Prisoners Die in Caldwell Jail Amid Suicide Attempts
Newark December report details two inmates Frank Barbain and Harry McCullum at Caldwell Penitentiary. Barbain hanged himself in his cell but was revived. McCullum attempted self harm as a joke and died after medical efforts. Bar ban had confessed weariness of life and a joke in progress caused a disturbance.
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NEWARK J
Tivn
Frank Barbain
Ilafian
Harry McCulumn
guleide
Caldwell
J. McCallum
Harbain
Barbain
moss
Mafsulini
Cutler wes
angie
McCullern
che
MeuCuller
Murder at Haverhill rocks Burke Street
In Haverhill Mrs Berliah Dovlan is found dead at home on Burke Street from a knife wound to the heart. William Daly, her brother in law and judge for two decades, is arrested at the police station charged with murder after Daly claimed the victim's death. The weapon remains missing and the crime is tied to a wake attendance.
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Haverhill
nelishbor
Duo- Tan
ugh
Bursting Lump Injuries Strike Tenement Crowd
A blast in a Cate Street tenement courtyard injures several, including a man suffocated by smoke and a severely burned victim who crawls to a narrow stair. a mother lodger is gravely hurt. Fire losses reach 400 dollars. another incident reports a collision at Font d y Lac injuring multiple aboard.
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BNSstun
Cate street
reston
monary
Wheel Company Falls in New Bankruptcy Case
Springfield Mass December 28 The Overman Wheel company with Chicopee Falls and agencies in major cities filed a assignment to President H H Beacman of Springfield National Bank Liabilities 1 218 001 A creditors meeting is set for December 3 The shops closed last night leaving several hundred workers unemployed.
Use the Lash on Convicts
Montreal dispatch reports authorities threatened corporal punishment for convicts at St. Vincent de Paul jail after two nights of persistent howling. Warden Foster ordered use of the lash to restore order as regional services resumed.
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MONTREAL
wwe
St. Vincent de
Cuban Colonial Cabinet Named by Blanco in Havana
Governor General Blanco accepts a first colonial cabinet with Jose Marie Galvez as president and other ministers including Rafael Montoro Antonito Govin Francisco Zayas Arturo Amblard and Rafael Fernandez Castro. Oath planned at the palace after Saturday’s celebration. Consul Fitz Hugh Lee seeks aid for reconcentrados per agreed terms. Accused Weyler critic Baroeto arrested aboard the Washington on maladministration charges.
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Blanco
Kald
HAVANA
aublonomty
Jose Marie Galvez
Senor
Rafael Montoro
Marquis of Montoro
Antonito Govin
Francisco Zayas
Arturo Amblard
Rafael Fernandez Castro
Fitz Hugh Lee
Washington
Aladrid
Britain Declines to Enter Sealing Agreement
Lord Salisbury reports to the US ambassador that Britain will not join a proposed sealing accord with the United States, Russia, and Java. He cites Canada’s unwillingness to be a partner and notes plans to consult the Canadian government on the issue.
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Lord Salisbury
United States
Har
Ammen
Ince i Broys
Eei
Great Britain Tintyam
ies
Hussia
Great Britain
Canada
England
Condensed Dispatches Mixed with Oddities and Rumors
The Cuban chief hivera arrives in Spain for detention in a fortress. Charles L. Kurt may run for Onili senate against Jip Hann. Mrs Mary Barnett related to President McKinley dies in Milwaukee. A cinnamon bear commandeers an express car on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line. Dr Angell may stay in Constantinople through President Mee Ninley’s term. The Cameroons governor reports a misoulies expedition setback. Chicago rumors claim a Culusyeurma fire Christmas was caused by gasoline explosion and fumes spread to boats.
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hivera
Spain
Charles L. Kurt
Onili
Jip Hann
Mary Barnett
McKinley
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Ann Arbor
Mich
Angell
Crestantinople
Mée Ninley
Cameroons
Perlin
Chicago
Raineers Fy con Conprany Der. Conference Fallout
Reported rejection of a compromise by 100 to 1 ends the latest conference between employer representatives and workers. Union demand stands at 1 hour weekly for men, rejected as the majority balks. The ballot turnout signals severe distrust toward the judges, with no resumption expected and shops set to close as workers may resume strike actions.
