Various National and International Political and Legal Developments
Secretary of State Root would serve as New York senator if elected. The pope marks 50 years in priesthood. Indiana bank official indicted for embezzlement. Taft to call Congress soon after March 4 for tariff revision. Elkins states no engagement between his daughter and Duke d Bruzzi. Sturgis suicide prevents forgery arrest. Stocker resigns from Reichstag after 20 years. Metcalf resigns as Secretary of the Navy. Newberry to succeed. Shanklin elected president of Wesleyan University. Crane resigns from Cornell after 41 years. Hughes reports NY election expenditures. MacLaurin named MIT president. Catholic missionary congress opens in Chicago. US sues Sugar Refining for $3.6 million in duties. Bodies found in White Lake area. Patrick habeas corpus denied. Caulfield killed in elevator fall. Cuban election sweep for Gomez. Indiana reformatory fire destroys buildings. South Bend post office robbed of stamps. Okmulgee siege ends in mob fire. Heney’s shooter kills himself. 76-year-old man murdered for railroad bonds. Monmouth football injuries. Burnham killed duck hunting. Moose-hunt party mishap in Canada. Chicago corset model suit. Rev. Morgan killed in auto accident. Lamphere trial evidence ties Gunness bodies. Pound Ky boiler explosion kills four. Virginia sawmill explosion kills three. South Dakota passes new divorce law. Mexico appoints ambassador to Washington. Michigan alumni fund dormitory in Ann Arbor. Russians attempt train robbery thwarted. Harrington found in asylum. Radbod mine disaster in Westphalia. Mae Otis plot to murder mother exposed. Bulgarian assembly attacks Ferdinand in debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
New York
W. Burton
Tri-City State Bank
Madison
Taft
Congress
Elkins
Catherine Elkins
d’Bruzzi
Rollo T. Sturgis
Abe Raymer
Springfield
Ill
Adolf Stocker
Reichstag
Victor H. Metcalf
Truman H. Newberry
Metcalf
William Arnold Shanklin
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Thomas Frederick Crane
Cornell University
Hughes
Secretary of State of New York
Richard MacLaurin
Columbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Missionary Congress of the
Catholic Church In America
Chicago
Falconic
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Julius Salmonson
Michigan
Martin
J. C. Hazeltine
Whitelake
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
N. Y
William M. Rice
Supreme Court of the United States
BE. A. Caulfield
St. Louis
Kansas City
Gen. Gomez
Indiana State Reformatory
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Mr. Heney
William Reed
Vineland
N. J
Monmouth
Knox College
McKiterick and Richards
George A. Burnham
Detroit
Mich
Morgan & Wright
St. Clair Flats
J. P. Veraker
Viscount Gort
England
William Prettie
George Gilbert
Raleigh
Winnipeg
Prettie
Margaret Lee Conway
George Brinley Morgan
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of
New Haven
Lamphere
Laporte
Ind
Gunness
Ray Lamphere
Miller Lumber Company
Pound
Pound Gap
Wise County
Virginia
South Dakota
Francisco L. de la Barra
Netherlands
Enrique Careel
Washington
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
St. Petersburg
Mark W. Harrington
United States Weather Bureau
New Jersey Asylum For the
Morris Plains
Radbod
Tiamm
Westphalia
Mae L. Otis
Bulgarian National Assembly
Ferdinand
Belle Gunness
A. K. Helgelein
South Bend
Democratic National Committee
Norman Fr. Mack
Mack
Tulsworth Mine No. 1
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Harts
Alo
Philippines
National Municipal League
National Conference For
American Civic Association
Pittsburg
Peter van Vlissingen
George M. Kellogg
Pleasant Hill
Pittsfield
Pike County
A. 8
Chapman
F. M. Gibson
New Salem
G. G. Maple
Rockport
Peoria
Evelyn Kingman
Louis 5. Kingman
Kingman Plow Company
Duquoin
Sebern J. Parker
Parker
Clinton
Isabella Warner
John Warner
Paxton—Rolland
W.G. Parker
Tallula
C. P. Pledger
Pledger
Edwardsville
Louise Sido
Wanda
Julia Schillinger
Alien Schillinger
Woodriver
Benbow City
P. H. Ashleck
Aurora
Harry Rasey
Decatur
Johns
Morris
Champaign
Walter Jones
Albert Jones
University of Illinois
Iowa
Jacksonville
J. Bert Austin
Franklin
Owen P. Thompson
Quincy
Joseph Himmel
Bigg-o- Lee
Carlinville
George Fishback
A. M. Noring
Pana
St. Mary’s Church
Father Moroney
Letters Link Gunness to Lamphere Case in Trial
In Laporte Lamphere trial the state enters three Belle Gunness letters to A. K. Helgelein from March and April mentioning "that crazy Lamphere." The report notes other national events and local incidents from the period.
