Trial over libel case cites Roosevelt and Potter praised
Norman Hapgood editor of Collier's Weekly faces criminal libel charges over Town Topics paragraph about Justice Deuel. Testimony ends with Hapgood claiming information came from District Attorney Jerome. Col. Mann identifies a proof sheet and a letter praising Fads and Fancies. Roosevelt Cleveland and Bishop Potter listed on the free list. jury likely to decide tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Mann
Loeb
Cleveland
Case
New York
Norman Hapgood
Callier's
Deuel
Edward M. Shepard
Town Top
Jerome
Robert Collier
Coke Weekly
Hapgood
Justice Deverell
Jero
UN C. Mann
Town Topics
Bernard N. Baker
Baltimore
Harry Lehr
Roosevelt
Grover Mervelane
Bishop Potter
William Loeb, Jr
Tevetand
Collier
Miss Roosevelt
Mr. Jerome
Mr. Collier
Grover Cleveland
Rush to ship meat to Germany under tight deadline
Chicago packing houses race to move meats to German ports before February 1 cutoff to beat the March 1 tariff under new law. Producers push barrelled meats from stock yards as German buyers stockpile at favorable prices, with orders canceled in New York for $50,000,500 worth of meat unable to meet the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
Germany
New York
Armour& Co
W. C.evains
Foreign Department
Atlantic
Africa
Acre
Mitchell Death Prompts Senate Resolution on Funeral
Oregon Senator John Hippie Mitchell died under contentious circumstances and friends urge the Senate to pay his funeral expenses totaling 547 dollars. Senator Fulton introduced a resolution seeking formal notice and payment, but opposition from members across the chamber may block action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Fulton
Senate
Collague
John Hippie Mitchell
Mitchell
Chamber
Washington
Kean
New Jersey
Broderick
California
Building Collapse in Cincinnati Costs One Life
A five story building at Second and Smith streets housing the National Coopera ge Company collapsed. Father and son were seriously injured with many workers narrowly escaping. Son crushed beyond recovery. father buried under timber for two hours rescue. Property damage about 25000. The Hurleys, both married, were victims.
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Cincinnati
Washington Post
Ohio
Second and
Smith Streets
National Cooperage Company
Ohio River
George Hurley, Jr
Hursleys
Girl Plays Heroic Parts Heroic Des Moines Skating Rescue
Des Moines Iowa January 2 sixteen year old Hthel Parmenter skated a mile on thin ice to reach two drowning boys. She shouted for help and Walter Scholes on shore hauled a rope to pull the boys to safety. A Carnegie hero commission appreciation is being considered.
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Washington Fus
Des Moines
Iowa
Hthel Parmenter
Miss Parmenter
Walter Scholes
Carnegie Hero Commission
Charge of Forgery In Inquiry Into Republic Oil Company
Louis H Turrell, longtime Standard Oil employee, testified at a Missouri attorney general inquiry in Cleveland that he was induced to sign false signatures on papers forming the Republic Oil Company. He said his name appeared as F A Turrell, not his own, and that the notary could face forgery charges. Turrell described company meetings at Standard Oil locations and said he was pressured to keep Republic Company activities secret. He subscribed to 307 shares without pay and served as secretary treasurer and director, with accounting handled per Standard Oil orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louia H. Turrell
Missouri
Cleveland
Republic Oil Company
Standard
Republic
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Hadley
New York
Louis H. Turrell
Detroit
Jerome
Wurrei
F. A. Turrell
Turrell
Hagerman
Standard Oil
Republic Company
St Joseph
The
Republic of Company
Broadway
H. M. Telford
Standard Company
Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle
Standard Oi Company
New Street
Standard Building
C. T. Nichols
Conpa
Pee
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Republic Oil Company and Standard Company Roles Debated
An inquiry reveals letters denying Standard control over Republic, while testimony suggests Republic’s sale to Standard via offices in New York and Kansas City. Key figures Walter Teagle W McKee W E Judd and others described Standard influence in appointments and operations across Cleveland Sioux City Dubuque Detroit and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Walter €. Teagle
Republic Company
Turrell
Cleveland
Sioux City
Town
Standard Company
Dubuque
Detroit
W. McKee
Kansas
Rockefeller denies refusing to testify in Missouri suit
Frank Rockefeller issued a statement in Cleveland saying he did not refuse to testify in the Missouri case against Standard Oil. He noted his connection with the old business ended six years earlier and that he would respond to any subpoena if asked, as a law abiding citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Rockefeller
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Hadley
Detectives Cite Fraud Plot Behind Biltmore Death
