General Paper Company labeled not a trust by official
W O L Davis of the Dells Paper and Pulp company testifies in Eau Claire that the General Paper company of Chicago acted as a settling agency and did not form an illegal trust. He argues price increases reflect natural costs like pulp wood fuel and labor, and that competition remains ample despite the suit by the attorney general in St Paul.
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Rt. Paul
Eau Claire
Wis
W. OL. Davis
Dells Paper and Pulp Company
General Paper Company
United States District Court of
Davis
Rumors of Mediation and Port Arthur Developments
Berlin rumors say the czar may consider mediation in the Far East though unconfirmed. Chefoo reports cite Japanese 28 cm guns on 205-Meter hill at Port Arthur and deny torpedo boat destroyer escapes. Tokio dispatch notes tunneling and fort damage as preparations for another assault, with Kondratienko dead, Stoessel and Smirnoff wounded. Hong Kong says a large Japanese cruiser reached Amoy and two cruisers near Hong Kong.
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London
Berlin
Far East
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Tokio
Kondratenko
Stoessel
Smirnoff
Hong Kong
Amoy
Boer heir in Illinois renounces British ancestry vow
Jake Hausmann a young Boer in the Boer war spectacle at the Coliseum says he will renounce inheritance of farms and mines near Springs Transvaal Colony rather than violate his oath to never become a British subject.
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Chicago
Jake Hausmann
Springs
Transvaal
Fire Destroys Homes. Two Die in Indiana Blazes
In Richmond Indiana a brick house occupied by John Shannon and Charles Droste burned down killing 11 year old Raymond Droste by suffocation. In Bloomfield Indiana the home of Nathan O Neill five miles west burned to the ground killing Nathan O Neill and his daughter Nora.
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Richmond
Ind
John Shannon
Charles Droste
Raymond Droste
Bloomfield
Nathan O'Niell
Here
O'Neill
Nora
Duo from Boston and Brookline Attempted Joint Suicide
Benjamin J. Riley of Brookline and Orestes A. Week of Boston traveled to New York to end their lives together. They drank morphine seeking mutual death after despondent prospects. Weed died, Riley survived after resuscitation and confessed the pact to die together.
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New York
Benjamin J. Riley
Brookline
Mass
Orestes A. Week
Boston
Weed
Riley
Chicago Man Mobbed in Mississippi
A. D. Lew is a 33 year old Chicago man who was lashed by a mob in woods near Natchez and ordered out of the state while being taken to the county convict farm for insulting a woman on the streets.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Natchez
Miss
A. D. Lewis
Lewis
Four Killed by Boiler Explosion near Chehalis Washington
Four men were killed when boilers exploded at a mill thirty miles west of here near Walville. One other worker was seriously injured. Chas W. Fairbanks, considered a potential vice president candidate, has departed Indianapolis for Washington.
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Chehalis
Wash
Pee de Boay Nen
Walville
Here
Fairbanks
Washington
Indianapolis
Bee
Chas. W. Fairbanks
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Irvine Tried for Immorality in NY Cathedral Trial
Irvine, a minister linked to the Talbot and Elliott scandal, faced immorality charges in New York. The sole witness was a 20 year old niece who admitted the act before marriage. The court found the wrong proved but dates in dispute, suspending Irvine from ministry for one year. His friends supported his innocence.
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Quincey
Son. W. Irvine
Talbot
Eliott
New York
Isn
Burgess
Irvine
Turress
Burn Your Cotton cry moves farmers to burn surplus
Fort Gaines Clay county farmers and merchants meet to burn two million bales of surplus cotton. A bonfire is lit on Fort Gaines streets as crowds parade, signaling a mass sacrifice to set the pace for the movement and show resolve.
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Fort Gaines
Clay County
Port Gaines
James F. Secor Dies at 60 in Pelham Manor
New York December 29 James F Secor builder of Mare Island navy yard Pensacola yard and many monitors and dry docks that helped end the Civil War is dead at his country home in Pelham Manor He was 60 years old and remained mentally alert and physically vigorous until a few hours before his death.
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New York
James F. Secor
Mare Island
San Francisco
Pensacola Navy Yard
Pelham Manor
Governor fixes Feb 16 for Kate Edwards execution
Harrisburg announces Governor Pennypacker sets February 16 to carry out the execution of Mrs. Kate Edwards of Berks County and her alleged black accomplice Samuel Greason for the murder of her husband John Edwards nearly four years ago.
