State Superintendent Cotten Clashes Over School Enumeration
Terre Haute Ind Jan 9 State Superintendent Cotton challenges County Superintendent Hubbard over deductions from Terre Haute’s school count. He claims 422 from spring tally for natural increase and 985 for transients, reducing 14606 to 13193. The board resists as beyond authority and unfair, prompting legal action and a planned third census by agreement.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Cotton
Hubbard
Editorial Meeting Opens Dems Idwinter Program in Indianapolis
Indianapolis January 9 The winter meeting of the Democratic State Editorial association will convene at the Grand hotel February 6 and 7 with banquet remarks by A B Crampton preceeding talks by Ball Purcell Barnhart Haimbaugh and others on how to run newspapers politics and society. A business session follows with talks on paying for papers and office equipment. Not Wanted at Muncie A L Behner returned to town and was declared an undesirable occupant by authorities prompting possible departure. Victims of Windy Shot Two miners killed in a Princeton coal mine explosion from a windy shot dust ignition. Mount Royal arrives Queenstown ship report confirms all aboard well. Weasel forced to return due to storms.
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Democratic Association
Indianapolis
Democratic State Editorial Association
Indianapolia
Grand Hotel
A. B. Crampton
The
Delphi Citizen- Times
W. C. Ball
Terre Haute
Royal E. Purcell
Vincennes Sun
Henry 4. Barnhart
Rochester Sentinel
Frank D. Haimbaugh
Muncie Herald
Dale J. Crittenberger
Anderson Democrat
Paul Poynter
Sullivan Democrat
W. H. Giidewell
Brazil Democrat
Muncie
Muncele
Ind
A. L. Behner
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electrical Railway
Behner
Guy Boyls
Militia
Anderson
Princeton
Mike St. Clair
Solomon Lawrence
Walsh in Own Defense at Bank Trial in Chicago
John R. Walsh testified in federal court defending himself against misapplying funds charges at the Chicago National Bank. He admitted engineered railroad and other loans while owning stock, said memorandum notes were his creation, and claimed acts served the bank and allied institutions Equitable Trust and Home Savings. He spoke four hours as a crowd filled the courtroom.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
National Bank
United States District Court
Equitable Trust Company
Home Savings Bank
Walsh
Investigation in Progress as Rail Wreck Toll Grows
Atlanta reports for Jan 9 indicate nearly 100 injured in the Collver special wreck on the Southern railway near Airam Georgia. About twenty in hospitals here, with officials predicting eventual recovery. The state railroad commission has begun a formal inquiry to determine responsibility.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Airam
State Railroad Commission
TERSE TELEGRAMS SUMMARY OF LATE 1900S ITEMS
Government of Salvador secures five million dollar loan in England. Liquor seized in Topeka raids poured into sewer by court order. A Canton restaurant fire in China kills 300. Nine Boston men indicted for graft in city purchases await trial. 1907 coal tonnage totals 67,109,393 tons, up 11,000,000 from 1906. Heinze-linked figures face federal questions. Gould acquires Mercantile National Bank stakes. French press ponders Japan US clash. Wheat weakness stems from European declines and export demand slumps. East coal operators meet in Washington after mining disasters. Q McMargue shot at his Pulaski county home. no clue. Peter Steele of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen dies from streetcar injuries in Ottawa. First Manhattan Brooklyn and New Jersey tunnel opened for traffic. Chicago wheat market weak from profit-taking after European declines.
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Salvador
England
Topeka
Kan
South China
Canton
Boston
Heinze
Wall Street
Mercantile National Bank of New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Edwin Gould
Japan
United States
Chicago
Washington
Q. McMargue
Pulaski County
Kentucky
Peter Steele
Brotherhood of Railway
Ottawa
Ont
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Triffle
Protection Offered to Tobacco Warehouse Area
Governor Willson ordered ten militia from Louisville to Lebanon to guard the American Tobacco warehouse and ten soldiers from Cynthiana to report to the mayor to protect tobacco property. A galling gun was sent to Lexington after a conference with Lexington officials. The White Burney district, once law abiding, appears poised for a series of night riding events rivaling western Kentucky tobacco outrages.
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Frankfort
Willson
Louisville
Lebanon
American Tobacco Warehouse
Cynthiana Company
Lexington
White Burney
Kentucky
Picture Banished From State Checks in Kentucky
Since 1900 the governor's image graced state treasurer's checks. After a conference with Governor Willson yesterday, new checks will bear Henry Clay's picture instead of Goebel's.
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Goebel
Frankfort
William Goebel
Willson
Henry Clay
Doings in Congress Report From Washington Jan 9
In the House little business was done after a forty minute debate a rule was adopted to revise codify and amend the laws the right of way along with other preferred measures. The bill was taken up and laid aside for Mr Gaines Tennessee to speak for an appropriation for The Hermitage. The Senate met in a perfunctory session.
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Congress
Washington
House
Gaines
Tennessee
Hermitage
Forgotten Law Invoked in Indiana Corn Theft Case
In Columbus Indiana Justice Kinney’s court William Matler of Waymansville faces an unusual charge brought by John M Trompson for severing produce from the soil. He allegedly pulled up 25 cents worth of corn, marking the first use of that law in Bartholomew County.
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Columbus
Ind
Jan
Justice Kinney
William Matler
Waymansville
John M Trompson
Indiana
Bartholomew County
Receivers Appointed for Chicago Great Western Railroad
Judge Walter H. Rawborn appoints A. B. Stickney and Charles A. F. Smith as receivers for the Chicago Great Western, citing looming 1908 obligations, $16.65 million due, and financial strain from a boilermakers’ strike. The Illinois company owns lines in several states, with $19 million spent on rebuilding over ten years, and notable mortgages on major lines.
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St. Paul
Jan
Walter H. "Rawborn
United States Circuit Court
A. B. Stickney
Charles A. F. Smith
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Finance Committee
Great Western
Ilinois
Inlinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Missouri
T. Paul
Minneapolis
Mason City & Ft. Dodge
Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific
DeKalb & Great Western
Jury Half Made Up for Thaw Trial Second Time
New York January 9 The jury selection for Harry K Thaw trial resumes after adjournment with 6 of 400 special jurors seated and 200 more to report. Three new jurors Rupprech t Heibert and Arrowsmith were sworn, as the panel nears completion for the case charging murder in the Stanford White death.
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New York
E‘euring
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
George C. Rupprecht
John
Ileibert
David EB. Arrowsmith
Sentenced for Forgery in Shelbyville Ind Jail
Carey Li of Bogestown arrested in OkKlmnona weeks ago by the Decatur County sheriff and brought to Shelby County to answer forgery charge. Convicted and sentenced, started for Michigan City.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Carey Li
Bogestown
OkKlmnona
Decatur County
Michigan City
End of Schmitz influence as San Francisco clears officials
San Francisco officials staged a regime shift as Schmitz Ruef power vanished Louis McCarty aligned offices filled by Taylor appointees. Abraham Ruef was moved to county jail after an FBI style crackdown, marking a new era of governance with Democratic and Good Government tickets in control.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Schmitz Or
Ruef
McCarty
Taylor
Abraham Ruef
Thomas J. O'Neill
Dunne
Lawrence B. Dolan
Sentenced for Brutal Crime in Michigan City
Michigan City Ind January convict Kubacki a thirty five year old Pole was convicted and sentenced in superior court to two to twenty one years for assaulting eighty one year old blind and feeble Mrs Veronic Kops The case highlights the harsh punishment for a violent crime in the local judiciary.
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Michigan City
Ind
Valentine Kubacki
Veronic Kops
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