon hurling sharp rebukes and calling the president's message an insult to Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Perkins
House
Secret Service
Congress
Aldrich
Senate
Bailey
Hale
Tillman
Culberson
Newland
Le Claire Rapids Blasted To Create Slack Water Channel
The Le Claire rapids long feared as the Mississippi’s dangerous stretch will be bypassed by a government project. Workers blast through rock to form slack water along the Illinois shore from LeClaire to Rock Island, reducing navigation hazards in coming years.
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Clinton
le Claire
Mississippi River
Illinois
LeClaire
Rock Island
Portuguese Cabinet Resigns in Lisbon
Lisbon December 17. The Portuguese cabinet has resigned and King Manuel consults party leaders to form a new ministry. The development follows a political crisis and indicates imminent government reorganization.
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King
Portugal
Lisbon
Manuel
House Demands Evidence First Santa Claus Fire
Table of contents style entry noting items such as House demands evidence, First Santa Claus Fire, Hains defense, and Turkey despotism, with other Muscatine topics like East Hill News and South Muscatine notices. It reads like an index of varied local pieces across pages.
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Hains
Turkey
Sperry
Croesus
Coesus
East Hill
Chicago Cardinals
Morning Sun
Court House
South Muscatine
Muscatine
Wilton
Krueger
First Baptist Church
Bellevue Hospital
J. 5
Parmelee
Iowa
Muscatine Year in Review and Local Highlights 1908
A compact retrospective of Muscatine's 1908 year featuring Prosperity shown by banks romance of the cane by the Iowa Band art by George Gray Barnard Muscatine Business College and its proprietor the best advertised town dreams of a levee past year in local sports the Tourists marriages of the year and expressions of local patriotism plus notable deaths and Diamond Joe's monument seen as a year’s marker.
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Muscatine
Iowa
George Gray Barnard
Muscatine Business College
John Mahin
Diamond Joe
Britain
Simon Elected Halted Leader
Port Au Prince Haiti Dec 17 General Antone Simon the leader of the last revolution in Haiti today was unanimously elected president of the republic by the Haitien congress. Other aspirants to the presidency did not come forward actively through fear of another outbreak of disorder which would result in the American intervention.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Antone Simon
Republic
Aunt of Thaw dies at Philadelphia asylum
Harriet A. Thaw aged 85, an aunt of Harry K. Thaw, dies at Friends' Asylum for the Insane in Frankford. The fact she was an inmate was cited in Thaw's second trial for Stanford White murder where insanity was the defense.
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Philadelphia
Harriet A. Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Friends’ Asylum For the
Frankford
Thaw
Stanford White
Venezuela Declares State of War, Caracas Telegram
A Caracas telegram dated the 14th reports that the Venezuelan government has declared a state of war. The dispatch from Paxton Hibben in Bogota notes Colombia’s foreign affairs minister received the message on December 14. The telegram outlines a formal declaration of war by Venezuela.
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Washington, D. C
Paxton Hibben
Legation
Bogota
Colombia
Caracas
Taft Defends Tariff Policy in Ohio Dinner Address
President elect Taft, during a New York visit, pledges a protective tariff revision aligned with the Chicago platform. He says excess duties should be removed, trusts and monopolies addressed through honest, thorough tariff changes based on production costs in the U.S. and abroad. He vows loyalty to party goals and promises an evidence driven approach in Washington.
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New York
N. Y
Washington
Augusta
Taft
Ohio Society
Astor
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Chicago
Chicago Pidlforms
Wail
Congress
Railroads Plead Guilty to Twenty-Eight Hour Law
Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads pleaded guilty in Chicago to violating the twenty-eight hour law. Each railroad was fined 100 dollars for the violation.
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Rock Island and Santa Fe
Chicago
Ill
Wisconsin Panel Okays $150 Million St Paul Bond Issue
Madison December 17 the Wisconsin railroad commission approved issuing 150 000 000 in additional stock by the St Paul railroad to extend its Pacific Coast division. The action targets financing offshore expansion projects and routes toward the coast.
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Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Madison
Wis
St. Paul
Pacific Coast Ag St Etion
Cummins Honored Guests at Washington Banquet
Senator Cummins will be dined tonight by prominent Washington newspaper men who have long supported him. Hosts include W. E. Brigham, Jas P. Hornaday, L. T. Vernon, H. M. Crist, John Saure, W. C. Harder, Thos. C. Dawson, and J. C. Welliver. Guests will be Cummins, Secretary Briar, and M. Welliver.
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Washington
The
Journal
Washington, D. C
J. C. Welliver
Senator Cummins
W. E. Brigham
Boston Transcript
Jas. P. Hornaday
Indianapolis News
L. T. Vernon
Chicago News
H. M. Crist
Brooklyn Eagle
John Saure
Des Moines Register and Leader
W. C. Harder
Minneapolis Tribune
Thos. C. Dawson
Columbia
Briar
M. Welliver
Cherokee
Santa's Whiskers on Fire Sparks Rescue at Penn College
Oskaloosa Iowa Dec 17 Santa CMus whiskers caught fire at Penn college nearly fatally injuring Clarence Pickett saved only by Rev Ellison Purdy heroically extinguishing the blaze. Some property damage reported.