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TONTWON
Der
terra
Explosion injures workers in Bellevue shaft mine
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 2 a lamp caused an explosion in the Bellevue shaft of the Lackawanna company. John Alexander and John O'Brien were badly injured and may die. Eighteen men were in the 14 foot vein when the blast demolished sections of the gangway and scattered debris. Work in the vein was halted for repairs and investigation.
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SCRANTON
sas
Bellevue
Leia~Ware unil Lackiwanna company
John Alexander
John O’Brien
Luetgert Birthday Courthouse Scene in Chicago Trial
Luetgert spent his fifty second birthday in court before Judge Gary as his trial proceeded. He wore a ribbon in his buttonhole and appeared in good humor, while Agatha Tosch testified about damning statements he had made to her. Clerks C Clark and Swan Noleon testified about Lumgert purchasing potash and arsenic.
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Luetgert
CHICAGO
Tee
Negro Gata a Long Term
Francis Lingo, colored, sentenced to 20 years at hard labor in New Jersey state prison and to pay a $3000 fine. Convicted of three crimes two forgeries and attempted abduction. Camden report from December 28.
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Negro Gata
CAMDEN
N. J
Francis Lingo
New Jersey
Lingo
Singerly plan for Record Company reorganization revealed
Philadelphia dispatch reports bankers and depositors weighing a plan to salvage Chestnut Street National Bank and Chestnut Street Trust by issuing Record stock. Creditors split into classes A B C receive preferred and common stock with six percent dividends, while Mr Singerly retains editor role and a corporate board governs policy.
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PHILADELPHIA
Chestnut Street National bank
Chestnut Street Trust and Saving Fund company
William Jt. Singerly
The
Record
Record Publishing company
tn lay thif$funen
Singerly
Terord
Sydney FE. Tytler
Monrith Street National bank
Cole lowing
asen
Postmasters Appointed in New York and Pennsylvania
The following fourth class postmasters have been appointed. New York Locust Valley Sr. Wood Port Dickinson Wood Greenwood Port Delaware Derrysville John English Resort NL Weaver Vance Mills J J dLamphries.
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WASHINGTON
New York
Locust Valley
Wood
Port Dickinson
Greenwood
Pennsylvania
Derrysville
John English
Resort
Weaver
Vance Mills
J. J. dLamphries
French Ambassador Cambon Arrives in Washington
The new French ambassador M. Jones Cambon arrives in Washington just after the holidays. His arrival is expected to provide another impetus to reciprocity negotiations with the United States.
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WASHINGTON
M. Jnnes Camban
son
Indictment in Camden murder case tightens state case
Eli Shaw faces trial for the killings of his mother Mrs. Sarah M. Shaw and grandmother Mrs. Ama Zane after a grand jury indicts him. New witnesses bolster the doctors’ theory that the grandmother was killed first, with a later shot to the mother to simulate burglary. Shaw’s fiancée Miss Marie Nelson visited him on Christmas Day as prosecutors prepare for a possible February trial.
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CAMDEN
N.I
Eli Shaw
Sarah M. Shaw
Ama Zane
Yothmura
Shaw
grand jury
weathfvl
Prostecutor
Tenkins
Zane
accueticy
El Shaw
Jenkins
Supreme Court
Jude Garrison
court of errors and appeals
Marie! Neilson
Notable Voyage of the City of Everett
The American steamer City of Everett, after delivering food to the starving Hindus in Calcutta and coal to Madras, now sails from Spain to Charleston with ore. It will unload jute in Valencia and Wilbadh, Spain, then load iron ore for the United States, a first for an American liner in such a voyage.
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WASHINGTON
Geo
City
Everett
San Francisco
Calcutta
tuan
Spain
Charleston
Madras
Valencia
Wilbadh
Suez vana
Stein
United States
Charges of Conspiracy Withdrawn in Newfoundland Case
In St Johns Newfoundland the directors of the defunct Union Bank faced conspiracy to defraud charges. The crown prosecutor withdrew the indictment after juries had acquitted the directors of the Commercial Bank on the same charge.
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ST. JOHNS
N. F
Dee. Us
Union bank of Newfoundland
cefraud
avis
Lefa
David Chalmers
Berkish Guiana
crown
Commercial bank
Paris Penal Charges Dismissed Against Several Deputies
The public prosecutor in Paris announces the abandonment of charges against M. Gaillard, Rigaud, Jaisand, and Royer in the Tainama canal affair and seeks a lighter sentence for M. Arton, Saint Martin, Maret, and Pliantenu.
