Charles Thomas Loses It Appeal To Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court refused to hear Charles Thomas's appeal in the Des Moines murder case, ruling no jurisdiction to review. Thomas, sentenced to life for the murder of Mabel Scho field, had fought since 1899, challenging Iowa law on degrees in poison cases and seeking freedom after years of legal battles.
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Charles Thomas
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Des Moines Hackman
Mabel Schofield
Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
Mabel Schoffeln
Thomas
Supreme Court of the Nation
Iowa
Chapman Loses Case in Oil Explosion Suit
Des Moines reports the supreme court issued fourteen opinions. The Chapman case reverses a Harrison district court award of 2106.80 against John F. Pfarr for death of his wife and three children and injury to him from oil explosion. Pfarr appealed over alleged negligence in testing and failure to involve a state inspector after oil failed standards. The court found error in the instructions.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Leroy Ware
Board of Parole
Lee J. Chapman
John F. Pfarr
Pfarr
Harrison District
Chapman
Green
Marley brothers Held for Murder in January Court
Logan Iowa December 21 preliminary trial found Guy Marley and Henry Marley bound over to the January term on murder charges with bonds of 5000 each Ira Brandridge is held as a witness on 1000 bond.
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Logan
Dee
Guy Marley
Henry Marley
Ira Brandridge
Nearly Frozen in Long Drive
Des Moines reports a family of six led by George Wilson from Coon City reached the Union station in a ten mile open wagon trek through freezing air. The matron quickly took them in, sparing them from a harsher fate. the family will recover with only frostbitten fingers and faces.
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Des Moines
George Wilson
Coon City
Union Station
Fear Farmer Vanishes in Des Moines Search Hopes
Des Moines police are asked to search for David Forbes a Prole Iowa farmer who came to the city Saturday intending to return the same night and has not been seen since He reportedly carried a sizable sum of money and foul play is feared.
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Des Moines
David Forbes
Prole
Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Sandy Case
In Des Moines a jury after fifty two hours failed to reach a verdict on whether Alex Sandy killed Ben Baker in self defense. The defense argued Baber was aggressor. witnesses said Baber drew a beer pottle as Sandy struck with a pocketknife. A new trial will be granted in January.
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Des Moines
Alex Sandy
Ben Baker
Miller
Criminal Division
District Court
Sandy
Ben Baber
Baber
Des Moines Sees City Beautiful Potential In Plan
Des Moines mayor and civic leaders review Charles Mulford Robinson’s ninety five page city beautiful report. The city will pay 1100 dollars and the Women's club 100 dollars for the study. He praises riverfront lighting and boulevard plan but criticises a horse trough at Twentyeth and Cottage Grove and the soldiers' monument location as insulting.
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Des Moines
Charles Mulford Robinson
Women’s Club
Mathis
River Front
Twentieth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Robinson
Marshal Kills Negro in Kansas City Pawnshop
In a pistol battle at 210 Independence Avenue a county marshal and a officer shot. the unknown negro was killed and the marshal was wounded in the head. Police found three diamond rings, an emerald ring, and a gold band ring belonging to Mrs. Barrett in the suspect’s pockets.
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Kansas City
Joel B. Mayes
Earl C. Logan
Star Loan
Independence Avenue
F. H. I Feit
Logan
Militia to Guard Belleville Jail Over Negro Suspect
Eight militia companies prepare to move to Belleville Illinois as Sheriff Cashel camps at the St. Clair county jail with armed deputies amid rumors of an attack related to Will Clark a Black suspect in East St. Louis shooting two streetcar workers. Governor Deneen was urged to order full readiness.
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St. Louis
Belleville
Ill
Cashel
St. Clair County
Will Clark
East St. Louis
Deneen
Illness Hits Dr Henry Shonts in Chicago Home
Dr Henry D. Shonts father of Theodore P. Shonts is seriously ill with pneumonia at his Chicago home. Death expected within hours. Mr and Mrs Theodore P Shonts arrived from New York and will stay indefinitely.
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Henry Shonts Very III
Chicago
Henry D. Shonts
Theodore P. Shonts
New York
Taft Names Numerous Ambassadors as Sloan Gift Probe Ends
Washington December 21 President Taft sent to the senate multiple nominations for ambassadors and ministers including Richard C. Kerens as ambassador to Austria Hungary Robert Pacon as ambassador to France and others. The western Danville Illinois tale centers on James Sloan Jr secret service agent tied to Roosevelt and Taft decision not to appoint him as US marshal for the eastern district of Illinois Speaker Cannon opposed Sloan from Danville.
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Robert Bacon
New York
France
United States
Illinois
Roosevelt
Cannon
Townsman
Washington
Taft
Senate
Richard C. Kerens
Missouri
Austria-Hungary
Robert Pacon
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Charles Page Bryan
Belgium
William James Calhoun
China
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Chile
Henry T. Gage
California
Portugal
R.S. Reynolds Hitt
Panama
John B. Jackson
New Jersey
Cuba
Fenton EF. McCreery
Michigan
Honduras
Edwin V. Morgan
Paraguay
Charles W. Russell
District of Columbia
Persia
Laurits C. Swenson
Minnesota
Switzerland
Horace G. Knowles
Delaware
Dominican Republic
Sloan
Charles P. Hitch
Paris
White House
James Sloan, Jr
Danville
Secret Service
Speaker Cannon
Cocktails and Cigarettes Figure in Brokaw Alimony Trial
In Mineola New York the high profile divorce case of Mrs Mary Blair Brokaw versus W Gould Brokaw returns to court with testimony from Sydney Woods the Brokaw butler who claims he served cocktails to Mrs Brokaw in a teacup or shaker and observed her smoking cigarettes in her room.
