Prisoner Pickard to Be Brought to Iowa in Week
Nicholas Pickard identified as Bill Pickard the slayer of William Teets by Sherman Teets in Texas. Ex-Sheriff Saunders and Teets travel with Pickard aboard Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe toward Iowa. If trains align they will reach Kansas City and then Columbus Junction Tuesday evening before continuing to Wapello.
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Wapello
Nicholas Pickard
Bill Pickard
William Teets
Sherman Teets
Teets
Conroe
Texas
Saunders
Pickard
Gulf, Colorado
Santa Fe
Iowa
Kansas City
Rock Island
Columbus Junction
Burlington
Morocco installs new sultan after Fez riots
After three days of rioting in Fez, a new sultan Mulai Hafsid is proclaimed. He is the brother of the deposed Mulai Abdul Aziz, chosen with Moroccan legislature approval amid reports of the former ruler's pro European ties and financial troubles. A deputation outlined ascendancy conditions as photographs show Fez landmarks and officials.
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Morocco
Fez
Mulai Hafsid
Mulai Abdul Aziz
Mulai Aziz
Mohammed
Mulai Haffid
Italian convict leaps to attempted suicide at Joliet Prison
Frank J. Constantine, a life-term inmate convicted of the murder of Mrs Louis H. Gentry, leaped from the seventh gallery at Joliet penitentiary. He fell roughly thirty feet to the rotunda floor, is unconscious in the prison hospital, and is believed near death after the Saturday night incident.
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Chicago
Frank J. Constantine
Joliet
Louis H. Gentry
Federal Judge voids Missouri anti transfer law
Kansas City Jan 20 Federal Judge Smith McPherson declared void and unconstitutional the Missouri statute that forbade foreign corporations from transferring suits to federal courts under threat to forfeit their charters.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Missouri
Pioneer minister Stoddard dies at 85 after five weeks circuit ride
Waterloo Iowa reports the death of Special Rev. Isaac A. Stoddard aged 85 in Jessup. A pioneer Methodist minister who originated the Greeley Grove circuit in 1857. He proverbially rode five weeks on horseback to cover all circuit points.
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Waterloo
Isaac A. Stoddard
Jessup
Greeley Grove
Reward for lifesaving agent in Madrid trust case
Marshalltown Iowa January 29 special W E Gearhart agent of the Milwaukee at Madrid inherits ten thousand dollars from a Chicago banker's will for saving the testator's wife and daughter at Melbourne nineteen years ago. Dr H L Getz is charged with insanity here today and will appeal to the district court four months after a suicide attempt at West Liberty.
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Marshalltown
W. E. Gearhart
Milwaukee
Madrid
Chicago
Melbourne
H. L. Getz
West, Liberty
Big Appropriations Voted for Pacific Fleet and Canal
Washington January 20 The sub committee on deficiencies of the house appropriations committee recommends immediate appropriation of 1 million dollars to cover the coal bill of Admiral Evans fleet voyage to the Pacific coast and 12 million dollars for Secretary Taft and Chairman Goethals to sustain the canal commission through the current fiscal year as mapped out by Goethals.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Appropriations
Admiral Evans
Pacific Coast
Taft
Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Commission
Inquest Planned Over Tragic Rock Island Track Death
Coroner E. E. Hobby of Iowa City plans an inquest into the death of seven year old Elva Babcock, fatally struck by a Rock Island train after attempting to cross the tracks. An investigation aims to establish facts, with a jury to be impaneled and witnesses, including three nearby tramps, subpoenaed.
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Iowa City
E. E. Hobby
Little Elva Babcock
Rock Island
Hobby
Editor Charles Emory Smith Dies Sudden in Philadelphia
Charles Emory Smith editor of the Press former minister to Russia and Postmaster General died at his Philadelphia home from heart trouble. He had recent health issues after a November 30 New York dinner and a December grip. He was 1842 born in Mansfield Connecticut and survived by his second wife Henrietta Nichols.
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Philadelphia
Charles Emory Smith
the Press
Russia
Washington Romaine Nichols
Elberon
N. J
Mr. Smith
Mansfield
Conn
Girl Wife of Haw Tells Story Faces Court Ruling
Littleton wins admission of Evelyn’s story detailing hardships faced as a girl. Jerome remains in a fierce mood as newsmen and the public are not barred from the case.
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Haw
Evelyn
Jerome
Thaw Case Witness Repeats Paris Conversation
Jerome opens cross examination as Evelyn Thaw testifies about her Paris meeting with Stanford White. She recalls the Velvet Swing room and parasol ceiling, and details Thaw’s threats and Monte Carlo laudanum incident. Judge Dowling upholds public access and allows early life testimony.
