Steinheil case deepens as magistrate ties questioned
Paris reports a fresh twist in the Steinheil murder inquiry as Minister Briand withdraws Boucard from the case and assigns Examining Magistrate Andre to lead all inquiries. Earlier notes linked Magistrate Seydette to Mme Steinheil, provoking accusations of favoritism and influence over the investigation.
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Dreyfus
M. Briand
Mme. Steinheil
Leydette
Hastk
M. Hammond
Paris
Steinheil
Boucard
Andre
Seydette
Little Girl Severely Scalded By Fall From Fence
The four year old Thelma Turner daughter of Walter Turner of Pennsylvania avenue fell from a high fence on Thanksgiving. Her scalp was torn back from her forehead but was sewn back in place by medical staff. She faces a cautious recovery with no complications expected at this time.
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Thelma Turner
Walter Turner
Pennsylvania Avenue
Six Prisoners Die in Cleveland Jail
Cleveland Ohio November 27 The sixth death since October 10 at the Cleveland Central police station will prompt a resolution for an investigation at next Monday's common council session. The latest victim is an unknown man who died in his cell yesterday from unknown causes. Police attribute the deaths to effects of alcoholism or drugs while the men were in custody.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Central
Common Council
Man who shot himself leaves hospital after accident
William Cooley, who accidentally shot himself at his boarding house on County Line Street, was discharged from the hospital today after more than a week. He said there was no trouble at the time of the incident and he had accidentally fired the revolver while fooling.
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William Cooley
County Line Street
Committee Would Fire Shire Devlin
A council session discussed removing Shire Devlin from position amid ongoing committee actions and governance concerns.
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SHIRE
Councils Move to Oust City Electrician Monday Night
The electrical committee recommends declaring the office of city electrician vacant at the next council meeting. William 8. Devlin is expected to be removed after failing to deliver a 446.75 check from a delinquent telephone company. The issue dates to Mayor Hainer’s term, with action continued on the sixth page.
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City Electrician
Electrical Committee of Councils
William 8. Devlin
Devlin
Hainer
Investigators Urge Councils to Act on Night Police Dispute
Investigators from the councils committee urge councils to take necessary action in the matter of the night police affecting Deskin Tidball and McCarthy. After five weeks of closed sessions the committee plans to present its report and testimony at Monday’s council meeting despite possible objections to reading it.
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Deskin
Tidball
McCarthy
Burton rules out Speaker bid in Cleveland visit
Congressman Theo dore E. Burton denies any pursuit of the speakership. He states he is not a candidate for speaker and will devote time to strengthening his home delegation for the senatorial fight. Burton plans to return to Washington Saturday night.
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Cleveland
Theodore_ E
Burton
Cannon
Washington
National Capital
Kosher Hotel Premier Opens for Orthodox Jews in New York
The Hotel Premier becomes the first strictly Kosher hotel for orthodox Jewish families in the United States. Owned by Mr and Mrs Elsenberg the hotel enforces strict dietary laws with two separate kitchens and meat and dairy separation. All meat is Kosher prepared.
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New York
United States
Elsenberg
Blind Bees Make the Sweetest Honey
In Baltimore on November 27 Prof H R Latimore head of the Maryland School for the Blind reports blind bees produce the best honey. A keeper has found this bee breed and the school has received the first honey they made noting their keen smell and taste to choose the sweetest flowers.
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Baltimore
H. R. Latimore
Maryland School For the Blind
Clergy Divided Over Praying Congress to Tax Zinc Ore
In Joplin Missouri on Thanksgiving ministers prayed for Congress to impose a duty on zinc ore. The move sparked division among church circles about seeking divine intervention in legislative matters.
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United Press
Joplin
Congress
Deaths of Mrs Maria Jane Leslie and infant John White
Death notices report Mrs Maria Jane Leslie aged 68 of North Beaver township and infant John Arthur White five months old of 40 Street. Authorities provide the names and ages, with little further detail available in the readable fragment.
