Senators in land fraud big steal alleged
Salt Lake City November 29 reports allege a land and coal land fraud tied to United States Senators Warren and Clark and United States Land Commissioner in a Union Pacific Rio Grande command scandal. Witness Michael A Myendorff swore affidavits claiming pressure to end the probe, with four affidavits destroyed per instructions.
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Salt Lake
Utah
United States
Warren and Clark
United States Land
Union Pacific and
Rio Grande Command
Interstate Commerce Commission
George F. Pollock
Division B
Interior Department
Michael A. Myendorff
Dr. Myendorff
Wyoming
Richards
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Coal Company
Marriage of Tex as Ranger Company members surprise cast
Herman T. Meeleus of Oshkosh and Coral M. White of Westfield quietly wed at Rev R G Pearce’s home, shocking their Tex as Ranger company colleagues who learned of the plan only after the Davenport performance. Meeleus owns the company and holds the play’s copyright. they will perform in Moline tonight.
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Herman T. Meeleus
Oshkosh
Wis
Coral M. White
Westfield
Texas Ranger
R. G. Pearce
Rock Island
Burtis
Davenport
Mr. Meeleus
Caruso Back On Stage Amid Cheers After Arrest
New York reports Enrico Caruso, famed tenor, appeared as Rodolfo in La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera, receiving applause despite earlier legal troubles. In Philadelphia, Bridget Carey stands accused of poisoning her husband and two children for $1,000 in insurance, with several related deaths under investigation. A separate crash in Virginia kills Southern Railway president Samuel Spencer and several others, with a private car destroyed by fire following a rear collision.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Central Park Monkey House
Metropolitan Opera House
Rodolfo
Caruso
Carey
Lynchburg
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Sawyer
Phillip Schuyler
Spencer
E. W. Davis
Terry
Washington and
Southern Western
Jacksonville Limited
Catholic University Is Now Free From Debt
The Catholic University of America trustees met in a semiannual session on Tuesday. Treasurer Michael Jenkins reported the university is entirely free of debt with an endowment of 400000 and revenue from nationwide parish collections for this special purpose. Cardinal Gibbons, president of the board, said the reorganized faculty is eminently satisfactory.
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Washington
Catholic University of America
Michael Jenkins
Cardinal Gibbons
Missouri Dairymen Form to Fight Milk Combine
In St Louis on November 29 a large milk combine is reportedly forming to raise prices and control output across Missouri and Illinois. Missouri and Illinois producers elected officers, with D I Finbeck as president, A M Schultz as vice president, and William Fischer as secretary and treasurer, inviting all dairymen in the two states to join the effort against the alleged combine.
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Iness
Missouri
St. Louis
Illinois
D. I. Finbeck
A. M. Schultz
William Fischer
Combine
Mediums influence Denver woman to invest in bath house
Mrs. Pauline Youngberg of Denver testified in Colorado Springs that mediums induced her to invest $4,000 in a bath house company. She said spirits told her she would profit if she joined president D. N. Hitchcock, as stockholders seek an accounting of funds in the suit.
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Pauline Youngberg
Denver
Colorado Springs
Col
Youngberg
D. N. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Transfer Devlin Property in Illinois Valued at 500000
N H Loomis referee in bankruptcy issued an order allowing the Devlin trustees to transfer Illinois property valued at 500000 from C J Devlin's personal estate to the Toluca Marquette North Railway Co An appeal has been filed in federal court by creditors attorneys and the state of Kansas
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Ilinois
Topeka
Kan
N. H. Loomis
Devlin Trustees
C. J. Devlin
Toluca, Marquette & Northern Railway Company
Chancellor Andrews Fights Tobacco At Nebraska University
Lincoln Neb Nov 29 Chancellor Andrews of Nebraska university seeks to curb tobacco use among law students and faculty. He has posted notices urging reform and possible suspensions for bad marksmanship. His long running campaign began with cuspidors and no smoking rules across campus.
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Lincoln
Neb
Andrews
Nebraska University
Blackstone
Roscoe Pound
College of Law
Superintendent of Buildings
Aew
Ainiversity
Gourd Sent to Roosevelt as Big Stick Appeal
Marion Ohio November 29 Congress man Grant E Mouser received a four foot gourd with a note asking that it be delivered to President Roosevelt. The message asks him to attach the gourd to his next message and tell Congress to be good. From Democratic admirers of Marion Ohio.
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Marion
Ohio
Grant E. Mouser
Roosevelt
Congress
Providence
Marion, Ohio
Mrs Graham identified as baseball player’s wife found
New York Nov 29 The Evening World reports the woman who gave her name as Hannah Graham and failed to appear in police court to prosecute charges against Caruso has been found She is Mrs Stanhope wife of Adam Stanhope a baseball player The World quotes her saying the insult by Caruso was intentional and he did not desire to press charges but policeman Cain said he insulted other women that day and wanted to lock him up.
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New York
Evening World
Hannah Graham
Caruso
Stanhope
Adam Stanhope
Burlington Switchmen Granted Noon Meal Hour Under New Rules
Burlington switchmen receive a four cent wage increase and a one hour meal window between 11 30 and 1 noon. If work extends past 12 20, they get paid for the hour and 30 minutes to eat. No more than eight hours work without a meal unless prevented by wreck or snow blockage.
