Overstreet quits angered at president in Indiana port job fight
Indiana politics flare as Congressman Overstreet denounces President for turning down Beveridge backed port surveyor pick. Babcock plans retirement, and influential Republicans signal more exits. Overstreet vows no more service or campaign committee role amid disruption just before key election maneuvers.
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Beveridge
Jesse Overstreet
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Eason
Misserstreet
Mrt Babcock
Overstreet
Hns
Toads
Mamiaces
Osersiest
Congress
Frank Dpd
Stainaker
Aroha Vo Young
Ets
Eit
Diamonds Are Restored Mystery Sparks Cincinnati Theft Tale
Special to The Washington Post reports the Ravogli diamonds valued at 10000 vanished after Mrs. Augustus Ravogli misplaced them. Detectives traced the case, found no professional thief, and the jewelry was recovered hidden between a wall and a chiffonier after a neighbor searched the room. The episode is described as highly remarkable by police.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ravogli
Augustus Ravogili
Murder claims over Edwards death and threats to return to New Haven
New Haven report says Charles A Edwards faced murder threats before his death. His brother in law and doctor cite threats and a possible murder, while detectives and Mrs Edwards seek clues. A reward is offered for the killer.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles A. Tuller
Charles A. Edwards
Edwards
Tie
Mix
Ansonia
Maxey
Efe
Kansas
Ron
Wife accuser gun cartridges upstairs in Horner murder case
Julia Horner Simpson testified against her husband James W. Simpson in Northport New York detailing the sequence of events leading to the fatal shooting of her father-in-law. She described the gun being used upstairs after dinner and the husband’s breaking plea as the family rushed to the kitchen. The testimony suggested prosecutors aim to press a lesser charge if the capital case fails.
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Washington Post
Northport
N. Y
James W. Simpson
Julia Horner Simpson
Simpson
Mia Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Mr. Horner
Dr. Simpson
Bartley
Papa
Dr.Simpson
Trial recounts tragedy as Dr Simpson faces questions
The witness described Dr. Simpson's shocked reaction after a shooting death. Testimony noted cartridges stored upstairs and the doctor's cool demeanor at the bedside. District Attorney Furman revealed a will cancelation and a proposed trust for Mrs Simpson, with Horner dying intestate after being shot on December 27. Hearing adjourned to January 19.
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Dr. Simpson
Simpson
Furman
Bartley
T. Horner
Northport Bank
Horner
Mrs Day On The Stand Relates Meeting With Dr Nichols
Mrs Susan A Day of Urbana Ohio testified in Federal court detailing her 1892 meeting with Dr Nichols Urbana his arrival at her parents home and impression of him, his 1900 office setup on her father’s funds and alleged plans to gain a third of her property. She described eviction of Nichols and claimed hostility though she never married him. Threatening letters and some responses were entered into evidence.
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Nichols
Washington Post
Springfield
Susan A. Day
Urbana
Ohio
Nicholas Urbana
Henry Orendorff
Louisville
Nelle
Dr. Nichols
Nichola
Sor
Ling
Marshall Field Ill in New York Pneumonia Grave
New York January 10 Marshall Field the Chicago merchant ill at the Holland House was reported improving then worsened. Drs James Ganeway Riggs and others attended and at ten o clock it was stated he was suffering from pneumonia with grave condition. Stanley Field his nephew arrived from Chicago and is at the bedside.
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Washington Post
New York
Marshall Field
Chicago
Holland House
Walter B. James
Edward J. Ganeway
West Fortieth Street
Austin KF. Riggs
East Thirtieth Street
Field
James
Stanley Field
Eight Die In West Hotel Fire in Minneapolis
An early morning blaze at the West Hotel on Hennepin avenue and Fifth street caused eight deaths from smoke and falls and left about a score injured. Fire Capt. John Berwin died saving a woman. several guests leaped from seventh floor. a dramatic rescue lowered families to safety amid cheering crowds. The fire started in a packing room near the elevator shaft, smoke filled the building, and hospitals and ambulances rushed to aid the victims.
