Bribe Alleged to Tilt Legislature in Butte Trial
Charles W. Clark son of W. A. Clark testifies in a signed statement printed in Butte morning paper. He describes a $2,500,000 bribe offer to influence the state government and secure control of the legislature. Clark outlines schemes to sway the Copper Trust and force purchase of properties, causing a political upheaval and sensational reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Heinze
W. Clark
Clark
Tan
Invents Flying Machine Hobbyist Claims Patent Plans
A Denver area note describes an inventor named Carmel Harlan church Io and associates presenting a flying machine project. Backers from Stivoiios of casters capitalitate offer £2 for construction. prize money of 25% from Mytua London is proposed. Father Lepore is involved, but key details and identities are unclear. patent status pending and dissemination of the device is withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Lawn
Aensy
Leyes
Carmel Harlan Church
Mytua
London
Kastan
Lepore
Pack of Love Letters in Court Case
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a court case where a boxmaker named J Doin faces injury or death after letters found in a vest pocket. The text mentions individuals Hernin Zen Wits and John Larkey and references a warrant and an arrest near a vestry pocket. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheveland
J Doin
Wight
Hernin Zen- Wits
John Larkey
Wied
tWiet Arnone
Warinh
Awern Te
Ky Aaron
Fragmentary sports note with damaged action scene
The passage describes a rough moment as a player named Willyard clashes with others, knocking a shelf and causing items to spill from a pocket. The scene conveys a chaotic on court incident with implied contact and disruption.
Owner of Half a Church in Mishawaka Dispute Over Gift to Congregation
Wealthy Mishawaka resident John Weitle claims ownership of half a church after donating four square rods to the Free Methodist church. The deed was presented but rejected due to a clause that could revert title to Wells, complicating church operations and risking permanent injunction if disputes continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawaka
Ind
John Weitle
Wells
Wwe
Indiana
Murder of Stambouloff Leads to Hanging Sentence in Sofia
Michael Stay ref alias Halju was today found guilty of murdering ex-Tremler Stambouloff in 756 and sentenced to be hanged. The crime occurred near Sofia on July 15 18Wh as the victim and his companion were returning from a club, attacked by three or four armed assailants. the victim died three days later from twenty plus wounds.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Michael Stayref
Halju
Tremler Stamboutoff
Ankoria
M. Atamibedon
Fred
Stephen N. Stambouloff
Bismarck
Bulearia
M. Stambouloff
Tix
China Asks Russia for Permission to Move 1000 Passengers
Tamdon Oct 4 The Times correspondent reports that due to continued brigandage in Manchuria evacuated by Russia China has asked Russia for permission to dispatch 1000 voyagers to maneuver disorders. The American textation party says the matter must be referred to Parliament causing delay. Plymouth reports the steamer Faves Biomarek from New York to Hamburg arrived with starboard engine damaged but weather was fine. Santa Fe train No 5 at Topckwevertay to receive added equipment for a southwesterly routing.
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Tamdon
Poktn
Times
Stanchuria
Rasata
Ching
Russia
Aurelan Texation
Plymouth
Eng
Faves Biomarek
New York
Oeteberie
Hamburg
Uris
Brrakien
Santa Fe
Topckweverr Tay
Wa S
Beggar King of Hoboken Complaint From New York Colony
Agram police investigate Peter Modres known as the bearer at Hoboken after Croatians in New York report him traveling with a woman and making a living under false pretenses. They allege he possesses two valuable residences in Hoboken and is linked to a chain of alleged misdeeds. The case draws on a Vienna dated report and cites a ten day notice from Chicago offices.
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Vienna
New York
Peter Modeies
Hoboken
Hobo
Rockefeler gift to college linked to fire loss recovery
In New York a trustees meeting announced John D. Rockefeler offered to donate Sinowa to Lima University as a thank you for preservation efforts after a recent fire damaged his country home at Pocantico Hills. The gift would fund the college’s new strength and aid reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Teachers’ College Trustees
Co— Lima University
John D. Rockefelter
Sinowa
Uvat
Rockafeller
Poecantion Hills
Fought 20 Rounds to a Draw in New Britain Bout
In New Britain Connecticut on October 24, Sima and Willie Fitzgerald battled 20 rounds to a draw. Both weighed 125 pounds. Fitzgerald led early, but Sima steadied after the tenth round and surged in the final period for a hard fought decision that ended even.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Art Sima
Willie Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Wenth
Sims
Bulgaria Notifies the Powers Over Macedonian Reforms
Sofia reports the Bulgarian government has issued a note to major powers insisting on reforms in Macedonia. It warns that without changes the Macedonian movement could destabilize the region and hinder Bulgaria’s interests.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Bulgarhan
Macedonis
Weekly All Sign and Stokers Strike in Vienna Harbor
Vienna reports another strike by Austrian Lloyd Steamship stokers at Trieste affecting twenty vessels. Strikers demand that only workers approved by the Intermediary bureau be employed, signaling widespread disruption in the maritime trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austrian
Lloyd Steamship Company
Trivate
Sparrow Interrupts Judge Herrick During Damages Charge
In New York Ort a sparrow briefly disrupted Judge Herrick in a Brooklyn supreme court session while he charged the jury in Abraham Deutsch’s $15,000 case against the Brooklyn Fleishits Railroad over Rebecca Deutsch’s injury from a Third Avenue car. The bird landed on his head, pecked at his hair, then fluttered away as the judge resumed his charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cady Herrith
Supreme Court
Ieailer
Albans
Perros
Herrick
Brooklyn
Todig
Abraham Deutsch
Brooklyn Fleishts Railroad Company
Rebecca
Schoolgirl Disappears In White Plains Mystery
A 16 year old White Plains High School girl Lixnie Lee vanished after leaving home at 9 AM. A city wide alert to New York Brooklyn and Westchester towns followed. Police scoured the village and woods with no sign of her blue dress trimmed with black braid and white straw hat noted.
