Budd Wins Hazard Cup in Blue River Park Shoot Off
Charles Budd of Des Moines defeated Frank Parmalee of Omaha in a shoot-off to decide the tie from yesterday's 25 birds. Budd cleanly hit five birds while Parmalee’s fourth bird dropped out of bounds. Omaha-Kansas City team event saw Omaha beat local team 217 to 87. Barton Lewis of Norborne won the Dickey Bird title with 145 of 150. In London, Sandy Ferguson of Boston lost to Ben Taylor of Woolwich in a five-round bout.
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Kansas City
Charles Budd
Des” ‘Moines
Blue River Park
Frank Parmalee
Omaha
Budd
Parmalee
Papers of John Brown Found in Richmond Library
Richmond papers tomorrow will publish the newly found John Brown Papers from state library rubbish. The collection contains letters to Brown and fellow prisoners and letters from prisoners to others. none are by Brown himself. They show broad Northern sympathy for Brown’s raid and captor, not direct light on the Virginia raid or his execution.
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Richmond
John Brown
State
Virginia
Brown
New England
Ohio
Indiana
North
Sullivan Case With Jury Deliberations Recede to Verdict
Dec 21 gag reports attorney par mag of Alexander Sullivan presenting the case to the jury at 9 p m. The jury reached a verdict later than 10 20 p m and it will be sealed and opened in the morning. No immediate forecast of action. jury reportedly split between acquittal and conviction.
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Alexander Sullivan
Machsons
Betrayed Husband James Wilson Arrested for Missouri Murder
Guthrie Oklahoma Territory December 21 James Wilson was arrested on Missouri governor requisition for the murder of Orville Lyons at Aras Missouri over four decades ago. Wilson, about 60, fled justice after escaping in 1882. his wife testified to his crime and noted the long estrangement and divorce two years earlier.
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Guthrie
Cala
James Wilson
Missouri
Orville Lyong
Aras
Wilson
Wilson, is mon 60. = +s of age, and #8 4s ‘ald ‘to ney Bal
Ace the
Lyons
Ah Pasa
Gloom in Merry Season Hits Berlin
Reports from Berlin in December describe a bleak Christmas as about 58,073 Berliners are jobless. Half a million in Germany are unemployed amid widespread distress. Charities expand, but relief barely eases suffering as cities debate municipal aid and provinces plan treasury relief. Foreign laborers are to be dismissed in favor of Germans, with expulsions already underway across the empire.
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Berlin
Den
Germany
Empire
Cologne
Stuttgart
Leipsig
Weisbaden
Wants to Stay in Bastile in Stay of Contempt Jail
Bridgeport Connecticut December 21 Mrs Mary E Wright Smith defies son Daniel Smith and resists release from jail for contempt of court She refused to reveal the depository of 300000 in government bonds to dodge a 300 judgment The family comprising two sons and two daughters visited her urging support but she warned them of disinheritance if they pursued release She will spend the holidays in jail and believes no court can force her to yield her resolution She was jailed December 7 for refusing to disclose bond depository to avoid payment of judgment to Orin F Dalley of New York City
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Bridgeport
Conn
Mery E. Wright Smith
Daniel Smith
Daniel
Orin F. Dalley
New York City
Chicago Bridges Crisis With Coal Supply Reassurance
Chicago reports a breakthrough in the coal shortage as plants and downtown buildings prepare for better stock after Monday. Rail managers anticipate delivering sufficient soft coal within 48 hours to avert further shortages and potential famine.
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Chicago
December’s coldest day since 1872 in Toledo
Toledo Ohio records eight degrees below zero the coldest December point since 1872. Factories shut down amid coal shortages as the city endures severe winter conditions.
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Toledo
New York Woman Freed on Bail in Child Death Case
New York December 21. Mrs Elizabeth Dale was released on five thousand dollars cash bail after being charged with causing the death of her five year old daughter Em me Eljine.
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New York
Elizabeth Dale
Emme Eljine
Schwab Declares Trust Dead and Consolidation Aids Trade
Chicago speech to Bankers' Club by Charles M. Schwab, president of United States Steel, argues trusts are dead as a business model built on restricted trade and higher prices, while consolidation expands trade and lowers costs. He supports publicity for large holdings and notes U. S. Steel has about 50,000 stockholders. Labor wages cited as rising, with U. S. Steel paying about 160 million dollars annually, likened to mortgage debt service.
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United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
Bankers’ Club
Charles M. Schwab
Trust
Ishwab
Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporations
Capital and
Schwab
Drops Fortune in Slump
Elbridge F. Cartier a Boston motorman killed himself in his Tremont Street lodging after his life savings vanished in the Amalgamated slump. He was a ten year trusted elevated worker found with a bullet wound, a mirror hung above to view his neck, and a razor nearby, indicating a planned act that turned to a revolver.
