Not Guilty Verdict in Omaha Dr Rustin Shooting Case
Charles Edward Davie acquitted of murder in the Rustin case three months after the fatal shooting in Omaha. A jury verdict followed hours of deliberation with one juror holding out. Nass responsive family members react as details of the case surface. The case involved prominent local families and testimony linking Davis to possible actions and drugs. Davis’ brother, banker Fred Davis, is noted among the prominent locals.
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Charles Edward Davie
Dr. Rustin
Omaha
Charles Edward Davis
de Prederick T. Rustin
Davis
Maslayghy
Abbie B. Rice
Charles EE. Davis
Rustin
Austin
Dav
Fred Davis
Arranging for Inauguration In Lincoln
Governor Elect Shailen berger hobbles on two crutches as he meets state officers to arrange the coming inauguration. He aims to wind up the affair with a grand ball on January 7 in the senate chamber and his wish will be law.
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Lincoln
Shailenberger
State House
Soldiers' Home at Grand Island Costs and Population
The 1907 per capita cost to maintain the soldiers' home at Grand Island was 198.06 dollars and 1908 cost 190.49. At year end the home housed 247 men and 112 women with 30 on furlough. net membership change was 24. Two iron workers killed in New York as a roof skeleton collapsed injuring two others. Charles Miller and Daniel Lyons died or were injured.
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Lincoln
Grand Island
D. W. Hoyt
New York
Charles Miller
Daniel Lyons
Lyons
Fight Over Matthews Estate In Sioux City
In Sioux City Iowa December 1 a dispute over the estate of John B Matthews arises as Tessie Austin claims common law wife status and battles officers to gain possession of the Matthews property valued around twenty thousand dollars.
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Sioux City
John BE. Matthews
Negra
Tessie Austin
Matthews
Clore Wins First Again At National Corn Exposition
Omaha reports the second day of the National Corn exposition with thousands visiting. President Roosevelt's country life commission held sessions, planed education efforts for farm children, and Iowa led exhibits with nine classifications. John P. Clare of Indiana won the grand sweepstakes trophy for best ten ears of corn and $1,000. Brigadier General Henry Jackson, 71, died at his Leavenworth home after a cancer battle.
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Omaha
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
Agricultural Department
Rome Hotel
Sheldon
Regent Whitmore
Nebraska University
Alice Tyler
Iowa Traveling Library Commission
Iowa
John P. Clare
Indiana
Clare
Chicago
Leavenworth
Henry Jackson
Jackson
Plan 10 AID TRADE HERE AND ABROAD
Washington reports the national council of commerce formed at Secretary Straus's office aims to boost U S foreign and home trade. A permanent bureau will be set up in New York to stay in touch with government departments and aid commercial interests with timely information. The president will receive delegates and a reception is planned by Secretary and Mrs Straus.
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Washington
National Council of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Anh
Labor Straus
United States
Straus
Funeral of Sea Fighter Coghlan In Arlington Ceremony
Full military rites marked the interment of Rear Admiral Joseph Bo Coghlan at Arlington National Cemetery after his death Saturday in New Rochelle New York. The funeral was held in Washington with honors befitting a senior naval officer.
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Washington
Joseph Bo Coghlan
New Rochelle
Arlington National Cemetery
Western Theater Merger Extends Across Major Cities
Chicago announces a planned merger of seventy five theaters spanning Chicago San Francisco and cities such as Omaha and Denver to form a single company. Klaw & Erlanger are identified as leading organizers behind the proposed trust expansion.
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Western Theater
Chicago
San Francisco
Omaha
Denver
Klaw & Erlanger
Six Coaches Overturned Injuring Thirty on Northern Pacific Train
Six coaches of the Northern Pacific coast limited derailed near MekKengle, 200 miles west of Fargo, injuring thirty passengers, with some in serious condition. Reports say a man bled while others suffered severe injuries as rails spread, the cause cited as track spread.
