Funeral rites mark university day for William Rainey Harper
Chicago January 15 funeral events on the university campus honored William Rainey Harper. Thousands of students faculty and national educators attended as services moved from Haskell hall to Mandel hall. Floral tributes included gifts from Emperor William Roosevelt and Rockefeller with eulogies by Faunce Andrews and Judson.
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Chicago
William Rainey Harper
Oakwoods
Bier
Haskell Hall
Mandel Hall
William of
Germany
Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
William H. P. Faunce
Brown University
EB. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Henry Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
Budget reveals 1906 Russian costs and war debts
The 1906 budget shows Russia must raise 240.5 million by credit to balance receipts and expenditures. War costs total 1.05 billion, with 202.506 million for Russo Japanese war expenses and troop repatriation. Revenue is shrinking and internal disorders threaten further earnings.
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St. Petersburg
Far East
Russia
Churchill Warns of Political Upheaval After Losses in England
London reports a sharp shift after Saturdays elections as Winston Churchill predicts a turbulent era and argues free trade won a victory. Unionist editors attribute the upset to issues like Chinese labor in South Africa and war taxes while urging a strategic retreat to salvage what remains.
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London
England
Manchester
Winston Churchill
South Africa
Unionist Party
Mail Carrier Levi Beers Shot and Killed in Carlisle
Levi L. Beers, rural mail carrier, was shot to death Saturday night on his route near the Carlisle post office alley. Five pistol shots drew bystanders, who found him dying. Two revolvers and a rubber overshoe lay near the scene. one revolver had been stolen from Beers two months earlier. Beers, active in church and lodge groups, left a family and had no known enemies. Police believe a robbery was planned and the assailant was frightened away.
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Carlisle
Ind
Levi L. Beers
Beers
Senator Dry cor Plans Government Control of Insurance
Senator Dry cor revises a bill for government control of insurance and will reintroduce it in the senate today. He followed the New York legislative inquiry closely, believing the measure will fix insurance evils uncovered by that investigation.
Verdict of Acquittal Ordered in Philadelphia Case
Philadelphia January 13 Judge Auden Reid instructed the jury in the case of John W. Au, former chief of the Philadelphia police department, after testimony in a high profile trial. The judge told jurors to render a verdict based on the evidence presented.
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Philadelphia
Audenreid
John W. Au
Fe Mer
Cleveland Brokerage Firm Fails Over Bond Forgery Case
The Parsons, Snyder & Co. brokerage firm failed after Denison, Prior & Co. forged bonds. Liabilities near 150000, with Denison, Prior & Co. owing 73000. Expected total losses to creditors range from 1.25 to 1.5 million, including $700,000 in known bond frauds.
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Cleveland, C
Parsons, Snyder & Co
Denison, Prior & Co
Bankers’ Committee
Record snowstorm cripples Sierra rail lines and Nevada towns
Snow floods Summit Nevada and surrounding areas with the heaviest fall in 30 years. More than 360 feet of snow sheds on the Central Pacific railroad were crushed. Nevada remains largely snowbound as telegraph and telephone lines fail. In El Paso Texas heavy snowfall threatens the Rio Grande watershed with six to eight feet of snow in the mountains.
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Reno
Nev
Summit
Sierra Nevadas
Central Pacific
Nevada
Virginia City
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande River
Wiped Out the Camp Near Burnt Fork Attack
Masked raiders shot two Utah herders A N Garsite and Robert Allen near Burnt Fork at the Utah Wyoming line. They slaughtered the sheep, burned wagons and outfits within half an hour, leaving warnings with the dead. Sheepmen vow retaliation as range disputes flare.
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Evanston
Wyo
Utah
Burnt Fork
Utah- Wyoming
A. N. Garsite
Robert Allen
Disaster at West Hotel in Minneapolis Leaves Eight Dead
Eight people died from suffocation or leapings amid a massive blaze at the West hotel in Minneapolis. Firefighter Captain John Berwin saved an elderly woman by throwing her to a ledge but fell to his death. By Thursday the ninth victim, Mrs. Samuel Speisberger of Chicago, had died in hospital.
