Oregon land fraud indictments touch Mitchell and Hermann
United States Senator Mitch ell and Representative Hermann are implicated in a federal grand jury indictment alleging a scheme to defraud the government of Oregon lands. Barry Puter allegedly paid $2,600 to secure influence with Binger Hermann, then Commissioner, to expedite twelve claims. The case centers on forged affidavits and letters, with several officials named and records missing from the General Land Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann
Mitchell
Puter
Sorensen
Oregon Court
Hall—Puter
General Land Office
Portland
Ores
United Sta
Jenn H. Mitehuil
Congress
Binger Hermann
George Seversen
Multromar
Stodey
Federal Grand Jury
John St Fiehell
Wnd
Pire
S. A
Binger Hermrain
General Rand Ofer
Washington. S
Senator Mitchell
Singer Horfmann
George Sorensen
H. Hall
Oregon
S. A.D. Puter
Horace G. McKinley
Ranges
S. A. D. Puter
Washington
Range
Sen
F. P. Mays
Senate
Pater
Emma L. Watson
Theneral Land Office
Kermann
Puter-Watson
Téges
Ger Mitchell
Oregon City
Oreg
Davis Lands
W. N. Davis
Albany
Loomis
D. W. Tarnley
Davis
Ormsby
O'D
Tarnley
Toomis
Anderson
George R. Ogden
Ogden
Mitcheld
Wisn
Hinds
Watert
Nat
Mitchel
Mrv. Puter
W. M. Richi
Bin
Richards
Binger Wermann
Mitcell
Washington City
Irwin Rittenhouse
Mutch
John H. Mitchell
Washington, D.C
United States Senate
Nates
McVickers Theater Fire Panic Ends With Calm Exits
A smoke filled shed at the back of McVickers Theater caused a fire scare on December 31. Panic led to a rush for exits with bruises and cuts, but no fatalities. A Waterloo woman and her daughter injured, later cared for. manager urged audience to stay calm. Money from the Iroquois Theater blaze found and turned over to authorities for the police pension fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trequois Theater
Chicago
McVicker's
Adde R Blanke
Waterloo
Town
Iroquois
Tiroauois
DeWitt C. Creiger
Mystery in Double Murder in East Fifteenth Street
In New York on December 31 a baker named George Fricke and Mrs. Clara Klopman were shot in the woman's home. Fricke was dead on police arrival. Klopman died within a half hour. Ernest Klopman, the husband, reported the crime and was jailed while investigators seek Antonio Faroni who was seen entering the apartment via a fire escape.
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New York
George Fricke
Clara Klopman
East Fifteenth Street
Fricke
Klopman
Antonio Faroni
Big Autos Crash On Seventh Avenue In New York
In a head on collision on Seventh avenue this afternoon Oliver H. Keep suffered a concussion and was sent to New York Hospital. August Patterson was thrown from the car and stunned. Elmer Dundy and Howard Fielding were in the other car and uninjured. Dundy and Patterson were arrested as wrecked cars and dashboards were torn apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seventh Avenue
Oliver H. Keep
New York Hospital
August Patterson
Elmer
Dundy
Howard Fielding
Patterson
Couple killed by train after husband strains to return
Hemphill and wife died four miles north of Carbondale Al when he held her on the track as a fast Illinois Central passenger train passed. Hemphill, 39, had been drinking and dragged his wife onto the rails during a failed attempt to return to the city. She was 38.
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Carbondale
A. R. Hemphill
Illinois Central Railroad
Hemphill
Reading matter in demand among troops on Russian front
Nemirovich Danchenko reports that Russian soldiers and officers at the Mukden front read every printed sheet, including ads, while enjoying shellproof dugouts, bathhouses, and regular rations. Water supply and general truce provisions aid daily life as temperatures drop toward six degrees below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Nemirovich Danchenko
Liaoyang
Russia
European Russa
Irkutsk
Shakhe
Sungshu Mountain Captured by Japanese Forces
Tokyo dispatch reports Sungshu Mountain within Port Arthur siege lines was stormed and taken by Japanese forces yesterday. The capture follows ongoing bombardment and encirclement actions near Port Arthur.
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Sungshu
Port Arthur
Tokyo
Canonia Hil
Rural Carrier Fired Over Campaign Activity Charge
Bluffton Indiana news notes the dismissal of rural carrier Walter L. Fetterson over pernicious activity in the late campaign. Postmaster A. Sharpe reported the action and Fetterson’s role as treasurer of the Indiana Association of Rural Route Carriers is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Bluffton
Ind
Sharpe
Walter L. Fetterson
Fetters
Indiana Association of Rural Route Carriers
Handcar Crash Near Erie Kills Two, Wounds Many
A handcar with twenty ore handlers returning from Pittsburg docks was struck by a switching engine near Erie. Two men died, two were fatally injured, seven seriously hurt. Victims include D J Leonard and Ed Jones, with several others seriously injured and hospitalized.
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Erie
Pittsburg
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
D. J. Leonard
Erle
ED. Jones
William Bartlemas
Charles Cleader
Earl Brubaker
George Kuebler
William Auched
Charles Hugabloom
St. Vincent’s Hospital
LYNCHED AT SCENE OF CRIME INDIANA NEIGHBORHOOD HORROR
Dee 31 Newport Arkansas scene of crime mob of 700 hanged Louis Alwhite the alleged killer of Mrs Rachael Kinkonnen and daughter Amelia Mauldin Newton the 19 year old son confessed accessory was not molested. The mob dragged Alwhite from a railroad area near the Kinkannon home and hanged him. He proclaimed his innocence to the end. The murder occurred Christmas morning as the two women hurried to tend a sick husband. Mrs Kinkannon’s body not recovered.