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Fargo
N. D
Pacife Coast Limited
MekKengle
Here
Religious fanatic succumbs in Kansas City
Dec 1 Louis Pratt, member of a noted religious family, died after a street battle on Tuesday afternoon. Reports from Calcutta and Dev describe martial law being imposed in India as authorities debate a bill for summary trials and execution of traitors and anarchists.
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Kansas City
Kianaas City
Louis Pratt
Calcutta
Dev
Tndia
Janesville Woman Duped by Groceryman
Elmer Ellsworth, a prominent Janesville grocer, was arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses after Mrs. Kate Connely lent him 1000 dollars to secure a ruby worth 1006. The stone proved to be plain red glass.
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Janesville
Wis
Dee
Elmer Ellsworth
Kate Connely
Evans' Son-in-law Charged in Grounding Case
A court martial was ordered today for Commodore Marsh of the Yankee, son-in-law of Admiral Evans. He faces neglect charges for allowing his vessel to run aground in Buzzard's Bay. the trial will be aboard the Wabash at Boston.
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Washington
A_ ecourtmartial
Commodore Marsh
Yankee
Admiral Evans
Buzzard’s Bay
Boston
Chadron Public Library Rally Raises Funds and Hopes
A mass meeting in Chadron Nebraska for the public library association drew many citizens. A large fund was subscribed for another year of library maintenance. Miss Templeton from the state library commission spoke and praised the city library's improved efficiency.
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Chadron
Neb
Public Library Association
Commercial Club
Pyllyelpal J
Harold Williams
G. W. Mitchell
First Congregational Church
Library Association
Witness Heney Testifies in Murphy Bribery Trial
Francis J Heney testified in San Francisco at the trial of Attorney Frank J Murphy accused of attempting to bribe a venire man in the Raef bribery case. The assistant prosecutor, shot in Juden Lawlor's courtroom, appeared almost fully recovered with a minor facial mark from the bullet.
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San Francisco
Francis J Heney
Frank J. Murphy
Venireman
Raef
Juden Lawlor
Morris Haas
Oklahoma City Editor Cleared of Libel Charges
Oklahoma City Times manager Omer K. Benedict had two criminal libel charges dismissed by County Attorney Hepburn of Guthrie. Benedict was arrested August 17 and 18 on Governor Haskell’s complaint over an editorial in the Times.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Omer K. Benedict
Oklahoma City Times
Hepburn
Guthrie
Benedict
Haskell
Timea
Night Rider Trials Set to Open Monday in Reel Foot Case
Union City Tenn Dec 10 The trials of eight men charged with leading the night rider band at Reel foot lake and indicted for murder likely will begin Monday Attorneys for the defendants were granted until then to prepare their defense under a tentative agreement.
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Union City
Tenn
Night Rider
Reelfoot Lake
London Critics Roast Roosevelt Message In Oversized Address
The Chronicle and Daily Graphic lampoon President Ho Roosevelt for the long address to Congress. The Standard notes the message as an elaborate homily and mocks the need for elbow room and rhetorical flourishes.
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London
Hoosevelt
Critielam
Contress
the Chronicle
Daily Graphic
Standard
Perrines
Ohio physician cremated in home blaze
Fremont reports Dr G Barnes lured to death in his Woodville residence. Fire broke out in the early hours trapping the physician who was cremated before help arrived. An elderly neighbor in a adjoining house was rescued though his home later burned.
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Ohio
Home
Fr. G Barnes
Fremont
Dee W
G. Barnes
Woodville
Barnes
Switch Engine Fatal Stunt At Chicago Plant
Two men were killed and six injured when machinery being unloaded from a freight car toppled after a switch engine backed into the car at the Corn Products company plant in Chicago on December 10.
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Chicago
Corn Products Company
Roosevelt blamed for harsh treatment by sportsmen
Denver December 10 F W Whethead secretary of the state bureau of child and animal protection says in a Colorado Humane Society circular that President Roosevelt as a sportsman is setting a bad example of ruthlessness and bloodlust for the nation.
