Two Plead Guilty in Cotton Department Case
Haas and Peckham plead guilty to conspiracy in the cotton department misconduct case. They pay fines of 6000 and 3000 dollars respectively and are released. other indictments are nol pressed. Edwin Holmes Jr. and associate statisticians were surprised by the plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Tlaas
New York
Frederick A. Peckham
Cincinnati
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
Gould
Haas
Peckham
Nolle
Edwin &. Holmes, Jr
Holmes
Wabash Train Wreck Near Perey Leaves Dozens Injured
Twenty five people injured and two believed fatally hurt after a Wabash railroad derailment near Perey Ta. at 8 50 Friday night following a water spout that undermined the track. The engine and three cars left the rails and a rear car was struck by a fast freight as passengers scrambled from the wreckage. Injured moved to Des Moines. W G Brown Ottawa Ill and C J Riley Moberly Mo thought to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perey
Wabash
Des Moines
W. G. Brown
Ottawa, Ill
C. J. Riley
Moberly, Afc
Fight Picture Interests Sold in Reno Cash Deal
Tex Rickard and James Jeffries' interests in the fight pictures were sold to William Trock for a cash deposit of 104000 dollars in a Reno bank. The sale was announced in Reno on Friday night after outbidding a San Francisco offer. Coroner report cites two separate self inflicted deaths linked to recent fatalities from lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickard
Jeffries
Fight Pictures
William Trock
Tex Rickard
James J. Jeffries
Reno
Richard
No Authority in Alaska Says ICC Over Freight Carriers
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled Friday that it has no jurisdiction over carriers operating within Alaska for freight or passenger transportation, leaving Alaska out of federal regulatory authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Territory
Alaska
Ex Gov John H McGraw Dies in Seattle Typhoid Fight
Former Washington governor John H. McGraw died at his Seattle home from typhoid fever after a several weeks illness. He was born in Parker plantation De Nobscott county Delaware in 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGraw
John H. McGraw
Washington
Seattle
Wash
Parker Plantation
Denobscott County
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Friday's quotes from the Sioux City livestock market list choice corn fed steers at 7.25 to 7.55 and tan hogs at 9.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Disappeared Man Reappears as Prisoner in Chicago
William Hamilton who vanished from his Pittsbury home eight months ago and later inherited a fortune was found serving time in the Chicago House of Correction on a recent Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Hamilton
Pittsbury
House of Correction
Chicago
Railway Men Get Increases for Boston and Maine Workers
About 2500 Boston and Maine railroad employees received a wage rise on Friday. Increases range from 5 to 23 cents a day as part of the adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston and Maine Railroad
Wilbur Estate Leaves $17 Million to Family in Bethlehem
The will of Elisha P. Wilbur of Bethlehem Pennsylvania leaves an estate of 17 million dollars to his family. No mention of public or charitable bequests is noted. H Stanford Fourton, a dental surgeon in Oxford, England, was found dead with authorities reporting suicide by poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha P. Wilbur
Bethlehem
Lehigh Valley Railroad
H. Stanford Fourton
Oxford
England
Priday
Bank Robber Firefight Ends in Double Death in Irredberg
A desperate bank robbery in Irredberg late Wednesday afternoon ended with the robber firing on police and fleeing on a bicycle. A bomb at the city hall shattered the building while two bystanders were killed and several wounded. The robber, later identified as Chauffeur Larkenstein, was shot dead after police closed in, and the incident followed a previous bomb plot in Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irredberg
Llessen
Imperial Bank
Nauheim
Ele Desperado
Fred
Ele
Larkenstein
Frankfort
Three Black men whipped after alleged assault in Ballard County
Three Black men were jailed in Wycliffe Kentucky after an attempted assault on the daughters of farmer Alexander Hall in Ballard County. A posse captured them several miles from Wycliffe and severely whipped them with hickory switches. one man was struck through the hip. They were released and ordered to leave the area at the girls' father’s request and left town immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hall
Ballard County
Wycliffe
Indictment Flaws Snagged in Packings Case
Judge Landis sustains the demurrers to the so called beef trust indictment in Chicago. A new grand jury is ordered to renew the investigation with 75 veniremen to hear testimony for possible indictments. The court finds no shown offense within the last three years or interstate commerce involvement. The general claim of restraint of trade is deemed mere conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis
