Wendling Gruesome Misdemeanor Trial Moves Through Town
In Tannsville Kentucky Joseph Mendling, charged with the murder of Alma Kellner, was paraded with the jury from the courthouse to St. John's Church and later to the parochial school amid a crowd of hundreds. He testified that bloody clothing near the supposed body was his.
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Alma
Kellner
Tannsville
Dew
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Treat-Ull Alma Kellner
St. John's Church
Alma Kellner
Accusing Brother Relents Will Seek Reduced Sentence
Harrison Flynn convicted in Rockville circuit court of stealing a horse from his brother Thomas H. Plynn a Cedar Grove farmer and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Witness Thomas Tiyan announced plans to appeal for a shorter term after learning of the verdict. Flynn admitted taking the horse when arrested in Chambersburg Pa and had used an assumed name in Pennsylvania.
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Harrison Flynn
Thomas H. Plynn
Cedarbove
Thomas Tiyan
Witne
Harrison Fiynn
Chambersburg
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Pennsylvania
Board of Trade to Meet Tuesday
Notices issued for a special Washington Board of Trade meeting to be held at the New Willard next Tuesday evening. Reports from various committees are to be submitted to the board at that time.
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Washington Board of Trade
New Willard
Dumais Life Mystery Draws Nervous Visitor To Police
A 60 year old woman visited Washington police HQ seeking details on linguist and war correspondent Emil Dumais. She claimed to be sent by friends and asked about his body, estate, and hospital treatment. Burial plans and a sister's telegram to bury him in Congressional Cemetery were reported.
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Han
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Gage Named Guardian Of Raja Yoga Girls Custody Change
In San Diego a superior court order transfers custody of Marie Augusta Phillipson and Belle Lesler Phillipson from Raja Yoga Academy directress Mrs. Ethelind Dunn to their uncle Lyman J. Gage former U S secretary of the treasury. The United States Trust Company of New York will manage a $1,000 annual income for their support.
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Raja Yoga Academy
Los Angeles
Cal
Lewis
San Diego
Ethelind Dunn
Point Loma
Wesley Brainerd
Lyman J. Gage
Dunn
Mr. Gauge
United States Trust Company
New York
Maintenange
Mr. Gage
Gage
Katherine Tingley
Prosperity in the Southwest Boosts Wall Street Skepticism
New York reports little stock prosperity while optimism grows in the Southwest says B F Yoakum of the Frisco Railroad on his return from a West to East inspection. He notes bankers favor Western securities and warns against NY market focus. Justice Moody Serious Ill. former associate justice worsens after severe hiccoughs with guarded concern at the Supreme Court.
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Southwest
B. F. Yoakum
St. Louis
Stock Exchange
Justice Moody
Willam H. Moody
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Supreme Court
Famous Physician in Critical Condition at 71
Dr John C Da Costa emeritus gynecologist at Jefferson College and chief consulting gynecologist at St Agnes Hospital is critically ill of uremia and kidney trouble at his Spruce Street home He is 71 with little hope of recovery Carnegie Veterans at Dinner in New York honors Andrew Carnegie with annual gathering at Fifth Avenue residence Charles Schwab Taylor and Leishman spoke among the guests and Carnegie was reelected president
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
John C. da Costa
Jefferson College
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Philadelphia Obstetrical Society
Tus
Spruce Street
da Costa
Carnegie
New York
Carnegie Veteran Association
Andrew Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Carnegie
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Charles Ss. Taylor
Fittsburg
John G. A. Leishman
Italy
Bir
Car Crash Suit Seeks $10,000 Damages
In the District Supreme Court yesterday January Cerceo, by his father, filed against the Capital Traction Company for $10,000. He alleges that on October 17, while crossing First and B streets northwest, a car struck him causing injuries potentially permanent. Attorney H Winship Wheatley represents the plaintiff.
White House Callers on Friday December 2
A list of visitors includes Representative Caldr of Brooklyn John W Gr former Attorney General of New Jersey Judge William H Sanborn of the Eighth Federal circuit Archbishop Ireland Senator Hoot Walter J Fisher of Chicago Farmer Governor Bailey of Kansas former Senator Son of Kansas Senator Curts of Kanga and Secretary Knox visiting the White House.
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Brooklyn
John W GR
New Jersey
William H Sanborn
Eighth Federal Circuit
Archbishop Ireland
Hoot
Walter J, Fisher
Chicago
Bailey
Kanas
Son
Kansas
Curts
Kanga
Knox
Senate leaders flag limited action at short session
A conference of Republican senators says the coming short session will be barren beyond routine business and supply bills. They doubt any initial canal fortification legislation can pass, while ship subsidy and conservation bills may move. A reapportionment bill is expected to pass, with no monetary legislation. The Treasury panel will hold hearings during session and tours after adjournment.
