Taft Supreme Court Appointments Stir Republican Rancor
Washington letters report sharp GOP backlash over Taft's picks for the Supreme Court and the commerce court. Critics say the president risks a hard Senate fight as Illinois Republicans protest a Democrat trend and party loyalty frays.
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Norfolk Leiger- Dispatch
Taft
Hiss
Supreme Bench of the United States
Commerce Court
Aspos
Republ
Illinois
Tett
Elthough
Tennessee
MazVeach
Dickinson
Julan M. Mack
Chicago
New Commerce Court
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Cleveland
Supreme Bench
Harrison dii
Justice Lorton
Bailey
Cummings
Troue
Man Shoots Himself Beside Wife as Census Reports Cotton Ginned
In Jacobs, Charles Gates, aged over 60, shot himself while beside his sleeping wife and died after 60 hours. The coroner ruled death by self-inflicted gunshot. Mrs Gates, 17, testified of a family quarrel over whipping their 2-year-old child. The inquest cited Gates’ life as a hard working farmer from a respected family. Separately, census data show cotton ginned in 1910 totaled 10,698,482 bales with state and national breakdowns.
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Jacobs
Trev
Mazz Strale
Jacohs
Coleman
Srene
W. H. Cobb
Walker
Gates
Marstrate Jacobs
Butler Grimsley
Young Bride Sues for Divorce Over Missing Husband
Mrs. Georga Lon Miller aged seventeen sues Frank Max Miller in Atlanta claiming both husband and his engagement ring were false. They wed on November 18 this year. he vanished on December 6 and has not been heard from since.
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Georga Lon Miller
Frank Max Miller
Atlanta
Robbery by Two Women in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania George W Walsh a bucke yer was robbed Tuesday by two Black women who stole his $45 purse. One woman asked for ten cents car fare as a ruse while the other covered his eyes and the pair then fled.
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Pittsburg
George W. Walsh
Walsh
Deputy Killed By Freight Train While Protecting Strikebreaker
Deputy Sheriff Charles Davidson died after being struck by a moving freight train as he fled a party of striking miners. He had attempted to shield a black strike-breaker at the Latte and Connellsville company mine in Pennsylvania, drawing praise for his actions.
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Charles Davidson
Davidson
Latte and Connellsvile Company
Ming
Pennsylvania
Man sewed inside mule carcass after prank on road
Seized Brown of Gum Log Georgia endured six hours inside a mule carcass after bemused companions drank whiskey and staged a practical joke. Passersby freed him, Brown vows vengeance, comparing his ordeal to Jonah though the voyage proved slower.
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Gum Los
Samleks
Jonah
Burned man from Scranton harmed in Granton hotel incident
Edward Dilicher of Scranton Pennsylvania lies in a New Jersey hospital severely burned from ankles to neck after fleeing into a Granton hotel bar room. He is delirious and says he was burned by men, with authorities fearing assault by railroad tramps who tortured him and left him to die.
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Edward Dilicher
Scranton
North Hudson
N. J
Dilicher
Granton
Dilleher
Gas Jets Cause Death in New Jersey House
Four wide open gas jets in three rooms led to the deaths of Mrs. Josephine Clarriman 79 and her daughter Mrs. Mella Zella 40 in Fest Orange New Jersey. Dr M H Simmons called it death by own action and homicide but could not determine which woman turned on the gas.
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Josephine Clarriman
Mella Zella
M. H. Simmons
Inspector Shoots Horse to End Suffering
J. T. Stirling, inspector for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was called to dispatch a horse belonging to Rod Myer of Shannon. The animal, said to have rabies, was shot as the quickest way to end its suffering.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Rod Myer
Shanon
Poisoned Cider Keg Kills Fourth Victim in Summit
Four Italian laborers drank cider at a friend’s home in Summit New Jersey. One man died and a fourth victim succumbed after consuming hard cider poisoned from a keg. The host says he was unaware poison existed in the cider.
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N. J
Death of Glen Wilton principal found near railroad trestle
The body of 60 year old Prof. Leeah Sullender, principal at Glen Wilton School, was located beneath a railroad trestle near Buchanan Virginia. Authorities suggest he fell from the trestle while rushing to catch a train in the dark last night.
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Leeah Sullender
Glen Wilton
Buchanan
Tragedy Strikes A. C. L. Inspector Crushed by Train
John Mimms car inspector for the A. C. L. was killed after being run over by a train in Sumter Monday morning. He leaves a wife and several children dependent on him.
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John Mimms
Sumter
Mims
Macon Warns on Peary Honors Floor Clash
Arkansas congressman threatens trouble if Peary is honored on the House floor. He says no solid proof Peary reached the North Pole exists beyond the contention that Dr. Cook reached it.
