Mob terror in Cairo as troops seize suspect from jail
Cairo dispatch reports a Cairo mob pressing on the county jail as militia under Major General Wells escorts James, then Alexander, to a train bound for Kankakee. Sheriff Davis recounts pursuit through Belknap and Karnak, denying any confession and noting imminent investigation by the December grand jury.
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Wells
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Springfield
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Ohio
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Union County
Dongola
Karnak
Mr. Davis
Belknap
Logan
Herman Ridder Denies Pulp Duty Pledge To Cannon
New York November 13 Herman Ridder editor of the New York Staats Zettung denies a Cannon claim that Ridder promised prominent New York newspapers including his own to back Cannon in the national campaign if he removed the wood pulp duty Ridder calls the statement false and ridiculous and says he did not pledge support nor discuss newspaper backing with Cannon in any manner.
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Herman Ridder
New York Staats-Zettung
Cannon
Ridder
Promi Ment
Shepdor
Julted Girl Shoots Man in Bloomfield Hills
Detroit November 13. Samuel F. Morley farm manager, said before dying that Bertha Lietzau shot him on a country road Thursday night after he refused her marriage proposal. She is in custody at Pontiac jail, giving a frank version “Morley did me a great wrong.”
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Detroit
Mich
Samuel F. Morley
Bertha Lietzau
Morley
Bloomfield Hills
Miss Lietzau
Pontiac
Suffragette Attacks Churchill With Horsewhip in Bristol
Therese Garnett, a suffragette, sprang from a crowd at a Bristol station and struck Winston Spencer Churchill with a horsewhip. Churchill wrested the whip and pinned the assailant, who was arrested. Churchill and his wife were unsettled but unharmed, a red mark noted on his face. In Washington, Dr. Charles P. Grandfield was named city postmaster, succeeding Benjamin F. Barnes.
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Bristol
England
Therese Garnett
Winston Spencer Churchill
Churchill
Washington
Charles P. Grandfield
Washington, D. C
Suoa
Benjamin F. Barnes
Doctors Charged With Fraudulent Appendicitis Claims in Chicago
Chicago doctor G. G. Burdick and other physicians allege that some surgeons fraudulently claim appendicitis to push costly operations. The critique links ethical codes and hospital practices to financial incentives, arguing patients are operated on unnecessarily and left to recover with misleading assurances.
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Chnicago
Chicago
G. G. Burdick
Chicago Savings Bank
Dr. Burdick
Michigan Triumphs Over Pennsylvanina 12 to 6 in Final
In Philadelphia on November 13 Michigan opened with a blitz, posting 12 points before Pennsylvania steadied to add 6 by halftime. Michigan dominated most of the game, while Pennsylvanias play showed nerves at times. A flag presented to the Michigan team by the U S battleship Michigan was a noted pregame feature.
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Michigan
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Joosa
U. States
Storm in South Vessels Ashore Near New Foundland
A nor east gale drives vessels ashore along Newfoundland coast with dozens of ships wrecked or missing. The Eagle drifts into Kingston pier before being towed free. Across Nebraska a cold wave brings early snow and sharp temperature drop.
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New Foundland
Nebraska
Dispatch
United States
Eagle
Kingston
Bradford
Amada
St. Johns
N. F
Nebraskan
Norfolk
Neb
South Dakota
Anna Kolb Testifies in Cleminson Trial as Key State Witness
Miss Anna Kolb, principal state witness in the Cleminson case, recounts meeting Cleminson during her illness, denies paying her room rent, recalls a police station meeting after his wife’s death, and calls the suggestion he chloroform his wife a lie while identifying a self-typed statement given to Captain Kane.
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Chicago
Cleminson
Anna Kolb
Miss Kolb
Kane
Public Expects Acquittal in Steinheil Case
Paris today holds confidence the acquittal will be granted to Margherita Steinheil as the public believes the state has not made out a case. The French government has yet to prove guilt beyond doubt amid Navy related headlines.
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Mme. Steinheil
Paris
Navy
Margherita Steinheil
Labor Sunday urged for churches to discuss workers' cause
A North American Federation of Labor resolution proposed designating the first Sunday in September as Labor Sunday, urging churches to devote part of the day to labor issues and asking labor bodies to cooperate with ministers. The convention also debated temperance, wage laws, postal reforms, and deep-waterway projects as delegates clashed over liquor questions. News from Roosevelt reports no harm to the hunting expedition. the Edgemont Springs distillery fire in Cincinnati caused about $300,000 in losses.
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Ont
American Federation of Labor
Churches of America
Executive Council
The
American Federation
United States
Temperance Brotherhood
Trades Unions
Charles, Stelzie
Ane
Gperance Brotherhood
Syb
Peary Talks to Washington Audience About North Pole
Commander Robert E. Peary, backed by the National Geographic Society, gave his first public North Pole lecture in Washington. He avoided controversy, showed numerous photos from his dash to the pole, and contrasted his journey with Dr. Frederick A. Cook without naming him. Ambassadors, scientists, and lawmakers attended as supporters questioned the Cook claims through interpretation of images and expedition details.
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Washington
Robert E. Peary
National Geographic Society
North Pole
Pole
Peary
Congress
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Patterson Dead Washington Writer Dies at 53
Raymond Patterson longtime Washington bureau head for the Chicago Tribune died after a stroke at age 53. A trusted writer under the pen name Raymond, he worked 25 years with the Tribune, was Taft’s schoolmate, Gridiron Club member, and recently at his desk. Also noted $100000 bid for the Jeffries Johnson fight and John G Carlisle resting comfortably in hospital.
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Washington
Raymond Patterson
The
Chicago Tribune
Patterson
the Tribune
Raymond
Taft
Gridiron Club
Chicago
Murder in First Degree Indictment in Hoal Case
New Albany Ind Nov 13 The grand jury indicted Thomas Jefferson Hoal for murder in the first degree in the killing of Cashier Pawcett of the Merchants National Bank. Victims condition unchanged with President J K Woodward reported serious and the Negro chauffeur’s status unclear.
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Hoal
New Albany
Ind
Thomas Jefferson Hoal
Pawcett
Merchants’ National Bank
J. K. Woodward
Yah Mon Ees
Girl's Story Ends Mystery at Madison Wisconsin
In Chicago on November 13, Henry Brodenmeyer, a Madison jeweler, was found dead near his home in summer 1806 and believed murdered by a robber. His wife Margaret, now confined at Dunning, allegedly killed him. Daughter Clara Brodenheyer, 18, told Assistant Chief Schluettler of Chicago of the confession and how she helped dispose of the body, saying the crime drove her mother insane. The confession followed months of detective work after the trio fled Madison for Chicago. Miss Brodenheyer fainted during the interview and was later placed in a secure home by order of authorities.
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Chicago
Henry Brodenmeyer
Madison
Wis
Margaret
Dunning Clinols Insane Asylum
Clara Brodenheyer
Schluettler
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