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Minneapolis
Minn
West Hotel
John Berwin
Hook and Ladder Company
Emaline Barlow
Berwin
Samuel Speisberger
Chicago
City Hospital
Wese
Venezuela and France sever diplomatic ties
Washington reports say the break in relations between Venezuela and France is believed by the State Department to be formal, signaling the possible expulsion of France's representative M Taigny from Caracas and Venezuelan agent Maubourguet from Paris. Officials await France's next move and guidance on handling French interests.
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Washington
Venezuela
France
State Department
M. Taigny
M. Maubourguet
Paris
Russell
Woman Found Guilty in Cruelty Case In Aledo
Mrs Mary McKinney wife of a wealthy Aledo businessman was found guilty by a jury of cruelty to Stella Brady a girl taken from the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society Chicago. Archibald McKinney was found not guilty on instruction. Trial began December 18 with sentencing possible up to five years imprisonment or a $500 fine or both.
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Aledo, Jr
Mary I. MelXinney
Aledo
Stella Brady
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society of
Chicago
Archibald McKinney
McKinneys
Morales resigns as Santo Domingo president and flees
President Morales resigns and seeks refuge at the American legation in San Domingo. He will depart on the gunboat Dubuque to Porto Rico with Enrique Jimenes. Vice President Caceres, acting president, is now constitutional Santo Domingo president. negotiations with the United States continue.
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San Domingo
Republic of Santo Domingo
Morales
Santo Domingo
United States
Dubuque
Porto Rico
Enrique Jimenes
Caceres
Mrs Cassie Chadwick Begins Ten Year Sentence In Ohio
Columbus Ohio January 13 Mrs Cassie Chadwick the bank wrecker and wizard of finance arrived at the penitentiary from Cleveland at 11 am to begin a ten year sentence for conspiracy to wreck the Citizens National Bank at Oberlin An ex clerk in the secretary's office identified Mrs Chadwick as Madame Devere who had served a prior term for forgery under that name Chadwick did not admit or fear the identification
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Columbus, O
Cassiels. Chadwick
Cleveland
Citizens’ National Bank
Oberlin
Chadwick
Madame Devere
Mrs. Chadwick
Lucas County
Madame Devrere
Confession Follows Chicago Woman Murder
Mrs Franklin C Hollister vanished from 498 Fullerton Avenue and was found dead behind a barn at 368 Belden Avenue. Police secured a confession from Richard Ivens a florist who attacked and killed her then stripped her rings to conceal the crime.
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Chicago
Franklin c. Hollister
Fullerton Avenue
Belden Avenue
Richard Ivens
Three Bel gian Children Die in Pittsburg Fire
Three Belgian children aged up to six were burned to death at the Cornell Coal Company complex five miles northeast of Pittsburg when a fire razed their mother's home. The mother, Mrs. A. Guerin, had locked doors to keep the children indoors while she stepped out briefly.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Cornell Coal Company
Here
A. Guerin
Saybrook Man Dies Sudden in Woods During Walk
Saybrook Connecticut January 45 Robert G Erwin former president of the Atlantic coastline collapsed and died while walking in the woods near Saybrook. Authorities reported no further details.
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Saybrook
Conn
Robert G. Erwin
Atlantic
Coben Wills Highlight Historic Bequest in Probate
In a local probate filing, Coben heirs contest a will while executor seeks court validation. The document outlines specific bequests and names remaining executors and guardians. Public notices request interested parties come forward by a court deadline.
Field in Chicago hotel worsens with pneumonia
New York dispatch reports Marshall Field of Chicago is gravely ill after several days of illness at a city hotel. He has not responded to treatment and is greatly exhausted. a late bulletin notes he has lost ground and the outlook is less favorable.
Young Hero Rewarded for Lake Erie Rescue
Cleveland Ohio January 15 Charles K Fife 14 years old receives a medal from congress for saving a companion from drowning in Lake Erie He learned Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw had transmitted the medal to him through Mr Burton for the rescue medal worth a magnificent silver gift
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Cleveland, O
Charles K. Fife
Congress
Lake Erie
Injured by Bomb hurled at Jan Cherbigoff
Injured person Cherbigoff suffered injuries when a bomb was hurled at the January event, with details limited to the attack and its immediate impact.
