Machen Arrested in Postoffice Bribery Case Leads to More
August W. Machen general superintendent of the free delivery service was arrested on a warrant based on post office inspectors information. He allegedly received 18891.78 since 1900 from Groff Bros contracts for a patent postal box fastener. Other arrests are expected as the case advances.
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Washington
W. Machen
Free Delivery Service
Post Office
Groff Bros
Machen
Postmaster General
General Bristow
United States
Taggart
Philadelphia
Diner B. Groff
August W. Machen
Samuel A. Groff
Groff
Arnold & Co. receivership ends amid losses in chase scheme
In Springfield on May 28 Judge Humphrey approved the receiver’s report in the E. J. Arnold & Co bankruptcy. L. Schwarts discharged as receiver. Firm liabilities near $2,000,000. realized assets under $40,000. At Noblesville Indiana a man was killed crossing a Washington Street crossing near Lake Erie.
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Springfield
Ill
United States District Court of
E. J. Arnold & Co
East St. Louis
Humphrey
L. Schwarts
Noblesville
Washington Street
Erie
Oldest Man in America Credits Peruna for Longevity
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas, age 112 born in 1788, praises Dr Hartman’s Peruna as the best remedy for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhoea and credits it with his health and long life. He says Peruna has been his stand by for many years and cites catarrh as a chief enemy of old age. The Peruna Medicine Co. offers a free book on catarrh from Columbus Ohio.
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Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Tex
Peruna
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Barred From Church by Presbyterian Assembly
The Presbyterian general assembly sustained the Minnesota synod action excommunicating Rev. Louis Richter of Minneapolis for alleged involvement with a brewery controlled literature mission and for urging saloons to fund his case. A judicial committee chaired by Rev. Dr. Samuel McCormick upheld the bar from ministry. The assembly rapidly advanced reports and named Buffalo as next meeting site.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Presbyterian General Assembly
Louis Richter
Minneapolis
Synod of Minnesota
Richter
Presbyterian
Brewery Trust
General Assembly
Assembly
Samuel McCormick
Minnesota Synod
Buffalo
Ohio Storm Smashes Toledo and Oil Regions
Severe late day storm causes 100000 dollars in Toledo damage and widespread destruction across Northwestern Ohio. Oil fields, derricks toppled. several plants including Ohio Brick, Lake Erie Asphalt Black, Libby Glass, Standard Steel Tube, Toledo Salvage and Ford Plate Glass sustain heavy damage. many trees and homes blown down.
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Toledo
Ohio
Wood
Hancock
Sandusky
The
Ohio Brick Company
Lake Erie Asphalt Black Company
Libby Glass Company
Bethlehem Steel and Shipbuilding company planned
Plans reveal reorganizing United States Shipbuilding into Bethlehem Steel and Shipbuilding company. The takeover list includes Union Iron Works San Francisco Bath Iron Works Bath Maine Hyde Windlass Bath Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport Canada Manufacturing Carteret Samuel L Moore Elizabethport Eastern Ship building New London Harlan Hollingsworth Wilmington and all Bethlehem Steel stock excluding directors' qualification shares.
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New York
United States Shipbuilding Company
Bethlehem’ Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Bath Iron Works, Limited
Bath, Me
Hyde Windlass Company
Crescent Shipyard Company
Elizabethport
N. J
Canada Manufacturing Company
Carteret
Samuel L. Moore & Sons Company
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
New London
Special Grand Jury Backs Assassination Probe in Jackson
Jackson Kentucky May 28 The special grand jury has begun investigating the July assassination of City Marshal James Cockrill. Troops are assigned to protect witnesses like Vani John Patrick who claim to witness the killers. The court plans to sequence trials for related defendants and to search entrants for weapons as martial law nears.
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Jackson
James Cockrill
Marcum
Cockrill
Cockrill Brothers
Vani
John Patrick
Redwine
Patrick
Dr. Cox
Breathitt County
Ned Strong
Henry Back
Strong
Mrs. Marcum
Hargis
Marconi
Fontanet Powder Mill Explosion Kills Three
Sparks from shafting in the Fontanet Indiana Powder company mill caused an explosion that instantly killed Harold Stinson and fatally burned others. Engineer Riddle died after hospital treatment and Frank Arthur died at Fontanet. The mill will be idle about a month with ninety men out of work.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Powder Company
Fontanet
Harold Stinson
Engineer Riddle
Frank Arthur
Police Mysteries and Confession Out of Alexandria
Alexandria Indiana May 28 Ollie Dalton a black gunfighter in jail in Anderson reports a confession that may solve several past killings including Policeman George W Lee and a man named Wilson. He claims immunity from Alexandria officials and says white and colored suspects are involved with an offer of 800 dollars to leave town. Decatur May 28 Hugh Dull 27 was struck by lightning while fishing and found unconscious under a tree then revived after six men restrained him. current descended from shoulder to arm and leg.
