23 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
1
The Nan Patterson jury did not reach a verdict by 11:26 PM as deliberations continued in New York. Miss Patterson, once unshakable, showed nerves as the jury remained locked in a small room awaiting a 10:30 AM report.
In court, the woman appears tense as she contemplates quitting tonight. A letter from her mother promises release if the jury frees her, expressing longing for Christmas together and the return of their daughter.
Philadelphia residents flee a crowded tenement at 315 Monroe Street as coal gas from a furnace heating a Turkish bath escapes. Twenty seven people, mostly women and children, are overcome, with twelve hospitalized in serious condition but expected to recover.
New York on December 22 reports nearly 3.06 million dollars sent abroad since the first of the month via the post office money order system. Details show multiple ships carrying large sums to England Italy Germany Sweden Austria France Luxembourg and Greece across hundreds of orders, with Britain and Italy among the top recipients.
The University of New Mexico basketball team defeated the Agricultural College squad 21 to 8 in Las Cruces. From the start UNM dominated and led throughout the game.
Phat Hing Nelson, the Chicago pugilist, applied tonight for a warrant for Ted Murphy, who had been his manager, alleging Murphy left the city with 10900 dollars belonging to Nelson. Murphy is believed to have departed by a local train.
Johnny Attell of San Francisco defeated Louis Reagan of New York by knockout in the seventeenth round after trailing through nine rounds in a New York bout. Attell earned his third straight win over Reagan as Forbes of Chicago and Cobb of Detroit drew in Kalamazoo after ten rounds.
Fragmentary notes indicate naval warships based at a home port sailed toward distant islands. Details on dates units or destinations are unclear in the readable text.
London and New York decipher a fog bound world. In London the Great Britain fog halts railways post service and abundance of parcels. The city stalls with torches and traffic jams while cosmopolitan observers report chaos and gloom. Robert McCormick sails for Russia aboard the Moltke after a months vacation.
Washington reports a sharp critique of immigration policy with calls for life histories certified by authorities and stricter tests. Prat Sargent argues current rules fail to prevent admission of aliens with disqualifying histories.
The readable lines show no clear event or names. Content is fragmented with stray words and possible names, offering no definite actions or outcomes to summarize.
Colorado Springs police say they exhausted every lead and cleared public notices for help as a missing women case remains unsolved. Chief Reynolds quotes officials awaiting broader publicity to prompt new information. A recent mountaintop find linked clothing to a miner, while Alice Guinn of Mowiton remains among those reported missing.
Reb Brwle, suspected as the larger Cody bank robber, has been captured and jailed near Gooseberry Basin Wye Dee. W. Le Walle, Hammitt, and Asa Loveland aided the arrest after a reported attack during a tragedy.
In Huliver Pac on December 22 seven workers perished from heat and smoke after a small blaze at the Reese Lamin Fire Rick company coal mine trapped them. About twenty five men were underground, many foreigners, as flames and smoke surged toward the shaft.
Cleveland dispatch reports Dr Leroy Chadwick and his wife Mrs Casale Chadwick indicted by a county grand jury on charges of forging and uttering a 400000 note signed Andrew Carnegie. Sheriff plans extradition as Chadwick faces possible separate trials and ongoing inquiry into the Chadwick affair.
Herbert D. Newton announces civil proceedings to recover on a 390000 dollar promissory note from Dor Chadwick. Chadwick was traced aboard the Hamburg American liner Pretoria sailing to New York, while Newton verifies the debtor’s return to the country.
About a hundred armed masked men from Joplin and Coffeyville destroyed the Kansas Natural Gas pipeline near Independence Kansas by dynamiting it in three spots along the public highway. Guardsmen stood aside as the line was wrecked amid ongoing clashes over the project. The incident follows legal battles and a Supreme Court ruling restricting interference with pipeline construction. A separate dispatch notes a Yemeni revolt reported from Constantinople with rebels gaining ground.
Reports from St Petersburg and Singapore indicate four Japanese cruisers and twelve torpedo boats proceed west from Singapore to shadow Russian fleets expected near Madagascar. Analysts see this as surveillance rather than an offensive move as Russia eyes a new base while port authorities note potential clashes with Admiral Rozestvensky's squadron.
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