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Cherbigoff
Jan
Setwe
Exclusion Act Upheld in Hong Wing Deportation Case
Cincinnati court affirms the Chinese exclusion act. United States circuit court of appeals rules the act of April 7 1904 remains in full force and Congress has power to sustain deportation orders. Hong Wing among six Chinese men ordered deported. ruling applies to all six cases.
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Cincinnati
Hong Wing
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Fire destroys Brazil home. three children cremated
A blaze in the Portage la Prairie district, Winnipeg, destroyed the farm residence of H. A. Brazil. Three children perished in the fire while the parents barely escaped. The home was totally consumed by the night blaze.
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Winnipeg
Man
H. A. Brazil
Portage
la Prairie
Severe storm sweeps Indiana with fatalities and damage
Dispatches report a severe wind rain and sleet storm in Indiana with gusts up to 69 miles per hour. A brick schoolhouse wall at Circleville collapsed burying about 29 students causing one death and numerous injuries. Damage includes demolished houses unroofed barns and broken telegraph lines across the state.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Circleville
Evansville
Mary Beere
Oolitic
West Baden
Terre Haute
Bedford
Isaac Ritter
Portland
Muncie
Liabilities Enormous In Cleveland Bond Forgeries Case
Cleveland bankers' committee reports forged bonds totaling about 1 million dollars with potential assets around 500 thousand. Most forgeries tied to Ohio and used as collateral in Cleveland banks. Canton and South Sharon bonds also listed, Canton withholding coupons. Also notes a woman becomes president of a national bank in Lagrange, Katherine Williams, age 40, succeeding her father.
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Cleve
R. Newcomb
Bankers’ Committee
Den
Ew Com
Newcomb
Cleveland
Ohio
Canton
South Sharon
Alpena
Mich
a-Bank
Lagrange
Katherine Wiliams
Lima
Lagrange National Bank
Solomon Rose
Leon Rose
Will Stand With Germany At Algeciras Conference
London dispatch reports Ambassador White will support Germany on the open door in Morocco and on an international policing commission. The move may gain traction as Russia shows indifference to France, and Vatican influence is hostile to France.
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London
White
United States
Algeciras
Morocco
Russia
France
Vatican
Reprieve Granted for Patrick to March 19
Albany dated January 16 reports Gov. Higgins granted Albert T. Patrick a 56 day reprieve to March 19 while his counsel seeks to present allegedly newly discovered evidence in the Rice murder case. Patrick awaits execution at Sing Sing, following conviction in New York City in September 1900.
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Albany
N. Y
Albert T. Patrick
New York
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
New York City
Higgins
Patrick
Chinese assassins executed after confession in Port Arthur affair
Three Chinese men who confessed to murdering military attachés Von Guggenheim and De Cuverville upon returning from Port Arthur were executed Monday in Chefoo. The executions followed their admission to the killings before the capitulation of Port Arthur.
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Chefoo
von. Guggenheim
de Cuverville
Port Arthur
Suit to Oust Indiana Secretary of State Storms
Indianapolis filed suit by Ranly against Secretary of State Storms alleging failure to pay a $25 000 fee from Vandalia Railroad, misaccounting fees from judges and officers, improper expenditures under automobile law, and misused clerk hire funds. The complaint seeks an ouster judgment and claims bond and trustee financial pressures to settle.
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Secretary of State
Indianapolis
Secretary of
Harry
Vandalia Railroad Company
Storms
Huntington Court Delivers Odd Prayers Across Center
Authorities were called after Emma B headed into Rock Creek Center claiming a 15 day prayer meeting right because she paid 15 dollars for the church. Jonathan Summe, with a traction engine delusion, resides in a deserted Wellsport house and remains at large.
Light Shed on Liquor Law in Indiana
Special Judge Crumpacker in the circuit court ruled that the Nicholson law as codified omits a provision banning minors in saloons. Omer Wheeler, tried under the omitted section, was not found guilty since the codification repealed all laws under the act allowing minors to loiter in saloons.
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Valparaiso
Crumpacker
Omer Wheeler
Indiana
Club member objects to informal sanction of use
An individual felt unable to give informal sanction to their use by remaining a member of the club, signaling a conflict over acceptable conduct and membership obligations.