Judge Landis
Sally
United States District Court
Chicago
Beef Trust
W National Packing Company
Acquittal Restores Cleveland Police Chief Kohl er
Afayor Brehtr police chief Fred Koehler of Cleveland known as the Golden Rule was acquitted Thursday of gross immorality and habitual drunkenness by the civil service commission after a trial. An hour later he was reinstated as chief by Mayor Badar who had suspended him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afayor Brehtr
Fred Koehler
Cleveland
Lauder
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Munsyer Badir
Execution delayed for Robert Martin in Floyd Parris murder case
Robert Martin a colored man sentenced for the murder at Fast St. Louis of Floyd Parris received a 30 day reprieve from Gov Piedeen on Wednesday. The reprieve was granted at the request of the state board of pardons to allow District Judge Cowl to forward a four letter statement detailing the case facts to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Martin
Hant
Fast St. Louis
Floyd Parris
Piedeen
State Board of Pardons
Fire Rips Five-Story Building In St Paul
Three men were injured when a blaze at the Andrew Scherch Grocery building on Broadway and West Seventh Street destroyed a five story structure in St Paul Asinn. Loss estimated at 100 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Asinn
Andrew Scherch Grocery Company
Broadway
Wast Seventh Street
Federal Court Dismisses Oklahoma Capital Case
Federal Judge Telph Couple in Guthrie Oklahoma dismissed the action to remove the state capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City on jurisdictional grounds. Complainant W. E. L. Coyle had no standing in court and the court did not rule on the enabling act’s validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
W. EL. Coyle
Telph
Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
State Cross
Oklahoma City
Woman Burned to Death at Home near Burlington Ta
Mrs Nina Osborne wife of Herman Osbourne a well known farmer eight miles south of Burlington Ta was burned to death at her home Wednesday when her clothing caught fire from a stove as she prepared supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Osborne
Herman Osbourne
Burlington, Ta
Coronation Nears for King George in May 1911
The coronation of King George is nearly arranged for mid May 1911. Immediately after the ceremony the Duke of Connaught will travel to Canada to assume the office of governor general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Movernor General
Indiana Pioneer Publisher Dies After Sleepwalk Fall
David Winston Jones a 2 pioneer newspaper publisher of Indiana died in Fort Wayne Indiana from injuries after falling from a window while sleepwalking at his daughter's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Winston Jones
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Ind
Town Under Arrest. Former bank president held on fraud charges
Joice, ex president of the First National Bank of Lake Fils Ta, was arrested in St Paul Minnesota on two charges of irregularities in bank administration and circulating fraudulent notes. He was released on a $2,000 bond to appear before the federal court at Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MM. Joice
First National Bank of
Lake Fils, Ta
St. Paul Minn
Joice
Fort Dodge Funes Lo
Officers Return From San Antonio In Hunt For Suspect
Houston officers come back from San Antonio after a two day fruitless search for Joseph Wendling who is wanted in Louisville Wyoming on a charge of killing a one year old Alma Heber. They doubt the ranch report near San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Hursday
San Antonis
Joseph Wendling
Louisville
Alma Heber
San Antonio
Automobile overturns near Castellane injures two
An automobile carrying Mr and Mrs Henry Americans and Mme Matton crashed into a ditch near Castellane in the Basses Alpes department on Thursday. Aime Matton was killed outright and Mr Henry suffered serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Mme. Matton
Castellane
Department of Basses-Alpes
Aime Matton
Atr. Henry
Spanish Sailor Survives Ferry Disaster Near Penzance
A Spanish sailor washed ashore at Penzance asserts he is the sole survivor of the steamer Febrero from Bilbao to Newport. He says the vessel foundered with 24 crew off Land’s End Monday night after a Spanish crewmate died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penzance
Bilbao
Newport
Land
Two Kansans Drowned By Little Blue River Tragedy
A bank cashier named AL A Hyland and a merchant JD Hoxie drowned in the Little Blue river at Hontenberg Ixan on Thursday. Hyland died while trying to rescue the sleeping, struggling Hoxie in swift water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL .A. Hyland
JD. Hoxie
Little Blue River
Hontenberg
Ixan
Hyland
Hoxie
Roumanian Demand Over Piraeus Mail Steamer Attack