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Smoot
Senate
Congress
House
Monetary Commission
Washington
Steamship Lobby Denied by Congressional Committee
In New York on December 2 a special committee continued hearings into whether foreign steamship interests paid a lobby in Washington to thwart American shipping legislation. Witnesses described who pays freight rates and noted one line contributed to national campaigns but not to congressional committees. The panel will resume in Washington next week.
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New York
Washington
Special Congressional Committee
Garrett
Hawley
Lawson Sanford
Denall
Herman Winter
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
Winter
Dies in taxicab in Pittsburg with kin of Knox
Edward Arthur Smith aged 63 and brother in law of Secretary of State Philander C Knox died in a taxicab on the way to a hospital. He had been ill for two weeks but appeared in good health earlier. After fainting on the street he asked for a chair then for a telephone call. In his son’s arms at the hospital entrance he succumbed to heart disease. He left four sons and four sisters including Mrs Knox.
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Pittsburg
Smith
Senator Tillman's Son Sued In Property Income Case
Mrs Lacey Douglas Tillman sue s B R Tillman Jr in Edgefield County Court to recover 13730.08 alleged income from her property. The suit follows the habeas corpus case where Lucy Wittman sought custody of two children deeded to the senator. The outcome favored the young Tillman.
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D. C
Lacey Douglas Tillman
Edgefield County
B. R. Tillman
Tillman
Lucy Douglas
Wittman
TiNman
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Tilman
Trade reviews steady as steel orders lift outlook in 1910
New York December trade review notes fair proportions and sound economic base. Steel prices held, Pennsylvania Railroad orders for rails seen as hopeful. dry goods shipments rise, shoe trade improves, leather and textiles show steady or improving activity. Prices in dry goods range, cottons and silks steady. wholesale figures list fresh eggs, dairy, poultry, produce prices and raw material activity.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
China
Washington cattle market prices and grain notes
Market letters report prices at Washington cattle market with ranges for veal calves hogs and sheep per hundredweight and per pound. Oil City balances and shipments listed. averages and credit figures noted alongside regional lime shipments.
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Baltimore Grain Market Summary Dec 2
Baltimore reports mixed grain quotes with steady wheat and firm oats. Corn and rye show firmness for No 2 Western domestic, while spot contact with DBA Southern art grade remains steady.
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Baltimore
Shriners Guests Of Elks At Fall Festival
Almas Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine were guests of honor at the Belks fall festival. Hugh F Harvey gave a welcome in the assembly hall and Alexander Grant potentate of the Almas Temple replied. District Masons, future guests of honor, will meet at their temple and go to the Elks clubhouse. Next Sunday a memorial service for Washington Lodge No 14 at the National Theater.
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Roanoke Engineer Hospitalized After Cab Incident
Roanoke Virginia December 2 engineer J W Waner of the Norfolk and Western Railroad was brought to a Roanoke hospital with a fractured skull after his hen struck a bridge while he leaned from the cab window. He was found unconscious by his fireman. Also in Maryland a brakeman C A Spesard of Hagerstown sustained injuries when hurled through a window as the engine brake applied to avert a derailment at a switch. In North Carolina the state canvassers released election totals showing a Democratic majority of 48 51 in the recent vote. Two years ago the Democratic lead stood at 145 12 to 107 760 Republicans total 252 862. Editors to Meet in Winston Salem.
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Mayors in Smoking Carota: Horse In Auto Mishap
Mayor C M Exam of Birmingham and Mayor David Crockett Richardson of Richmond narrowly escaped death when a delivery wagon driven by a drunken driver crashed into their automobile in Richmond Virginia. A horse on top of the hood damaged the car’s motor lamps and steering gear while the chauffeur J W Jackson suffered a wrist cut. The Alabama visitors had been inspecting Richmonds new incinerator at the time.
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Washington Post
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Henry Cohn
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Nepre
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Alexandria Growth Surges as County Expands Tenfold
The Washington Post reports Alexandria city gained 801 residents from 1900 to 1910, rising to 15,329 amid suburban overflow into Rosemont and Cottage Park. Fairfax County also grows, while the city debates annexation and fire police duties. The piece also notes local civic items including St. Mary’s Alumnae meeting and church relocation issues.
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French Rivers On Rampage Amid Floods Across France
Floods burst dykes at Divatte near Nantes flooding 25 km and affecting 7500 workers in the Loire region. In Lapalud Rhone dykes failed submerging the town with deaths feared. France-wide rains push Seine Rhine yet Gironde Garonne Loire rising threatening next year’s crops.