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Burlington
Brigadier General George W. Baird Dies in North Carolina
News from New York reports Brigadier General George W. Baird, U S Army retired, died last night in Asheville North Carolina His death follows a long career in public service The item lists a separate obituary for Reverend William Howe a Cambridge Massachusetts Baptist clergyman aged 160 (centenarian) who died yesterday Both notices reflect long lives of public figures in early 20th century reporting
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Baird
New York
Ashville
N. C
George W. Baird
United States Army
Cambridge
Mass
William Howe
State Board Adopts 70 Percent Value for Tax Assessments
Springfield notices the state board of equalization approves a resolution setting the assessment base at 70 percent of fair cash value for real and personal property, a move critics say understates banks and Chicago mercantile property. The measure, already debated, risks masking true values and faces possible court challenges. Meanwhile San Francisco reports Mayor Schmitz is arrested on a train trip home, delaying a planned reception as snow and cold hinder the journey. Ruef and deputies wait in Truckee, commenting on the chilly, somber homecoming amid the snowfall.
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Springfield
State Board of Equalization
McMahon
Chicago
Colburn
Jackson
Barnes
Capital Stock Committee
San Francisco
Cal
Schmitz
Truckee
Nevada
Ruef
Southern Pacific
Sierras
Ruet
Mayer Schmit
California
Explosion at reburst factory. many killed and injured
Reports from Dortmund and nearby towns describe a large factory blast with at least 24 dead and 96 seriously wounded, hundreds more hurt lightly as structures in Annen and surrounding areas were shattered including homes and windows. The piece details explosive composition and cautions about its high power.
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Dortmund
Germany
Annen
Punish Minors in Saloons Court Holds Municipalities Have Right
Springfield Alabama November 29 municipalities may pass ordinances imposing fines on minors who visit saloons and dramshops. The appellate court upheld the Lewistown cases, remanding for a hearing, and said towns may enact laws to protect youths from enticement in saloons.
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Springfield
Lewistown
Tavene
Falls on Head Remarries Man With Two Wives
In cage, a mishap between Adolph Drathring and his locomotive wife led to a double marriage when he fell. He, previously a fireman, later became a claim agent. Wife No 1 claimed he sent her to her mother in August before marrying Rose A Kennard. He was held to the grand jury.
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Cage
Adolph Drathring
Walput Street
Rose A. Kennard
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Train Men Reach Settlement
Pone Settles Redding Pa November 29 differences between management and the employer over coal freight and yard service have been settled with all train men receiving an advance.
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Pone
Redding
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Removal of Official Result of Trip South
President Roosevelt ordered the dismissal from office of Noah B. Pettingill U S district attorney for Porto Rico. Charges held that he acted as private counsel and sued another government official for misconduct. Moody and the president deemed the action malfeasance in office.
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Pettingill
Porto Rico
Washington
Roosevelt
Noah B. Pettingill
United States
Panama
Pettingiw
Moody
Judges Named In Eighth District Race For Circuit Judge
In Jacksonville on November 7 two parties nominated candidates for circuit judge in the Eighth district. Democrats pick Guy R. Williams of Mason county and Republicans name Lewis Jarman of Rushville. Vacancy follows the death of Judge Thomas N. Mehan of Havana. Election set for December 27. district includes Adams Brown Mason Pike Calhoun Cass Menard Schuyler.
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Jacksonville
Guy R. Williams
Mason County
Quincey
Lewis Jarman
Rushville
Thomas N. Mehan
Havana
Adams
Brown
Mason
Pike
Calhoun
Cass
Menard
Schuyler
Attempt to Burn Victim Ends in Robbery and Escape
Frank Coulter a 28 year old glass worker from Steubenville Ohio was attacked by four men returning from West Virginia. They robbed him tied him to a stake and built a fire under him the ropes burned and he freed himself. He waded into the Ohio river and crawled back to shore and later reached Steubenville unconscious. His condition is serious and the assailants are unknown.
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Ohio
Stethenville
Frank Coulter
West Virginia
Ohio River
Steubenville
Coulter
Remarkable Papyrus Find in Egypt Yields New Data
London reporters describe the Oxyrhynchus discovery by Grenfell and Hunt of about 130 boxes of papyri dating from the second century B C to the sixth century A D. Contents include lost classical works and early Christian fragments, notably a vellum leaf with 40 lines of gospel text showing a variant from the authorized version about Jesus and the Pharisee at Jerusalem.
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London
Jesus
Temple of
Jerusalem
Slave and Union Soldier in 1864
Henderson Bingman an old colored resident and ex slave and civil war veteran who fought for the union died at 4 20 this morning at his home 31 Fourteenth street He was born in Mississippi in 1885 enlisted in Company J 14th regiment served two years was discharged and made corporal He came to Rock Island 27 years ago worked for Rock Island Pur t company until a year ago married twice the second during the war He leaves a wife and two sons Jeffrey and John of Mississippi Funeral at 2 20 Sunday at McKinley Baptist chapel.
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Henderson Bingman
Fourteenth Street
Mississippi
Rock Island
Mr. Bingman
Jeffrey
John
Bingman
McKinley Baptist Chapel
Orchard's Case Postponed To Next Term In Killing
In Boise Idaho Harry Orchard who killed former Governor Stennenberg is moved Caldwell for court with the case postponed to the next term by consent of both sides. Orchard appears well. Also notes reprimand of Weather Chief Willis L Moore by Secretary Wilson in Washington for urging a printer to pay strike assessments. Memphis hosts a test case on employer liability with Moody and railroad attorneys, set for December 20. Theodora Shonts denies engagement rumors in New York after arrival from Colon.
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Stenenberg
Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Stennenberg
Caldwell
Orchard
Weather
Washington
Wilson
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Cooper
Typographical Union
Memphis
Moody
United States
Damielle Howard
Imfinolgs Central Railroad Company
Attorper
General Moody
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Southern Wreck Victim
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