Kissel Indicted in Sugar Cases Dies
Gustav E. Kissel a Wall Street figure associated with American Sugar Refining died at his New York home after a month long illness. Kissel and six directors were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on July 12 1909 for conspiracy in restraint of trade. The Supreme Court upheld the indictments and trial was to proceed at the earliest opportunity.
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Associated Press
New York
Gustav E. Kissel
Wall Street
Amenge Sugar Refining Company
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Philadelphia
Kissel
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Federal Grand Jury
United States Supreme Court
Wise
Fire Devastates Dalton Georgia Business Block
A large fire in Dalton Georgia destroyed the main business block starting at midnight Sunday in the Hotel Dalton. Officials estimate losses around 250000 dollars with only 76000 dollars insured as fire gutted the northern Georgia town.
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Associated Press
Dalton
Georgia
Fire Rages Through Yoshimari District in Tokyo
A disastrous blaze in Yoshinari district afflicted Tokyo wiping out about 5000 houses and shops over four square miles. Estimated property loss reaches 3 million dollars with insurance near 350 thousand. Fatalities unconfirmed. reports vary from none to four or five deaths with eight serious injuries and many minor hurts. Six thousand women left homeless as government buildings and homes burned.
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Tokio
Yoshiwari
Yoshinari
Phone calls rally voters for judges in Chicago primary
Friends of four superior court candidates and one circuit court candidate conducted an eleventh hour turnout effort by phone. Attorneys and backers urged acquaintances to vote for their picks as polls opened tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Superior
Circuit Courts
Superior Court
Circuit Court
Nee
Camorra Trial Session Marks Repeated Adjourments
In Viterbo Italy today President Bianchi halted the Camorra trial amid spectator whistles. Witness Giacomo Ascrittore claimed Gaetaro Amedeo’s shift from poverty to wealth and accused him of funding lawyers, while Amedeo defended his character. An adjournment stopped the matter as whistle blasts interrupted proceedings.
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Giacomo Ascrittore
Tomasso de Angelis
Gaetario Amedeo
Gennaro Cuoccolo
Amedeo
Amadeo
Ascrittore
Italian Crown Prosecutor Rules Paterno Guilty in Princess Trigona Case
The crown prosecutor's report exonerates jealousy as a motive and finds Lieutenant Baron Paterno guilty of premeditated homicide in the killing of Princess Giulia Trigona di Sant Elia, lady in waiting to Queen Helena.
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Rome
Giulia Trigona di Sant Elia
Helena
Baron Paterno
Paterno
Americans Travel to Coronation for a Look at Royal Events
London sees thousands of American visitors arriving for the coronation season. Embassies report heavy mail from travelers seeking guidance. Many summer opportunities will offer chances to glimpse the royal couple and attend ceremonies nearly as significant as the coronation itself.
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London
America
American banker Guthmann shoots self at Paris hotel
Paris reports Hermann Guthmann an American bank employee shot himself at the Hotel Continental. Hotel officials say he arrived from New York six weeks ago. His age is given as about 45.
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Paris
Hermann Guthmann
Continental
Guthmann
New York
Unsettledfront as tribes weigh Hafid submission
Tribes surrounding the city have not decided whether to submit to Mulai Hafid or attack. On April 2 tribesmen charged government troops by the walls but were repulsed by sharp artillery fire.
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Fez
Mulai Hafid
Tartar general murdered as Canton siege erupts
A Hong Kong dispatch reports a serious rising in Canton with the Tartars general in command allegedly killed. Troops are hurried to the city as it remains in a state of siege.
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London
Daily Express
Hong Kong
Canton
Tragedy in Bombay Fire Claims Hundreds at Festival
A thatched structure hosting a festival in Bombay burned, trapping about five hundred occupants. Two hundred men women and children perished as panic spread and exits failed to relieve the crowd.
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Bombay
Confirming Turkish Warship Contract Award
Constantinople chamber approves by 116 to 40 the government action in awarding the Turkish navy contract to Armstrong Whitworth and Company Limited of London. The vessels include three battleships of 16 000 tons each and several smaller craft.
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Constantinople
Armstrong, Whitworth and Company, Limited
London
Earthquake Shock Rumors Reach Rome Morning
A slight earth shock was felt in Rome this morning causing alarm but no damage was reported.
