Chicago Bid Likely for Republican Convention Rights
Washington dispatch shows Republican leaders favor Chicago as the site for the 1904 convention, contingent on cash guarantees. James Sheridan and Graeme Stewart spearhead securing a 15,000 seat Coliseum and central facilities. Capt. Harry S. New may be chosen secretary if Heath resigns amid Bristow report fallout. Indiana interests noted as House committees set river and harbor aims with no public buildings this session.
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Republican National Committee
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Salt Lake City
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House
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Hemenway
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General Leonard Wood May Be Recalled From Philippines
General Leonard Wood may be recalled from the Philippines to answer charges against General Brooke. The potential move reflects rising controversy over command decisions. Prosecutors seek accountability amid tensions within the Army leadership.
Confession a Canard in Kruger Murder Saga
Greensburg Pa November 30 The tale that Charles E Kruger confessed to killing Chicago policemen and Kentucky citizens is dismissed as a joke even by Kruger who is to be hanged January 14 for the constable murder He reportedly concocted the story to promote an alleged life history and photographs for sale Kruger has a long criminal record in Germany Western penitentiaries Canton Ohio mines and local jails with large sale signs now visible at the venue.
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Kentucky
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Spears
Wood May Return to Testify in Senate Inquiry
Senators demand Gen. Wood answer to numerous charges of wrongdoing. Testimony by Maj. Gen. J. R. Brooke referenced as requiring a reply. Reportedly, Wood may be summoned from the Philippines to testify on communications with the War Department and with Governor General Brooke ignored in those dealings.
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J. R. Brooke
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War Department
Brooke Denounces Wood at Senate Hearing on Cuba
Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke testified to insubordination by Gen. Leonard Wood before the Senate military affairs committee. Brooke presented records alleging Wood ignored proper channels, centralized Santiago affairs, and clashed with the Governor General. The panel issued subpoenas and planned recalls as it continues probing Wood's conduct and Cuban governance.
Chicago chief says Kruger confesses to Chicago murder
Police say Charles Kruger, jailed in Greensburg Pennsylvania, admitted killing Policemen Pennell and Devine in Chicago and claimed responsibility for sixteen other slayings in Kentucky and the East. He was jailed for burglary and sentenced to hang January 14, 1904, after an alleged hold up started with an accomplice.
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Greensburg
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East
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Devin A
Old Hoss's Best Trick Turned By Daring Thief
A thief and an accomplice hoisted a Radiant Home stove with fire intact from R H Chalfant at 522 North West Street yesterday evening. The pair loaded the stove into a wagon and drove off, keeping the fire burning as they disappeared. investigators have no leads on their route.
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R. H. Chalfant
North West Street
Man Found Frozen in Icebox of Moving Refrigerator Car
In Minneapolis a refrigerator car from Gladstone Michigan carried the body of Earl Seaberg, eighteen, of Emery Wisconsin. Inspectors say he lay unconscious in the icebox, door closed, and likely froze to death with a scalp concussion behind the right ear indicating a head-first fall.
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Gladstone
Mich
Earl Seaberg
Emery
Wis
Woman shoots man then kills herself in Springfield
Frederick Hayden, a prominent local figure, was shot in the head by Marie Rhodes in her apartment near the State Capitol. She then shot herself and died. Hayden survived the injuries. Rhodes formerly lived in Lincoln, where her husband has a divorce suit pending.
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Lincoln
Sulphurous smoke envelops Cumana city in Venezuela
Caraca Caracas reports Cumana in Bermudez on the Gulf of Carico has been under sulphurous smoke for nearly three days. About 10,000 residents fear leaving their homes as a committee investigates the unexplained phenomenon. Cumana has been destroyed six times by earthquakes.
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Dividend To Be Passed By Republic Iron And Steel
Directors of the Republic Iron and Steel Company postponed the usual 7 percent preferred stock dividend due to unsettled industry conditions. The firm emphasizes strengthening finances, notes $6 million in new construction boosting future earnings, and confirms no steps toward new working capital.
