Murder and Suicide at Belleclaire Hotel in Manhattan
John Whitley a Brooklyn dealer and vice president of a door hanger company killed his wife with two pistol shots as she slept in a ninth floor hotel room. He then leaped from the window to street level and was killed instantly. Whitley, 60, and his wife, 38, had been living lavishly despite financial troubles, with a Franklin Trust checkbook showing exhausted funds.
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John Whitley
Brooklyn
N. Y
Reliance
Belleclaire
Broadway
Seventy-seventh Street
Manhattan
Whitley
Thed
Franklin Trust Company
Jury Secured in Powers Case in Georgetown Session
Georgetown Ky circuit court held Thanksgiving Day session to complete the Caleb Powers trial jury. Judge Morris planned to finish jury selection. The panel consists of twelve: eight Democrats and four Republicans, eleven from Grant County and one from Harrison County.
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Powers
Georgetown
Morris
Caleb Powers
Grant County
Harrison County
Bandmaster Sousa Seriously Ill in Chicago Hotel
John Phillip Sousa the famed bandmaster and composer is gravely ill at the Auditorium Hotel Chicago from ptomaine poisoning contracted in Milwaukee. He cannot conduct the concert with his band in Chicago and is under medical care.
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Sousa
John Phillip Sousa
Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
Milwaukee
Fire Kills Many in Kansas City Rooming House
An explosion of natural gas in a rooming house at St. Louis avenue and Santa Fe street, Kansas City Mo, housed 200 railroad laborers and caused multiple deaths and injuries. Seven bodies were burned beyond recognition.
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St. Louis Avenue
Santa Fe Street
Kansas City
Three Men Assassinated at Clio Arkansas Station
Three men were assassinated as they stepped from a train at Clio Ark Monday night. The assassin is unknown. One man ran up the tracks after being shot though mortally wounded. his body has not been found.
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Clio
Ark
Highwaymen Rob Safe in Nevada Heist at Depot
Robbers seized control at the Tonopah Goldfield and Bullfrog railroad freight depot in Goldfield Nevada overpowered the watchman and forced the safe open securing several thousand dollars in cash and valuables from the site.
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Rob
Nevada
Tonopah, Goldfield & Bullfrog Railroad
Goldfield
Hoosier State Memorial designs mark Vicksburg brigade
The Indiana commission outlines monument plans for Gen McGinnis brigade at Vicksburg featuring five command monuments for the Twelfth to Ninety-ninth Indiana infantry, plus a battery. Monuments will bear command names, show cross bayonets for artillery and sabers for cavalry, fitting within legislative funds.
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McGinnis
Vicksburg
Indiana
Meg
First Indiana Light Artillery
Taliana Commission
Dndinua
Indiana Game Law Basics for Hunters This Season
The Indiana game law sets license fees at one per license and allocates funds to the State Treasurer. At least one third of revenues must be used to purchase and distribute live quail and other game for restocking. Licenses not issued to under 14 without written parental endorsement, farms owners or tenants may hunt on owned lands without license, rabbits may be hunted without license in home township. Quail bag limit is fifteen per day, with a cap on consecutive days. Fines range from 4 to 25 dollars for residents, 24 to 60 days in county jail for non-residents. Season runs from November 10 to January 1. Rabits abound and Indiana laws differ from nearby states.
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Lunter
Citiaars
Dthey
Lishen
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
States
3M embezzlement case unique in Rockport trial
John P. Walker former Vanderburg county treasurer faces retrial on 308 500 embezzlement charges after a hung jury. A bonding company claims no shortage exists and may sue if acquitted. Evansville team loss noted in the Central baseball league context.
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John P. Walker
Vanderburg County
Rockport
Waller
Yond
Walker
Evansville
Kurdish Outrages Loom in Armenian Frontier Areas
Reports from Erzerum, Betlis, Van, Kharput and Olarbekir describe Kurdish bands looting and burning villages, terrorizing Armenian and Turkish homes. Sixteen villages burned in Diarbekir region, eight in Sert district, with famine looming as relief struggles to reach affected districts. Mass meetings call for Thrallaan Pasha’s removal as Porte mobilizes troops to curb Kurdish resistance amid broader anti‑government sentiment.
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Constantinople
Erzerum
Bits
Van
Kharput
Olarbekir
Porte
Thrahanm Masha
Khown Ag
Murdistan
Diarhekir
Jeshele Ybu-Omar
Sert
Mostems
Asia Minor
Thralaan Pasha
Porte Tas
Kharpur
Rieppo
Tbrahai
THE NEW CHINATOWN RISES ON RUINS OF OLD SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco rebuilds after the 1906 earthquake and fire with a new Chinatown rising on the old site under Nob Hill. Chinese property owners financed rapid construction with ready cash, avoiding local banks, while authorities demand building laws. The new quarter will be healthier but less colorful than before.
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San Franeiisco
Dar
Telegraph Ui
Mission District
Chinatown
Financial District
Market Street
San Francisco
New York
Conscription or higher pay urged by Army adjutant general
Major General F C Ainsworth in his annual report warns conscription may be required unless the army is paid more. He states despite strenuous recruiting efforts losses persist and enlistments fail to meet authorized strength. Officers prefer higher pay but concede conscription could be inevitable to sustain standing.
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United States Army
F. C. Ainsworth
War Department
Ainsworth
Europe
Congress
Minsworth
Indians to Fight Indians in Mexican War
The Mexican government directs Yaqui Indians to oppose the Maya rebellion in Sonora and Quintana Roo. After years of conflict, thousands of Yaquis deported from Yuratan are organized into military companies to confront the Maya forces as peaceable Mayas are said to harbor ancient hostilities toward the Yaqui.
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Mexican War Department
Diaz
Sonora
Gvovernment Hs
Quintana Roo
Yuratan
Waterways plan eyed for Mississippi and other rivers
The inland waterways commission, meeting in Washington, discusses a program to restore navigation on the Mississippi and other rivers. It is drafting a preliminary report for the President outlining the plan and will add statistics on declining water transport and railroad inadequacy. The lakes to the gulf channel project will be prioritized as the commission travels Mississippi River to study conditions, rates, terminals, and ports.
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Inland Waterways Commission
Washington
Mississippi River
Lakes
Gulf” Channel
Commission
Financial Chicago A downturn in payments through banks
Daun's Review of Trade notes a light check to trade with payments through banks averaging under 15 percent for the month. Currency demand remains acute while note circulation and specie rise. Interior funds ease, but overall outlook remains cautious with retrenchment in industrials and cheaper prices, including hides at low levels. Failures in Chicago district total 86, liabilities over 5000 number 14.
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Chicago
New York Business Tone Improves Yet Weaker Overall
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes national business quiets with uneven currency scarcity and mild weather, impacting winter goods distribution. For the week ending Nov 27, U S failures total 263, up from 250 last week and well above 212 in the comparable 1906 week. Canadian failures are 35, up from 4 prior week and 27 a year ago.
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L Bradstreet
Market price highlights for cattle hogs and grains
A compact listing from major markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. It covers cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye bay hay and dairy with bid ranges and grade notes to capture regional price activity. Entities include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with product types and price bands.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
New York
Toledo
12 a Week Means Privation Report on living costs in New York
Dr. Lee Hrankel, manager of United Hebrew Charities, reports a charity conference on city living conditions. A $2-a-day family with wife and three children spends about $1,54 on rent, $270 yearly on food, 25 cents daily on fuel and light, and only 25 cents monthly for recreation, leaving a small surplus for other needs.
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Lee Hrankel
United Hebrew Charities of
New York
State Conference of Charities and Correction
Big City
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