Brice Insane in New York Amid Mental Health Case
Stewart M. Brice, son of the late Senator Calvin Brice, was declared insane in New York. The report follows prior concerns about his well being and public standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Page
Des Moines
Taft
Hot Springs
Stewart M. Brice
United States
Calvin Brice
Ohio
New York
Evans
Los Angeles
Frank Spence
Prescott, Ariz
Edgar R. Sullivan
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Algeciras
Sultanate
Elliott A. Archer
Newark
N. J
Seattle
Wash
Mead
President Roosevelt
Hendrix
Kansas City
M. E. Church South
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Philadelphia
Herbert L. Satterlee
Navy
Margaret Islington
Daniel Frohman
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Treasury
Robert F. Maddox
Atlanta
James G. Woodward
Burns Captured in Chicago in Swindle Case
Harold Burns, sought for two years over a million-dollar business directory swindle in northern Illinois cities, was captured in Chicago. Also reported: Rev J P McCloskey says he has only weeks to live. a bank incident in Springfield Missouri ends with a failed shooting attempt. Taft speaks at a New York dinner. masked bank robbery in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Burns
Illinois
Chicago
J. P. McCloskey
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Toledo
National Exchange Bank
Springfield
W. O. Oldham
State Savings Bank
H. B. McDaniel
Union National Bank
Taft
North Carolina Society of New York
East Side
Portland
Ore
Thomas F. Gilroy, Jr
Fidelity Funding Company of New York
Adolph Schultze
Schnectady
N. Y
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Great Northern
St. Vincent, Minn
Haddon Hall
Seattle
Liverpool
Calcutta
Duncan
Findlay
Charles A. Ekstromer
St. Louis
Multiple World News Snippets From 1900s Columns
Deaths and suicides include Mre Exxama Russell Chesebrough in Bristol and Charles W. Blow in St. Louis. Roosevelts denial of Panama scandals. Congress reconvenes. ships lost and saved in Atlantic and Great Lakes. revolutions in Salvador. arrests and legal actions across the U S and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exxama Russell Chesebrough
Bristol, RT
Riot in Kansas City Leaves Police Officer and Girl Dead
In front of city hall a street riot over religious fervor ends with the death of Patrolman Albert Dalbow and 13 year old Lola Pratt. Adam God preacher John Sharp is fatally wounded, with Patrolman Michael Mullane and Sergeant Patrick Clark injured. Police pursue Sharp’s followers as a gunbattle drives civilians to safety. Lola Pratt dies during a police pursuit aboard a riverfront houseboat.
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Kansas City
Albert O. Dalbow
Lola Pratt
John Sharp
Adam God
Michael Mullane
Patrick Clark
Harry E. Stege
George M. Holt
Holt
Sharp
Louis Pratt
Dalbow
Stege
Missouri River
Diplomatic Fire Involving Guatemalan Ministers In Washington
In Washington a car accident seriously injured Guatemala's foreign minister Senor Don Juan Barrios and badly hurt Senor Dr. Don Luis Toledo Herrarte, minister to the United States, along with Gen. John Drummond a coffee planter. The touring car overturned after crossing a Virginia bridge as the party headed toward Mount Vernon. Barrios carried a wreath for President Cabrera of Guatemala.
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Washington
Don Juan Barrios
Guatemala
Don Luis Toledo Herrarte
United States
John Drummond
South America
Virginia
Mount Vernon
Senor Barrios
Cabrera
Millionaire Francis Hirschberg Shot At Home In St Louis
Deep mystery surrounds the death of Francis D. Hirschberg a St Louis millionaire Catholic church figure and Louisiana Purchase director shot at his Lindell Boulevard residence. Police say no intruders found while family suggests burglary. Investigators have not yet determined if murder or self harm occurred.
