Remnated Alive: Charred Body of 9-Year-Old Girl Found
A devastating fire on South Mill and Addie streets killed Segrie Mattson, nine, leaving a charred mass of flesh as firemen battled the blaze. Neighbors, including Pete Lee, attempted rescue but flames prevented entry. The Mattson family, eight or nine members, lost their youngest and faced homelessness. an inquest will be held this afternoon at S. R. Smith undertakers as the community mourns. Capt Lawrence of the Salvation Army mourns with the family.
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Segrie Mattson
Matthew Mattson
South Mill
Addie
S. R. Smith
Widertaker
Pete Lee
Will Gorman
Luke Conroy
Mike Ryan
Terraville
Main Street
Main
Mill Street
Lee
Company No. 1
No. 2
Jay Wilson
J. Ross
Mattson
R. Smith
Develock
Lawrence
Salvation Army
Two Sioux Falls Boys Drown While Skating
In Sioux Falls South Dakota on November 27 two young brothers ages 8 and 10 fell through thin ice near ice houses by the Big Sioux river. Their attempted rescuer also perished as onlookers heard cries and could not reach them in time. The tragedy is attributed to dangerous ice conditions caused by bright sun.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Big Sioux
Mary Taylor
Cleveland Again II Former President Ill in Princeton
New York Nov 27 Grover Cleveland is reported seriously ill at his Princeton home with a relapse of the intestinal trouble last June. He showed some improvement after a severe start but details remain unavailable. Mr and Mrs Cleveland had planned a trip to Auburn New York but canceled it.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Cleveland
Auburn
N. Y
Defense Seeks Corroboration On Insanity Claim In Bradley Trial
The defense called Dr Britton D Evans from the New Jersey hospital for the insane to support insanity at the time of the shooting of former Senator Arthur M Brown. Also assisting are Drs Smith Ely Jaliffe and Edward S Brush. Evans’ prior Thaw testimony draws large crowds to Washington court.
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Washington, D. C
Annie M. Bradley
United States
Arthur M. Brown
Britton D. Evans
New Jersey Hospital For the
Barton
Bradley
Brown
Smith Ely Jaliffe
New York
Edward S. Brush
Baltimore
Evans
Harry K. Thaw
Dead Priest's Money to Son in Gapon Case
In St. Petersburg the court ordered the murdered priest Father Gapon's property to his son Alexis. The assets include the balance of a fund paid by the government for his propaganda among workers. Gapon led the attack on the Winter Palace on Red Sunday and was executed after switching sides following the 1905 manifesto. After his death police held his money in a safety vault.
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Father Gapon
ST. Petersburg
Gapon
Alexis
Russia
Winter Palace
Girl Left Alone to Face Charge
New York November 29 a 16 year old Brooklyn girl Alice F Doellinger is under arrest for allegedly aiding her father Mary A Doellinger in forging a mortgage. She is held on two thousand six hundred dollars bail. Doellinger disappeared after his indictment.
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New York
Alice F.doellinger
Brooklyn
A. Doellinger
Doellinger
Traction Strike Off After Louisville Railway Vote
In Louisville on November 2, 760 union workers voted to end the traction strike without conditions, acknowledging defeat. The move ends a labor dispute at the Louisville Railway company as workers return to their posts.
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Louisville
Twenty-Five Years For Pell
Marshall town la November 9 won convict John Lepley of Gifford murders led to twenty five year sentence at Fort Madison penitentiary appeal denied in late trial during killer Pell was found guilty of murder in the case.
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Pell Marshall Town
Ikert Well
John Lepley
Gifford
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Angwe
Old Lady Burned Alive in Fort Meade House Fire
Mrs Courthway, an elderly resident on the Fort Meade military post, burned to death when a lamp exploded after she overturned it. She could not escape the flames before help arrived. Her husband had died in a runaway accident years earlier.
Local notes highlight town visitors and arrivals
Joseph Lewis visits from the northern country to see old friends while Hazel Richey enjoys a shopping trip. Numerous residents travel to Deadwood and Lead on business or for supplies, with a Reed Rural telephone line extension connecting Reed Vale and nearby farms. A farewell party honors Miss Florence West as several marriages loom for locals.
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Joseph Lewis
Hazel Richey
Red Reitinger
Whitewood Creek
T. B. Stevens
Nemo
Hans Carsterson
Deadwood
Robert Hanson
Alma
T. O. Mitchell
S. S. Somers
Big Bottom
C. H. Sloan
C. F. Smith
Lookout Valley
E. J. Pickering
Ardendale Farm
August Eberhardt
National Sanitarium
Hot Springs
T. J. Baldwin
Vale
August Hage
Reed
Sturgis
Allen
C. F. Thompson
Earl Gustine
Spearfish
R. L. Gregg
Pearl Pickering
J. W. Neill
Maple Street
Gustine-Stewart Commission Company
Henry Bowman
Spring Creek
R. W. Clarke
Frank Southmayde
Melvin Gidley
Lan Cupid
Martin Rouppel
Centennial
Henry Grams
Elmer Stambaugh
Chance
Denman
Florence West
Cable Jones
JR Ranch
Hig Botton
Pillie Stitt
Community Notes Tell of Visits and Celebrations This Week
Bird Rose left the northern country this week while Mrs Georgeston visits the West farm. Mrs T W Thomp son celebrated her birthday with a large party of friends sewing and a fine luncheon by Mrs I Gramlich. Oliver Rose passed through town en route to Spearfish. A farewell party honored Mrs C H West at the Clayton home with music and a pleasant evening. Dances at Bonniwell’s hall drew many locals and visitors, Olson's orchestra providing the music. The Peck family from Deadwood joined the Highley household, and Upton Smith wed Miss Hazel Wells with Rev C R Hunt officiating.