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PARIS
Tainama canal
MM. Gaillard
Rigaud
Jaisand
Royer
Arton
Saint Martin
Maret
Pliantenu
Grand Jury Indicts Charney for Embezzling Funds
Chicago Dec 38 the grand jury indicted Charles M Charnley former treasurer of the Presbyterian board of aid for colleges and academics. The bill charges embezzlement of sixty five thousand dollars from funds of the burned.
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Indieta Charney
CHICAGO
Charles M. Charnley
Presbyterian board of aid for
bil
Charney
Gideon Declares Not a Candidate for League Presidency
Official notice from Philadelphia that George Gideon of Ontario will not be a candidate for the presidency of the League of American Wheelmen. He has issued a statement affirming he is not a candidate and remains unaffiliated with the race.
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PHILADELGINA
George 7. Gideon
League of American Wheelmen
Tie
Professor Bell to Wed Abs Shelby in Private Ceremony
New York dispatch reports Professor Alexander Melville Bell will marry Abs H. G. Shelby of Toronto in New York within two weeks. The date is to be kept secret and officiating minister Dr St A Paterson, longtime pupil of Bell, who founded a missionary training school.
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Toronto
NEW YORK
Alexander Melville Bell
Edinburgh
Graham Bell
Abs. H. G. Shelby
fer
St. A. Patersim
Bell
Paterson
first Ladies’ Training School
United States
Ladies’ college
Binghamton
N. Y
Pate sox
Hell
eiby
Wash- Mars
Epps' Murderer Jailed in Nagasaki as Japan Prosecutes
A cablegram to the U S Department states Jaran, accused of killing American sailor Frank Epps, has been jailed in Nagasaki and will be tried under Japanese law. Rear Admiral Buck will monitor proceedings to prevent miscarriage of justice. Indemnity claim possible if Epps' mother seeks compensation.
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WASHINGTON
Jaran
United States
Frank Envus
Olympia
Te department
Adm
Asiation
Epps
Nagasaki
Almister Buck
Fatal Vat Explosion At Industrial Plant In Chicago
An explosion in a storage vat at an Independent factory in Chicago killed Theodore Win-Loulis Imme and Leonard Lundhbar Teis and likely fatally injured Lundhbar Teis. Workers were applying enamel. a candescent light shattered causing alcohol vapors to ignite. Winchkofskty died instantly. others were overcome as enamel burned.
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CHICAGO
hrew- Y
Theodore Win- Loulis Imme
Leonard
Winchkofskty
Winknitky
The Tontine Hotel Hystery
NEW HAVEN December 28 There are no developments in the Tontine hotel fire ling mystery Detective Sergeant Denehy returned from Hudson Mass with no new information He conferred with Superintendent Wiinn and Captain Cowles but none would speak The silent registrant under the name R Locke of Newark New Jersey remains at large
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Tontine Hotel
NEW HAVEN
Denehy
Hudson
Mass
Wiinn
Captain Cowles
R. Locke
Newark
N.J
Vain Attempt at Murder in Bethlehem Wife Shot Wife Shot then Suicide Attempt
Geersze A. Morast aged 36 shot his wife Annie in Bethlehem Pennsylvania and then killed himself. The couple, Germans recently from Colorado, ran a dressmaking school and had quarreled after separating a week earlier. The wife is reported to recover. Morast belonged to a well to do western farming family.
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BETHLEHEM
Dev
Geersze A. Morast
Annie
Colorado
Morast
Fire keeps blazing aboard Lambert's Point cargo steamer
ST JOHNS N F December 28 The fire in the eastern cargo of the British steamer Lambert's Point Captain Humphreys from Norfolk for Liverpool arrived after 48 hours of battle with the flames and resists all efforts to extinguish it. Tugs and city department engines are pumping water into the blaze as salvage attempts continue.
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ST. JOHNS
N. F
Humphreys
Norfolk
Liverpool
Qaines
Tavu
Longtime Freemason of Spring Valley Dies After Fall
Westervelt, aged 81, a prominent Freemason and longtime Spring Valley resident, fell headlong down a wall in a stairway Saturday. He sustained injuries and died from the accident, noted as a well known figure in the state.
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Praninéat Freemasoniter NYAGRK
Westervelt
Spring Valley
Million Dollar Hall Fire Destroys High Street Stores
A blaze erupted last evening in the dry goods store of Jermyn & Peery on High Street King's Lynn Norfolk. The local fire brigade responded but the flames quickly spread destroying several business premises. Estimated damage runs to about 100000 dollars.