Detectives in Asheville North Carolina say a death by own action case at Biltmore has been cleared as part of a deep laid fraud plot. They traced the culprit to Spartanburg South Carolina and allege involvement of the Vanderbilts and the Wilsons with a note bearing 511 Fifth avenue. A woman is said to be involved and further developments are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wander‘bilts
Biltmore
Washington Post
Asheville
N. C
Vanderbilts
Wilsons
Spartanburg
S. C
R. T. Wilson
Fifth Avenue
Mob Clamor at Jail Over Tennessee Assault Case
In Chattanooga on January 25 a crowd of about 1500, armed at times, gathered outside the county jail demanding a black suspect in the Tuesday night assault of Miss Nevada Taylor at St Elmo. Officials claimed the suspect was moved to Knoxville, provoking distrust and sporadic gunfire, but no full assault occurred. A railing eyewitness led 200 men to the jail with a double barreled shotgun, while sheriff offered a ten-person prisoner inspection committee that was not named as a formal body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Iman
Venezuela recalls consuls and withdraws exequaturs
Caracas and Port of Spain report a government decree recalling Venezuelan consuls in France and withdrawing French consuls’ exequaturs. The Constitucional prints an editorial accusing France of forcing allied nations to aid “crimes against Venezuela” and trampling ideals of the French Revolution amid Berlin’s demand for Delcassé’s dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
France
Constitucional
Berlin
Delcasse
France Defers Venezuela Action Amid Algeciras Talks
Reported in Washington that France plans to defer any move on Venezuela until the Moroccan conference at Algeciras clarifies France’s position. If the conference fails, Paris may face a Venezuela issue, but the government prefers to avoid entanglement while tensions with Germany loom. The State Department notes no immediate move and cites a communications blackout with Caracas since January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Venezuela
Algeciras
Germany
Castro
State Department
Russell
Caracas
Packers Case To Jury In Beef Probe Trial Resumes
Chicago Jan 2 Counsel for indicted meat packers and the government failed to agree on a statement of facts from the Garfield beef industry investigation. The trial before Judge Humphrey and a jury will be resumed tomorrow morning. Witnesses will be asked if Garfield's actions can grant immunity to the packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theovern‘ment
James Ki. Garfield
Humphrey
A S Jory
Toe
Retired New York Merchant Ends Life for Science Study
John T. Jackson, a New York City retiree plagued by locomotor ataxia, killed himself with cyanide in his hotel apartment. He left a letter requesting his body to Bellevue Hospital for science, even proposing leg amputation to probe marrow in bones. He said he had traveled worldwide and came from an old Lancashire family, living alone for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
John T. Jackson
Colonial Hotel
Jackson
Bellevue Hospital
Convicted by Perjury Unlikely to Bare Tucker Fate
Special to The Washington Field CincinnatiOhio January 25 After five years relatives obtain affidavits they believe may support Thomas J Tucker a Michigan City Indiana convict in the murder of Ada Bagwell Mount Vernon Indiana in 1901 Tucker is serving a life term based on William Josephs testimony who was convicted of murder in Louisville Wyoming and given a life term Josephs two sons visited Mrs Joseph who says her husband was paid to testify against Tucker and that Tucker is innocent because her husband told her he had nothing to do with the crime Affidavits have been sent to Indian State authorities and multiple prior attempts to secure Mrs Josephs testimony failed due to fear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Thomas J. Tucker
Michigan City
Ind
Ada Bagwell
Mount Vermon
Tucker
William Joseph
Louisville
John Johnson killed her suspect linked to Moorestown case
Moorestown New Jersey January 25 police arrested George Small a colored farm hand on suspicion of complicity in the murder of Miss Florence Allinson. Rufus Johnson mentioned as a suspect in Baltimore denied murder but confessed to a robbery and implicated Small. Baltimore detectives believe the killer is Rufus Johnson Cant who with state detectives pursues the case with conflicting statements and hay seed evidence as a clue to identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorestown
N. J
George Small
FlorenceAllinson
Small
Rufus Johnson
Baltimore
Johnson
Allnson
Charles Goodenough
Here
Jones
Misa al- Hasan
Pumphrey
Pohler
Kratz
Frank B. Lore
New Jersey
Miss Allinson
Philadelphia
Lora
Rio Bamba Surrenders. Ecuador Peace Commission Fired On
In Guayaquil Jan 25, troops at Rio Bamba under Gen Garcia fired on peace commissioners from Guayaquil to Quito, killing one and wounding two. The remaining delegates reached Quito. Rio Bamba capitulated to Gen Alfaro. Olmedo Alfaro, son of Gen Alfaro, accompanied the commissioners and was greeted warmly. Gen Franco's forces surrendered their arms at Quito.