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C. H. West
Clayton
James Hanson
Emma Smith
Bixby
C. J. Vroman
Slim Buttes
Bonniwell
Olson
Peck
Deadwood
Highley
Upton Smith
Premier Campbell Bannerman seeks rest in Biarritz
London November 29 Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman the premier has left for Biarritz to take a rest cure after several weeks of ill health.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Biarritz
Adams Case Goes to Jury in Idaho Murder Trial
Judge Woods instructed the jury in Rathdrum Idaho in the Steve Adams murder case. The state holds if Adams was offered a special inducement by Pinkerton detective McParland the verdict should be guilty unless a specific promise was shown. The defense seeks a reasonable doubt standard and questions surrounding the Tyler killing confession.
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Rathdrum
Idaho
W. W. Woods
Steve Adams
Fred Tyler
Adams
McParland
Pinkertons
Woods
Tyler
Steunenberg
McKenzie Wins Judgment, Ousting Empire Sheep from Wyoming Lands
District court awards Grace McKenzie control of over ten thousand acres near Sundance. Empire Sheep Co. ordered to vacate and pay 8000 dollars for lease violation. McKenzie’s brother-in-law sits as a Glasgow judge. Four ranches along the Fourche River affected.
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Wyoming
Sundance
Wyo
District Court
Grace McKenzie
McKenzie & McKenzie
Empire Sheep Company
Curry Com
Keétit
Ig Puesin
Merk. MeKensié
Mra. McKeneaie
Glisgow
Scotland
A Fourche River
Murder Suspect Wilkins Sought for Missing Man Earl Kimmons
Oakland authorities search for the body of T E Kimmons known as Earl who vanished from M A Wilkins Elmhurst home after the wife murder. Kimmons aged 22 was a San Francisco street car striker. Wilkins claims Kimmons inherited a fortune and lives in Houston Texas.
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Oakland
Cal
M. A. Wilkins
Elmhurst
T. £. Kimmons
Earl
Wilkins
San Francisco
Kimmons
Houston
Texas
Bank Forger Howard Maxwell Ends Life After Bail
Howard Maxwell former president of the Borough Bank of Brooklyn died by suicide in his Brooklyn home after being released on $30,000 bail on grand larceny and forgery indictments. He cut his throat and left wrist with a razor and penknife in the bathroom and died at Long Island hospital. His despondent condition followed incarceration and his wife received medical care.
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New York
Howard Maxwell
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Long Island Hospital
Maxwell
Roosevelt warns cabinet members on political activity
President Roosevelt sent a letter to cabinet members instructing federal employees under their jurisdiction to refrain from political activity aimed at his renomination. The message, not publicly released in full, cautions that officials attending Republican conventions to urge support would be improper and discourteous.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Morgan Meets Cortelyou in Washington Conference
In Washington, D. C., J. Pierpont Morgan held a brief afternoon conference with Secretary Cortelyou and then left for New York. The meeting lasted about fifteen minutes and yielded no disclosed object. Morgan appeared in good spirits and spent most of the morning at the Arlington hotel. Postmaster General Meyer visited with his car, and Morgan briefly left the hotel with him. his associate, First National Bank President Baker, was also at the treasury for a morning talk with Cortelyou.
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Washington, D. C
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cortelyou
New York
Mr. Morgan
Arlington Hotel
Meyer
Tammany Denies Authority Behind Bryan Pledge
Charley Murphy of Tammany Hall says James J. Magan lacked authority to pledge Tammany support for Bryan at a Washington dinner. Murphy adds Hagan spoke for Magan, not Tammany Hall, and that no delegation pledge is made until a Democratic nominee is settled.
Revival Assured by Canal Bonds Plan for Currency Relief
Financiers expect Secretary Cortelyou to push a plan issuing 50 million in Panama canal bonds and 100 million in 3 percent certificates to ease currency strain. The move, tied to current revenues and Roosevelt's suggestion, aims to free funds for bank note expansion and faster crop movement while resuming specie payments.
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Cortelyou
Panama
Washington
Treasury
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal
Europe
Alienists Contest in Bradley Case Heads to Monday Testimony
Washington November 26 Attorneys for both sides in the Bradley murder trial prepared for what they hope will be the final week of the proceedings The defense refined a 12000 word hypothetical question to be posed to expert witnesses on Monday to establish Mrs Brown’s sanity at the time of the shooting The question outlines testimony and alleged mental aberration drawing on ancestors and eccentricities to argue lack of responsibility.
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Washington, D
Bradley
Rmder
Brown
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