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Boston
Elbridge F. Cartier
Tremont Street
Ip Amalgamated
Currier
Boston Elevated
Sugar conference to reconvene after Jan 6 discussions
Brussels and Paris correspondents report an interval before the January 6 reassembly for the sugar conference to exchange views among governments on prior sittings. Official statements on negotiations are denied. Belgian agriculturists urge redeeming a pledge to share excise surplus receipts with the chamber of deputies.
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New York
Brussels
London Times
New York Times
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
The
Times
Steamer Soo City Encased in Ice at St Joseph
The Soo City lies imprisoned in ice about 1,000 feet from its piers with five passengers and eight crew aboard. A tug struggles to free her as this is her last trip of the season after a hard voyage to reach the dock at 10 o'clock.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Soo City
Mystery Man Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Wife
Charles Davis, a stalled husband, returned to his wife’s sister’s home after separation. He shot his wife after entering a sick room, then fled to the yard before being captured by authorities. The case is under investigation.
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Charles Davis
Davila
Davis
Untitled note on Gladys Patel and Josaph Wright incident
Dec 21 report records Gladys aged about 54 and Josaph Wright involved in a medical mishap. The brief item notes a swallowed substance and a medical response within two hours. The fragmented text mentions Christmas and a related event but lacks clear cause or resolution.
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Onties Patel
Gladys
Josaph Wright
Rathbun Await Verdict In Rathbun Murder Case
Jeffersonville Indiana December 22 The case of Newell C Rathbun charged with the murder of Charles Goodwin last month was given to the jury this afternoon but no verdict had been returned by midnight Evidence was completed yesterday with arguments concluding today Rathbun was also arrested in the afternoon on a desertion charge from the United States Army
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Newell C. Rathbun
Charles Goodwin
Rathbutt
United States Army
Restful day for General Alger. operation planned tomorrow
Detroit report states Dr. Jennings announced General Alger had a restful day. An operation to relieve him of his trouble will be performed tomorrow morning. Doctors say the operation is not a serious one.
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Detroit
Mich
Jennings
Alger
Pittsburg Explosion Scalds Seven at Crucible West End Plant
Pittsburg reports another blast at Singer Morale West-End Crucible Steel plant as seven men are scalded, one badly cut, with 20 to 30 others burned mildly. Two boilers exploded near the sheet mill, water scalding workers and damaging mill property. Two of the injured may die. cause blamed on frozen pipes. Tonight, William Reed died and engineer Toby Johnson remains in serious condition.
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Pittsburg
Soko
Jones & Laughlins
Black Diamond ‘Steel Works
Singer - Nimicks
Crucible Steel Company
Two miners killed in rock fall at Pennsylvania Coal Company
Pittsburg Pa Dec 21 John and Michael Ahlenbrecht brothers were killed and Dominick Phillippians seriously injured by a rock fall in the Pennsylvania Coal Company mine today.
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Pittsburg
John
Michael Ahlenbrecht
Dominick Phillippians
Pennsylvania Coal, Company
Train Derailed in Jersey City Tunnel
A4 passenger train on the Erie railroad derailed at the tunnel in Jersey City today. The engineer, fireman, and three passengers were injured but none fatally.
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New York
Erie
Jersey City
G A R Appoints National Committees and Aides
The G A R in Minneapolis announced Commander in Chief Eli Torrance named committees on legislation for veterans public service school histories Fredericksburg battlefield and fraternal relations with Sons of Veterans plus a 35 member special aides for military instruction and about 250 aides to the chief of staff Noel Blakeman to report in Vernon N Y.
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Minneapolis
Eli Torrance
Joseph W. Kay
Brooklyn
Leo Bassieur
St. Louis
Gobin
Lebanon
H. A. Castle
St. Paul
Av Noel Blakeman
Vernon,n. Y
Mystery death verdict at Parsons coroner inquest
In Parsons Kansas the coroner's inquest cleared the death of Colonel John E Bull and his wife as asphyxiation by natural gas. No signs of violence were found. A brother from Piqua arrived to arrange the remains. Residents doubt the verdict as doors were open and a parrot survived. A pocketknife near Mrs Bull's body prompts continued police investigation.
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Parsons
Kan
John E. Bull
A. H. Bull
Piqua,.c
McGuire Not Expelled By Carpenters Union Vote
Philadelphia December 21 The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners votes to retain P J McGuire former general secretary treasurer after a ballot count on December 16. The expulsion failed to reach two thirds though McGuire is indicted for a 10000 short in his accounts.
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Philadelphia
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and“Joiners of America
P. J. McGuire
Brotherhood
McGuire
Dispute Over Hay Division Ends With Fatal Shooting
Lawton Oklahoma December 21 John Rob Higginbottom shot and killed George and John Igginbottom, wounded their father G N Higginbottom during a quarrel over hay division. Roberts has escaped.
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Lawton
Okla
John “Robore
George
John Igginbottom
G. N. Higginbottom
Roberts
Cabinet Reaches Accord as Bulgarian Crisis Ends
Sofia December 24—The cabinet has agreed to remain in office and the ministerial crisis ends. The move signals a resolve to stabilize government amid political turmoil.