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Newport
Ark
Dee
Touls Alwhite
Hachael Kinkannen
Newton
Alwhite
Kinkannon
Rachael Kinkonnen
Amelia Mauldin
Girl rescued after abduction at hotel on Elizabeth Street
A sixteen year old girl, Katie Cattagio of Thompson Street, was seized by two men in broad daylight and dragged into a hotel on Elizabeth Street. Police battered down doors, arrested Fernando Caporell and Oscar Ackert for grand jury action. Three clerks witnessed the incident and alerted authorities. District Attorney Jerome supervised in court as the girl testified and offered to assist as a younger witness. Real estate notices and other items follow.
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New York
Elizabeth Street
Katie Cattagio
Thompson Street
Breen
Fernando Caporell
Oscar Ackert
Jerome
Germany Rages In Storm Aids Casts Toll Across Coast
Fierce hurricane like storms sweep Germany causing floods on the Baltic coast. Kiel Eckernforde and Lubeck report partial flooding and railway disruption near the coast. Three women and four children died when a poorhouse collapsed at Wieck near Greifswald. Fishermen feared drowned with two boats missing and a Swedish steamer behind schedule. British steamer Italig wrecked but crew saved by life lines. Several ships sunk or driven ashore. life-savers rescue crews amid ongoing damage reports across the empire. Storm moderates Sunday morning with waters receding and damage tally rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Baltic
Kiel
Eckernforde
Wfiensburg
Lubeck
Hadersleben
Stralsund
Greifswald
Dantzic
Wieck
Pillau
Sassuitu
Italig
Geestemunde
Sassnitz
Elbe
Cuxhavven
Hamburg
Empire
Munich
Cito
Bremen
Claus Dreyer
Rhetta
Slocum Disaster Cases Enter Not Guilty Pleas
In New York on December 31 President Barna Secretary Atkinson and Commodore Pease of the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company owners of the General Slocum and Capt Van Schaick commander pleaded not guilty in the U S Circuit Court to indictments charging criminal responsibility in the Slocum disaster. Trial delayed until March due to scheduling of former judges and counsel for the responsible party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barnaby
Atkinson
Commodore Pease
Knickerbocker Steamboat Company
General Slocum
van Schaick
Slocum
United States Circuit Court
Mitchell and Hermann Indicted in Chicago theater panic
Coverage lists indictments against Mitchell and Hermann tied to a theater panic in Chicago. Additional items note political events, winter fronts in Russia, and upcoming public engagements as the issue outlines a broad set of national and cultural happenings.
Four skaters drown on Ohio Canal near Barberton
Akron Ohio reports Ada Williams eighteen and her brother John twelve, both Williams children, and Elizabeth Morrison ten and Katharine Morrison thirteen, all drowned while skating on the Ohio Canal near Barberton. John Williams fell through ice and was aided by companions whose combined weight broke the ice. Bodies were recovered. Ada and John were found embracing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Dee
Ada Williams
John
Thomas Williams
Lawnsdale
Elizabeth Morrison
Katherine
Edward Morrison
Kenmore
Ohio Canal
Barberton
John Willams
Ada
John Williams
Signals Reach World as 1905 Time Beacons Sent
Telegraph time signals from the Naval Observatory were sent to North, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific but blocked by the war. Signals marked the new year across four US time belts with responses from Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton, Northfield and San Francisco.
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Naval Observatory
Russia
Japan
Australasia Telegraph Company
South America
England
Portugal
Australia
New Zealand
Philippine Archipelago
United States
Eastern
Central
Mountain
Pacific
C. M., Cheste
BE. E. Hayden
Department of Chronometers
Observatory
J. F. Linby
Hydrographic Office
Chicago
Toronto
Canada
R. F. Stupart
Toronto Observatory
Canadian Weather Bureau
Prof. McLeod
McGill University Observatory
Montreal
Quebec
Washington
Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Chadwick Returns to Cleveland as Guest of Sheriff
Dr. Leroy Chadwick arrives in New York from on a Pretoria voyage, visiting Hoboken and Cleveland with Sheriff Barry after his wife Cassie Chadwick is linked to a fortune loss. He defends his innocence, confirms heavy remittances falling short and discusses his daughter Miss Mary Chadwick and stepson Emil Hoover Chadwick, while denying the Mme de Vere accusation.
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York
Leroy &. Chad
Cassie L. Chadwick
Pretoria
Hoboken
Recorder's Court
Cleveland
Barry
Ohio
Dr. Chadwick
Sheriff Barry
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Mary Chadwick
New York
Chadwick
Jacksonville
Miss Chadwick
America
de Vere
Sam
Bam
Mme. de Vere
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Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
Boston
Baltimore
Pnlil
Sein
E Wolferi
Riously
Arkansas
Part
Pagea
Virginia
Moody's
Maryland
T—Saveyard
Hemenway
Bbx
Charles Wagner
Richmond Society
Oscar Wilde
Tieene
Gaynor
Wall Street
Edmundson
White House
West Point
Washington Real Fatarte
BAL Washington
Kilne
Queen Alexandra
Poker Baby
Abner
Coffee John's
Antipodes
Telegraph Company
Europe
Iuerview
Associated Press
Per Duck
Paris
Dre Dispatch
Bertttlon
Royal Limited
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