Rathbun Pleads Not Guilty in Poison Murder Case
Newell Rathbun, accused of poisoning Charles Goodman in a Jeffersonville hotel, pleads not guilty at arraignment before Mayor Rader and is held without bond. He faces a special circuit court term with a grand jury to consider the case. Rathbun identified by Deputy Sheriff Al Chichester and J. Gloeckler. investigators say his wife’s involvement is unclear. The Little Rock corpse remains in vault awaiting grand jury determinations.
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Ind
Newell &, Rathban
Charles Goodman
Little Rock
Rathbun
Rader
Circuit Court
Fernontz
Sherife al Chichester
J. Gloeckler
Arkansas
Raves
Gloeckler
Carrie Pryor
Ark
Newell C. Rathbun
Oakand Cemetery
J. M. Young
Chichester
Gloeckter
Grand
Parkhurst Supports Sunday Saloon Openings
New York Reverend Charles H. Parkhurst urged Sunday saloon openings during certain hours. Though abstinent himself, he argued the public has a right to pleasure and recreation, advocating beer and wine on Sundays while opposing spirits. He suggested Germans would align with this stance for family beer on Sundays.
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York
Arges Sante
New York
Charles H. Parkhurst
Paopia Cantok
Germany
Marine Disaster Reported by Captain Ferlan
Captain Ferlan of Australian steamship Etelka brought news of a probable marine disaster off the coast. On November 8 at latitude 41 north and longitude 69 west, he sighted a burning vessel, which exploded after a change of course tearing the ship apart. No trace of the crew was found, leading to belief they may have used small boats.
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Philadelphia
Ferlan
Etelka
Btelka
Vessal
Htelka
Perlan
Mapleson Dies in London Father of Chicago Grand Opera
Colonel James Henry Mapleson, famed impresario who helped found Chicago grand opera, died in London of Brights disease. He brought many leading operatic stars to Chicago over more than two decades.
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Mapleson
Chicago
James Henry Mapleson
London
Bright
Fatal pistol accident on Hor Likini Day at West Point
Miss Willie Duose, a member of one of Mississippi's wealthiest families, was to be married that night. She accidentally shot herself while unloading a pistol on Hor Likini Day in West Point, the ball piercing her heart and causing immediate death.
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West Point
Miss
Willie du Ose
Misa Stone
Boston
Mass
American Board of Foreign Missions
Migs Stone
Jeffries Plans Calm Fight Camp Before Big Show
Heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries finishes hard training in Oakland with a calm day of walking and light work at the Reliance club gym. Ruhlin follows Billy Madden's injunction and keeps workouts light, yet shows sharp form and confidence ahead of the title bout.
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Reliance Club
Ruhlin
Billy Madden
Ruehlin
Akron
APPOINTMENTS NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT CONSULS AND ARMY LIST
The president issued a batch of appointments across State Treasury War and Navy including Edwin N Gunsaulus consul at Toronto William L Sewell consul at Pernambuco and a long list of Army officers led by Jesse M Lee colonel Henry Wyzant lieutenant colonel Zeran W Torrey major Blanton Winship first lieutenant and many others Also Navy medical inspectors and surgeons were named The Chicago report describes women club members witnessing 14 hour days in sweatshops with wages of 28 cents and crowded quarters Meanwhile Roosevelt reiterates civil service rules for insular appointments saying no political interference will govern selections
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Edwin N. Gunsaulus
Ohio
Toronto
Ont
Canada
William L. Sewell
Pernambuco
Brazil
Treasury
Wiliam Haverstick
Wisconsin
Treasury Department
Jesse M. Lee
Infantry
Henry Wyzant
Zeran W. Torre
Roosevelt
United States
Clinton Rodgers Woodruff
Philadelphia
National Civil Service Reform League
Woodruff
Committee On Dependencies
Five injured by runaway trolley car on hill above New Homestead
A runaway traction car on the hill above New Homestead injured five people, one fatally. Victims include Mary Ellen Roath, 10, with a fractured skull, and John Lacey, 15, James Lacey, 9, Martin Tavey, 11, and William Kelly, 32, the conductor who stayed at his post. the girl is expected to recover. The motorman was uninjured. Ex-president George A Gates elected president of Pomona University at Los Angeles. previously considered for Washburn College.
