Notable Happenings From Around The World And Nation
A roundup of major events includes indictments for Charles W. Morse in grand larceny, and the American Tobacco Company conspiracy case in Lexington. A Winnipeg raid halted a Sabbath wedding, naval funding favors two battleships, and a Minnesota teacher named Bessie Graham was shot by a rejected lover. Several deaths from suicide and accidents are noted, along with fires, political resignations, and stock market actions.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
American Tobacco Company
Lexington
Sharry Shomayim Synagogue
Winnipeg
Man
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Bessie Graham
Carsonville
Minn
Charles Boldt
Quarles
Milwaukee
J. A. Hawes
Appleton Waterworks Company
Appleton
Wis
Felix Hansberger
Anzeiger
Providence
R. I
United States
Smith McPherson
Kansas City
Frank Harris
Boston
Lenox
Latchford
Ont
King Edward Hotel
Alexandria Hall
Empire Lumber Company
Post Office
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Pittsburg
Fire and tragedy mix in early 1907 headlines from across America
Fire destroys W. D. Goyce residence in Ottawa Illinois with losses around 150000. Hanged men West and Williams die in Louisiana jail after a rope break. Huey commits suicide in Philadelphia by gas. Elevator fire in Storm Lake and a raft of other incidents across cities.
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W. D. Goyce
Chicago
Ottawa
Albert West
Edward Williams
Lake Charles
West
Harriet Baird Huey
Philadelphia
Daughters of the Ameican Revolution
Wagner
Storm Lake
S. A. Moody
St. Louis
Richmond
San Diego
Cal
Webster Grove
Bay County
Missouri
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Port Hood
N. S
Franklin L. Greenleaf
Minneapolis
John Williams
Wilhelm Williams
Sioux City
Minnesota
St. Paul
Franklinville
N. Y
W. Milbrath
Milwaukee
Erie
Daniel Thomas
Phoebe Taylor
Hills Tower
Tallmadge
Treasury
New York City
Albert Harrison Mixer
University of Rochester
Rochester
James Hargis
Kentucky Democratic Executive Committee
Breathitt County
Jackson, Ky
Beach Hargis
Rossiter
Stillings
Caid
Harry MacLean
Morocco
Tangier
Raisuli
Daniel E. Fitton
Los Animas
Trenton
N. J
Woburn
Mass
Western Maryland
Gorman
W. Va
Pittsburg
Taft Delegates Sweep Ohio Primaries Across Counties
Ohio Republicans report Taft with four delegates at large and 22 district delegates to the national convention. In most counties no opposition. Knox and Lucas counties show minor contests. James H. Southard nominated for Congress Ninth district. Zanesville and Xenia note Taft alignment in Fifteenth and Sixth districts with Brown and Taylor as Taft candidates. Cadiz records Hollinsworth as Sixteenth district nominee.
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Columbus
Ohio
William H. Taft
Chicago
Hardin County
Supreme Court
Foraker
Cuyahoga County
Taft County
Taft
Knox County
Hardin
Toledo
Lucas County
Craig
Walter F. Brown
Muskingum County
Brown
Xenia
Jesse Taylor
Congress
Taylor
Jamestown
Cadiz
D. A. Hollinsworth
McCormick and Others Fined for Injunction Violation in NYC
Ex President Patrick H McCormick of the Typographical union and organizers George W. Jackson and Vincent J. Costello received 250 dollar fines and 20 day prison terms for disobedience of a Typothetae injunction from 1906. colleagues Bennett and Anderson were fined 100 dollars each. The case, before Justice Bischoff, marks a record sentence against a labor group for violation of an injunction tied to the Big Six strike seeking a closed shop and eight hour day. The dispute followed claims of intimidation by strikers against Typothetae employers.
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New York City
Patrick H. McCormick
Typographical Union
George W. Jackson
Vincent J. Costello
Typothetae of
New York
Thomas Bennett
William S. Anderson
Justice Bischoff
Supreme Court
Jury Frees Mrs. McDonald in Murder Trial
Mrs Dora McDonald was acquitted by a Chicago jury after six and a half hours deliberation in the Webster Guerin murder case. She had been on trial since January 20 and is the widow of former political leader Michael C McDonald.
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Chicago
Dora McDonald
Webster Guerin
Criminal Court
Michael C. McDonald
Congress Debates Aldrich Currency Bill in Senate
In Washington on the 11th the Senate continued the debate on the Aldrich currency bill while in the House the Indian appropriation bill was discussed and Mr. Tawney, head of the appropriations committee, accused President Roosevelt of appointing the inland waterways commission without legal authority.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Inland Waterways Commission
Nine Men Killed in Explosive Works Blast
An explosion at Standard explosive works in Vaudreuil Quebec killed nine workers who were thawing dynamite. Local reports provide few details beyond the tragedy and the location about 25 miles from Montreal.
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Montreal
Can
Vaudreuil
Bank Robbers Loot Willard Bank of $10,000
Five men blew the safe of the Bank of Willard with nitro glycerine early Tuesday. The explosion woke residents and a street fight followed, but the bandits escaped with $10,000.
