Van Winkle Mother Dies Before Jones Trial
Mary Eliza Van Winkle, mother of William Van Winkle killed with his wife, died of heart failure just before she was to testify as a witness in Harry Jones murder trial in district court. She had maintained a vow of vengeance, uttering "I'm happy" as she learned of Jones’s capture and earlier as she faced death.
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Mary Eliza van Winkle
William van Winkle
Harry Jones
Mrs. van Winkle
Supreme Judge of
Samuel J. Potter
Jones
Body Guard to Quit for U S Marshal Post
Jimmie Sloan once Roosevelt’s bodyguard and close associate will resign from the U S Secret Service to become United States marshal for the southern district of Illinois. The appointment, agreed by Speaker Cannon, will take effect in the near future as Sloan remains as Taft’s personal bodyguard until Wheeler learns presidential protection duties.
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Denver
Col
the News Today
Jimmie’ Sloan
Roosevelt
United States Secret Service
United States
Illinois
Sloan
Cannon
Secret Service
Taft
Lucien C. Wheeler
King Alphonso Arrives by Cruiser Extremadura at Algeciras
King Alphonso reached Ceuta from Algeciras aboard the cruiser Extremadura this morning marking a royal stop in Morocco. The arrival occurred on March 8 and involved the royal party traveling from Spain's Algeciras.
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Alphonso
Morocco
Ceuta
Algecira
Extremadura
Bethlehem Steel Chief Talks Prices and Wages
New York March 8 Bethlehem Steel president Charles M Schwab said prices may fall before an adjustment but the Bethlehem Steel Corp will not cut wages. In Phoenixville the Phoenix Iron Co laid off about three thousand workers today. In Woodbine a riot erupted during a strike with several injured as workers clashed with pickets.
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New York
N. Y
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Phoenixville
Phoenix Iron Co
Woodbine
N. J
Fiendish double shooting at Great Northern depot
Devil's Lake North Dakota March 8 O J Hooper Great Northern station agent and former cashier E S Bryant were found unconscious in blood at the freight station. Hooper died en route to hospital Bryant is dying. Authorities say Bryant shot Hooper in the head twice and then shot himself Bryant was discharged from cashier duties last Saturday.
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Devil’s Lake
N. D
O. J. Hooper
Great Northern
E. S. Bryan
Hooper
Bryant
Letter From Harry Jones To Fannie From Fairport
A dated note from Harry Jones to Fannie recounts disputes with Will Hobart in Fairport, threatening retaliation and plans to return there. Jones asks for a reply via Jim Snyder and indicates willingness to act if Will confronts him. The letter mentions local townspeople and past loyalties.
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Fannie
Will
Fairport
Gatton's
Harry Jones
Will Hobart
Bill Hobart
Jim Snyder
Jim
Judge Snowden H. Fairall Dies After 53 Years in Iowa Courts
Iowa City records the death of Judge Snowden H. Fairall at age 73 after a lingering illness. Born June 1835 in Allegheny County Pennsylvania, he moved to Iowa in 1855 after graduating Washington College and became a prominent lawyer in district and supreme courts, U.S. courts, legislator, and twice state senator. He compiled a digest of Iowa supreme court cases and served as a Trinity Church vestryman.
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Iowa City
Snowden H. Fairall
Major Snowden
Cromwell
R. Snowden
Maryland
Alleghany County
Iowa
Washington College
James G. Blaine
United States
Johnson
Iowa Supreme Court
Trinity Church
State rate law faulted in court ruling on Missouri roads
An Iowa judge in Kansas City sustains the Missouri contention that the state rate law harms road funding. The ruling flags a deficit for roads as profits are claimed to be wiped out by the law’s operation.
No More Drinking on Trains and School Agriculture Law
State House reports passing a bill giving conductors arrest power to curb drunken behavior on trains and street cars. The senate also approved a measure mandating elementary agriculture and domestic science in Iowa graded schools, with teacher preparation at state colleges and normal institutes. House actions included funding for the blind, admission to institutes for the feeble minded, a factory inspector, and a wage exemption bill. A concurrent resolution seeks to study district judge counts for possible reform.
