Assassin confesses error in Den ver murder plot
The Post publishes a statement from Giuseppe Allo alias Guarnaccio and Angelo Gabriele claiming Father Leo was not the murdered priest. He says he killed the wrong man, grieved, and vows to face consequences as a man.
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Denver
Colo
The
Post
Giuseppe Allo
Giuseppe Guarnaccio
Angelo Gabriele
Father Leo
Sicily
Avolo
Alio
Woman shoots a lawyer in Brooklyn corridor
In Brooklyn the lawyer Charles M. Sanford of Smithtown was wounded in the head by Mrs. Jennie Bunt of Brooklyn. She fired twice but one shot hit Sanford a scalp wound as he neared his office door in the Garfield building. Bunt claimed the act was justified by Sanford's treatment of her and called it an act of God. Sanford had represented her in a suit against her husband.
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New York
Charles M. Sanford
Smithtown
Jennie Bunt
Brooklyn
Garfield
State Appeals for Full Pardon
General Stoessel appealed to the czar for a full pardon. The Montana sixteen hour law for railway workers was upheld as valid by the state supreme court. The Omaha Commercial Club endorsed the Aldrich financial bill pending in the senate. U.S. Minister to Norway Herbert D. Pierce and Mrs Pierce hosted King Haakon and Queen Maud for the first time.
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General Stoessel
Montana
State Supreme Court
Omaha Commercial Club
Aldrich Financial
Senate
United States
Norway
Herbert D. Pierce
Pierce
Haakon
Queen Maud
Foraker Defeated. Senate to Hear Brownsville Inquiry
Washington reports eight members of the Senate Military Affairs Committee conclude that the Brownsville shooting by some Twenty fifth Infantry soldiers was not clearly proven to identify guilty parties. Foraker led the anti administration effort, planning to push the issue to a Senate vote and seek restoration of innocent negro soldiers unjustly discharged.
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Washington
Brownsville
Tex
Twenty-fifth United States Infantry
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Lodge
Poraker
Dupont
Scott
Wer
Foraker
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Warner
Ohio
Naval inquiry heat off as officers deny charges
Washington Feb. 26 The expert in naval construction Rear Admiral Converse retired president of the board of construction and Rear Admiral Capps chief of the bureau of construction and repair testified before the senate committee on naval affairs regarding charges against the navy. Senators praised the officers and indicated the inquiry may be short. Admiral Converse called some charges very unimportant and some absolutely false. Lieutenant Commanders Sia and Hill were named and will be examined, with Tin previously asked to answer questions.
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Washington
Admira Converse
Th Board of Construction
Capps
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Henry Reuterday
Converse
Perkins
Hale
Sia
Hill
Tin Ha
Metcalf
Kustermann Attacks Canteen Abolition in Army Bill
During the house debate on army appropriations Kustermann denounced efforts to abolish the canteen calling it a move to turn soldiers into “goody goodies.” He argued the cut deprives men of small pleasures and criticizes veterans’ homes for treating soldiers like children as rights to light wines and beers were removed.
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Washington
Kustermann
Senate and House in Brief currency leg
Senate and House in Brief reports from Washington on February 26 cover currency legislation. The item notes movement in both chambers, with discussion of monetary measures and potential amendments. No final passage reported in this brief segment.
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Senate
House
Washington
Senate debate on Aldrich bill and Indian appropriation
The senate spent nearly three hours hearing Owen of Oklahoma on the Aldrich bill and noting differences from Jones's earlier proposal. Indian appropriation was also under discussion while the house debated the army bill, with political rhetoric dominating and the measure largely ignored.
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Senate
Owen
Okla
Aldrich
Jones
Ark
House of Representatives
SHE WANTS A RECEIVER
Mrs. Margaret C. Roberts petitions Shelbyville Indiana for the appointment of a receiver to manage her husband Everett Roberts property and his bank deposits. She states they married last October and lived on a 42 acre farm. deeded the farm to him and provided him authority to sell personal property with intent to buy a larger farm. He allegedly left home for relatives, property valued at 9000 dollars with most funds in a bank, and she seeks 300 a month support.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Margaret C. Roberts
Everett Roberts
Farmers’ National Bank
Suit filed against Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Bedford Ind February 26 suit filed in Lawrence Offenut court against the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway company for personal damages totaling 50 000 plaintiffs W A Borders John and Mana Tewell Sarah Earle John Osborn and John and Mary Walker the suit grows out of a wreck at River Vale a year ago
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Bedford
Ind
Lawrence
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company
W. A. Borders
John and
Mana Tewell
Sarah Earle
John Osborn
John
Mary Walker
Rivervale
Sunday Closing “Un American” Sermon Sparks Seventh Day Adventist Talk
Elder Milo D. Campbell delivered a sermon at Cattle Creek Michigan arguing that Sunday closing is un American and that church alliance alone cannot win the issue. He warned the government remains strong but church support is insufficient.
