Dying man foiled doctor in life saving attempt
W A Eldredge 55, possibly from Columbus or New York, died after taking strychnine in his Honing Hotel room. He telephoned the clerk, then collapsed through five severe convulsions. A mysterious young woman claimed as wife was sought to explain motives. Coroner Cameron investigates.
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W. A. Eldredge
Columbus
New York
Honing Hotel
Cameron
Eldredge
J. W. Kellum
Kellum
Mrs. McCarthy
Mrs. Eldredge
Vime Street
Sixth
Seventh
Honing
Vine Street
Commercial Tribune
Union National Bank
Ryland
J. J. Sullivan
St. Paul
Havlin
Eldedge
Peanut Diet Victory Ends Sixty Day Experiment
Thomas J. Allen of Aurora completed a sixty day peanuts only diet in Chicago. He weighed 160 pounds at start and 140 at finish, with girth and chest measurements dropping slightly. He praised peanuts as a cosmetic aid and staple diet while planning a future banana study.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Thomas J. Allen
Aurora
Allen
City Hall
Frank M. Annis
Federation of Labor Enjoined in Buck Stove Boycott Case
In Washington a DC Equity Court judge granted a temporary injunction preventing the American Federation of Labor from continuing to boycott Buck Stove and Range Company of St. Louis pending final settlement. The decision, viewed as a victory for the company and its president Van Cleave, cites extensive authorities and outlines issues including interstate commerce and antitrust questions. The case proceeds to a final hearing next spring alongside related union cases.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Justice Gould
District of Columbia Equity Court
van Cleave
Gould
Federation
District of Columbia
J. H. Ralston
Beck
Bender
Bakers and Confectioners’ Union
Lawton
International Carriage and Wagon Workers
Bucks
Equity
Federation of Labor
Taft
Circuit Court
Toledo Street Railway Company
Pennsylvania Company
Powers Explains Office Keys in Goebel Assassination Trial
Caleb Powers testified for most of the day under cross examination in Georgetown Kentucky. Commonwealth attorney R B Franklin pressed questions on who held house keys during Powers tenure and the gun incident linked to Goebel’s death. Powers denied loaning keys to Youtsey and defended his prior statements.
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Comercial Tribune
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Commonwealth
R.’ B. Franklin
Lipensee
Powers
Franklin
E. K. Wilson
Williamstown
Grant County
Sims
W. J. Davidson
Taylor
Goebel
Youtsey
Owers
Goldfield Powers Down As Wires Cut Sparks Camp Fears
Goldfield Nevada faces a blackout after feed wires from the Nevada and California Power Company were cut at 5 pm. General Funston canceled travel plans and stayed in Goldfield as armed guards patrolled mills and shafts. About 160 workers operated mines today with 50 more due. rescue and investigation teams worked, and the break near Palmetto, California, remained unexplained.
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Commercial Tribune
Goldfield
Nev
Nevada and
California Power
General Funston
Funston
Sparks
Reynolds
Palmetto
Bishop
Cal
Roosevelt
Mine Owners’ Association
San Francisco
Reno
Peabody Bomb Traced Through Wallace to Haywood Trial
In Boise on December 17 the Pettibone case heard that Harry Orchard and Jack Simpkins tossed the Peabody bomb into a Wallace creek and it later surfaced in the Haywood trial courtroom. Corroboration tied Orchard’s Vindicator mine explosion testimony to the case. The defense questions the State proof that a registered letter and money order received by Orchard in Law originated with Pettibone.
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Commercial Tribune
Boise
Idaho
Pettibone
Peabody
Harry Orchard
Jack Simpkins
Wallace
Haywood
Orchard
Aldermen Allow Sunday Theatrical Exhibitions in City
The Board of Aldermen adopted an ordinance permitting Sunday shows with weekday features removed. It goes to Mayor McClellan for signing, expected by Friday, potentially restoring Sunday exhibitions as before Justice O Gorman's ruling closed them.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Board of Aldermen
McClellan
O’gorman
Supreme Court
Nitrate workers strike halts Chile nitrate fields
In Tarapaca the strike by 8000 nitrate workers paralyzes business. Iquiqui faces a critical situation as warships and troops are dispatched to troubled districts. No violence reported yet.
