Murderer Left A Defiant Note In Farm Killings
Bodies of a mother, son, and two daughters found hacked and buried at a New York dairy farm. A farmhand, Edward Denig or Dennis Dalio, is sought after a note in the Morner home reads Italians make sausage of Americans.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Edward Denig
Dennis
Dualo
Morner
Rensselaer County
Conrad Morner
Edith
Bilanche Morner
Arthur Mornier
Confesses Attack on Sixteen Year Old Anna Krause
Stephen Miller confessed to assaulting Anna Krause after witnesses saw him return to the road. He describes attacking the girl with a stick, tying a rope around her neck, and submerging her head in water to drown her. The victim remains in critical condition at St Margaret hospital. Miller is held under double guard for safety.
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Hammond
Ind
Stephen Miller
Anna Krause
Miller
St. Margaret Hospital
Miler
Unprecedented Malformation Observed at Toronto Hospital
In Toronto a baby girl born with an outside heart in a net at the Children’s hospital astonishes doctors. The heart sits on the chest wall without skin or bone protection while beating normally. Medical staff watch blood flow into the chambers and arteries as the heart contracts and distributes blood.
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Toronto
Children's Hospital
Basis of Their Defense in Boston Suit
In Boston officials report that 43 subperss in the Bull to dissolve the United States Shoe Machinery Co have held meetings. A statement is expected outlining the machinery companys attitude toward the government suit. Officials believe the companys position is secure due to its patents. If the case goes to trial, the patents will form the basis of the defense.
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Boston
United States Merce
United States Shoe Machinery Company
Madero Faces Formal Revolution Across Mexico
Emiliano Zapata proclaims Emilio Vasquez Gomez president and Pascual Orozco as chief of staff, signaling a widening rebellion against Madero. Uprisings erupt in Nuevo Leon and Jalisco while Puebla Vera Cruz Morelos Yucatan join the revolution. Figueroa defeated in Morelos as the federals suffer a major reverse. Revolutionaries organize with receipts redeemable after victory, mirroring past rebel practice.
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Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
Pascual Orozco
Madero
Gomez
Orozco
Reyes
Zapata
Indictments Expected In Labor Conspiracy Probe
Indictments due tomorrow in the federal inquiry into a nationwide dynamiting conspiracy. Judge Wellborn will issue bench warrants for the accused, with U.S. marshals delivering dispatches and arrests likely within two hours. Several prominent Pacific coast labor leaders are named among those sought, with McManigal to be moved to Indianapolis for further testimony.
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Los Angeles
Wellborn
United States
Pacific Coast
McManigal
Indianapolis
Malcolm McLaren
Burns
Ohio Robbers Murder Terre Haute Man Near Quincy
The body of A. J. Grafton a Terre Haute business man was found with skull crushed in a lonely spot near Quincy. A money and a watch were missing and identity was established by letters found in his pockets.
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Ohio
Iridiana
Baillefontaine
A. J. Grafton
Terre Haute
Ind
Quincy
Stokes Case Deliberations Enter Jury Hands
New York December 15 the Stokes case rests with the jury as verdicts are expected before night. The trial has drawn tense attention with closing arguments and jurors weighing key evidence.
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Stokes
New York
Five Dead in Briceville Mine Tragedy After Air Inlet Fails
Briceville Tennessee December 15. Sam Miller and four companions died after entering Cross Mountain mine to seek air, leaving messages on walls as they wandered and perished. Rescuers report five fires and believe many more bodies remain inside. total known dead reach sixty one with forty more believed trapped.
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Briceville
Tenn
Miller
Cross Mountain
Sam Miller
Emmett
Census figures show farm output shifts 1909 1910
Census data reveal corn harvested acreage rose from 4,912,673 in 1899 to 98,383,033 in 1909 while production fell to 2,552,190,000 bushels. Hay and forage acreage grew to 71,915,000, with production and value rising. Cattle numbers dropped to 63,104,573 since 1900, horses up to 22,818,850, mules up 29.6 percent, swine down to 59,288,592.
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Washington
Transfer of Indian capital hits Calcutta market
Calcutta reports a sharp financial effect from Delhi’s capital move after the coronation. Government bills fall by 11 annas, about 22 cents, while shares of land owning companies flood the market as property rushes to be sold in Calcutta.
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Calcutta
India
Here
Delhi
Plucky Agent Defies Robbers At Marion Station
E. B. Bliss, agent for the Iron Mountain railroad at Marion Indiana, was held prisoner for five hours in a lonely shack and bound gagged and beaten but refused to reveal the safe combination. The robbers telephoned Bliss’s relatives to locate him after failing to break the code.
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Marion
E.B. Bliss
Iron Mountain Railroad
Billis
Fritz Holtznagle Wins $15000 Fraud Suit in Wilkesbarre
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on December 15 Fritz Holtznagle won a jury verdict for his full $15000 loss plus interest against W. J. Keenan known as the Chicago Kid. The case accuses Keenan of leading a prize fight swindle network.
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Veraid
Wilkesbarre
Fritz Holtznagle
W. J. Keenan
the Chicago Kid
Arthur of Connaught Slated as Viceroy of India
Prince Arthur of Connaught is slated to take the post of Viceroy of India. His appointment comes amid continued debates over British governance in the empire and represents a key ceremonial and administrative leadership role for India during the period.
