22 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1908
Page
1
The article recounts a mob led by Fred Pinion forcing a divorce claimant from her bed and whipping her after pressuring withdrawal. It details prior killings, including Captain Ranken, and the mob’s plan to silence witnesses with violence, culminating in Ranken’s murder and another shooting claim.
Willemstad reports say Castro's cabinet resignations and a plot to assassinate Acting President Gomez precipitated a change in Caracas. Gomez forms a new government replacing the foreign minister, signaling the end of Castro's influence and a possible settlement of Venezuela's diplomatic strains.
Pittsburg Pa December 22 seven councilmen including the president of the common council and a national bank president and cashier were arrested on bribery and graft charges. Warrants were issued for about fifty Civic League officials and bankers. Hearing set for Wednesday with further arrests expected.
Mrs Helene Annis testified that Thornton Hains threatened her with a revolver at the Bayside float during the shooting of William E Annis. She described feeling the weapon at her back as Captain Peter C Hains fired, and she ran to the float with her husband’s boat approaching.
In a small Pasadena cottage at 1385 Morton Avenue, Warren E. Brokaw and his wife wrote books and treatises on land tenure while their children starved. One child is dead, another critical, and a third endangered. the family attributes the poverty to their insistence on theoretical work and home schooling.
The defense concentrates on three points in Mrs Aunis testimony but fails to break them down. Lawyer McIntyre treats her with consideration yet argues against her account as the captain leads the way to the float.
A fire at the Gilsey House on Broadway spread to the fifth floor, drawing a large crowd and blocking traffic. Firemen confined the blaze to the upper floor and controlled the flames with no reported loss of life among guests.
In Union City Tennessee on December 22 the eight defendants in the night rider murder case are brought into court escorted by soldiers and chained in pairs. Witnesses include storekeeper first witness Judge Shaw and Frank Fenninger who recounts the murder and other outrages. Mrs Emm Jolson testifies about whipping and a doomed divorce case involving Joe Johnson and a restraining visit to her sister’s home.
Washington reports on Andrew Carnegie testifying before Congress. He recounts starting capital of 1500 for steel ventures, earnings reinvested to expand the Edgar Thomson works, and partnerships that became millionaires. He argues protection should be temporary and stresses capital labor relations.
A sequence of six tremors within 24 hours sent Virginia City residents into a panic. The latest quake struck at 6:25 yesterday evening, following two dozen hours of repeated shocks.
Frederick D Taft and Walter J Watson failed to return from a duck hunting trip on Bouldin Island near Berkeley California They left Wednesday night and were due back Sunday Local search found no trace of the missing men despite ongoing efforts
New York December 22 W H Newman resigns as president of the New York Central effective February 1. The directors accepted the resignation and Newman is expected to remain on the board of directors.
San Francisco reports the Panama Canal will open January 1, 1915, per an official communication to the Promotion Committee from J. Buckline Bishop, secretary of the canal commission.
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