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Sofia
Crise
Peruna touted by Rev Edwards in Mt Pleasant Park letter
A Mt Pleasant Park Clinton Iowa letter praises Peruna as a wonderful medicine for diseases peculiar to women restoring health and vigor. Letters from Mrs Crowley Mrs Hetrick Barbara Alberty Mrs Mason share relief from female weakness nervous troubles backache and fatigue after using Peruna and Manalin. Dr Hartman invites inquiries for personal medical guidance.
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Harriet R. Edwards
Mt. Pleasant Park
Clinton
BH. R Edwards
Wm. Hetrick
Kennard
Washington
Ned
Barbara
Alberty
Seventh End Walnut
Appleton
Wis
Perona
Lottie
Thare
Pernna
Barbara Alberty
DB. W. Mason
Dauphine Street
New Orleans
Mza
D. W. Mason
Hartman
Offic Harta Banitarium
Columbus
Walsh
Davenport
Iowa
Attempted wreck of train on Milwaukee Road shocks travelers
Chicago dispatch reports an attempt to wreck passenger train No 6 on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. The engine and baggage car left the track but no injuries occurred as passengers were shaken. Tramps suspected. a posse searched the area without results.
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Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Western Union Junction
Truesdell
Peden Agrees to Bond, Will Obey Federal Court Order
Judge S C Peden, one of three St Clair county judges declared fugitives for refusing to vote railroad bonds, appeared before Judge Phillips in Kansas City. He agreed to obey the court order to secure his liberty. A bond of 1500 dollars was set. he remains in the county jail awaiting bondsmen.
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Kansas “City
Dee
S. C. Peden
St. Clair County
Federal Court
Phillips
Peden
Barnes Change of Venue Request Overruled in Poisoning Case
Jacksonville Ill Dec 21 The argument in the petition for a change of venue by Mrs Mamie Barnes who is charged with poisoning her husband Dr Joseph Barnes last April was completed tonight before Judge Thompson of the circuit court and the motion was overruled The case was set for Jan 13
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Jacksonville
Ill
Mamie Barnes
Joseph Barnes
Thompson
Circuit Court
Prominent Nordic Missionary Dies in Brooklyn at 80
Word reached Racine Wisconsin December 21 that Rev. C. P. Peterson founder of the Norwegian Danish M E churches in Norway and America and a leading Scandinavian preacher in the Northwest died in Brooklyn last night of apoplexy at age eighty.
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Racine, Wis
C. P. Peterson
Norway
América
Northwest
Brooklyn
Illinois building site arranged for Louisiana Purchase Exposition
St Louis December 21 The Illinois world fair commission arranged with the buildings and grounds committee of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company for a site for the Illinois building It will occupy a space near the Missouri building and be one of the most prominent structures on the grounds Members expressed satisfaction with the site allocation
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St. Louis
Illinois World's Fair Commission
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Illinois
Missouri State Building Commission
Missouri Building
Jane Oaker Marries Hale Rice Hamilton
St Louis December 21 Miss Wilhelmina Dorothy Peper granddaughter of Christian Peper a St Louis tobacco merchant and stage performer known as Jane Oaker married Hale Rice Hamilton a member of the James K Hackett company in a ceremony tonight.
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St. Louis
Wilhelmin
Dorothy Peper
Christian Peper
St Louis
Jane Oaker
Hale
Rice Hamilton
James K. Hackett
Murder Case in Mount Clemens Shocks County
A lapsed text reports a fatal shooting tied to a quarrel in Mount Clemens Michigan. The victim is described as a young man and the suspect a man identified as a temporary tenant. Officials investigate the murder scene and await further details.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Homer
Perry Belmont for Congress in New York Nomination
Perry Belmont has been renominated to succeed Congressman Nicholas Mulller, who resigned from the Seventh district seat. Montague Lester has been nominated by the Republicans in response to the vacancy.
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Perry Belmont
Congress
New York
Perry
Belmon
Nicholas Muler
Montague Lester
Wenneker Declines St Louis Customs Post
Charles P. Wenneker, appointed collector of customs at St Louis, wired today that he could not accept the post due to business responsibilities.
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Louis
Charles P. Wenneker
St.Louis
Stage Coach Held Up in Ukiah Area
Stage between Laytonville and Willits robbed today. The registered porch and express box were taken. A man named Ivans has been arrested.
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Ukiah
Cal
Laytonville
Willits
Joan
Ivans
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Sugar
Crystal Pack
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Anna
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Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Goodwin
William Reed
Toby Johnson
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Torrance
M’guire
Carpenters’ Union
Ford
John Roberts
Father
Oklahoma
Gatarah
Jos. B. Crowley
Ilinois
Robinson, FH
Clinton, LA
Daily Republican
Homer Bliss
Ginty
McCullough Building
West Third Street
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