Tillman Attacks Law in Bitter Chicago Speech
Senator Tillman denounces the Fifteenth Amendment and the Constitution in Chicago remarks, declaring equal rights would force white subjugation. He criticizes Booker Washington and asserts white Southerners must resist federal enforcement amid hostile Negro accusations.
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Chicago
Lieuga
Chicare
United States
Benjamin Reil
Wien
Saint Carolina
Sevattor VY Cnian
Terry
Tillmar
Senator Tillman
North
South
South Carolina
Booker Washington
Tillman
Erowel Oo
Attempted murder by infernal machine in Washington
In Washington Pennsylvania on November 28 Burgess A C Marsh received an infernal machine by mail. Unknown parties attempted to kill him but the device failed to explode. The Black Hand society, active in Washington county for months, is credited with the mail threat which Marsh has been trying to suppress.
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Washington
Burgess A. C. Marsh
Black Hand Society
Washington County
Burgess Marsh
Japanese Bridge Over Yalu River at Yongampo Planned
The Japanese decide to bridge the Yalu river at Yongampo. The span will be 3,239 feet long and the bridge will cost $1,080,000.
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Yalu River
Yongampo
Old Law Invoked by Russian Peasants in Saratoff
Nov 28 report describes peasants in Samara and Buzluk districts reviving an ancient commune privilege to hold mass meetings that expel agitators to Siberia. Across Saratoff, dozens of villages act in unison, using blank expulsion letters to threaten all supporters of revolution. Homes of agitators burn as officials may be asked to reinstate corporal punishment for minor offenses.
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St. Petersburg
Samara
Buzluk
Saratoff
Eommunes
Siberia
Geninistratier
Ceveleci
Saratoff Sypes
Demands Damages in Ohio Coal Car Contract Case
A Perr county Ohio mine owner sues a railroad firm in the United States district court seeking four hundred dollars. The Peabody company accuses the railroad of failing to furnish coal cars as agreed, harming its contract with Northwestern Poor company of St Paul Minnesota. It claims rival mines with railroad officers interests obtained the cars.
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H Can Consypany
Perr County
Ohio
Prisoners die after cholera virus tests in Manila jail
In Manila at Bilibid prison ten of twenty inmates died after inoculation with a cholera virus experiment led by Dr. R. P. Strong. Investigators blame virus contamination with the bubonic plague virus. Governor General Smith exonerates Dr. Strang and says the commission will aid the dead prisoners’ families.
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Manila
Bilibid
R. P. Strong
Bureau of Science
Spain
Overnor General
Woodworth Hotel Company Incorporated in Illinois
The Woodworth Hotel Company is incorporated under Illinois law with A. P. Woodworth as president of the board of directors and W. W. Arnold as secretary. Cushall & Flagg of Brazil Indiana awarded the contract for a brick hotel with stone trim, costing $23750 for the building and $40000 including equipment.
Rough House In Court Stuns Cleburne Judge
In Cleburne Texas on November 28 Judge Lockett rebuked men for crowding the bench and after adjournment was stabbed in the back with a pocket knife. The county attorney said charges include simple assault against the judge and aggravated assault against Captain Plumber, a lawyer.
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Rough House
Cleburn
Tex
District Court
Lockett
Plumber
Ruins of Yubo Dam Destroyed by Fire
The ruins of Yubo Dam once a famed California mining camp are wiped out by a fire. Bret Harte’s poem helped fame the site, now lost. The New York stock market shows ongoing heavy declines in leading shares.
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Yubo Dam
California
Bret Harte
New York
Motion to Quash Case Set for Trial in Vigo County
Terre Haute Ind Judge Piety sets next Monday trial for former Vigo County Treasurer William Clark indicted for misappropriation of public funds reported to be seventy thousand dollars short. The transcript notes experts cite errors in the report underlying the indictment with defense claims challenging the entry and timing of the charges.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Piety
Circuit Court
William Clark
Judean Pury
Perry
Seegan
Sherri
Dieteld
Bart
Porte
Howe
Chicago
Slashed miner James Hoole dies from assault
James Hoole a 33 year old miner died after being attacked outside Dunn's saloon on November 16. Three men Jake Trays Will Collins and James Vath reportedly fled to Straight Creek Kentucky after the crime. Hoole's widow and four children face financial hardship as no arrests were made.
