Bunched Paragraphs Chronicle General Crime and Public News
Fort Worth jewelled theft 6000 pounds. Horatio Bank looted of about 4000 dollars. Boston mob denounces Roosevelt over Brownsville. Koch touts arsenic treatment for sleeping sickness. New York sues American Ice Co. Fire destroys Eldridge Peabody house in Boston. Gamble injured in California. Harris confesses in Indiana murder case. Thaw faces murder trial in January. Leporsy sighted in Italy. Matyistle warehouse fire and dynamite blast. Crane accidents in Indiana and California derailments. Sisters in London jailed over suffrage disturbances. Rinehart accused of 950090 dollars discrepancies. Steinhardt to Cuba role. Lemon shoots burglar in Pa. Train crash in Louisiana. Multiple deaths from accidents and asphyxiation in Hoboken. Moody joins U S Supreme Court. Reichstag elections set for Jan 25. Divorce suit by 105-year-old Martha Hurt. Brown & Gennerich suspend trading. Brown county to elect first woman grand juror. Hoboken three dead from asphyxiation in Amsterdam hotel. Desperate life shot incident in St Petersburg. Morris Bank robbed of 3000 dollars. Standard Oil to raise wages 10 percent. Daily News assigns assets in New York.
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Fort Worth
Tex
A. B. Wharton
Boston
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Bank of
Mayer
New York
American Ice Company
Ice Trust
Eldridge & Peabody
Edwin P. Gamble
Cincinnati
Pacific Grove
Cal
George W. Harris
Goshen
Ind
Sarah Schafer
Bedford
Chicago
Robert Gordon
Reformatory
Joseph Reed
Dewitt W. Baker
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Cleveland
United States
Charles C. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry
John Ross
Fred Miller
Vandalia
Reelsville
Ross
Terre Haute
Catherine Roberts
Sandusky
London
England
House of Commons
J. B. F. Rinehart
Farmers and Drovers’ National Bank
Waynesville
Frank Steinhardt
Cuba
New Kensington
J. J. Lemon
Prliceman
Elmer Kuhn
Albert Romig
Andrew Myers
White
Texas & Pacific
Waterport
Indianapolis
W. L. Blue
Sidney, C
Campbell Moore
Rushville
Carl Rush
W. H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Martha Hurt
Salina
Kan
Henry R. Gennerich & Co
New York Stock and Petroleum Exchange
Brown County, O
3. L. Bodmer
Ripley
Amsterdam
Hoboken
N. J
Jacobus Florian
John
John Solthommer
St. Petersburg
Admiral Debassoff
Moscow
Hig
Morris
I. T
Standard Oil Company
New York Daily News
Thomas C. Quinn
Roosevelts message on Japanese school exclusion and protection
President Roosevelt sends Metcalfs report on the San Francisco Japanese situation. He urges consideration of excluding Japanese children from schools while noting their small numbers and good conduct. He stresses law and order and pledges protection for Japanese residents amid ongoing debates and possible court action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Metcalf
San Francisco
Publc
California
San Franciesso
Tauttar O
Oprda
Metecall
Cbs
Railroad Conductor Dies After Fall in South Bend Yards
Thomas Corbett, conductor on the Three I railroad, fell between cars and was ground to pieces in South Bend Indiana. He lived in Kankakee Illinois. In seven weeks six people have died in local railroad yards. Lookout Mountain Tunnel finally completed in Chattanooga on December 17. The tunnel is 3600 feet long and passes through a cave with stalactites.
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South Bend
Ind
Thomas Corbett
Corbett
Kankakee
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Southern Railway
Markets Report Across Cities and Commodities
EAST BUFFALO and other cities show mixed cattle prices from $2.50 to $6.60 for hogs and $6.26 to $7.75 for lambs. Chicago and Pittsburg feature varied steers to $7.40, calves to $9, pork prices around $6.40 to $6.60, and wheat corn and oats quoted by grade. Boston Cleveland Cincinnati notes cover wool prices and assorted grain and meat futures with multiple ranges.
