Night Riders Witness Testimony Guards Court Siege
Frank Fehringer a Night Riders member turned state’s evidence is brought to the Union City Tennessee courtroom guarded by six soldiers with rifles and revolver-toting sentries. He recalls the oath and the band’s early rides while another witness faces a bullet through the brain. Kelley a Union Pacific official tied to a separate auditor’s check appears balanced while his wife learns of his possible breakdown and references a absence of bad habits at age 28.
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Union City
Tenn
Frank Fehringer
Night Riders
Feringer
Fehringer
Society of
Kansas City
Kelley
Union Pacific
Ware
W. R. Kelley
The
Union Pacific Road
Hains Trial Witness Recounts Revolver Warning at Floats
Charles Roberts of the Bayside Yacht club testifies in Flushing, New York, that after the first shot at William E. Annis Captain Thornton J. Hains confronted him with a revolver and warned him to stay back or be killed. The testimony opens the day in the murder case.
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Charles Roberts
Bayside Athletic Club
Hains
Flushing
N. Y
Bayside Yacht Club
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Annis
Captain Hains
Annis
Roberts
Union Pacific Cashier Kills Self in South Omaha
Omaha dec 21 William R Kelley cashier of the Union Pacific railroad at South Omaha ended his life by his own hand in an apparent act of suicide amid inquiries into his accounts officials deny any faults or wrong doing in his accounts causing a local sensational death report with unnamed circumstances and reactions from officials.
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Omaha
William R. Kelley
Union Pacific Railroad
South Omaha
Warship Maine sails under sealed orders toward Venezuela
Fortress Monroe Va Dec 21 The battleship Maine flagship of the third squadron of the new Atlantic fleet with Rear Admiral Arnold aboard sailed today under sealed orders for the south It is presumably bound for Venezuela.
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Fortress
Monroe
Maine
Arnold
South
Venezuela
Albany Ill man fatally burned in home accident
Charles Meyers a 32 year old Albany Illinois resident was fatally burned when kerosene used to light a kitchen fire ignited his clothing. His wife and child escaped by jumping from a window as the house burned. Meyers died two hours later. the home was destroyed. He served as clerk of the village trustees and was highly regarded.
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Albany
Harles Meyers
Myers
Mr. Meyers
Toner
Mary
Lyman
Teacher May Use The Rod In Kentucky Schools
Kentucky Attorney General James Breathitt ruled that common school teachers may whip a disorderly pupil if needed to maintain discipline. The opinion, addressed to State Superintendent Crabbe, overturns a prior Newcastle judge’s ruling that teachers lacked such authority and had disrupted schooling statewide.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
James Breathitt
Crabbe
William Carroll
Newcastle
Taft Opens Columbus HQs as Roosevelt Backer Denies Opposition
Charles P. Taft, candidate for U.S. senator to succeed Foraker, leaves Cincinnati for Columbus to establish headquarters and continue his campaign. He states there is no truth to claims that President Roosevelt opposes his candidacy.
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Charles P. Taft
White House
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Foraker
Columbus
Taft
Roosevelt
German ships to visit here next spring
Berlin reports a squadron under construction including two battleships two armored cruisers and several smaller vessels will visit the United States next spring. Prince Henry will command the squadron with Prince Adelbert commanding a torpedo boat flotilla. In New York Harry B Suydam the curb broker shot Saturday by inventor John C Lumsden died today and Lumsden remains under arrest.
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Prince Henry
Berlin
United States
Kaiser
Prince Adelbert
New York
Harry B. Suydam
John C. Lumsden
Lumsden
Americans Consume Half Their Weight in Sugar Each Year
Washington Dec 21 Figures from the bureau of statistics show that the average American consumes half of his weight in sugar annually. In 1907 total consumption reached 7,089,667,978 pounds costing about 372 million dollars at retail. Beets surpass cane in production for the first time, beet sugar 967 million pounds to cane 544 million, with the world total near 32 billion pounds.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Statistics
Uncle Sam
United States
U S Reports On Island Possessions and Cuban Expenditures
The Bureau of Insular Affairs report outlines development in the Philippines and Cuba, noting self-sustaining finances, $17.7 million in receipts and expenditures, and 123 Filipino students in America funded by the insular government. It covers army costs in Cuba, pacification expenditures, and praises Philippine scouts for aiding education and living standards.
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Washingtoen Ro
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Philippines
Cuba
Republic of Cuba
Provisional Government
Philippine Scouts
Senate
Clarence R. Edwards
Edwards
Philippine Islands
America
Fleet Sets Sail for Suez Sperry Cables Departure
Washington reports Rear Admiral Sperry cabled that the American battleship fleet departed Colombo, Ceylon, yesterday for Suez, starting the longest leg of a world cruise through the Indian Ocean, Arabian and Red seas. Two children died in a fire in Interochen Michigan after an evening party.
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Sperry
Colombo
Ceylon
Washington
Charles S. Sperry
Navy Department
Suez
Indian Ocean
Arabian
Red Seas
Pulitzer on Way to See the Canal
Joseph Pulitzer publisher of the New York World arrives at Newport News aboard the Liberty en route to Panama to investigate canal zone conditions and possibly secure evidence for the government purchase. The trip aligns with Taft’s expected Panama arrival and Roosevelt’s push to prosecute publishers over libel in canal reporting.
