Bold Swindling Scheme Led to Quick Arrest and Punishment
Rupert V. Wilson pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud through false freight claims tied to Atlantic Coast Line Texas & Pacific and Chicago & Rock Island Railroads. He and R C Stebbins allegedly forged bills and created fake shipments, netting over 32000 before indictment halted the scheme. Wilson received eight months on Blackwell's Island in U S circuit court.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Texas & Pacific
Chicago & Rock Island
Rupert V. Wilson
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Blackwell’s Island
Wilson
Jacksonville
Fla
Wilmington
Del
Wikson
R. C. Stebbins
Rock Island Company
Chicago
Stebbins
National Democratic convention work begins in Denver
In Denver on June 25 Uver Woodson secretary of the Democratic National Committee and Roger C Sullivan committeeman arrived to organize the preliminaries for the July 7 national convention. Sergeant at Arms John J. Martin greeted them at Union Station as decorators finished the new auditorium.
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Uver Woodson
Kentucky
Democratic National Committee
Roger C. Sullivan
Tilingis
General Committee
John J. Martin
St. Louis
Union Station
William M. Martin
Martin
Thomas Taggart
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Theodore D. Bell
California
Panama Campaign Progress Signals Fraud Claims Settle
Washington June 28 Senor Arana anPanama minister has received a dispatch from Arias secretary of foreign affairs declaring the electoral investigation into alleged frauds satisfactory. A meeting of both parties produced few unimportant claims by candidates. The dispatch says statements have been subscribed and the charges against government deemed proven false.
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Washington
Senor Aranuo
Arias
Daseness
President Roosevelt Enjoys Quiet At Sagamore Hill
In practical seclusion at Sagamore Hill Roosevelt spends the hottest hours reading and attending only to essential official duties. Citizens of Oyster Bay plan to petition Taft to deliver a speech during the president's Sagamore Hill visit this week.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hi
Taft
Sagamore Hill
Twenty Four Circus Horses Killed In Train Collision
Collmar Brothers circus train collided with an engine at Medina seven miles east of Bismarck. Twenty four draft horses were killed and one man slightly injured.
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Bismarck
N. L
Collmar Brothers
Medina
Reid Ward Nuptials Amid royal setting in London
Miss Jean Reid daughter of Whitelaw Reid American ambassador married John Hubert Ward of the King's Guard before King Edward and Queen Alexandra with a large royalist gathering. The ceremony was conducted by Canon Edward Sheppard with assistance from Rev. William Grosvenor at Windsor.
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England
Court of St. James
Jean Reid
Whitelaw Reid
John Hubert Ward
King’s Guard
Edward
Edward Sheppard
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
William Grosvenor
Church of the Incarnation
New York
Mrs. Reid
Taft's Busy Day At Yale Game And Dedications
Secretary Taft spent the day in New Haven with a morning alumni gathering in Alumni Hall followed by a campus dedication address for the Ledyard Memorial honoring Lt. Augustus Canfield Ledyard. He then attended the Yale Harvard ball game with reserved seats for him and Mrs. Taft and planned a class dinner that evening.
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Conn
Taft
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Ledyard
Augustus Canfield Ledyard
Philippines
Yale
Harvard
Thief Made Good With Jewelry After Pouch Theft
The registered mail pouch carrying 50 000 dollars and 100 000 dollars in jewelry vanished from a mail car at Kansas City Union Depot on June 6. A switching crew later found the pouch in Peck Island yards Kansas City Kan. The pouch held jewelry while four empty envelopes showed the $50 000 in currency was taken.
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Union Depot
Peck Island Railroad
Kan
Markets Report From Indianapolis and Chicago Grains
Indianapolis grain and livestock prices show mixed results with wheat at 85? to 88? in varying markets. Corn and cattle quotes edge lower while hogs and sheep hold small gains. receipts include 3,600 hogs and 750 cattle. Chicago grain closes with wheat around 2 to 2 1 4 dollars and cattle futures modestly higher.
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Indianapoli
Chicago
Two Men Surrender After Carbarn Bandits Capture Near Lake Station
In Hammond Indiana on June 2 a citizen man hunt near the Lake Station dunes ended with two men surrendering to Marshal James Gill. Henry Green thirty and James Markovitz thirty four of Chicago claimed to have stolen three horses Friday and were taken to Crown Point jail by Sheriff F C Carter.
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Ind
Lake Station
Gand Dunes
Niedermeer
Marx
van Dine
James Gill
Henry Green
James Markovitz
Chicago
F.C. Carter
Crown Point
Mitchell declines Illinois governor bid to lead Civic Federation department
Indianapolis June 23 John Mitchell former president of the United Mine Workers of America declines Democratic nomination for governor of Illinois and will head the National Civic Federation trade agreement department earning six thousand dollars yearly He says he is not a politician and will pursue labor peace over office as he recovers from illness and aims to settle disputes without strikes or lockouts.
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John Mitchell
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National Civic Federation
John C. Harding
Political Action
Chicago Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Tilinois
Civic Federation
Illinois
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Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
William H. Everroad
Columbus
Denver
Mine Workers
Ilinois
John E. Hollett
Indiana Democratic Club
Chicago
Des Moines
Omaha
Thomas R. Marshall
Hollett
Indiana Municipal League Opens in Laporte
Laporte Indiana June 23 The eighteenth annual convention of the Municipal League of Indiana convened for a three day session. Nearly 400 officials from Indiana cities attend including mayors clerks treasurers councilmen and judges to discuss municipal administration and related problems. Citizens sponsor an evening reception at Pine Lake and a Thursday trolley trip to Michigan City with a ride on the steamer Theodore Roosevelt on Lake Michigan.
