Tragedy in Denver Church Teaches Anarchy Gets Fast Trial
In Denver the murder of Father Leo Heinrich Sunday by Giuseppe Alio, a Sicilian exiled for anarchistic teaching, shocks the church. St Elizabeth’s Church is re consecrated while District Attorney Stidger arranges a speedy first degree murder arraignment in Colorado Springs custody to return the suspect to Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Leo Heinrich Sunday
Father Leo
St. Elizabeth's Church
Leo
Percy A. Phillips
Matz
Los Angeles
George A. Stidger
Colorado Springs
Giuseppe Guarnaccio
Angelo Gabriele
Giuseppe Alio
Avalon
Sicily
Buenos Ayres
New York City
Kansas
Ellis Kan
Threats for Rev Sunday in Decatur revival
Rev Billy Sunday faces a flood of threats in Decatur Illinois as he leads a five week revival before the April local option campaign. A Pinkerton detective is hired to guard Sunday and monitor liquor and gambling law violations while twelve churches back the meetings in a 6000 seat tabernacle.
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Decatur
Billy Sunday
Pastors’ Association
Pinkerton
Decatur & Moral Town
Salina Meal Sickens Fifty at Solomon Dinner
Fifty persons at Solomon near Salina were made ill after eating canned fruit at a Montezuma hotel dinner hosted by a local elevator company. Four, Mrs. W. L. Olson, George Stephens, Mrs. Schuyler Gould and Mrs. Dan Carlin, remain in serious condition while the rest recover.
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Salina
Kan
Solomon
Here
Montezuma Hotel
W. L. Olson
George Stephens
Schuyler Gould
Dan Carlin
China to Take Counsel on Manchuria at Mukden Meeting
A conference on the Manchuria situation will occur in Mukden in early March. Governors of the three Manchurian provinces will meet Viceroy Hsu Shih Chang with Mukden Governor Tang Shio Yi recalled to Peking. China fears further political surprises and Russian municipal control risks.
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Peking
Manchuria
Mukden
Manchura
Hsu Shih Chang
Tang Shio Yi
China
Harbin
Chientao
Russia
Japan
Derailment of Jacksonville and Chicago Limited near Flovilla
The Jacksonville and Chicago limited on the Southern railway derailed about five and a half miles south of Flovilla Georgia. The engine baggage mail combination and one Pullman car left the track. Four mail clerks suffered slight injuries while no passengers were hurt. Cause of the wreck is unknown.
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Flovilla
Jacksonville and Chicago Limited
Southern Railway
Here
Weather Forecast for Midwest States Tonight
The forecast calls for showers and cooler conditions in Illinois and Wisconsin. Indiana expects showers, while lower Michigan will see rain or snow. Iowa remains fair but cooler.
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Market Report and Labor Editorial From Chicago and East Buffalo
Quotations on a Chicago Board of Trade session cover Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard and Short Ribs with cash sales and live stock prices. An editorial from The Federationist, signed by Samuel Gompers, denounces the Loewe hat case ruling and argues labor rights should not be outlawed while warning against hostile employer actions.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Hatters
Supreme Court
Pearre bill praised as remedy for labor rights and injunction limits
In testimony before the house judiciary committee, Gompers argues the Pearre bill best meets workers needs by curbing abuse of restraining orders in labor disputes. He faults court decisions, cites hat cases, and notes that Sherman act protections may still allow labor organization. Senator Knox introduces a retirement bill for federal judges after ten years service at seventy.
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Gompers
House Committee On the Judiciary
United States
Pearre
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Knox
Supreme Court Rules Elkins Law Still In Force
The Supreme Court decided that the Hepburn law does not repeal the first section of the Elkins act which bars rebates by railways. The case Great Northern Railway Company v United States involved concessions given to the W P Devereux Company for oats and corn shipments from Minneapolis to Washington in 1905.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Great Northern Railway Company
United States
W. P. Devereux Company
Minneapolis
Supreme Court Upheld Hepburn Law Repeal Effect
The court rejected the claim that the Hepburn law’s modifications to the original statute would force fines rather than imprisonment, effectively affirming its repeal and the resulting punishment framework.
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Supreme Court
Marlborough village sale aims to decide fate of cement plant
Forsaken village of Marlborough in Baldwin Michigan, site of the Great Northern Portland Cement plant, and thousands of acres will be sold at public auction on March 8. The town’s decline followed innovations in cement manufacture and unsuitable local rock, making plant conversion unfeasible and causing its closure.
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Baldwin
Mich
Marlborough
Great Northern Portland Cement Company
Tuberculosis Traced in Bartonville Asylum Cows
In Peoria on February 24 tests of thirty cows supplying milk to Bartonville asylum inmates showed 20 with traces of infection. The animals were condemned, but the asylum inmates are not believed at risk since their milk is Pasteurized.
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Peoria, Ill
Bartonville Insane Asylum
Chicago Markets Hogs Cattle Sheep Reports From Feb 25 1908
Chicago markets show strong demand with hog receipts about 22 000 today and cattle 4 000 and sheep 12 000 listed. Prices range for hogs from 4 10 to 4 50 for various grades and cattle and sheep values are steady to firm with Western stockers and feeders and lambs noted.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East Buffalo N. Y
Texas
Rene
John A. Babcock Offer Seeks Square Deal
A brief note urges prompt action with assurance of a fair, square deal. The snippet mentions John A. Babcock and a call to engage promptly, implying a business or service pitch.
Peace Men Defeated New British Education Bill in Commons
London feb 25 The British defense estimates for 1908-09 rise by 83 million pounds with no near reduction. Haldane says troop reductions abroad only. army and navy totals stand at 154.2 and 161.6 million pounds. Reginald McKenna introduces an education bill providing public control of elementary schools and forbidding denominational teacher tests. Campbell-Bannerman not resigning. Asquith poised as likely successor.
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London
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Great Britain
Army
Navy
War Secretary
India
House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
Board of Education
England
Wales
House of Lords
McKenna
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Herbert H. Asquith
French Cabinet Sustained After Moroccan Debate Vote
Paris reports a heated chamber of deputies debate over Morocco ended with 366 to 110 confidence in the government. Foreign Minister Pichon said Mulai Hafid’s professed friendship is hollow while he pursues a holy war. General Viequart denounced press claims of defeats.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Jaures
France
Pichon
Mulai Hafid
Hafid
Vpiequart
Morocco
Teacher of Languages Dead in Ripon
Ripon Wis Feb 25 A brain hemorrhage caused the sudden death of Miss Alice Witbeck B L for three years language teacher at Ripon College She was a Swarthmore graduate and had studied at the University of Chicago before reaching age one hundred one years and five months
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Ripon
Wis
Alice Witbeck
B. L
Ripon College
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Italy
Duke OF
Oporto
Carlos
Portugal
Senhor Franco
Manuel II
Amelie
Franco
Chicago Grain
National Supreme Court
Pearce
Great Northern
Elkins Loew
Samuel Gompers
American Federationist
Supreme Court of the United States
Loewe & Co
United Hatters
Loewe
American Federation of Labor
Loewe Company
Federationist
Friends of Labor
U. S
Elkins Law
Hepburn
Michigan Village For Sale
Beach- Wickham Grain Company
Vest'rd
John A. Babcock
The
North Americans Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
Britain
Campbell-Bannerman
Haldane
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