Murder of Copple couple shocks Rosalle Nebraska
Fred Burk, a hired man, is suspected in the brutal double murder at the Copple farm near Rosalie Nebraska. The crime left the bodies mutilated and partly eaten by hogs after multiple shootings. Burk absconded with cash and a mule, prompting a countywide manhunt led by Sheriff Young. Coroner to hold inquest. rewards of at least 50 dollars offered for Burk’s capture.
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Rosalie
Ned
Keen
Burke
Missouri
W. H. Copple
Rosaire
Neb
Fred Burk
Walter B. Copple
Young
Omaha
Nebraska
Thurston County
Hillp Burke
Walter F. Coppis
John J. Whckins
Coppie
Sheriff Young
Anoge
Copple
Blanche
Burlington
Here
Copples
Reichenbaugh
Pender
Bancroft
Jilted man accused in bomb threat case
In Atlanta a alleged jilted suitor, Fred erick Bush of Doolitts Bush merchants, is accused of sending a bomb to his ex fiancé Julia McCarthy. The report notes Bush acted after the breakup with McCarthy, a wealthy young woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jilted
Bomb
Atlanta
Frederick Bush
Doolitts & Bush
Mianhing
Itatnife Carthy
Julia McCarthy
Weithy
Death Due to Exposure in Marvin Inquest Verdict
Dover Dol May 16 After a day of deliberation the jury found Horace vin Jr death caused by exposure around March 4 or 6 1907. Fifteen jurors heard physicians about autopsy and clothing notes while examining witnesses from the Pinkerton agency and the Marvin farm. Only twelve of fifteen signed the verdict with some dissenters over the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Dol
Marvin
Horace Vin, Jr
J. L. Clarke
Herman Taylor
James Martin
Bearce and
Dimalo
Pinkertons
Marvin Farm
Tramp Survives 27 Miles Swim In Tank On Train
St. Louis May 15 A tramp rode on an Alton train and swam twenty seven miles in thirty minutes after falling into the engine tank. Passengers heard faint cries at Alton thirty minutes later and rescuers found him nearly exhausted with only four feet of water. He misjudged the depth and kept fighting to stay afloat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Alton
Fat Negresses Seat Governor Hughes Had in Train
In Fat Negresses Get Gov Hughes Seat a colored aunt stands firm in a day coach on the Albany to Binghamton route. Governor Hughes, returning from Schenectady, asks to move, but the woman refuses, declaring she will not budge.
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Gov. Hughes
Binghampton
Albany
Hughes
Schourle Junction
Conan Doyle Helped Free Man In Edge Case of Bech Beck
London May 15 A government inquiry cleared George Edalji a Birmingham lawyer jailed four years for harming horses and cattle. Labouchere and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle proved police error and innocence, noting Edalji’s impaired sight that Doyle linked to the crime in the Beck case era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George Edalji
Birmingham
Labouchere
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Beck
England
Henry Labouchere
London Truth
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Doyle
Edjali
Fajah
Supreme Court halts two Tennessee smelters near Georgia
The Supreme Court granted Georgia’s injunction against Tennessee Copper and Ducktown Sulphur, restraining operation of their Ducktown smelters. Georgia argued the plants are public and private nuisances causing health hazards and vegetation damage for about fifty miles along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Georgia
Tennessee Copper Company
Ducktown
Tenn
Georgia Line
Court congratulates juror off to marry
Selinsgrove Pa May 15 a Northumberland county juror Elmer Stohmecker was excused from jury duty to marry his fiancée Miss Florence Berkes The court praised him for honoring his promise and judge Saviduc granted a brief excusal to wed the bride to be Normal court proceedings resumed after the brief interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selinsgrove
Elmer Stohmecker
Northumberland County Court
Sunbury
Florence Berkes
Northumberland
Saviduc
Talesman
Philadelphia Mayor Sleeps At Circus
Mayor Reburn attended a circus in Philadelphia under guard by Detective Tim O Leary, but he slept through the show. The band blared loudly and whips cracked like pistols, yet the mayor stayed unconscious to the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tim” O'Leary
Reyburn
DeDougall
Little Red Riding Hood
Woman's novel plea frees Frinbee in ticket case
In St Louis May W Mrs James Frinbee was acquitted by the criminal correction court of writing policy tickets. She claimed husband compelled her and that marriage vows required obedience. Judge Taylor ruled a wife cannot be held responsible when acting under her husband's influence.
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St Louis
May
James Frinbee
Ava
Frisbie
Taylor
Corey's Uncle Predicts Unhappiness At Wedding
Pittsburg letter details a tense wedding eve scene as Corey Gilman prepares to wed, with his uncle J B Corny predicting hardship. The elder, a veteran coal operator, spoke after a church service in Braddock, urging caution and doubt about lasting happiness for the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Gilnan
Lauri Cook
Corey
Max Ha
Gliman
William Tice
J. B. Corny
Halle
United Evangellot
Braddock
United States Steel President and Mabelle Gil News Summary
William Hills Corey, president of United States Steel Corporation, is mentioned in a New York report dated May 14 along with Mabelle H. Gil in what appears to be a society or corporate announcement context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Hills Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Mabelle H. Gil
San Francisco
Mabelle Gilman
W. E. Corey
G. B. Gilman
Weinhei
Tife
Theodore Roosevelts Bull Terrier Fights Mongrel at White House
May 15 report from Washington describes Pete, President Roosevelt’s bull terrier, engaging a stray mongrel in the White House grounds. The encounter left Pete with leg injuries and prompted police to intervene as the dog struggled for control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Pete
Roosevelt
M. Junserand
Up. &Ree
James R. Garfield
Hur Pete
M. Jusserand
Mr. Garfield
Tom Ochiltree
Sere Jones
White House
Pate
Rooseveltian Impetuousnosa
Astonist
Married in Gotham Hotel Royal Suite Amid Midnight Ceremony
Mabelle Gilman and W E Corey wed at 1 24 AM in the Hotel Gotham Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street, with Rev L Le Chirie officiating. The ceremony took place in the royal suite, decorated with American Beauty roses, as friends attended and plans for a private Kaiser Wilhelm voyage honeymoon were announced.
