Steinheil scandal shocks Paris and stirs high politics
Paris reports a sensational development in the Steinheil murder case as the artist widow claims her husband and Mme Japy were killed by Alexandre Wolff, with allegations of a high‑level cover up linked to the Faure death and Dreyfus era tensions. Police balance guilt and alibis while ministers weigh political fallout.
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Paris
France
Steinheil
Mme. Japy
Alexandre Wolff
Felix Faure
Republic
Mme
Wolff
Mme. Steinheil
St. Lazare
Faure
anti-Semnite Libre Parole
President Faure
Libre Parole
Hamard
Seydett
dSs
Dreyfus
Humbert
Briand
M. Seydett
Mme. Steinharl
M. Faure
Elysee Palace
Swiss Alps
Lamphere Begins Prison Term After Arson Conviction
Ray Lamphere arrived at the state prison in Michigan City to start a term from two to twenty-one years for arson. His aged mother, who traveled from South Bend, visited and cried as she embraced him. Attorney Worden planned a new-trial motion, with possible appeals discussed, though costs and timeliness cast doubt on success. Lamphere said he aims to be an exemplary inmate to earn good time and parole after two years.
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Michigan City
Ind
Ray Lamphere
South Bend
Lamghere
Helgelein
Smith
Richter
Lamphere
Leconte Survives Jeremie Death Rumor In Haiti
Gen Leconte arrived in Port au Prince after a three day sea escape from Jeremie with four officers and two sailors. He denies orders for executions there and resumes duties as minister of interior while Gen Auguste becomes minister of public works succeeding M Laraque who has resigned.
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Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Leconte
Jeremie
Petit Grave
16000 Honor Rev O Reilly Funeral Remarks
In Shanandoah Pennsylvania a priest is honored at the funeral of Rev H F O Reilly rector of the Annunciation Church for 40 years. In tribute 16000 workers from 25 collieries halted operations and shops closed across Shanandoah and Mahanoy valley. Over 200 priests attended as Bishop Prendergast of Philadelphia led the requiem mass.
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Shanandoah
H. F. O'Reilly
Bishop Prendergast
Philadelphia
Two Sailors Rescued Off Lake Michigan In Open Boat
Otto Wengle and Peter G. Meyer found themselves at risk when a gale swamped their open boat off Chicago. With one oar gone and water filling the craft, the pair were rescued after a saving crew sped 11 miles in a motor boat to reach them Thursday morning. Wengle lives at 507 Cornelia street and Meyer at 417 Berteau avenue.
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Chicago
Otto Wengle
Cornelia Street
Peter G. Meyer
Berteau Avenue
Negro Killed as Train Derails in Richmond
In Richmond, on the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac line, the forward engine of a northbound double-header derailed at Elba within the city limits. A negro brakeman was killed and a negro fireman badly injured in the wreck reported Friday.
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Richmond
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Elba
Kaiser Improves at Potsdam Emperor William Recovers
Berlin November 28 Kaiser officials report Emperor William has shown improvement from a cold. A palace bulletin says he was able to spend several hours out of bed and his condition is better after Friday night.
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Kaiser
Berlin
New Palace
Potsdam
William
Negro Hanged for Murder in Saluda Case
Spartanburg South Carolina November 28 Will Herrin a Negro was hanged here Friday for the murder of Emanuel Carver a prominent citizen of Saluda a few months ago in the state The execution followed a lengthy trial and appeals in the case reflecting a grim chapter of local crime justice.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Emanuel Carver
Saluda
Will Herrin
Foot and Mouth Disease Quarantine Hits Eastern State Farmers
Reports from Laneboro near the Pennsylvania line trigger a national foot and mouth outbreak response. Government inspectors verified disease presence, a quarantine imposed, and actions outlined by Secretary Wilson and State Veterinarian Mackie. The plan calls for two thirds federal funding, one third state, to eradicate the spread across affected states. The Lineboro farm remains the outbreak focus with strict restrictions on residents and livestock, including cattle hogs and poultry, after infected animals and related stock were culled.
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Washington
New
Jerse
Michigan
Laneboro
Pennsylvania
Price
Wilson
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Mackie
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore
Lineboro
Carroll County
Hitchcock Heads Kew Taft Slate First Cabinet Job
New York November 28 The press is authorized to announce that Frank H Hitchcock has accepted the postmaster generalship in Tafts cabinet This is Tafts first cabinet appointment The president elect held a conference with Hitchcock Friday afternoon and the national chairman returned to Washington for a dinner in his honor Also mentioned were Senator Fulton Parsons and Woodruff possible future taft appointments and approval of a tariff revision stance in developing correspondence
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New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Hitchcock
Washington
Fulton
Oregon
Parsons
Woodruff
Taft Cottage
Taft Chief Sees Satisfactory Mood in New York
New York Republican leader Timothy L. Woodruff accepts a tennis challenge from Representative Herbert Parsons as part of a broader visit. Woodruff arrives in Hot Springs with Mrs. Woodruff to discuss the New York political scene, Taft’s position, and the U S Senate race.