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Santiago
Chile
Tarapaca
Iquiqui
Troops Relieve Hopkinsville After Night Rider Raid
Company H of the First Kentucky Regiment, with Colonel Halde-man, arrived from Louisville to relieve the local unit guarding Hopkinsville after last week’s night rider raid. A petition seeks a special Christian Circuit Court term to indict mob members, and a city defense organization was formed. In Manchester Ohio a tobacco note warns against handling Adams County crops.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
First
Kentucky Regiment
W. B. Haldeman
Louisville
Christian Circuit Court
Manchester
Adams County
W. E. Spencer
American Tobacco Company
Nonunionists Deported by Mob in Butte Montana
In Butte Montana on December 17 six nonunion Bell Telephone Company workers were driven from the city by a mob of about 3800. Two linemen were abandoned in the woods after being taken across the divide, and 500 workers from the Bell Building were later marched toward the Jefferson County line. Police pursued with limited forces as unions condemned an injunction that bars interference or boycotts against Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company.
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Commercial Tribune
Butte
Mont
Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Jefferson County
Wynne
Hatpin Defense in Glendale Tramp Attack
Miss Ethel Shearer, 22, of Springfield pike Glendale, was attacked near her home by a white tramp. She used a hatpin to fend off the assailant who fled as her brother and townspeople pursued. Police seek a man about 5 feet 6, 170 pounds, dark complexion, in a dark overcoat and brown hat.
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Ethel Shearer
Springfield Pike
Glendale
Hartwell
Shearer
Marshal Ed Meagher
Man Wounded by Civil War Bomb in New York
Special Dispatch reports Michael J. Howell, an employee of the Bureau of Combustibles, was injured when Civil War era bombs stored in the New York Custom House exploded. Howell, moving a wagonload toward a fireboat, lost his right arm and was rushed to a hospital. his prognosis remains doubtful.
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Commercial
Tribune
New York
Custom House
Bureau of Combustibles
Michael J. Howell
Howell
Gromer of Bank Dies in Bathtub in North Attleboro
Frederick E. Sargent, cashier and vice president of the Jewelers' National Bank of North Attleboro, was found dead in his home bathtub in the bank building. Medical examiner Holden said death likely due to accidental drowning. Directors met at the bank offices.
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Commercial Tribune
Attleboro
Mass
Frederick E. Sargent
Jewelers’ National Bank
Providence
R. L
North Attleboro
Albert H. Wiggins
Chase National Bank
New York
Holden
Fleet news drives war talk as American ships depart
Reports from Norfolk announce Georgia in radio contact 110 miles south of Beaufort with the fleet showing unchanged speed and formation amid choppy seas. Paris papers discuss the voyage as potentially signaling war, with The Intransigent warning and The Temps noting prudence and economic rivalry as possible triggers.
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Commercial Tribune
Norfolk
Norfolk Wireless Station
Georgia
Beaufort
N. C
Paris
Rosestvensky
Admiral Rojestvensky Sees Value In U S Fleet Cruise
In St Petersburg on December 17 Admiral Rojestvensky praised the American battleship squadron voyage. He said success rests on Rear Admiral Evans keeping all ships on schedule despite mechanical flaws. He noted the cruise would unite the fleet and curb Japanese pretensions amid rising jingoism since the plan was announced.
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ST. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Africa
Japan
Evans
Pacific
Roosevelt Bids Farewell as Mayflower Arrives in Washington
President Roosevelt ends his Pacific voyage aboard the Mayflower with a wave and salute. The cruiser docked at 8:20 am as White House and Navy officials met the delegation. Navy notes report improved conditions for Captain Murdoch’s wife and guidance for fleet mail at domestic rates through Rio de Janeiro and Callao on the voyage to Trinidad.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Washington Navy Dock
White House
Hampton Roads
Murdock
Navy Department
J. B. Murdock
Rhode Island
Trinidad
New York
Rio de Ines
Callao
Pepruany
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