Death by own action in New Haven case puzzles coroner
Coroner Eli Mix reports preliminary findings in the death of Charles Edwards of New York at the Abigail Hiller homestead. He cites a revolver and laudanum bottle found nearby, blood trails, and a possible sequence of self harm followed by poison, with no final motive or ownership trail established. Surveillance of Allen Maxby Hiller ended as investigations continue.
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Allan Maxcy Hiller
New Haven
Eli Mix
Charles 4 Edwards
New York City
Abigail Hiller
Williams
Wr Edwards
Bartlett
Wisadda
Edwards
Hiller House
Win
Mian
Waxey Hiller
Vr Edwards
Yening
Wia
Hiller
Colt's Firearms Company
John Moore & Sons
New York
Moore & Sons
California
New Orleans
Pac
J Poston
Pa Ave
Ibth St
Mix
Nnaing
New
Haven
Dwight
Yale University
Charles A Hiller
Tiller
Maxcy Hiller
Heller
Hillers
Charles Hiller
Effort to Bribe Mayor in Central Falls
Central Falls Rhode Island January reports that two gambling interests and two politicians visited Mayor Thomas H McNally and offered 500 dollars a month to permit a gambling house. The mayor refused the proposal. The crowd gathered at Muddy Man’s on 1th and 6 sts was seen at a closeout sale of gas fixtures and lamps at cut prices.
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Central Falls
Jan
Thomas H McNally
Muddiman’s
Rogers Defies Hadley in Missouri Oil Hearing Testimony
Jane Henry H Rogers, VP of Standard Oil of New Jersey and director of Standard Oil Indiana, faced questions in Missouri quo warranto proceedings led by Attorney General Hadley. Rogers refused to confirm stock ownership among the Indiana and New Jersey firms or control of Waters-Pierce and Republic, insisting details are Indiana affairs. Witnesses described trust origins, 26 Broadway offices, and deceptive claims of independence to win trade. The hearing continued after adjournment, with testimonies from Ida M Butts and Hardcastle detailing early Standard Oil associations and network. CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.
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New York
Jane
Henry H Rogers
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Indiana
Herbert Hadley
Missouri
Hadley
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Broadway
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Indiana Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Republican Company of
Rogers
James A Moffett
Muissotui
Fradley
Missouri Supreme Court
Hitn
Thomas W Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Ida M Butts
George M Rice
Marietta
Ohio
Butts
Standard Oil
Rust
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Trust
Alexander McDonald & Co
Cincinnati
Standard Oi! Trust
Consolidated Tank Line Company
Standard Qi
Chess-Carley Company
Louisville
Hardcastle
Standard of Company
Albany
L P Cutler
Cleveland
Republic Oil Company
Clevelanu
Gloversville
Walter Jennings
Cutler
Mr Jennings
Jennings
L Nichola
Walter Jennings Wichels
Standard Oi Company
Kansas
C LL. Nichols
New Street
Forger Scandals Shake Philadelphia as Grief Ends
A Washington Post special from Philadelphia reports rumors that Norfolk and Western forgeries reached $450,000 plus a separate claim of nearly $2,000,000 tied to Benjamin J Gaskill who reportedly died last June. Pinkertons and others probe possible grave robbery at Laurel Hill, amid death mystery and a vanished widow.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western
Benjamin J Gaskill
Pinkertons
Gaskill
New York
Laurel Hill
Boston
E H Alden
Russian Rebels Routed at Rostoff-on-Don Stronghold
Jan 8 report from Makeift in Rostoff-on-Don describes insurgents near Zatermernitz driven from fortified positions by artillery, cavalry, and infantry. House-to-house resistance failed as attackers dismantled barricades and withdrew with weapons as Moscow reports curfew relaxations amid renewed police and troop attacks.
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Rostoff-on-Don
St Petersburg
Col Makeift
Zatermernitz
Moscow
Jane
Moscow Dragoons
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Alexandrovsk
Death Mania and Dr Steger Suicide Note Recited
Dr Robert W Steger, a Vanderbilt and Columbia educated physician from a prominent Nashville family, attempted suicide at the Auburn Hotel Broadway and Thirty-ninth Street. He left a note claiming years of personal crisis and homicidal mania and willed his body to the College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University before dying.
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New York
R W Steger
Vanderbilt
Columbia
Nashville
Tenn
Auburn Hotel
Broadway
Thirty-ninth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Steger
The
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Robert W Steger
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dtor
Huntaville
Ala
Vanderbilt University
Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
Ysician
Grand Pacific Hotel
Alliance Against America St Pierre Pledge Fisheries Aid
St Johns NF Jan 8 The French administration in St Pierre Miquelon has agreed to curb American fishing vessels from using St Pierre as a base and to halt liquor and other smuggling to Newfoundland The Miquelon government will also block Americans from obtaining bait fishermen or other requisites through Miquelon This move is seen as aiding the colonial government in its conflict with American fishing interests.
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St Jonns
St Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Coloniil
Correspondents clash with White House over press access
Washington correspondents debate executive press control after President restricts briefings to official statements. Loeb criticized a full account of the Morris incident, prompting renewed concern over press rights. The Corps of Washington correspondents, 154 names strong, faces stringent rules and aims to preserve press freedom amid administration scrutiny. Wheatley Pottery for Special Lamps. J. H. Corning, 520-52 13th st., nw.
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Washington Evening Star
Corps of Washington
Press Association
Ast
White House
Loeb
Morris
Capitol
Corps of Correspondents
Corps of
House
Senate Committee On Rules
Wheatley Pottery
J. H. Corning
13Th St
Senate probes canal data on Taft report and Pan American scandal
A Senate inquiry centers on Secretary Taft's report detailing secret payments and bid irregularities in the Panama Canal contracts. The document accuses Markel of improper funding to secure the commissary contract, with further scrutiny of Roosevelt approval and secretary Taft's findings and resignations amid the controversy.
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Taft
Markel
Roosevelt
Lafts
Jacob J. Markel
Vic Walkel
Webrasska
Wolice
Met Engines
Millard
Nebraska
Minnute Aid
Willard
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Williams Wediecal Baningee Bartlett
Manev Hiller
Land
Alfin Maxby Hiller
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
Missouri Court
Magnate
Flashlight Photographer Forces Commission
Benjamin J. Gaskill
Kanon
Aubrey L Rice
Worfolk and Wetern
Rice
Puritan Trust Company
Trust Company
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Warren O. Gilman
Corpett
Capital Society Fussel
N-Y. Ave
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Ryce, Gilman, and Corbett
Providence
Gilman
San
Norfolk and Western Ihway
Pittsburg
Stock Exchange
Jin Funane
Wall Street
B L Green
William Duke & Co
Thomas A Harris
Harris
Henry Sproul & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Death Mania
Jekyll and Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Sith
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Alliance Against America
French Island of Miquelon
Mrs Morris
Senate
Congress
Gaamin
Idjo
Mullard
WB Willarty
Connero
Jacopo E Marke
Panama
Durope
John Markel
Isthmian Crinal Commission
Beers Ayiga
Moniara
Eizie
Ter Yeas
Fimanet
Omaha
Bome
Shonts
Commission
Interoceanic Canals Committee
Isthmus
Newspapre Shuhive
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