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East Buffalo
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston
Oh'o
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
Jett Confesses to Murder in Jackson Courthouse Case
Curtis Jett testified in his own defense and admitted killing Marshal Cockrill in Jackson four years ago. He had previously confessed implicating Judge Hargis and Sheriff Callahan, saying he acted alone on the courthouse stairwell in a life or death claim. The state contends he shields two others. Merger of Woolen Mills Forms American Textile Woolen Co.
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Curtis Jett
Tom Cockrill
Cynthiana
Commonwealth
Marshal Cockrill
Jackson
Jett
Hargis
Ed Callahan
Cockrill
the Commonwealth
Kentuckian Shoots Five at Blue Creek Skirmish
In Blue Creek near the post office George Goodwin, a Kentucky man, shot five men in a row, one fatally. William Armstrong was wounded fatally perfused by lung damage, while John Cart, Mark Cart, Walter Cart, and Laurie Kelly received injuries. A sheriff's pursuit ended with Goodwin captured and jailed after a six-shot exchange.
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Charleston
W. Va
Blue Creek
George Goodwin
Kentucky
William Armstrong
John Cart
Mark Cart
Walter Cart
Laurie Kelly
Goodwin
Negro Shot Salesman in Memphis Street Duel
S Baruchman, a traveling salesman formerly of Columbus Ohio for a San Francisco firm, was seriously wounded in a street duel with Will Davis a Negro in Memphis Tennessee. They clashed on a narrow path at an intersection and Davis shot Baruchman through the ear before stunning him with a pistol butt.
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Memphis
Tenn
S. Baruchman
Columbus
Will Davis
Baruchman
Davis
San Francisco
Better Terms For Operators In Virginia Strike
Richmond Va Dec 21 The demand of Chesapeake and Ohio railroad company operators for better terms of employment resulted in operators obtaining all they asked for namely the 8 hour day instead of 12 hour day and an increase in pay aggregating about 80000 dollars a year for the operators between Cincinnati and Newport News
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Richmond, Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Newport News
Brown Buried Beside Wife in West Virginia
The remains of Commander S. M. G. Brown United States navy retired son in law of H. G. Davis who died in Washington were brought to Elkins West Virginia for funeral services at the Davis memorial church and laid to rest in Maplewood beside his wife.
Dea f mute man killed by streetcar in Ridgedale
In Ridgedale suburb of Chattanooga Tennessee Thomas W Raulston deaf and dumb man was run over and killed by a streetcar that has been involved in several accidents His wife and three children all deaf mutes survive him The mortarman was one of his best friends.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ridgedale
Thomas ‘W. Raulston
Raulston
Mortarman
Son of Jackson Adopted Son Dies in Knoxville
Andrew Jackson, son of the adopted son of President Andrew Jackson, died in Knoxville Tennessee. Born in 1834 at the Hermitage near Nashville he served many years in the internal service in this state.
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Jackson
Knoxville
Tenn
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Old Hickory
Nashville
Internal Service
Louisville and Nashville Railroad raises wages for shop men
The Louisville and Nashville railroad announced a roughly four percent wage increase for shop workers effective December 1. Approximately 2,000 employees are affected, boosting the payroll by about $100,000 annually.
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Louisville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Negroes Hanged in Tennessee for Pensioner's Murder
Will and Drew Upton two black men were hanged at Madisonville Tennessee for the killing of Richard Johnson an elderly pensioner on January 7 last.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Will
Drew Upton
Madisonville
Richard Johnson
Tennessee Banker Thomas Platter Dies at 77
Nashville. Tenn. December 19. Thomas Platter a renowned Tennessee banker aged 77 died at his home in Nashville after a long illness. He led several major financial institutions and was a prominent civic figure in the state.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas Platter
Fire destroys Valdez bank hotel and mercantile buildings
A December 18 blaze in Valdez Alaska leveled the Bank of Valdez the Stella hotel and the Mercantile company building. The loss is placed at 53000 dollars. An inspection of the bank vault reveals a large hole blown in the rear.
