Proclamations, protests and pale tragedies on the coast
Sacramento proclaims Thanksgiving Day as November 26. In Redding a 17 year old boy was killed by a train while sleeping on the tracks. Ocean Park residents push to rename the town Venice. Dos Bocas oil wells burn, costing millions in losses. Redlands fights over rock claims. San Bernardino plans new water projects for reservations. Reno protests Chinese restition. San Francisco youths arrested for a Sutro streetcar robbery. Mountain hounds drive deer gatherings noted in San Bernardino.
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Redding
Cal
George Mullen
Daniel Mullen
Southern Pacific
Elmore
Mexico City
Dos Bocas
Pearson & Sons
Cotton Conference in Memphis Riots Over Night Riders Denunciation
Fiery clashes erupted at the cotton conference in Memphis when Walter Clark of Clarksdale called night riders "cars" provoking charges and countercharges. A. C. Roane defended the riders as oppressed and motivated, sparking a chaotic scene before President Harvie Jordan restored order and the program resumed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Walter Clark
Clarksdale
Miss
A. C. Roane
Mississippi
Mr. Clark
Harvie Jordan
Trains Crash In Two States Kill Eleven In Wyoming And Louisiana
A Wyoming wreck near Rome leaves eleven dead as Union Pacific freight trains collide and burn after a downhill run at Sherman hill. In Louisiana a New Orleans and Northeastern suburban crash near Little Woods kills eleven and injures many, with rescue work hampered by swamp terrain. Dr. Henry Tartleton aids the injured in Covington.
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New Orleans & Northeastern
Little Woods
U. P
Borie
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Rome
Wyoming
Sherman Hill
Louisiana
New Orleans
Henry Tartleton
Covington
Pueblo
Colo
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
Chicago
Fountain
Here
Henry Brusso
Alonzo King
Salt Lake
Listening to Voices from the Grave in Chicago Coroner Records
Coroner Hoffman plans to preserve murderers last words on phonograph records to be used in court. The new system aims to capture final denials or confessions, with Mrs. Fannie Thompson's murder case cited as an early example. The recordings, stored in the county coroner's files, may become court evidence in the future.
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Chicago
Hoffman
Fannie Thompson
Michigan Avenue
Laman C. Mann
Raymond
Prisoner Lashes at Witness During Courtroom Fight
In New York the arraignment of William Pesky Frank Marquette and Minnie Marquette over a fur theft sparked chaos. Samuel J Hahn identified Pesky in Boston triggering a fracas as the prisoner lunged at the witness. Court officers restrained him while Mrs Marquette screamed and was removed to a cell.
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New York
William Pesky
Frank Marquette
Minnie Marquette
Samuel J. Hahn
Pesky
Boston
Hahn
Assailant Shoots Assistant District Attorney Heney in San Francisco Court
In a crowded San Francisco courtroom during the Ruef bribery trial, Morris Haas shot Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney. Heney survived. Haas, an ex-convict, killed himself in jail hours later. Heney vowed to continue prosecuting graft cases.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Morris Haas
Everal Court
Abraham Ruef
Heney
Lane Hospital
Haas
Ruef
James L. Gallagher
Board of Supervisors
Henry Act
Gallagher
Lawler
Ach
Dozier
Judge Lawler
Fulton Street
van Ness Avenue
Central Emergency Hospital
Satrday
Accident exposes Chinese smuggling crew in Buffalo breakwall wreck
A motor boat carrying ten Chinese and three white men wrecked on a Buffalo breakwall near Michigan Street. Six Chinese drowned. four survivors rescued by a police boat. The three white men fled. authorities search for them amid smuggling suspicions from Canada. Separate New York testimony details Russian militia attacks and alleged executions, with Jan Licit recounting mutilations and escape from Russia.
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Buffalo
Michigan Street
Canada
Preach and Sing as Men Slaughter Pigs in Chicago
In Chicago stock yards a group of about thirty ministers preached sermons to killing gangs during lunch breaks. A cornetist provided sacred music as long knives dripped blood in the rooms where pigs were killed. The Packingtown revival, led by Rev. Charles Stelzle and Rev. Warren H. Wilson, will continue for two weeks.
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Chicago
Charles Stelzle
Warren H. Wilson
Leader of Negro Bandits Sentenced 35 Years
Pittsburg report states John Loar led a gang of highwaymen and received 35 years in the western penitentiary after eleven burglary counts. Frisco Sullivan, convicted on four counts, seeks delayed sentencing in exchange for info on $10,000 in stolen silverware and jewelry and to shed light on the two year old Harry F. Smith murder linked to the gang.
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Pittsburg
John Loar
Western
Loar
Sullivan
Harry F. Smith
Court House
Spartanburg
S. C
John Irby
Leila Dempsey
Schumpert
Succeeded Beyond His Expectations Reveals Found Suspect
Rivers bears a swollen nose and plaster strips on his face after a tense pursuit. He greets Brooks and declares he has found the infernal scoundrel who stole his umbrella, in a Chicago Tribune report dated the 4th.
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Brooks
Chicago Tribune
Laborers Described As Slaves in Florida Peonage Case
In New York a government case in the U S circuit court alleges the Florida Coast Railroad company lured 3000 men with high wages then marooned them in a barren Florida wilderness. Indicted are Francisco Sabbia Edward J Triay David E Harley and Frank A Hugg. The prosecution details starvation brutality and forced labor as part of a scheme to enslave workers. Judge Hough reserved ruling on peonage charges as evidence is heard.
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New York
Florida
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Florida Coast Railroad Company
Francisco Sabbia
Edward J. Triay
David E. Harley
Frank A. Hugg
Glenn E. Asted
Florida East Coast Company
South
Paradise
Mr. Asted
Asted
John B. Stanchfield
Henry
New York State Supreme Court
Justice Platzek
Dampskibsactieselskabet Hermod
Federal Insurance Company
MacDonald and
Crief
John McSherry
Hermod
Great Mine Disaster in Germany At Radbed Mine
A massive explosion at the Radbed mine near Hamm Westphalia trapped 880 miners. Only six escaped uninjured while 37 were badly hurt, 302 were lost, and rescue efforts were halted as flooding was ordered after fire and smoke thwarted early attempts.
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Hamm
Westphalia
Germany
Radbed
Courrieres
France
Boy Essay on Clergymen Delights Bishops Dinner in New York
A Coopers town school boy read his essay on clergymen to an ecclesiastical dinner in New York hosted by Bishop Potter. The humorous piece outlines three kinds of clergymen bishops rectors and curates with simple, pointed contrasts and punchlines.
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Potter
New York
Cooperstown
Sub-zero Temperatures and National Briefs
Weather shows sub-zero readings in Wyoming with six degrees below in Lander and four below in Yellowstone park. A mob in Biloxi lynches a Black man named Henry Leidy after an assault claim, while Minnehaha county backs a new anti-divorce law by a 747 vote margin. Forest fires devastate Tennessee Kentucky and northern Alabama, and Chicago plans a colossal 20 story Peoples Gas building at Adams and Michigan.
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Wyoming ST. Paul
Lander
Wyo
Yellowstone Park
Laborers Returning to America Amid Boost in Immigration
Steamship companies and emigration groups push for renewed travel as U S labor demand grows. Cablegrams warn foreign buyers of prepaid tickets to return, with Pennsylvania and Midwest plants seeking workers, signaling an uptick in immigration.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Middle West
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