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Harrisburg
Pennypacker
Kate Edwards
Berks County
Samuel Greason
John Edwards
Barnhart Tops Corn Husking Record In York County
Elijah Barnhart of York and Adams counties adds to his fame by husking 170,405 ears in 31 days, leading rivals by several thousand. His daily average stands at 5,409.9 ears.
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York, Pa
Elijah Barnhart
York
Adams Counties
Universities Urged to Admit Indigent Patients
In Ann Arbor 22 county medical societies sent delegations to the regents of the University of Michigan urging the university to exclude rich patients and admit indigent patients instead.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Oldest Colorado man Dr Eisenhut dies at 104
Dr Johann Jacob Eisenhut aged 104, Colorado's oldest resident, died at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver. The report notes the city and hospital as the location of his death and identifies him as the state’s oldest man.
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Johann Jacob Eisenhut
Colorado
St. Anthony's Hospital
Denver
Minneapolis
Count Cassini
Pennsylvania Company
Cleveland
The
Institute of Dental Pedagogues
Louisville
Chicago
Francis E Leupp New Indian Commissioner
Francis Ellington Leupp appointed Indian commissioner again after earlier service under Cleveland. Born in New York in 1850, he graduated from Williams College in 1870 and Columbia Law School two years later. He was editor and part owner of the Syracuse Herald and since 1880 led the Washington bureau of the New York Evening Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Ellington Leupp
Cleveland
Bail Prospects For Nan Patterson In Murder Case
Nan Patterson, former show girl jailed in the Tombs for the Caesar Young murder, shows improved spirits as a second jury fails to reach a verdict. Prominent West Virginia men offer bail up to 50000, while Fairmont financier P A Deveny and partners plan to back her bond up to 500000 if needed. Separately Senator Mitchell and Rep Binger Hermon appeared before a federal grand jury on land fraud inquiries, with details sealed.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Tombs
Caesar” Young
Wheeling
W. Va
Fairmont
P. A. Deveny
H J. Brice
Edward Slack
CC. W. Swisher
Injunction Dismissed In Terre Haute Railroad Consolidation
Federal Judge AL RB Anderson dissolves a temporary injunction in the Bonner case allowing the consolidation of Terre Haute and Indianapolis with the St Louis Vandalia Terre Haute Indianapolis and Vincennes Terre Haute and Logansport and Toledo lines. Stockholders favor the merger to form the Vandalia Railroad, aiming to begin operations January 1.
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Indianapolis
AL RB. Anderson
Federal Court
Edward H. Bonner
New York
Terre Haute and Indianapolis
St. Louis
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Logansport
Toledo
Vandalia Railroad Company
Deadly One Ponder Shell Traced to Spanish War Relic
William Mahu arrives in Detroit after his sister Mrs. Thomas E Barnes was killed by a one pounder shell. He says the shell was given to his mother nine years ago and was a Spanish shell. He notes Newport News learned of the death as shells were sunk in Narragansett Bay.
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Detroit
William Mahu
United States Navy
Thomas E. Barnes
Slys “T
Wehtor
Newport
Narragansett Bay
Three Chicago men cause disturbance in Sycamore visit
Three Chicago men John Crow lawyer Henry Kane constable and George Smith with James Keegan visiting Keegan's relatives attempted to cause trouble. Several pedestrians were knocked down and faces badly smashed as screams filled the street during the incident.
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Sycamore
Chicago
John Crow
Henry Kane
George Smith
James Keegan
Keegan
Pickart Veteran of Border Troubles Dead in Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas December 20 John M Pickart who helped in early border hostilities and was with the party that captured Old Kickapoo the pro slavery cannon died at his home of pneumonia aged ten years
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Leavenworth
Kan
John M. Pickart
Kickapoo
Pneumoni
Winter storm plagues Indianapolis as winds topple poles
At noon yesterday the mercury stood at 85 degrees above zero with a 40 degree drop in 24 hours. Telegraph and telephone companies are crippled as high winds topple poles.
