Hearst Chicago American Editors Convicted in Contempt Case
Judge Manecy sentenced Andrew M. Lawrence to 40 days and R F Canfield to 30 days in county jail for contempt. Carvalho and Hammond were discharged. The Hearst defendants including W ER Hearst, Clara Briggs and Homer Davenport were held to stand trial at a later date.
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Chicago
Jdge Manecy
Hearst
Chicago American
Andrew M. Lawrence
R. F. Canfield
Carvalho
J. Hammond
W. ER. Hearst
Clara Briggs
Homer Davenport
Plymouth Bank Dynamited. $1300 Stolen
Des Moines reports a Plymouth bank was dynamited last night. Thieves damaged the safe vault and building, escaping with $1300. No clues yet for investigators.
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Des Moines
Plymouth
Refined sugar prices cut by several firms
New York on November 12 Arbweckles Brothers and Howellson & Co lowered all grades of refined sugar by 10 points while the American Sugar Refining Company also reduced price points.
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New York
Arbweckles Brothers, and Howellson & Co
American Sugar Refining Company
Two Railroad Men Killed In Collision At Correll
Montevideo Minn Nov 12 two freights on the St Paul road collided at Correll west of here Engineer Mike Coonar Minneapolis and Brakeman Bird this place were killed instantly Conductor Crocker injured slightly meantime other briefs note immigration measures Philippine Islands and several local incidents including a man shooting himself and a city marshal killing a man and a major fire in Logansport Ind.
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Montevideo
Minn
St. Paul
Correll
Here
Mike Coonar
Minneapolis
Bird
Crocker
Noblesville
Ind
Newton Innes
William Mobler
Atlanta
Innes
Logansport
Logan Milling Company
First Presbyterian 3
Wilson Humphreys & Co
Episcopal Church
Dewey
Washington
Cleveland Park
Admiral Dewey
Cleveland
Ships In Distress Amid Storms Observed Near Dover
Violent winds rain and snow sweep UK coasts with half a dozen vessels in sight of Dover sending distress signals. Lifeboats struggle to reach crews as rescue attempts continue amid the severe weather.
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Dover
London
United Kingdom
Miss Stone Endures Hardship in Bulgarian Captivity
From Miss Stone in Soetia Bulgaria a letter reports the abducted American missionary remains stoic amid confinement and fatigue while focusing on her companion Mme Tsilka. The brigands delay delivery to seem distant. Bulgarian officials press for frontier transfer.
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Soetia
Bulgaria
Miles Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Miss Stone
Macedonia
Conductor Marries On Route After Quick Wedding
St Louis trolley conductor Leonard Shannon wed Miss Lucy McLean during a trip from Collinsville toward Edwardsville. The ceremony occurred at a Justice of the Peace office after Shannon asked to pause the run two minutes early to tie the knot. The couple returned to the car and resumed service as the line continued.
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St. Louis
Leonard Shannon
Belleville
Shannon
Collinsville
Edwardsville
Lucy McLean
John
John Bauer
Skimpton
Lucy MclLean
Len
Consul General Dead and International Incidents
A cablegram from Auckland announces the death of Luther W. Osborn U S consul general at Apia Samoa. Havana papers report a duel challenge to Senor Tamayo secretary of state and an assault on Tamayo after a banquet. In Illinois a 12 year old girl in Minonk lights a gasoline fire. a 11 year old dies and others are burned. home destroyed with $2000 loss.
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Orion
State Department Today
Auckland
New Zealand
Apia
Samoa
Luther W. Osborn
United States
Havana
Senor Tamayo
Union Club
Minonk. Ik
Joseph Tomashiski
Rathbun Fraud Case Tangles Army Recruiter in Ledgered Death
A Little Rock report details Newell C. Rathbun a U S recruiting officer whose claimed death led to a fraudulent life insurance scheme. A corpse believed to be Rathbun sparked an investigation with suspicions of a duped policy holder and a co conspirator Ten Eyke. Louisville police say Rathbun confessed to desertion and plotting a $4000 insurance payout but denies killing the Jeffersonville hotel victim.