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Maria Jane Leslie
North Beaver Township
John Arthur White
Assassination Plot Against Dowager Empress Foiled
Budapest dispatches report an anarchist failed to assassinate the dowager empress of Russia as she rode in a carriage near Copenhagen. A policeman shot the attacker before he could fire. the empress fainted and is under medical care. London hints a mystery surrounds the plot with officials declining to discuss details.
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United Press
Amsterdam
Holland
Russia
London
Copenhagen
Npne
Maryland Quarantined Over Foot and Mouth Outbreak
The agricultural department issues a statewide quarantine for Maryland due to foot and mouth disease. Secretary Wilson announced at the White House that confirmed cases exist in Carroll County, traced to Detroit via Buffalo.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Maryland
Wilson
White House
Carroll County
Detroit
Mich
Buffalo
Mountain Climbers Un Heroic Accident
Lima Peru November 27 Miss Anna S Peck a renowned mountain climber born in Brooklyn New York stepped on a nail in the street and severed an artery in her foot losing a large amount of blood The injury though painful and inconvenient is not dangerous She was in Lima to attempt another ascent of Mt Huazcan
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Lima
Peru
Anna S. Peck
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mt. Huazcan
Trail of Murderer Narrowed in Winnipeg
In Winnipeg Scotland Yard Inspector Jarvis seeks the £1000 reward for Lady Luard's killer within days or hours. He cites evidence the murderer worked on a Western Canada farm and promises a startling story upon arrest.
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Winnipeg
Lady Luard
England
Manitoba
Inspector Jarvis
Scotland Yard
Canada
Luard
Europe
Seven Oaks
Kent
Murer
Jarvis
Mother of Herman Billik Dies Amid His Trial
Mrs Barbara Billik, mother of condemned Chicago murderer Herman Billik, dies at her Cleveland home after receiving a letter from her son. In Chicago he sobs in his cell upon hearing of her death and reads a plea stating belief in his innocence amid looming execution.
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United Press
Cleveland, CO
Barbara Billik
Herman Billik
Chicago
Billik
Herman
Sunken Finance Wreck: Cause and Salvage Under Scrutiny
News from New York reports that rescued passengers and crew are cared for on hotels or the steamer Alliance while blame is debated by captains and pilots. Merritt-Chatman wrecking crews search the Finance for four missing bodies as salvage begins and cargo recovery proceeds.
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United Press
New York
Finance
Alliance
Merritt-Chatman
Hook
Army Considers Blue Hospital Tents for Protection
The quartermaster's department will report to the general staff on the efficiency of the blue hospital tent. Experiments in Cuba test color shields against actinic rays as part of a broader effort to protect officers and men from perceived dangers.
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United Press
Washington
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
General Staff
Cuba
Thirtieth Street Bridge Fire Damages Pittsburg Span
The Thirtieth street bridge over the Allegheny River from Pittsburg to Herrs Island was partly destroyed by fire today. Sparks from a locomotive are believed to have started the blaze. damage is slight but the bridge will be closed to all vehicle traffic for an indefinite period.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Herrs Island
Mine Fall Kills One at Devroux Mine Near Springfield
A fall in the Devroux mine of the Chicago Springfield Mining Company five miles north of Springfield Illinois caused one death and serious injuries to five other workers.
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Springfield
Ill
Devroux
Chicago-Springfield Mining Company
Champ Clark Prods for Steel Tariff Reforms
Congressman Champ Clark battles for steel on the free list arguing that U S production costs are lower than elsewhere He cites J F Orton of the Reform Club of New York and quotes Schwab to claim hidden profits and price manipulation. Orton alleges steel trust profits exceed 50 percent with monopolistic pricing.
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Champ Clark
STEEL
Clark
Schwab
United Press
Washington
Democrat
Jesse F. Orton
Reform Club of
New York
United States
The
Steel Trust
England
Pittsburg
Datzell
Orton
Payne
Congressman Clark
Man's Old Record Makes Him Trouble
New York police line up prisoners at headquarters as Mrs H Tanneholtz and her husband are asked to identify a man who robbed their jewelry store. The suspect, a convicted thief with a claimed reform, is Kelly whose photo Mrs Tanneholtz identified, though he claims to have reformed after a 1899 theft.