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Ceverl
Charges Against Collector in Washington Fight for Committeeman
Charges reportedly preferred in Washington against Internal Revenue Collector John Bonnell tied to the fight for a congressional district committeeman. The dispute centered on the Fifth district's influence over state chairman selection involving two senators and Vice President Feirbanks.
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Terre Haute
Washington
John Bonnell
Feirbanks
Reciprocal Charge Adopted by Indianapolis Fire Association
Indianapolis fire officials adopt a reciprocal charge against outside brokers who write Indianapolis business at the annual meeting. Officers elected include President John R. Welsh and Vice President Fred Gregory. Treasurer Edwin Hilly. Executive Committee Albert Metzger A. E. Uhl and Sol Kiser.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis’ Fire Association
John R. Welsh
Fred Gregory
Edwin Hilly
Albert Metzger
A. E. Uhl
Sol Kiser
New Town Ade Named for Playwright George Ade
A new town six miles north of this place on the Indiana Harbor Railway has been christened Ade. The naming honors George Ade, the noted playwright and humorist, by directive of Vice President Crown of the New York Central.
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Ade
Kentlan
Indiana Harbor Railway
Crown
New York Central
George Ade
Ex-convict Allen Pyle Sentenced for Theft in Hartford
Allen Pyle, 70, formerly imprisoned, was found guilty of stealing a rope socket valued at $40 from a local oil firm in Hartford. He received a prison term of two to 14 years, with prognosis suggesting possible death in prison due to age.
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Hartford City
Allen Pyle
VicFall Is Fined in Hartford Court
Patrick McFall pleaded guilty in Hartford circuit court after an indictment for shooting Ollie Walker was changed to assault and battery. He was fined $100 plus costs.
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VicFall
Hartford City
Patrick McFall
Ollie Walker
Bedford Bank Reorganized Names New Officers
The Bedford National Bank was reorganized with John R Walsh’s stock sold to local partners. Thomas J Brooks elected president, George W Hay vice president, and W. Brown named cashier.
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Bedford Bank
Bedford
Bedford National Bank
John R
Saloon Robberies Alarm Small Towns
Armed masked strangers have held up bartenders in Walkerton Stilkwell and Lapa during the past week closing hours escaping with about 1000 dollars. Hardenbrook saloon in Walkerton has been victimized twice. City saloon owners have armed themselves and vow to fight back at the next attempted robbery.
Sunday saloon closing law enforcement debate
Mayor Boehne and the reform administration pushed to enforce the Sunday closing law in Eizansville. Supporters cite tight rules on saloon hours while critics warn of restrictions impacting laborers who want beer on Sundays.
Two Claim Office Brazil Faces Health Board Split
Clay county maintains two secretaries on the health board with Dr. L. L. Williams and Dr. W. H. Orr. Williams was reappointed amid forgery charges stemming from forged notes on several sums. McNeal waived preliminary hearing and could not post a $5,000 bond, was jailed, and dropped from the Baptist church rolls.
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Brazil
Clay County
Board of Health
L. L. Williams
Dem
W. H. Orr
City Board of Health
Williams
Board of
George Ely
S. Weaver
Kejler
McNeal
T.e Baptist Church
Corpse Not Placed in Coffin at Funeral
In Elkhart the body of Mrs Seth Jones, wife of the gum magnate, died of paralysis and was not placed in a coffin but laid on a Davenport during the funeral service according to her wishes.
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Elkhart
Seth Jones
Ed Gum Manufacturer
Rochester Bridge Works Affected By Short Strike
Employees at Rochester Bridge Works walkout for 30 minutes over pay disputes. The tolling shop closed during the action, disrupting operations as workers demanded higher pay and better conditions.
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Wabash
Rochester Bridge
Pany
Death of John W Bedford
John W Cosn neat merchant of this town died after years of activity from a stroke of paralysis. He was aged and had been a business figure in the community for many years. Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced.
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John W. Bedford
John W
Brunswick church figure dies in city
A prominent member of the Friends' church in Brunswick, Maine, passed away in the city. The obituary notes his notable work and ties to the local community, highlighting his influence within the church and the town.
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Brunswick
Friends’ Church
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