Alvord trial and jewel assets in bank case
New York December 26 The Cornelius Alvord Jr case returns to federal court with restitution figures and bank recovery details. Bank officers faced questions over jewelry valued at no less than 150000 dollars and the timing of their custody. Jockey Tod Sloan rode at Fanforan in the Christmas handicap with Eddie Jones winning.
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New York
Cornelius Alvord, Jr
First National Bank
United Seates
United States District
Alverd
Mount Vernoa
Islus
Chey
Tod Sloan
San Francisco
England
Fanforan
Eddie Jones
Jenkins
Vesuvian
Sloan
Andrissa
Greyfeld
Advance Guard
Mortgage
Tragic Christmas Title and Chinese Reform Massacre Report
Indiana ferryman Tiger and others are killed in a spree near Eufaula after a quarrel with Roper escalates. A deputy is wounded as Tiger shoots at all seen, then surrenders. his arm may be amputated. A separate China cable reports a brutal massacre during a reform upheaval in the Civihla province, with 1,500 dead and many captured.
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Ogere
Johner
Indiana
Arkansas
Eufala
Jesse Beck
Dave Porter
Chief Porter
Johnson
Missouri
Bud Taylor
Tiger
Johnosop
Eufaula
J. Smith
Checotah
T. Thompson
Vamourver
Boo
Theme Fort Turees
China
Woo Camron
Chinese Reform Association of America
Civhila
Yangtee
Long Tom
Chung Hi Tung
Long
Kang Yu Wei
KILLED IN 4 CHRISTMAS HUNT
Well known Philadelphian Henry L. Wilbur, 42, son of cocoa maker H. O. Wilbur, was thrown from a horse and killed on A. J. Cassatt's farm near Valley Forge while joining a Chester valley hunt. He lived at Bryn Mawr and rode with T. N. McCartney. the accident occurred after a fence and ditch.
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Stafford
Cassatt Farm
Mr. Wilbur
Mr. Wiltur
Leaders Under Arrest and Executions Ordered in China
Shanghai report says Prince Tuan and Prince Chaung were seized on the Shan Si Shen Si border. Yu Hsien ordered to return to Sian Fu for execution. Other dispatches note ministers expect China to accept the joint note conditions within a month as relief for instigators in the trouble. Separate item reports record higher Christmas spending in New York and Salvation Army meals for about 4,000 people plus related charitable gifts.
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Yu Helen
Sian Fa
London
Shanghai
The
Standard
Prince Tuan
Prince Chaung
Shan Si
Shen Si
Yu Hsien
Sian Fu
China
Pekin
New York
Salvation Army
Madison Square Garden
Newsboys
Helen Gould
Tarrytown
Howard Gould
T. D. Sullivan
Stricken Consirt Reiesued
James Baxter formerly of Unicaga and lately of New York was released on conditional pardon from St Vincent De Paul penitentiary after five years for his role in Banque Ville Marie frauds. His health and dropsy prompted family efforts. aid sought since conviction.
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Montreal
James Baxter
Unicaga
New York
Banque Ville Marie
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
The Lackawanna Tieup and Striker Tactics
Scranton readers learn of the Lackawanna tieup as ten of thirteen Syracuse recruits were sent home. Two others quit and agreed not to return. one refused money. A worker walked to Syracuse rather than take striker funds. A lawyer prepared to sue for wages and transport. New hires from Syracuse were won over or kidnapped to quit. Only two cars ran. one derailed severely. The general manager remains confident, counting on postholiday layoffs elsewhere to refill crews. Also notes amputated leg from corns, Lieutenant Hobson improving, and a Pekin dispatch reporting Boxers killing Catholics and burning temples.
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Scranton
Syracuse
Clyde Orringer
Patterson
Silliman
New York
Race War in Progress at Cementyville Indiana
In Cementyville, five miles north of Jeffersonville, a race war erupts after Monday afternoon when two African American men Lee Ranger and John Redmond assaulted whites. White residents hide indoors as more Negroes join, shots fired with no injuries, Sheriff Rave calls for help, Ranger is shot, Kendall flees to seek warrants, escalation ends at dawn with whites allegedly cowed and precautions ongoing.
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Cementsville
Ind
Jeffersonville
Camentyville
Lee Ranger
John Redmond
Ranger
Redmond
Samuel Kendsil
Rave
Cementyville
Renger
Kendall
Montgomery
Cudahy Kidnapping Leads to Barn Find and Clues
In Omaha a new development in the Cudahy kidnapping emerges as a pony matching the abductors described is found near a barn south of the river. The lantern used to mark the ransom site is identified, and authorities note a third man followed the buggy, with two men in the buggy and a third on horseback.
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Omaha
Neb
Cudahy
Pacific Junclion
Anparentis
E. A. Cadahy
Pat McGraw
Ms Boy
Agnew
South
Disloyal Colonists Stir Cape Colony Turmoil
Cape Town dispatches describe disaffected Dutch residents amid calls for martial law as Lord Kitchener moves troops to quell uprisings. Rail traffic halted, battles near De Aar and Steynsburg reported, while loyalists seek firm action despite troop shortages. Meanwhile Boers clash with police in Venterstad and Burgheredorp as trains run irregularly and bridges are misreported as destroyed.
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Jene Londons
Dee Te
Cape Colony
Ph Marning
Capa
Baye
Howry
Philipatown
Cape Moo
Cape Town
Lord Kitchener
Standard
Daily Mall
Gipe Town
Steynsburg
Venterstad
Burgheredorp
Times
de Aar
Britstown
de Ast
Kimberley
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Sargent Gem Food Choppers
Quaker City
A.G. Quinn &Co., Hardware, Paints, Bar Iron, &c
East Patrick Street
John N. Clary
Yellow
Madison Street
West Third Street
Petersville
Omce
F. G. Thomas & Bon General
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Patrick Street
Frederick
J. L. Kervand
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DN
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W. Patrick Si
Alvored
Grover Graham
Steiner Brothers
Cit Opera House
Wii
Yeakle's
DR. James
Christmlas
Sassscre
Sudan
Muskogee
Mars
Bentom
Pricudiy Viet
Goterser
Prusimer
Cichila
Baltimore
John Perlman
Frank W. Baren
Cook
Baltimore University Hospital
Barenthen
Perlman
William Black
Abraham Jones
Clarence Phillips
Jones
Phillips
Black
Frank Johnson
John R. Hawkins
Hawkins
Corning
Corninng
N. Y
Sarah Frank
Brooklyn
Frank
Comrates
Washington
James L. McDonough
Fort Washington
Staab
McDonough
Great Falls
Mont
Jacob Werten
John
Werten
Collinton- Geneva
Central Hudson Railroad
Pennsylvania Division
Louis Peters
Obrecht Reiber
West Twentieth Street
Hia Hendaer
India
Calcutta
Lord Curzon
Kedlestone
Mysore Atate
Cheboygan
Mich
Dee
John Hawes
William Campbell
Ernest Marquette
McCarty
Muller
Hites Water Tower
Compton Hill Park
ST. Louis
Lackawanna Valley
Cora Flamington
William Hall
Hobson
Redmond P Hobson
A. L. Pearra
Philipstown
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L. P. Pratt
Philadelphia
Masonic Temple
Pratt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Bicycle Club
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Frick Company
Chicago
the Chronicle Gays
Charles B. Nelson
Cadillac
Washington Park
Atlantic City
Great Egg Harbor Inlet
Indianapolis
Thomas Webbh Jay
Frick Manufacturing Company
Warnesboro
Ils
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