Bibleton News Digest Roundup From The Capital
The report covers Secretary Straus submitting 406600 to Congress for lighthouse expenditures. It notes a false retirement tale about J B Foraker becoming counsel for Dix soldiers, and outlines presidential council procedures for projects. Includes Supreme Court actions on Moyers vs Peabody, and an antitrust probe into the Atlantic Ports Co. with a 3 million dollar stake. Personal obits list Caldwell Powell Palmer Rockefeller Allen Gilman von Schack McCandless.
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United States
Straus
Congress
J. B. Foraker
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Roosevelt
Sonnell
United States Supreme Court
Moyer
Western Federation of Minore Dn
Peabody
Colorado
Atlante ‘Perta Colta Company
Washington
Sins and Sinners. Northern bank robbery and trials grim
Robbers dynamited Farmers State Bank of Hadar Nebraska and fled with 2000 dollars. L H Reed Jr of Kalispell Montana killed himself after locking in a bathroom. Albert Leminwood near Bergholz Ohio shot wife then himself on a road near Annapolis. Jealousy cited. Trial over one week ends with a cent verdict in a Montgomery Alabama case. Rhys, expert vac ant, convicted for nine checks totaling 200 dollars and sentenced to five years. Dewitt Hillegas Philadelphia insurer held on 6000 bail for aiding in misappropriation of Boyertown National Bank funds.
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Farmers State Bank of
Hadar
Neb
L. H. Reed, Jr
Kalispell
Mont
Albert Leminwood
Bergholz
Ohiio
Annapolis
Gov. B. & Comer
Alabama
Monttgomery
Dam
Rhys
Dewitt Hillegas
Philadelphia
United States
Boyertown
Baron Eduard von Oppenheim Dies in Co logné at Seventy Eight
Baron Eduard von Oppenheim, banker and sportsman, died in Cologne at age 78. The report notes multiple other far flung events including a Persian prince's suicide in St Petersburg and broad European unrest.
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Eduard von Oppenheim
Cologné
Sha Khan
St. Petersburg
Tipperary
Ireland
Beveriestaton
Empire
Crimes of multiple states dominate grim crime round up
Reports detailed electrocutions prison terms and murders across New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia and California. Individuals named include Salitho Mellino convicted in Hudson county and Michael Bizler who died by suicide after a shooting spree. Other items note Osmer John and Giovanni Cardinelo among victims and suspects in varied violent incidents.
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Salitho Mellino
Mie
Prizon
Trenton
Hudson County
Alfonso ‘Vellighio
Griffith van Vleet
Susquehanna
Tome
Gin
Joe Everett Wisled
John Taverett
Walter Everett
Wenley Wins Senate Seat by Washington Legislature
The Washington legislature elected Wenley to the United States Senate. An amendment to West Virginia's constitution to bar sale of intoxicants by Mayors was introduced in the Senate by Senator William Carroll. Anthony Kelly won $250 in damages from Policeman Samuel Emmons in Anaconda Montana after being shot in the arm while mistaken for a fugitive. Over 100 cases of influenza erupted in Belleville and nearby suburbs due to contaminated water from the Ohio river below Pittsburg sewers. Hetty Green, America's wealthiest woman, is resting in Hoboken after poor health from busyness and skipping New York offices. Fort Worth Texas announced Hill interests will launch the longest through train June 1 from Galveston to Seattle with no car changes. About 80 percent of Town state dairy cattle are tuberculous and 286 of 887 show suspicious symptoms, leading to destruction by order of the state board. France's 1908 imports and exports show surpluses of 26.4 million and 64 million respectively, with a downturn in manufactured exports tied to the U.S. financial situation.
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Wenley
Jones
United States Senate
Washington
West Virginia
Senate
William Carroll
Anthony Kelly
Samuel Emmons
Anaconda
Mont
Belleville
Avalon
Pittsburg
State Board of Control
France
United Staten
Tragic Johnstown Wreck Claims Many Lives and Injures
A Pennsylvania Railroad express derailed near Johnstown between South Fork and Sumner, killing and injuring many. Journalists were barred from the scene by railroad officials as rescuers and physicians converged. official word remained scarce with five bodies recovered and many more injured reported.
