Labor Delegation Seeks Federal Review in Goldfield
A delegation from the American Federation of Labor arrives as General Funston continues a probe into Goldfield Nevada unrest. They report years of armed self protection amid fear of violence by members of the Western Federation of Miners, prompting troop retention and a lengthy commission inquiry.
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Goldfield
Nev
American Federation of Labor
General Funston
Western Federation of Miners
United States
Funston
Washington
Sparks
Roosevelt
Charles P. Neill
Herbert Enok Smith
Laurence Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
F. X. Patterson
Neill
Robbery Killing At Kansas City Store Shocked Community
Kansas City Kansas grocer Louis Sternberg and his wife Mattie were attacked in their Fourth Street store by unknown robbers. Sternberg died and Mrs Sternberg was fatally wounded. Investigators found evidence including an open sardine can a long iron belt and a bloody meat cleaver. Authorities believe the robbers fled with about 75 dollars while the grocer had recently withdrawn 500 dollars from a bank.
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Kansas City
Louis B. Sternberg
Fourth Street
Wallner Avenue
Kan
Mattie Sternberg
Sternberg
Gales wreck ships off France as Isly runs ashore
Paris reports hurricane gales sweeping from France to the Mediterranean. The cruiser Isly drove ashore at L Orient while the three master Padousa broke up on rocks at Biarritz in front of hotels. Four crewmen drowned and many boats were lost. Thousands witnessed the catastrophe including Premier Campbell-Bannerman of England. Shipping sheltered in ports and the Anglo French service was halted.
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Paris
France
Spain
Mediterranean
Isly
L’orient
Padousa
Biarritz
Campbell-Bannerman
England
English Channel
Theosophist Tried To Kill Girl Then Poisoned Self
Mereland December 16 reports Poris Minoff a Paalen rian designer attempted to kill Jessie Schroeder thirteen and then died by his own hand. He believed in soul marriage after denial of legal wedlock. He lured the Schroeders after sending other family members to the theater and used a handkerchief to chloroform both.
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Mereland
Poris Minoff
Jessie Schroeder
Minoff
Schroeders
Jesse
Abraham Hummel Near Death at Blackwell's Island Prison
Abraham Hummel the lawyer serving a conspiracy sentence in the Dodge-Morse divorce case is near death from kidney disease. Prison doctors say his condition could end at any moment, with his Blackwell's Island sentence expiring in a few weeks.
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New York
Abraham Hummel
Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
Dodge-Morse
Matz
Hummel
Blackwell's Island
Boy Kills His Companion In Missouri Child Tragedy
St Joseph Missouri December 16 Praying the boy was a cowboy Ned H Starmer eleven shot and killed George Blakely four with a double barrel shotgun The dead boy’s sister died a year ago from a horse kick The girl will recover Minoff s spirit departed alone
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St. Joseph, Mo
Ned H. Starmer
George Blakely
Dual suicides and a fatal shooting shock two towns
In Milwaukee two men Herbert Schmidt and Thomas M. Stanton died by suicide in a room at the Plankington House. Schmidt cut his throat with a razor beside him while Stanton shot himself. In La Florence Kentucky John Meeks fired three shots at Albert Clutterback on a main street, wounding him fatally. Meeks was arrested and offered no理由 for the act.
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Milwaukee
Herbert Schmidt
Thomas M. Stanton
Chicago
Plankington House
Schmit
Stanton
la Florence
John Meeks
Albert Clutterback
Clutterback
Meeks
Battle Between Shanty Boatmen Ends in Fatal Shootings
In Bethlehem Indiana a conflict between two shanty boatmen from Huston’s Landing Kentucky and a Kentuckian posse left one dead and several wounded. Arthur Kelling was killed, Clarence Scott fatally wounded, Iva Scott and Mrs Arthur Kelling wounded, Agnes Kelling lightly hurt. The Scotts sought return of claimed stolen produce and pursued Kelling to his boat, leading to the deadly confrontation.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Bethlehem
Ind
Arthur Kelling
Clarence Scott
Keiling
Two Survivors of Lawson Disaster Left One Is Dead
Hughtown Scilly Islands Dec 16 George Allen of Bradford England one of three Lawson survivors is dead Captain Dow recounts the wreck and his hours clinging to rocks with Engineer Rowe as both men endured pounding seas The Lawson disaster stirs debate on building such vast schooners and their Atlantic passage risks
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Hughtown
Scilly Islands
George Allen
Bradford
Eng
Thomas W. Lawson
Broad Sound
Captain Dow
Engineer Rowe
Lawson
Seven Transatlantic Liners Reach New York After Heavy Seas
Seven transatlantic steamers arrived in New York after storms delayed them across the Atlantic. The Anchor Line’s Astoria broke down and waited twenty four hours. passengers aboard La Lorraine and other ships endured rough seas. A pilot named Thomas Shields drowned when a small boat capsized during transfers from the Talieman.
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New York
Atlantic
Astoria
Bourth
Sandy Hook Bay
Tragic hunting accident claims two New Orleans men
In the Rigolets area twenty five miles from New Orleans G Hawking Norton customs agent for the Tenois Central railroad and Walter Grima a leading cotton broker were killed. Norton was struck by a discharged gun while with Harry S Buckner commercial agent of the Big Four railway. Grima and Audrey M Post commercial agent of the Southern Pacific railroad tried to cross the marsh in a skiff that capsized and both men were swept away. Both men were prominent in New Orleans club and social life.
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New Orleans
G. Hawking Norton
Te- Nois
Norton
Grima
Audrey M. Post
Southern Pacific Railroad
Rigolets
Gale Subside After Deadly British Coast Gale
The British coast gale subsided after heavy loss of life estimated around forty with smaller wrecks noted including a Swanage vessel whose crew of seven is presumed lost. Separate report from St Joseph Missouri notes Fred Casey arrested for the February murder of Jesse Murray near Scott Bluff Nebraska after being identified by Murray’s widow.
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London
Jameson
St. Louis
Swanage
St. Joseph
Fred Casey
Jesse Murray
Scott Bluff
Neb
Home Diplomacy in Married Life Quips
Reynolds Newspaper quotes playful banter between Jack Tintla and Charlie about married life and hidden disagreements. The exchange hints at light domestic humor with a married couple dynamic and witty retorts.
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Tintla
Charlie
Charles
Reynolds
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