Bank Failure Envelops Waynesburg in Crisis Amid Holiday Shortage
Blooded by the Farmers and Drovers National Bank collapse in Waynesburg Pennsylvania local commerce stalls as cashier J B F Rinehart faces charges of false reports to the comptroller and a possible $950000 discrepancy triggers federal inquiry. District Attorney John W Dunkle says DOJ help is sought and further arrests may follow.
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Farmers and Drevers Nationz Bank
Waynsburs
Vic
Pittsbore
J. B. F. Rinehan
Wayttesbburg
Rinehart
United States
John, W. Dunkle
Farmers and Ravers National Bank
Waynesburg
Pal
Tre
Department of Justice
Washington
Dunkle
Burnham Convicted in Mutual Reserve Life Theft Case
George Burnham, vice president and general counsel of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co of New York, found guilty of larceny in the first degree. He faces up to twenty years. The case marks the first conviction of a life insurance official since the scandals emerged.
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George Beralam
Atutual Rezervs Life Insurances Company
New York
Buham
Burnm
George Burnham, Jr
Frederick. Burnham
Throne claim and battleship trial feature mixed news
A Manchu Victoria resident claims descent from a duke to oust the Chinese empress, while British petitions seek China’s consideration. The battleship Kansas completes another Rock Island test with an 18 knot speed goal. Sioux City live stock quotes show top hogs at 6.15. The Supreme Court blocks Wilson quarantine as unconstitutional. Arrests follow revolutionary activity amid dynamite stocks.
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Victoria
Engllishman
Gordon
China
Troraan
Pekin
Chaw-and
Minister targets Belgian consul over Congo atrocities
In Chicago on Sunday Rev S Johnson accused Charles Henrotin Belgian consul of being part of a Belgian lobby seeking to shield Leopold II from American scrutiny of Congo Free State abuses. Johnson pledged to petition Washington and Belgium to remove Henrotin. Henrotin denied the lobby claim and asserted atrocities occurred years ago.
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Rev. S. Johnson
Boston
Park Avenue Methodist Church
Chicago
Charles Henrein
Consel
United States
Congo Free State
Leopold Ofium
Johnseni
State Department
Washington
Henrotin
Chita Jo
Johnson
Henratin
Congo Bhut
Dr. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Jerome [Ter
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Cesgo Free State
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Minist
York
Patrick seeks clemency for Rice death sentence
Lawyer Albert T. Patrick consents to petition Governor Higgins to commute the Millionaire Rice death sentence to life imprisonment. The final appeal was signed by Patrick in the death house. John P. Dillik en, Patrick’s brother in law, has spent a fortune to aid the case. It is believed the governor required a personal letter from Patrick.
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New Death
Rice
Patrick
Pat- Hek
Fatal Wreck Involving Pennsylvania Flyer and freight train
A Pennsylvania Flyer eastbound collided with a Wheeling and Lake Erie Freight train near Canton at 9:35. One crewman on the freight was killed and the fireman injured. Broken rail cited as the cause. Iron Mountain passenger train derailed near Charleston at 9:10. wreck reported Saturday afternoon.
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Lake Erie
Iron Mountain
Hich
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Afo
S . Loui
Belmont
Birdsong Sentenced to Five Years in Mississippi Penitentiary
Angie Birdsong, tried after being convict ed of manslaughter in Monticello Miss in 1905 for the killing of Dr Thomas Butler, was sentenced by Judge Miller to five years. Bond of 310 066 was set for appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court as Birdsong endured illness and distress during the sentencing.
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Hinzelhurst
Miss
Angie Birdsong
Miller
Mississippi Supreme Court
Thomas Butler
Monticello
Birdwong
Great Bam Case Settled Over Mexican U S Irrigation Treaty
Private advices from El Paso, Texas report Mexico has ratified the treaty with the United States on the Engie irrigation dam sixty miles above El Paso. The agreement ends ten years of contention and settles a $20,000,000 damages claim over water rights in the Rio Grande. The settlement clears the final obstacle to completing the dam by the United States.
