Grave of Thomas C. Druce Grave opening begun in Highgate cemetery
London authorities begin opening the grave of Thomas Charles Druce at Highgate to determine if the coffin holds a body or a 200 pound sheet lead roll. The three ton monument to the Cruce family was moved behind a shed as workers proceed under secrecy awaiting police court evidence. The Druce dispute links to the Portland dukedom and a $1.5 million annual estate, with witnesses claiming Thomas C. Druce is the fifth Duke of Portland. A New York witness Caldwell faces perjury charges amid trial implications. In Minnesota, a heavy snowstorm hits southern region with crippled rail traffic and suspended Winona streetcar service.
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London
Thomas Charles Druce
Highgate
Cruce
Herbert Druce
Thomas C. Druce
Baker Street Bazaar
George Hollamby Druce
T. C. Druce
Duke of Portland
George Hollamby Cruce
Portland
Howard de Walden
Robert C. Caldwell
New York
Caldwell
Staten Island
Special Nevada session called over Goldfield troubles
Governor Sparks will issue a proclamation and convene Nevada's legislature in about two weeks at Roosevelt's request to address the Goldfield strike and keep troops in mining camps. Goldfield official Rosenthal refuses to resign as demanded. Senator Nixon reports word of the call reaching Washington from Goldfield.
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Nev
Nevada
John Sparks
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Sparks
Washington
Rosenthal
New York
United States
George 8. Nixon
Spearks
Goldfire
Nixon
PENSIONS FOR THEM Iowa Senator Backs Ex Presidents Aid
Washington December 30 Senator William B Allison of Iowa chairman of the appropriations committee favors congressional action to provide pensions for ex presidents. He notes Grover Cleveland and the need to help Jefferson’s debt and argues the cost would be small since rarely are two ex presidents alive simultaneously. Mrs Garfield currently receives an allowance.
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Washington
William B. Allison
Iowa
Committee On Appropriations
Congress
United States
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
Allison
Garfield
Ihs
Relief in Goldfield as legislature to be called
Goldfield Nev December 30 Governor Sparke telegraphed President Roosevelt that he will call the Nevada legislature into special session soon. Federal troops may remain for an indefinite period and fear of a serious disturbance in the labor dispute is reduced. Esmeralda county grand jury recommends appointment of a board of arbitration to settle the strike.
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Goldfeld
Nev
Sparke
Roosevelt
Nevada
Goldfield
Esmeralda County
Boy Killed by Wolves Near Fergus Falls
Sheriff Albertson reports a wolf attack east of Fergus Falls Minnesota leaving an eight year old boy dead after night missing. The tragedy occurred as the child stayed after school with peers and returned alone when wolves were heard near the path. His father found the body with two wolves nearby and the remains were buried locally.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Albertson
Sebeka
Bureau rebuts Standard Oil Indiana rate discrimination claim
The bureau of corporations replies to James A. Moffatt asserting that Standard Oil Indiana and the Chicago and Alton railroad knowingly practiced discrimination in oil shipments from Chicago to East St. Louis, supporting Judge Landis’s $29,240,000 fine with key facts.
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Washington
Bureau of Corporations
James A. Moffatt
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Landis
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Man ends tragedy after killing mother in law and fleeing
In Barton Vermont on December 30 Edward Butterfield shot and killed his mother in law Lydia M Durkee then drove his wife and children from their home. After surrounding the house a sheriff s posse found Butterfield dead in bed from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities say liquor may have driven his actions.
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Barton, Vt
Lydia M. Durkee
Edward Butterfield
Butterfield
Mrs Boyer Family Burned Alive In Hamden Fire
A fire that razed a home near Hamden killed Mrs Boyer and one child while another child was severely burned. The incident occurred in December 1980 as responders fought the blaze. Names, ages, and exact location details were not specified in the report.
Misfortune Hits New Orleans Banker William Adler
William Adler, prominent New Orleans banker and wholesale grocer, suffers a string of calamities. He resigns as State National Bank president, the bank closes, his grocer firm goes to receivership, and a shipwreck near Honduras leaves him a shipwrecked refugee aboard the Alps. His insurance policy failed for the damaged cargo, compounding losses. Moses Schwartz, a close associate, also faces business trouble as his foundry goes into receivership.
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New Orleans
William Adler
Adler
Belize
British Honduras
State National Bank
Moses Schwartz
Alps
Glovers Reef
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Morgan Gets Monuments For Metropolitan Art Museum
New York reports J. Pierpont Morgan has purchased the Biron monuments from France and lent them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The two groups include The Entombment and Our Lady of Pity, dating to the late 15th century, carved by unknown sculptors.
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New York
France
J. Pierpont Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Charles VIII
Chateau de Biron
Trial of Harry Thaw to Start Second Time
On January 6 Harry K Thaw will be called for a second trial on the Stanford White murder charge. The defense plans to rely on a legal insanity plea while Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testifies again. An unwritten law will be avoided and a new suit over Mrs Eddy's estate is anticipated by supporters of the case.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
William Thaw
George Carnegie
Harry Thaw
Josiah
Edward Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
England
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Delphin M. Delmas
California
Boy Drowns While Skating on Main River in Marinette
Austin English eleven year old son of Stephen English of Marinette drowned after skating into an airhole on the Main river. Companions failed to reach him with a board until he sank to the bottom and his body was recovered twenty minutes later.
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Marinette
Wis
Austin
Stephen English
Dispute Over Mrs Eddy Estate Trustees Serve Notice
Boston December 30 formal notices are served on trustees McLellan Fernald and Baker disputing Mrs Mary Baker Glover Eddy authority to dispose of a large portion of her fortune The notices order them not to approve a $1 000 000 appropriation to the Christian Science church head.
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F. 8S
Streeter
Boston
Mary Baker Glover Eddy
Christian Science Church
Tristees McLellan, Fernald and Baker
Pick of Kann art collection heads to America
The Kann collection sold to Duveen Bros last August for about 1,000,000 has shipped to America with Mrs Collis P Huntington among leading buyers. The export includes Rembrandts such as An Old Woman Cutting Her Nails and Crossing the Atlantic, Hals, Van der Weyden, Vermeer's Young Girl Asleep, the only Velasquez Bust of a Young Girl, El Greco Cardinal Nino de Guevera and Goyan's Bullfighter. Russia France Germany and Holland also bought works.
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London
Duveen Bros
America
Collis P. Huntington
Rembrandt
Atlantic
Franz Hals
Roger van der Weyden
Vermeer
Velasquez
Kann
el Greco
Cardinal Nino de Guevera
Goyans
Russia
France
Germany
Holland
Bank director steals 2000000 rubles in daring vault raid
A sleepless director of St. Petersburg Union Bank disguises as a bank guard and robs the vault of 2 million rubles while the police service fails to act. He vanishes after the crime, leaving a mystery surrounding his fate.
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