Senate probes wartime enforcement of laws in a tense inquiry
Ambitious senate resolution leads to investigation into wartime law enforcement salaries and staff. Bailey and colleagues push to reveal names, prior positions, and who suggested appointments, with emphasis on those paid from public funds during fiscal year ended June 20, 1908. Debate includes mentions of war secretary inquiries and the Walier bill on re-enlistment.
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Government
Public Service
Health very poor restored by Peruna claims
Evanston resident Sophia Kittlesen recounts twenty five years of chronic catarrh and a severe cough. She credits Peruna with restoring health and eradicating the catarrh. The ad notes Peruna tablets as a form and urges readers to ask doctors for a free Peruna Almanac for 1909.
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Mise Sophia Kittlesen
Evanston
Sheszan
General Inouye is dead and other terse notes
General Inouye of the Japanese army is dead. The new Turkish parliament convened at Constantinople today. Chief American Horse, a noted Ogallala Sioux chief, is dead on Pine Ridge reservation, S.D. A notice of assignment has been posted on the doors of the Citizens State bank at Napoleon, Ohio. Nearly 2,000 miners in Paint Creek territory, W. Va., are on strike. The next Grand Army of the Republic encampment will be Aug 9–14 in Salt Lake City. Charles Taft of Cincinnati vows to win the Senate seat formerly held by Foraker. Wheat prices rise on stronger cash demand from Southwest millers in Chicago. All men named by Gov. Hughes to the Wall Street investigation committee have agreed to serve. There were 1,094 US vessel disasters in the last fiscal year, causing $1,863,790 property loss and 22 deaths. Taft withdraws offer of cabinet to Theodore Burton. Montenegro appeals to Russia against Austria-Hungary annexation. C.O. Smith shot and killed at Delorme, W. Va. Roosevelt says West Virginia friends waste time urging Perecon’s brother’s revenue post. Civic Association officers elected for National Mine Federation meeting. Taft spoke at the closing banquet.
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Napoleon
Ohio
Paint Creek
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Salt Lake City
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Senate
Senator Foraker
Southwest
Chicago
Hughes
Wall Street
United States
Theodore Burton
Taft
Revolt in Caracas as Castro faces absence from Europe
U S dispatches report upheaval in Caracas with rioters damaging the presidential palace and El Constitucional office. Caracas appears teetering toward revolution as violence centers on homes of the president and government buildings. Students are said to be among the rioters in the unrest.
Caracas in revolt over Castro regime in Venezuela
Caracas endured a night of disorder sparked by Dutch naval activity along the coast. Rioters attacked Venezuelan properties, targeting the Rivas and Thielen estates, with authorities arresting several agitators. No foreigners were harmed as mobs burned statues of Castro, signaling possible end of Castro’s rule while Gomez loomed as acting president.
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Venezuela
Willematad
Martia
Senors Rivas
Thielen
Castro
Bolivar
Holland
Netherlands
Gomez
Not Believed by Castro Reports Rise in Caracas Unrest
Berlin reports President Castro of Venezuela remained composed when shown dispatches claiming Caracas residents rose against him. He dismissed the accounts as false, stating no such disturbances or killings were mentioned in the morning cables.
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Berlin
Venezuela
Caracas
Girl Life Menaced by Mail Threat Against Trial
Elmwood Alabama December 17 Mary Littlefield age fourteen principal witness against seven merchants charged with crimes against young girls, set for trial in January, received a letter threatening her life unless she withdraws. The letter was turned over to postal authorities. The seven defendants are prominent local merchants aged roughly thirty to fifty. Also, Greenfield reports Veteran Ends His Life. Washington Osburn, Civil War veteran, died by poison at his Maywell home, domestic trouble cited as cause.
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Elmwood
Mary Littlefield
Jetter
Posta
Greenfield
Washington Osburn
Oiy Segald
Pete Eran
Maywell
Mayors May Not Be Allowed to Succeed Themselves
Indianapolis dispatch reports Democratic lawmakers consider amending Indiana cities and towns law to bar sitting mayors from immediate re election. Plan would target those with strong appointive power to curb political machines and shift focus to governance. Other measures include uniform state accounts, township and ward options, and revised police, ditch, and road laws.
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House
Senate
Indiana
W. H. Blodgett
Indianapolis News
United States
John W. Kern
Thomas Honan
Seymour
Will R. Wood
Lafayette
Frank Kistler
Logansport
Fred King
Wabash
Jury Selection Slow in Tenn. Murder Trial
In Union City Tennessee on December 17 the jury selection for the murder trial of Captain Qhentia Riunken stalled after an entire day with only two jurors seated. Court adjourned as protests and questions delayed the panel. It is expected the trial will take a full week to complete the jury.
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Union City
Tenn
Qhentia Riunken
Who Appoints A City Judge Supreme Court Case
Terre Haute Ind December 17 The state’s highest court to decide whether the governor or the mayor has the right to appoint a city judge. Attorneys for Mayor Lyons and Governor Hanly’s appointee W T Gleeson agreed to appeal to the Supreme Court. A transcript will be filed and briefs due in ten days.
Indictment Quashed in Rushville Whitecapping Case
Gurney Drysdale, one of seven charged in the John B Tribby whitecapping case, had his indictment quashed by Judge Sparks after Prosecutor Hack argued insufficient evidence for conviction. Drysdale had sought a separate trial.
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Rushville
Ind
Gurney Drysdale
John B. Tribby
Sparks
Hack
Drystdale
Not Modesty in a Press Humour Line
A quirky line in the Louisville Courier Journal features a speaker named Jat and a self deprecating joke about modesty. The exchange reflects light banter and a playful temper in a press humor column from an unidentified date.
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Louistiile Courier- Jattrund
Turkey's new reg ime begins auspiciously
Constantinople December 17 Turkey inaugurates its first constitutional monarchy parliament session under Sultan Abdul Hamid. The holiday is marked by parades and decorations as troops line streets while children sing liberty hymns. The senate list includes cabinet members ex ministers generals admirals a Bulgarian bishop Armenians Greeks and a Jew. The chamber of deputies was elected last month and congratulatory messages come from Britain and Russia.
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Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Ufe
Monastir
Chamber of Deputies
Dume
Still Pushing The Probe In Night Rider Raids
Union City Tenn December 17 The grand jury continues the night rider probe into Reelfoot Jake raids. Witnesses add details on the April Samburg fish docks fire. John Shaw, storekeeper at Samburg, says he was forced to act as shield and was whipped after aiding the docks group. Troops to guard court and road patrols to converge on night rider strongholds.
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Union City
Tenn
Reelfoot Jake
Samburg
John Shaw
Shaw
Land Company
Market quotations for Indianapolis grain and livestock
Wheat prices ranged from 1.01 to 1.04 per bushel with No 2 red at Indianapolis and futures in Cincinnati and Chicago. Corn No 2 around 59.8 cents, oats about 52 cents, hay prices 10 to 13.50, cattle 5.50 to 7.00, hogs 4.00 to 6.00, sheep 2.50 to 4.00, lambs up to 6.75, with 13,000 hog receipts and 2,960 head cattle/sheep sold. Prices varied by city with lower trend due to low competition and regional quotes listed for Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo and Toledo futures.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
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