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Ora Williams
State House
Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
House
College For
Judiciary Committee
Drury
Committee of Investigation
Funeral Rites Simple At Blythe
Blythe funeral held at 3 pm in Christ Episcopal church Burnington Iowa. Pastor R G Jons read a simple burial service with no sermon. Interment followed at Aspen Grove cemetery. A large turnout of railroad men and attorneys attended, with many flowers from across the state and the Burlington System.
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Iowa Evening Press
Burnington
Blythe
Christ Episcopal Church
R. G. Jons
Aspen Grove
State
Burlington System
King Alphonso Not Injured in Auto Crash Report
Madrid March 8. A US report claiming King Alphonso was injured in an automobile accident near Seville is false. The king was not hurt.
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King
Madrid
United States
Seville
The Pope Is Better After Doctor Visit
The Pope was visited by his doctor today and found in better condition. The report notes improvement since the previous examination and no new complications were reported.
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Rome
March
Deneen Returns From Washington Inaugural Visit
Illinois Governor Deneen and aides return from Washington after attending the inauguration. They arrived in Springfield in good health and the governor resumes his official duties.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Deneen
Washington
Bartender Detains Suspect After El Train Hold-Up
Chicago March 8 Hugh Hopkins 37 son of the South Side elevated railroad superintendent was found slain in a doorway at 3703 Wentworth avenue John Laterra a bartender said he exchanged shots with a hold-up man Laterra detained for police inquiry the victim had no footpad status noted in report
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Chicago, Ill
Hugh Hopkins
South Side Elevated
Wentworth Avenue
John Laterra
Laterra
Committee Follows Lead of McPherson on Fare Bill
Topeka March 8 Senate committee on railroads filed an adverse report on the two cent fare bill after the Missouri two cent fare law was ruled unconstitutional by Judge McPherson.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate Committee On Railroads Today
House
Mc Pherson
Austria Seeks Peace with Servia in Note Arrival
Belgrade reports Count For gach of Austria Hungary presented to Servia a note from his government seeking a peaceful settlement of the dispute between Austria Hungary and Servia. The note was delivered on March 8 in Belgrade.
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Servia
Belgrade
Count Forgach
Railroads Win After Missouri Rate Case Ruling
Judge McPherson rules state three cent fare and freight rates inadmissible as remunerative in the 1907 Missouri rate cases involving eighteen lines. He notes the burden on railways to show statute validity and cites contrary views from a Pennsylvania decision.
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Kansas City
McPherson
United States District Court
Missouri
State of
Former Bankers Given Sentence For Larceny Case
New York March 8 Colonel Edward E Britton and Edward H Schroeder former president and second vice president of the Eagle Savings and Loan Company were sentenced to indeterminate terms in Sing Sing for larceny of 4000 dollars from the Brooklyn institution They faced multiple indictments alleging theft totaling over 48000 connected with promoting the Homestake South Extension Gold Mining venture in South Dakota Both men were active in social and civic circles.
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New York
N. Y
Eagle Savings and Loan Company
Brooklyn
Edw. E. Britton
Edward H. Schroeder
Sing Sing
Britton
Schroeder
Homestake South Extension Gold Mining Company
South Dakota
Mayor Resigns After Flight With Citizen’s Wife
Osceola Iowa March 8 J W Stissler of Murray resigns as mayor and leaves for California after taking a Creston woman aboard a train. Her husband pursued and a fight occurred on the returning train leaving Stissler badly cut. He spent Sunday in jail before submitting his resignation.
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Iowa Evening Press
Osceolo
J. W. Stissler
Murray
California
Creston
Stissler
Carload of Mail Burns at Boston Station
A westbound mail car caught fire at the Boston and Maine Station in Boston on March 8 destroying about 800 letter packages and 150 newspaper packages. The loss was reported as significant with no early word on casualties.