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Arkansas
Cap
Robert E. Peary
Peary
North Pole
Dr. Cook
Terrific explosion rocks Manhattan station power plant
A massive gas explosion at Grand Central Station’s auxiliary power house in New York City killed ten people, injured 125, and caused extensive property damage estimated up to 8 million dollars. Fire followed, with investigators from police, district attorney, and coroner examining the scene as trains and traffic were disrupted.
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Victorious Mexican Troops in Mal Paso Trap Battle
Dispatch from Chihuahua reports 42 wounded and 21 killed among federal troops after a train was ambushed in Mal Paso. Col. Guzman survived with injuries as insurrectos attacked from the mountains. the train carried three field pieces and 500 caltrops. In New York, a trolley disaster killed several, injured many, with emergency crews attending.
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Train yard conductor dies after fall at Atlanta bridge
Albert A. Buren a yard conductor for the Southern railway was fatally injured at the McDaniel street bridge in Atlanta Sunday morning when he tipped from a freight car while turning to retrieve his hat knocked off by a tell-tale. The train lurched on the curve and he died instantly.
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Albert A. Buren
Southern Railway
Lady Teacher in Luck Receives Large Inheritance
Miss Alma Stanley an Atlanta public school teacher and orphan inherits 190 000 from her great aunt Mrs Josephine Abbott. Abbott a noted Georgia benefactor left an estate valued at 750 900 dollars in her will shaping Stanley into a major beneficiary amid local notoriety.
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Alma Stanley
Atlanta
Josephine Abbott
Notable farmer injured in cotton gin accident at Nawberry
Chesly Tr. Hunter a leading farmer of Nawberry county was trapped in the gin belt Monday morning. He suffered crushed arm knocked out teeth and internal injuries. He remains unconscious as he fights for recovery.
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Chesly Tr. Hunter
Nawberry County
Pastor Missing in Asheville Church Leader Absent
Bethel Methodist pastor Rev. D. J. Miller of Asheville has been missing from his home since last Friday. Family and friends conduct a thorough search but have not located him, and his wife reports concern over his whereabouts.
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D. J. Miller
Bethel Methodst Church
Asheville
Ts Iett
Inherits 2 Fortune From Late Robert Pulst Estate
By terms of the widow of Robert Pulst Philadelphia seeds man Robert G. Dela wins control of the bulk of Pulst estate valued around 500000 trust for a child who disappeared from Philadelphia last December and was found in Chicago.
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Robert Pulst
Philadelphia
Robert G. Delawon
Walter
Chicago
Wants Damages Over Sudden Appearance at Dressmaker
Mrs Minnie Fluor of Cincinnati sues for damages totaling 1700 dollars after a man who suddenly appeared in her dress fitting room frightened her, injuring her modesty during the fitting.
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Minnie Fluor
Cincinnati
Fiend Captured After Grueling Granville County Murders
Dispatches report Nathan Montague, a black man, charged with triple murder and arson in Granville county. Victims include Mary Saunders, her father J L Saunders, and his granddaughter, with a bloody knife found at the scene. Montague was tracked by a four‑posse pursuit and taken to a Durham jail. A Wilson and Stem connection is noted in related dispatches.
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Durham
N. C
Mary Saunders
J. L. Saunders
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Granville County
Wison
W. B. Saunders
Wilson
Granville
Stem
Man Ends Life After Threatened Fiancee Quarrel in Philadelphia
Charles Morback, 84, reportedly drank carbolic acid after a quarrel with his fiancée Mary Kalck who threatened self harm. Police say he died minutes later. Miss Kalck, burned by the acid and grieving, doubts he drank it, calling the scene a grim make believe.
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Charles “Morback
Mary A. Kalck
Misa Kalck
Ohio Supreme Court Awards Damages in Fence Shock Case
The Ohio Supreme Court awarded John R. Thomas of Lima $1,655 damages after an electric shock he received while sitting on a fence. The decision held the West Ohio Railroad Company liable, the current allegedly charging the fence via the railroad's trolley wire.
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John R. Thomas
Lima
West Ohio Railroad Company
Thomas
Balloons Race Tragedy Leaves Saar Missing in North Sea
A fishing cutter recovered no body after the balloon Saar piloted by Lieut. Langa disappeared in the North Sea during a race from Essen on the Ruby. November 13. Seven balloons landed safely though the Saar vanished with three crew aboard.
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Lieut
Langa
Saar
Essen
Rhen
Prussia
Two Brothers Fatally Wounded in Virginia Shooting
In Tacoma Virginia on Sunday two men died and a third was dying after a pistol duel between brothers Emmett and Lafayette Easterburg and Urlan Nash. Nash fired first and was struck below the heart by Lafayette Easterling, Nash returned fire and fatally wounded the two brothers.
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Lafayette Easterburg
Urlan
Nash
Tacoma
Lafayette Easterling
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