Durrant Trial Prosecution Witness Links Body Sightings
San Francisco October 24 and 25 court sessions reveal Carrie Cunningham a newspaper reporter testified that Theodore Durrant described seeing Blanche Lamont body in the church belfry and hearing a suspicious noise. Doctors Graham May and Rosenstein testified on gas exposure effects and Durrant's pale trembling appearance at the April 3 meeting with organist King.
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San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Barns
Barnes
Carrie Cunningham
Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Miss Lamont
Miss Cunningham
Derenger
Beef
Miss ‘Cunningham
King
Ing
May
Rosenstein
Liebknecht Faces Treason Trial Over Breslau Speech
Berlin Oct 25 Wilhelm Liebknecht the noted German socialist leader will be brought to trial in November on charges tied to his treasonous speech at the Breslau socialist congress. Born 1826 near Leipzig he studied at Geissen Berlin and Marburg and endured multiple imprisonments before his Reichstag election in 1886.
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Herr Liebknecht
Berlin
Wilhelm Liebknecht
Breslau
Leip
Sic
Geissen
Marburg
Switzerland
England
Germany
Reichstag
Durrant Trial Opens with Prosecution’s Arguments
San Francisco reports Assistant District Attorney Leixotte presenting opening for the prosecution in the Durrant case. Myre Peixotto follows with evidence spanning from April 3, when Durrant took Miss Lamont to school, to his 5 PM Emanuel church appearance. The jury, courtroom, and spectators fill the scene as Durrant sits unmoved beside his legal team, his parents and friends nearby while references compare the crimes to Jack the Ripper. His mother shows visible distress as the proceedings unfold.
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San Francisco
Durrant
Gilbert I’. Graham
Graham
J.8
Dunnigan
Tleixotte
Gen. Dickinson
Miss Cunnigham
Myre
Peixotto
Emanuel Church
J. George Gibson
Robert N. Lynch
Teh
Jack the Ripper
Whitechapel
London
Broad Platform Invites Catholic and Hebrew Women as Delegates
Miss Frances Willard led a push at the W C T U convention in Baltimore urging the inclusion of Catholic and Hebrew women as fraternal delegates. A resolution to invite Catholic and Hebrew delegates and to establish branches within their regions was adopted after Willard argued for broad fellowship and mutual courtesy.
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Baltimore
Frances Willard
White Ribbon Society
Miss Willard
South
Bank officials cited in West Superior probe
Resolutions adopted by the West Superior council order the city attorney and aldermen to investigate the Superior National, the Douglas County and Bank of South Superior. The aim is to pursue criminal prosecutions against officers after the city claims a large loss from bank failures due to alleged reckless management.
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West Superior
Wis
Ie Council i
Superior National
Douglas County and Bank of South Superior
Masons elect officers at supreme council session
Washington reports that at the supreme council thirty third degree session the United States officers were elected William A. Hershisher of Columbus Ohio becomes grand commander Maj W Bayliss of Washington D C is lieutenant grand commander Granville A Frombus of Grand Rapids Mich is grand minister of state David W Thompson of New York is grand treasurer general John G Barker of Brooklyn is grand secretary general William C Vanderlip of Boston is grand keeper of the archives C Junius W Edwards of Minneapolis is grand master of ceremonies The session was held today in Washington.
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Washington
Supreme Council
United States of America
William A. Hershisher
Columbus
Ohio
Maj. W. Bayliss
Washington, D. C
Granville A. Frombus
Grand Rapids
Mich
David W. Thompson
New York
John G. Barker
Brooklyn
William C. Vanderlip
Boston
C. Junius W. Edwards
Minneapolis
Lynchers Fail to Lynch Prisoners in St Louis
Sheriff Hogg arrives from Poplar Bluffs with Jasper Foreman and Logan Wood two Black men charged in the Porter barrelmaker murder. Citizens threatened lynching. prisoners brought to St Louis for safety and custody.
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St. Louis
Hogg
Poplar Bluffs
Jasper Foreman
Logan Wood
John R. Porter
First Kansas election fraud case heard in Lexington change venue
The first Kansas election fraud case moved to Lexington Missouri after a change of venue was presented and taken up today. The proceedings open with the case focused on alleged irregularities in Kansas voting procedures.
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Lexington
Kansas
Painter and Author Gustav Dorz Dead in Paris
The Times correspondent in Paris reports painter and author Gustav Dorz has died in Paris.
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London
Times
Paris
Gustav Dorz
Dorsey Acquitted After Bank Failure
Lincoln Nebraska October 25 ex congressman George Dorsey president of the Ponca National Bank acquitted of falsifying bank books after its spring failure.
