Holmes on Trial of Incredible Crime Career in Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports H. H. Holmes and Mrs Pitzel face charges for insurance swindles totaling about 10 000 on B F Pitzel. Holmes recounts a life of crime from Burlington Vermont to Detroit New York and Chicago claiming bodies financed his education. He tried to bribe a detective during transport and later fled west after a threatening confrontation with his wife’s mother.
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Crawford
Holmes
Boston
Pitzel
Burlington
Detroit
Mich
New York
Chicago
Rhode
West
Madison Street
Ulick Bourke
Bourke
Holmes recounts crimes and escape plots in Chicago tale
Holmes details killings and a trunk concealing a victim, then describes stealing a Texas heiress’s fortune to back a swindle with Pitzel. He claims multiple dependents and wives, guards his own money, and asserts Pitzel is alive in San Salvador. The article also notes the Duke of Argyle denying engagement rumors with Miss Knox Little.
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Holmes
Chicago
Texas
Pitzel
Fort Worth
Fidelity Company
Heo
Kankskee
San Salvador
New York
Worth
New Hampshire
Clinois
Thers
Duke
Lorper
Duke of
Argyle
Colin Campbell
Knox Little
Funeral at Princeton for Dr. McCosh
Princeton University held a funeral for Dr. McCosh with the undergraduate body marching from his late residence to Marquand chapel. President Patton led services with Rev H G Hinsdale, Rev Henry Van Dyke, and Rev Dr John Hall delivering prayers and orations. Eight faculty pallbearers and students escorted attendees from house to grave in the presidential row crypt.
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Princeton
McCosh
Marquand Chapel
Patton
H. G. Hinsdale
School of Science
Murry
Delvered
Henry van Dyke
John Hall
Duffield
Dr. McCosh
H. B. Pine
Allan Marquand
A. T Ormond
Henry F Osborne
William B. Scott
William M. Sloane
Andrew F Weat
8. R. Winans
Odd Fellows Conclave Reports State Lodge Stats
The Grand Encampment met in Springfield with the Grand Lodge and Rebekah degree convention voting in. State totals show 810 lodges and about 60 000 members with 2000 new members this year. Relief payments reached 145 164 while revenue totaled 157 548. Rebekah degree membership is about 16 000 split roughly by sex. Elected officers include Grand patriarch W H Smaliinger grand high priest Julius H Roeber senior warden John M Campbell scribe John C Smith treasurer John P Foss junior warden John T Blaney and representatives to grand lodge Samuel J Baker and Walter E Caslin.
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Springfield
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
W H Smaliinger
Galenbarg
Julius H Roeber
Alton
John M Campbell
Chicago
Scribe
John C. Smith
John P Foss
John T Blaney
Quincy
Grand Lodge
Samuel J Baker
Olney
Walter E. Caslin
Jorseyville
Avonsta Race Shows Black Ahead In Tenth District
In Avonsta Georgia on November 21 the returns favor Black Democrat over Watson Republican in the Tenth district. Watson urged purging ballots of illegality and accepting the result. Black called Watson plan impracticable and unauthorized and proposed resigning March 4 1895 to permit a new vote later.
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Avonsta
Watson
Black
Bear mauls woman near Powhuska. bystanders drive off
Three women gathered wild grapes near Powhuska when a bear charged from bushes. It grabbed Mrs Wormsbrough, injuring her with broken ribs, as two men intervened and drove the animal away. The incident involved Mrs Austell and Mrs Campbell nearby.
Dominion powerless to punish bigamists abroad ruling
The Queens Bench Divisional Court ruled the Dominion government cannot punish bigamists when the second marriage occurred in the United States or another foreign country. The case of Ben Plowman is cited, who married a young girl in Detroit and brought her back.
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Toronto
Navy
Queens Bench
Dominion
United States
Ben Plowman
Detroii
Supreme Court rules officers of defunct trusts not liable
Jefferson City November 31 The supreme court has issued a key commercial ruling stating that officers of defunct trust companies cannot be prosecuted for receiving deposits while the firms are insolvent because such entities are not named in the law.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Labor leader Burns to be honored in Britain call
New York Nov 22 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor informs Vernon H Brown Cunard Line agent that John Burns Member of Parliament and British labor figure has telegraphed that he will visit the United States and the AFL plans to arrange a welcome or reception in his honor with leaders here preparing events.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Vernon H. Brown
Cunard Hine
John Burns
M. P
Great Britain
Borns
Holmes
Diphtheria Epidemic Worsens in Detroit Area
In Detroit an ongoing diphtheria outbreak has intensified over several months, with health authorities reporting rising cases and heightened concern for public health measures and vaccination efforts.
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Detroit
Third Woman In Holmes Case Emerges In View
The Holmes Pitzel case grows with new testimony about Kate Durkee, a third woman linked to Holmes. Durkee disappeared a year ago, believed murdered, as creditors sought her whereabouts and the property Holmes obtained by theft.
Holmes Spouts a Mortgage Not Realized in Fraud Case
In a case involving a forged mortgage tied to Minnie Williams and Kate Durfee, investigators questioned Holmes and obtained shorthand notes of his answers. References were provided to several Hitts and a manager at Revere Rubber, while a dark woman posing as Miss Kate Durfee was linked to the scheme. Pinkerton records name Benjamin Pitzel as a noted forger with ties to a Philadelphia insurer fraud.