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Denver
F. W. Whethead
State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Colorado Humane Society
Roosevelt
Treasury secretary reports 1908 deficit and 1909 outlook
Washington December 10 the annual report of Mr Cortelyou secretary of the treasury shows a reversal in conditions from 1907 to 1908. disbursements exceeded receipts by 580,070,201 reflecting low business mood and higher appropriations. the available balance at the year start was 272,061,445 and the 1909 estimate suggests a deficit near 114,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
Railroads Seek to Enjoin South Dakota Rate Law
The case involves western railroads seeking to restrain enforcement of South Dakota’s tentatively set mile passenger rate rule. A. J. Earling of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul defended that railroad property values are not tied to original cost due to maintenance and improvements. He noted local passenger service costs exceed through traffic by about 15 percent as his company aids regional development.
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Chicago
South Dakota
P. W. Dougherty
South Dakota Railroad Commission
Notes Outstanding Against Catholic Convent at Nauvoo Ill
Bookkeeper says Sister Mary was duped into stowing blank notes for Kiernan. Audited figures show blanks filled with amounts totaling over a million dollars. The interview with Mr. Rindenberger of St. Mary’s academy describes the alleged scheme and looming liability.
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Nauvoo, Ill
Rindenberger
St. Mary's Academy
Sister Mary
Kiernan
Keiran Agents Offer Compromise in Catholic Diocesan Loans Case
Pittsburg reports several men claiming to represent PJ Keiran of Fidelity Funding sought to compromise with Catholic diocesan defendants over loans arranged through Keltan and Fidelity Funding. One man wore bishop garb though unrecognized by Bishop Canevan. Diocese and attorneys declined any settlement, directing questions to police as the matter moves forward.
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Pittsburg
Keiran
Fiderty Funding Company
New York
Chicago
Keltan
Fidelity Funding Company
Canevan
Danevan
Charles A. O’brien
Kelran
Railroads Is Yoakum's Theme At Chicago Banquet
At a Chicago Association of Commerce banquet J Pierpont Morgan sat in as guest but not speaker while B F Yoakum, head of Rock Island Frisco lines, urged a stable centralized railroad policy. He said last winter’s panic cut railroad payrolls by about 1 million dollars daily and that 100000 miles of new lines would be needed west and southwest of Chicago to serve growing trade. He argued government action must mirror the scope of private railroad expansion.
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Chicago
J. Pierpont
Morgan
Chicago Association of Commerce
B. KF. Yoakum
Falls Dead at His Father's Feet in Estherville
J L Lawrence shot himself at home near Estherville while his father scolded him for dissipation. He died in a rising posture at his father's feet. He leaves a widow and one child.
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Marshalltown
J. L. Lawrence
Estherville
Iowa Central Baggageman Fatally Injured
Marehalltown Iowa January R Walker a baggage agent for Iowa Central railway at New Sharon was fatally injured when struck by a freight train while handling baggage near the station.
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Iowa Central
Marehalltown
Bee
A’ R. Walker
Iowa Central Railway
New Sharon
Bomb Explodes in New York Tenement House
A bomb at 540 East 63rd Street in New York injured more than twenty residents, five seriously, and blew portions of the building into the air. The Italians occupying the house reported receiving threatening letters in recent months as the wrecked tenement stood.
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New York
East Sixty Third Street
Reprieve for Williams in Chicago Hanging Case
Acting Governor Sherman granted a reprieve delaying Andrew Williams's hanging from Thursday until February 18. The Mississippi River city case involves a condemned murderer reprieved amid ongoing legal action.