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Johnstown
St. Jail
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
South Fork
Sumner HM
Don Vistendur
Pittabais
Jun
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Minneapolis Cigar Dealer Tied to Thieves Clearing House
Minneapolis police say Marcus Welaman a cigar dealer is a top fence after the arrest and confession of Harold Korsten and Harley Webster who admit to twenty robberies in Minneapolis The youths claim they sold stolen goods to Welaman and confess to robberies at the state university and the Berkeley hotel.
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Minneapolis
Marcus Welaman
Chicago
Harold Korsten
Harley Webster
Welsman
State University
Berkeley
Baby Boy Burned To Crisp In House Fire
St Paul report says a three year old boy died after his clothing caught fire while left alone by the mother Mrs Edward A Shafer who had gone to the store The child woke and played near a coal stove igniting his clothes and suffering burns for four hours before death.
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St. Paul
Edward A. Shafer
A. M. Johnson
St Paul Man Target Girl Suspect in Shooting
Alfred Newstrand, once an auto repairer in St Paul, was waylaid by a jealous woman who fired three shots near Dickinson North Dakota on January 24. The incident occurred as he prepared to marry Annie Stewart, with authorities suspecting an intended murder attempt rather than a wedding tragedy.
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Alfred Newstrand
Dickinson
N. D
Newstrand
St. Paul
Annie Stewart
Seathe
Republic
Wolves Killed Bounty Totals in Beltrami County
Beltrami County Auditor John Wilmann reports Minnesota paid 1063.50 in 1908 bounties for wolves killed in Beltrami County with Bemidji as the reporting city.
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Beltrami
Bemidji
Minn
Minnesota
Beltram
John Wilmann
Drowned 4400-Team of Horses After Lake Pepin Ice Break
A herd of 4400 horses belonging to Charles Brown died after breaking through the ice on Lake Pepin near Red Wing Wisconsin. A second team fell through but was saved.
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Red Wing
Wis
Charles Brown
Lake Pepin
Big Men Mixed Up in Frauds in Muskogee
An upcoming federal grand jury probe into alleged town loss frauds in Muskogee Oklahoma involves prominent locals. Attorney M J Mott cites complexities while noting no criminal conduct yet proven. indictments may follow as alleged drum mills and dummy judges are expected to testify.
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Muskogee
Okla
Jan
Fede Grand Jury
Tiesch
M. J. Mott
Jasi Wlhe
Mad convict slashes nurse and guard in hospital attack
In Piltaborg a deranged patient at a Western penitentiary hospital stabbed a nurse, then a guard. John Bulloch, a 25 year old foreigner, died hours later. The nurse and guard Beall survived, with the surgeon cautious about their recovery.
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Piltaborgg
Au Mal
Western Penstonit
John Bulloc
Bulloch
Rob Joch
Beall
Colorado coroner's jury finds engineer guilty in Dotsero wreck
A coroner's jury in Leadville blames Gus Olean, engineer of the Pacific express, for the January 15 collision near Dotsero siding on the Denver and Rio Grande. Twenty six passengers were killed and thirty four badly maimed. defense argued he misread his watch.
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Colorado
Leadville
Colo
Gus Olean
Red Cliff
Dotsero Siding
Denver & Rio Grande
Woman Kills Three Children Then Takes Own Life
Mrs Mock, reported to be mentally unbalanced, killed her three children by giving them wood alcohol and then drank the same poison, dying shortly after. The incident occurred in Neb day near Charles Mock, aged about thirty.
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Charles. Mock
Mock
Fatal fall from six stories kills salesman in New York
John Waller, a salesman for the Redelahr mer Steinfeldt Paper company, was struck by a heavy bundle of furs that fell from a six story height at 600 Broadway. He was returning from Juneh and died instantly.
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New York
John Waller
Redelahrmer-Steinfeldt Paper Company
Juneh
Broadway
Boy Dies by Gunshot in Otter Creek Home
Colfax Wisconsin January reports a nine year old boy Joy King of Otter Creek while playing with a gun in the Otter Creek home shot himself through the heart and died instantly.
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Colfax
Wis
Joy King
Otter Creek
Maine and Mississippi Enter Havana Harbor for Historic Visit
The Maine and Mississippi arrived off Havana on the eve of a Cuban government transition and fired a salute to the Cuban pennant from Morro Castle. Rear Admiral Arnold, Gov Magoon, and Edwin V. Morgan met as crowds filled Havana streets with sailors marching. The ships will remain until January 28 when they proceed with the Galen and Gov Magoon departs after President Gomez is sworn in.
