Indictments Against Four Springfield Officers Reflect Riot Probe
Springfield Wisconsin grand jury returned 117 indictments after a 14 day session. Four Springfield policemen Oscar Dabikamp Joseph Forendes H Ohiman and George W Wood were indicted for failing to suppress the riot. The panel condemns officers who did not uphold law and orders calls for civil service action and inquiry into alleged prison abuse. Abe Raymer Slim Humphrey and Mrs Kate Howard also indicted for murder related to the lynching and Mrs Howard killed herself.
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Springfield
Oscar Dabikamp
Joseph Forendes
H. Ohiman
George W. Weod
Departmente of
Police
Law and Order
Civil Service
Evil Service Commission
Etty
City
Abe Raymer
Slim” Humphrey
Kate Howard
New Pip e Line To Open For Bak orefield Oil
San Francisco reports the Associated Pipe Line Co will open a rifled pipe line next Saturday to move crude oil from Bak ore wells to Port Costa across 282 miles. It parallels the Standard Oil Co line, with capacity 17,000 to 20,000 barrels daily at a cost of 4 million dollars. Stations are spaced every ten miles, and a water-oil mixture noted in the line.
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San Francisco
Bak
Port Costa
San Francisco Bay
Associated Pipe Line Co
Ol Co
Taft Campaign Route Set for Campaign Speech Stops
Taft will speak at multiple stops on the Four train route from Sandusky to Cincinnati. Chairman Fishchock of the national committee announced the plan, detailing 1:40 p.m. departure from Winsky and stops at Sar, Carey, and many stations to reach the campaign audience.
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Wtaft
Chicago
Fishchcock
National Committee
Taft
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Patt
Winsky
Sar
Carey
Clay Cinnatt
Harry K. Thaw Removal Proceedings Questioned
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss attempts to remove Harry K. Thaw from the county jail. The text hints at denials from Wharaday and potential delays in proceedings before Sheriff Chandler while the prisoner faces limited diversion.
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Pougnarepme
Harry K. Thaw
Jil
Chanler
Wealthy Woman's Suicide in Waldemar Court Apt
A wealthy woman attempted suicide by ingesting poison while moving through Waldemar apartment complex and courtyard. Miss Healer B was reported as a vigilant bystander. A nurse took responsibility for another young woman, and authorities described the sequence of events surrounding the incident.
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Francisco
Waldemar
Nuree
Elas
Railroadera Robbed Freight Care
In Connents, Ohio on September 4, 12 Nickel Plate employees were discharged after an organized gang allegedly robbed freight cars for years. One thief confessed and identified 11 others. Police recovered $1400 worth of silverware and other goods hidden at a claimed stash site.
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Nickel Plate Railway
Emloves
Spanish War Veterans to hold encampment in Tacoma
Veterans voted to meet in Tacoma Washington. Matters include a marriage in London registry office between Meir Marshall Bileld Jr of Chicago and Mali win Drummond. Tony Pastor wills ten thousand dollars to the Actors Fund of America. Iowa House endorses short term senator election on September 9. A highway robbery in Kilarkoy Russia ends with three dead. A remarkable surgical operation in Chiy Pa uses a dog vertebra after a spinal injury. In Philadelphia a dispute over a revolver ends in a fatal shooting of Harry Splegle by his brother George M Splegle.
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Tacoma
Wash
Meir Marshall Bileld, Jr
Chicago
Westinater
England
Mali Win Drummond
Actors' Fund of America
Tony Pastor
Father
Vaudevile
Iown
House of Representatives
Kilarkoy
Russia
Chiy
Harry Bemux
Warren
Bie
Remus
Judge Nevius of New Jersey Named Grand Army Commander
Col Henry M. Nevius of Red Bank New Jersey elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic on the first ballot with 454 votes over 254 for Van Sant Minnesota and 90 for Dickason Illinois. Other officers named include J Kent Hamilton of Toledo senior vice commander C Royce of California chaplain in chief J F Spence Tennessee and Lane Tannahill Maryland. Nevius a one armed Civil War veteran and former New Jersey senate president will preside over encampment planning amid debate on next city selection with Salt Lake City favored by sentiment.
