Mistrial Declared in Erbstein Bribery Case in Chicago
After 29 hours of deliberation the jury could not agree on attorney Charles E. Erbstein’s bribery case. Six to six, with three jurors for acquittal, the panel was discharged. The defense highlighted witnesses from La Salle County and questioned Erbstein’s presence in Chicago at the time. The trial followed two weeks of proceedings in the Browne case.
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Charles E. Erbstein
Erbstein
Lee O'Neil Browne
Yelock
la Salle County
Illinois
Chisago
Grant McCutchen
McCutchen
Rebels Score a New Triumph in Mexican Conflict
Dispatches from Mexico report continued revolutionary gains as Guerrero remains in rebel hands and claims of a federal capture are denied. A fresh engagement near La Junta sees 150 federals surrender after a lengthy battle, while reports of a larger 1,000-strong force, led by Generals Navarro and Hernandez, endure with limited details due to cut telegraph wires.
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Jajunta
Minaca
Northwestern & Orient
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Hernandez
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San Andres
Startled Bryan Stampede Founder Dies at 60
Dr Clarke Gapen, aged 60, widely known as an alienist across the middlewest, is dead in Madison on December 17. He is credited with starting the Bryan stampede that led to the 1590 Democratic convention nomination.
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Madison
Clarke Gapen
Middlewest
Gapen
Bryan
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Cloudy and unsettled tonight and Sunday with moderate temperatures. Lows near freezing tonight. 7 am temp 29 with light wind. Humidity rising. high pressure moved to the mid Atlantic coast while troughs bring rain to the west gulf and north Pacific. Astronomical note: moon near Neptune with rise times and daylight length.
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Rock Island
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Iowa
Saskatchewan
West Gulf
North Pacific
Minnesota
Work of Day in Congress Washington Dec 17
The Senate focused on the omnibus claims bill with Bristow’s tie vote and a recommendation to recommit. The House debated the legislative and executive appropriation bill carrying 45,025,219 dollars and the urgent deficiency bill of 830,000 dollars, with adjournment looming.
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Elections near end keep Parliament unchanged in London
London dispatch reports only eight constituencies left to poll, signaling the election will produce a parliament nearly identical to January's. The coalition government is poised to hold a majority of 126, slightly above its prior 124, barring new gains or losses.
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London
Taft nominates Negro collector for Honolulu post
Washington December 14 The president today nominated Charles A Cotterill of Toledo to be collector of internal revenue at Honolulu Hawaii Cotterill is a Negro reflecting Taft administration policy on appointments to federal posts in the territories and possessions.
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Tous
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Cotterrill
Three Become Catholic Priests in Philadelphia Ordination
Three former Protestant Episcopal clergymen were ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood at Philadelphia Cathedral. They are Rev. William McGarvey of St Elizabeth's in Philadelphia, Rev. Maurice Cowl former assistant, and William Henkel formerly with the Episcopal church at Reading.
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Philadelphia
William McGarvey
St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church
Maurice Cowl
William Henkel
Episcopal Church
Reading
Death by Own Action Shocks St Louis Family Mueller
After 15 hours of secrecy the family of Philip Medart a 72 year old St Louis millionaire manufacturer admitted he shot and killed himself last night. Death attributed to illness by own action. Earlier item notes Allan Miskimon killed his wife then shot himself in Globe Arizona.
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Philip Medart
Medart
Globe, Ariz
Allan Miskimon
Week Before Christmas Faxes Riots and Policy Debates
A Newark riot followed a dry vote as the Anti Saloon League sent Ethrington to gather evidence against saloonists. In Washington, Secretary Dickinson sent a letter to the House on national defense, while Taft dismissed the Dickinson war scare as a tempest in a teapot. The conference on arbitration closed with focus on a permanent court, and Mr Clark weighed two tariff revision theories, favoring separate bills for schedules and urging Democratic unity ahead of 1912 elections.
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Anti-Saloon League
Ethrington
Dickinson
Washington
House
McLachlan
Taft
Washington, D. C
Congress
Leonard Wood
Army
Clark
Mob Leader Guilty in Etherington Lynching
Newark Ohio December 17 Montella Watha was found guilty of manslaughter as leader of the mob that lynched Carl Etherington last July over a bitter liquor fight. The case tied to the anti saloon league probe and related killings. Others connected to the liquor war await trial for the same incident.
