Adama Case Continued in Federal Court
George E. Adama former U S mint treasurer was arraigned on embezzlement charges. He told the court he would defend himself and asked to reduce bonds from 20000 to 15000 while the judge set bond at 25000 with eligible security. He remained composed and vowed to fight the case as a veteran lawyer in the packed courtroom.
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United States Mint
United States
Kiefer
Lathe
Adams
Frye
Secret Service Hints At Promised Disclosures In Adama Case
Secret Service agent Conneil stated he will soon disclose starting details about Adama and his crimes. Reports say Adama’s peculations will burden agents, noting his calm nerve during the offenses. Adams’ arrest allegedly stemmed from a Washington Trust deposit of gold dust, credited to Jesse Noble, an Alaskan miner at the Northern hotel. Noble is missing. In St Petersburg, Kronstadt troops may bombard the capital. telegraphers refuse to relay messages at Peterhof. a leather factory burned, possibly by terrorists.
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Secret Service
Conneil
Adama
Adams
Washington Trust Company
Jesse Noble
Northern Hotel
Noble
Kronstadt
Peterhof
Arrests a Tammanyite and a Frankly Framed Suspect
Police arrest Tom Smith, a New York figure linked to Tammany circles, with a revolver and feather belt found on him after a boy reports a flashed gun. Smith denies guilt but admits New York ties as detectives press his concealed weapon case while railroad intrigue swirls around potential North Coast and steel bridge plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacka
Smith
Dan Clark Over Loss Hints at Despair After Game
Dan Clark the Michigan halfback was found in a Detroit hotel after an all-night search by police. Friends feared he would suicide following yesterday’s loss to Chicago on an error. He returned home with a fraternity brother crushed in spirit and vowed not to return to Ann Arbor.
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Dan Clark
Chicago
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Detroit
Rail routes clash over Seattle and Wallula lines
The piece argues a rail club scheme will fail and notes North Coast and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul plans clash to block rivals. It describes Milwaukee seeking use of Great Northern and Northern Pacific tracks along the Columbia north side from Wallula to Port Townsend, implying no single carrier will dominate.
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North Coast
Walla
Harriman-Rockefeller
Hill-Morgan-Baker
Great Northern Pacific
Chi
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Gill. Morgen-Baker
North
Wallula
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Columbia River
Portaint
Ferns
Jamies
Hill
Pickled Toes as Evidence in Seattle Malting Suit
The hearing of 12 year old Orville McAllister's suit for 1999 dollars alleges damages for the loss of two toes. The boy claims the accident occurred near a large block and tackle. the defense says the equipment rested on the railroad's right of way with consent. Two severed toes pickled in alcohol were shown as exhibits. The plaintiff's year old brother testified. Overdue vessel arrives at Sandiego. The St Denis of the Lower California coast trade reached Enaena morning and is due in San Diego tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville McAllister
Seattle Brewing & Malting Company
Morris
Northern Pacific Railroad
San Dingo
Cal
St. Denis
California Coast
Enaena
Attempted assassination of the czar sparks unrest across capitals
Reports from Lodz Berlin and Moscow describe a failed plot to kill the czar with Grand Duke Vladimir suspected. The czar's hand was wounded and authorities clash as riots spread in Moscow while many residents flee. Police tighten controls and hundreds of passports are issued daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Csar
Vladimir
Warsaw
Rumors of Imperial Crisis Pollute Russia Across Cities
Daily News dispatches from St. Petersburg report a mutinous climate with Sevastopol evacuated by the admiralty and palatial guards replaced. Troop conspiracies, civilian strikes, and a looming mobilization threaten the empire as finance tightens and messages to St. Petersburg falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daily News
St. Petersburg
Sevastopol
Tearskoesele
Bemenace
Medicine taxed as patent remedies face crackdown
A Washington report details the internal revenue service plan to tax patent medicines and enforce strict compliance. The piece argues many rely on smug labels and ads, warning that remedies vary in value and may harm patients, while urging a return to legitimate pharmacy and physician prescribed medicines.
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Washington, D. C
John W. Yerkes
Internal Revenue
Seattle
Ile
Fleeh
Wealth Galore Adams Riches Reach Million Mark
A ledger lists Adams wealth as known riches totaling 105,500 with cash in bank 35,000 and real estate including a home 26,000 lots on Cherry and Boren 20,000 Queen Anne 2,000 and interests in a real estate firm 2,500 plus an industrial iron works stake 50,000. The compilation suggests he is well on the way to the million mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne
Runaway Car Crushes UP Engineer Near Green River
In Cheyenne Wyoming on December 1 a westbound Union Pacific wreck occurred when a string of runaway cars derailed near Green River. Engineer Albert Payne was killed in the crash.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Green River
Albert Payne
Adams Case Tops Local Talk With Alleged Theft Wealth
Public chatter swirls around Adams amid allegations he stole about $150,000 from the local agony office. Authorities recovered $12,000 in currency. his assets include a Harvard Avenue home, Cherry and Boren lots, Queen Anne Hill property, a real estate stake, and an Iron Works interest totaling well over $60,000, surpassing the alleged theft. He was described as studious and not a gambler, having written magazine pieces including a $200 Alaska story for Cosmopolitan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Cure Rency
Harvard Avy
Cherry and Boren
Queen Anne Hill
Bellingham
Cosmopolitan
Alaska
Harper's
Adame
Coroner's Inquest Opens in Chicago for Marshall Pleld Jr
In Chicago the formal coroners inquest into the death of Marshall Pleld Jr. began in the afternoon, outlining the proceedings and initial testimonies.
