Ruef Trial Heads Toward Jury Verdict in City Bribery Case
In San Francisco, Abraham Ruef faces a third bribery trial linked to the 1906 exposure era. The case follows attacks on Heney and the mysterious disappearance of Police Chief Biggy, with closing remarks urging the jury to act as guardian angels of government.
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Honey
San Francisco
Guardian Angels of Government
Men In Box
America
Abraham Ruef
Brand
Board of Supervisors
Eugene EB. Schmitz
Ruef
Pas and Electric Company
Frank J. Murphy
Adolph Newburgh
John M. Kelley
E. A. S. Blake
Murphy
Blake
Francis J. Heney
Heney
Morris Haas
Haas
Biggy
San Francisco Bay
Our
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Abe Ruef
Schoolgirl Mamie Wamue Murdered Near School
Columbia Kentucky reports Mamie Wamue a 13 year old girl was slain on her way home from school. Her body was found in woods with a blow to the head and dragged into thick brush. A posse with bloodhounds hunts the killer.
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Columbia
Mamie Wamue
Bomb Hurled Into New York Tenement Injures Dozens
A bomb was hurled into the air shaft of the tenement at 130 East Sixty Third Street injuring more than a score and causing panic. Five people are reported seriously hurt as emergency crews respond to the incident in New York.
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New York Tenement
New York
East Sixty-Third Street
Best Investment Inland Waterway
John A. Johnson, governor of Minnesota, urged at the National Conservation conference that a canal from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico is the nation’s greatest investment. He said it would solve rate regulation and render debates over federal versus state control unnecessary by creating real competition.
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Washington
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
National Conservation Conference
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
Markets Summary From Chicago and East Buffalo Dec 9
Winter wheat and spring wheat prices listed by sample with No. 2 red at 1.05 to 1.06 dollars and No. northern at 1.08 to 1.10 dollars. Corn and oats quoted by sample with No. 2 at 60 cents and No. 3 white 59 to 59 and a half cents. Hogs Receipts 40,000 with heavy shipping at 5.75 to 5.85, cattle receipts 23,000 with prime steers at 7.25 to 8.00, sheep 22,000 with wethers 4.50 to 4.90. East Buffalo hogs 5.60 to 5.80, lambs 7.60, butter at Elgin Creamery 30 to 32 cents, firsts 25 to 27 cents.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Elgin
Iscis
Cattle Dealer Loses $7105 in Beer Bottle Drop Scam
R F Cargell of Clyde North Dakota arrived in Minneapolis planning to travel to Heidelberg Germany. At the station an stranger posed as an Express Agent and convinced him to entrust his satchel containing gold and negotiable papers. The satchel was replaced with four beer bottles, totaling $7105, as the scam unfolded.
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Minneapolis
Minn
R. F. Cargell
Clyde
N. D
Heidelberg
Germany
Cargell
Chicago
Express
Navy Keeps Battleships at Hampton Roads for Repairs
The sixteen battleships of Admiral Sperry's fleet will not rendezvous at New York for shore leave as planned. They will be inspected at Hampton Roads to assess repairs and then depart in divisions to their home yards. Navy officials say sailors have had ample entertainment and will prefer to return home to their families.
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Navy
Washington
Admiral Sperry
New York
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Duchess of Norfolk Presents 300 Chalices to Pope
Rome reports the pope’s health improving and resumption of audiences as the Duchess of Norfolk presents 300 chalices, a gift from 40,900 Catholic women of Great Britain. The act underscores British religious support for the papacy during December.
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Duchess of Norfolk
Rome
Great Britain
Efforts to block First ward ball sought in court
Grace Episcopal Church officials petitioned the superior court to stop the Coliseum Company from leasing its property to the First ward aldermen for the eleventh annual dance. They claim 30 690 attendees would be idle and disorderly and block church entrances, hampering church work near the Coliseum.
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Chicago
First Ward
Grace Episcopal Church
Coliseum Company
Aging Couple Found Dead From Gas In Ontario Home
Port Huron report states John Paul eighty six and his wife seventy five were found dead in their Sarnia Ontario residence after forgetting to turn off the kitchen gas stove. They had been married sixty years.
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Port Huron
Mich
John Paul
Sarnia
Ont
Newberry Chosen Yale Alumni President in Washington
Secretary of the Navy Newberry was elected president of the Yale Alumni Association of Washington. The December 10 announcement confirms his leadership role among Yale graduates in the capital.
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Newberry
Yale
Washington
Navy
Yale Alumni Association of
Weather forecast for Midwest states shows varying cloudiness
Illinois Indiana and Lower Michigan see fair skies with some clouds. Wisconsin and Iowa report increasing cloudiness throughout the period.