Chadbourne Sued for Forfeiture in Smuggling Case
Mrs Emily Chadbourne daughter of R T Crane faced an $82500 suit by the United States District Attorney Sims seeking forfeiture of goods believed smuggled into the country last August The government said Boston socialite Mrs Jack Gardner was not implicated The suit seeks full payment of 152909 18 after penalties already paid and notes possible federal indictment remains unlikely based on current evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Emily Crane Chadbourne
R. T. Crane
United States
Sims
Gardner
Emperor William Yields to Constitutional Binding
Berlin reports that amid a nationwide surge of public pressure Emperor William agreed to govern by constitutional methods. An interview with a British journalist published in the London Daily Telegraph sparked an aroused Reichstag and a direct message from Chancellor von Buelow. The talks at the Potsdam palace ended with the emperor pledging to act only through his ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
William
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Reichstag
von Buelow
New Palace
Potsdam
Lookout Inn Burned On Lookout Mountain
Famous Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga Tennessee was destroyed by fire late Tuesday along with four cottages and their contents. Owners Jung and Shammatulski had just arranged a sale worth 185000 dollars that would have closed that day. The loss is estimated at 16000 dollars for the cottages and contents. The hotel, built in 1889, hosted many notable visitors including Prince Henry of Prussia who praised the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Top
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lookout Inn
Lookout Mountain
Messrs
Jung and
Shammatulski
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Mrs Eastman Marries Edwards in Asheville
Mrs Sophie Eastman daughter of the late Carter Harrison former Chicago mayor married Baker B. Edwards of Norfolk Virginia on Tuesday night. The ceremony occurred in the offices of attorneys handling Mrs Eastman's suit against Col W S McBee. Edwards' advocacy in the litigation is said to have aided his marriage prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman
Edwards
Asheville
N. C
Sophie Eastman
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Baker BE. Edwards
Norfolk
Col
W. S. McBee
Illinois Happenings Highlights Local Then and Now
A roundup from Pike, Peoria, Duquoin and beyond reports church grouping efforts in Pittsfield, a New York arrival seeking maintenance in Peoria, and a string of crimes and civic news. Notable items include a deadly attack on Mrs. Parker in Duquoin, a drowning accident in Paxton, revival gains in Tallula, and a hobbyist hunter license for Mrs. Boyden in Lincoln.
Rheumatism Prescription Draws Medical Debate
An article notes rising discussion in the medical fraternity over whiskey as a rheumatism remedy. It cites a formula using one half pint whiskey with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, to be taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night. Toris Compound is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago, and ingredients are available from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Silent farewell note urges loving thoughts in absence
A short, poignant reminder to part with loving words since reunion may not occur. The message emphasizes cherishing final moments and keeping thoughtful feelings in memory.
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General News
Uncle Sam
Mrs. Gardner
Bostonian
Emperor William
Illinois
Dodds
Guarat
D. Jayne
Jayne
Wl.douglas
W. L. Douglas
L. Dora
Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
Mass
Gunther’s Confectionery
State Street
Dil
Coyne Bros
Water St
Iowa Cave
Corn Belt Land & Loan Company
Des Moines
Satsuma
Timothy
C F. Stevens
Liberty
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