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Ind
Municipal League of Indiana
Indiana
Pine Lake
Michigan City
Theodore Roosevelt
Lake Michigan
Shot the Wrong Man in West Terre Haute Dance Hall
Terre Haute Indiana June 23 at 4 in a West Terre Haute dwelling John Blackburn fired at Sheldon Davis who was dancing with his girl and killed Roy Weiser who stood behind Davis. Blackburn took Elia Alcorn to the dance but she refused to return with him. He was drunk and later could not recall the incident. He is twenty years old.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Blackburn
Sheldon Davis
Roy Weiser
Davis
Blackburn
Elia Alcorn
Zimmerman asserts accidental killing of wife in death case
South Bend reports George R. Zimmerman, Civil War veteran, maintains the shooting was accidental despite a death statement accusing him of intentional murder. He paces his police cell floor and says he loved the woman too much to commit such a deed.
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South Bend
Ind
George R. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Jury Deadlock in Patrick Murder Case at Sullivan
After 181 hours of deliberation in Sullivan Indiana jurors in the Leonard J. Patrick murder case against William J. Allen of Gilmore reported a disagreement and were discharged.
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Sullivan
Ind
Leonard J. Patrick
William J. Allen
Gilmore
Indiana Democrats plan rail trip to Denver convention
Indiana Democrats arrange a special Pullman train leaving Indianapolis July 1 with reservationsDeadline June 30 for July 2 cutoff. Thomas R. Marshall and John Worth Kern are named for gubernatorial and vice presidential roles while party leaders expect broad support from miners and German voters.
Child Killed Crossing Street by Streetcar in Muncie
Four year old Qopal Bartsch, child of Mr and Mrs August Bartsch, was struck and killed by a streetcar while attempting to cross the street in front of her home in Muncie Indiana on June 23.
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Muncie
Ind
Qopal
August Bartsch
Drowned man at Kankakee River near Dunn's Bridge
Martin Jensen of Wheatfield Ind. drowned while bathing in the Kankakee river at Dunn's bridge. The body was recovered.
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Kankakee
Wheatfield
Ind
Martin Jensen
Dunn’s Bridge
Queen Victoria of Spain Welcomes Second Son
Madrid reports a royal birth as Queen Victoria of Spain gives birth to a second son last night. The event adds a new prince to the royal family with details released by palace officials.
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Alphonse
Madrid
Queen Victoria of
Spain
Duchesse d Uzes and Louise Michel Aid the Poor
The Duchesse d Uzes and anarchist Louise Michel formed a unlikely friendship while aiding a sick woman at her bedside. Michel documented the death and received a keepsake, prompting subsequent visits and a bond that aided large scale charity linked to Boulangerist causes.
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Duchesse d'Uzes
Louise Michel
Duchesse
Mme
la Duchesse d'Uzes
Mortemart
Levallois
Harper’s Bazar
Secret confession at last before a holiday departure
A man, long attracted yet silent, reveals his love to Miss Mollie on the eve of his departure. The clock, slow and steady, marks 11:30 as she quietly asks if he will be missed. He confirms the morning escape and asks if she is sorry, she replies yes and sighs as he bids good night.
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Frederick Peterson
Harper's Magazine
The Power of the Whale in Harpoon Conflict
The passage argues the whale could end human whaling if aware of its strength. It notes the whale’s lack of an air bladder drives it to deeper depths when harpooned, mistaking threats for swordfish or sharks. This instinctual act traps the whale and aids whalers by exposing its vulnerability.
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Hin
Origin of the term popinjay as a bragging target figure
The article traces how popinjay came to mean a boastful man by describing a pole mounted bird figure shot for practice. The bird wore fancy feathers to resemble a parrot, and the archer who downed it earned the day’s captains title and was paraded in triumph.
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Popinjay
Howe
Triumb
Not Forgotten Dinner Tale Recalls Wititwa and Mo Chase
At a dinner party artist Wititwa Mo Chase recounts eccentric Fiminy Whistler who protests forgetting a detail about a wood fineo collar and fine stick on a foolish lawn as guests stay seated and the meal continues.
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Wititwa
Mo Chase
Fiminy Whistler
Chase
Whistler
Bilger Elopes as Dinner Party Plans Stir Life Gossip
A fragment from Life magazine quotes a dispute over Bilger eloping with a partner described with biting language. The exchange notes a dinner party planned by his wife revealing social tensions and public interest in personal choices.
Conversation about aging and funerals
A humorous exchange where Mrs Hoyle jokes she is growing old and Mrs Boyle asks what gives that idea. Hoyle replies she is becoming indifferent to funerals, highlighting a lighthearted take on aging and mortality.
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Mrs. Hoyle
Mrs Boyle
Heaven as a marketplace in philosophy noted by critics
The Chicago Record-Herald cites a philosophical view where heaven is described as a place permitting all to buy cheaply and sell. The remark frames heaven as a universal marketplace rather than a sacred realm.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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