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Boston
Mass
Boston and Maine
Taft G A R Trip Plans Hinted Amid Busy Washington
President Taft signaled a swing through the south and west this autumn aiming for the G A R encampment in Salt Lake City August 9 to 14. The Supreme Court did not rule in the Commodities case concerning Hepburn rate law limits on railroad ownership of shippers. Navy yard orders for Pensacola and New Orleans were revoked by Secretary Meyer. Franklin MacVeagh arrived in Washington and is lodging in a downtown hotel. Attorney General Wickersham was presented to the Supreme Court by Solicitor General Hoyt.
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Salt Lake
Supreme Court
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Navy
Pensacola
New Orleans
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MacVeagh
Washington
Franklin MacVeagh
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Wickersham
Hoyt
Turkish consul accused of graft in New York
Washington reports that 300000 former Ottoman subjects in the United States petition Turkish ambassador Karzim Bey to depose Munji Bey the New York consul for overcharging Syrians Greeks and Armenians for passports and official stamps. The ambassador says decisive action will follow.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Karzim Bey
Munji Bey
New York City
Fire causes panic at Sacred Heart school in Brockton
A fire at Sacred Heart parochial school in Brockton Mass today prompted a panic among about 300 students but all escaped unharmed. The school building suffered heavy damage.
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Brockton
Mass
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Party or Church They Must Choose in Wisconsin
In Milwaukee on March 8 an Evening Wisconsin dispatch from Alanitowac reports Rev. Kubiszewsky of St. Mary's Polish Catholic church urged Roman Catholic socialists to pick between their party and church. He cited a papal circular letter as the basis for his statement and said similar talks would be delivered by Catholic priests statewide.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Alanitowac
Socialist Party
Kubiszewsky
St. Mary’s
Death of Frederick S. Winston Reported in Chicago
Frederick S. Winston senior partner at Winston Payne Strawn Chaw law firm died in Pasadena California and his death announced in Chicago.
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Chicago, Ill
Frederick S. Winston
Winston, Payne, Strawn & Chaw
Chicago
Pasadena
Calif
Millionaire Ranch Owner Shot Near Nogales
Don Luis Proto a millionaire ranch owner and merchant pioneer was shot from ambush and killed near Deviladeros Station on the Nogales Cananea Railroad while en route to his Magdalena ranch.
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Nogales, Ariz
Don Luis Proto
Deviladeros Station
Nogales Cananea
Magdelena
Fairbanks Addresses Indiana Legislature in Indianapolis
Former Vice President Fairbanks spoke informally before Indiana lawmakers in Indianapolis on March 8. He expressed happiness to be home and to take an active interest in Indiana affairs, receiving a warm, applause-filled reception from the large assembly.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
Indiana
Prisoner Exhibits Nerve During Trial Amid Damaging Testimony
A prisoner showed remarkable nerve and control as nervousness faded during the trial. Damaging testimony on Saturday afternoon sparked restlessness on Sunday, but the defendant’s demeanor remained steady today.
Jones Eerie Calm Marks Day in Fairport Trial
Harry Jones faced the district court as witnesses, led by Mrs. Fannie Hobart who identified his shoes and read a threatening letter mailed from Hampton Indiana. The note dated February 18 1997 hinted at a planned return with danger, amid a weekend of prosecutorial evidence and a scrutinizing crowd.
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Harry Jones
Bar of Justice
District Court
Fannie Hobart
James Snyder
Jones
Fairport
Hampton
Hobart
Winter Weather Watch Across Iowa and Illinois
Iowa faces tonight and Tuesday snow with possible heavy fall in the south and colder conditions in the east and central areas. Illinois expects rain or snow with heavy snow likely in the north and brisk northeast winds, while the south turns colder. sunrise at 6 14, sunset 5 49, moonrise 7 21.
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