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Willard
Bank of Willard
Grand Jury Indicts Three Men in Pennsylvania Bank Case
Seven indictments total over 200 counts accuse O. F. Piper former California bank cashier W L Lenhart Brownsville business man and Max Avener California merchant. Piper faces falsifying entries embezzlement conspiracy charges Lenhart appears in three indictments Avener in two with conspiracy charges. In the falsifying entries bill there are 190 counts.
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Washington
O. F. Piper
The
People’s Bank of California
W. L. Lenhart
Brownsville
Max Avener
California
Piper
Lenhart
Bevan Shot After Chase in Shenandoah Snow
Isaac Bevan of Shenandoah, Pa., was killed after a pursuit by Anthony Sinkiewicz who fired two revolvers at him as Bevan lay exhausted in a snowdrift. Sinkiewicz had armed himself after a burglar alarm awoke him and chased the intruder for over a mile.
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Bevan
Grand Jury Returns True Bills on Train Dynamiting
Washington county grand jury returns true bills against Mark Gainer Snyder Conway Patrick Carroll and Richard Smith who were arrested for attempting to dynamite a train on the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston railroad. Indictments also returned against John Lekrer John Mackey and Henry Ross charged with damaging a railroad with dynamite. First crime occurred at Elco and the second near Monongahela.
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Washington
Washington County
Mark Gainer
Snyder Conway
Patrick Carroll
Richard Smith
Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston
JohnLekrer
John Mackey
Henry Ross
Elco
Monongahela
Terrible Scene of Distress in Shaler Township
County Detective Florence Mitchell confronted a pitiful scene in a Shaler township home as seven gaunt children, some in underclothes, starved and nude, and the decomposed body of their ten year old brother lay on a bed for days while parents Mr and Mrs Matthew Redmantz stared vacantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Matthew Redmantz
Florence Mitchell
Shaler Township
Fatal Fire In South Sharon Injures Mrs. Bobby
A little girl playing with a newspaper at a gas store caused a blaze that fatally burned two children and likely fatally injured Mrs. John Bobby. Mrs. Bobby, ill in bed on Emerson avenue, South Sharon, saw her daughter Martha light a newspaper on a gas stove which caught the bed on fire.
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Sharon
John Bobby
Bobby
Emerson Avenue
South
Martha
Snowbound Roads Hit Armstrong County Areas
Armstrong County and Kittanning were practically snowbound as eight inches fell over three inches of existing snow. Roads in all directions were drifted and rural mail carriers could only traverse portions of their routes. Nearby river counties reported even heavier snowfall.
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Kittanning
Armstrong County
Arrests in Pittsburg Black Hand Case Reach Six
Six Italian men, alleged Black Hand members, were arrested in Pittsburg with borough officers at Sewickley Heights. The suspects are linked to threatening letters sent to Richard R. Quay and four other wealthy Sewickley Heights residents.
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Pittsburg
Sewickley Heights
Richard R. Quay
Senator Quay
Woman for School Controller in Johnstown
Dr. Bertha Caldwell becomes the first woman nominated for public office in Johnstown. Her candidacy for school controller from the Fifth ward marks a new field for her, though the school board work aligns with her lifelong active, high minded service.
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Johnstown
Bertha Caldwell
Fifth Ward
Reading Treasurer Richard Tull Dies at 56
Richard Tull, treasurer of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, Reading Coal and Iron Company, and Philadelphia Belt Line railroad, died at his home here recently at age 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Richard Tull
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co
Reading Coal and Iron Co
Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad
Hears His Death Warrant for Murder of Wife
In Uniontown Sheriff P A Johns reads the death warrant for Alfred F Jones a Black man set to be hanged March 26 for murdering his wife in Bridgeport.
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Uniontown
P. A. Johns
Alfred F. Jones
Bridgeport
Raid on Fortune Tellers Nets 40 Women in Custody
Pittsburgh authorities raided alleged mediums and fortune tellers on the North Side on Saturday, arresting 40 women. All were held in $300 bail for a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Tragedy as man dies after drinking carbolic acid
In Pittsburg Morris Sofin aged 28 drank carbolic acid. He suffered severe mouth burns and died. Family members could offer no explanation for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Morris Sofin
Sofia
Tragedy in Scranton Claims Two Lives
Mark Moran, 22, fatally shot Laura Hermann a married woman on Friday night and then attempted suicide. Authorities believe jealousy sparked the crime.
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Scranton
Mark Moran
Laura Hermann
Venango County Republicans Announce Candidacies
Franklin candidates reveal a small slate with Nelson P. Wheeler favored for congress in the Twenty-eighth district as unopposed. Assembly has two hopefuls. four seek county treasurer. two run for register and recorder. several vie for county commissioner positions.
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Franklin
Venango County
Joseph C. Sibley
Congress
Nelson P. Wheeler
Forest County
Assembly
Register
Recorder
Oil City
Legion of candidates for county treasurer race
In Washington County the Republican primaries will focus on county treasurer as the open contest. The party splits into two assembly factions but agrees the treasurer race will remain open with many candidates competing.