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India
Prince Arthur of Connaught
New Republic Proclaimed as Sun Yat Sen to Lead China
Sun Yat Sen to be first president with Nanking as capital as republic declared tomorrow. Tang Shao Yi and Wu Ting Fang rebels push for peace talks to fail without Yuan Shih Kai abdicating monarchy. Preparations for action toward Peking proceed. officials head to Nanking to assume posts. In Indiana, Slayter B and Ray G Stibbins held for circuit court after murder of their father George W Stibbins.
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Shanghai
Wu Ting Fang
Tang Shao Yi
Sun Yat Sen
Nanking
Yuan Shih Kai
Peking
Vincennes
Ind
Slayter B
Ray G. Stibbins
George W. Stibbins
Justice Purky
Grange urges judges to enforce treating ban on licenses
In Scranton on December 15 the Pennsylvania Grange called for strict enforcement of the high license law clause that treating in a barroom justifies revoking a license. In Lafayette on December 15 Purdue freshman R C Jacoby shot himself, dying instantly over study worries though his standing was good. His Plymouth, Indiana home is linked to a wealthy farmer father.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania Grange
Lafayette
Ind
R. C. Jacoby
Purdue University
Jacoby
Plymouth
Weather Report From United States Observatories
Observations taken yesterday at 6 PM across major cities show varied conditions. New York 48 cloudy Boston 42 partly cloudy San Francisco 50 cloudy St Paul 26 cloudy Chicago 88 clear Indianapolis 365 rain St Louis 86 cloudy New Orleans 68 cloudy Washington 42 cloudy Philadelphia 40 rain Generally fair.
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New York
Boston
San Francisco
St. Paul
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Washington
Philadelphia
Dimery Impersonates Soldier to Enter National Home
Marion Indiana reports Charles Dimery used his brother William Dimery’s discharge papers to gain admission to the National Military Home in Marton. He later sought a pension under his brother’s name after learning William died in 1867. He was discharged from the home. no prosecution pursued due to his age and illness.
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Charlies Dimery
National Home
Marton
Marion
Ind
National Military Home
Charles Dimery
William Dimery
Columbus
Pension Department
Dimery
Grand jury opens dynamiting probe in Indianapolis
The federal grand jury investigation into dynamiting cases begins in Indianapolis with over twenty witnesses, many from distant states. Mrs Alta Hawkins, who named men linked to the Vona Spreckelson explosions, is to testify, her tips tied to a $10 000 reward and a structural iron worker she says accompanied her the night before the blasts.
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Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Alta Hawkins
Vona Spreckelson
Killing Squirrel Brings Fine in Indiana
In Connersville Indiana on December 15 Harri son Burton a former enslaved man pleaded guilty to killing a squirrel after claiming the animal ate his corn. A thirty dollar fine with costs was set and stayed amid notable sympathy and a possible public subscription. In South Bend funeral rites for Joseph Nemeth were canceled due to parental church troubles with the priest refusing to officiate. In Valparaiso slow jury progress continues in Walter Gibson Gary councilman bribery case as challenges near exhaustion.
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Connersville
Ind
Harrison Burton
State Fish and Game Commissioners
Frank
South Bend
Joseph Nemeth
St. Stephen’s
Louis von Kovacs
Valparaiso
Walter Gibson
Gary
Victims of Coal Gas Found Dead in Elkhart Home
In Elkhart Indiana on December 15 two elderly sisters Miss Mary McIntyre and Mrs Melisabeth Bigelow were found dead in their home after neighbors reported no one seen or heard since Friday Police suspect coal gas asphyxiation as the cause of death authorities continue to investigate the deaths
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Elkhart
Ind
Melisabeth Bigelow
Mary McIntyre
Court of Appeals Upholds Walter Murder Verdict
Albany dated December 15 reports the New York Court of Appeals confirms Albert W. Walter’s first degree murder conviction for killing Ruth Wheeler after nearly two years of delay. Execution date set within six weeks.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Albert W. Walter
Little Ruth Wheeler
Hanged preacher executed on stage at Jackson opera house
In Jackson Georgia on December 15 Rev William Turner a black preacher was hanged for inciting a race riot and for firing the fatal shot. The execution took place on the stage of King's opera house after the sheriff feared a jailyard hanging would draw too much crowds. Turner confessed to inciting the riot and firing the shot that killed Jose Singly. Three of Turner's sons await trial in Atlanta and were moved there to avoid lynching.
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Jackson
William Turner
Jose Singly
King’s Opera House
Opera House
Gingly
Turner
Atlanta
Resistance Troops Occupy Taguira Outpost
Officials announced that troops have occupied the Taguira resistance outpost, signaling a strategic advance in the ongoing conflict. Military leaders confirmed control over the location and pledged continued operations to neutralize pockets of resistance.
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Taguira Resistance
Market quotations from Indianapolis and major markets
Prevailing prices for grain and livestock listed for Indianapolis and other exchanges. Wheat, corn, oats, hay and livestock values shown with receipts and regional prices at Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis East Buffalo and Toledo.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
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Joseph C. Pelletier
Richeson
American Press Association
Aiken
Joseph G. Pelletier
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Tennessee
Brave Quartet
Arthur OF
Connaught
Singapore
Sun Yat Gen
Homer
Revolutionary Army
Penan
United States Weather
P. m
Soldiers’ Home
Albert Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Georgia
East Buffalo
Toledo
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