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Rome
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Endorsed for Teething
An ad extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a 60 year trusted remedy for teething pain wind colic and diarrhea claiming it soothes the child softens the gums and is harmless. It urges buyers to request the specific brand and warns against other kinds. Price listed as twenty five cents.
New York Star Dye Works Ad
Advertisement for New York Star Dye Works offering cleaning services for clothing from hats to shoes. The copy presents a general dry cleaning and dyeing service message.
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New York
Lucille Raney named maid of honor in UCV brigade
Miss Lucille Raney was announced as maid of honor for brigade number 2 of the U C V at the Little Rock reunion. Miss Bessie Hall, sponsor of the brigade, made the announcement in Lockhart Texas. Cut worms are damaging corn across the Red River belt in Texas and Oklahoma as the corn crop is unusually large.
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Raney
Lockhart
Tex
Lucille Raney
Little Rock
Bessie Hall
Sherman
Red River Belt
Texas
Oklahoma
Mexican Killed by Negro in Texas Quarrel
Tumalis Rodriguez a Mexican man was shot and mortally wounded by a Black man at Highbank during a quarrel on Saturday night in Marlin Texas officials stated the incident occurred after an argument with a local resident during the evening hours authorities investigated the shooting and announced the victim had died.
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Marlin
Tex
Tumalis Rodriguez
Highbank
Odd Fellows Open Meet in Gonzales Texas
The South Texas Odd Fellows and Rebekahs association met in Gonzales with many delegates arriving by train. Committees greeted attendees at the Odd Fellows hall after an informal reception, and the session opened at the Gonzales Opera House with N. P. Reid presiding.
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Gonzales
Tex
Rebekahs
South Texas Odd Fellows and Rebekahs’ Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Gonzales Opera House
N. P. Reid
Luling Delegates Attend South Texas Odd Fellows Meeting
Luling residents travel to Gonzales for the annual South Texas Odd Fellows gathering. Local delegates attend and the Luling Concert Band, 25 members strong, provides music for the event.
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Luling
Gonazles
The
South Texas
Odd Fellows
Delegation From Flatonia to South Texas Odd Fellows Meeting
Delegation from Flatonia will attend the South Texas Odd Fellows association meeting in Gonzales with representatives and visitors including Mrs. A. W. Albrecht Mrs. Rosa Baugh Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Nesesta Miss Tillie Schmadt Miss Kate Kaiser Honora Sloma Louise Mueller and Carl Mehner.
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Flatonia
Tex
South Texas Odd Fellows’ Association
Gonzales
A. W. Albrecht
Rosa Baugh
F. F. Nesesta
Tillie Schmadt
Kate Kaiser
Honora Sloma
Louise Mueller
Carl Mehner
Banquet in Open Air Draws Waco Notables
The Young Men's Business League of Waco plans an unprecedented open street banquet for 4 000 guests to celebrate Cotton Belt extension Santa Fe entry and Amicable Building steel completion. Speakers will include state officials railroad leaders and city figures.
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Waco
Tex
Young Men’s Business League of
Texas
Cotton Belt
Santa Fe
Southwest
Young Men’s Business League
Cotton Palace
TINNELL WAGGONER WEDDING IN TENN VOWS
Miss Ella Jane Waggoner of Mulberry Tennessee married Marshall Tinnell, a Taylor farmer, at Rev E P Williams home. The couple will reside on Mr Tinnell's farm two miles east of Taylor.
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Taylor
Ten
Ella Jane Waggoner
Mulberry
Tenn
Jim Tipps
Marshall Tinnell
E. P. Williams
Williams
Taylor Turns Cement Walks Into City Identity
Taylor Texas inaugurated a policy linking all cement sidewalks on continuous residence blocks with cement street crossings. Several miles of uninterrupted cement walks now exist across main blocks including West Sixth Seventh North Main and Davis. Notable remodels and new homes appear on East Sixth Main streets West Sixth Kimbro Ninth Hackberry and Branch with progress at Dr Floeckinger sanitarium and others.