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Washington
Washington County
Couple Sentenced for Forgery in Washington Ledger Case
Washington Pennsylvania reports Charles Kerns and Flora Kerns alias Flora Henderson of Waynesburg were sent to the penitentiary for three years each on forgery charges. They pleaded guilty before the grand jury after four indictments were found against them. Arrested January 31 they forged a businessman's name on various checks and cashed them.
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Washington
Charles Kerns
Flora Kerns
Flora Henderson
Waynesburg
Visitors Remain At Cambridge Springs Midwinter Colony
The Cambridge Springs hotels report a steady midwinter colony with many newcomers arriving daily. Despite extremely cold and unfavorable weather, Pittsburgh residents and western Pennsylvania guests continue to contribute a large share of visitors as the season lasts.
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Cambridge Springs
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Wanted on Robbery Charge in Youngstown Case
New Castle man Hugh McKinley, arrested on a board bill charge, is identified as wanted in Youngstown on robbery and attempted murder charges. He is accused of assaulting and robbing S. R. Baker, a local merchant, with Baker left for dead after $37 was taken from his pockets.
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New Castle
Hugh McKinley
Youngstown
S. R. Baker
Baker
Extensive Fire Destroys Elizabeth Historic Marine Ways
A large blaze at Elizabeth destroyed the planing mill finishing mill storehouse pumphouse stockhouse and lumber sheds at the historic marine ways. Loss is estimated at 30000 dollars and about 200 workers were left without jobs.
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Elizabeth
Systematic Train Robbery Prompts Rail Orders
Harrisburg railroad officials declare a systematic robbery in passenger trains. Conductors must report by wire from the first station reached rather than filing written reports at journey end.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Miraculous Escape At Bessemer Station
Greenville Webster Lawson a section hand was struck by a passenger train at Bessemer station. He was pushed 30 feet through the snow and rolled beneath the engine. The engine was raised with jacks and Lawson was found to be only slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Webster Lawson
Bessemer Station
Lawson
Stamps Found Hidden on Man Arrested for Mine Post Robbery
Cornelius Ballard is under arrest at Cresson on a charge of robbing the Cambria mines post office. Postoffice Inspector Gibbons made the arrest and discovered $90 worth of stamps hidden in Ballard's underwear.
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Altoona
Cornelius Ballard
Cresson
Cambria Mines
Postoffice
Mayor Emery raids city poker joint in Franklin
Franklin Mayor John P. Emery led a raid on the largest poker joint in the city. The operation resulted in the proprietor’s arrest and nine young men aged 18 to 22 were taken into custody.
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Franklin
John P. Emery
Will Construct New Trolley Line York
At a mass meeting, farmers and residents of Loganville Shrewsbury Glen Rock Seven Valley and Paradise organized a company to construct a trolley line from Shrewsbury to York.
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York
Loganville
Shrewsbury
Glen Rock
Seven Valley
Paradise
Typhoid Epidemic Hits Boswell Mining Town
An outbreak of typhoid fever began two weeks ago in Boswell, a nearby mining town with about 1,000 residents. Authorities report 175 cases and consider closing schools mines and amusement venues as cases rise.
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Johnstown
Boswell
Governor Approves Hershey Co Charter
Harrisburg Gov. Stuart approves the charter for the Hershey Chocolate Co. of Hershey with a capital of 1 500 000 dollars. The action formalizes the company as a corporate entity in the state.
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Harrisburg
Stuart
Hershey Chocolate Co
Hershey
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Moody Coal Company
South Carrollton
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Austria
Galicia
Lemberg
Vienna
Cracow
Creason
Hugh Bonner
New York Fire Department
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Manila
Francis J. Lantry
Brookhaven
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John W. Bookwalter
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Nice
Italy
Francis T. Roots
First National Bank of
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Ind
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Marion
Ill
Ambrose Grogan
Frank Blake
Robert Mitchell
Oakgrove
Copenhagen Freeholders’ Bank
Birrell Barnes
London
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Charles M. Carroll
Howe Avenue Congregational Church
Cleveland
Anti-Saloon League
Fredonia
Sir James Laing & Son
Sunderland
Deptford
John W. Oliver
Yonkers Statesman
Yonkers
Isaac Oliver
Sons of Temperance
L. C. Hutchins
Fort Worth
Tex
John Gehringer
Ida
Pansy Brockway
Peoria
Elvin Newby
Valley View
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W. D. Foulke
Frank W. Gould
Union Malleable Iron Company
Moline
Western Illinois Hospital For the Insane
Watertown
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Memphis
Tenn
Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Company
St. Petersburg
Diamond Trust
Weaver
Birmingham
Ala
Army
J. F. Scott
A. M. Herring
Wright Bros
Dayton
Haddox
West Virginia
Battle Creek
Mich
Campania
Queenstown
Adams
H. C. Lawrence
C. W. Johnstone
Golden Gate
Manzanillo
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Stimson
Albert B. Boardman
Liverpool
New York Typographical Union
Mrs. McDonald
Corry
Albert Damon
Jane Satterlee
Watson
Damon
Reading
Legion
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