Arrest in murder case linked to Savannah merchant
Stewart was arrested at North Yakima for the murder of Frank W. Richardson, a Savannah merchant. Indicted for murder in the first degree, he sought to flee toward Puget Sound. Prosecutor Booher intends to obtain ion papers in Jefferson City. The case ties to a Christmas Eve murder and a separate linked inquiry into railroad practices and the interstate commerce act.
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Pacific
Puget Sound
North Yakima
Fife E
Booker
Jefferson City
Nk W. Richardson
Addie Richardson
Burg
Thomas Fife
Richardson
Savannah
Fife
Roosevelt in the Railroad Fight
CAGO January 11 tensions rise over Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into Northern Pacific and Great Northern merger plans. President Roosevelt reportedly approves Northwestern governors' stance on railroad combinations and fears undermining regional balance. J Knapp, ICC chairman, telegrams to confirm the investigation timetable.
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Chicago
Gav
Joseph W. Fifer
Illinois
Northern Securities Company
Western Railway
Congress
Commission
CAGO
Roose
Jin Knapp
Ine Commerce Commission
Legram
Est
Indifference or Indigestion In Engagement Case
In Chicago on January 10 Miss Lizzie Miller of Burlington Wisconsin sues Henry Henning for damages claiming forty pounds loss due to a broken engagement. Dr Newell testifies Miller suffered indigestion not love, Henning describes refusing marriage and a resisted kiss leading to a court adjournment until Monday.
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Chicago
Lizzie Miller
Burlington
Wis
Henry Huening
Henning
Miler
Newell
Cresceus in Texas Tour Ends After Canceled Dates
Waco Texas Jan 11 George H Ketcham owner of Cresceus the fast est trotter in the world canceled all of his Texas dates today and left with his horse farm Cresceus was too far his owner did not ske the track and expressed his disappointment over his Texas tour He recided to ee hom His other dates at San Antonio.
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Waco
Texas
George H. Ketcham
Cresceus
Ee Hom
San Antonio
Twenty Days for Warming His Feet
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on January 11 a man named Robert Rinsey was sentenced to twenty days for mistreating his wife by placing ice cold feet against her back as she slept. The wife testified he returned home late Thursday and refused to stop, kicking her from bed and leaving her to sleep on the floor. Police later arrested him.
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Wilkesbarre
Lonohue
Robert Rinsey
Wireless Telegraphy Problem Confuses Cable Builders
SHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 11. The wireless telegraphy debate on submarine cables was taken up by the Commerce Committee during a hearing on the Pacific cable project. President Ward of the Pacific company testified that wireless signals could affect cable growth, noting long distance tests might have altered the decision to pursue the Pacific line. He warned that credible 2,000 mile Atlantic claims could deter new cable layings if proven true.
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Shington
D. C
Wirless
Canon
iPresident Ward
The
Pacific Company
Irman Hepburn
Ward
Ile
Pacific
Atlantic
Mr. Ward
$100,000 Hotel To Be Erected In Tucson
Tucson businessmen win approval from R. Rafael to build a $100,000 hotel. The city will advertise the property sale for ten days, with Rafael to place $25,000 into the project within a year and begin construction promptly once control is secured.
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Tucson
Rafae
Ately
British War Authorities Face Volunteer Shortage Says No Response
London reports a serious crisis as the War Office cannot recruit volunteers for frontline relief. Regulators raise concerns about pay, with volunteers offered one shilling a day while yeomanry earn five shillings. Officials warn of a withdrawal risk amid widespread discontent among volunteer regiments.
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London
Yeomanry
War Office
Estate of Henry Plant Probated in New York Court
New York court rules Henry Bradley Plant died domiciled in New York. The will and Connecticut codicils are subject to New York law, affecting dower for Margaret Plant and the estate’s distribution to her stepson Morton Freeman Plant and his son. The decision challenges the Connecticut probate and impacts future inheritance totaling about seven million dollars for the widow and the remainder to the son.
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New York
Henry Bradley Plant
Fifth Avenue
Justice Leventritt
Margaret J. Plant
Morton Freeman Plant
Plant
Connecticut
Supreme Court
Mor
New Haven
Game Laws Enforced In Illinois
Chicago January 11 Mrs H F Good of 4440 Michigan avenue received a fawn as a wedding gift. A game warden halted the animal after learning it was not kept for breeding. The court ruled the sale or shipment out of state illegal and ordered the pet returned to Alabama.
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Chicago
H. F. Good
Michigan Avenue
John R. Hoxie
Ts. Good
New York
Alabama
Can't Wake Mamma: Diphtheria Case Ends in Death in New York
Dr. Graff found Mrs. Huigan dead at 1601 Avenue A after visiting for diphtheria recovery permits for two girls. The husband, a Swedish painter, noted heart pains since the children's illness. Neighbors cited recent exertion as a possible trigger for the fatal attack.
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New York
Graff
Board of Health
John Anu Anna Huigan
Avenue A
Eighty-eighth Street
Tramp Inherits Fortune From Foster Mother
A tramp is set to claim a $40 000 fortune left by Mrs. Anna Taylor who died at church in Seattle. Principal heir John B. Taylor vanished, later returned after years of adventures as a brakeman, cowboy, then tramp, traveling toward New York.
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Anna Taylor
Kansas City
New York
From Newsboy to Klondike Mine Owner in Alaska
Kansas City dispatch reports M. A. Teets of Leavenworth once sold newspapers here. Now a Klondike mine owner with four mining claims, he enjoys champagne at the Baltimore Hotel and a diamond ring, planning to return to Alaska next week.
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Kansas City
M. A. Teets
Leavenworth
Baltimore
Range abuse blamed for grazing facility decline in Arizona
The Agriculture Department released a pamphlet on range improvement in Arizona based on cooperative tests near Tucson. Findings attribute the decline in grazing facilities to overstocking and overgrazing, recommend range preservation laws, close grazing to prevent gullying, suggest land rentals, and endorse selecting and sowing forage seeds with further experiments planned. The expert notes a 56 percent decrease in grazing facilities over 25 years due to abuse.
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Washington
Despartment of Agriculture
Arizona
Tucson
Davie Griffiths
Bureau of Agrostology
Anti-Trust War Reignites in Texas Suits Filed
Texas renews anti trust campaign with four new suits against Kirby Company and three others for alleged price fixing and restraint of trade. Kirby facing $845000 claim. others $675000 each. Past suit against Kirby dismissed for lack of evidence. new action cites evidence and Texas timber and cottonseed price controls.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Houston
Tl Works
Tfable Company of
New Ulmsi
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Camden
N. J
Kirby Company
Kirby Co
Warren Moore
Boston
Kirby
Aged Twins Celebrate They Are 84 Years Old
L Crosse Wisconsin January 11 Otis G Watkins of Baraboo and Orrick W Watkins of Unaron are reported as the oldest living twins in the United States marking their eighty fourth birthday In 1897 both celebrated their golden weddings The twins each have twins now grown to adulthood The men are described as hearty Not Like Other Men.
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Wis
Otis G. Vatkins
Baraboo
Orrick W. Watkins
Unarnon
United States
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Los Angeles
H. W.gram
Mr. Altman
Altman
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Rafael
City Council
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Dall
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Citizen
Ney
Department of Agriculture
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