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Sullivan
Fleckson Pit
Highton
James Hoole
Hoole
Jake Trays
Will Collins
James Vath
Straight Creek
Dunn
Kentucky
Jackson Hill
Haale
Somone
Shistley Escapes Into Woods After Poker Murder
A murderer named William Watson was mortally wounded at a poker table Sunday morning and died at St. Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute. A posse encircles the area between Hymera and Midland as Sheriff Edington vows capture before night. Ed Shulley, son of the killer, is tracked near Midland and the posse fires on a man fleeing the brush after more than 200 shots.
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Stistley
Lipton
Brethee Os
Sheetley
William Watson
St. Anthony's Hospital
Terre Haute
Hymera
Midland
Edington
Ed Shulley
Shulley
Will Not Contest Decision In Indianapolis
Criminal Judge-elect James A. Pritchard will not appeal to the supreme court from Jayde Allen’s circuit court ruling. The decision says Pritchard’s official term starts January 1 and Fremont Alford remains in office until then. Pritchard cites the high cost of further action and the likelihood that no ruling would arrive before January 1.
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Indianapolis
James A. Pritchard
Supreme Court
Jayde Allen
Circuit Court
Pritchard
Fremont Alford
Read Gunfight at Burlington Claims Captain Read
Captain Horatio N. Read was shot and killed at his home near Burlington Kansas. His wife Mrs Read contends he threatened to kill her and she fired in self defense. Police are withholding additional details as the investigation continues.
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Horatio N. Read
Burlington
Kan
Philadelphia Woman Accused in Wholesale Poisoning Suspect
Bridget Carey, 32, is charged with poisoning her husband Patrick and four others to collect life insurance. Police say eleven months yielded deaths of two children, Patrick Cook, Cecilia Cook, and two tenants at 192 Hamilton Street, with payouts totaling around $1,000. The investigation followed the children's deaths and suggests candy tainted with poisons. doctors reported multiple insured victims.
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Philadelphia
Bridget Carey
Patrick
Mary
Annie
Cecilia Cook
Carey House
Hamilton Street
Car
Ole Cook
Carey
Cail
Heather
Patrick Cook
Griva King Leaves Rome Amid Rumors of Pressure
Rome reports King George of Griva, visiting King Victor Emmanuel, has departed for Greece via Brindisi. Rumors claim his hesitance to seek the pope at the Vatican stemmed from an international struggle with Viance urged by Britain and Russia, while Austria-Hungary and Germany pressed the Vatican. Italy remained indifferent.
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Rome
George of Griva
Victor Emmanuel
Greece
Brindisi
Vatican
Viance
Great Britain
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
Great Legal Battle in Memphis Over Employers' Liability Act
Nov 28 report says U S Attorney General William H. Moody and railroad counsel will argue to a finish in Memphis federal court. The case tests the constitutional validity of the Employers' Liability Act in the suit of Damielle Howard for 20000 against Illinois Central Railroad.
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Memphis
Tenon
William H. Moody
United States
Damielle Howard
Ilinois Central Easilroad Company
No Evidence Against Him Discharged in Beattyville Case
Mose Peliier of Hamilton County Ohio a former Wreathitt county feudist was dismissed by Circuit Judge Riddle in Beattyville Kentucky on a charge of conspiring to secure the two of Judge James Hargis. Three commonwealth witnesses had been called to appear.
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Teston
Beattyvillie County
Mose Peliier
Hamilton
Wreathitt County
Riddle
James Hargis
Commonwealth
Val
French Fleet Sails for Tangier Under Marine Orders
The French squadron led by Admiral Touchard departed Toulon for Tangier after ministry instructions. The unit includes battleships Suffren St. Louis and Charlemagne with the transport Lanive.
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Morocco
Toulon
Touchard
Tangier
Ministry of Marine
Suffren
St. Louis
Charlemagne
Lanive
Czar Grants Peasant Property Rights in Imperial Ukase
St. Petersburg reports a bold government ukase expanding peasant land rights. It authorizes households to acquire title to contiguous plots, consolidates scattered lands, and allows communes to split by two thirds vote. The measure tightens state control and reshapes rural property after decades of inertia.