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Indianapolis
Storm devastates Maccatawa Key lighthouse and piers
A Lake Michigan storm destroyed the Maccatawa Key lighthouse near Holland and washed away seventy five feet of the lighthouse pier. Beaches and resorts along the bay endured severe damage.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Dee
Lake Michigan
Maccatawa Key
Holland
Captain Howard W French Found Shot in Chattanooga
The body of Captain Howard W French, constructing quartermaster at the new army post, was found with a bullet hole through the heart. He is believed to have died by his own hand in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Howard W French
Earl of Suffolk and Campbell sail for Europe aboard Baltic
New York December 29 The Earl of Suffolk and his bride Miss Daisy Letter and Colonel Colin Campbell and his bride Miss Nancy Letter have sailed for Europe on the steamer Baltic.
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New York
Earl of Suffolk
Daisy Letter
Colin Campbell
Nancy Letter
Europe
Baltic
Wisconsin Teachers Converge in Milwaukee for Convention
About 3 000 Wisconsin teachers attended the annual Wisconsin Teachers association convention in Milwaukee. The first session focused on salaries and related issues.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
Child dies after alleged alcoholic poisoning in Lyndon
Louisville reports John Clark a five year old hegro dies from acute alcoholism after excessive wine and wine whiskey doses given by his stepfather and mother to curb drinking. Also in brief: General Horace Porter to retire as ambassador to France with George von Lewerke Meyer succeeding him. News touches Baku oil strikes, Cheyenne destitution, Rear Admiral Silas Terry’s retirement and Captain Joseph E. Craig’s promotion, and a Selby mob fleeing with Walworth county records.
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Louisville
John Clark
Lyndon
Horace Porter
New York
France
George von Lewerke Meyer
Italy
Baku
Caucasia
Silas Terry
Joseph E. Craig
Man Charged With First Degree Murder In NYC
District Attorney Jerome indicts Prank Melaughlin in a May incident in which watchman J. W. Patterson was shot dead after an assault with a club. Patterson died June 6. coroner earlier exonerated Melaughlin, but new grand jury proceedings led to murder charges and a Tombs detainer.
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New York
Bee
MelLaughlin
Patrol
James Robbins
Jerome
Melaughlin
John Wo Patterson
Patterson
Lesuv
Oan
McCaughtin
Morocco in critical stage warns Americans to leave Tangier
Washington cable from Hoffman Philip the acting U S consul general at Tangier says Morocco has entered a critical stage. Foreign ministers await instructions after the French mission postponement and recall. Peirce directs Philip to evacuate U S citizens if danger nears and to observe strict immutality and report findings.
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Washington
Morocco
State Department
Hoffman Philip
United States
Tangier
Philip
Peirce
Craven Sentenced for Train Car Assault in London
London December 20 A E B Craven cousin of the Earl of Craven and son in law of Mr and Mrs Bradley Martin formerly of New York is jailed twenty one days for assaulting a fellow passenger on a train. The man bumped Craven’s knee with his rucksack and Craven demanded an apology before striking him.
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London
Du Pont Hunter Faces Loss of Left Eye
Alfred Du Pont, a Delaware manufacturer, remains in Philadelphia after a hunting accident in West Virginia months ago. Eye specialists report little hope of saving the sight in his left eye and have decided that its removal is necessary.
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Philadelphia
Alfred du Pont
West Virginia
Traffic Standstill on Two Roads from Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa reports road trouble as both the Iowa Central and the Chicago Great Western halt traffic. A long drift blocks the Great Western at Fairbank, measuring about half a mile long, twelve feet deep and too wide for passage.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central
Chicago Great Western
Great Western
Fairbank
Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup advertised cure
An advertisement claims Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup cures la grippe in 48 hours and can allegedly cure a case in 4 hours. It promises relief from coughs that follow and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents. Sold by J. A. Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
J. A. Stewart
Market reports show mixed hogs cattle and sheep activity
Chicago market notes from December 1906 show receipts and shipments with hogs at 4 35 to 4 70 for light to heavy grades and cattle steady to 10 higher. Sheep and lambs remain strong, natives and western groups rising with yearlings and stockers also up.
Bitter Fight Warns Against Lung Ailments Belief
A local testimonial from T. R. Beall of Beall Mississippi extols Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Beall says his wife recovered after trying the medicine last fall, with four bottles curing her. trial bottles are offered by J. H. Stewart, Drug-Kist, at 50 cents and one dollar.
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Dr. King
T. R. Beall
Beall
Miss
J. H. Stewart
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Francis E. Leupp
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Selby
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Walworth
J. W. Patterson
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