Strange Knorr Wintersteen case grips Bloomsburg trial looming
Bloomsburg May 22 The Knorr Wintersteen case draws major attention as Clifton Knorr, who turned state’s evidence, accuses lawyer Lloyd S Wintersteen of plotting multiple murders using dynamite poison and diphtheria germs. Allegations tie Wintersteen to schemes against ex congressman Levi E Waller and Mrs Knorr with motive rooted in local business and legal feuds.
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Bloomsburg
Wintersteen
Wailers
Knorr- Wintersteen
Levi E. Waller
Clifton Knorr
Lloyd 5
Knorr
Waller
Wintersiecen
Mrs. Knorr
Clifton
Mra. Knorr
Levi BE. Waller
Henderson
Tragic Fire Kills Woman and Child in Manhattan Building
Fire in a four story brownstone at West Twenty Third Street destroys business and living spaces. Mrs. Katherine Moleway 82 dies from burns, her four year old daughter Beratrich Mossway suffocates in her room. Boarding house keeper Mrs. Mary C Bowles and others are injured. several tenants escape as flames trap residents on upper floors. The blaze begins near the stairs. the origin is unknown.
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New York
West Twenty-third Street
Katherine Moleway
Beratrich Mossway
Mary C
Carrie Bowles
Hollis Street
Boston
Miss MacDonald
Phelps
Weser Piano Company
Minnie Curtis
Paulo
Lamont
Mrs. Mossway
Mr. Phelps
Bowles
Toston
Chinese iron works rail production in Han Yang rises
Walker Kennedy of Pittsburg heads the Chinese iron works at Han Yang and produces rails thirty feet in length at a rate of 120 per day. United States Consul Child reports the fact to the state department noting the Chinese officials are pleased with Kennedy's management and the plant is getting in order.
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Washington
Walker Kennedy
Pittsburg
Han Yang
United States
Child
State Department
Uoty
Big Coal Field Located in Colombia Reported by U.S. Consul
The United States Consul at Carthagena Colombia reports a major coal field in Bolivar department. The semi anthracite and anthracite steam coal fields cover about 215 000 acres and contain around 1 000 000 000 tons.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Carthagena
Colombia
Department of Bolivar
Striking Tailors Prepare Settlement Talks in New York
May 23 report states no meetings at the strikers' headquarters as the executive board authorized tomorrows settlements with manufacturers. Agreements require 59 hour weeks, weekly pay, and a 15 percent raise from last year. A 250-worker shop will reopen Tuesday under the terms. 1,200 Lithuanian Tailors union members expected to join tomorrow, bringing total strikers to about 21,000. Some shops attempted to start today but workers did not appear.
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New York
Schoenfeld
Lithuanian Tailors Union
Boylston Bank Thief King Arrested in Farmington
Albert M. King Boston bank messenger who vanished with $40,000 from the Boylston bank was captured in Farmington, Maine, with $20,040.60 found on his person. Deputy Sheriff Dyer arrested him after a telegram alerted authorities. King offered brief answers as investigators pressed for details.
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Porton
Lowell
Mass
Hampton
N. H
Portland
Yarmouth
Lewiston
Steton House
Auburn
Farmington
Rangeley
Sandy River
King
Boylston
Express
Albert M. King
First National Bank
Dyer
Furnace collapses at New Castle plant burying workers
At the Rowena furnace in New Castle Senator Hanna and ex Senator Cameron owned the plant when the roof collapsed. Thirty men were buried under debris with Manager Rels severely injured and several others critically harmed. A second cave set in at the New Castle Traction site trapping Michael Curdy who died on extraction and injuring Peter Herinsky.
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New Castle
Mark Hanna
Cameron
Rels
Samuel Moody
Mike Petri
William Hanna
Joseph Love
Frank Bheard
Hesena
New Castle Traction Company
New Cascade Park
Michael Curdy
Peter Herinsky
Miles Ordered to London for Jubilee Ceremonies
Secretary Alger directs Major General Miles to reach London by June 15 to attend the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession. Miles travels via Constantinople to observe Turkish and Greek armies before joining Turkish forces near Thessaly. Navy representation will be Admiral Miller aboard the Brooklyn for the Jubilee.
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Alger
Miles
London
United States Army
Queen Victoria
Levant
Turkey
Greece
War Department
Constantinople
Thessaly
United States Navy
Admiral Miller
Brooklyn
Hold-up fails at Chicago sub-treasury entrance
Two robbers tried to seize Patrick Broderick on May 23 at the Chicago sub-treasury entrance. Broderick, with 170 in silver, resisted as the assailants grabbed for the valise. He was severely beaten before detectives arrived. one suspect, identified as W. H. Russell, was arrested.
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Chicago
Sub-Treasury
Patrick Broderick
W. H. Russell
Tragic Beaver Creek Crossing Claims Three Lives
In Clarksburg West Virginia on May 22 Abe Donaldson Mrs Shreves and Miss Martin drowned while attempting to cross Beaver Creek on a log. Their bodies were recovered in the Gauley River later.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Abe Donaldson
Shreves
Martin
Beaver Creek
Nicholas County
Gauley River
Tragic Suicide of 13-Year-Old William Rose in Stockton
In Camden New Jersey on May 2 William R Rose aged 13 son of Mr and Mrs William Rose of Stockton hanged himself at home. He had been in good spirits when his parents left for church and was said to be addicted to cigarettes which his father forbade. The motive cited is his inability to quit the habit and his despair.