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Pittsburg
Nav
New Homestead
Mary Ellen Roath
William Kelly
John Lacey
Martin Tavey
James Lacey
Pomona University
Des Moines
George A. Gates
Iowa College
Grinnell
Congregational Church
Cheyenne
Wyo
Los Angeles
Cal
Gates
Washburo College
Topeka
Bank Robbery in Leroy Causes Explosion and Wreckage
In Leroy Iowa Nov 16 the First National Bank of Leroy Decatur County was robbed of 9000 dollars. Robbers blew the safe with nitroglycerin, wrecking the bank building. It marks the eighth bank robbery in Jawa this midmonth.
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Blowens Hank
Leroy
Jawa
First National Bank of
Decatur County
Fire rips Madison Street building injuring workers
In Chicago at 254 Madison Street a fire nearly consumed a three story structure housing Lyon Bros Hollister Bros and Schultz Bros box factory. About 300 workers mostly girls fled amid flames and smoke while firemen battled from dangerous ladders and fire escapes.
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Madison Street Way
Lyon Bros
Hollister Bros
Schultz Bros
Six Day Race Leaders and Notable News Bullets
Pittsburg reports eleven riders remaining as Cavanaugh extends lead in the six day go as you please race with 482 miles. London officials deny a plague case at West London hospital and assert incidents are dockbound. Guthie, Okla. coach ride robbery robs stage passengers. Columbus stands burned incineration damages estimated at 25000 dollars. William S. Weir, pottery magnate and bank president, dies at 66 in Monmouth Ireland. Snow hails hit central New York with four truckers fatally hurt in a fire. Evansville police still lack clues in Bailey and Renner case. Senate foreign relations chair Sing Cullom. Mason to oversee post office committee. British liberal energy cited.
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Pittsburg
Barnes
Dean
Shelton
Noremac
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Watrolt
New York
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Dremien
Rvansville
Ind
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Renner
Cullom
Senate Foreign Relations
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Eritleigin
Uberals
Five Die as Toll Rises at Pocahontas Mine Blast
At Pocahontas Virginia a massive explosion in the Baty mine of the Pocahontas Coal Company followed an early morning fire. Five bodies were recovered and twenty five workers were rescued or injured while others remained unaccounted. The blast is blamed on a faulty electric light wire, as rescue crews labored to reach entombed miners.
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Pocahontas
Loulg, Woolwine
John Bernhart
Wil Montgomery
M. D. Koontz
John Uriee
Baty
Pocahontas Coal Company
Virginia lawyer John W. Scott murdered in Richmond
Richmond, Nov 16. John W. Scott one of Virginia’s wealthiest lawyers was attacked by a highwayman after leaving the Commonwealth club on Franklin Street about midnight. He died the same day from a fractured skull after being found unconscious on Major B H D Myers’s veranda. watch and purse missing, supporting a robbery theory. Scott was son of the late Major Frederick R. Scott and long prominent in Virginia society and banking.
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John W. Scott
Virginia
Scott
Commonwealth Club
Franklin Street
BH. D.T. Myers
Frederick R. Scott
Big Salt Against Cudahy in Nashville Suit
The Union Stockyards of Nashville sue John Cudahy for 100000 damages claiming breach of a ten year pact to build and operate a packing house. They allege he has not operated it fully and directed output to Louisville, harming the local market and stockyard plans.
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Nashville
Tenn
Union
John Cudahy
Chicago
Loulaville
Defrauded manager loses mail and funds in New Orleans incident
James TH Manning of San Francisco, western manager for the Standard Pneumatic Tool Company, arrived at the St Charles hotel to find his mail claimed by an impersonator who forged a cheque for 349 dollars found with Payne & Joubert. He then borrowed 300 dollars from a Baronne Street firm and vanished. Manning arrived to discover the theft. A separate note from Dabigue Iowa reports the Iowa State Dairy association electing officers B Shining, H R Carpenter, G Daly, M W Ashby, and endorsing Suddendorf for dairy exhibit superintendent. In Michigan City, Joseph D Keith was hanged for Nora Kifer's murder after confession, singing on the scaffold.