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Little Rock
Ark
Newell C. Rathton
United States
Rathbun
Jeffersonville
Ten Eyke
Rathwin
Louisville
Touisville
Newell C. Rathbun
Ind
W. J. ‘Ten Eykie
United States Army
Ed States
Skinner
Rathbun Confesses Plan to Mixed Insurance Death Plot
In Louisville detective reports Rathbun confessed to desertion from an army post, marrying in Little Rock, taking France policies, and plotting to fake his death with a corpse in Jeffersonville hotel to collect insurance. He claimed no killing occurred and identified companions Ten Eyke and Ellis.
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Rathbun
Newell C. Rathbun
Little Rock
Ark
Plattshore
N. Y
W. H. Ellis
France
Louisville
W. L. Ten Eyke
Salvation Army
Jeffersonville
Tragic Fire Claims Two Young Children in Missouri
At Marionsville near Springfield Missouri Mrs George Justice left her two small children in a house to fetch water. Returning, she found the structure afire and the children cremated. Local authorities report the deaths as a pure tragedy with investigation pending.
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Springfield, Moc
Marionsville
Mra
George Justice
New State Arsenal Sparks Springfield Debate Over Site
The Illinois state arsenal commission selects a Monroe street facing site near the state house, but locals favor Second street for a potential supreme court building. The facility will house militia officers a state museum and an arsenal with a large 10 000 seat auditorium for conventions and drills.
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Springfield
Tils
State Arsenal Commission
Monroe
Valve explodes at packing plant killing three in Armourdale
In Kansas City Missouri Nov steamfitters died and two others injured when a valve in the water pumping apparatus at Schwartzchild and Sulzberger packing plant in Armourdale Kansas blew out. Deceased are N R Murphy suffocated. J H Russell scalded. Injured James McMahon and W B Hoover were also scalded. Murphy died on extraction. Russell died four hours later. The accident happened in a deep underground pit below the pony haulage yard where workers were repairing the large valve governing pressure and flow.
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Kansas City
Schwartzschild & Sulzberger
Armourdale
Kans
N. Rh. Murphy
J. TH. Russell
James McMahon
W. B. Hoover
Piuiratus
Murphy
Russell
Ohio vote likely down by hundred thousand across state
Early Ohio returns from eighty eight counties suggest total votes may be about 100000 lower than two years ago and nearly a quarter of a million less than last year’s presidential tally of 1,249,121. Democrats show the largest drop amid silver sentiment and prosperity shifts, with references to McKinley’s death and key leaders mentioned.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
McKinley
Roosevelt
Nash
Foraker
Stinson Woman Dies In Explosive Main Street Fire
Mrs. John Stinson burned to death in a Main Street fire in St Joseph Michigan after attempting to light a stove with kerosene an explosion wrecked the stove and oil soaked her clothing. Onlookers rushed to help but the blaze engulfed her before she could be saved. The event occurred late Saturday night in the Burkhard block.
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St. Joseph
Mich
John Stinson
Main Street
Beckham Extradition Clash Over Taylor Kinley Requisition
Frankfort Kentucky governor Beckham accuses Indiana’s Durbin of violating the U.S. Constitution by refusing to honor a requisition for Taylor and Kinley in the Governor Goebel assassination case. He attacks Durbin’s oath, warns of mandamus actions, and defends Kentucky courts against political manipulation.
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Frankfort Ky
Beckham
Durbin
Indiana
Kentucky
Taylor and Kinley
Goebel
United States
Iis
Mandamus
Fokfort, Ky
Doriin
Beckham's Indictment and Governor Goebel Crisis
Fragmented OCR describes indictments related to the Goebel assassination in Kentucky. It mentions Taylor allegedly guarding entrances, obstructing searches, opposing arrests, and being perceived as a beneficiary of William Goebel's death amid a contested governorship.