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Chicago
Sherman
Andrew Williams
Ruef Case Draws To Close Amid Bribe Trial Drama
In San Francisco on December 10 the Ruef bribery trial nears verdict after 105 days. The jury weighed charges that Abraham Ruef bribed former Supervisor John J. Furey and previously faced related indictments involving city officials and a trolley franchise. The panel asked for three ex-supervisors' testimony and defined the difference between offering and receiving a bribe.
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San Francisco
California
Abraham Ruef
Olming
Schwiltz
Ruef
Gas and Electric Company
Voherein Ruef
Congress Begins Real Work on Census Bill in House Debate
The House spent nearly five hours examining a bill to authorize the thirteenth and fourteenth decennial censuses and passed it with little change. Debate centered on amendments including Gillett's plan to base temporary census positions on competitive exams. Senate sessions focused on departmental reports and the introduction of bills, while pension bills numbered 352 in the session.
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Washington
Dee
House of Representatives
Gillett
Mass
Senate
Dilla
Fatal Explosion In Springfield Mine
Two miners are feared dead after a blast at the Springfield Colliery Company mine on December 14 in Springfield, Missouri. Rescue teams search the shaft as officials confirm casualties and assess the blast scene.
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Springfield
Springfeld
Dee
Lincoln Home for the Friendless Ends Biennium
At the end of the biennial period in 1908 the Home for the Friendless in Lincoln housed eighty eight children and six aged women. Superintendent Mary C. Johnson estimates next biennium needs total appropriations of about 40 000 with special items including school and dormitory building 1200 furnishing 2000 new ice plant 1000.
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Lincoln
Dee.lie
Mary C. Johnson
New Lee
Carnegie Pledges Aid for Nation-Wide Waterways Plan
Washington officials push for a government bonds program totaling 500 million dollars over ten years to fund inland waterways, harbors, and canals. Andrew Carnegie and Joseph E. Ransdell back the proposal, with support from Chamberlain, Clark, and Gompers, envision a national canal from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico to boost trade and reduce transport costs.
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Carnegie
Washington
Rosevelt
Breet Taft
Wallbanks
Andrew Carnegie
Joseph E. Ransdell
Congress
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
National Conservation Committee
Great
Middle West
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
General Hugh Cameron, Kansas Hermit, Dies in Topeka
Topeka reports General Hugh Cameron known as the Kansas Hermit dies of apoplexy in a local hospital. He arrived from Lawrence to attend the funeral of AO AL Case. Born in Saratoga eighty two years ago, he moved to his hermitage near Lawrence in 1854 after meeting statesmen Webster and Clay in Washington.
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Topeka
Hugh Cameron
Kansas
Loreal
Lawrence
AO AL Case
Cameron
Saratosa
Washington
Zachary Taylor
Webster
Clay
Douglas
Awar
Marriages in New York Show Decline in 1909 Social Register
The 1909 Social Register reports a 20 percent drop in marriages in New York City among socially prominent individuals, with an overall population decline of about 7 percent nationwide, amid a general trend of fewer nuptials.
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New York
Ames
Social Register
New York City
Endangered Pine Pluff Faces Flooding By Arkansas River
Eastern Pine Pluff Arkansas end of town threatened as Arkansas River floodwaters threaten foundations and structures. Ground on the protected side crumbles unless river levels are checked. Hulls and the Cotton Belt shop among likely losses.
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Ark
Arkansas
Lowell announces measurable water vapor on Mars
Professor Percival Lowell reports that assistants at Playstaff Arizona observatory have detected measurable water vapor on Mars. The finding is indicated by spectral lines in the planet's spectrum.
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Boston
Yec
Percival Lowell
Playstaff
Ariz
Mars
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Grand Island Soldiers' Home
Clore
Man
President Roosevelt
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Heney
Switch Engine
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Yoakum
Samuel J. Burroughs
Estella M
Byroy
Cere Wong
Neuraska
Beasimont
United States Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Paty
House
SONY
Conzress
Chamberlain
Oregon
Champ Clark
Low
Samuel Gompers
National Conservation Meeting
Pine Bluff
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