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White Plains
Gey
Lexington Avenue
Lixnie Lee
New York
Brooklyn
Westchester County
Ctherine Bee
White Plainshist
Lingle
Food Cure For Constipation And Related Ills
A fragment notes constipation caused by concentrated and imperfectly cooked foods. It links sedentary habits to risks like hemorrhoids and nervous exhaustion, mentions an operation, and invites readers to call at a store for rates regarding a trip to Argentina next Sunday led by J. Couglin.
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Argen
J. Coughlin
Man Charged With Stealing 60 From Band Members
A man is charged with stealing sixty dollars from members of a band and has agreed to return the money without extradition proceeding. case details indicate consent to resolution locally and no extradition required.
Forced to Desert Baby on Omaha Doorstep
A woman says her husband forced her at revolver point to place her infant on a doorstep in Omaha. The baby was found by M. Martin Cannon and turned over to the Child-Saving Institute, where it was registered as No. 1. The case prompted searches by friends until the baby was located. The report also notes Mrs. Campbell's new play in New York and a jewelry store opening by L M Blitz in Topeka.
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Omaha
Wiley McCram
Rodin
M. Martin Cannon
Child-Saving Institute
L M. Bilts
New York City
George W. Mot- Mitt
Kansas
Rocky Music Company
Biliz
Bist
Topeka
Salvation Army Open Air Meetings Blocked in Jersey City
Vice Chancellor Stevenson refused to issue a temporary injunction restraining Capt Allan Williams Salvation Army corps from holding open air meetings at Warren and Montgomery streets. Storekeepers complained the music and exhortations interfered with business. A hearing on a permanent injunction is set in two weeks.
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Street
New York
Stevenson
Chancery Chambers
Jersey City
Allan Williams
Salvation Army Corps
Warrfen
Montgomery Streets
Venezuela protests German visit to Orinoco gunboat
New York Oct 4 A protest from the Venezuelan government to the German Legation complains about the Panther gunboat visiting the Orinoco River near Port Trinidad. The issue arose after the Panther sank the gunboat El Vedden and harmed Venezuelan interests. The German envoy affirmed the blockade as initial and said Germany will protect its interests in Venezuela.
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Venezuela
New York
Carecas
Orinoco River
Port Trinidad
Venesuela
Real Estate Transfers Recorded In Local Property Ledger
Real estate transfers listed show MM P Church and wife selling to B Alexander for 250 dollars a lot on East Eleventh Street in Bean's addition. Penny and wife convey to A N Can fer for 800 dollars a parcel on Mulvane Street. Further entries mention transfers on Buchanan Street in Horne's addition and related block parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MM. P. Church
Alexander
East Eleventh
Bean
Penny
A. N. Ctanfer
Mulvane Street
Bush
Buchanan Street
Horne
Baer and George III Letter Echo in Governor Race
John W. Slayton, Socialist candidate for governor, highlights striking parallels between Baer prose and the Providence Letter attributed to King George III. The piece cites passages praising conservative governance and labor interests, with figures named Townsend Scudder and T. D. Cocks tied to cited sums and legal trouble for automotives.
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Philadelphia
Baer
Reading Railroad
John W. Slayton
Providence
George IE
England
George
Baerie
Mr. Slayton Lison
Gord
Unconscious Witness on Asbury Park Boardwalk
Osbury Park N d Oct 24 Hensle Turner the girl witness in the Beecher Tilton train case, now Mrs. Schoonmaker, was found unconscious on the boardwalk. Carried to her Langley Street home, doctors say a stroke of paralysis caused the fainting but she should recover. Identity as Tessie Turner known to friends. she avoided discussing her early life.
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Beecher-Tilton
Asbury Park
N. d
Hensle Durner
BE. M. Schoonmaker
Bradley
Langiey Street
Scho
Roosevelt, Others Face Tax Roll Totals in Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay officials released the 1904 tax roll totaling 10,166,841 with Theodore Roosevelt assessed at 340,000 and William C Whitney at 150,000. Long Island Bastrod Co. listed 414,390 and Mrs J A Roosevelt also at 414,390, while J E Roosevelt paid 207,195 and H D Morgan 130,000.
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Oyster Bay
John Norton
Town Board of Assessors
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
William C. Whitney
Long Island
J. 4
Roosevelt
J. Emlin Roosevelt
D. Morgan
W. H. Baldwin
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Emmy Beothe
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Whuick Cone
Cetichila Odremar
Annay
Wal Ratien
Cynos
Shawnee County
State of
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Greg Melton
Wales
Colt
Fisher’s
East 6Th St
Willyard
Gmipact
Dastice Cummings
Stambouloff
Michael Stavreff
China
Manchuria
Gkivetton
Chiciteo
Sante Fe
Rockefeller
American Flint Totte Manuufacturees” Association
Lie Piltchure
Kantorn
Ghuss Bottien
Wien
Amiwaukee
Wis
Reise
Penners
Sapte Wae Wott
Tonganexie
Etoan
Mucen. Me
Tisorge Colvitte
Calon
Ene
Cio Company
Huntsville
Sparrow
Judge
Montreal
Que
O'Connor
Port Riley
Kantas
Eiverpool
Baby
George III
Townsend Scudder Ix
T. D. Cocks
Oscar
Stockholm
Holga de Grado
Higa
Gustavus Adolphus IV
Helga
Fritish Admiralty Thaa
Goodyear West
Vici
Vickee
Edo Vali
Congress
Dr. Reed Cuabion
Dr. Reed
the Fitwell Shoe Co
Foot Form Shoes
Kansas Avenue
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