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Kate Durkoo
Mr Chamberlain
Holmes
Misses Williams
Holmes Wos
Minnie Williams
Isaac R. Hitt
Isaac KH. Hitt, Jr
Willis B Hitt
1560
Lake Street
Revere Rubber Company
Kate Durfee
Benjamin Pitzol
Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Benjamin F Pitzel
Robert Jones
Nots
Eighty-ninth
Carpenter Streets
Chicago
Terre Haute
Ind
Sovereign’s Work Indorsed by Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor re elected General Master Workman James R Beverseign Master Foreman M J Bishop and Secretary Treasurer J W Hayes and re elected the executive board with few dissenting votes Washington D C chosen for next annual convention Officers installed Committee on distribution submitted forty nine documents on legislation and amendments to the constitution Adjournment may extend into the week Powderly and delegates left the city without filing suits or injunctions against officers of the general assembly
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New Oreans
James R. Bevereign
M. J. Bishop
J. W Hayes
General Assembly
The
EK. of L
Washington, D. C
Powderly
Lad
Plot to rob pay car near Cumberland thwarted
A planned heist by seven men and four accomplices on a pay car on the Eckhart branch was foiled when one member betrayed the scheme. Detectives boarded the special train at Cumberland and halted the robbery before the crew escaped, leaving the detectives to pursue the remaining conspirators.
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Cumberland
Eckhart
C and P
Hamilton Sheriff King
Fay
Rubenstein Dies a Renowned Pianist at Peterbof
The celebrated Russian pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein died of heart disease near St. Petersburg. Born November 30 1830, he studied in Moscow and Paris, gained Liszt's praise, and taught in Berlin Vienna and Russia. He served as pianist to the Grand Duchess Helena and led Russian Musical Society concerts. He visited the United States in 1872-8 and composed operas such as Dimitri Bonskoi and Lalla Rookh.
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Anton Grégor Rubinstein
Peterbof
Rubinstein
Wulohnotynets
Roumain
Moscow
Alexis Villoing
Paris
Liszt
England
Sweden
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Russia
Helena
Russian Musical Society
United States
Dimitri Bonskoi
Tom le Fou
Lalla Rookh
Nero
Ivan Kalashorikoff
Rubinatein
Alexander II
France
Powers Must Step In Over Armenian Troubles In Europe
A Berlin dispatch to The Daily News cites The Vese alsche Zeitung arguing that if the Porte cannot curb oppression in Armenia the powers must intervene, risking Armenian secession from Turkey. A Times letter notes a St Pauls Institute teacher in Tarsus and four students seized by Turks and held with criminals, freed only after payment. Further reports say Nicholas I plans to end secret police and siege rule, while Finland’s governor reports Finlanders refuse allegiance. The US seeks accord with Germany over cattle imports and Texas fever.
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London
Berlin
Daily News
Vesealsche Zeitung
Porte
Armenia
Turkey
The
Times
St. Paul's Institute
Tarsus
Vienna
Gsgs
Nicholas
Heyden
Finland
St. Petersburg
Jap forces move toward Port Arthur amid engagements
Yokonama reports the second Japanese army leaving Kinchow on the 2d aiming to attack Port Arthur from two routes. A transport carrying infantry and 600 coolies was burned near Talionwan with minimal civilian toll. Amsterdam dispatches say Lombok troops captured the Hajyah’s palace as Balinese rebels show readiness to surrender after a magazine explosion casualties include two Dutch officers and nineteen soldiers.
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Yokonama
Kinchow
Port Arthur
Talionwan
Amsterdam
Lombok
Frightful Fate Overtook Man at Alma Mich
Elam Musott, once a Grand Lodge agent, was found dead in Alma after a reported illness. Buried by strangers, his coffin was later opened in Williamston revealing a torn, clawed corpse and signs of a desperate struggle.
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Alma, Mich
Elam Musott
Grand Lodge
Alma
Williamston
Chicago Horse Show Opens at Tattersalls in Grand Style
Morses cattle sheep poultry and pigs fill Tattersalls for the American fat stock and horse shows under Illinois state board of agriculture public viewing begins with a large turnout. Tonight's program promises driving exhibitions fancy turnouts and riding with notable ladies among the riders.
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Cutcano
Tattersall’s
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Publc
Tattersall'’s
D. M Scott
W M&m. Aborno
Dunn
Mra Taylor
Charlie Wilson
Lemon
Chicago
Mra. Duncan
Peoria
Sawmill Deed of Trust Filed in Pine Ridge Tez
Lancaster Bros. sawmill owners filed a deed of trust for 980000 with W M Robertson named as assignee to favor local creditors. Walter Green a mine driver in Danville Illa died after being dragged by a coal car chain. The notorious con man known as Lord Ashburton is imprisoned in London. A plate glass trust is forming in Pittsburgh. The Clinois Supreme court is petitioned to annul a ruling on railway ticket scalping. Obituaries note several deaths. President Cleveland sprained ankle and a dynamite discovery near Washington Court House are reported. Navy cost and shipbuilding figures are cited.
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Pine Ridge
Tez
W M. Robertson
Walter Green
Kelly
Danville
Illa
Lord Ashburton
William Griffith
Griffin
Graham
Charles Bertrand
Owen J. Bummer
Majesus
Tenn
Susan B. Hudson
Queensville
Ind
Thomas Allwell
Keesanaba
Miah
Carl Rathfon
Coldwater
K. F. Ray
Cleveland
Washington Court House
Military Commission
Colt
Court House
Railways seek pay for troop transport during strike
War department may contest claims by railroads that protected transport of soldiers entitles compensation. Railroads argue troops were carried to support road interests and should be free, while war officials say troops are not ordinary passengers. Other items note Sullivan rumor in Bellaire and a fire injuring Patrick Dorris family in Madison.
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Washingtox
War Department
Mkely
Department
Rallromls
South Carolina Presbytery Admits New Member After Rigid Examination
The South Carolina presbytery recently admitted a new minister after a strict examination. The applicant affirmed belief in the Holy Scriptures as God’s work and that Moses wrote most of the Pentateuch, save the account of Moses’ death.
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South Carolina
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