The Roumanian foreign office demanded satisfaction from the Grecian government after a mob in Piraeus attacked a non Tianian mail steamer, causing injury. The incident prompted diplomatic tensions between Roumania and Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piraeus
Peruvian Colonel Appointed Minister of War
Col Jas R Pizarro of Lima Peru is named minister of war succeeding Gen P B E Munsie who resigned due to ill health amid prospects of arbitration over the Peru Bernador boundary dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Jas. R. Pizarro
Lima
Peru
P. BE. Munsie
Bernador
Freight Trains Crash On Somerset and Cam Brian Branch
A collision at a sharp curve between Paint Creek and Footsville stations on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad killed one man and injured ten others as two freight trains collided on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paint Creek
Footsville
Somerset and Cambrian
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Society Woman Ends Life in Alabama Home
Mrs. Brrs W. G. Harding wife of the National Bank of Birmingham president shot and killed herself at her Glenis home Wednesday afternoon. The tragedy shocked local society as authorities investigated the motive and circumstances surrounding the suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brashar
Birmingham
W. P. G. Harding
First National Bank
Guy R. Johnson
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
G. Harding
The
Nativenal Bank of
Ala
Glenis
Chambers of Commerce Invite Boston Session in 1512
London hosts the International Congress of Chambers of Commerce with acclamation inviting the 1512 session to be held in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers of Commerce
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce
London
Boston
Wreck injures nineteen on Lehigh Valley train near Freemansboro
Nineteen passengers sustained slight injuries when the Chicago express wrecked on the Lehigh Valley line near Freemansboro Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Reports say the train derailed and passengers were assisted by rescue crews at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Freemansboro
Chicago Express
Prinz Oskar Run Aground Near Flower Cove Newfoundland
The Kamburg American Line steamship Prinz Oskar running from Montreal to Rotterdam grounded at Flower Cove Newfoundland in a dangerous position. Wreck feared as salvage or rescue operations may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamburg-American Line
Montreal
Rotterdam
Flower Cove
N. F
Jt 2
Train Strikes Auto Kills Two Men in Chicago
Illinois Central crash near Chicago Sunday killed F. C. Randall and R. C. Proudfit while their wives were seriously injured. The accident occurred when a train struck their automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Randall
R. C. Proudfit
Illinois Centraln
Chicago
Wreck of Freight Train Near Waverhill Claims Three Lives
A Santa Fe freight train derailed just east of Waverhill in Manitoba injuring ten and killing three crew members. The crash involved an extra St. Louis and San Francisco freight train. Investigators search the wreck for causes and monitor rail operations in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
San Francisco
Waverhill
Man
Fire destroys Cozy theater and adjoining offices in Savannah
A fire started shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday in Savannah Georgia destroying the Cozy theater the ticket offices of the Southern Railway the commercial freight offices and several retail stores causing about 50000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Gna
Oklahoma Governor Calls August 2 Special Election
Governor W Waskell of Oklahoma issues a proclamation for a special election on August 2 to vote on proposed constitutional amendments arising from a ser andfather case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Waskell
Oklahoma
Fort Banks Soldiers Told To End Sunday Baseball
United States District Attorney French informs Fort Banks in Winthrop Massachusetts that the three year old Sunday baseball games at the fort must end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
French
Fort Banks
Winthrop
Mass
Fifty Picketing Workers Win Eight Hour Day Strike
In Bellingham Washington sixty en provincial youths employed by the state and a youth office won their strike for an eight hour day. An order was issued Friday granting the eight hour work day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
Rat Plague Threat Highlighted in U.S. Government Study
Washington reports the United States issues the most complete government work on rodents to prevent bubonic plague. The book titled The Rat and Its Relation to the Public Health traces the rat across seas and lands, noting rat epidemics precede human outbreaks and detailing foreign efforts and natural enemies of rats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Sam
Walter Wyman
Public Health and
Marine Corps ‘Service
Denmark
Walter R. Brinckerhoff
United States Leprosy Investigation Station
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