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Min
Hotel Gotham
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
L. le Chirie
Bushwick Avenue Congregational Church
Brooklyn
Mrs Howard Gould Sues For Divorce
New York May 15 Mrs Gould formerly Katherine Clemmons plans to file for divorce this week. Howard Gould is accused of desertion and severe cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Gould
New York
Howard Gonia
Gould
Katherine Clemmons
Girl Discovers Fiances Embezzlement Link in Pittsburg
Miss Anna St Clair, seeking facts about her fiancé Nicholas Brontere, learns he is wanted in New Jersey for embezzlement. Hoboken police confirm the charge. Brontere is fined 360 as a suspicious character, then Miss St Clair intercedes to forgive him and pays the fine.
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Pittsburg
Anna St. Clair
Nicholas Brontere
Misa St. Clair
Montere
Hoboken
N. J
Hays
Hin
Montere ix
Jdersey
Miss St. Clair
Brady
Ship trust boat burns amid suspicions of incendiary act
Detroit reports a spectacular blaze engulfs the City of Cleveland under construction, leaving only hull and machinery intact. Loss estimated at 700000 dollars, largely insured. Incendiary theory favored by investigators as the vessel known as the ship trust is implicated.
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Detroit
Mich
Cleveland
Uinder Construction
Joser
Co operative plan to handle washing for many families
Alton Illinois May 15 Several hundred families plan a co operative company to oversee washing services on better standards. The group says washers are unfairly charged and a cooperative will select concerns and manage business for all.
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Alton
Tele
Pph
Coscern
Ite
Tragedy on Southern Pacific Fatal Wreck Kills 32 Shriners
A Southern Pacific wreck near Honda California kills thirty two Shriners and injures many more. The Santa Barbara gathering of Eastern Shriners was en route home when a defective switch derailed the train, scattering coaches and cooking cars into wreckage. Survivors describe scorched, crushed, and trapped passengers, with fatalities listed from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo. The disaster halted rescue work as local undertakers and Shriners responded, while a lone nurse and a girl from Reading aided survivors amid the chaos.
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Bante Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
U of Fratern
Fiesta
Los
Anime Shriners
Honda
Pacific Beach
Santa Barbara
San Luis Obispo
Panitar Lama
San Si Obla
Santa Bahra J
Douglas Hipple
Readinn
Pi HK Guptleman
Peni Gilbert Storre
Shonding
Brumbach
Setae
N. Hagerman
Reading
A. Fountain
WH. Boyd
Martin L. Henry
Shamokin
H. R. Leo
Orwisburg
Joy J. Logan
Buffalo
N. Y
A. Hartzell
Banton
Charles McKinney
Binghamton
McKinney
Fred Grummond
A. W. Roppole
Here
Frank Champlain
Rajah Temple
Beuthern
But- Ha
O. A. Taylor
Southern Pacific Division
Pr. Taylor
Miss Puller
Southgate Eastern Star
Tam
Wheat shipments move vast Washington harvest to Sound and Great Lakes
Spokane May 14 nearly 1 005 000 bushels of wheat from eastern central and southern Washington have been moved to the Sound and the head of the Great Lakes within days and more is expected to follow as harvest progresses. Shippers faced delays from mortgages and railroad troubles before carriers could move the crop to market.
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Washington
Spokane
Eattern
Sound
Great Lakes
Train runs safely upon single rail
London May 14 the gas society hosted a remarkable demonstration of a single rail transport system. Louis Brennan described a miniature locomotive balancing on one rail with automatic stability via twin flywheels and electric motors. The device remains balanced under varying loads and wind, with curved and inclined travel, and may use steam petroleum or electric power.
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London
Gas Society
Jondera
Louis Brennan
C.B
Brennan
Exposition Guests Feted in Washington
Distinguished foreign visitors in Washington are split between Mount Vernon and Port Myer. Naval officers tour George Washingtons home while army officers attend a drill of the Fifteenth Cavalry and a field artillery battery. A White House dinner closes the official events. The naval delegation at Hampton will depart for Norfolk tomorrow morning.
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Woarringnon
United States
Induu Buz
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Port Myer
Fifteenth Cavalry
White House
Hampton
Ronda
Morelat
Norfalk
Avoid Early Weddings Warns at Night Grammar School
At the commencement exercises in Fending Pennsylvania the night grammar school speaker warns against premature marriages. The speaker says today many young lives are ruined by early unions and that marriage requires real financial responsibility beyond looks and romance.
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Fending
Thin City
Dy Inenberger
Ives
Alhele
Serigusi
Thla Mather
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W. F. Copple
Hilip Burke
Rosallo
Thornton County
Sioux City
Ashland
Sie
Iga
Sherlock
Tennessee
Corey Gilman
Wilhelm
Mery
Teddy
Ship Trust
Benjamin Stoltz
Harrison R. Hendel
Toning
Oliver F. Fauffmann
Harry G. Miller
Richard Essick
Thomas J. Prunlach
Miss Stoltz
I. N, Ellenbogen
Allentown
Eee
L. N. Ellenbogen
Howard Moyer
Mazelton
Alonzo B. Rogurs
St. Paul
Bulle
Mary C. Ivins
Bickford
San Francinca
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