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St. Petersburg
Minister of the Interior
Ukase
Actress Blanche Walsh Silence on New Orleans Marriage Report
Blanche Walsh remains silent about a reported marriage in New Orleans. The actress is in Atlanta for an engagement and her company members refuse to confirm or deny the story.
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New Orleans
Blanche Walsh
Miss Walsh
Captain Charged With Murder In Olga Case
San Francisco alarm after a warrant is sworn in US District Attorney Devlin's office against Captain Charles J. Klingenberg of the whaler Olga for the murder of engineer Jackson D. Paul at Minto Inlet on September 30, 1905.
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San Francisco
United States District Attorney
Devlin
Charles J. Klingenberg
Olga
Jackson D. Paul
Minto Inlet
Prison Mutiny Ends With 35 Escape In Vladimir
In Vladimir Russia on November 28 prisoners mutinied, 35 escaped after overtaking guards and binding officials including the governor. The mob looted the prison and seized arms and civilian clothes as they fled.
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Vladimir
Russia
Niagara Falls man swept over Horseshoe Falls in boat
An unidentified man in a small raft was swept over the Horseshoe Falls after a rescue attempt near Niagara Falls New York. Ontario Power Company employee John Rapeije and others risked the current to aid him but he disappeared as a cross current carried him toward Goat Island.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Horseshoe Falls
Ontario Power Company
Chippewa
Niagara
Goat Island
John Rapeijie
Homoploye
Canadian Power Company
Derverts Green- Woed
Taine Be Dodd Editer
Sphinx Secret Puzzles Scholars in New York
A figure named Dr Phillips holds a controversial theory about the Sphinx’s secret. The American Archaeological Society cites a panel of leading Egyptologists as endorsing the view as ingenious and probable. Phillips awaits a written paper to present his solution before the society in spring.
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Pips
Nes
Miltheat
Lope
Sean
Paproape
Areohaeological Society
Dir Phillips
Arehavolied Society
Phillips
Burned at Stake In Steubenville Assault
Frank Coulter a 28 year old glass worker was ambushed by four men returning from West Virginia. They beat robbed and tied him to a stake and built a fire beneath him. The ropes burned freeing him he escaped into the Ohio River and crawled back to shore and to Steubenville where he was found unconscious. His attackers are unknown and Coulter is in serious condition.
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Steubenville
Frank Coulter
West Virginia
Ohio
Coulter
Eight jurors seated for Burnham grand larceny trial
In New York the criminal branch of the supreme court secured eight jurors for the trial of George Burnham Jr counsel for Mutual Reserve Insurance. Burnham Frederick A L president and George J D Eldridge vice president were indicted for grand larceny. The district attorney sought to have Burnham committed to the Tombs but his counsel opposed and agreed to produce him in court today in the absence of bondsmen.
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New York
Supreme Court
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Insurance Company
Burnham
Ies
Frederick AL
George JD Eldridge
Burphamvs
Hayes Crawford Marriage Ends With Bride Saying No
Sullivan Indiana November 2s the marriage of Andrew J Hayes and Miss Fannie Crawford of Cass township ended abruptly when the bride answered no to becoming Mrs Hayes upon the clergyman's question. Crawford gave no explanation for her change of mind.
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Sullivan
Ind
Andrew J. Hayes
Fannie Crawford
Cass Township
J. H. Carnes
Hayes
Crawford
Illinois Official Vote for State Treasurer
Springfield Illinois November 28 The official canvass of the vote for state treasurer is Smulski Republican 417544 Pietowski Democrat 271964 Alin Prohibitionist 88393 McDermitt Socialist 42005 Francis Specialist Labor 3767
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Springfield
Smulski
Pietowski
Alin
McDermit
Francis
Grafting Charged in Illinois School Contracts
In Jacksonville Illinois C G Rutledge cashier of Ayers National Bank and J A Ebermyer druggist both school board members were indicted on unlawful contracts for purchasing public school supplies.
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Jacksonville
Ill
C. G. Rutledge
Ayers National Bank
J. A. Ebermyer
Board of Education
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