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Toledo
Henry M. Nevius
Red Bank
N. J
Grand Army of the Republic
Nevis
van Sant
Minnesota
K.T. Dickason
Milnois
New Jersey
J. Kent Mamilton
C. ©. Royce
California
J. PF. Spence
Tennessee
Lane Tannahill
Maryland
J. W. Stebbins
Alabama
W. M. Scott
Atlante Ga
J. F. Spence
Salt Lake City
Col. Nevius
New Jer Any
W. J. Gillman
Roxbury, Mass
Watkins in Official Notification in Ada Ohio
State Prohibition campaign viewed a formal notification of Aaron S Watkins for vice presidential nomination. Event occurred at Ohio Northern University with address by Robert Parton of Springfield. Report notes unspecified comment by Taft Corbin and Keifer and mentions a Toledo incident about administration.
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Ada
Ditton
Aaron
Wien
Angi
Watkinx
Ohio Northam University
Robert Parton
Sprimgield
Base Island
Taft
Corbin
Keifer
Toledo
Tate
Reform leader fined for liquor sale case in Kansas City
C W Trickett assistant attorney general of Kansas for Wyandotte county and reform campaign leader was fined 570 in a Kansas City Kansas court Thursday. He was convicted of accepting an illegal fee in a joint case.
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Kansas City
C. W. Tricktt
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Kan
Trickett
Voters test Hughes renomination in Manhattan primaries
New York Sept 4 Republicans print Hughes name in nine Manhattan assembly districts for next Tuesday primaries to test sentiment and guide party stance at the state convention. County leaders view primary results as binding on their convention posture.
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New York
Manhattan
Hughes
Mutiny and Tragedy Aboard Bark Faton Hall
News from Tahiti reports mutiny aboard the bark Faton Hall during a storm that dismasted the vessel. The ship, bound from New Castle Australia to Valparaiso with coal, faced violent mutiny as Captain Melean tried to reach port after an August 12 storm that tore the deck and cast debris overboard. Several sailors were near fatally harmed in the upheaval.
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San Francisco
Faton Hall
Tahit
Eaton Hall
New Castle
Australia
Valparaiso
Melean
Nearler
Wilbur Wright Ascends to Record Altitude
A fragmentary report notes an ascent attempt by Wilbur Wright reaching an altitude just over seven percent feet, with unclear details about location and participants. The item hints at aviation progress but lacks full names, dates, and context.
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Wilbur Wright
Hayton
Jared Elk Ulloa
Fragmentary Morocco clash report with casualties
Advices from Morasco City describe a September 4 dispatch about Minugut defeating forces led by Glaoul, lieutenant of Mulal Hath, near Tangier. A fierce battle left 600 Mulal Hath followers dead, with Glaoul wounded, and reports claim brutal slaughter and requests for reinforcements.
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Morocco
Tangier
Morasco
Minugut
Glaoul
Mulal
Glaov
Mwlal
Forest Fire Near Sonora Brought Under Control
Sept 4 Sonora California a forest fire threatening a large tree grove has been brought under control. The blaze caused damage to several trees and adjacent areas but firefighting efforts have contained the situation with minimal further spread expected.
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Sonora
Cal
Champion Pauper Dies in Utica NY Seventies Era
A local obituary notes the death of Hookah Monk, a champion pauper born in Herkimer County. He spent many years in Utica and passed away on a Thursday after a long life marked by humble circumstances and community ties.
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Champion Pauper
Utica
N.Y
Chaapion
Hookah Monk
Herkimer
Cox elected president of Ford Jonson Co chair firm
Cincinnati report states George B. Cox has been chosen president of the Ford Jonson Co a leading chair manufacturer with headquarters in Cincinnati. The firm controls production for chair factories in Michigan City Indiana Frankfort Kentucky and other cities and mainly sells prison made goods from its factories.
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Cincinnati
George B. Cox
Cinciimat
Ford Jonson Co
Michigan City
Ind. Frankfort
Insurance Agent Killed in West Virginia Shooting
Fragmented report from Redman West Virginia describes a shooting on the Norfolk and Western line near Redman with Dr Bayren and Wesley Wilkes injured and suspected motives tied to prior charges. The incident appears amid political news about Warner and Bradley in Detroit and Minnesota banking of a revolver case.
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Boston
Hentington
W. Va
H. Layren
Bhvettott
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Redman
Wesley Wilkes
Enue
Bayren
Witkes
Bika
Postal card seal used to imply Gompers support
New York union officials accused of circulating a postal card showing the federation seal with Barnett Gom-pers image to imply endorsement of the Democratic presidential candidate. The action is said to violate postal laws by creating a misimpression of the union’s views. In Washington, Orville Wright’s flight at Fort Myer, Va ends after a lever misdirection forces descent to avoid wires. The plane remained aloft for about one minute and fifteen seconds.