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New York
N. Y
Thaw
Dowling
Jerome
Evelyn Thaw
Stanford White
Paris
Littleton
Twenty-Fourth Street
Justice Dowling
Forgers Sentenced to Reformatory Terms
In Burlington Iowa on January 20 Oscar Clow and William A. McClure were sentenced in district court to the Anamosa reformatory for one to seven years. Stephen Hadden received the same sentence in Ft. Madison for forging charges.
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Burlington
Oscar Clow
Wm. A. McClure
Anamosa
Stephen Hadden
Ft. Madison
Train wreck delays Kentucky legislative session
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train derailed seven miles from Frankfort this morning injuring several passengers including lawmakers. With the accident, the 9:50 a.m. arrival is delayed and it is unlikely any United States senator ballot will be held today as the joint session cannot reach Frankfort in time.
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Louisville
Louisville and Nashville
Frankfort
United States
Parade of Hungry Unemployed Through New Britain
More than a thousand jobless workers march through New Britain Connecticut carrying a banner that reads Parade of hungry people looking for work Poles Germans Lithuanians French and Italians make up the majority of the demonstrators.
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New Brittan
Conn
Murder at Old Bottoms ranch sparks arson motive mystery
Lewiston Mont January 20 news from the Mussellshell district reports Mrs Slater a 40 year old widow and her four children ages up to 15 were murdered at the Old Bottoms ranch. The house was set on fire to destroy evidence of the crime with motive unknown.
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Lewiston
Mont
Old Bottoms Ranch
Mussellshell
Mosby
Slater
Rector Weds Former Parishioner in Cleveland
Dr. George W. Hinkle rector of Christ Episcopal church wed Miss Adelaine Corlitt in Cleveland Ohio. Corlitt was in his Sunday school class twenty years ago when Hinkle served Grace church of Cleveland as his first charge.
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Waterloo
George W. Hinkle
Christ Episcopal Church
Cleveland
Ohio
Adelaine Corlitt
Hinkle
Grace Church of Cleveland
Defeat of Tax Fight Over Miners Defense Fund
In Oskaloosa Iowa tax agents sue United Mine Workers of Iowa to recover about 17000 in back taxes on a defense fund now near 250000, the miners claiming the fund is charitable and tax exempt. Indianapolis hosts 1000 delegates for the United Mine Workers of America convention opening tomorrow with John Mitchell to give his farewell address before retirement on April 1.
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Oskaloosa
United Mine Workers of Iowa
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
False Paris origin alleged in Atlantic fleet plot
White House officials dismiss the claimed plot to destroy American fleet ships as uncredible, stating the information appears to originate in Paris. Rio de Janeiro police report arrests as they probe a foreigner led band alleged to have organized the scheme.
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Washington, D. C
Rio de Janeiro
White House
Secret Service
Paris
Rio Janeiro
Justice Scotland names temporary receiver for New England Trust Co
Providence Rhode Island January 20 Justice Scotland appoints John P Hilton treasurer of the New England Trust Co as temporary receiver of the institution no statement issued
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Providence
R. I
Justice Scotland
John P. Hilton
The
New England Trust Co
Bank Examiner In Charge At St Paul Banks
The bank examiner today assumed charge of the State bank of St. Paul and the Citizens' Savings bank in St. Paul Minnesota, after reports of financial difficulties last week. Both banks are comparatively small institutions.
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St. Paul, Minn
State Bank of
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the northwest. Illinois also fair tonight and Tuesday with moderate temperatures. Sunrise 7 13 sunset 4 51 moon rise 6 52 D. D.
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Iowa
Northwest
Illinois
McDonald Trial Opens in Murder Case
Mrs Dora McDonald widow of Chicago gambler stands trial for the murder of Webster S Guerin. The case began in Chicago Michigan today with experts predicting a jury could be secured within two days.
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Chicago
Webster Guerin
Dora McDonald
Michael C. McDonald
Websters
Guerin
Catholic Directory Counts Catholics Under U S Flag
In Milwaukee on January 20 1908 advance sheets of Wiltzius Catholic directory report 13 877 000 Catholics in the United States and 22 019 000 under the protection of the United States flag with readers noting the national Catholic population and protection figures.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Widow 13 Afraid After Texas Murder Hunt
Eye witness accounts piece together the 1879 crime as men who chased Pickard describe his character and the pursuit. Grandview readers learn the fear of a slain man’s widow and how the case is reviewed through witness statements.
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Pickard
Grandview Case: Teets Family Identifies Texas Suspect in Iowa Murder
Sherman Teets, son of William Teets murdered near Grandview Iowa over 28 years ago, identifies Texas farmer Nicholas Pickard as the suspect. The article notes uncertainty about verification, ongoing inquiries by Iowa and Texas authorities, and prior rewards totaling up to 300 dollars.
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Saunders
Teets
Jake Teets
Jake
Sherman
John
Grandview
M. A. Anderson
Conroe
Texas
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