Bricks Put in Coffin in Portland Estates Case
London hearing resumes in the Druce Duke of Portland perjury case. Witness Miss Robinson testifies that handwriting differs from purported letters. Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, 70, identifies the duke with Druce and recalls bets on coronets, bricks in coffins, and dual identities amid decades of testimony.
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London
Bruce
Portland
Mary Robinson
T. C.druce
Duke of Portland
T. C. Druce
Herbert Drace
Miss Robinson
Charles Dicken
Kensington Gardens
Hto
Cruce
L. Atherley- Jones
Wemyss Reid
Dickens
Kensington Wardens
Druce
Duke
Margaret Hamilton
Madge
Welbeck Abbey
Woman Slashes Son in Sleep Then Attempts Fall
Elizabeth D. Smith of St. Louis Missouri slashed the throat of her 22 year old son as he slept, she then jumped toward a cistern as rescue crews arrived. He survived despite severe injuries and she was taken into custody amid mental health concerns.
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Ared
St. Louis
Elizabeth D. Smith
Injunction Halts All New Railroad Laws
Judge Thomas G. Jones in Montgomery grants a sweeping restraining order suspending recent railroad regulation laws from the extra session. The order blocks enforcement by sheriffs, solicitors, clerks, and shippers against railroads including Central of Georgia and Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, while a broader suit proceeds for constitutional challenges. The Central Trust Company’s suit prompts similar measures, with penalties for contempt up to five years and possible imprisonment. Proceedings set for December 2 and December 16.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas G. Jones
United States District Court
Legisl Sture
Loulaville
Nashville
South
North Alabama
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
Central of Gaeorgia
Central Trust Company of New York
Central of Georgia
Central
Spooner
Jones
Central Trust Company
Trust Company
J. C. Spooner
United States
Wisconsin
Albert Rathbone
Henry V. Poor
New York
Juege
Bils
Fed
End the Season on the Cridiron
Tech Meets Clemson in Atlanta and a Thanksgiving card of games. Auburn plays Georgia in Macon while Sewanee visits Vanderbilt in Nashville. Multiple college matchups unfold across cities including Richmond Philadelphia and Lynchburg on Saturday.
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Tech
Clemson
Atlanta
Fengin
Macon
Ponce de Leon Park
Auburn
Georgia
Sewanee
New York City Schools Defy Christfree Christmas Policy
New Yorks board of education voted to preserve Christmas carols and holiday observances in public schools, postponing any ban on Christ references. The decision left faith-based elements to individual superintendents, amid protests from clergy and concerns over revised song books. The December 20 to January 2 holiday period was set, with Thanksgiving day observed today.
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New York
Board of Education
Christ
Robert J. Harrison
James H. Smith
Nellie Highby
Smith
Government May Cut Treasury Notes Issue to 50 Million
Washington November 27. Due to heavy subscriptions the secretary of the treasury says subscriptions to the 3 percent certificates of indebtedness issued June 3 1898 are closed after today. If only 50 million is issued and half paid in six months interest would total 1 125 000, lowering per capita cost. Calculations hinge on money market conditions and possible call of certificates.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
Watrous Wins Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Seat
Official count confirms Robert I. Watrous of Warwick Republican won Rhode Island lieutenant governor by a nine vote plurality over Democrat Charles H. Sisson. Watrous 81 216 votes Sisson 31 207. Unofficial returns had a Democratic lead for Sisson. Vanderbilt wedding postponed. Szechenyl family cites brothers' desire to amend ceremony in Vienna.
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Rhode Island
Providence
R. L
Robert I. Watrous
Warwick
Charles H. Sisson
Atata Returning Board
Watrous
Sieson
Sisson
Watrovs
Vanderbilt
Vienna
Szechenyl
Wiing
Cauht Lassté Ssechenyl
Giadys Vanderbilt
Thanksgiving respite for condemned Ohio prisoner
Columbus, Ohio November 27 Frank Earl who was under sentence to be electrocuted for the murder of William Legg a Sidney Ohio butcher was this evening granted a respite until December 1 to allow the board of panions to consider his case the supreme court today denied him a new trial.
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Ohio
Columbus
Frank Earl
Sen‘tence
Wiliam Legg
Sidney
Board of Panions
Supreme Court
Many Cremated In Lodging House In Kansas City
A natural gas explosion at a rooming house on St Louis Avenue endanta Feetreet in Kansas City injured and killed several railroad laborers. Seven bodies were recovered burned beyond recognition. one man fatally burned and others fatally injured by jumping from a second story window.
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Kansas City
Tre
Louis Avenue
Wife Calls Husband "Low vile degenerate" in Utah senator case
Washington witnesses in the Anne M. Bradley trial describe her as rational after the shooting of Senator Brown of Utah. a dramatic hotel encounter in Pocatello in 1908 is recounted with Mrs. Brown attacking Mrs. Bradley and alleging Brown denied paternity of her son.
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Brown
Washington
Anne M. Bradley
Senator Brown
Utah
Bradley
Poice Station
House of Detention
Salt Lake City
Teenie
Max Brown
Mrs. Bradley
Weather Forecasts Across States Indicate Rain and Cooling
Weather data from Washington on November 27 notes Georgia rain Thursday with warmer spells, then colder Friday and variable winds. Virginia and North Carolina see clouds, rain in parts, with warmth interior and Friday rain turning colder. South Carolina expects rain Thursday or night, warmer, then Friday rain and colder with easterly to southerly winds. Florida shows showers in the north Friday, fair in the extreme south with fresh winds. Texas and Arkansas face rain Thursday and Friday, with cooling. Kentucky and Tennessee forecast rain and a later cold change, while western Texas remains fair Thursday.
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Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Misalasippi
Louisiana
Texas
Prisey_Arkansac
Tennessee
Kentucky
Thuraita
Coller
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Are
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Praf
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Mary Postell
Fraser Street
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Alice Megae
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