Oathbound boodling scheme nets eighteen indictments
St Louis dispatch reports grand jury reveals oath bound boodle ring within the city house of delegates. members allegedly promised death for revealing secrets or betraying the group. eighteen indictments returned, bond set at fifteen thousand dollars per indictment totaling forty five thousand. several former delegates jailed for failing to post bonds as investigations continue.
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J. J. Hannigan
Bribery Trial Swings Back Amid Public Officials
Bonds posted by Charles Gutke and other ex-officials falter as new bribery indictments surface. Ex-Speaker Murrell and others turn state’s evidence while Circuit Attorney Folk vows to indict large bribe givers. Separate items report Miss Maud Crouch’s suspected self-administered poison death, a jail escape, a steamer blaze, and a doctor’s chloroform death.
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Ed BE. Murrell
George FP. Robertson
Von
Nothing Incrimating Found In Kerekas House Search
A search of the House of Kerekas in Lowell, Michigan, yielded no voison or incriminating evidence. Bailey Kerekas, jailed on prior drug allegations, but described as an amateur horse doctor, had a home apothecary setup including a mortar. officers found nothing conclusive in the interior.
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Illinois Central to build 1100 foot bridge over Missouri
The Illinois Central contract for 2100 tons of steel goes to American Bridge company for a Missouri river bridge with a 520 foot draw span and eleven 50 foot spans. The structure will be double tracked and measure 1100 feet in length. James Romine, arrested in Worcester for 40000 debt, is jailed in Omaha for safe keeping and will be sent to Mitchell Neb.
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New Hampshire Democrats Delay Governor Nomination Fight
Concord voters hear a governor nomination contest between ex Mayor Nathaniel B. Martin and John M. Mitchell as the state Democratic convention convenes in Concord marking the first ballot since twelve years.
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Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Chicago Sept 9
Hogs receipts about 20 000 with values from 5 70 to 7 95 per hundredweight for various grades. Cattle receipts around 3 and prices quoted from 4 50 to 8 80 for different classes. Sheep receipts about 20 000 with western natives and lambs priced around 3 14 to 5 80 and 4 50 to 5 75 respectively.
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Bloody fight between corn hives and weapons near Liberty
An incident near Liberty Missouri on September 1 saw Andrew B. Wrynore engage two men, Tom and Frank Kidd, in a brutal confrontation with corn knives. Wrynore sustained non dangerous wounds to the head and arm while one assailant suffered facial injuries and another a severe chest arm wound. The attackers were arrested and Wrynore, a former city marshal and Democratic sheriff nominee, defended himself with a corn knife after a stone threat.
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Wyemore
Clay County
Drunken dance hall shooting injures five at Ohio park
In Wapakoneta near St Marys, San Luci park manager Schmidt fired a loaded shotgun into a crowd of dancers after lights were turned off. Two men and three women were seriously wounded, including J. F. Drake who was struck on the deck and may die. Other victims include Charles Rhodes Rose Whitehead Kila Wilkinson and Mary Uites. Schmidt fled on a bicycle and is at large.
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Ex Mayor Ames seeks fight after health delay
Ex mayor A A Ames of Minneapolis says his health prevents leaving West Baden Indiana to face extradition for corruption charges. He vows to return to Minneapolis to fight the case and resist extradition when recovered.
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Police search for body of Miss Edith Johnson
In Janesville Wisconsin on September 10 authorities seek the body of Edith Johnson a 23 year old Chicago woman believed to have jumped into the Rock River in a suicide attempt Officials think she was mentally distressed.
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Goebel murder case continued in Franklin court
In Frankfort Kentucky on September 10 the Goebel murder conspiracy cases for W. B. Taylor Charles Finley and others were called in Franklin circuit court with a standard continuance order while arrests are pursued. Also Bedford became a dry town for the first time in history, with officials enforcing the liquor ban and shutting saloons drug stores restaurants and ice cream parlors.
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Negotiations Fail to Move Anthracite Strike Resolution
News from New York reports efforts by Governor Stone Attorney General Bikin Senator Filin and Philadelphia industrialist Art Widener to end the anthracite coal strike yielded no settlement. Morgan declined to intervene while Widener pressed the issue and Stone warned of possible new legislation. A separate accident near Central Street left a man injured after a near-miss with a stationary train.
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George W. Perkins
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President Roosevelt asked about coal strike arbitration
A guest with President Roosevelt in Ohio declined to commit the president toarbitrate the Pennsylvanian coal strike. The guest said the president would consider arbitration only if both sides request it, noting interference without such a request would threaten the office and could be seen as coercion. The guest would help form an arbitration committee if asked and agreed both sides would abide the panel’s finding.
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Opportune Prelontion Saves Man On Rails
An unconscious man was saved from a fast Chicago and North Western train near Evanston before daylight as the locomotive passed through. The incident occurred in Chicago on September 10. Emergency crews acted swiftly to prevent a tragedy.
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Happy Family in Terre Haute Mine Town Divorce and Bigamy
In Fontanet near Terre Haute a farmhouse tale unfolds with Milton Allen and August Rash, two miners, married to the same woman Rae Maushend after a divorce and remarriage. Allen defaulted on the divorce suit. three days later he and Rash wed Rae and now co manage the farm with their blended brood nearby.
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Wisconsin clergyman alleges persecution at Methodist meeting
Rev. Thomas Clitheroe of Vortage, once a Wisconsin Methodist figure, claims persecution by foes. He says he was barred from preaching, denied secular work, confined to a hospital for five months, and kept from the general conference, citing letters from church leaders to support his charges.
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Rose 18 on the stump in Wisconsin governor bid
Milwaukee mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate David T. Rose opened his campaign traveling by special train with speeches in Jackson West Bend Kenosha Campbellsport and Eden. He criticized the Labourette administration and drew a large audience at an armory stop.
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David T. Rose
Milwaukee
Lehn to Lead Turkish Interests as Lehaman Goes on Leave
Washington dispatches detail minister Lehn's leave from Constantineaple and Spencer Moldy taking charge of United States interests, with assurances from the Porte to quicken negotiations on months of Turkish disputes, excluding the Stone case. Also covered are Samoa liquor policy, post office revenue increases, new field gun selection delays, Cuban import rebates, and several crime and accident briefs.
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Dressmakers Protective Association Holds First Convention in New York
The first annual convention of the Dressmakers' Protective Association of America is in session in New York. John Flournoy, left fielder of the Louisville American Association baseball team, has been indefinitely suspended for insubordination. The carina has passed the critical miscarriage period, and Boer generals anticipate their U S tour lasting several months.
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