Railway Loot Story From City Traffic Inquiry Revealed
District Attorney Jerome hears testimony on a $50,000 in checks tied to a Wall Street and Cortland street railways scheme that never existed. Anthony Brady, once a bartender, testifies before the public service commission as connections to Thomas F. Ryan Whitney Widener Dolan Elkins and others surface in a case of forged franchises and illegal profits. Ivins holds checks for $59,000 made to Thomas I. Ryan with indorsements in Ryan’s handwriting as investigators trace a vast finance caper.
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Jerome
New York
Anthony WN. Brady
Public Service Commission
Brady
Wall and Cortland Street Ferries
William C. Whitney
Tirady
Metropolitan Securities Co
Thomas FB. Ryan
William GC. Whitney
H. A. B. Widener
Thomas Dolan
Wiliam
Elkins
Metropolitan
Ivins
Thomas I. Ryan
Ryan
Car Barn Blaze Drives New York Residents Out
A severe fire gutted car barns at Fourteenth Street and Avenue A, threatening nearby docks and tenement houses. Loss reached 500000, destroying trolleys and horse cars across the lower city and halting cross-town service. 400 frightened horses fled into streets while several people were injured.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Avesnue
Man shoots wife and attempts poison then dies
In Columbus, Fred Mitt forced entry at his wife’s home and pressed carbolic acid on her, burning her lips. She resisted, struck him, and he shot himself, after which he swallowed more carbolic acid and was dying at the hospital.
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Columbus, O—Fred
Mitt
Broker in Large Deals Plans in Houston
Houston Tex John A McCormick Jr head of the Southern Commission Co and the South Texas Loan and Real Estate Co absent from the city. His checks have been protested at Houston banks and creditors, some holding paper and some without, are attempting to locate the Alliguaa.
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Houston
Tex
John A. McCormick, Jr
Southern Commission Company
South Texas Loan and Real Estate Company
Butcher Koreans Japs Repudiate Treacherous Attacks
A dismal report from Hongkong and Seoul notes 10 000 to 20 000 killed in retaliatory Japanese actions in Korea as rebels attack. Gen Hasegawa promises pardon to surrendering fighters but vows revenge on combatants and their families. Japanese forces numbering about 10 000 police rural districts amid widespread killings and summary executions.
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Hongkong
China
Korea
Hasegawa
Seoul
Nicohers
States Score By Roads Against Rail Legislation
New York protests against anti-railroad bills are echoed in annual reports from three lines the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe the Wabash and the Chesapeake and Ohio President Edward P Ripley of the Atchison warns that public sentiment toward railroads is unjust to investors and that restoring confidence and stable railway facilities is essential for growth and development of the country
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New York
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Wabash
Chesapeake & Olio
Edward P. Ripley
Atchison
Ruihway
Confessed plot to rob miners payrolls in Denver
A Denver man confessing to a 3500 payroll theft scheme for the Northern Colorado Coal Company says 4200 dollars were paid to a stranger he met on the street. Police recovered 2500 and suspect an accomplice. Family and church members visit him in jail as he clings to his story.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Baptist Church
Arnold
Tai
King Threatens Pape over Divorce Recognition
King Frederick Augustus of Saxony threatens to renounce Catholicism and become Protestant unless the Vatican recognizes his divorce from Louise, Countess of Montignoso, and her recent marriage to an Italian musician. A papal threat message has been delivered.
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London
Frederick Augustus of
Saxony
Louise
Countess of
Lipton Plans Home Race and Large 2 Metre Yacht
Sly Thomas Lipton aims to race at home in London and seeks a top price for the American cap. He has ordered Wise to design the largest yacht allowed under the 2 metre class international rules and will enter all major regattas including Kiel.
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London
Sly Thomas Lipton
Wise
Kiel
Supreme court limits Chicago municipal court criminal jurisdiction
Illinois decision in Miller v People holds municipal court only deals with crimes proven to be committed in Chicago. Previously Cook County criminal court indicted and transferred cases to the municipal court. Prisoners sentenced by Chicago municipal court may gain liberty if indictments do not specify Chicago as the crime place.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Muncipal Cour of
Chicago
Criminal Court of
Cook County
Municipal Court of
Slain on Eve of Wealth Inheritance for Barnes
Springfield resident Edward Barnes son of the late A G Haines of Taylorville died when a Chicago and Alton trolley train struck him near the Alton passenger station en route to the state air grounds. He attempted to alight before the train halted. If he had lived a few months more he would have inherited about 70000 from his father’s estate.
