Beardsley Found Guilty In Assault Case After Fast Jury Verdict
Edward Beardsley, a Summerdale farmer, was convicted of assault in the first degree for shooting John Putnam and holding a sheriff's posse at bay. The jury deliberated six minutes before finding him guilty. He received a prison sentence of five to nine and a half years at Auburn State Prison. The trial concluded the previous day with testimony from the star witness Ethel Austin, who testified about her connections with Beardsley and his alleged wife mother to her.
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Mayville
N. Y
Edward Beardsley
Summerdale
John Putnam
Beardsley
Auburn State Prison
Ethel Austin
Pier
Titusville
Stearns
Union City
Erie
McClane Place
Corry
Garland
Edna
Alter Not in the Race for Governor
Pittsburg reports Speaker Geo. E. Alter has declined to run for governor in the Republican primaries. With Alter out, Martin G. Brumbaugh of Philadelphia is poised to receive party support with little opposition. County Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil was unreachable in New York, and his plans to enter if Alter withdrew remain undecided.
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Pittsburg
Geo. E. Alter
Alter
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
J. Denny O’neil
J. Denny O’neil, Who Has Been Among the Chief Advocates of Mr. Alter
New York
O’neil
Sunday Sued for Slander in New York Supreme Court
The evangelist Rev William A Sunday was sued for 25000 dollars in the New York Supreme Court by Charles H Bell for slander. Only summons filed, served on Sunday's attorney John Nicolson by Thomas M Rowlette. Rowlette declined to discuss case. Nicolson said he would not comment without consulting Sunday.
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New York
William A. Sunday
Supreme Court
Charles H. Bell
John Nicolson
Thomas M. Rowlette
Bell
Rowlette
Sunday School Missionary Reports Local Work
The American Sunday School Union reports 13 new and 6 reorganized Sunday Schools in Warren and Forest counties, 1056 home visits, 72 Bibles and 232 Testaments distributed, 110 gospel services mainly in schoolhouses, and 31 conversions for the year ending March 1, 1914 led by Frank Kehrli. Subscribe to The Warren Mail for $1 yearly.
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American Sunday School Union
United States
Warren
Forest
Frank Kehrli
London in Fear as Militant Suffragette Attacks Close Art Treasures
Militants force closures of Windsor Castle State apartments National Gallery Kensington Palace and Hampton Court as fear of further hatchet attacks grows. Police deploy extra guards. House of Commons questions seek assurances for protection of public art collections and facilities.
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London
Suffrarette
May Richardson
Velasquez
National Gallery
England
Windsor Castle
Wallace
Kensington Palace
Hampton Court Palace
South Kensington Museum
George Salting
British
South Kensington
House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
Home Secretary
Brigands Sack Lao Ho Kow City Loot and Kill
Brigands number 400 to 500 entered Lao Ho Kow by treachery and burned the city. They killed Dr. T Froyland and wounded Rev O M Sama, looted British and American Tobacco premises, and fired Asiatic Petroleum and Singer buildings. They seized 700 rifles, field guns, ammunition, and forced 2000 cokes to carry loot.
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Pekin
Lao Ho- Kow
T. Froyland
O. M. Sama
Asiatic Petroleum
Singer
British and American Tobacco Company
American author Frederick Townsend Martin dies in London
Frederick Townsend Martin, noted American author sociologist and society leader, died of apoplexy in his Berkley hotel apartment after dining with Lord Howe at the St James club. His brother Howard and his valet were with him. illness misread as neuralgia delayed medical help. The death occurred March 8 in London.
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London
Frederick Townsend Martin
Berkley Hotel
Martin
Lord Howe
St. James Club
Berkley
Howard
Missionary Stations at Lao-Ho-Kow In Hu Peh Province
Lao Ho Kow on the Han Kiang serves as a key river port and three missionary societies maintain staff there. The Norwegian Lutheran China Mission reports three men and three women, including Dr T Foryland killed and Rev O M Sama wounded. China Inland Mission lists one missionary and wife with three extra women. British Christian Missions in Many Lands operates two missionaries with wives.
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Lao-Ho-Kow
Han-Kiang
Hu-Peh
Norwegian Lutheran China Mission Association
Norway
T. Foryland
O. M. Sama
China Inland Mission
London
Lao- Ho-Kow
Express rates cut as ice cream classed food
The Interstate Commerce Commission directed express companies to classify ice cream as food effective immediately. The ruling will cut rates by nearly 50 percent. A hearing on storage, freight at terminals and loading and unloading carload freight is set for March 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Strains Held For Court In Murder Case In Hunters Camp
In Tionesta a hearing lasting all day led to the hold of Mr and Mrs George W Strain of Hunters Camp for the murder of Bert Allen who was stabbed on a road between Fagundus and Neil town. Key testimony from J L Glenn supported the victim’s faint claim before the court.
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Tionesta
George W. Strain
Hunters Camp
Squire W. D. Clark
Bert Alien
Fagundus
Neiltown
J. L. Glenn
Allen
Strain
Aged man confesses to murder from 1889 in Crawford county
John Turner 83 at East Girard Erie county confessed to killing his wife in Crawford county near Conneaut Center. The confession, denied by Turner, followed years of legal actions and family disputes sparked by a 1889 murder and an alibi from Turner's son.
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Erie
Crawford Counties
East Girard
Erie County
John Turner
Crawford County
Turner
J. B. Cook
Conneaut Center
Lineville
Grange
Carbon Center
Ira B. Miner
Miner
Linesville Bank
Mr. Cook
Penrose Opens Campaign On Tariff Issue
Washington March 8 Senator Boies Penrose announced his candidacy for the United States senate from Pennsylvania. He vows to force the tariff to the front and to attack the Wilson administration Mex policy while noting more than thirty years in public life. His current senate term ends March 4 1915 after 13 years in the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boies Penrose
United States Senate
Pennsylvania
Penrose
Senate
Buffalo Editor Edward H Butler Dies After Operation
Edward H Butler editor and proprietor of the Buffalo Evening News died tonight after a six week illness and a mastoiditis operation. He was a prominent Republican and closely tied to contemporary politics in Buffalo New York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edward H. Butler
Buffalo Evening News
Butler
Butler County Wet Liquor License Decisions
Judge Reiber granted 26 retail licenses and refused three retail licenses in Butler County Pennsylvania March 7. He held over one retail license and refused 18 wholesale licenses while keeping pending the Independent Brewing Company application. The county was dry last year and had only two retail licenses the year before.
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Butler
Reiber
Independent Brewing Company
U S and Rebels See Hint of Peace in Mexico
Reports from Chihuahua and Agua Prieta describe a push toward clearer understanding between the United States and Mexican constitutionalists. Carranza welcomes foreign protection pledges while Bryan notes practical limits of diplomacy with the insurgents.
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Chihuahua
Terron
Francisco Villa
Agua Prieta
Sonora
State Department
Venustiano Carranza
Frederick Simpich
Nogales
Bryan
Simpich
Carranza
Washington
W. S. Benton
Mexico City
Benton
Constitutionalist
Mexico
United States
Huerta
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STATE
Sunday
Charles Bell
County Sunday School Missionary
Warren Mail
Lao Ho-Kow
Summerdale, N. Y
G. W. Strain
Girard
Mur
Der
Butler County
U. S
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