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Dorsey
Lincoln
Neb
George Dorsey
Ponca National Bank
Japanese Legation Reports No Dispatch on Korea Evacuation
The Japanese legation in Washington has received no confirmations from St. Petersburg about reports that Japan planned to evacuate Corea and focus all efforts on subduing Formosa.
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Washington
St. Petersburg
Japan
Corea
Formosa
Mob Lynching Attempt at Tiffin Jail Ends in Gunfire
A mob of about 300 men stormed the Tiffin Ohio jail early this morning aiming to lynch J. Martin for the murder of Marshal Schultz. Guards fired, killing two attackers. officers were battered but the guards held the doorway. The mob dispersed as militia moved in and prisoner transport was arranged to Sandusky County.
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Tiffin
Ohio
J. Martin
Marshal Schultz
Hopewell Township
Henry Muitschler
Krnst Mattes
Vic Vindone
Andrew Greer
Greer
Falkner
Sweeney
Sandusky County
Mohammedan Catholics clash in Scutari bloody fight
In Cettinje Montenegro on October 29 a violent clash occurred at Scutari Albania between Mohammedans and Catholics with many dead on both sides.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Scutari
Albania
Two Named by Judge Willis
Judge Willis in district court appointed John W. Lane receiver for the St. Paul office of the Snow Church company and W. E. Noxon receiver for the Minneapolis branch of the concern.
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Willis
St. Paul
John W. Lane
The
Snow Church Company
W. E. Noxon
Minneapolis
Concern
Very Much Alive in Abyssinia King Menelek Alive Reported
Advices from Adowa Abyssinia report the death of King Menelek uncon firmed and suggest he may be advancing toward Boreumedia.
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Rome
Adowa
Abyssinia
Menelek
Boreumedia
New Canon on Marriage and Divorce by Episcopal Bishops
The Minneapolis house of bishops approved a new canon on marriage and divorce and sent it to the revision committee. They also declined to concur with altering the national hymn in hymnals to avoid buying new books. Bishop John Williams, 79, long a scholar and former deacon since 1838, is celebrated though ill health prevents him from presiding at the triennial convention in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
House of Bishops
House of Deputies
Hart
Protestant Episcopal Church
John Williams
Massachusetts
Deerfield
Connecti
Cut
New York
Episcopal
Episcopal Church
Bullet in His Brain
Jed H. Adams editor of the New Whatcom Reveille in Washington state died by suicide at 45. A North Pacific coast journalist originally from Madison and Madison-born, he helped found the Cooperstown Courier in 1883 and later ran the New Whatcom Reveille before visiting family in Wisconsin. The death is linked to poor health.
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St. Paul
Jed H. Adams
THA
Sugmm An Nouse
New Whatcom
Wash
Cooperstown Courier
Puget Sound
Washington State
Whatcome Reveille
Adams
Madison
Wis
American inquest on Congo captain’s alleged brutality
Thomas Bradley, a former Congo Free State employee, returns with a letter from Stokes's brother. He recounts that Captain Lothaire of the Belgian service allegedly had a court martial and jealousy over Stokes. Bradley says the captain slashed an American overseer bound to a tree, leaving him grievously wounded. the man died two days later.
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London
Thomas Bradley
Congo Free State
West Africa
Stokes
Lothaire
Bishop Taylor
Stanley Pool
Lord Alfred Douglas Touring United States
Lord Alfred Douglas son of the Marquis of Queensberry is staying at the Cataract House in Niagara Falls and plans to remain in the United States for five years with his wife, following the Wilde scandal. He is touring the falls and will not return to England during this period.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Lord Alfred Douglas
Marquis of Queensberry
United States
England
Armenian Reforms Published to Harmonize with Laws
Official communication from Constantinople outlines the Armenian reforms as compatible with existing laws. The Turkish press notes the wording aims to reassure Turkish authorities and avoid friction.
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Constantinople
Forest Fires Rampage Near Green Bay Impairing Farms
Green Bay Wisconsin reports indicate fires continue between the city and Lake Michigan. Barns crops and farm implements have burned at a location a few miles east just over the county line. Railroad bridges within the fire district remain guarded by section men as wells dry up and farmers lack water to fight the fires.
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Green Bay
Wis
Lake Michigan
Fight for Championship Plotted in Private Near Hot Springs
Reports from Little Rock on October 29 indicate Corbett and Fitzsimmons plan a private championship bout near Garland county this week. Local talk says Whittington Park could host, with a circus tent booked by Hot Springs Athletic Club signaling a secluded venue. Governor Clark allegedly supports private, unadvertised fighting. Fitzsimmons’ arrival may prompt arrest.