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St. Louis
Francis D. Hirschberg
Archbishop Glennon
Lindell Boulevard
Hobson Sues Kelcher for Slander in Circuit Court
Congressman R. P. Hobson of Alabama files a slander suit against Congressman J. A. Kelcher of Massachusetts in U S circuit court with $20,000 damages claimed. The action becomes returnable February 1, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Boston
United States Circuit
R. P. Hobson
Alabama
J. A. Kelcher
Massachusetts
France Votes to Retain Death Penalty in France
Paris reporters note that on Tuesday France’s chamber of deputies approved a measure to continue the death penalty by a 330 to 201 vote. The decision maintains capital punishment in the country as part of its legal system.
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France
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Illinois items include arrests, trials and notable deaths
Chicago reports: Joseph Dunham, 32, son of a late Henry county judge, was arraigned for passing worthless checks drawn on his father’s estate. His case was continued. Other notes cover Tolano school teachers sued for 10 000 damages after prior whipping case, Mount Vernon law exam results, Col Edward Prince’s death, James Reno’s fatal accident, Dunning Asylum inquiry, George Eppert shot at a union meeting, James Hill invited to Peoria banquet, Peoria divorce statistics, and Sam Bachman’s deportation ruling in St. Louis.
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Chicago
Joseph Dunham
Dunham
Henry County
Harrison Street
Geneseo
H. A. Wilke
Dearborn Street
Wilke
Folsom and Johnson
Central Police Station
Hannah & Hoge
Clark Street
Bloomington
Sherman Cass
Anna Kelly
Tolano
William F. Burke
Cass
Mount Vernon
Fourth Judicial District
Anson L. Brown
Charles E. Carpenter
Thomas J. Griffith
Robert E. Hogan
Scott M. Hogan
Harry L. Holton
Albert L. Hopkins
Lawrence D. Jacobs
George Kandlik
Leo S. Kosithek
Ralph L. Kompare
Truman H. Miner
George Newman
Mathew J. O’brien
George W. Schulman
Oliver M. Selders
Hamil A. Canady
Morris
Aubrey R. Clarey
Chauncey
Higbee Wood
Quincy
Rupert D. Donovan
Woodstock
Col
Edward Prince
Seventh Illinois Cavalry
Nevada
Kewanee
James Reno
Guthrie
Okla
Washington
Dunning Asylum
William Busse
Mascoutah
George Eppert
United Mine Workers of America
Jerry Spegel
Eppert Spegel
Peoria
James J. Hill
T. A. Grier
Peoria Board of Trade
Commercial
Hill
Peoria County
St. Louis
David P. Dyer
Federal District Court
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Samuel Bachman
England
Bachman
Belsville
The Quarrael and People of Peona Capers
The strip mixes domestic squabbles with a weight reducing gag and a joke about a racehorse owner. A jockey complains of empty stomach while the owner urges shaving and trimming. An advert notes a four-foot coal seam yielding 6 006 tons per acre.
South Carolina Senator Praises Peruna Remedy
The United States senator from South Carolina extols Peruna as a cure for dyspepsia caused by stomach catarrh. Advertisements claim Peruna relieves catarrh, with mentions of Peruna tablets and a free 1909 almanac available through doctors.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
Feruna
M. C. Hutter
A. S
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
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Spokane
Herman Billek
Sherman
Charles W. Blow
American Linseed Company
Florence Maybrick
Baroness von Roque
Cummings
Page
N. M. Clemson
Duluth
Lake Superior
Victor W. Wentz
First National Bank of
Columbus
Charles E. Brown, Jr
Castro
Venezuela
Bordeaux
Revolutionary Organization
Teheran
Shah
Singapore
Mark Foote
Christian Radovita
Russia
Root
Yankee
Spindle Rock
Buzzards Bay
Penkezee Island
Newfoundland
Gulf of Mexico
Abbie Rice
Davis
Omaha
Dr. Austin
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Salvador
Prudencio Alfaro
Ahuachapan
Usutulan
Santana
Great Britain
Foreign Office
London
Standard Oil
Hamilton County
Arkansas River
Alabama Street
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ismail Mahir Pasha
F. D. Hirschberg
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Peona
M. C. Butler
Carters
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Graham
Cook
Cuero
Texas
Piso
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