W J Cumming Convicted Of Carnegie Theft In Tennessee Trial
William J. Chutuius head of the Carnegie Trust Company was found guilty of stealing 140400 from the Nineteenth Ward tank by a five week trial. He was sentenced to terms to be determined. The verdict followed a tense court scene as his counsel argued motions before sentence. A second item notes the assassination of Dominican President Caceres near the American legation and ensuing pursuit. Also Kansas suffrage campaign aid Miss Helen Owen arrives to assist in Topeka and Kingman districts with meetings planned. A third note reports Declamey, famed as the Duke of Neveron, judged a thief and sentenced to six to ten years. Investigation continues into a death with a gun near the victim.
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New York
Lliam J. Chutuius
Tennessee
Carnegie Trust Company
Nineteenth Ward
Cumming
Jude
Kansas
Bato
Sase
Phil Declamey
Eo Nova Oa
Dade Declamey
Duke of
Neveron
Fitzgerald
Criminal Court
Election Called and Georgia Governor Crisis Report
An election is called as Senator Hore Smith’s successor becomes governor of Georgia amid a tense political scene in Atlanta. The report notes a quoted charge of murder in a separate case and mentions a Cambridge Mass hero story, with mixed local notes on livestock markets and refined sugar price shifts.
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Atlanta
Hore Smith
Georgia
Roosevelt Critiques Taft Policy In Editorial Clash
Theodate Roosevelt, in an Outlook editorial, attacks present administration limits on trust busting. He urges government supervision of big corporations as a remedy, argues against dismemberment of all big units, and condemns tobacco and oil trust penalties as insufficient. He cites Supreme Court decree limits and calls for stronger action to punish corporate misdeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Steele Corporation
Antilog
Standard Oil
Aod
Tobacco Trust
Be Creult Court
Juallee
Crow
Tabseco Trust
Yuan Premier To Move Troops From Manila Toward Pekin Reach
Yuan Shih Kai’s premiership is acknowledged amid upheaval as Peking and Nanking fall to revolutionists. A restatement from the state department plans sending troops from Manila to Chinwingtao to keep the Peking sea lanes open under the Boxer treaty.
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U. S
Manila
Chinwingtao
Pekin
Peking
Nanking
Yons Shhi Kal
Yuan Sh Kat
lisi-Liang
Mauiehurla
Jebal
Po-fing
Washington
State Department
Oops
Chiawinglso
Ching
Festug
Gulf of Peentt
Illinois Legislature Adjourns Amid Uncertain Special Session
The Illinois General Assembly adjourned with the governor and secretary awaiting a call for a special session. A resolution was rushed to the coatroom and concurred. The date for any special session remains undetermined, likely after December 20 when the Supreme Court session ends. Several cases against the state loom, threatening unprecedented closings and legal stakes.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Three Admit in Jarring Case in Kansas Court
In Lincoln Center Kansas a schoolteacher Mary Chamberlain faces a court plea of guilty after a collision case linked to a fraudulent scheme with a boarding house operator and two others. The judge reserved sentence awaiting further proofs. Dr Eugene Wasdla, a noted surgeon, died in Gladwyne suburban Philadelphia after tending to President McKinley. Jersey Bank closes doors as Washington National Bank of Yorktown reportedly shuts.
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cKinley
Eugene Wasdla
United States
Magoe
McKinley
Kha Gts
Ly i
Glad’ Wyope
Asaru
Fort Dodge Company Inspects Des Moines Route Tie
General Manager Wallace leads a Fort Dodge Wes Maines Souther company team on an automobile inspection of the proposed Des Moines and Creston electric line route from Blanchard to Clarinda and beyond. Observers in Frek Island Burlington and the Great Western note potential expansion into southwest Iowa and southeast Nebraska, with officials betting on freight and passenger volumes and possible property procurement for extension.