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Vavana
Maine
Mig Gomes
la Ponte Itiers
Marto Castle
Verleniuy
Arnold
Cabanas
Goy
Magoon
Edwin V. Morgan
Havana
Mississippi
Galen
Gomez
Salem
Toby
Rail lines to reach Winnipeg via own line and depots
Northern Pacific and Great Northern will erect a joint depot in Winnipeg and extend their own line this year. The Northern Pacific has a half interest in the Midland railway from the boundary site to Winnipeg, with work starting in spring and finishing within the year. A gateway depot for both railways will be built on the million dollar terminal site on Ross Avenue.
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Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Winnipex
Jah
Northern Pacific Railway
Winenipes
Havin
Midland Railway
Worka
Ross Avenue
Blaze in Willmar Store Sparks Major Loss
Fire from an overheated stove destroyed contents of the 8. L. Magnuson Fair store in Willmar Minnesota about 1 AM. The building sustained slight damage. Insurance coverage is listed at 6700 dollars with stock losses around 6000 dollars. Also reported is a mine explosion at the Merchants Coal company mine in Bothwell Somerset county Pennsylvania. two miners killed and about a dozen escaped.
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Willmar
Minn
Magnuson Fair
Pillsburg
J. G. Logan
Merchants’ Coal Company
Bothwell
Somerset County
Federal grand jury probe into Muskogee town plots
Federal authorities have summoned men from outside Muskogee to form a grand jury to investigate conspiracy and fraud charges tied to local town holdings. Two exceptions remain local.
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Muskogee
Okla
Judge Bell’s Suicide Reported From New Mexico Mountains
A La Luse special from New Mexico says Judge William Bell, once a Big Four promoter and noted Eastern financier, killed himself with a revolver in a lonely cabin in the mountains two days earlier.
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Baly
Self
Albuquerque
N. M
la Luse
William Bell
Woman Attempted to Burn Infant in Religious Delusion
Terre Haute Indiana January 27 reports say James Pollit living near Ridge Farm Til. found trying to place her child in a fire as a burnt offering to the Lord amid rising religious mania. She was described as insane on religion.
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Terre Haute
Tnd
James Pollit
Ridge Farm
Til
Auto Victim Is Identified In Chicago Tragedy
Chicago January 27. The young woman killed when struck by an automobile last night is identified as Miss Emma Winkelman twenty a dressmaker. She resided in Chicago.
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Chicago
Emma Winkelman
Survivors Find Haven After Republic Florida Collision
News from New York reports survivors of the Republic and Florida disaster off Nantucket are ashore. Captains clash over bridge events and steering failures while crews move passengers to safety on the Italian liner. Eugene Lynch, a Republic passenger, is severely injured with multiple fractures and internal damage.
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New York
Republic
Florida
Nantucket Shoals
Bolton
Cafe i
Haliie
Republic Gate
Greshdie
AL Hav
Brooklyn
Eugene Lynch
Repubic
Long Island
Creameries Win Rate Case Before Inter State Board
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered substantial railroad rate reductions for the Beatrice Creamery company and others plus the Fairmont Creamery and Blue Valley Creamery actions. It upheld the creameries argument that centralizer rate structures to Chicago from Michigan east and Colorado west are excessive, affecting Illinois Central and Michigan Central routes.
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Chicago
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beatrice Creamery Company
Fairmont Creamery Et
Illinois Central
Blue Valley/Creamery company
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Michigan
Colorado
Food relief sufficiency Yet need for clothing in Messina
The Celtic brought American supplies to quake victims in Calabria and Sicily. Food is now sufficient in Messina but clothing and shoes are still in short supply. A thousand more blankets were distributed yesterday morning as torpedo boats distribute aid along the coastlines of Messina and Reggio.
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Messina
Celtic
Calabria
Sicily
Noth
Reggio
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Potter Palmer
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Taft
Charles Henry Gilman
Maybelle Gilman Corey
W. B. Corey
Hleel Corporation
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George von Schack
United States Army
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Giovanni Cardinelo
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