Taft Visit Highlights Beech Island Barbecue Event
President elect Taft with National Chairman Hitchcock and Gov Hammond attends Beech Island Farmers Club barbecue at Augusta. He meets South Carolina planters, tours Hammond homestead, and is celebrated as a farmer figure while cabinet talk dominates prior to March 4.
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Augusta Ga
Frank ID Tatehyb
Latts
Republican Hoyal Committee
Hitchkntering
Urlatt
Daft
Toome
Hitchko
Comina
Charman
Thurfon
Fitton
Thurman
Hitch
Iryua
William Hayward
Republican National
Patt
Hitchcock
Jonathan |Imer
Oregon
Judge Taft
John Haysifgium
Beech and Farmers’ Club
Srolma
Savannah
Henry Hammond
South Caroa
Toft
E Beech Club
Gray
Taft
Beech Island Club
Bourna
Hammond
Savannah River
Nike
Taftami
Red Cliffe
Hammond Homestead
United States
South Carolina
South Carolina Planters
Mr. Taft
Mal Hammond
Uncle Cue
Not Backing Mr Keen in Indiana Senate Race
Indianapolis January 9 Gov elect Thomas R Marshall denied endorsing any Senate candidate. Rumors he backed John W Kern prompted Marshall to notify Edward G Hoffman in the same district that the report was unwarranted. The governor’s stance marks his first public utterance on the matter.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States Senate
Thomas R. Marshall
John W Kern
Senate
Marshall
Edward G. Hoffman
Woodmen Fight a Duel on Mountain in Border Area
Special to The Washington Post reports Charles Williamson and Frank Posetti wood choppers dueled on a lonely mountain near the New York line. Williamson, armed with an ax, defended against Posetti’s knife for an hour before Posetti slashed Williamson in the abdomen and fled. Surgeons predict serious injuries and a lengthy recovery, while real estate ads appear with F. T. Rawlings listed at 155 Pa. avenue.
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Washington Post
Plitefield
Mass
Charles
Williamson
Frank Posett
New York State Line
Posetti
Willamson
Poretti
Willameson
Murder at Little Michigan Church Involves Fugitive Pastor
Detroit and Port Huron reports describe Rev. John H Carmichael wanted for the murder of Gideon Browning at a Michigan church. A $500 reward is offered, with Carmichael possibly headed to Chicago or West Virginia. Readings detail his alleged insanity, burned bodies, and a potential third party in the crime.
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West Virginia
Port Huron
Mich
John H Carmichael
Chicago
Nebraska
Gideon Browning
Detroit
Carmichael
Land
Grand Trunk Tunnel
Delphos
Here
Former Nebraska pastor linked to Mich murder case
Rev. J H Carmichael once led churches in Grant and Henkelmen Nebraska and fled after misconduct charges. Investigators monitor trains in Omaha for his movements while Gideon Browning’s widow in Auburn recalls his volatile life and possible crime connections. A Michigan marriage and an Insured life add to the Browning case complexities as court action continues.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
J. H. Caremichael
Adair
Mich
Gideon Browning
Nebraska
Grant
Henkelmen
Carmichael
Beniéiman
Carmitchael
Pound
Auburn
Aaron Gideon Browning
Browning
Ada Bowen
St Clair County
Bowen
Deny Hains Evidence Say Tierney Was Absent
Jurors heard club members testify Thornton Hains did not have Tierney on the Bayside float during the shooting. Witnesses said Tierney was not at the clubhouse, and Hains appeared rational. The defense closed rebuttal as prosecutors offered final arguments amid the trial for Hains’ alleged complicity in William Joannis’s murder.
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Thornton J Hains
William Jo Annis
Thornton Tuins
Haine
Aicrn
Womens County Jail
Fallon
Thornton Haing
Annis
Capt Hains
Army
Justice Crane
MrIntyre
Gen Hains
Maj Hains
Crane
Darrin
Peter C Hains
Flushing
McIntyre
MeIntyre
Hill
Counrel
Tierney
Frederick Leavitt
John Tierney
Crong-Exam
Mr McIntyre
Bayafia Club
James Tiernes
Phevmonia
Keir Hardie Arrives to Speak on Labour Reforms in U.S.
New York reports James Keir Hardie, MP for the Independent Labour Party, arrived from England and will address the Clivia Forum at Carnegie Hall next Tuesday. He is hosted by Robert Hunter and Robert Brkinelly and discusses recent English reforms including free school meals for needy children, the old age pension scheme, and miners' eight hour day limits.
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Telia
New York
James Keir Hardie
House of Commons
Independent Labor Party
England
Clvis Forum
Carnegie Hall
Hardie
Robert Hunter
Socialiste and Settlement
Robert Hrakinelly
Clvie Forum
Favors Root Bryce Treaties In London
London Jan 3 The foreign office awaits Canada and Newfoundland opinions on drafts of waterways and fisheries treaties agreed to by Secretary Root and Ambassador Bryce Canada has been asked for approval of the waterways draft but no reply received The fisheries draft has been sent to the colonial office, which insists on consultation on every point before final action.