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el Paso
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Mexico City
United States
Engie
Rio Grande
Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus Takes Regency
Stockholm dispatch reports King Oscar II of Sweden seriously ill but showing improvement after a period of heart trouble. Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus has assumed the regency, which had been in place during his father’s previous illness. Four doctors have attended King Oscar as his condition varied with age and heart failure.
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Oscar
Gustavus “Adolphus
Oecar
Vanderbilt's A076 Wrecked In Lake Incident
News item reports W A Vanderbilt Jr with a chauffeur in a high powered car speeding along the Suchess Lake shore on Long Island when the front axle failed and the car skidded. The vehicle lifted and broke apart. one wheel detached and the body overturned, sending Vanderbilt into the lake where he briefly sank under thin ice but swam ashore unharmed.
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Winnerbilt
Bnoccess
W. A. Vanderbilt, Jr
Suchess
Long Island
Vanderbilt
Maj Gen Wint Arrives in Havana to Lead Army
Maj. Gen. Theodore J. Wint arrived in Havana and will assume command of the American army on January 4. Brig. Gen. J. Franklin Gell returns to the United States.
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Havana
Theodore J. Wint
Gen. Wint
J. Franklin Gell
United States
Mail steamer Celtic carries record 4033 sacks to Liverpool
The steamer Celtic sailed from New York to Liverpool carrying 4033 sacks of mail, the largest mail shipment ever sent from the United States by sea.
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Europe
Celtic
New York
Liverpool
United States
Swiss elects Eduard Muller as president of confederation
Swiss officials report Eduard Muller was elected president for the coming term succeeding M. L. Ferrer whose term expired. In Missouri a bank robbery at the Interstate Bank in Drexel netted about 4000 dollars as robbers wrecked the safe and fled. A Bloomington woman Mary Roach wounded a would be robber, William Skinner, fatally during a house robbery attempt.
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Swiss Confederation
Eduard Muller
Federal Council of Switzerland
M. L. Ferrer
Missouri Bank
Drexel
Mary Roach
Bloomington
Willian Skinner
Wages Advance for Denver Beaver Shops Labor Force
Denver reports wage advances for workers at Beaver Shops. About two thousand machinists will receive pay increases on January 1 ranging from five to sixteen percent. The article notes labor progress amid industry shifts.
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Denver
Fire destroys major Council Bluffs implement warehouse
A five story warehouse and annex of the Union Transfer company in Council Bluffs burned Tuesday night, causing about 165 000 dollars in damage with 60 000 insured. The stock loss reached 90 000, and the building 60 000, while the fire threatened other warehouses and prompted volunteer crews to fight the blaze for hours. The cause remained undetermined with theories pointing to engine sparks.
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Fie
Union Transfer Company
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Peru Plan Company
Yeh Sel
Wholesale Implement
Mysterious Case Attacks and Fire Threaten Des Moines Official
Mrs W T Clements a Des Moines remedy company manager was attacked by a lone robber who stole 106 from her pocketbook then doused the office with kerosene and set it on fire. She was found unconscious outside the door with bruises and burns. Police investigated with insurance on toilet articles and remedies cited as a possible lead. Her daughter Dr W J Mendenhall and others connected to the case were detained for hours while inquiries continued.
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Lane
W. H. Clements
Nanderhoof Remedy Company
Des Moines
Mendenhall
Drake
University
Sensation Elopement In Britt Involves Dr Carton And A Kiester Wife
Dr Carton a Britt physician and Kies ter wife of A Kiester, a Britt businessman, left in a driving rain for Mason City and boarded a Milwaukee train to Minneapolis. Both have families. Carton with a wife and three children, Kies ter with a husband and three children. Carton, son of a Britt resident, has practiced medicine for years. Kies ter, described as a nurse of engaging persona, was formerly from Minneapolis.
