Woman Faces Execution in New Jersey Murder Case
The New Jersey case of Marie Antoinette Tolla, condemned for killing Joseph Sontaren, faces a likely January 12 hanging after a governor’s 30 day reprieve expired. New evidence remains unproduced, and Tolla maintains she acted to defend her husband’s life with claims of gender honor.
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Trenton
N. J
Marie Antoinette ‘Tolla
Joseph Sontaren
Stokes
Tolla
Sontaren
Jesse B. Portion
Cincinnati
Gov
Italian wife recalls murder plan under pressure from husband and rival
In court, Mrs. Tolla recounts being advised by Joseph Sontarea’s wife to kill him if he did not leave her alone. She says an Italian mother would have acted to protect her children, aided by $5 for a pistol bought with the help of Sontarea’s son.
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America
Sontaren
John
Hunt to Clear Wolves at Fort Sill Preserve
Secretary of the interior orders a three day hunt led by Colonel E K Morrissey to clear wolves from Fort Sill National Game Preserve. The garrison will participate with mounted hunters expected to reach about a thousand, covering the entire 26 680 acres of the forest reserve.
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Lawton
C. T
Secretary of the Interior
EK. T. Morrissey
Fort Sill
Fire destroys Canton-Akron Traction barns in Canal Dover
Fire at Canal Dover Ohio wiped out the Canton Akron Traction car barns and power house. Loss about 100000 dollars with 60000 dollars insured. The blaze started in a car inside the barns, consuming interurban cars and all power machinery, leaving the big brick building a heap of ruins.
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Canal Dover
Canton-Akron Traction Company
Police Board Demands Chief Kiely Resignation
St Louis February 6 The board of police commissioners asked Chief Kiely to resign but he refused. Kiely announced he had written the board declining to resign and demanding a trial. Pending the trial the board suspended Kiely.
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St. Louis
Kiely
Board of Police Commissioners
Police Board
Kietv
Peoria Minister George A Simmons Found Dead
Revy George A Simmons pastor of the first Baptist church and president of two Peoria banks was found dead in bed this morning. He faced grave charges as the state’s attorney and his congregation investigated his business affairs. He committed suicide.
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Peoria
Evening Journal
George A Simmons
First Baptist Church
Interstate Savings Bank
Peoples’ Savings Bank
Yates
Thug known as The Ratbler dies in Wisconsin asylum
Milwaukee report says G Thomas James alias The Ratbler one of the Wild Rose post office and bank robbers died in the county insane asylum at Wauwatosa from brain blood poisoning after a fatal self injury at the county jail. His partners Norton and Hanlon remain at Fort Leavenworth serving terms. Kalamazoo note adds Frank Waite of Sturgis bought 1000 acres in Pavilion township for 6000 to build a large stock farm with a store and elevator included.
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Milwaukee
Thomas James
the Ratbler
Wild Rose
Wauwatosa
the Rambler
James
Edward Norton
Thomas Hanlon
Fort Leavenworth
Kalamazoo
Mich
Frank W. Waite
United States
Western Michigan
Waite-Van Buren Lumber Company
Sturgis
Sarah H. Kirby
Vavilion Township
This County
Bankers to Consider Legislation Meeting in Chicago
Arthur Reynolds, president of the Des Moines National Bank and head of the American Bankers Association banking legislation committee, called a Feb 8 meeting at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago to review bills before Congress affecting bank law.
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Atlanta
Arthur Reynolds
Des Moines National Bank
Dies Moines
American Bankers’ Association
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Nicholas Longworth the violinist congressman
Nicholas Longworth, congressman from Ohio, famed as an amateur violinist and soon to be president’s son in law. A pupil of the noted Yange, he owns a Stradivarius valued at about $6,000 and is known for his generosity toward musical entertainments.
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Ohio
Yange
Longworth
Dolan Defends Role as Miners Split Over Resignation
Pittsburg delegates of district No. 5 UMW fail to pass a resolution demanding Patrick Dolan’s resignation after he backed operators in wage talks. Dolan denounces attempts to oust him, saying only local unions can remove a president. National board adjourns amid plans for a joint meeting with operators on February 15 in New York.
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Pittsburg
Dolan
Indianapolis
Stephen Wetzel
Bellingham
Bad
National Board
Mitchell
Wilkes Barren
New York
Scranton
United Mine Workers
Wilkes-Barre
Morley Missing in Mongella Mystery Leaves Utah State Dept Hazy
Washington reports continued mystery over the disappearance of R. W. Morley of Saginaw Michigan. An agent in China sent a vague message claiming Morley was last seen near Jehol on September 26 with a companion named Seeberger who then left him.
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Washington
R. W. Morley
Saginaw, Mich
Mongella
Ao Categrun
State Department
China
Morley
Seeberger
Jehol
Explosion Wrecks Hartville Mines Buildings
A blast at four powder houses at the Iron Mines in Hartville Wyoming on February 6 demolished the shaft house blacksmith shop and other buildings of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. Most town glass was shattered and several houses were moved or unrooted though only two men were injured.
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Hartville
Wyo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Canton Waterworks Bond Forgeries Reach $500000
Canton Ohio February 6 city authorities disclose that the forgeries tied to the late L W Prior of Cleveland in the Canton waterworks extension bonds total 500000 dollars not the 000 announced earlier refining the scope of the fraud and its impact on the financing of the project.