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Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Relief as Pine Bluff Flood Recedes
Pine Bluff Arkansas reports the Arkansas river flood receding rapidly with water levels falling. Officials say the most serious phase of the flood appears past as eastern residential areas regain safety and residents assess damage.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Railroad Sleuths Jailed On Murder Charge In Frisco Case
Memphis report says John Scott and Ed Calhoun night watch men and special agents for the Frisco railroad were charged with the murder of Lonnie Holmes. Chief O Haver recalls the badges from the Frisco corps of special agents.
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Frisco
Memphis, Tenn
John Scott
Ed Calhoun
Frisco Railroad
Lonnie Holmes
O’haver
Hazel Defense Today State Closes In Trial of Boy for Murder
Toledo reports the state rested in the Harvey Hazel murder case as the defense prepares to open. The prosecution argued the killing occurred during a robbery. Hazel, seventeen, stands accused of murdering his mother.
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Toledo
Harvey Hazel
Congressmen object to Roosevelt Secret Service recommendation
Washington notes that Roosevelt’s proposal on Secret Service oversight has become the most discussed subject in Congress. He argues the last year’s amendment protecting secrecy aided criminals and claims lawmakers opposed scrutiny by Secret Service agents.
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Secret Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Poisoned at Navy Dinner Accounts Lead to Death
California Governor II and waiter James C. Reynolds die from ptomaine poisoning after a Mare Island navy yard luncheon for the Prometheus launch. Governor Gillet improves and is out of danger. Separately in Savannah, P J OConnor, former national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Catholic Knights of America, dies.
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California
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
James C. Reynolds
Gillet
Hibernian
Savannah
P. J. O'Connor
The
Ancient Order of Hiberians
Catholic Knights of America
Chicago hog and cattle market report of Dec 10 1908
Official receipts yesterday 43 796 shipments 7 406. estimated receipts today 30 000 and tomorrow 27 000. Market notes show hogs steady with ranges 5 00 to 5 89, cattle 8 000 good and steady, sheep 20 000 steady. Western and Texas steers, stockers and feeders, natives and lambs quoted with multiple price bands across light to heavy grades.
John A Babcock 18 Will The North American Commission
An old Chicago based notice quotes John A. Babcock aged 18 seeking timely contact about a commission. The ad promises a square deal and mentions North American Commission Company in Illinois with a casual sales pitch.
Army Needs 189 Million to Fund War Department Plans
The War Department forecasts 189,755,089 dollars for the net fiscal year up from this year, with 612 officer additions, improved recruiting, and total strength at 72,628 including 68,512 enlisted men. Strength distribution covers the United States and overseas posts. The report highlights coast artillery target practice gains and a 500000 dollar request for military aeronautics. It also notes postal savings bank growth in the Philippines.
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Philippines
Washington
War Department
Wright
United States
Cuba
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Coast Artillery
Signal Corps
Postal Savings Bank
California Supreme Court Voids Boycott Injunction
San Francisco December 10. Chief Justice Beatty holds that an injunction cannot compel workers to act. the state supreme court reverses the Santa Clara superior court which had restrained Santa Clara County labor unions from boycotting the Parkinson Lumber company.
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California Supreme Court
San Francisco
Beatty
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Santa Clara County
Parkinson Lumber Company
Stephenson Proposes Cabinet Department of Education
Senator Stephenson will seek support for a bill creating a cabinet department of education. The proposal sparked animated debate at the Wisconsin State Teachers association meeting in Milwaukee and was approved by the group.
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Stephenson
Washington
Department of Education
Wisconsin State Teachers’ Association
Milwaukee
Miss Mary G Pinkney Dead at 99 Wealthy New York Dowager
Miss Mary Goodwin Pinkney died of pneumonia at the Hotel Buckingham New York aged ninety nine. She was regarded as one of the world’s wealthiest women with Manhattan real estate holdings estimated at ten million dollars.
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New York
Mary Goodwin Pinkney
Buckingham
Miss Pinkney
Manhattan
Stork Brings Four Girls In Mexico Mo Birth Tale
Mexico Mo Dec 10 A local tale reports Professor Reuben J. Jones welcomed four daughters by stork arrival three survive and all are reported thriving with the mother in good health after the unusual birth sequence.
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Mexico
Reuben J. Jones
Hains Trial Set for Next Monday in Murder Case
New York December 9 The trial of T Jenkins Hains and his brother Captain Peter C Hains for the murder of William E Annis will start Monday afternoon.
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John J. Furey
Schoolgirl
Thorndyke
Baltimore
Uriet
Joseph Gerstley
Driscoll
Cash Grain Market
Etrxas
Europe
Tars
Bowery
Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Chicago, ‘Ill
ARMY
Mary G. Pinkney
STORK
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