Wrecks and Floods Spark Death Toll Near 100
London reports show a continuing gale across Britain and Ireland with floods and wrecks. A French bark off Hendon drowned 19, the Active revenue cutter wrecked with 23 dead, the Inga totally lost with 16 dead, and the Trip driven ashore with seven drowned. Denmark endures heavy snow and five feet of it. In the U S, the Anti Cigarette league seeks 300000 members and a nationwide pledge for youths to abstain from tobacco until 21. Ambassadors Andrew White resumes duties after a stop in France.
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Great Britain
Ireland
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Sunderland
Active
Firth of Forth
Inga
Tynemouth
West Hartlepool
Durham
Denmark
Copenhagen
Reese
Schicago
American Anti-Cigarette League
United States
Pittsburg
Columbus
Louisville
Buffalo
Toronto
Two Women Die in One Day in Evansville Murders
Evansville Indiana records a double murder Tuesday as two women die by strangulation after accepting buggy rides from a “friend.” Police suspect a single culprit. one man arrested for the second murder is released for lack of evidence. Officers pursue leads while surveillance grows.
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Evansville
Ind
Georgia Bailey
First Avenue
Wife of Rathbun Denies Involvement in Murder Plot
Newell C. Rathbun, jailed in Indiana on a murder charge in the Charles Goodman death, says his wife Corinne Pryor in Little Rock knew of a plan to defraud an insurance company but not of any murder. Rathbun’s confession and wife’s quiet stance follow reports of his earlier scheme to ship a corpse to mislead insurance claims.
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Louisville
Newell C. Rathbun
Jeffersonville
Ind
Charles Goodman
Clark County
War Department
Washington
Rathbun
United States Army
Indiana
Little Rock
Sullivan
Corinne Pryor
Evansville
Goodmen
Cripple Creek
Col
Kate Rathbun
Goodman
Britain accuses Boers of murder in Kaffir killings
London reports War Secretary Broderick says Boers hide tracks by killing Kaffirs. Lord Kitchener wires that two natives with hands tied were found in a mine shaft. He cites 42,000 Boers in camps, 11,000 killed or wounded or paroled, and about 10,000 Boers in the field.
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London
Mr. Broderick
Carlton Club
Lord Kitchener
Broderick
Great Britain
Sir
Rathbun Case Raises Murder Plot and Identity Confusion
Reports detail Rathbun confessing a plan to fake a corpse and collect life insurance with his wife in Little Rock, while denying actual murder of Goodm an. Authorities question his true name and rest home, and autopsy plans seek to identify the body. Butler, once Boer War commander, accepts a reform committee post.
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Newell C. Rathbun
Little Rock
Jeffersonville
Rathbun
Butler
South Africa
Daily Chronicle
Gunpoint robbery of ballot box in Alabama election
A Crawford Keat election returns officer was held up near Seale Alabama by a masked assailant taking the ballot box and burning the papers. The crime is a capital offense in the state. Nearby defense of the Schley court of inquiry also noted with limited progress. Fire in Grand Rapids destroys Power theater causing one death and several smoke injuries. Paris dispatches mention incomplete cryptic text from Camborne.
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Columbus
Seale
Russell County
Ala
Enquirer Sun
W. Peppers
Crawford Keat
Grand Rapids, Mich
Oronoge Mine Plant Is Sunk In Cave In Disaster
In Oronoge near Joplin Missouri the Aurora Mining plant including a hundred ton mill office building engine house six gravel cars and a tailing pile sank into a cave in with no lives lost work halted and further cave ins feared.
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Oronoge
Aurora Mining Company
Insurgents Routed by Cavalry at Buan Luzon Action
Manila reports Capt Hartman’s First Cavalry surprised 400 insurgents at Buan Batangas. Cavalry attacked on the flank killing 16, wounding five and capturing nine rifles. Insurgents broke and fled as cavalry pursued. Nearby Stephenson sees deer hunting accident injure William Everhardt badly. National Grange delegates meet Lewiston Maine with Aaron Jones delivering address.
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Manila
Hartman
First Cavalry
Buan
Batangas Province
Luzon
Cotton mill workers plan mass relocation from Nashua
Nov 14 report from Celien Operatives Gefonth Nashua estimates more than 900 mill workers intend to leave town seeking employment in allied regions. The note indicates widespread labor movement among Nashua cotton mills.
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Nashua
N. H
Toibe
Allia Eke Menuineen
Indictments Named for Train Robber Harry Longbaugh
A federal grand jury indicted Harry Longbaugh alias John Arnold and companion Aura Bullion on 17 counts each. Charles H. Smith and William ONeill of the Great Northern flyer identified Longbaugh in custody after the Wagner Montana hold up last July. Longbaugh refused to reveal his real name, saying he would talk when the time comes.
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Harry Longbaugh
John Arnold
Charles H. Smith
William O'Neill
Great Northern Flyer
Wagner
Mont
Body found in Fairmount Park amid suicide clues
Philadelphia reports a man identified as Herbert Ellwanger of Cleveland was found dead in Fairmount Park with a head wound and a pistol nearby. A card with his Cleveland address was found in his pocket. Also noted is a Cleveland bank robbery where a burglar was shot during a clash with residents and the bank building damaged by dynamite. Washington plans to place about 200 executive branch rural free delivery workers into civil service within weeks, though 6,000 rural carriers remain outside this order.
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Herbert Ellwanger
Cleveland
Fairmount Park
Evening Plain Dealer
Minster
Itizensa
Bank
Burgiare Allo
Washington
Post Office Department
Civil Service
Roosevelt
Clothing Department Finds Duplicate Suit at Different Price
A Mo lien man in a Davenport clothing shop compared a suit he bought for $10 with a similar $8.00 suit displayed by the store. He was told the $8.00 price, and the clerk noted both suits were from the same manufacturer. The store claims it sells clothing at a fair profit and the same price to all customers.
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Moline
Davenport
Release for Aguinaldo and custody debate unsettled
Washington reports no action yet on securing Aguinaldo’s release by habeas corpus with debates over the right to appeal from Philippine courts. The case follows disagreements linked to the fourteen Diamond rings controversy and questions whether the constitution follows the flag. Aguinaldo’s captivity is described as nominal with an escort present and threats from secret societies.
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Washington
Aguinalde
Philippine.com
Departme
Cees
War Department
Supreme Court
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Military orders to Troy unit amid Parramore assault case
In Montgomery dated November 4, General Geh Jelks orders the military company at Troy to move to El Ozark to protect Pharoah Parra and a Black individual from harm. Parramore faces an assault charge in the case.
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Ala
Geh Jelks
Troy
el Ozark
Pharoah Parramore
Negro
Ekee
Parramore
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