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Newport News
Joseph Pulitzer
The
New York World
Old Point
Pulitzer
Liberty
Panama
Canal Zone
Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Plans Now To Cut Rock Island Out
Galesburg Illinois December 21 The Galesburg Aledo Northwestern Interurban Railroad plans have shifted. Instead of reaching Rock Island the line will run from Galesburg to Aledo and then to Muscatine, backed by leading local investors.
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Rock Island
Galesburg, Aledo & Northwestern
Muscatine
Galesburg
Ill
Taft family moves into Territt cottage in Augusta
Augusta Ga Dec 21 The Taft family took possession of the Territt cottage at noon today moving from the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas where they have been guests since their arrival here Judge Taft will have no visitors from outside the city today Harriman Not Ill New York Dec 21 Reports that FE Harriman was ill were denied at Harriman s office today He was said to be in good health at his home Boasts of Health and Dies Sterling Ill Dec 21 James Simpson walking with Coroner Fry said I am 61 years old today and feeling frisky He then dropped dead of heart disease
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Augusta
Taft
Territt
Thomas
Judge Taft
Harriman Not III
New York
FE. H. Harriman
Harriman
Sterling,l
James Simpson
C. M. Fry
Hines Lumber Consolidation Forms U S Market Leader
A Saturday Duluth merger creates the largest U S lumber group by consolidating Weyerhaeuser Cooke O Brien Virginia Seine River and Hines interests to control two billion feet of white pine in the Rainy Lake region Minnesota and Canada. Edward Hines is named president with W B O'Brien treasurer and H P Hornby secretary.
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Duluth
Rainy Lake
Minnesota
Canada
Edward Hines
Hines Lumber Company
Chicago
United States
Rainylake
Weyerhaeuser
Cooke & O'Brien
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Virginia Lumber Company
Seine River Lumber Company of Canada
Hines
W. W. O’brien
Fred E. Weyerhaeuser
H. P. Hornby
William McKenzie
D. D. Mann
Canadian Northern Railroad
Middle West
Llumber
Virginia
St. Francis
Weyerhaeusers
News Syndicate Head Dead
Major Orlando Jay Smith founder and president of the American Press Association died at his home in Dobbs Ferry New York yesterday. He served in the Civil War rising from private to major and later edited the Mail of Terre…
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J. Smith
American Association
New York
Orlando Jay Smith
American Press Association
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Mississippi
Mail of Terre
Steel Trust and Carnegie Tariff Testimony Summary
The text notes Andrew Carnegie testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington about tariffs on steel. He argues the steel industry needs no protection, praises Charles Schwab, jokes about Judge Gary, and warns iron ore supplies may run out in 40 years with England facing a similar fate.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
House
Ways and Means
Carnegie
Charles M. Schwab
Congress
Schwab
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
England
Steel Corporation
Daylong Knights Banquet Plans For Dec 27 Adoption
Jerry B. Sullivan to address a Knights of Columbus class adoption day program in Moline. About 54 candidates from Moline Davenport and surrounding areas to receive second and third degree initiations at a rink after a 7 pm banquet. Court officers James Maher and F. M. Burt to oversee events with a roster of speakers and musical selections.
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Jerry B. Sullivan
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
St. Joseph's Church
Rink
Davenport
Coggiing
Mia Tine
Jerry Sullivan
F. M. Burt
James Maher
Chicago
J. S. Kelley
Moline
Dean J. J. Quinn
Rock Island
W. S. Clancy
Des Moines
Misses Murphy
Our Church
J. J. Lamb
W. A.kannally
Sterling
A. A. Burt
The
H. L. Wheelan
Fail to convict banker in Parrish case at Owensboro
Kentucky jury disagreed in the state against James H. Parrish a banker of Owensboro charged with receiving deposits while his Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Co was insolvent. The receivership involved about a million dollars and the April failure was the state’s largest. Also reported Governor Campbell said Texas towns including San Antonio are now dry, ending long-standing Sunday openings.
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Kentucky
James J. Parrish
Hawesville
James H. Parrish
Owensboro
Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company
City Accounts Scandal Hits Lisbon Council
Lisbon report says seven million dollars vanished from city accounts. Newly elected municipal council uncovers irregularities. Former monarchical councillors admit issues and accuse the government of illegally taking the city’s money.
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Lisbon
Thaw unable to testify in Pittsburgh bankruptcy case
Harry K. Thaw now confined in Matteawan State Hospital cannot be taken to Pittsburgh to testify in bankruptcy proceedings, the United States circuit court of appeals ruled. It remains uncertain if the case will go to the Supreme Court.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
State Hospital For
Matteawan
N. Y
Pittsburg
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Burned in X ray experiments at Wooster University
Wooster Ohio December 21 Professor William Z Bennett longtime chemistry head at the University of Wooster has been hospitalized in Cleveland with disintegration of the breast bone feared from X ray exposure eight years ago He gave X rays to himself to avoid risking others and suffered a wound that never healed Surgeons hope removing the affected portions may halt further decay Bennett 53 is in critical condition
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Wooster
Ohio
William Z. Bennett
University of Wooster
Cleveland
Bennett
Professor Bennett
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U.S
Interochen
Mich
Edward Toner
News Syndicate
Steel Trust
Clamps Ltd
Texas
Tin
Campbell
San Antonio
Council of Lisbon
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