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United Press
New York
Menén Wn Kelly
Tanenholtz
Kelly
Maxine Elliott Plans Boston Theatre With Shubert Partners
Maxine Elliott, starring at the Majestic in Boston, intends to build a theater of her own in the city. Negotiations for a site are under way, with the project to be operated in conjunction with the Shubert brothers.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
Maxine Elliott
Majestic Theater
Miss Elliott
New England
Fear of Surgeons Fatal to Patient
New York passenger Daniel Quigley, 49, a laborer, was brought to Fordham hospital for a foot wound dressings. He collapsed in the orderly's arms and died of fright, doctors saying his heart was sound but the death stemmed solely from fear of surgeons and their instruments.
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New York
Daniel Quigley
Mrs Fred Davidson Hosts Informal Tea Saturday
Mrs Fred Davidson of Wallace Avenue will entertain at an informal tea Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
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Fred Davidson
Wallace Avenue
Lamphere Remains Arson Conviction. Murder Acquittal Seen
Ray Lamphere, sentenced to prison for arson in the Belle Gunness case, faces a possible new trial bid. Attorneys contend murder verdict was erroneous but burglary on the house fire appears unlikely to be retried, while Lamphere claims the jury misidentified the body.
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Quilty
United Press
Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Michigan City
Belle Gunness
Lamphere
Guinness
Worden
Sale of Tobacco Ends Night Riders Troubles in Kentucky
Following the Burley Tobacco Society sale of pooled 1906 1907 crops, the adjutant general orders withdrawal of most troops after a year of service. Troops retreat from Hickman Cadiz Dawson Princeton Dyersburg Blood River Marion Hopkinsville Star Line works. Small detachments remain at Murray and Eddyville for a time.
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United Press
Frankfort
Burley Tobaccco Society
Johnston
Hickman
Cadiz
Dawson
Princeton
Dyersburg
Blood River
Marion
Hopkinsville
Star Line
Murray
Eddyville
Navy to Build Submarine Torpedo Boats on Pacific Coast
Six of eight submarine torpedo boats chosen from recent bids will be built or delivered on the Pacific coast. Three are slated to protect San Francisco harbor and three will be stationed in Puget Sound, according to a navy department announcement.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Navy Department
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Presbytery Meets in City to Dismiss Ministers
Shenango presbytery met Friday at Central Presbyterian church to dismiss ministers joining Beaver presbytery. The meeting continued through the afternoon. Rev. George C. Noetling was released from Unity church and accepted a charge near Rochester New York.
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Shenango
Central Presbyterian Church
Presbytery
Beaver
George C. Noetling
Unity Church
Rochester
N. Y
Tariff Maintained on Tin Plate Trade
Government continues the tariff on tin plate imports to protect domestic producers. Officials argue the levy stabilizes prices and preserves jobs in the steel and canmaking industries despite external competition.
Tin Workers Oppose Duty Change to End Drawback
John Williams of Pittsburg testified before the tariff commission seeking retention of the tin duty while opposing the drawback on tin imported and exported as cans. He argued the refund district would keep U.S. tin manufacture. Williams accused the Sons of Vulcan of backing manufacturers, not workers. Other witnesses urged no tariff change on bar iron and rope prices.
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Washington
John Williams
Pittsburg
Tariff Commission
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Williams
Payne
Sons of Vulcan
Hedquarters
J.R. Nutt
Youngstown
J. W. Walton
Cleveland
Perth Amboy Strike May Be Settled
Perth Amboy New Jersey November 27 reports a calmer strike scene at National Fireproofing plant. Owners may offer to back wages at current levels until present contracts end and then raise scales for new contracts. Troops remain, with officers warned against saloon conduct and potential court martial. Colonel Dungan, former Senate candidate, leads troops amid local unrest.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Brentenall
Eilikson
Dungan
Somerset County
Republicans Move to Change House Rules Next Session
Republican lawmakers press a rules overhaul to curb speaker power in the next Congress. Rep Gardner of Massachusetts says he prefers rule changes to a new speaker, outlining options to caucus, resist rules, or withdrawal. He signals possible cross-party support but denies a Democrat alliance.
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United Press
Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
Henry Gabet Lodge
House
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