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New York
Went
New York Union No. 10
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Bamttel Gomiers
Ite
Gompers
Weight
Washington
D.C
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Wright
Body Found Near Big Four Tracks
Marysville Sept 4 William J Steliard of New Dover Union County found dead beside the Big Four railroad tracks near Delaware. Both legs and an arm were severed and a large rupture in his stomach noted. He was 41, single.
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Marysville
William
J*steliard
New Dover
Uplon County
Delaware
Alleged Fagin Is Heavily Fined in Cleveland Case
ClevelandSeptember4 Swine Ponsky iron dealer dubbed modern Fagin was fined 200 dollars and 30 days in the workhouse by Judge Levine for receiving stolen property The trial stretched long a motion for a new trial was overruled and a bill of exceptions was filed by Ponckys attorney A separate Marion piece reports Anna Davis 63 wife of Rev Lou Davis of Green Camp revived after being pronounced dead following a cancer trance before burial
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Cleveland
Swine Ponsky
Levine
Poncky
Bertander
Min Ball
Marion
Anna Davis
Lou Davis
Green Camp
Frederick Cooper Hewitt Will Distributes Large Charity Bequests
Otwego N Y Sept 4 The estate of Frederick Cooper Hewitt who died last Sunday is valued between five and eight million dollars with more than four million directed to charity. The Metropolitan Museum of Art receives a residual gift and Yale University and New York institutions receive substantial bequests including 2 900 000 to a medical school and hospital and 600 000 to Yale. Other gifts include 200 000 to the Tittle Missionary Day nursery 100 000 to the Crippled Children School 109 000 to Netherwood Fresh Air Home 10 000 to the ASPCA 50 000 to the Soburn Public Library 10 000 to the Detering Armes Society and 1 000 to the Temperance Industrial and Collegiate Institute. No relative or friend receives more than 100 000.
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Otwego
N.Y
Dawiiintlopa
Metropolitan
Ant
Yale Dntworthy
Frederick Cooper Mewitt
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Port Graduate Medical School
Yale University
Hewitt
Tittle, Missionary Day Nursery
New York
Reo School For Crippled Children
Netherwood
Lewis Named State Labor Commissioner by Governor
Columbus reports William T. Lewis of Martinserry, a former coal miner and lawyer, will succeed Michael D. Fitchford next Tuesday as state labor commissioner by a gubernatorial appointment.
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Columbus
William T. Lewis
Martinserry
Michael D. Fitchford
Jarrie
Augusta flood relief subscription starts at cotton exchange
New York September 4 a subscription is taken up today at the cotton exchange for the relief of flood sufferers in Augusta Georgia a considerable sum is being raised. The message notes support as locals collect funds and aid is organized through the exchange activities.
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New York
Cotton Exchange
Augusta
Steamship Crews Discharged Amid Sailor Layoffs
About 25 steamships of Independent Lines have laid off around 550 men after the summer season. Crews report earning eight days pay for a 15 day trip. William Curry, acting for John Pisher, reports the losses to the Marine Firemen and Lake Seamen's Union.
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Cheveland
Pervies
William Curry
John Pisher
Marine Firemen and Lake Seamen's Union
Marion lodge meeting considers initiation and play plan
A Marion lodge No. 32 meeting discussed routine business and one application for initiation. John J. Griffith of New York proposed staging a Shakespeare play in the city under the rode. A committee of Albert Drowe Pearl Sears and Harry Hoberman was appointed to investigate. Godfried Leffler obituary noted. Other fraternal groups held regular meetings with standard reports and light refreshments.
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Marion Lodge No. 32
Blix
John J. Griffith
New York City
Mesara Albert Drowe
Pearl Sears
Harry Hoberman
Record crowds fill grounds at state fair in Columbus
Attendance at the state fair in Columbus on Thursday set a record as thousands packed the grounds. Spectators enjoyed a race track, concerts, and exhibits of cut flowers while observers noted strong turnout despite unsettled weather.
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Columbus
Mansfield Lawyers Called Onto The Carpet
An investigation by the Midbland Bar Association examined alleged acts of moral misconduct by lawyers in Mansfield Ohio over weeks. A two-attorney commission was appointed to prepare new charges against listed names including Wo i Melt, Laver, Mengert, Marriot t, and George Moopehoure, following recommendation of the commission.
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Laver
L. C. Mengert
Samuel Marriott
George Moopehoure
Rose County Prohibition Petition Public Filing Notice
Rose County Local Option petition circulation triggers public disclosure of all signer names and addresses to newspapers. Signers may be cited to court to verify signatures under Section 1 of the Rose Law and related public document provisions.
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Rose County
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