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Little Rock
Ark
Davis
Hot Springs
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Garland County
Julian
Whittington Park
Supreme Court
Gov. Clark
Martin
Gov. Clarke
Hot Springs Club
Western Union Moves Linemen Toward Hot Springs Fight
Springfield dispatch says Western Union ordered twenty eight linemen to leave for Hot Springs after beginning a massive wire rebuild in the city. The abrupt order sparks speculation that a Corbett Fitzsimmons mill may occur near Hot Springs, with crews to erect wires there.
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Springfield
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hot Springs
Western Union Company
Line Gang
Bomb discoveries stun Madison with glycerine devices
Madison cries aloud over two glycerine bombs found in public capitol yard and in H J Veerhusen's yard of Olsen Veerhusen tailoring. Police say bombs were placed by strike sympathizers and note several anarchist suspects in the city who have threatened manufacturers since the walkout.
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Madison
Wis
Capitol
H. J. Veerhusen
Olsen & Veerhusen
Explosion at Pacific Coast Lumber mill kills two in Washington
Explosion in Fair Haven mill of the Pacific Coast Lumber company Oct 29 kills fireman W A Armstrong and W J Whitemore, with W M Newkirk fatally burned. Three others badly hurt as two boilers blew, one reaching 500 feet, wrecking the dry house and a railroad trestle into the water.
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Fair Haven
Wash
Pacific Coast Lumber Company
W.A. Armstrong
W. J. Whitemore
W. M. Newkirk
Hoffman found guilty of murder in third degree
In Grand Rapids Wisconsin on October 29 the Hoffman murder case verdict was read finding Hoffman guilty of murder in the third degree as in the earlier trial at Wausau. His attorneys moved to set aside the verdict and seek a new trial, to be heard on December T.
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Grand Rapids, Wis
Hoffman
Circuit Cour
Wausau
Dee. T
Prisoner Curtis Escapes After Sentencing at Anoka Jail
Curtis, who pleaded guilty to attempted criminal assault in Anoka district court, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary by Judge Smith. He escaped from a deputy sheriff at the jail last evening and remains at large.
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Anoka
Minn
Curtis
Smith
Bird Island Blaze Destroys Multiple Buildings
At midnight fire swept through Bird Island Minnesota destroying the Western hotel the Quady building the barber shop and Murphy s blacksmith shop. The Quady building housed Patrick Welch s general store and living quarters overhead.
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Bird Island
Minn
Western
Quady
Murphy's
Patrick Welch
Wealth for China
St. Petersburg reports that 30,000,000 taels will be paid by China on November 8 as indemnity relinquished to Japan for the Liao Tung peninsula.
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China
St. Petersburg
Liao Tung Peninsula
Official state population count by counties released
The state census bureau completed the official population tally by counties. Total state population rises to 1,574,910 from the 1880 count of 1,573,350, a gain of 273,084, with every county showing an increase including Kittson after Roseau’s detachment.
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State Census Bureau
Kittson County
Roseau County
NOT CHOLERA Swine Disease Hits Minnesota Hogs
Winnebago City reports a spreading swine disease moving northward through the county. About thirty hogs died on Hon H W Holley’s farm, with others showing symptoms. Some farmers offered remaining hogs for a dollar, but buyers stayed away. Locals credit dust and dry seasons for lung illness and contagion.
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Winnebago City
Minn
H. W. Holley
Huntley
W. A. Miller
Hardacre Breaks With St Paul Postal Chief Over Spy Arrest
Capt George W Wardacre superintendent of St Pauls free delivery faced trouble after agreeing with St Paul Street Railway to let couriers quietly collect information about petit jury members likely to handle street railway damage cases. Attorneys alerted Postmaster Castle who ordered all information destroyed. Officials deny legal department involvement.
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St. Pau
St. Paul
George W. Wardacre
Hardacre
Pope to create new cardinals at November consistory
Rome dispatch reports that at the consistory in November the pope will create cardinals including papal nuncios at Paris Vienna Lisbon Madrid the archbishop of Ancona and Mer Satolli.
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Satolli
London
Rome
The
Chronicle
Paris
Vienna
Lisbon
Madrid
Ancona
Mer
Free Thinkers Meet in Hardman Hall
The national congress of free thinkers gathered representatives from cities across the Union and Canada in New York at Hardman hall on October 27.
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Free Thinkers
New York
Naji— Congress of
Union
Canada
Hardman Hall
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