Electric Companies Consolidate in St Louis
The Missouri Electric Light and Power Company and the Edison Electrical Company, two of the largest electric concerns in the city, have consolidated. The new concern will issue 4 million dollars of bond bearing bonds.
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Combina
Missuri Electric Light and Power company
Fdison Electrical company
wen
Aid for China urged by Rev Gilbert Fei in CTICA report
Rev Gilbert Fei in the United States argues China should be aided by America to advance progress and protect interests. He says China is threatened but not dismembered and a few ports may be seized while vast territory remains. Mr Reid plans to raise more funds and return to China in a few weeks.
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CTICA
Gilbert Fei
international institute
Peking
China
Washington
Europe
Japan
America
Russia
France
Mr. Reid
Russia's Gain in Far East Alarms Diplomats
EWTL Sheppard, fresh from China, comments on Russia's reported occupation of Kin Chau. He says the seizure signals Russia has seized Korea Manchuria and the Liaotung gulf and places Russia in a position to defy the world, alarming diplomats worldwide.
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Eli T. Sheppard
Russia
SAN FRANCISCO
Sheppard
China
Kin Chau
Korea
Manchuria
gulf of Liaotung
Tragic Shooting and Suicide Near St. Louis
In Clarion a man named Nassaug shot his sweetheart Miss Katy Dosen bach then killed himself. The girl is believed fatally wounded. Her father, a former sheriff and collector of St. Louis, is wealthy. Nassaug’s suit was opposed by the family, prompting the tragedy.
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ST. LOUIS
Clarion
Alarcus Nassaug
Katy Dosenbach
St. lowis emrbly
Nassaur
Opposition to Paxson Denied by Grand Mage Sarsent
Grand Mage Sarsent of the Firemen's Brotherhoods, fresh from Washington, denies being a candidate for interstate commerce commissioner. He fears reports on his motives may reflect on his opposition to Judge Paxson, stating the brotherhoods push no candidates and are strongly against Paxson.
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Paxson
PROBIA
ter Sarsent
Firemen
brothers
hood
Washington
bnods
Mrs Van Schaack Bunkoed in Suit for Damages
Mrs. Van Schaack sues her wealthy father in law for damages claiming he bunkered her, sending letters to drive her husband away. The letters are cited as important evidence in the legal action. The case unfolds in St. Louis with the elder Van Schaack named as the push behind pressures on the son.
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Van Schaack
ST. LOUIS
Dee Ysi
trshani
Seven Die As Orange River Tonic Clash Ends Deadly
In Halifax Nova Scotia on December 28, Sir Here bert Murray, a member of Newfoundland, proclaimed forbidding certain possession projected for next Sunday. The decree came after a fatal incident last time, in which seven men were killed amid unrest.
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Orangemen
HALIFAX
N.S
Herebert Murray
Newfound
Turmoil in the Dardanelles Aims at Greek Gunboat
In Constantinople the Yurtash government explains a Turkish firing on the Greek gunboat Actin near Prevesii was a misunderstanding caused by miscommunication. The incident occurred as the vessel was passing the Ambrac gulf area, and officials say there was no hostile intent.
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Gamhuoat
CONSTANTINOPLE
Yurtash
rece
thiat
Actin
Prevesii
gulf of Ambracelt
Sailor Dead After Fall From Rigging Aboard Vessel
Phillip Talbnsen, a sailor from Nova Scotia, fell from the rigging as the ship was towed to port at Puilpsmouth Nebraska. He died of his injuries. The incident occurred on December 24 while the Edward El Grtry vessel was underway.
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Riegeing
PUILPSMOUTH
N. SE
Phillip Talbnsen
Edward EL Grtry
wisheim
Nova Scotia
Missing Swedish fishermen feared drowned after lake trip
Ashtabula Ohio reports Oscar Younis and Gus Anderson, Swedish fishermen, hired a sailboat Wednesday for an excursion on the lake. They have not returned and are believed drowned.
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ASHTABULA
Oscar Younis
Gus Anderson
New Bank For Frisca
Washington dispatch reports that the comps trailer of the currency has authorized the Nevada National Bank of San Francisco to begin business with capital of 5909 dollars.
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New Bank For Frisca
WASHINGTON
Nevada National bank of San Franccisco
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