China
Blue
Hobo Bonds Filed for Yonkers Reservoir Contract
Two Yonkers construction firms file $10 000 in hobo bonds with Mayor Lennon to cover costs if laborers brought to the New York reservoir project in East Yonkers become public charges. The $5 000 per bond indemnifies the city against paupers or indigent workers, with surety from Title Guarantee & Surety of Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
Lennon
New York
East Yonkers
New York City
Hast Yonkers
Jackson Construction Company
Keystone Contracting Company
Title Guarantee & Surety Company
Scranton
English Girls Turn Masculine in Modern Times
A Victorian-era column laments English girls imitating men, condemning female education and urban influence as creating a rise in mannish behavior. It contrasts past ideals of feminine beauty with today’s dress, smoking, cycling, driving, and vigorous sports, urging teaching by women to preserve girlish refinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bishness
Lily
Still Active in Profession Mrs Lockwood’s Cherokee Claims Work
Mrs. Belyva Lockwood the only woman ever a presidential candidate remains active at nearly seventy five. She recently traveled south to pay Cherokee descendants in Oklahoma for their claims, representing the Indians and securing about $175 per claimant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belyva Lockwood
United States
Oklahoma
Spruce pulp may replace cotton in future cloth
French inventor James Hope outlined a process to produce a cotton substitute from spruce pulp at a National Association of Cotton Manufacturers session in Boston. Plans aim to manufacture extensively in England and other parts of Europe, potentially expanding into Canada, with the new fiber dyeable, dye fast, and resistant to boiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banger
Dixie
Egypt
India
Allegash
Atate
National Association “of Cotton’ Manufacturers
Boston
James Hope
Rouen
France
Hope
England
United States
Europe
Canada
Hardest wood debate prompts shop talk in Yonkers
In a reader exchange the Yonkers Statesman notes a claim that the hardest wood is not ebony but cocus. The discussion cites its use for flutes and similar instruments and asks about the source of a common shingle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
Acadia President Bans Flowers to Girl Graduates
Dr. George B. Curtin president of Acadia College an old Yale football player has issued a decree forbidding the presentation of flowers to girl graduates in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfville
N. 5
George B. Curtin
Acadia College
Yale
Early fiber textile claims superior to cotton fiber
The article notes a fiber cheaper to manufacture than cotton, usable in any length, and producing yarn with apparent strength exceeding that of cotton.
Funeral crowd mirrors let observers view Edward funeral unseen
Report notes clever mourners used attached mirrors and pole mounted devices to glimpse the King’s funeral procession while staying behind the vast crowd. One setup used two mirrors on a pole to reflect the image downward, another used four mirrors mounted on an umbrella held aloft. The plan grew elaborate for comfort and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Canada Eyes North of Alberta and Saskatchewan
Ottawa reports a major expedition from Edmonton to map and assess the vast unknown north of the three prairie provinces. It aims to judge first class land for cultivation, wheat potential, tar sand deposits, pulpwood, and hydro power with a route to Far McMurray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Edmonton
Saskatche
Ottawa
Newark Actet
Wester
Prairie
Canada
F. J. P. Crean
Perk Smith
Peace River
Alberta & Great
Big Ben Loses Clear Ring as Crack Hints Repair Needed
London reports reveal Westminster clock tower bell Big Ben and four quarter bells may be damaged by a crack and holes in the bowl, affecting tone. Westminster clockmakers Dew and Co confirm the issue and warn a replacement could be costly, while still debating repair versus replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Big Ben
Beo
Starmer
Royal Institution
Hi Four Little Brothers
Dew & Co
Strand
Westminster
Fim
Starme
Turtle
Westminster Bey
Court Clerk’s Punishment Cited For Habitual Drunkenness
Auster speaks to John Jones charged with habitual drunkenness. Jones replies with a self incriminating quip about thirst. The fragment hints at discussions surrounding governance and salary proposals as a backdrop to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jones
Magist
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Orange City
Iowa
Geo. E. Bowers
Afeses Haas and
Frederick Peckham
Wabash Train Wreck
Will of
Luverne
Tony Campagna
Independence
Lavarne
Fas
Sault
Pred Kohler
Gov
Deneen
Hashel
King George’s
Anton
Asherma
Remand
Greece
Fyva
Paris
Germany
Pas de Calais
Carroll Fos
David E. Lantz
Mamburg
Carl Magenbach
Bueglish
Loyal Spectatora Inf
Northwest
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