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Rio Bamba
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Garcia
Quito
Alfaro
Olmedo Alfaro
Franco
Centenary of General Lee Discussed by Atlanta Leaders
John Temple Graves leads Atlanta citizens in a plan to celebrate the birth centennial of Gen. Robert E. Lee on January 19, 1907. The proposal aims for a national character with broad Southern and Northern participation in the tribute to the Confederate general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Temple Graves
Atlanta
the News
Robert E. Lee
Worth
South
Valencia wreck survivors grim amid vast loss at sea
Reports from Bamfield Creek say the Valencia disaster left 107 missing and 44 known saved. The Orian sighted three men by a shore fire. most survivors are aboard life rafts or boats, with 164 aboard when the Valencia struck near Klanawa Rocks. Captain Johnson is blamed by survivors for not aiding lifeboats as despair grows.
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Victoria
B. G
Bamfield Creek
Valencia
Klanawa Rocks
Cape Beale
Topeka
Vancouver Island
Darling River Station
Orida
Dea
Darling
Bamfield
Darling River
Ricley
Bunker
Seattle
F. F. Bunker
Highwaymen kill husband and mortally wound wife near Bernardtown
Special to The Washington Fox reports a double tragedy in Bernardtown Chester County Pennsylvania. Boyd Carpenter was shot dead while his wife Mrs Carpenter was struck multiple times and mortally wounded as highwaymen halted her on the road home from Coatesville. The killers fled. neighbors and a posse search for them. Mrs Carpenter’s condition remains grave but she may identify the assailants. The couple had recently married. Carpenter was a grandson of ex Prothonotary Jesse Carpenter of Downingtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fox
Wilmington
Del
Bernardtown
Chester County
Boyd Carpenter
Londly
Carpenter
Jesse Carpenter
Downingtown
Black Hand Terror Grows Amid Police Efforts in Pa
In Monongahela and Washington County, police arrest two Italian suspects linked to the Black Hand. Authorities report seditious mail, planned assaults on jail, and threats to extract money from a wealthy resident. Pictures of Czolgosz and Bresci found as references. Governor Glenn of North Carolina says threats to him are of no concern.
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Czolgosz
Bresci
Washington Post
Richmond
Gov
Glenn
North Carolina
Washington
Morgan donates 10000 to Stonywold tuberculosis fund
New York announces J Pierpont Morgan contributed 10000 toward Stonywold to aid tuberculosis patients, to help raise 23000 more to erase debt. Helen Gould adds 5000 and Mrs Edward Harkness 10000 endow a bed. Sanitarium reports treating 17 women and children with six deaths last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Stonywold
Mc Mergan
Satterlee
Edward
Harkness
Sanitarium Directory
Gen Wheeler Dead Near Relatives at Sister's New York Home
Gen Joseph Wheeler, famed Confederate cavalry leader and U S Army brigadier general, died at 6 35 pm at his sister Mrs Sterling Smith in Brooklyn aged 69. Ill six days after pneumonia and pleurisy, his daughters and son Maj Joseph Wheeler Jr were with him. burial likely Arlington. Funeral plans to be announced.
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New York
Arlington
Spain
Joseph Wheeler
Sterling Smith
Brooklyn
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Wheeler
Gen. Wreelers Mninegpals
W. J. Harris
Anne
Lucille
Carrie Wheeler
Maj
Joseph Wheeler, Jr
West Point
Gen. Wheler
Gen. Wheeler
Cuba
Georgia
Augusta
Drngoons
Carlisle
United States Army
Nineteenth
Alabama Infantry
Shiloh
Ann
Perryville
Grand River
Tennessee
Brge
Kentucky
Murfreesboro
Brage
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Gen. Rosecran
Alabama
Braxton Bragg
Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain
William T. Sherman
Atlanta
Joe
Stonesman
Sherman
Savannah
Ames
Gen. Johnston
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Justice Deuel
Roosevelt, Cleveland
Adte Moore
Clement ¢. Moore
I. M. Shepard
Charles S. Wayne
Torn Topics
Col
Cellier's Weekly
Shepard
Alice Roosevelt
Hapsoud
Tsim LT
United States
Town Torres
Able
Iito
Tspape
ehHoHiye
Banking Dept. of Union Trust L<co
Standard Oil Deal
Rockefeller
Frank
Hailey
Packers
Baltimore and Return
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cononal” Limited
Indiana
Allinson
Peace Commission
R. H. Lee
Southern
Florida
Algo’ Aiken
T. 3. Brown
G. A
Southern, Railway
Sloan's
Wessel
O. M. Johnson
Capt. Johnson
Gibbs
Texan
Urstes
Corning
Monongahela
Black Hand” Society
H. J. Billock
Leo Logan
Groome
State Constabulary
Greensburg
Logan
O'Brien
Pittsiburg
Washington County
Belle Vernon
Venetia
Monongahela City
Black Diamond
Baird
Gastonville
Black Hand
Charles Thomas
Constantina Levi
Pietro Ferrachhi
Lucy Pezzoni
Society
Pinkertons
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