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Cattle Creek
Mich
Milo D. Campbell
Weather forecast for Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Iowa and Michigan
The official forecast up to 8 pm calls for fair weather in Illinois and Wisconsin. Indiana will be fair and cooler. Iowa stays fair. Lower Michigan will be fair and cooler.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Markets Report From Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago quotes show wheat corn oats and rye activity with prices across May and July futures. Live stock markets in Chicago and East Buffalo list receipts and bid ranges for hogs cattle sheep and calves with quoted top prices.
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Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Stoc Commission
Truesdale Sees Rail Sins as Political Plan to Aid Parties
W H Truesdale president of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western argues in his 1908 annual report that national political parties use railway sins as a central issue to influence the campaign. He says distrust in railway management grows as wages hours and employment laws alienate workers, while public control threatens future efficiency of transportation.
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New York
W. H. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Truesdale
Echo of the Snell Case in Biloxi Interview
Mrs. Hamilton wife of Rev E A Hamilton formerly pastor of Newton Illinois Methodist church challenges the Clinton Illinois heirs to prove she authored unsigned letters used to break Colonel Thomas Snell's will. She says she was not summoned to testify and cannot reveal if she wrote them.
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St. Lonuils
Biloxi
Miss
Hamilton
E. A. Hamilton
Newman
Thomas Snell
Clinton
Champaign
Veterans See Captain Thistlewood Off to Washington
Forty Abna post veterans marched to the train as Captain No BR Thistlewood departed for Washington to assume duties as representative-elect. The party preceded by a fife and drum corps and the old soldiers congratulated the captain on his victory.
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Washington
Anna
Fife and Claim Corps
Abna Post
No BR Thistlewood
George W. Smith
Man Kills Mother-in-Law Then Kills Himself in Lanar
Lee Hart a coal hauler in Lanar Missouri shot and killed his mother-in-law Mrs Joseph Edwards after a family quarrel. He then lay across a fast express train causing his own death. He also fired two shots at his wife but she escaped with a minor flesh wound.
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Lanar
Lee Hart
Joseph Edwards
Hart
Overall Gets His License
Orval Overall, pitcher for the Chicago National League baseball team, has procured a marriage license to wed Miss Ethelyn M. Hinson of Chicago. Overall, age twenty seven, residence Visalia Cal. Miss Hinson is twenty four.
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Chicago
Orval Overall
Ethelyn M. Hinson
Visalia
Cal
Opportunity knocks with genuine Scranton Coal
A short ad urges readers to secure genuine Scranton Coal by calling Telephone 176, presenting a simple sales pitch and contact for ordering.
Notices to Saloon Keepers in Ohio Case Clarifies Service
In Columbus the Ohio supreme court upholds a Franklin county ruling that a wife need not use formal notice to a saloon. Reasonable notice by the wife that her drunken husband must be refused service suffices. The Machlite case involved Mrs. Machlite telling the manager not to serve him. Also reported: Samuel and Levi Brünnemer, bachelor brothers aged 73 and 69, died within hours of each other near Kinder. Samuel served in the Civil War.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Franklin County
Harry Bayer
Sarah R. Machlite
Circuit Court of
Franklin
Ind
Samuel
Levi C. Brrunmemer
Kinder
Local plant resumes after two months idleness in Reading
Reading, Pa. reports the American Iron and Steel company plant has reopened after two months idle. It now employs nearly 1,000 workers and notes an improvement in the iron trade. Columbus, Ohio news says Representative Longworth and his wife will dine with the Buckeye Republican club after the state convention ends on March 4.
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Reading
American Iron and Steel Company
Columbus
Longworth
Buckeye Republican Club
Ice famine likely next summer at northwest ice points
LaCrosse Wis February 26 warm weather has broken up rivers at key tea harvesting points in the northwest. Communities relying on this district for ice anticipate a definite famine next summer.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Winchester Man Dies on Return Visit
James T. Moffitt sixty eight an Oakland California resident dropped dead in front of the Irvin hotel in Winchester Indiana just after stepping from a train during a return visit to relatives after forty years away.
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Winchester
Ind
James T. Moffitt
Oakland
Cal
Irvin
Johnson's bakery lines up a full assortment today
Elias Williams of Crawfordsville visits the city as a business guest. Floyd Schockley rests at his mother's home in southwest Washington. A reception for new M. E. church members is scheduled tonight. G G McElroy and wife arrived from Wyman to shop in the city. Mrs Arthur Cockayne leaves for Winfield to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Patterson. Lillis Teeter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Teeter, is not improving due to rheumatism.
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Floyd Schockley
Mrs
May Schockley
Washington
Arthur Cockayne
Winfield
Mrs. Patterson
Lillis
Hugh Teeter
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SNELL
A. Hamilton
Scranton
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