Despondent bookkeeper ends life with carbolic acid
Helena report details Joseph Bernheim a Sands Bros. bookkeeper who, despondent after months of illness, killed himself on a courthouse settee by draining carbolic acid. Neighbors Dr. Salvail and Deputy Sheriff Scharrenbroich arranged the inquest, with Bernheim's wife and two daughters noted among his survivors.
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Standard
Helena
Joseph Bernheim
Sands Bros
H. JL. Ruth
William Murray
Murray House
Breckinridge and
Rodney Streets
Mr. Murray
Mr. Bernheim
Bernheim
Peter Scharrenbroich
Napoleon Salvail
J. Victor Kohler
Flaherty
Salvail
Kohler
Scharrenbroich
Brooke
Terrence O'Donnell
Butte
Kleinschmidt
Grand Hotel
Martha
Judith
Collins Land Company
Fligman-Jacobs
Delegates Meet Wilkesbarre for Mine Workers Convention
The official call from executive boards of anthracite districts one seven and nine orders a delegate convention in Wilkesbarre Pa for October 20 to act on the presidents proposed settlement with operators. Local unions to elect delegates by Friday with credentials issued and submitted for a vote on returning strikers to work and submitting issues to the presidents commission. Local halls and hotel arrangements to be announced.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers of America
United States
United Mine Workers Boards Recommend Arbitration Acceptance
Executive boards of the three anthracite districts in joint session unanimously recommend to a delegate convention of striking miners accepting the arbitration proposal from the U S president. The convention meets in Wilkes Barre on Monday with hopes coal mining will resume next week after more than five months of suspension. Public reaction is elated as regional business has suffered. President Mitchell avoided comment until a late bulletin clarified the office stance.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Mitchell
Dying Statement of Dr H A Cayley At a 1902 inquiry
The transcript records Dr H A Cayley speaking as he faces imminent death after a shooting. He identifies a bullet wound and names Mr Kelley as the shooter, with Mrs La Bonta present and the time between 11 p m Saturday and 1 a m Sunday October 12. The document notes Cayley’s claim of no recovery hope and that the statement was read aloud before police custody.
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Dr. Cayley
Breen
Reynolds
Cayley
Kelley
Madame la Bonta
Dr. Cay
McGuiggan
Murphy
Alexander Maekel
Rooming House J
J. J. Cusick
John Baers
Mr. Kelley
Dr. Hanson
Broadway
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Henry A. Cayley
J. W. Kelley
Lodg
Ing House
Ley
Dr Cayley
Whelley
Aelle
Sudan LA
Bonta
Mrs. LA Bonta
R. H.a.cayley
JW Kelley
Tan
H. A. Cayley
Mr. Breen
Hanson
DR. H. H. Hanson, J. M. Reynolds C. Torrer
John O'Day
Daniel J. Walsh
Rod Langloss
Peter Breen
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