Paris Strangler Eyraud Faces Trial With Hypnotism Defense
Dramatic Paris court scene as Eyraud and Gabrielle Bompard go on trial for Gouffe murder. Eyraud admits details of the crime while claiming Gabrielle prompted it. hypnotism defense teased as prosecutors recount the grisly cherry-stone details and mobbed gallery watches the proceedings.
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DU Xia
Paris
AMN
Eyraud
Pouissant Gouffe
Gabrielle Bompard
Laelle Gabrielle
San Francisco
President Roberts
Brielle
Gouffe
Prenacer Roberts
Evraud
Eyrand
Doze
GoufTo
Rem
Lannay
Cabrielle Kotmpard
Lesides
Q Utteco
Kingland
Right to Vote Causes Tension at Brooklyn Church
Congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn votes on Rev. J. F. Carson’s right to vote in popular elections. Despite calls to withdraw his resignation, the room shows division with supporters and opponents, a roll call ending 5 for resolutions, 10 against, one abstaining.
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New York
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Willoughby
Tompkins Avenues
Brooklyn
J. F. Carson
Reformed Presbytery
Pittsburg
J.C. Forsyth
James Warnock
Matthew Henry
W. Clark
Carson
Joseph Patterson
The
United States
Covenanting Church
Thomas Boyd
James Mitchell
John Cowan
Cowan
Old Church of the Covenant
Samuel Carmichael
Patterson
Newark Pole Worker Falls From Extreme Heights
James Durkin of the Newark Electric Light and Power Company ascended a nearly tall Market Street telegraph pole to manage wires. He fell from the lowest cross arm, struck wires, rebounded, and landed on his back. He was taken to St. Michael's Hospital with a badly injured hip and a head wound.
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Neeware
N. J
Newark
Market Street
James Durkin
Newark Electric Light and Power Company
Durkin
St. Michael's
Coroner's Jury Delivers Verdict On Dynamite Blast Victims
Special telegram reports Coroner Messemer and a jury examined Michael Sandosa and Jes Andigo Italian laborers who were killed when dynamite near a fire exploded. The inquiry blamed contractor Rosalon for lack of clear instructions to nonEnglish workers and recommended restricting nonreaders from handling explosives. The incident involved dynamite supplied by Pacquate Co, related to a fire at Mott Street.
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New York
Messemer
Michael Sandosa
Jes Andigo
Tenth Avenue
Sixty-Third Street
Fire Department
Rosalon
Pacquate Co
Mott Street
Terrific powder explosion at Indiana factory claims lives
A large blast at the Powder Company works in Indiana at 9 this morning devastates the wash house. William Clark is killed outright. several others are badly injured or missing. The Second Sawtelle Trial Begins as Doves, N. E., reports jury selection completed for the Raphael murder case.
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Sawtelle
Doves
N. E
Rachelle
Wallace Senator’s Assignment Shocks Clearfield Bank
Senator Wallace made an assignment for creditors in Clearfield causing the Clearfield County Bank to suspend business. Liabilities about 350000 with assets at least 600000. trustees include S. J. M. McCarroll and William E. Wallace. Wallaces coal properties and holdings valued highly with rail connections, prompting sympathy and confidence in other banks despite the scare.
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Clearfield
Wallace
Clearfield County Bank
T. L. Wallace
Harrisburg
Fletcher Coleman
Williamsport
S. J. M. McCarroll
William E. Wallace
Allison O. Smith
Houtzdale
Perwind, White & Co
Clearfield Creek Coal Company
Lor Wallace
Colorado
California
Senator Wallace
W. H. Dill
Flrst National
Harry Powell
County National
Senator Wallace’s Collapse Shocks Philadelphia Financiers
Dec. 16 report shows Senator Wallace failing in his western gold and silver mine ventures and coal and timber interests in Clearfield County. Rumors tied to Jamison & Co. were denied. Beech Creek Road ties disputed. The breach unsettled political circles while Wallaces’ London holdings were halted and the bank’s weakness blamed by cautious financiers.
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Dispatch
Philadelphia
Wallace
Clearfield County
Clearfield Bank
Jamison & Co
B. K. Jamison & Co
Senator Wallace
Beech Creek
Beota
Colorado
California
Hi Holdings
London
Harrisburg Banks Hold Wallace Paper Secured Against Loss
Four Harrisburg banks hold forty thousand dollars of Senator Wallace's notes, but all are secured against loss by strong indorsers and collateral. The Patriot notes the immediate cause of his distress as banks refusing to renew paper due to tight money and moved to indebtedness, with Wallace left managing his debts.
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Wallace
Hargissene
Harrisburg
Senator Wallace
Senator Wallage
Seth
Huron National Bank Suspends Operations
Huron South Dakota Dec 16 The arenaemenel Bank closed its doors this morning and said it will pay all deposits. Officials report no further details available.