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Alaska Bank
Valdez
Alaska
Bank of Valdez
Stella
Mercantile Company
Bank robberies hit several towns with nitro explodes
In Shortsville New York four burglars blasted a private bank safe and stole about 2000 in cash and 5000 to 6000 in Lehigh railroad checks. In Lincoln Arkansas robbers looted 16800 from a bank after a destructive nitroglycerin blast. Cedar Hill Texas Citizens bank lost 2500 to nitro attacks with a handcar used for getaway.
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Rochester
N. Y
E. D. Mather
Shortsville
Dallas
Tex
Citizens’ Bank
Cedar Hill
Here
Santa Fe
Conviction in Nebraska Land Fraud Case Prompts 86 Counts
Omaha reports the conviction of Bartlett Richards and three associates in a 86 count indictment for conspiring to defraud the government of public lands. They sought to obtain title to land within the Spade ranch via fraudulent homestead entries under the Kinkaid law in Cherry Sheridan and Box Butte counties Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Federal District Court
Bartlett Richards
Will G. Comstock
C. C. Jameson
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Spade
Aquilla Triplett
Cherry
Sheridan
Box Butte Counties
Kinkaid
Sheriff Alex Compton Shot in Keensburg Killing
Mount Carmel Illinois December 21 Sheriff Alex Compton of Wabash county was shot and killed at Keensburg while attempting to take a child from its father David Kellum for delivery to the mother on a court order. Kellum’s 20 year old son fired. Young Kellum was captured by citizens.
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Mount Carmel
Ill
Alex Compton
Wabash County
Keensburg
David Kellum
Compton
Kellum
Goshen Fire Destroys Jefferson Block
A major blaze in Goshen Indiana dec 19 wiped out the new Jefferson block occupying a quarter of a square. The total loss is estimated at about 150000 dollars with several firms housed in the building.
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Goshen
Goshen, Ind
Jefferson Block
Kiangsu famine swells to half a million encamped
Reports from Shanghai on December 19 say Kiangsu famine worsens with about 500000 destitute people encamped at Trinkiansu and possibly reaching Hanking. Rebellion in Kiangsu has been crushed.
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Shanghai
Kiangsu
Trinkiansu
Hanking
New York Lawyer George Burnham Jr Convicted of Larceny
George Burnham Jr general counsel for a life insurance firm was convicted of larceny and sentenced to two years in state prison according to New York court records.
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New York
George Burnham, Jr
Dral Reserve Life Insurance
Vonnene
River Boat Wrecked Kills Many On Board
The steamer W. T. Scovell exploded at Gold Dust Landing near Vicksburg Mississippi. Officials estimate 10 to 16 dead and about as many injured among a crew and passengers of around 50. The ship carried cotton seed and cotton and sank quickly after the blast.
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Vicksburg
Miss
W. T. Scovell
Davis Bend
Gold Dust Landing
J. T. Bruce
Senator Cordill
John A. Quackenboss
L. Wade Quackenboss
Joseph Smith
Yazoo City
Lev
Roosevelt Defends Dismissal of Colored Troops
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate a special message defending the discharge of nearly all members of Companies B C and D of the Twenty fifth Infantry after a riot in Brownsville. He cites murder and conspiracy to shield criminals and warns that future offenses by any unit will meet the same action.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth United States Infantry
Twenty-fifth Infantry
United States Army
Congress
United States
Brownsville
A. P. Brockson
Rps Asassins
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Casino Athletic Club
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William J. Bryan
Columbus Board of Trade
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Woolen Mills
Nashville, Tenn
South
American Textile Woolen Company
Park Woolen Mills
Rossville
Louisville Woolen Mills
Sweetwater Woolen Mills
Sweetwater
Athens Woolen Mills
Athens, Tenn
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Atlanta
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Landis
United States District Court
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Dayton, O
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Paul Buckles
Jamestown
Dayton Journal
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Mississippi
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Jamaica
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Bruinswig
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Standard
Missouri
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Standard Oil Company of
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Ohio
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Kenton
Alto Schick
Toledo
Lillian Breedlover McGuffy
Japan
Viscount Aoki
Eastern Asia
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American Asiatic Association
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Albert T. Patrick
Girgins
William Marsh Rice
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Court of Appeals
Sing Sing
Lafollette
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