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West House
Minneapolis
Minn
West Hotel
Hennepin Avenue
Fifth Street
John Berwin
W. G Nickels
Sixth Flor
Thomas Summerville
Springfeld
Mess
Atking & Co
J E Wolfe
Northwestern
Sperry & Alexander Company
New York
Clinton B. Lamme
J. B. Peysinger
M. E. Hodges
William Black
Samuel Spiesberger
Chicago
Mary Bowan
NM. Amsden
Minneapolis and Northern Elevator Company
Gordon G. Sapp
Ben
W. Swisky
B. D. Barlow
Los Angeles
Critjeas
T. K. Creighton
John Filmore
Hotel Oc
Emeline Barlow
Berwin
Larlow
Gladys Mabie
Capt
F. A. Chamberlain
Security Bank
Mr. Chamberlain
J. B. Pejisinger
Pejsinger
J. E. Wolfe
Germany
Frank A. Chamberlain
Pompier Traditers
John A. Hagerty
R de Darling
Gods” Theatrical Company
BH. Weol
Eight Die in Hotel Fire and Murder Case Fragments
Overstreet quits committee as reports claim wife opposes husband in a murder case while eight perish in a hotel fire. Other items include discussions on hate legislation, Taft scores Poultney Bigelow, and medical men visit the president. Also notes on oil magnate seeking delay and tariff debates.
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Overstreet
Taft
Poultney Bigelow
N. R. Harper
Greene-Gaynor
House
Morocco
Senate
Hotland Letter
Virginia
Maryland
H. St. George Tucker
New York
Chadwick
Kansas freight-rate convention presses nationwide rail reform
A Wichita gathering of six hundred delegates from Kansas commercial and farm groups formed a permanent body to push railway rate legislation. They urged Congress to empower a rate commission to regulate railroad charges and to back state efforts to curb corporate power, naming Theodore Roosevelt as a bold exemplar and supporting direct primaries for US Senators. Senator Long was sharply arraigned for opposing federal rate oversight.
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Wichita
Kans
Kansas
Congress
Wisconsin
Thomas M. Potter
Bristow
R. Vansant
Minnesota
J. L. Lenroot
House of Representatives
J. L. Bristow
Salina
E. W. Hoch
Mr. Vansant
America
Standard Ov
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Friends of Rate Regulation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Commission
James H. Troutman
Topeka
Senator Long
Supreme Court
Denunciatory Panama Canal Attack Sparks Taft Roosevelts Row
Secretary Taft rebuts Bigelow charge page by page in a public defense of canal management. The Isthmian Commission chief engineer Stevens and other documents counter claims about yellow fever fears and red tape. Lundie’s blistering letter blasts Shonts as coarse and un principled, calling for sweeping change to end a “miserable time servers” era.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Mr. Bigelow
The
Independent
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Stevens
Isthmian Canal Commission
Washington
Canal Commission
John F Wallace
Advisory Board of Engineers
Mr. Taft
Bigelow
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Royal Mail
Trent
Jamaica
New York
Culebra
Mr Bigelow
Wallace
Taundle
Lundly
Presviedent
Rooseyv
Secnetary
Panama Canal Administration
Theodore P. Shonis
Shonis
White House
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Rothschilds
Stalnaker
Idianapolis Star
Statnaker
Southern
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Aiken
Augusta
Wmlorida
L. S. Brown
Southern Railway
Loth St
Washington, D. C
Mysterious #8
Hiller
Charles A Edwards
A. R. Ledoux
West Fiftieth Street
Ledoux
Mr. Edwards
Chemical Works
Equitable
Charles Atwood Hawards
Park Avenue
George D. Watrous
Watrous
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Husband
Jim
J.H. Corning
13Th Atreet Nw
Juel Civil Sertice Commission
Mrs. Day
Marshal Field Very
Banking Department of Union Trust Co
Fussell
Capt. Berwin
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Vansant
Rockefeller
Theodore Roosevelt
Tast
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