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Huron National Bank
Huron, &. D
Arenaemenel Bank
Preenmmnantias Geert Eo
Bank Suspends Operations Despite Depositor Confidence
The bank reports deposits have fallen by over 70 000 in six weeks. Our withdrawals outpaced reserves and we could not steady the institution. Individual deposits and certificates for deposits dwindled to about 4000. We have tried all possible means to save the bank with lingering regret and sympathy for Hazen and Fowler.
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Gabrielis Bempara
Messrs
Hazen
Fowler
Sident
Death of Sitting Bull Stirs Sioux After Battle at Grand River
Report from St. Para dated December 16 describes the killing of Sitting Bull during a failed recapture, with four police deaths and eight hostiles believed dead. Cavalry recovered bodies, families were taken to the agency, and fleeing villagers scattered toward the Had Lands and beyond. The piece notes uncertain aftermath and heightened fear among residents near Bismarck and Standing Rock.
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St. Para
Sitting Bull
Crow Foot
Grand River
Two Strike
Hoe
Bismarck
Standing Rock Agency
Bull
Chico
Cal
Pines
Nevada
Safe in Brazil ex-Senator details Macfarlane fugitive
Tyndale Palmer, a former Philadelphia resident, arrived from Brazil with news that ex-Senator John Macfarlane is living in luxury in Rio de Janeiro. Palmer met Macfarlane six weeks ago and says he is connected with American associates there. A Philadelphia Finance Company directorate discussed efforts to bring the fugitive to justice.
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Philadelphia
Tyndale Palmer
Brazil
John Macfarlane
American Insurance Company
Macfarlane
Insurance Company
Bank of America
Gloucesterational Bank
Gloucester
N. J
Macfarlane-Pfeiffer Syndicate
Palmer
South America
Rio Janeiro
Mr. Palmer
Rio
Parlmer
Garram
Philadelphia Finance Company
Boy Abducted on Steamer D 3 Miller Near Stateroom Assault
A New York mother and her 11 year old son traveling on the steamer D 3 Miller were accosted in a stateroom by a rough passenger who gagged him with rags and stole valuables. The boy was found bound and groaning when the ship reached New York at 3 am and was released after rescue. The assailant left the vessel and escaped ashore.
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N. Y
New York
Miller
Forestalling an Eight Hour Law Strikers Idle at Rock Springs
In Cheyenne Wyoming December 14 twelve hundred miners and laborers at Union Pacific Rock Springs mines went on strike after the company announced hourly pay for day workers. A mass meeting resolved to strike to forestall the eight hour law likely to pass in the state legislature.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
W.o
Rock Springs
Union Pacific Raiway
Board of Pardon considers clemency applications in final session
Special telegram from Harrisevac reports the Board of Pardons dedicating the day to clemency pleas the list being the largest in months as the last regular session nears. A rehearing request is sought for the Nicely murder case of Abram Umberger in Somerset County.
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Nicelys
Harrisevac
Board of Pardons
Abram Umberger
Somerset County
Stalled in Snow Bank Ends in Fatal Freeze
A colonial couple, Higgins, stranded in a snow storm near Charlottetown, P E I, were unable to free their team. Mrs Higgins froze to the knees and died soon after. Mr Higgins suffered severe frostbite and had both hands and feet amputated, remaining delirious.
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Charlottetown
Higgins
Leprosy Case Reported in Iowa Undisclosed Patient
A Iowa leprosy case is reported with the patient fleeing upon learning of a health board investigation. The body shows large white blotches and the patient has not been located as authorities pursue the public health inquiry.
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Canaillerie
Gabrielle
Defiance
State Board of Health
Witnesses in Jail Contempt In Congressional Bribery Trial
In Newcastle on December 16, John R. Tate Beaver county delegate and two other Beaver delegates Thomas Downing Edwin Shaffer were committed to county jail for contempt after refusal to answer questions in the Congressional bribery case. The court ordered confinement until they purge themselves. prosecutors push for evidence against Wallace and colleagues.
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New Castle
John R. Tate
Beaver County
Tate
Kurtz
Wallace
Shaffer
Dowdine
Mr. Tate
Mr. Downing
W. D. Wallace
T. J. Downing
Walace
Alexander McDowell
Downs
Thomas J. Downing
Downing
Yeas
Hazen
Thomas Downing
Edwin Shaffer
Beaver Debates
Morors
Snaffer
Attorne
Winteriig
Supreme Court
Hagen
Salvadoran envoy seeks US subsidy for steamers
San Salvador's Envoy Extraordinary General Mollina Guilrola travels to Washington to lobby Secretary Blaine. He says El Salvador wants to export indigo coffee sugar balsam Peruvian bark and mahogany to the United States and seeks a government subsidy to finance a steamship line between Salvadoran ports and the US.