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Newark
Ohio
Montella Watha
Carl Etherington
WAR SCARE TO AID BUSINESS
Francis W. Hirst of the London Economist charged that war scares are driven by armament contractors who would drag nations into bankruptcy court. He spoke at the International Conference of the Department of International Disputes, denouncing dreadnought purchases by Brazil and the Japan United States rivalry as crushing for the people involved.
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Washington
Francis W. Hirst
London Economist
American Society For Judicial Settlement
Brazil
Argentina
Japan
United States
Champ Clark Outlines Democratic Platform for Speaker Bid
Representative Champ Clark of Missouri issued a statement detailing his platform for the next Democratic House as prospective speaker. He advocates limiting executive power and favoring appointment of committees by the House, revising tariffs by schedule, and other reforms to shape the forthcoming Congress.
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Clark
Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
House of Representatives
Eight years for Alberti Danish minister jailed in mining frauds
Copenhagen reports former justice minister Alberti received eight years penal servitude for white banking frauds tied to $2.3 million in mining ventures. The case, arising from the 1908 fall, alleges he caused speculative losses in South African and American mining projects.
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Copenhagen
Alberti
Priests Cling to Modernism in Munich Schism
Berlin dispatch reports the Vatican oath against modernism has split Munich University theology faculty. One professor retired from the church while several others abandoned their roles rather than take the oath.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Munich
Vatican
University of Munich
Ship subsidy measure to be jammed through this session
Washington, Dec. 15 Humphrey ship subsidy bill would grant 5 million dollars yearly to private ship owners. Taft pushes passage despite unpopularity. Article notes party division and risks to patronage, with likely close vote and opposing progressive Republicans. Connnects to existing subsidies on mail lines, including New York to England, and hints at continuation on page eight.
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Taft
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England
Clark backs direct house selection to sway 1912 vote
The article notes Mr. Clark favors choosing the Speaker directly by the House or Democratic caucus, arguing independents favor direct selection in debatable states and acknowledging potential adoption for its influence on the 1912 elections.
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House
Clark
Tariff Reform Sparks Senate Split and Busy Congress
Washington December 17 Senate splits over revisions with Lodge backing sectional amendments and a tariff commission while Heyburn opposes Cummins measures. Urgent Deficiency Bill passes House funding $595,672. Capitol bath debacle: House votes to remove Turkish baths and many attendants from the new office building and even to sell the bathtubs.
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Lodge
Heyburn
Capitol
House
Madden
Ilinois
Mann
Passengers Ice Bound on Lake Erie Steamer
The passenger steamer Lake Oid is fast in the ice about two miles off Cedar Point after departing Kelley’s Island and Put-In-Bay. About half the passengers are women and children. If the lee holds, sleds will be sent to rescue the passengers.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Lake Oid
Kelley's Island
Put-In-Bay
Cedar Point
Classier Racing Planned for 1911
Chicago dispatch states Terre Haute and Fort Wayne were expelled from the Great Western racing circuit. Officials set half a million dollars in purses for the coming season and a higher class racing schedule.
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Chicago
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Great Western
Larimer Cleared of Bribery Charge in Illinois Seat Case
Washington December 17 the subcommittee reports Senator Lorimer is absolved of bribery in obtaining his senate seat. Evidence of money among Illinois legislators is noted but the panel says Lorimer would have won by a three vote margin even without those votes. Full committee to consider Tuesday with possible individual views from members.
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Washington
Lorimer
Senate Committee On Privileges
Moory
Minots
St. Louis
Pension bill seeks $50 million yearly rise for Civil War vets
Washington December 17 a congressional committee including Townsend Michigan Smith Iowa Prince Missouri urged President Taft to back a bill increasing civil war veterans pensions by fifty million dollars annually. The president offered little encouragement to the callers.
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Townsend
Michigan
Smith
Iowa
Prince
Mingle
Warner
Missouri
Taft
Death by Own Action in Missouri Postoffice
In Platte City Missouri a postoffice worker Nannie Kymer aged 15 or 16 shut herself in a room behind the letter case and hanged herself. She was found dead about an hour later by her father Frank Kymer a rural mail carrier. The note suggests illness as a cause.
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Platte City
Dee
Nannie Hymer
Ponistani
Frank Kymer
Jenuse
Moore Denies All Charges In Weather Bureau Row
In New York on December 17 Willis L. Moore chief of the United States Weather Bureau denied in toto charges of mismanagement extravagance and irregularities leveled at his department by former employee James Berry.
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Willis L. Moore
United States Weathers Bureau
Toto
James Berry
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