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Iowa Evening Press
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Santa Cmus
Penn College
Ellison Purdy
Clarence Pickett
Turkey Emerges From Despots Opens First Parliament Session
Constantinople December 17 1930s news reports the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid opening the first parliament session after granting a constitution last July. He led a ceremonial cortege through the streets as crowds cheered and there was no disorder observed.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Acquits Marshal of Crime Charge in Sigourney Case
Ottumwa Iowa December 17 Adolph Nanke town marshal at What Cheer was acquitted of the murder of Perry Carmichael a well known horse buyer killed while resisting arrest at a Sigourney fair last August jurors had been out thirty hours before delivering the verdict with Carmichael’s death prompting the trial
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Iowa Evening Press
Ottumwa
Adolph Nanke
Perry Carmichael
Sigourney
Nanke
What Cheer
Carmichael
Rankin Again Pushes State Marshal Bill in Iowa
A. C. Rankin, famed as the moulder orator, visits Des Moines to revive the state marshal bill aimed at creating a state constabulary to enforce the mute law. He plans a marshal clubs convention January 11–12 as the legislature convenes, noting success hinges on Republican leaders.
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Des Moines
A. C. Rankin
Rankin
Towa
Moulder
Thirty-third General Assembly
Marshal Clubs
Switzerland elects president for 1909
Berne December 17 A Deucher minister of commerce was today elected president of the Swiss republic for 1909.
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Switzerland
Berne
A. Deucher
Des Moines Mayor Faces Plan Era Scandal
Des Moines Iowa December 17 a major city government scandal erupts as Mayor Mathis turns over fourteen hundred dollars collected when he served as police judge two years ago. The move follows an inquiry into Police Judge Stewart’s handling of forfeited bonds under the Des Moines plan.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Mathis
Stewart
Insurgent Plans Thwarted as Iowa Leader Presides
Insurgent plans appear blocked as Governor Hepburn of Iowa presides with a chance for victory still alive. The article notes tense political moves and ongoing efforts shaping the election's outcome.
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Hepburn
Iowa
Changes in House rules discussed by insurgent faction
Washington December 17. Hepburn Iowa reported changes to rules for selecting committees proposing a nine member panel to choose committees and a weekly call day, while opposing a steering committee plan. No action taken as members seek more time. Lexington December 17. Elmer Hill accused of murdering Mamie Womack was hanged by a mob near Greasy Creek after being dragged from Monticello jail.
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Washington, D. C
Hepburn
Iowa
Lexington
Elmer Hill
Mamie Womack
Adair County
Monticello
Greasy Creek
Pass-By
Government loses maps and records in Washington blaze
A fire in the United States Geological Survey building in Washington destroyed government records charts maps and photographs valued over 20000 dollars. The fire began in the sixth floor chemical laboratory and spread to the floor below where the photographic and water resources division was housed.
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United States Geological Survey
Capital
Washington, D. C
Chemical Laboratory
Photographic and Water Resources Division
Changes Proposed for U.S. Postal Service Structure
A two year joint commission report to Congress recommends a permanent director of posts to manage the postal service while the postmaster general handles finances. It calls for dismantling four assistant postmaster generals, creating seven bureaus, reorganizing by administrative districts, and moving fourth class offices to salary bases with small value postal notes replacing advices.
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Washington, D. C
Joint Commission
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Congress
Deaths of Cotter Resident David R Hughes at 57
Columbus Junction Iowa December 17 Special David R Hughes a Welsh neighborhood pillar died at Cotterla home Wednesday December 16 at noon He was 57 born in Wales came to America in 1870 with parents lived in Minnesota then Columbus City Indiana before moving to Cotterla He married Elizabeth Ann Evans in 1876 and leaves wife son Richard D a McCormick Seminary student two brothers and four sisters including W H Hughes merchant of Washington Ebenezer Hughes Elizabeth Jones Denver Mrs W R Jones Welsh neighborhood Miss Elizabeth Hughes Cedar Falls and Mrs John Abbott Muscatine He suffered heart trouble for years and died suddenly
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Columbus Junction
David R. Hughes
Cotter
Wales
America
Minnesota
Columbus City
Richard Hughes
Hughes
Elizabeth Ann Evans
Columbus City Township
Cotterla
Richard D
McCormic Seminary
W. H. Hughes
Washington, Ia
Ebenezer Hughes
Elizabeth. Cok
Thomas J. Jones
Denver
W. R. Jones
Welsh
Elizabeth Hughes
Cedar Falls
John Abbott
Muscatine
Falls on stove burn deaths reported in Iowa
Creston and Sioux City reports detail two fatal accidents. Sam Reynolds, a Burlington laborer, fell on a stove in a bank car and burned to death in Creston, Iowa. E W Muskrave, a wealthy retired farmer of Logan, died in Sioux City, Iowa, after inhaling gas fumes from a heater when he turned off the light.
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Iowa Evening Press
Creston
Sam Reynolds
Burlington
Sioux City
E. W. Muskrave
Logan
Blizzard Wreaks Havoc Across Wisconsin Wires
A severe blizzard rages across Wisconsin, causing extensive damage to telephone and telegraph lines north of Milwaukee near Sheboygan Port Washington Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. Heavy wet snow blankets the region as the storm continues.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Sheboygan
Port Washington
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Roosevelt rejects Grosscup brother for internal revenue post
President Roosevelt told a West Virginia delegation that recommending Fred Paul Grosscup as collector of internal revenue is wasting time. Senators Scott and Elkins and Representative Gains had introduced the name, but the president expects another candidate.
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Grosscup
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Peter Grosscup
Internal Revenue
Scott and Elkins
Gains
Fred Paul Grosscup
Castro Pleased by Berlin Welcome
Castro expresses pleasure with his reception in Berlin and plans to spend a quarter million dollars there before leaving, with the amount intended for Paris.
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Castro
Berlin
Paris
Weather Forecast Highlights Snow and Cold Across Iowa
Iowa to see snow and much colder tonight followed by a Friday turning fair and colder. Illinois expects rain or snow and falling temperatures with similar Friday conditions. Sunrise 7 12 am sunset 4 21 pm moonrise 12 52 am.
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Iowa
Illinois
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