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A. To. Kiester
Britt
Young Hysician
Kiester
A. Kiester
Mason City
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Prisoner Attacks Officer and Fire Fatalities Reported
In Dubuque jail a prisoner slashed Inspector G H Boore after a forger tried to elude trial while Archival reports note a deadly fire at the Plasman and Fasenow Building with $5000 damage. Other items include Waterloo editor Al Moore resigning, Mrs Edward Smith's heart attack after domestic strife, and a dismissed theft case in progress.
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G. H. Boore
Chicago
G.T Cox
Dubuque
St. Louis
John Milligen
Cox
Moore
Indicted Supervisor Chooses Death Over Trial in Iowa
Lyon County official J Gorm ralts Snickie M Preister faced embezzlement forgery and fraud charges. He killed himself in his barn by slashing his throat with a pocketknife after breakfast and telling his wife he would do chores before town. Authorities found his body in the hay mow. Preister, about 60, was accused of embezzling roughly 3800 to 4099 dollars.
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Oficigt J .Gormralts Snickie
M. Preister
Lyon County Board of Supervisors
Rock Rapids
Preister
Sia
Blond
Iowa Denies Insurance for Bank Deposits
Attorney General Mellen rules Iowa law bars insurance of bank deposits and prohibits banks from holding stock in any insurance company formed to insure deposits. Auditor Carroll had sought authority to organize such a company after an application from a Sioux County man. AG Mullan cites legislative definition of permissible risks for insurance in the state.
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Mellen
Iowa
Carroll
Sioux County
Mullan Fields
Towa
Church Row Wrecks Family Suits Over Church Affiliation
Dr. E S Sweet of Tulsa sues his wife’s parents S B Kibler Carrie Kibler and her brother Lew Kibler in U S court at Council Bluffs for 50000 dollars claiming they used persistent effort to alienate his wife due to his refusal to join the Latter Day Saints church. The defendants are described as among Harrison county’s wealthiest residents.
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S. Sweet
Tulsa
Okla
United States Court
Council Bluffs
S. B
Carrie Kibler
Lew Kibler
Harrison County
Young Casey Lawyer McMullen Dies in Des Moines Hotel
The lifeless body of Crables McMullen, 23, a Casey, Iowa lawyer and Drake University graduate, was found hanged by a steam pipe bin room at the Savery hotel in Des Moines on Wednesday. His friends are mystified by the motive.
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Tangs
Des Moines
Crables McMullen
Savery
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Drake University of Des Moines
Lfe
Gasoline Explosion Fatalities Reported at George Home
Mrs Rudolph and her 5 year old son died after a gasoline explosion during cleaning in George. A 17 year old daughter burned severely, not expected to survive, while Mrs Rudolph and a baby were injured but likely to recover.
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Wile
Yortaly
G. ‘Rudolph
George
Rudolph
Baby
Fort Doase Shoemaker Tarnished by Poison Plot
A. W. Day, a Fort Doase shoemaker, poured a chemical poison into a glass thinking it medicine. A flash of light revealed the toxin. the color stopped his action and saved his life. The glass contained enough poison to kill twenty men.
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A. W.day
Fort Doase
Eleven Trainmen Ousted at Fort Dodge Over Coal Theft
Eleven railroad workers on the Sinois Cone trailed line were discharged in disgrace at Fort Dodge for wholesale coal theft from cars in yards. Old employees were replaced immediately as company officials refused to reveal the names of those discharged.
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Sinois Cone ‘Tral Road
Fort Dodse
Hunting Season Deaths and Injuries Reported Across States
The season shows lower severe injuries and deaths than last year with about twenty serious accidents and several fatalities. Most deaths stemmed from shotgun discharges as hunters left weapons loaded, many victims being young. Michigan tops in deaths and injuries with Wisconsin close behind, while Illinois reports eight deaths and Chicago victims.
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Uzai
Michigan
Wisconsin
Jilina
Wheat acreage increases says government report
The Department of Agriculture reports a rise in winter wheat area sown for 1905 versus last year. Estimated rawly seeded area up 11 percent, about 253,000 more acres, totaling roughly 31,065,000 acres.
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Dex
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Missouri
Ohio
California
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Texas
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