Pickrell Denies Charges in Frankfort Street Railway Case
James M. Pickrell of Clark county and three other defendants deny conspiracy claims by W. S. Lougee over proceeds from the sale of the Frankfort Street Railway to the Versailles and Frankfort Traction Company. Lougee seeks about 125000 dollars, with trial likely in the next federal term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
W. $. Lougee
Jas. M. Pickrell
Clark County
John T. Buckley
John C. Noel
Rolla D. Armstrong
W. S. Lougee
Cleveland
Lougee
Ory
Cochran
E. S. Jouett
Winchester
Hazelrigg
Cipnault
Duke Hazelrigg
Frankfort Street Railway
Farmers Bank
Springfield National Bank
Toto
Democratic Meeting Sparks Precinct Committeeman Talk
Democratic politicians show strong interest in Saturday mass meetings across the county to choose a precinct committeeman for each area. Lee Baldwin, longtime county committee chairman, declines reelection as he runs for sheriff, prompting significant debate over his successor among Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Baldwin
Boardman & Company Assigns Stock Brokerage Firm
Philadelphia firm John A. Boardman & Company stock brokers assigns today with branch offices in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John A. Boardman & Company
New York
Prutery and Senate Courtesy Debate
A terse note outlines senatorial courtesy in relation to Prudery. The fragment hints at procedural debate without detailing names places or outcomes.
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Prudery
Prutery
Real estate forger given ten year prison term in Joliet
Peter Van Vlissingen a Chicago real estate leader and club man who confessed to forgeries totaling 700000 was sentenced four hours after his arrest and arrived at Joliet prison this morning to begin serving his sentence.
Tobacco yield per acre falls below ten year average
Washington reports the Agriculture Department's preliminary tobacco data showing an average of 825.2 pounds per acre, down from the ten year average of 797.6. Total production is 629,634,000 pounds, lower than 698,126,000 pounds in 1907, while quality stands at 87.9 percent versus 90.0 last year.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Catholic Congress Ends With Cochran Address in Chicago
The first Catholic missionary congress in Chicago closed with a mass meeting led by W Bourke Cochran of New York. Delegates totaling about 1500 heard calls for a new missionary movement to preserve immigrant Catholicism and to send priests to sparsely settled areas. Messages of thanks went to the pope and Archbishop Falconio. Also speaking were Archbishop Quigley of Chicago and Bishop Donohue of Wheeling W Va.
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Chicago
Catholic Missionary Congress
W. Bourke Cochran
New York
America
Rome
Falconio
Cochran
Quigley
Donohue
Wheeling
W. Va
New Louisville & Nashville Train Schedule Begins November
Beginning November 21 a new passenger service will operate between Cincinnati and Atlanta on the Louisville and Nashville line. The southbound train arrives Cincinnati at 11 05 a m and the northbound departs Cincinnati at 5 45 p m. It will stop only at Covington Cynthiana Paris Winchester Richmond Corbin Knoxville and Atlanta with connections for Florida.
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Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Covington
Cynthiana
Paris
Winchester
Richmond
Corbin
Knoxville
Florida
Lexington
Mr. Baldwin Returns Home From Cincinnati Business Trip
Mr. A. R. Baldwin has returned home after a business trip to Cincinnati, where he conducted company duties and met with clients.
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Mr. A. R. Baldwin
Cincinnati
Brewers Gain Control of Teamsters in Federation Report
At the American Federation of Labor convention in Denver the committee on adjustments urged that brewery workers have sole jurisdiction over teamsters in breweries. D J Tobin denounced the recommendation and warned the teamsters would withdraw if it passed. The executive council will review the dispute.
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Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor
Committee
Teamsters
D. J. Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
Executive Council
Annual visit of Henry Lees praised for Winchester progress
Mr Henry Lees of Plymouth Pennsylvania visits Mansfield area. He is general manager and large stockholder in the Winchester Railway Light and Ice Company and president of Mt Sterling Water and Light Company and Wilmington Ohio Light and Water Company. He commends Winchester's development over the past year and notes a 350 horsepower engine as a state largest.
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Henry Lees
Plymouth
Lees
Winchester Railway, Light and Ice Company
Mt. Sterling Water and Light Company
Wilmington
Ohio
Winchester
Cottage Sale on Clay Street to Richard and Betty Wilson
Mrs Bettie Hardwick sold a frame cottage on Clay street to Mr and Mrs Richard Wilson for 2009 dollars cash. Possession given January 1. The buyers plan to improve and move in.
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Bettie Hardwick
Richard Wilson
Clay Street
Mr and Mrs Barnes Visit Flemingsburg
Mr and Mrs T C Barnes are visiting Flemingsburg.
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Mrs. T. C. Barnes
Flemingsburg
Criminal law needs revision in American justice.
Pittsburg November 19 Attorney General Charles J Bonaparte urged a thorough rational overhaul of U S criminal law to curb delays and ensure swift, certain rebuke of violations while preserving essential safeguards. He argued frequent dilatory procedures, broad review powers, and excessive caution against wrongful convictions hinder timely justice and People’s rule.
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Pittsburg
Charles J. Bonaparte
National Municipal League
Mr. Bonaparte
Mr. Bryan
Policeman Flees After Burglary Arrest in Parsons
In Parsons Kansas on November 19 five thousand dollars in silks furs and other goods stolen from Straubager's store were found in a rooming house owned by Mrs E James. Mrs James confessed implicating Paul Wegen a policeman and Harry Cloughley Wegen briefly detained then freed to visit his wife fled pursued by several posses armed and considered capable of resisting. Wegen had previously shot a man here and admitted serving time in the Kansas penitentiary for an Oklahoma crime.
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Parsons
Kan
Straaberger
Sore
E. James
James
Paul Wegen
Harry Cloughley
Weggen
Kansas Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Roots in Cabinet Stay Favored by Taft Conclave
Hot Springs Virginia November 19 a conference at the Taft cottage on New York politics and national affairs centered on Secretary Root as a likely successor to T C Platt in the United States Senate. Judge Taft praised Roots statesmanship and urged him to lead the cabinet while Sherman indicated Cannon would lead the House in the sixty first Congress. Taft sent Cuba congratulatory cable to Magoon Crowder and Gomez and doubted attending the Cuban transition to avoid disrupting cabinet duties.
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Hot Springs
Taft
New York
Sherman
William Ward
National Republican
Root
Judge Taft
Mr. Root
Cannon
Cuba
Magoon
Colonel Crowder
Electoral Commission
Gomez
Cuban
United States
Panama bonds to be offered for sale in December
Secretary Cortelyou announced bids for up to 30 million dollars in Panama canal bonds at 2 percent interest. The new issue dated November 1, 1908 will be redeemed in gold after ten years and payable in thirty years, with a 2 percent certified check required with each bid.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
Taft to Address Southerners in New York Dinner
William H. Taft is slated as the principal speaker at the North Carolina society of New York dinner on December 7 at the Hotel Astor. The event will feature other noted speakers and focus on “A Program For the South,” aiming to command national attention and appeal to southern readers.
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Taft
New York
North Carolina Society of New York
Hotel Astor
William H. Taft
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James MM. Pickrell
Peter van Vlissingen
Joliet Penitentiary
Winchester News
The
Indianapolis
Cockran
Catholic Congress
Bonaparte
Bry
Ings
Posse
Panama
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