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Alexandria
Ind
Ollie Dalton
Anderson
Dalton
George W. Lee
Wilson
Dayton
Lee
Decatur
Hugh Dull
Masons Elect New Indiana Grand Lodge Officers
Indianapolis May 24. The annual meeting of the grand lodge Indiana Masons adjourned after installing new officers. Grand master William E English of Indianapolis deputy grand master George E Grimes of Ladoga senior grand warden Alfred Emory of Evansville junior grand warden L V Cramer of Madison grand treasurer Martin H Rice of city and grand secretary Calvin W Prather of city were installed.
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Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
Indiana Masons
William E. English
George E. Grimes
Ladoga
Alfred Emory
Evansville
L. V. Cramer
Madison
Martin H. Rice
City
Calvin W. Prather
Agreement Reached With St. Louis Freight Handlers
In St Louis on May 28 an agreement ended the strike of Cupples station freight handlers and warehousemen and work will start immediately. The sympathetic railway freight handlers will also resume. The pact was signed by union officers and a employers committee. It is believed the sympathy strikers will return to work at once.
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St. Louis
Cupples Station
Erie
Twice In the Same Place Storm Fatality Report
In Point Isabel Indiana on May 28 Joseph Henderson was struck by a vivid electric bolt as he stood at his front door. His wife Mrs Henderson then received a second bolt while aiding him and remained unconscious for hours with a fragile condition. The third party Mr Saenderson endured only a severe shock.
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Point Isabel
Ind
Joseph Henderson
Portland man captured after murder and escape
In Portland Oregon on May 28 M V Leasia was captured in a barn four miles from the city after fleeing with his divorced wife. Leasia was wounded over the heart. He claimed Drews shot him. Mrs Leasia says she shot her former husband after he shot her father.
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Portland
Ore
M. V. Leasia
H. Drews
Leasia
Drews
Lynx Pleads Guilty In Bedford Reformatory Recommitment
Elben Lynx confessed to murdering and robbing Elijah Allen, was taken from Jeffersonville to reformatory, and under indeterminate sentence act received recommitment. In Huntington, Jack R Jennings, 27, of Urbana, Ohio, was electrocuted while working eighty feet up. One person killed, three wounded in Mammond, Indiana incident.
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Lynn
Bedford
Ind
Huntington
W. Va
Jack R. Jennings
Urbana
Indicted for Embezzlement in Hartford Bank Case
Hartford Conn May 28 Oliver T Sherwood missing cashier of the Southport National bank said to be a defaulter for more than $100. Police and bank officials pursue recovery and legal action in connection with the embezzlement inquiry.
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Hartford
Conn
Oliver T. Sherwood
Southport ‘National Bank
One Long Ovation At Butte Reception For Roosevelt
President Roosevelt received a sweeping welcome in Butte Montana with militia police and veterans. Senator Clarke greeted him at the station and the parade included 2000 schoolchildren and 1500 Anaconda residents presenting a silver copper sapphire vase. A five minute address followed at Finley hotel and a banquet at Thornton hotel honored the president. Police Strike Threatened in Erie as officers demand 75 dollars a month. city council offers 70 dollars triggering resignations from most of the force.
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Butte
Mont
Roosevelt
Helena
Mullins
Montana
United States
W. A. Clarke
Secret Service
Anaconda
Finley Hotel
Thornton Hotel
Columbia Gardens
SIGN OF THE TIMES SAVINGS SURGE IN CHICAGO BANKS
Chicago banks report savings deposits exceeding 100 million dollars, up more than 22 million year over year and 26 percent. The rise is the most remarkable since 1902, despite wage strikes, with 1890 to 1897 figures showing rapid growth and last six years quadrupling. In Tamahe Oklahoma Territory four men die when a boat capsizes while delivering mails on the Arkansas River. The killed include Henry Field and Walter Parker, along with Will Ferrell and D. B. Craig. Lizzie McCormick pleads not guilty to murder in Memphis criminal court. arraignment set for docket.
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Chicago
Smith
Ark
Arkansas River
Tamahe
I. T
Henry Field
Will Ferrell
Walter Parker
D. B. Craig
Field
Ferrell
Train Collision Near Bryan Claims Multiple Lives
Three engineers four firemen and one brakeman died in a disastrous head on collision on the Southern railway near Bryan twenty eight miles west of Birmingham. Twelve loaded freight cars and eight empty cars burned, with engines heavily damaged.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sothern
Bryan
Market Report Prevailing Grain and Livestock Prices May 27
Indianapolis price remarks show Wheat No1 red strong and steady for various grades. Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, and Lambs all mixed with steady to active levels across Chicago Cincinnati New York East Buffalo and Toledo markets. Notable figures include Hogs around 6.40 to 6.60 in several hubs and Lambs near 8 to 9 dollars, with cattle near 3.75 to 9.50 in dominant markets.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
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Mammond, Ind
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Tenn
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Dullessh
Juiz
Pyork
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Ziere
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Dodge
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