Commendation Controversy Over Stoessel at Port Arthur Trial
The court condemned Gen Stoessel to death for surrendering Port Arthur though commuted the sentence to imprisonment in a fortress. Judges cited steadfast defense, several allied offensives, and Stoessel’s role in three campaigns. After the verdict, officers defended him and a public show of support followed. A festival planned in St Petersburg honors the fortress defenders.
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Eho
Erian
Port Derect
Ndt
Riess
Stoessel
I Stoessel
Port Ar
Czarina
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Prohibition Bill Support Prompts Breckinridge Candidates Backing
The Kentucky Anti-Saloon League releases replies from ex Governors Beckham and Bradley on the local option bill. Beckham says he unreservedly favors the measure and would withdraw if Republicans and allies pledge county unit support. Bradley writes in favor, ties to Republican platform and asks for party backing in the Senate race.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Lesene
J.C. W. Beckham
W. O. Bradley
United States
Beckham
Peinserais
Mr. Bradley
Mr. Beckham
Australian firm wins Siberian timber concession
A Canberra based Australian company has secured a Russian government concession to extract 30 million feet of Siberian timber annually from a forest 900 miles from Vladivostok. The timber will be delivered to Melbourne about 8 000 miles away, roughly three times the distance from New York to San Francisco.
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Washington, D. C
Siberia
Vladivostok
Melbourne
New York
San Francisco
Hogs in Louisville Sell 62 Dureete Pigs at Auction
Louisville crowds pack the city for an annual pink Dureete pig sale. Sixty two fine animals were disposed of at an average of 40 dollars apiece with more offerings expected at ScanpraW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
House Chaplain's prayer cites jobless numbers
In the House of Representatives, Chaplain Cowden prayed over unemployment, asking for a chance for those without work to find opportunity and exist with dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Special
House of Representatives
Cowden
Collier's Weekly Faces 150000 Libel Suit
Washington special reports Collier's Weekly being sued in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for 150000 by William Wolf Smith, ex Indianapolis resident and son of historian William H. Smith. Smith, a publicity agent, alleges libel in March 1906 and February 23 1967 articles. Defendants are Peter F. Collier Robert B. Collier and Norman Haggood.
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Washington, Special
Collier’s Weekly
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
William Wolf Smith
Indianapolis
William H. Smith
Indiana
Mr. Smith
Defendance
Peter F. Collier
Robert B. Collier
Norman Hapgood
Desians
CopvariuTs &c
Eer Roe
Scientific American
ANN & Co
S~terviewer
New York
Moe
BF St
Washington, D. C
Court dissolves Illinois Central injunction in Harriman favor
Judge Farlin Ball dissolved the injunction blocking 281 281 Harriman proxies at the Illinois Central annual meeting. Foreign corporations may own and vote stock in Illinois firms, impacting major holdings and consolidations. Fish’s faction faces loss. next meeting set for March 2 amid market stampede in court.
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Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
E. H. Harriman
Farlin Q. Ball
Harriman
Ilinois Central
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Utah Corporation
Railroad Securities Company
New Jersey
George F. Edmunds
John A. Kasson
William H. Emrich
Fish
Illinois
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Ball
Imnois Central
County Court House
Chicago Blizzard Toll Reaches Ten Dead As 83 Missings Sought
In Chicago and suburbs a record storm has paralyzed traffic and caused widespread hardship. Detectives hunt 83 missing since the blizzard began while police search snow drifts in suburban districts. Two more deaths bring the storm death toll to ten and injuries exceed 150.
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Chicago
Tied to Tree and Nearl Froze in Blizzard At Hed ding College Park
Clarence Robinson a Hed ding College student was seized by masked youths during a blizzard in Hed ding College Park Abingdon. He was gagged bound and tied to a tree on West Campus and crawled six blocks in the cold after hours of struggle before freeing himself.
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Galesburg
Hedding College Park
Abingdon
Clarence Robinson
Gillette to Die in Electric Chair March 30 Week
Chester B. Gillette of Cortland convicted of murdering his sweetheart Grace Brown. The Court of Appeals unanimously sustained the first degree murder conviction. The execution is scheduled for the week starting March 30 in Albany.
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Albany
N. Y
Chester B. Gillette
Cortland
Grace Brown
Court of Appeals
Pope Visits Lions in Vatican Gardens
On a sunny spring day the Pope toured the Vatican gardens and greeted the lions that King Menelik recently sent. The encounter highlights a symbolic meeting between religious leadership and a foreign royal gift.