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New York
Mary Blair Brokaw
W. Gould Brokaw
Mineola
L. J. Sydney Woods
Brokaw
Train Kills Rockford Man in Iowa
Charles City Iowa December 21 Aaron Evans an old settler of Rockford was killed by an express train in Rockford.
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Rockford
Charles City
Aaron Evans
Well Known Kansas Man Dies Suddenly in Chicago
Chicago December 21 Former United States Senator W A Harris of Kansas died suddenly at a relative s home Heart disease was given as the cause of death
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Kansas
Chicago
United States
W. A. Harris
Thaw Loses Bid in High Court Over Addiction to Release
Washington December 21 Justice McKenna of the Supreme Court denied Harry K Thaw a writ of error to the New York Court of Appeals in his bid to be released from Matteawan asylum The decision leaves the Court of Appeals ruling undisturbed In a second case a habeas corpus petition was denied clarifying the fate of the asylum appeal ruling
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Stanford White
Supreme Tribunal
Washington
Justice McKenna
Supreme Court of the United States
Harry K. Thaw
Court of Appeals of
New York
Matteawan Asylum
McKenna
Court of Appeals
Wheat Market Slumps After Bullish Burst in Chicago
Chicago trading shows wheat prices easing from last Saturday's gains with Dec and May contracts down. Corn and oats close stronger, pork and other futures display weakness while cash grain reports note steady to higher prices for No 2 hard wheat and No 2 oats amid statewide livestock receipts at South Omaha.
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Chicago
Lord
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Jose
Chicago Cattle Hog and Sheep Receipts Report
Cattle receipts 18 000 with higher quotes across classes. Hogs 60 900 head eased with top around 8 49 and bulk near 8 0. Sheep 22 000 with gains noted. ewes and lambs priced from 3 60 to 6 75 and 5 75 to 8 70 respectively.
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Chicago
Madriz Chosen President of Nicaragua
Dr Jose Madriz, former judge of the Central American Court of Justice, was elected president by congress in a stormy session amid cheers and calls for reform. Secretary Knox said U S policy toward Nicaragua remains unchanged and diplomatic relations will not resume until a responsible government is in full control.
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United States
Knox
Managua
Jose Madriz
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Congress
Madriz
Washington
State Department
Madrizg
Mr. Rodriguez
Estrada to Continue War Against Zelaya in Nicaragua
A telegram from General Estrada, leader of the revolutionary army in Nicaragua, urges continued fighting until Zelaya and his followers are excluded. He asks foreign recognition of his government and states no change in Zelaya's chief executive will be accepted by the revolutionists.
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Washington
Zelaya
Estrada
Revolutionary Army
Nicaragua
Colon
Cook Faces Likely Blow Over Mt McKinley Claim
The Explorer's Club committee has completed its two month inquiry into Dr. Frederick A Cook's 1906 Mt McKinley ascent. Chairman H Marshall Saville hints the produced report will be unfavorable, signaling trouble for Cook.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Explorer's Club
Dr. Cook
Mt. McKinley
H. Marshall Saville
Ballinger Pinchot clash spurs demand for public probe
Washington and Helena reports note Taft agrees to a comprehensive investigation into the Ballinger Pinchot controversy amid cabinet pressures. Indictments in Montana target liquor sales on Indian reservations as Christmas adjournments slow Congress and debate over federal dam and water power control intensifies.
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Washington
Taft
Ballinger
Jalinger-Pinchot
Interior Department
Helena
Mont
Federal Grand Jury
Hunt
Depew
LaFollette
Mondell
Mann
House
Wyoming
Idea of Water Power Trust
Chicago Hogs and Cattle Prices Report December 21 1909
Market summaries show hog receipts and prices from steady to slow with mixed packers and heavy shipper grades. Cattle and sheep values remain steady with ranges for beves cows and western stockers. no market on Christmas day.
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Chicago
John A. Babcock Case in North American Live Stock Co.
Report concerns John A. Babcock in a case involving the North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago. Details note legal action or dispute and parties named.
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North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U. S. Stock Yards
Chicago
Tll
Boy Doubts Santa Claus Asked Taft for Answer
Henry Gordon McMorran six year old grandson of Representative McMorran of Michigan met President Taft in the House calling hour and asked for proof of Santa Claus. Taft replied that if Santa brings all he asks for on Christmas morning that would show he is real. The boy plans to write letters to Santa for further evidence.
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Washington
Henry Gordon McMorran
Representative McMorran
Michigan
Taft
Santa Claus
A &Ote
Chrémas
Fatal fight with posse near Magnolia Alabama
In Marengo county a sheriff's posse chased Sheldon and Clinton Montgomery, two Black men wanted for the murder of Ak Gernon Lewis, a young white man. They opened fire wounding four whites, two fatally, and the house was set on fire with Clinton Montgomery cremated. Two others escaped. militia was ordered to Magnolia.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sheldon
Clinton Montgomery
Akgernon Lewis
Magnolia
Marengo County
Cl Ton Montgomery
Comer
Selma
Marengo
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