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Knorr
Reading
Winterateen
Columbia County
Blomaburg
Waller
Mrs. Knorr
White
Clifton
Mrs
Wintersteen
Mia Knorr
Bloomsburg Tron Company
Ada Brower
Samuel Knorr
Winter- Steen
Ciifton
Irondale Furnace Company
Trondale Company
Bloomsburg Iron Company
Camden
N. J
William R. Rose
Min
William Roses
Stockton
New York City
Couplin
New York
Allence
Slater
Second National Bank
Police
Rockafeller Bars Sunday Labor at Upper Lakes Docks
John D. Rockafeller issues edict prohibiting Sunday labor by ore dock workers on the upper lakes. Workers may respond to calls to load or unload, but will not be required to work from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockafeller
Agrower Lakes
Conle
Sensation in Georgetown as letter links Gordy case to murder plot
Georgetown Delaware May 2 A rumor sparks a probe after word spread that Lawyer Cullen chief defense attorney in the Gordy murder case possesses a letter alleging a plot to murder Mrs Lewin. Gordy faces hanging on June 11 and the case will be investigated.
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Georgetown
Del
Cullen
Thordy
Lewin
James M. Gordy
Strange Tale of Two Continents in Flight Across Three Countries
Louis Couplin, a 27 year old Russian native raised in England, fled with his young lover Kitty Exmner from Russia through Germany to London and New York, then to Boston. after displaying charm and bribes he forced Kitty to sail with him to New York where police later seized him. The case reveals an international flight amid arrests, forged funds, and a quest for bail and habeas corpus.
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Atlantic City
Louis Rosenfeld
Aline
Louis Couplin
Poland
Couplin
Russia
England
Beretstehia
Berlin
London
Germany
Bank of England
New York
United States
Boston
Kitty Exmner
Kitty
Russell
Sho
Thompson
John C. Reed
St. Petersburg
Eldridge
Baron Schippenbach
New York City
Second National Bank
New London
Cuba Starvation Toll Rising Among Americans
Secretary Sherman cites Consul General Lee reporting at least 1,200 Americans starving in Cuba due to Weyler’s orders. Earlier estimates rose from 800 as full district returns came in. Additional districts Mantanzas and Sagua add 250 and 40 at least needing relief.
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Sherman
Lee
Cuba
Weyler
Sague
Mantanzas
Burglary Wave Hits Wyoming Valley Homes
A gang broke into two Valley locations Saturday night or early Sunday. Mrs M Smith widow of Burgess Smith on Wyoming avenue Wyoming lost silverware after a front door was pried open under a bright electric light. Seipson's pawn shop on Malin Street Pittston suffered a back door entry with watches and cutlery taken. it marks the third robbery at the shop.
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Pittston
Seipson
Malin Street
Missionary Union societies raise funds in Pittsburgh drive
Secretaries report 205.00 secured in cash and pledges for debts of the American Baptist Missionary Union, leaving 11.00 to raise by June 16. The drive appeals to churches and individuals, with a telegraphic 41,000 gift from the Second Baptist Church of St. Louis noted as the latest contribution.
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Pittsburg
American Baptist Missionary Union Society
John D. Rockefeller
Second Baptist Church of
Riots in Mangary Rock Croatian Diet Elections
Reports from Agram Hungary describe May elections for the Croatian and Slavonian provincial diet. Riots erupted in several towns with military orders to fire on crowds. fourteen killed and thirty wounded in Hosnyace.
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Mangary
Agram
Hungary
Hosnyace
Alleged Plot and Local Notices Roar Through The News
A jumble of items spans a supposed plot at a congregation, a fatal New York fire, a baseball feature, reform bills pushed through the House, amateur baseball talk, tariff views from Senator Foraker, and various local society items including sermons and funerals.
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Geneva
Kuselan
Foraker
Buddha
Miso Parlon
Senate to Take Up Tariff Bill Amid Debate Over Speeches
Washington May 22. The Senate plans to take up the tariff bill next week with Senator Aldrich to move for a reading and speech in support. Democrats debate whether to allow general policy speeches or limit discussion while plans by Silver Republicans and Populists seek to press political remarks. Pettigrew amendment against trusts promises a broad debate as Republicans prepare to attack schedules on sugar hides and free list items. Conference reports on sundry civil appropriations and forestry provisions loom.
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Aldrich
House
Washington
Senate
Earle
South Carolina
Vent
West
Missouri
Senaitor Pettigrew
Beshalf
Congress
Senate backs off Cuban belligerency nod in House
Republican leaders decide not to act on the Morgen resolution this week, delaying action until the rules committee reports special order. They plan to block minority efforts to force debate, while awaiting the president’s evolving plans. If Indian and sundry civil bills’ conference report is delayed, the House will adjourn to Thursday or next Monday.
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Senate
Taders
Rules Committee
Weather Forecast for Middle States and New England
The Herald reports cloudy to partly cloudy skies across the Middle states and New England with cooler temperatures and brisk southerly winds. Rain and local thunderstorms are expected near the seaboard, followed by a cold wave and sharp frosts in northern and western districts tonight. Tuesday brings partly to full cloudiness and cooler conditions with frosts in northern districts and westerly winds.
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New England
Seaboard
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