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New Orleany
James TH. Manning
San Francisco
Standard Pneumatic Tool Company of
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Awindley
Manning
Payne & Joubert
Dalrywen
Dabigue
Iowa State Dairy Association
B. Shining
Mason City
H. R. Carpenter
Elkader
G. Daly
Charles City
Hagleton
Suddendorf
Higin
Mil
St. Lottie Exposition
Kelth
Michigan City
Ind
Joseph D. Kelth
Nora Kifer
Keith
Princess of
New York
Newport
London
Anne Coventry
British claim approved in Nicaragua Mosquito coast dispute
Ralph Paget, secretary of the British legation, told President Zelaya that the United States has approved Britain's claim to be recognized as protector of the Mosquito coast in Nicaragua. Paget plans to leave Managua after the announcement.
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Nicaragua
Ralph Paget
Central America
Zelaya
United States
Great Britain
American Missionary Miss Stone Safe as Kidnappers Held
Washington reports Miss Ellen M Stone and Mme Tallka are alive in southern Bulgaria with captors. Diplomat Dickinson negotiates with brigands for release as Bulgarian officials face pressure. Stone’s husband travels to Sofia to consult US Consul General Dickinson. Stone reportedly asked friends to pray.
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State Department
M. Dickinson
United States
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Bulgaria
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Mme. Tallka
Dickinson
Ellen M. Stone
Mme
Sillia
Secret Committee
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Saratoff
Sie
Tallka
Mme. Tsilka
Macedonia
Bandita
Tia
Rescue on the Great Lakes Amid Storms and Wrecks
In a northwest gale off Bart Hope Michigan on November 16 the steamer Emerald broke machinery, losing power and drifting. Life Savers from Point au Barques rescued nine crew members, all benumbed by freezing spray, and cared for them at the life-saving station. The Emerald, bound from Alpena to Detroit with lumber, drifted as a dangerous derelict at Lake Huron. Also, the schooner Knapp ran ashore near Ashtabula after seven hours at sea. the crew was saved with difficulty. Three brothers named Shmansky were rescued from the schooner Three Sisters near Menominee, ten miles north of the harbor.
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Hope
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Point Au Barques
Alpena
Hetral
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Erie
Ashtabula
Schoonuw FM
Knapp
Nipegon
Louis Larson
Shmansky
Here
Dairy Farm Blaze In Hingham Destroys Livestock
A dairy farm near Hingham Massachusetts burned on November 14 destroying a herd of 140 cattle seven horses and a number of farm buildings. The blaze caused substantial property damage including a logy of 60 000 dollars in losses.
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Bury Burny
Hingham
Mass
Jordan
Denmark weighs retaliation over chocolate exports
Copenhagen reports the Danish government is studying the best retaliation if talks with the United States fail over overvaluation claims by New York customs on Danish chocolate exports. Danish shipments to the U S are about 760000 dollars versus the U S40 million to Denmark, risking duties.
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United States
Copenhagen
Denmark
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New York
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Prayers and Police Court Hail Crimm's Recovery at City Hall
In Cincinnati on November 15 the Fifth Presbyterian church priest led services in the police court room for Detective Cal Crimm who remains between life and death at City Hospital. About 300 people in uniform and civilian attire attended as Sherrard Beatty of the Rescue Mission spoke. Crimm was shot weeks ago by the notorious Fo ley known as The Goat during an attempted arrest.
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Cincinnati
City Hall
Pogue
Fifth Presbyterian Church
Tha
Cal. Crimm
Lfe
City Hospital
Sherrard Beatty
Minsion
Crimm
Foley
Goat
Injunction Granted Against Hopking County Coal Strikers
In Louisville on November 15 Judge Evans of the federal court issued an injunction restraining Reinecke coal mine strikers from interfering with employees or entering the premises. The order bars camping within gunshot distance of the mines or near miners houses and prohibits assembly on roads to or from the mills.
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Louisville
Evans
Federal Court
Reinecke
Hopking County
Slondike Official Killed in Vancouver over Mining Deal
A Vancouver dispatch reports Klondike official Girouard was shot and killed by Eldorado Creek miner Lard after a dispute over mining property. The men had business dealings and a conflict led to the fatal shot in the northern city.
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Vancouver
B. C
Girouard
Klondike
Lard
Eldorado Creek
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