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Springfield
Edward Barnes
A. G. Haines
Taylorville
Chicago & Alton
Alton
State Air Grounds
Ife
Barnes
Oklahoma trip ends in quarrel with sheriff called
Paxton-Frank Trieh wife son and young daughter traveled overland to Oklahoma when a quarrel drew the sheriff. They carried cash including 1000 dollars in a wagon bottom and 1250 dollars plus a 7000 dollar bill. The woman received custody of the girl while the man and boy took the rest and moved on.
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Paxton
Frank Trieh
Little Gir
Oklahoma
Phov
Min
Two Shot in Running Fight at Schroeders Store
In a running battle at Albert Schroeders store in Duquoin three men believed to have held up no clerk. Constable Charles B. Morgan shot and perhaps fatally wounded William Gatlin. Morgan was himself shot. A posse of citizens aided in capturing the three suspects.
Injured brakeman dies after railroad fall in New Albany
Mount Carmel Carl Mahafty, a Southern railroad brakeman from Mount Vernon, died in an New Albany hospital from injuries after falling between two moving cars. His father is a conductor on a Mexican railroad based in Mexico City.
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Mount Carmel
Carl Mahafty
Southern Railroad
New Albany
Mount Vernon
Mexico City
Labor Men Face Graft Charges in Chicago Union
Delegates of the Chicago Federation of Labor moved to appoint a special inquiry panel after charges of petty graft and reckless squandering of union funds. The probe aims to examine the systems and halt the alleged favoritism within the labor movement.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Man Shot in Bread Quarrel at Caseyville
Rexwinkle a restaurant proprietor was shot by the Commissary of the Pipe Kiners during a dispute over bread sales. Maschal Maxwell was taken to the county jail for safekeeping as tensions flared in Bloomington. Florence Mutter, 19, of Unionville Ia was found dead in bed after taking poison. Mrs Arthur Slater of Sidney committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. Shui, 28, is described as a husband with two small daughters.
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Caseyville
C. 2
Rexwinkle
Pipe Kiners
Maschal Maxwell
Dail
Bloomington
Florence
Mutter
Unionville
Tremont
Champaign
Arthur Slater
Sidney
Shui
Embezzler Chooses Suicide Over Prosecution in Chicago
Frank Hornisch of 413 East Twenty Teen Street killed himself with a gun rather than face trial on embezzlement charges involving 1100 dollars. The incident occurred at Mindison and Dearhorn streets in Chicago.
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Chicago
Frank Hornisch
East Twenty-teen
Mindison Ant Dearhorn
Pastor Criticises Roosevelt Over Champagne Critique
Chicago pastor Melbourne Po Layn ton of Lexington Avenue Baptist Church sharply attacks President Roosevelt for drinking champagne in St Louis. The outspoken cleric frames the incident as a moral lapse and questions the conduct of the nation's leader.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Melbourne Po Laynton
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
St Louis
Picketa Enjoined by Springfield Judge in Picketing Case
Judge J Otis Humphrey of the United States circuit court issues a temporary injunction against picketing sought by the American Steel Poundries of Granite City. The article reports a fatal incident where a farmer named William Whiting, aged 60, died after injuries from a runaway incident involving a Gust of the Gily.
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Springfield
J. Otis Humphrey
United States Circuit
Stee Poundries
Granite City
Horge
Willian Whiting
David's Temptation in Scriptural Context
A brief note references the biblical scene of David and temptation citing 2 Samuel 11.15. It frames the event within the narrative of moral trial and divine authority. No additional persons or places are specified in the readable text.
David Tarry and The Temptation of Duty
This sermon discusses David’s pause from battle, warning that lingering at ease invites temptation. It contrasts two temptation types, urges vigilance against lust, and urges guarding the soul to prevent sin from taking root through idle moments and lingering eyes.
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David
James
Joab Urges King David to Start Campaign Against Ammon
The veteran commander Joab grows restless at Jerusalem as delays in threatening expedition against Ammon allow enemy forces to strengthen. He confronts King David, insisting that each day of delay increases risk and weakens Israel, while noting David’s hesitation is not fear but cautious restraint.
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Joab
Israel
David
Jerusalem
Min
David Delays, Bathsheba’s Shadow Over Jerusalem
King David contemplates power and ease while Joab plans the Ammonite campaign. Delays and indulgence pull him from duty as he lingers on the palace terrace, envies shepherd life, and yields to vanity leading to Bathsheba’s encounter.
A Charming Development Silk and Lace Pattern
Pattern department advertises two dress patterns with fabric options in plaid taffeta rajahs foulard voile and cashmere. Details include bust measurements 32 to 43 inches and yardage 3 yards for 36 inch bust. Orders via coupon require size and pattern number with 120 cents per pattern.
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Pattern Department
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King
Pape
Illinois News
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Enduted
Gadss
Batte
Bathsheba
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