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Chicago
Marshall Pleld, Jr
Murderer Hanged After Jailbreak Conviction
Harry Eldridge, recently convicted of killing Keeper W. L. Cotter during the July 27, 1903 jailbreak at Folsom, was hanged this morning. His last words were I was hung for kicking out of jail and he died game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom
Cal
Harry Eldridge
W. L. Cotter
Grave cave-in kills 95 at gravel pit
Bellingham December 1 Charles Sponberg age 95 was killed instantly in a gravel pit cave-in. He was digging under a large stump when it toppled and crushed him.
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Bellingham
Charles Sponberg
Beece’s Dinner in Cell as Victim Dines on Pain
Ray McDonald, shot weeks ago by George Beede, lies in Providence Hospital with a long recovery ahead. Beede, jailed on Thanksgiving, received visits from his wife and sister who brought seasonal foods to the imprisoned man. Weather forecasts call for rain or snow tonight and Saturday with light southeast winds.
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Beece
Ray McDonald
Buch
Star
Providence Hospital
George Rede
Irma Reede
McDonald
Leede
George Beede
Dail
Chicago injunction blocks city from using municipal court funds
The circuit court issued an injunction preventing the city from appropriating funds of the municipal court system. It ruled the charter amendment passed by the last legislature and adopted at the November election unconstitutional.
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Chicago
Circuit Court
Ladies Aid Society hosts entertainment at Madison Street church
Friday night the Madison Street M E church Ladies Aid Society held an in house social in the church parlors. The program included musical numbers and recitations performed by Mrs H M Meekes Mrs D S Reeves and Miss Helen Webster with a quartet of Frank Dignon J W Davis William Jester and D S Geevy.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Madison Street M. BE
M. Meekes
D. 8. Reeves
Helen Webster
Messrs
Frank Dignon
J. W. Davis
William Jester
D. S. Qeevey
Mutiny Report in Manchester Army Sparks Turmoil
Guardian dispatches from St. Petersburg say the Manchurian army is beyond officer control with fierce mutiny under way. In New York cablers report message delivery halted in Peters burg and Finland communications interrupted.
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Manchester
England
the Guardian
St. Petersburg
New York
BL Petersburg
Finland
Arenson Proclaims Innocence in Murder Case
In Redmond, Arenson, jailed trio member, reiterates his innocence regarding George Butchard's murder. He claims Johnson and Butchard departed from McKay's saloon after a drunken fracas, with findings of a bloodstained shirt and a quarrel cited as potential proof. Arenson also says he is a detective and questions the official handling of the case.
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Arenson
Butchard
Redmond
Johnson
J. Arenson
George Butchard
McKay
Fevel
Aronson
McKinnon
Sheriff Smith
Torres
Secret Service Department of the
United States
Patrolman Westedt Cleared in Bar Row Case
Chief Delaney told Patrolman Westedt that charges filed by Magnolia bar owner Patrick Gleaton on South First Ave had been withdrawn. The judge suspended sentence for Gleason on a drunk and disorderly charge amid claims of humiliation from a false arrest.
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Westedt
Delaney
Patrick Gleaton
Magnolia Bar
South First Nv
Balocchi-Jacobs
Gleason
Gordon
Revolution Due Today In Monte Cristi
A Monte Cristo resident reports an opposition faction plans an uprising on December 1 against the Morales government. The Marcoris incipient revolution was suppressed and a skirmish on the Haitian frontier left an officer wounded. In Annapolis, the Meriwether court martial returns to session with expectation of agreement today. The Queen Anne Improvement club gathers this evening at Queen Anne and Garfield.
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Chicago
Dec
Monte Cristo
Morales
Marcoris
Annapolis
Meriwether
Vilas seeks chief assayer post amid political hints
Calvin E. Vilas, vice president of the Washington National Building Loan & Investment Co., says he placed his application for the Seattle chief assayer job with Senator Piles. He notes the process has involved friends and acknowledges Wing’s clean government record, with no clear outcome yet.
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United States
Calvin E. Vilas
Washington National Building, Loan & Investment Company
Senator Piles
Seattle
Wing
M. F. Backus
Clise
N. H. Latimer
L. B. Andrews
William Kinley
Frank A.laach
Adams’ Books
Tod
Leach
Vilas
Roosevelt
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Ramse
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Osner & Michelson
Ebenezer Shorrock
The
Northwest Safe & Deposit Company
Murphy
Tom Smith
Atlas
Tammany
Tom Page
Jerome
Harriman
Beme
Vanderbilt
Gould
Tidelands
C. B. Russell
Tide
Tacoma
Canadian Pacific
Pase
Spokane
Yakima
Harriman-Rockefel
Wall
Czar
Lodz
Eign
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Frontier
Grand Duke
Russia
Vienna
Batoum
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T. Barnum
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