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Hu, Wallace
Fort Dodge, Wes Maines & Souther Im Company
Weatter
Des Moines & Cresloe
Des Moines & Creston
Clarinda
Blanchard
Clarinds
Des Moines
Gresion
Wallace
Yolwine
Fort Wadge
Des Maine, & Southern
Southweat
Fort Dodge Company
Hock Tifanil
Burlington
Great Wester
Fragmentary Local News on Deaths and Rail Talks
The release blends rumors of a murder linked to a disputed will and a questionable money transfer, citing Mrs Faniy Negerty. It also mentions proposed railroad expansion from Atlantic to Des Moines and allegations involving Colonel Adams, Leslie Shaw, and Cornelia Bluffs. A pastor questions church wages and fees amid financial contention.
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Ban Monty
Spencer
Faniy Negerty
Northwestern
Belle Plaine
Northwesturm Railroad
Atlantic, Northern
Trying Ya Beat Record by SidneyeBere Van Homen Near Gidney
SidneyeBere Van Homen living near Gidney attempted to break a world record in corn hushing. He allegedly hushed 240 hushels and fifty pounds in ten bars. The record cited is Gen Hopkins with 214 dozen and twenty wedges in tenors, and a convict death note follows about Pot Shobas Wassot. The report links to a transportation announcement about rail lines and a 200 mile expansion from the Iowa Central railway to St Louis by GW Seevers, Minnieapuis & St. Louis railway, and Iowa Onniral lines.
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SidneyeBere van Homen
Gidney
Gen Hopkins
Tees
Iowa Central Railway
St. Louis
Announer
GW. Seevers
Minnieapuis & 51. Louis. Railway
Iowa
Iowa Horticultural Society Convention Irregularities Report
The report outlines irregularities in the Iowa Horticultural Society and the 37th annual Southwestern Iowa convention. It notes charges against the supreme court in a district case and a motion for a new trial in Keokuk. County Attorney TA Craig is quoted reading passages from the blue book while the defense seeks retrial in the murder case.
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Iowa Horticultural Society
South Western
Iowa Horticulturalociety
Tita
J. Wragg
Kowten
Lenox
Keokuk
TA. Craig
Jogo Rulang
Mra
Lossie $10,000 fire at Kelley factory ruins furniture line
A fire at Sorensen Furniture factory in Glinton caused about $10,000 in losses. Investigators estimate damage to the Kelley operation and estimate promising production lines were disrupted. Officials say the cause is under review and repairs will take weeks.
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Glinton
Ioeg
Sorensen Furniture Factory
Fite Wag
Tie Company
Long Lost Daughter Case Across States Solved
Mason City records reveal Mason City born Sids Moloce, 16, at Clear Lake after her infant abduction years ago. Father Mason W Moore of San Francisco seeks reunion at his California home. daughter located after Oltemwa Orpuunsge incident and Mar tonzon care.
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Mason City
Garten To Leave Pubpit, Retires From Ministry
Reverend Hichard Garign, long pastor of the Fick Baylist care, retires from the ministry with his wife, leaving town as Garten recently inherits a fortune of 250,000 dollars.
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Garten
Towa
Hichard Garign
T. D
Fick Baylist
Ciy
Jesyn
Fone
Kiyo
Horses Wear Muzzles as Farmers Fight Husk Banes
In Weldon farmers use wire mesh to muzzle horses in fields during husking season. A poisonous mold on stalks sparks worry as several horses die from eating the stalks. A deadly fire destroys a residence killing John Davis his wife and child and another relative in a blaze linked to the blast.
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Weldon
Contests Sister's Will and Local Officials Named
In Crawford county probate, Artie C. Davis contests his sister Alleverall’s will over $30,000 bequeathed to Ressia Milley. Miss Julia Robinson of Dyspijee is named guardian for state institutions, with Miss Liverman for Kentucky. Washington pioneer Willa F. Beil dies at 79. Zetllas long served, Civil War command noted.
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Crawford
Tas
Mit
Artie C. Davis
Aiece
Ressia Milley
Waris
Dubuque
Washington
Willa F. Beil
Wget
5S. W. Neal
Zetllas
Baht Jowa Infantry
A Hunting Story From The Old Backwoods
A rugged backwoodsman recalls Abe Lincoln selling bad whiskey and a wildcat scare near a great oak. His wife checks him, fearing danger, while the hunter guards his rifle and listens at the door as the tale unfolds with rough frontier language.
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Abe Law Lincoln
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