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Taylor
Tex
West Sixth
West Seventh
North Main
Davis Streets
Francis H. Welch
First National Bank
East Sixth
Main
Henry C. Suddeth
Dr. Floeckinger
Kimbro
Gus Duce
Est Ninth
Hackberry Streets
J. C. Cunningham
1St Fifth
Branch Streets
Jourdon ton Independent School Trustees Elected
Jourdon ton Texas trustees elected George M. Martin C. T. Wynn J A Steinle O F Walton R L Witt R E Phillips and P F Watson. Martin won a unanimous vote and will be president of the board. A new $20 000 school building is planned as the district already has Atascosa county’s largest scholastic population.
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Jourdonton
Tex
Jourdanton Independent School District
George M. Martin
C. T. Wynn
J. A. Steinle
O. F. Walton
R. L. Witt
R. E. Phillips
P. F. Watson
Martin
Jourdanton
Atascosa County
Taylor Water Company Nears Completion of Reservoir Project
The Taylor Water company advances a large reservoir to store water for dry months and plans another big tank plus dredging to deepen the existing two tanks, signaling expanded capacity for the area.
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Taylor, Tex
Taylor Water Company
Actor Be. M. Holland Taken Ill After Indigestion Attack
Be. M. Hol land the actor is seriously ill at his New York home after a severe attack of acute indigestion in his theater dressing room. He is 63 years old.
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Hol
Associated Press
New York
BE. M. Holland
Permanent aeronautical laboratory to be announced in Washington
The Aeronautical Society will unveil plans for a national aeronautical laboratory in Washington at a April 27 dinner. President Taft is expected to attend and announce the details. The lab would be the first of its kind and aims to advance aeroplane usefulness.
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Washington
Taft
Associated Press
York
Aeronautical Society
Smithsonian Institute
Hudson Maxim
The
Cromwell’s 20000 Stamp Collection Loaned to National Museum
David W. Cromwell of New York has loaned his extensive postage stamp collection to the National Museum in Washington. The set, with over 20000 varieties from nations that issued stamps, is permanently deposited and on public inspection, arranged alphabetically in large wooden cases.
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Associated Press
New York
David W. Cromwell
National Museum
Washington
Paris Scandal Sees Herbert Singer Arrested in Nice
Paris reports a high society scandal as Herbert Singer son of a prominent American family is jailed in Nice on a grave disorderly conduct charge. He was arrested at the hotel Beau Soleil and his bail offer was rejected by police. He has remained in custody since Friday.
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Paris
Herbert Singer
Europe
Singer
Riviera
Beau Soleil
Nice
Shotgun Accident Kills Gonzales Man
Oscar Harvey, 25, of near Dewville, died when his shotgun discharged as he tried to haul it through a barb wire fence late yesterday in Gonzales Texas. The incident is ruled accidental.
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Gonzales
Tex
Oscar Harvey
Dewville
Unfilled Tonnage Figures From United States Steel
United States Steel Corp reports unfilled tonnage on March 31 at 3,447,301 tons, up from 3,400,543 tons at end of February.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Mexican minister Zabacona y Inclan arrives in Washington
Senor Zabacona y Inclan the new Mexican minister arrives and will present credentials to President Taft within a day. Also reports from Aberdeen, Galveston, Norfolk, Cairo, Los Angeles, Charlottesville with various local incidents and notes.
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Washington
Senor Zabacona Y Inclan
Taft
Jackson man killed in shooting. Anse White cited
Jackson Ky April 10 Jason Deaton was shot and killed by Anse White according to informants. Deaton had recently been acquitted of complicity in the murder of John Abner a noted Breathitt county feudist.
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Jackson, Ky
Jason Deaton
Anse White
John Abner
Breathitt Coun
Death of Rev Samuel Ringgold D D in Knoxville
The 86 year old Rev Samuel Ringgold D D longtime dean of the convocation East Tennessee and rector emeritus of St Johns Episcopal Church died in Knoxville Tennessee in April.
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Samuel Ringgold
D. D
East Tennessee
Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
Knoxville
Tenn
Mexican residents flee Casas Grandes area after troops depart
El Paso reports that Mexican inhabitants of Casas Grandes and nearby areas south of Juarez are fleeing since soldiers left from Chihuahua and Juarez. Residents fear insurrectos will seize property and assets.
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EL Paso
Tex
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Chihuahua
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