Two Sisters Put On Trial For Murder In Pa Country Home
In Media Pennsylvania two sisters Florence Erb and Catherine Heisel face voluntary and involuntary manslaughter charges for the death of Captain J Clayton Erb a prominent national guardsman and politician. The trial centers on bitter family quarrels and the victim’s family ties to Israel W Durham Republican leader.
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Media
J. Clayton Erb
Israel W. Durham
Pennsylvania
Mia
Florence Erb
Catherine Heisel
Beisel Accused in Shooting Death at Red Gables
The Oct 6 shooting of Captain Erb at Red Gables Village Green Delaware county is charged to Mrs Beisel as the shooter after a bitter family quarrel during a series of domestic dissensions. Mrs Erb is accused as accessory while both women deny collusion and servants will testify. Mrs Beisel remains jailed. Mrs Erb out on bail.
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Red Gables
Village Green
Delaware County
Beisel
Erb
Tsoman
Raid on Chinese Quarter Nets Mass Gambling Arrests
San Francisco December 29 police raided the Chinese quarter and captured 160 Chinese suspects in gambling dens. The mass arrest marked the largest roundup in years, with all prisoners booked under the antigambling ordinance. Leading the operation was new police chief Jease Cook, familiar with the area.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Jease Cook
British steamer Talon captured by Chinese cruisers
The British steamer Talon was seized near Kumchuk by two Chinese cruisers. The act follows an incident months earlier when the Talon reportedly ran down a junk and caused the drowning of a theatrical company aboard. Further developments are awaited. Balance in Frisco Relief Fund stands at $997,267.25 as the earthquake fund body plans to disburse to charities and dissolve at year’s start.
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Talon
Kumchuk
Frisco Relief Fund
San Francisco
Federation of Labor Drops "We Don't Patronize" List
New York December 29. Samuel Gompers informs his federation by letter that he has discontinued the "we don't patronize" list in the Federationist on counsel advice. The Central Federated union suspends its official aid for a time after adopting a resolution protesting Judge Wright's decision.
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Federation of Labor
New York
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Central Federated Union
Gompers
Federationist
Onfalr Het
Fight Duel To The Death In Cleveland Room Tragedy
In Cleveland on December 28 two suitors for a fourteen year old girl named Julia Pico fought with knives in a dark room. Powell Fromich was killed while Michael Milanovitch was severely injured and arrested for murder. Fromich’s brother was fatally stabbed while attempting to separate the fighters. Milanovitch reportedly declared his intent to kill Fromich.
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Cleveland
Julia
Pico
Powell Fromich
Michael Milanovitch
Fromich
Milanovitch
Sheridan Mayor John S. Taylor Found Frozen to Death
The body of John S. Taylor, serving his fifth term as Sheridan mayor, was found frozen in bushes a mile north of town after returning from Denver. He was thirty eight years old and had left the train here to head north, prompting a search that located his body.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Dee
John S. Taylor
Denver
Nee
Cadets Dismissed From West Point Over Discipline
Highland Falls N Y Dec 28 Six teen cadets were dismissed from the United States military academy at West Pont and sent home Two belonged to the first class six to the third and eight to the fourth Nine including the two first class men were deficient in discipline and the others failed in mathematics.
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Highland Falls
N. Y
United States Military Academy
West Pont
Calendar salesman wanted and various small ads
Classified items show a calendar salesman position with direct office contact in St. Louis and multiple ads for sale or exchange property in Huron and Beadle County. Other notices seek furnished or unfurnished rooms, farm rental inquiries, and a Chicago nail order house hiring for catalog distribution plus a local sales position in St Paul Minnesota.
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Gast Bank Pote & Litho, Co
St. Louis
Rebels Battle With Soldiers in Moscow Villa Fight
Chief of the secret political police Baron Cotte was killed and Colonel Muraki wounded as revolutionists entrenched in a suburban villa near Moscow resisted arrests. Police and troops, aided by artillery, forced the revolt to surrender with heavy losses likely to the revolutionaries.
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Moscow
Dac
Baron Cotte
Muraki
Hksland
Haron Cotte
Murak
Claus Spreckels Dead in San Dee From Pneumonia Attack
The sugar millionaire Claus Spreckels died in San Dee after a pneumonia attack following a cold. His son Rudolph Spreckels, tied to graft prosecutions, rushed home from Honolulu. Surviving children include John C. Spreckels, C. A. Spreckels, and Mrs Emma Watton. Born in Lamsstadt Germany, he came to the United States in 1846.
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Claus Spreckels
Spreckels
New York
Rudolph Streckels
Honolulu
John C. Spreckels
The
Morning Call
Oceanic Steamship Company
C. A. Spreckels
Emma Watton
Clauz Spreckels
Lamstadt
Germany
United States
Communication Resumed Between Netherlands and Venezuela
Willemstad Curacao Dec 28 The improving relations between The Netherlands and Venezuela have already brought sea communication back. A Dutch schooner left for Matacaime with a wood cargo to be brought to Curacao and transferred. Royal Dutch Mail steamers will resume calls at Venezuelan ports.
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Curacao
Netherlands
Venezuela
Republic
Matacaibe
Dalzell Withdraws Bid Sighting Oliver Support
Pittsburg December 2. Congressman John Dalzell announces withdrawal from the race to succeed Senator Knox and endorses George T. Oliver publisher of Pittsburg. Dalzell conveyed the decision to Oliver in a letter, signaling Oliver as his replacement choice.
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Pittsburg
John Dalzell
Washington
Pennsylvania
Knox
Taft
George T. Oliver
Dalzell
Oliver
Fire drives occupants from rooming house in Chicago
A fire at an automobile garage forced thirty five men and women living in a rooming house to flee in their night clothes. All occupants escaped unharmed, and the blaze destroyed the garage as a threat to nearby buildings.
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Chicago
France Award Developments in Venetia Tangle
Paris reports the French government maintains a wary stance toward political developments in Venetia. If President Gomez's government endures, France will recognize it.
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France
Paris
Venetia
Gomez
Yellowstone Park Rich In Coal Deposits
Molena Montana December 29 Cleveland Hilson manager of Montana Coke and Concomisay of Eldridge says two large deposits of coal lie under Yellowstone park. He believes within twenty to forty years they will be opened for development and operation and has traced outcrops several thousand feet long promising millions of dollars in coal and minerals locked in the reserve.
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Yellowstone Park
Molena
Mont
Cleveland Hilson
Montana Coke and Concomisay
Eldridge
Former Congressman Crad Charles M Anderson Dies at 64
Charles M. Anderson, former congressman from the Third Ohio district, aged sixty four, died at his Greenville home on December 29. A Civil War veteran, he had lived as a resident peer at the Central Branch Soldiers' Home for over twenty years.
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Crad
Dayton
Chrles M. Anderson
Ohio
Greenville
Central Branch
Gale Fatal to Four in Frankfort Harbor Accident
A south gale battered Frankfort harbor as the fishing tug Rhine, owned by Harvey Benrath, tore against a pier. The ship, with a crew of four, was crushed and all hands perished. The tragedy underscores harsh conditions facing harbor pilots and fishermen along Lake Michigan.
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Frankfort
Mich
Harvey Benrath
Digest food with Kodol restores weak stomach claim
An advertisement promotes Kodol Digestive Tablets claiming to fully digest food when the stomach is weak. It offers a dollar bottle with a money back guarantee and states the product is made by DeWitt & Co in Chicago with a statewide pharmacist refund clause.
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Kodol
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