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Rome
Vatican Gardens
Menelik
Priest Slain in Denver Church by Italian Anarchist
Father Leo Heinrichs of St Elizabeth's Catholic Church was shot dead during Sunday mass in Denver after offering the sacrament to the assailant Giuseppe Guarnaccio. The Italian anarchist fled as Patrolman Cronin pursued him. Guarnaccio said he planned to kill four priests.
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Denver
Colo
Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Guiseppe Guarnaccio
Leo
Father Leo
Daniel Cronin
St. Elizabeth's
Cronin
Waller Place
Wakefield
Mess
Big money in divorces in South Dakota mill
In 1907 South Dakota granted 552 divorces, 320 to nonresidents, with average costs around 1500 dollars per case. The state earned about 480000 from nonresident divorces that year, part of a roughly five million dollar decade for the divorce trade amid repeal agitation.
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Dakota
South Dakota
Congo annexation row flares in Brussels
The Congo Independent State annexation dispute returns to concern as King Leopold withdraws earlier promises and demands control of the special fund instead of Parliament. He also seeks 50 000 000 dollars for various projects, heightening tensions over the Belgian Congo.
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Brussels
Belgium
Congo
Leopold
Sweden selects Miss Lundstrom as most beautiful woman
Stockholm announces Miss Jane Lundström chosen as the most beautiful woman in Sweden after a summer contest and jury selection. She will vie against Marguerite Frey of the United States and other national winners for the title of The Most Beautiful Woman in the World.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Jane Lundstrom
America
Marguerite Frey
United States
Elopement by Bobsled in Swiss Mountain Escape
A Swiss couple elopes at Bienne after the lover tricks the girl's guardians. The plan unfolds on the Evilard toboggan run as the sleigh speeds down the course and the pair flee by train to Bale for an immediate marriage.
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Geneva
Bienne
Evilard
Bale
Society Beauty Mrs Burden Dies in Gas Tragedy
New York society woman Miss Natica Rives Burden, daughter of O. H. P. Belmont, is found dead in her Fifth Avenue home from gas, suspected accidental disarrangement of a gas drop light. Coroner Shrady says a faulty shutoff and window vent contributed. Her Harvard-educated husband William Proudfit Burden is cited.
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New York
Mars
William P. Durden
Nautica Rives
O. H. P. Belmont
Fifth Avenue
George F. Shrady
Shrady
Burden
George L. Rives
William Proudfit Burden
Grace Church
Court Holds Anna Gould In Jewel Settlement Case
Paris court confirms lower court ruling ordering Count Boni de Castellane and Mme Anna Gould who divorced last year to pay opera singer Vera Nemidoff 24000 for jewels bought by the count before the divorce. Gould claimed no knowledge of the transaction but court says jewels presumed for the buyer wife.
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Paris
Court of Appeals
Count Boni de Castellane
Mme
Anna Gould
Vera Nemidoff
Mme. Gould
Bequest Funds Andover Spelling Bees
The will of Vernom Lincoln leaves 500 dollars to Andover for annual spelling matches in a public hall. Contestants aged 10 to 18 compete using the old fashioned choosing up method. Prizes of 10, 6 and 4 dollars go to the last three spellings down each year.
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Andover
Mass
Vernom Lincoln
Harriman Reimbursement Bill Advances on Claims Aid
In Washington a House committee prepares to take up a bill granting about 1.5 million dollars to reimburse E H Harriman company for funds spent to save the Imperial Valley from Colorado River floods. President Roosevelt states there are no differences with Harriman over the proposition.
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Teddy Aids
Harriman
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific Company
Imperial Valley
California
Colorado River
House Committee On Claims
Harriman Company
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PES
Japan
Beckham and Stadley
Sues Collier’s Weekly
Road Says
Proceedings
Gillette
Pest
Boni Jewels
Ryle
Keator & Wells, Wholesale Mfrs
Cortland, N. Y
WIN Health
Panhorst
East Tenn. Medicine Co
Johnson City
Tenn
Webster’s
W. T. Harris
Ll.d
United States Commissioners of Education
G.gc
Merriam Company
Springfield
Geo.l.wood
Railway Guide
Palace Polish Works
Louisville, KY
Famous Picture
Excerpta
Dua
R. B. Hoover & CO
South Bend, Ind
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