Boss Abe Ruef Found Guilty in San Francisco Trial
The San Francisco jury found Abe Ruef guilty of bribery after a 15 week case tied to the Heney prosecutions. Four jurors held out protesting district attorney Hiram Johnson’s tactics, while Ruef faced earlier trials and disruptions including a 1908 verdicts and witness disappearances amid the political fight.
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San Francisco
Cal
Abe Ruef
Lawler
Hiram Johson
Heney
Pee
Francis J. Heney
Ruef
Henney
James Gallagher
Gallagher
Schmitz
Muef
Rrett
Burns
Wit Feases
Foot and Mouth Disease Hits Grand Island Cattle
Foot and mouth disease spreads to a Grand Island herd near the Niagara River. Canadian bridges refuse auto traffic as officials fear cross-border contamination. foot passengers must disinfect shoes before entering Canada during the outbreak. Blamed source is American cattle farmers. situation prompts strict border health measures in Ottawa and nearby regions.
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Ottawa
Grand Island
Niagara River
International Bridges
New York State
Canada
Preacher and attacker fall in deadly Washington Georgia shootout
Rev G For eat Tuttle, 50, was shot and killed by Warren Bailey, 21, who was felled by an iron wedge as he fired. Bailey lies unconscious with a fractured skull. motive linked to a quarrel after Anesro, whom Tutile had enlisted, joined Bailey’s circle. Witness says wedge was hurled during the shooting.
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Washington
G. Foreat Tuttle
Warren Bailey
Anésro
Tutile
Bailey
Prison Chief Hazan jailed six years for mistreating prisoners
Russia’s M. Dubinoff, the former police commissioner Hazan, was condemned to six years' imprisonment at forced labor for ill treating inmates. The court ruled the acts occurred while in office and ordered the sentence to run without delay.
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Hazan
Russia
M. Dubinoff
Court Martial Trial in Philadelphia on Submarine Tender Incident
Commander Arm stead Bust of the United States Navy faces a court martial in Philadelphia for negligence after the submarine tender Hist ran aground in the Delaware River. The trial centers on duty standards and navigational oversight aboard the tender.
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Philadelphia
Armstead Bust
United States Navy
Delaware River
Movement of European powder companies presented at government suit hearing
A movement involving European powder firms and related parties appeared before the hearing of the government suit in Cleveland. The gathering included representatives from the powder trade and allied interests seeking a public resolution.
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Ita Beope ,Negiggall
Cmintty
Europe
Cleveland
World Wide Trust in Powder Shown in Hearings
In Cleveland a Powder Trust investigation revealed an 1887 international agreement to regulate world powder supply and prices. The pact divided markets Europe Asia and North America and set base prices and roles for factory chairmen. President Alnron Lent of Austin Powder Co. testified with company officers present.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Powder Trust
Mahaffy
Alnron Lent
Austin Powder Company
Trust
Lent
Gun Powder Trade Association
New Jersey
Europe
South America
British Columbia
Dominion of Canada
Asia
Stricken in Congress Worthington Falters in House
General Henry G. Worthington former Nevada congressman and Lincoln pallbearer suffered a paralytic attack on the House floor in Washington. Representative Burton a physician attended to him and he was removed to his home. friends fear for his age of fourscore years.
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Washington
D. C
Henry G. Worthington
Congress
Nevada
Abraham Lincoln
Burton
Delaware
Deneen to Study Agriculture at University of Illinois
Governor Charles S. Deneen will enroll as a student at the University of Illinois Agricultural School Urbana for the short January course. He plans to study cattle and corn judging and pursue scientific farming after attending the Illinois Corn Show in Springfield.
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Wiiacis
Urbana
Charles 8. Deneen
Illinois
Springfeld
Deneen
State University
Poison Attempt Believed In Communion Cup
In Youngstown Ohio an alleged poisoning aimed at Rev. Louis Raps of St Rocchus Church is reported. The priest hovered between life and death after a suspected strychnine contamination in a communion cup. Church officials delayed news pending chemical analysis amid threats from out of town letters to parishioners.
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Youngsstowe
Ohio
Louis Raps
St. Rocchus’s Catholic Church
Down
Rockefellers Brother Frank Wounds Merchant in Quail Hunt Accident
Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland, brother of John D. Rockefeller, shot Joseph T. Bird a leading merchant of Feanzas City near Kansas City by accident during a quail hunt. Bird’s wounds were minor and he returned home after treatment.
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Kansas City
Frank Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Joseph T. Bird
Feanzas City
Mr. Bird
Senate confirms Manvy Saterlee and outlines treaties
Assistant Secretary of the Manvy Saterlee is confirmed by the Senate. Arbitration treaties with Pen and China and naturalization treaties with Brazil Honduras and Uruguay are ratified. Several nominations and political notes follow including cabinet changes and canal diplomacy.
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Manvy Saterlee
Senate
Pen
China
Brazil
Honduras
Uruguay
Wilson
American Forestry Association
W. 3. Harvey
Philadelphia
Geo R. Wales
Vermont
Civil Service Commission
Global notes on budget, diplomacy and events abroad
The report covers Austria's 60 million dollar military budget, Pan American Congress visits to Chile, Brazil's Sao Paulo loan guarantee of 75.08 million, and American envoy arrivals in Havre and Colombo. Also noted are Mont Albana shocks, foot and mouth prevention at Niagara, Venezuela piracy actions, German armament views, Haitian presidential election plans, and Panama canal celebration plans for 1915.
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Leo S. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
Santiago
Chile
Penna
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Ioan
Henry White
Ambbassador
France
Havre
Paria
Colombo
Ceylon
Mont Albena
Niagara Frontier
Dominion
Internationalridges
United States
Castro
Venezuela
Bordeaux
Trinidad
Aarseilles
von Buelow
Reichstag
Germany
London
Panama
Notable events mix on New York bridge and national news
The article lists diverse items from Major McClellan atop the Brooklyn tower to a public hearing over an ordinance. It mentions the Ohio State Grange urging prohibition, Alaska population rise, a farmer’s death near Logansport, Yale denying phonograph records of an emperor, a Pennsy freight crash in Chicago, a Milwaukee suicide, a Ohio fire fatality, Nazimova’s curtain performance in Lincoln, and several counterfeiters sent to Leavenworth.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan Bridge
Gen
Major McClellan
New York City
Ohio State Grange
Alaska
Peter Sneyder
Logansport
Ind
Yale University
Emperor Williams
Pennsy
Chicago
Wealth of Farms Breaks Record in Ten Years
Washington reports farm wealth across the United States has surged, with farm products totaling 47,778,000,000 in 1908. Secretary Wilson notes ten-year wealth production surpassing 60,000,000,000, highlighting corn and cotton crops, hay, wheat, and dairy outputs as major contributors.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wilson
Panama Canal
Wilsim
Four Children Die in Hawthorne Farmhouse Fire
William J. Scharf and his wife left their four children aged three months to eight years in bed when a kitchen stove sparked a blaze at their Hawthorne area farm. The home burned rapidly and the bodies were recovered with severe burns.
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Ottens
Gont
Huby
Linds
Orval
Ore
Dorothy
William J. Scharf
Mite
Hawthorne
Here
Scharf
Good Bargain Breaks Will for Chicago Widow
Chicago widow Hertha Wills won a case to set aside her husband Joseph Willis's will. She proved he, while intoxicated, bought Hast Ride property for 4200 dollars five years earlier, now valued at 35000 dollars. Judge Mack agreed the profitable deal indicated the testator’s unsound mind.
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Ill
Mia
Hertha Wills
Joseph Willis
Tudge
Mack
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