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Taylor
Goebel
William Goebel
Kentucky
Man shot by woman in Clinton raises old rivalries
Jenks Dillon, a noted boxing figure and former manager, was killed this afternoon in Clinton by Anna Crawford who claimed self defense. Crawford, with husband J McCain, had been charged earlier in Davenport with horse stealing. she was acquitted and McCain jailed.
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Clinton
Iowa
Jenks Dillon
Anna Crawford
Dillon
Oscar Idner
Crawford
Davenport
J. McCain
McCam
Meet of Mormons in Omaha Nebraska Conference Concludes
The Nebraska conference of the Colorado mission of the Latter Day Saints met in Omaha with eighteen elders from Colorado and four from Iowa attending. President Joseph A. McRea presided over all sessions as elders spoke on gospel work and progress in their fields.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Colorado
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Iowa
Joseph A. McRea
Penalty for Cruelty Incident In Thropp
An account of a cruelty incident in Thropp involving George Wison and Aames Hey aml. The men faced a dog attack after a fuse and explosion. They separated by 300 yards, calling the dog to keep it away as it neared, then escaped as the dog stirred.
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George Wison
Thropp
Ted
Various World and Local News Items Curated
A roundup mentions a sand burial at Bateman Station Wisconsin and a Schley court of inquiry beginning. Missing New Haven men Francis Titt and Christopher Steffens. Arkansas governor warns editor libel case. Elizabethtown Tennessee shooting suicide. Ravia asphalt mine orders from Germany. Duluth grain dealer Kershaw dies aged 30. Plague in Odessa. Valley City stage robbery. Drowned deck hand Meyers in Chicago. Paul Revere’s great grandson dies in Morristown. War secretary Root donates Philippine cannon to Hamilton College. Kentucky governor Beckham defends innocence and criticizes critics while noting limited reward spending.
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Waland
James Old
Bateman Station
Wis
Schley Court of Inquiry
Francis Titt
Christopher Steffens
New Haven
Conn
Arkansas
Elizabethtown
Frank Kidwell
Ada Thompson
Ravia
I. T
Germa
Charles J. Kershaw, Jr
Duluth
Hamilton College
Utica
N. Y
Philippines
Pl I
Postmaster seeks larger rural free delivery funding
In a forthcoming annual report Postmaster General Smith will urge raising rural free delivery funds from 3.5 million to 6 million dollars and push broader service. He will defend second class mail rules, saying the one cent per pound rate benefits only genuine newspapers with valid subscriptions.
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Washington
Smith
Trio killed by keg explosion in coal field accident
In Hinefield West Virginia on November 12 three men Thomas Sykex Sam Davis and William Wood were blown to atoms when a spark from a miners lamp ignited loose powder in a keg. The blast occurred while opening the keg and the powder ignited.
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Hinefield
W. Va
Thomas
Sykex
Sam Davis
William Woodson
Northwestern notes Peoria extension links to St Louis
Nov 1 report suggests western buyers accumulating stock in the Chicago era and St Louis line. A connecting branch would run Dixon to a new row building, creating a through read to St Louis from Chicago and adding another link between the two cities.
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Liwestern
Chicago
Era
St. Louis
Row Building
Dixon Toe
Spriueticht
Murdered on Highway Near Evansville Ind
A woman was killed on the road into Evansville this morning when she was thrown from a buggy. No clues or suspects are known at this time. Local authorities and investigators are on the case.
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Evansville
Ind
Missy
Unanimous Ratify Smith's Election in Mormon Church
A Salt Lake City special conference of general officers of the Mormon church affirmed Joseph F. Smith as president of the church succeeding Lorenzo Snow. J J Smith John R Winder and Antoni H Lund were ratified as members of the first presidency. Other items include a kidnap case in Michigan and various local notices.
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Smith
Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
Tabernacle
Council of Apostles
Joseph F. Smith
Lorenzo Snow
J. J. Smith
John R. Winder
Antoni H. Lund
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Watseka
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