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London
Foreign Office
Canada
Newfoundland
Root
Ambasador
Bryce
Colonial Office
Foregn Office
Mrs Erb Seeks Pistol Linked to Acquittal Case
Mrs Florence Erb has begun proceedings to recover a revolver tied to the trial of her sister Mrs Catharine Beisel who shot and killed her husband Capt Clayton Erb. An attachment to produce the weapon was issued against District Attorney Machade, bearing Mrs Erb's name as motive remains unclear.
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Philadelphia
Florence Erb
Catharine Beisel
Clayton Erb
Machade
Mra Erb
Taft's Class Gave $25 575 Yale Alumni Fund Stand Fourth
New Haven Jan 3 The Yale alumni fund annual report shows eighteen year contributions total 553 45 The class of 188? leads with 85 825 followed by 1871 with 33 355 and 186? with 33 270 The class of 1878 to which President elect Taft belongs ranks fourth with 5 00 last year contributions total 95 193.
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New Haven Conn
Yale University Alumni Fund
Qass
Taft
Accused of Swindle Arrest Highlights Elmira Bank Case
Frederick Richardson former president of J Richardson Shoe Co Elmira N Y was arrested on a fugitive warrant charged with larceny of 750 from the Chemung Canal Trust Co Elmira Police Chief Cassidy says 250000 is involved. Richardson faced bankruptcy and the firm debts reached 385000 with assets about 100000.
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Chicago
Frederick Richardson
J Richardson Shoe Company
Elmira
Ghemung Canal Trust Company
Cassidy
J Richardson & Co
Richardson
Hichardsons
Hknaira
Aged Heiress in Matrimonial Suit Stirs Society
Dr Kirk Stanley sues Mrs Jeanette Deere Chapman heiress of the Deere estate seeking 150000 damages for breach of promise to marry. The 68 year old social leader faced opposition from Chapman's daughter and relatives in a hidden suit filed in Chicago with alleged plans for a grand wedding in New York.
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Jane—Sult
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Malionaire
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Kirk Stanley
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Molune
Deere
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Paris
Berlin
Stanley
Editorium Annex
Mre Chapman
Waltorf-Astora
Henry Roth
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Rath
United States
Jand
Jane—R & Hosford
Jeannette Deere Chapman
Mra Chapman
Mrl Chapman
Hosford
Edward Stanislaus Phillips
Hazleton
Ninth Avenues
Tenderloin
California
Philips
Broadway
Rumor Rumored at Union Pacific Omaha Offices
Special to Tse Washington Post reports in Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha say Herriman as railroad executive may be implicated. Rumor spread across departments with telegraph wires severed between Omaha general manager and Harriman home amid long conferences.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Tse
Washington Post
Nebr
Oniehe
Herriman
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Barriman
Union- Pacific
Murder by request in New Jersey home suicide attempt
Samuel Rosenblatt 26 attempted suicide by inhaling gas at his home after leaving a postal card to Leo Corman of Paterson NJ asking him to kill Rosenblatt’s mother and the writer’s love interest “Just as a favor.” Jacob Strauss nearby stopped the gag in time and Rosenblatt was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to recover.
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Samuel Rosenblatt
Leo Corman
Paterson NJ
Tne
Corman
Rosenblatt
Jacob Strauss
Oder of Gan
Bellevue Hospital
Night Riders to Hang Two in Twenty Years
The motion for a new trial fails as Judge Jones sentences Garrett Johns Bud Morris and Bob Huffman to twenty years imprisonment for murder in the second degree while six others receive first degree verdicts. An immediate appeal to the State supreme court is noted as defense counsel seek review before February 19 1909. Dramatic court scenes mark the proceedings in Union City Tennessee.
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Demes II
Supreme Court
Jones
Aichanney
Dahnke
State of
Kentucky
Rosson
McKinney
Bud’ Moray
Hob Huffman
Quentin Rankin
Passon
Bud Morris
Bob Huffman
Judge Jones
Garrett Johnson
Senator Tilman Papers Missing In Defenses Against Land Charge
Senator Tilman reports his private desk at the Capitol held no more than ordinary locks and suspects missing papers from his Oregon land defense file. He says envelopes with letters from Reeder and Watkins and maps disappeared from his desk last spring. He notes a new charge about an alleged franked typewriter and postage, while President Roosevelt’s actions dominate Capitol talk.
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House
Dudley W Foulke
Civil Service
Roosevelt
Congress
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Degberry
Jon ME
House of Representatives
Fty
Tiliman
Tillmen Spen
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Tillman
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Auj
Reeder & Watkins
Tiltiman Yestermy
Washington
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