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Canton, O
L. W. Prior
Cleveland
Canton Waterworks
Coroner rules death by gunshot in Leigh case
Boonville Indiana February 6 Coroner Baughan rules James Leigh died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Wesley Williams who is in custody. The coroner finds no accessories guilty and directed anger at the prosecution in the sore disappointment.
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Boonville
Ind
Baughan
James Leigh
Wesley Williams
Ready Knife Is Murderous
Thomas Jones a coal mine engineer was stabbed fatally by Claude Barton aged 19 using a pocketknife in the breast multiple times at toonville Ind on February 6.
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Toonville
Ind
Thomas Jones
Claude Barton
Jones
State Banks Report Call Issued by Banking Commissioner
Lansing Feb 6 A call for a report on the condition of state banks as of Jan 29 has been issued by Banking Commissioner Moore.
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Lansing
Mich
Moore
Chicago union chief feared insane after beating
In Chicago labor circles it is feared that Michael Donnelly president of the butchers union has gone insane after a brutal beating inflicted by fellow union men. Also the report notes Kaiser Wilhelm's wedding gift to Miss Roosevelt will be a bracelet.
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Chicago
Michael Donnelly
Butchers’ Union
Kaiser Wilhelm
Miss Roosevelt
Devilish Bomb Blast Strikes Private House in Silesia
Berlin dispatch reports a private house at Silce across the Russian frontier destroyed by a bomb. Twelve bodies found, with many more believed dead as rescuers search the ruins.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Kattowly
Prussian Silesia
Silce
Alberta Fishing Tug Caught in Slush Ice Near Cleveland
The fishing tug Alberta owned by and commanded by Edward Lamp was trapped in slush ice off Rocky River near Cleveland. After signals of distress and a long blizzard ridden journey the crew of five was rescued as the vessel was towed into port. The tug had been at sea since Friday and its propeller broke thirty five miles out, leaving the crew to battle wind ice and cold with dwindling food.
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Cleveland
Alberta
Edward Lamp
Rocky River
Daily Deed of the Dastard Miscreant Tragedy in Dayton
In Dayton on February 6 Eva Kennedy is found dead from a bullet wound after a domestic dispute with Roy Mendenhall who shot himself with two wounds. The couple had argued over postponing their wedding planned for the next day. Kennedy died, Mendenhall is hospitalized with self inflicted injuries and prognosis is poor.
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Dayton
Beewuae
Eva Kennedy
Roy Mendenhall
Mae Mendenhall
Narrow Escape in Prairie Storm Near Crookston
In Crookston Minnesota on a February day a woman driving toward Warren to be with her dying daughter suffered a perilous journey. A blinding prairie storm hid the trail and nearly doomed the party until horses turned and returned the rig to safety. Later telegram announced the daughter’s death.
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Crookston
Minn
Warren
Mes
William Nobles
Pratete
Chicago Markets Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Feb 6 1906
Market notes show hogs weak early trading with light to mixed packers at 85 60 to 85 82. Heavy shipping grades quoted 85 60 to 86 70. rough pigs 85 60 to 85 70. Cattle steady with beef receipts 6500 and stockers 2 60 to 5 50. natives 3 10 to 3 50. westerns 3 50 to 5 50. lambs 5 25 to 7 25. Sheep weak. official receipts yesterday 53030 and shipments 197%. From Beach Wickham Co Chicago McCall Bros agents.
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Chicago
Zaetennes
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
Patterson Objects to Caucus Rights In Senate Debate
The Senate heard Watterson of Colonie denounce the Democratic caucus vote on the Dominican treaty as a constitutional violation. Patterson announced he would address the Senate on the privilege to speak and argued that coercion of senators infringes state rights. Lodge prepared a similar measure but withheld it after Patterson moved forward.
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Washington
Senate
Watterson
Colonie
United States
Patterson
Democratice Caucus
Lodge
Hepburn rate fixer debate heats House session
In Washington on February 6 the House featured speeches by Grosvenor and Littlefield on the Hepburn rate fixer bill. Littlefield opened with a sweeping critique, saying the committee exceeded presidential guidance and he would not vote for the measure. Grosvenor attacked the notion of a popular demand and noted amendments were blocked, signaling support to move the bill out quickly.
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Washington
Grosvenor
Littlefield
Cgrovesnor
Kosvenor
Congress
Martinsburg man confiscates child and causes death
John Dore of Martinsburg, Missouri, entered the kitchen of Mrs. Louise Stephens in Edwardsville Illinois and seized her child. He forced the mother to prepare supper, held the baby while he ate, and after finishing returned the child who then died. He was arrested at the Junction and brought back.
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Edwardsville
John Dore
Martinsburg
Louise Stephens
Robbery Of Rural Mail Carrier Near Waterloo
Henry Dimit, a rural mail carrier from Waterloo NL, was held up by two Gypsies who asked for a match and pinned his arms while a woman companion robbed him of 30 cents before the trio escaped.
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Waterloo
Henry Dimert
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Nicholas Longworth
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Dodds
Committee of Resolutions
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Meer Daughton
Logansport
Gew
de Lutz
Calveston
Texas
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Alea
Maine
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