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Taft
New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Brooklyn
New York State
United States
Miller Directory Contact for Sulte 2 Gillespie Building
G R Miller located at Sulte 2 in the Gillespie Building with Musson office line 396 and Atlantic listed as the phone reference.
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Sulte
Gillespie Building
Musson
Office
Atlantic
Res
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa, contact through House phone 46 Black and Office 263 Black, Atlantic.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Atlantic
Wills Drawn and Probated in Atlantic Region
Wills drawn and probated with reports for administrators and guardians their appointments secured. Probate practice a specialty. General law business transacted. Atlantic.
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Atlantic
Actress author Eleanor Merron shoots self at St Regis
New York Nov 28 Mrs B M Cowper an author and actress of Middletown N Y believed to have been seized by suicidal mania attempted to take her life by shooting herself in the head in her hotel room at the St Regis Friday She left three letters but none show motive Mrs Cowper was known on stage as Eleanor Merron her mother and sister live in Portland Maine
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New York
B. M. Cowper
Middletown
N. Y
St. Regis
Mexican Plotters Captured Near Wilburton
A posse of U S marshals surrounded a cabin near Wilburton Oklahoma and captured Col Deavalo and John Castro. They are charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Mexican government.
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Wilburton
Okla
United States
Col
Deavalo
John Castro
Mexico
Consul General Denby Seeks Naval Aid at Shanghai
A Manila dispatch reports Consul General Denby in Shanghai has asked Rear Admiral Harbur to deploy gunboats to Shanghai to safeguard American interests amid growing tensions. The move reflects U S concern for protection of citizens and properties in the Chinese port.
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New York
The
Herald
Manila
Denby
Shanghai
Harbur
Mining engineer robbed of 3800 in Kansas City
Martin H. Halloran, a mining engineer who arrived in Kansas City from Pittsburg two months ago, was attacked by two men and robbed of $3,800 on November 28. The incident occurred in Kansas City Missouri. Police seek suspects and details of the assault.
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Kansas City
Martin H. Halloran
Pittsburg
Minister Coolidge Resigns as Nicaragua Envoy
Managua Nov 28 John Gardner Coolidge American minister to Nicaragua tendered his resignation and will leave the diplomatic service. The move ends his post as envoy and marks his departure from diplomatic duties.
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Coolidge
Managua
Nicaragua
John Gardner Coolidge
Diplomatic
Philanthropist Pearson Denies Fortune Depletion
Chicago magnate Dr. D K Pearsons, amid sensational reports his donations emptied his fortune by 450000, rejects the claim as bosh and says he has 3 million more to give to educational institutions. He plans to begin gifting next July under set conditions while visiting western colleges he has endowed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
West
Miner Dies In Mine Cage Accident Near Springfield
Killed in Mine. Accident, Springfield, Isl., Nov. 28. Failure of the engineer Charles Humphrey to stop the cage carrying several miners to the bottom caused the cage to rise to the tipple. Ernest Unger fell down the shaft and was killed, six other miners injured at the Chicago- Springfield Coal Company's mine north of the city.
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Springfield
Isl
Charles Humphrey
Chicago- Springfield Coal Company
Ernest Unger
Former Texan Representative Silas Hare Dies at 81
Washington reports former Representative Silas Hare of Texas a Mexican war veteran and Confederate veteran died at his home aged 81. Hare served in the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, known locally as Judge Hare.
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Washington
Silas Hare
Texas
Judge Hare
Three Supposed Yeggmen Detained in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls police arrested three men believed to be yeggmen. In their pockets were nitroglycerine, dynamite caps with fuses, and steel drills, signaling a significant anti crime breakthrough reported November 28.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Crown Babe Tuesday Ceremony for Pu Yi's Ascension
The government set Tuesday as the date for ceremonies marking Pu Yi's ascension to the Chinese throne. Officials of Peking and the imperial clan will acknowledge fealty to the infant emperor on that day.
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Babe
Peking
Navy
Pu Yi
Emperor’ of
China
Herman Billik's Mother Dead in Cleveland
Mrs Barbara Billik mother of Herman Billik under death sentence in Chicago, died at her Cleveland home Friday after months of heart trouble and dropsy.
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Herman Billik
Cleveland, O
Barbara Billik
Chicago
Explosion Fatal to Three at Idenbro Kansas
Two men are dead and a third fatally hurt after a Missouri Kansas & Texas freight engine exploded near Idenbro Kansas six miles south of Parsons. The incident occurred on November 28 and the men were working on the locomotive when the blast occurred. Authorities investigated the cause as a freight engine explosion with debris scattered.
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Parsons
Kan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Idenbro
Here
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