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Chicago
B. Mollina Guilrola
San Salvador
United States
Washington
Blaine
Salvador
Carlos Ezeta
Bookkeeper Arrested on Indictments at Peeples and Trotter
In Chattanooga on December 16, William Schlacker, confidential bookkeeper for Peeples and Trotter wholesale groceries, was arrested on three indictments for embezzlement larceny and false entries. He admitted theft totaling over $1 but employers say the amount was far larger, with about 500 property accumulated. He is about 35 years old and previously had a good reputation.
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Chattanooga
William Schlacker
Peeples & Trotter
Cme
Memphis and Cincinnati Packet sinks after log strike
The Onion of the Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Company struck a hidden log at Cottonwood Point 150 miles above Memphis and sank in eight feet of water. The cargo included 158 bales of cotton and 14 bales of rags along with cotton seed meal sacks and sundries. The Ohio boat valued at $36,000 was insured for $25,000 in Cincinnati companies.
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Meupais
Onion
Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Company
Cottonwood Point
Memphis
Cincinnati
City prepares World’s Fair bonds and Jackson Park work
The City Controller informed Director Peck that World’s Fair bonds will be issued in good faith as soon as possible. Proclamation is expected soon and contractor work will start at Jackson Park this week.
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Chioaco
Peck
Washington
Jackson Park
Atchison Streets Alarmed by Indian Attempted Scalp
A report from Atchison describes an Otoe Indian named Howling Wolf from a Nebraska reservation attempting to scalp a woman in the city streets as he accompanied companions bound for a Greeninge... The incident highlights tensions on the frontier and concerns over Native American unrest in mid December.
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Atonisos
Kax
Howling Wolf
Nebraska
Scala Sotthety
Greeninge Tenet
Attack on Woman at Depot Foiled by Citizen Action
A man tried to assault a young white woman near the depot last night. His knife was drawn and the victim forced on her knees until a passerby named Chamberlain intervened, scaring the assailant onto a train with his companion before police arrived. The attacker, Howling Wolf, intoxicated and enraged by rumors of gost dancers and the Measzian, fled the scene.
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Mr. Chamberlain
Howling Wolf
Indictment Considered Against U S Attorney General Miller
A preliminary report claims a grand jury in Indianapolis will hear witnesses on whether Attorney General W H Miller used an official frank for a private political letter to J F Robinson last summer. The envelope allegedly lacked a postage stamp and the case may proceed to formal indictment.
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Indianapolis
DeccamFort
W. H. Miller
United States
Frank
J. F. Robinson
Gresham
Democratic County
Miller
Harvard Offers Assistant Professorship To Penn Economist
Cambridge Dec 16 The report that a Harvard protectionist professor was offered a full chair is denied by President Eliot. Edmund J James of the University of Pennsylvania was offered an assistant professorship a year ago and declined due to salary. Harvard states no policy on protection or free trade and that appointments are based on merit, not party affiliation.
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Assizes de la Seine
Bes
France
Lear
Palais de Justice
Assis
Cambridge
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard
Eliot
Arvand Com
Edmund J. James
Laughlin
James
William James
Philadelphia
Mr. Eliot
Mao
Raid on Holmes county illicit distillers nets four stills
Six deputy collectors and marshals raided a Holmes county distillery area last Sunday, capturing four stills and about 1600 gallons of liquor. They returned to town and sheltered at L Annstron's residence, when a mob assaulted the officers. The mob smashed vehicles and fired on the officers. two were seriously wounded, others escaped. The wounded were taken to Alabama. no arrests reported.
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Is 98
Alexander
Alabama
Chillicothe Murder Mystery Arrest in Lacon
A tramp was arrested at Lacon on suspicion of aiding the Chillicothe murder of P. E. King. He claims a Streator man and woman orchestrated the crime, luring King to a scene where he was killed. The pair fled with a hundred dollars and a watch, and officers pursued toward Streator.
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Pronia
Lacon
P. E. King
Chillicothe
The Chief Hennessey Case Defense Claim Prejudice
In New Orleans on December 16 counsel for 13 Italians charged with Chief Hennessey’s assassination moved to quash the indictment on grounds of prejudice by two grand jurors and on grounds of incompetent evidence. Judge Marr set December 2 for argument and remanded the defendants.
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New Orleans
Hennessey
Freunde
Marr
Wanted for Robbery and Murder in Missouri
Louisville December 1 Governor Buckner received a letter from Judge Turver of Harlan forwarding Mussour request to join Governor Francia of Missouri in urging the California governor to extradite Willis Howard a Kentucky resident sought for robbery and murder in Missouri.
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Louisville
Buckner
Turver
Harlan
Mussour
Francia
Missouri
California
Willis Howard
Kentucky
Tern
Parnell Faces Split Violence in Kilkenny Clash
In Kilkenny on December 16, Parnell and Davitt led rival crowds clashing at Ballinakill. Davitt was injured in the melee as supporters hurled sticks and stones. Parnell warned against personal attacks while factions pressed for Irish self rule amid chaotic exchanges.
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Kilkenny
Parnell
Michael Davitt
Mr. Davitt
Father O'Halloran
Ballinakill
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