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State conference on tuberculosis opens in Richmond
Virginia's first State conference on tuberculosis met in Richmond with representatives of every antituberculosis league in the state, delegates from several municipalities, and county boards of supervisors in session with tuberculosis experts for a two day discussion of the antiwhite plague problem.
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Richmond
Virginia
Boards of Supervisors
Widow Eliza Allen slain in Sherman home robbery
Sistersville, W Va December 2 Mrs Eliza beth Allen an 87 year old wealthy widow was found dead at her Sherley home. Neighbors report a struggle and signs of a violent attack. A large sum of money and securities were missing and coroner says she was strangled. Her son John is dying nearby from tuberculosis as investigators plan a special grand jury.
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Sistersville
W. Va
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Sherley
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Negro intruder convicted in Germantown home invasion
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Md Dec 2 Raymond Jenkins and two young Negroes entered the home of James E Devine at Germantown and were wounded during escape Jenkins was found guilty by a jury of intent to assault with a deadly weapon He will be sentenced later Jenkins had an open taser and crawled toward a bed as Devine and his son were awakened by the father firing at the intruder Lon Day was dismissed and Pat Warren faces trial in Germantown case
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James E. Devine
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Washington Hospital
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Triad
Rt Rev C M Williams Dies Former Bishop of Japan
The Rt Rev Channing Moore Williams aged 82 former Episcopal bishop of Japan and early China missionary died at Willis Johnson Hospital Richmond Va after more than two years illness. He graduated from William and Mary College and Virginia Theological Seminary and left seminary in 1867 for China.
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Richmond Hospital
Richmond
Channing Moore Williams
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Willis-Johnson Hospital
East
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Man slits wife's nose in Mount Carbon assault
Giuseppe Gallo of Mount Carbon is jailed after a December incident in Montgomery West Virginia in which he severed his wife's nose and cut her cheeks with a knife. He claimed the act aimed to deter her from other men. The woman was once Beatrice Hoffman of Kimberly, noted for beauty.
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N and W Earnings Increase Report 1909 October
Roanoke Virginia December 3 Comptroller Coxe of the Norfolk and Western Railroad released figures for October showing earnings at 1 300 515 144 a gain of 9 percent over the same month last year Operating expenses rose 8 percent while net earnings increased 5 percent In Rockville Sheriff Vietts five months search ends with Oscar F Poole arrested near Leesburg for killing a heifer belonging to William A Waters and Alexander Gorham of Germantown also arrested on the strength of Poole's statement.
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Norfolk and Western
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New Roads Tap Rich Land
Salisbury announces a railroad from Winston Salem via Spencer Salisbury Concord and Monroe to connect with Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk and Western. The line runs parallel to the Southbound nw for a long stretch, through Rowan, opening a granite belt with a preliminary survey set and over 100 miles likely. Huntington plan shifts for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to reach Goyandotte valley and Piney extensions via Big Huff Creek Oceana Laurel Fork of Guyam River and Maben. The route aims to access rich mineral lands previously undeveloped.
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Washington Post
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N. C
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Spencer
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Monroe
Atlantic Coast Line
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Huntington
W. Va
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Piney
Logan County
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Schenk Quits Hospital Asks To Be With Sister
John O. Schenk, the millionaire packer, left the hospital in Wheeling West Virginia after more than a month of treatment for suspected poison administered by his wife Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk. He was driven to his sister Mrs Mary Doepkin's home with his brother and two nurses. Counsel for Mrs Schenk in jail awaiting trial may interview him early next week.
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New Patients at Academy Amid Typhoid Sickness
Three more midshipmen were sent to the Naval General Hospital in Annapolis today. Officials would not confirm typhoid but Surg. Mc Cormack suggested a severe grippe may be involved. Most patients are improving. K. C. Woodward remains serious. German measles case brings no alarm to the academy.
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Naval General Hospital
Surg. McCormack
Naval Academy
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J D Alderson Dies in West Virginia Visit
John Duffy Alderson aged 56 of Summerville died in Richwood while visiting a son. He had served in the House across three Congresses as a Democrat and was a prominent lawyer. His son F M Alderson is a West Virginia legislature member elect. Creditors of the First National Bank of Friendly will receive 0.5 percent of claims after a 14 percent final dividend declared by the currency comptroller. Miss Clara Gertrude Nace and James Albert Groot wed in Rockville at the Baptist minister's home.
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W. Va
John Duffy Alderson
Summerville
West Virginia
Richwood Toflay
F. M. Alderson
First National Bank of Friendly
Rockville
Clara Gertrude Nace
James Albert Groot
Washington
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