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Republic Iron and Steel Company
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Iron and Steel
Peter L. Kimberly
August Belmont
John W. Gates
Thompson
Cal Estate
Work of an Assassin and Triple Shooting in Hart County
In Pike View Hart County two men were killed and two others wounded after Curtis Gardner opened fire while victims sat by a hearth. Squire Osborne and son Dave died, Will Gariber mortally, John Bennett seriously hurt. Gardner captured at Elizabethtown and jailed in Munfordville. The quarrelstemmed from a family feud with political overtones.
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Dave Osborne
Will Gariber
John Bennett
Curtis Gardner
Elizabethtown
Munfordville
Will Gardner
Gardner
Larne
Hart
Hardin
Prominent Louisianian Lynching Leaders Execute Three Men
In Belcher near Shreveport Louisiana on November 30 1920 a mob of about 1200 by whites and blacks hanged Phil Davis Walter Carter and Clint Thomas all accused of fatally shooting businessman Robert Adger. Eyewitnesses say the trio confessed and were allowed a final prayer before death. Sam Lee and Peter Thomas were released after proving they did not shoot.
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Phil Davis
Walter Carter
Clint Thomas
Belcher
Robert Adger
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Sam Lee
Peter Thomas
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Thomas
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Mansfield
Two Widows Battle Over Damages in Death Case
In Anderson Indiana on November 30 a Kentucky widow Naomi Pollock won a $600 judgment against Laura Pollock of this city. The money came from Norton Brewing Company after the death of Laura Pollock’s husband William Pollock in Alexandria due to an agent’s carelessness. Disputed funds included a $150 piano purchase, and custody of Pollock’s son.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Somerset
Laura Pollock
Wiliam Pollock
Norton Brewing Company
Anderson
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Pollock
Clash Between Church and State in Puerto Rico Case
In San Juan on November 3, Rev. Felipe Villadoz a Spanish Catholic priest from Sumacao was convicted by the District Court for marrying a couple without a civil license and fined 200 or jailed sixty days. Bishop James H. Blenk appeals to Governor Hunt for pardon. the governor is considering. The priest argues church laws supersede civil marriage law and claims bishop approval. This marks the island’s first notable clash between church and state since U S occupation, with broad public interest awaiting the governor’s decision.
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Hunt
Louisiana delegates meet to discuss boll weevil convention
Delegates from Louisiana parishes gathered in New Orleans for a boll weevil convention called by Governor Heard. The meeting will consider if a special legislative session is needed to pass laws to keep the boll weevil out. John P. Parker of Ouachita parish testified that the weevil has invaded Louisiana. He displayed three specimens.
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Two Dead and One Fatally Injured in Norfolk & Western Collision
Locomotives wrecked after east bound freight collides with a work train near Portsmouth Ohio. Engineer C. C. Mitchell and Fireman Frank Sullivan, both of Kenova, killed. Brakeman Ellswick dies of injuries. Property loss about 40000 dollars.
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Portsmouth
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Knapp Death Sentence Stays Thirty Days
The Circuit Court granted a stay of execution for Alfred A. Knapp in Hamilton Ohio, delaying the death sentence for thirty days after his murder conviction of his wife. The delay allows further legal review and possible appeals.
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Manifesto Denounces Lynchings From International Socialist Bureau
A Paris dispatch reports a manifesto by the International Socialist Bureau warning of rising lynchings in America. It suggests European radicals instigated the document as a protest against U.S. race outrages and urges workers to unite across race or color against capitalist tyranny. Signed by leading socialists from twenty four countries.
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International Socialist Bureau
America
Paris
United States
Europe
Two Months of Terror Aboard the Thornitebank
The British ship Thornitebank under Captain Smith, sailing from Philadelphia July 2, arrived leaking and with shifted cargo at Sydney New South Wales on November 3. A gale on September 9 started rivet failures and major leakage. for about two and a half months the crew manned the head pumps after the donkey engine was destroyed. Cargo shifting and frequent boat provisioning followed in the looming threat of catastrophe.
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Philadelphia
Boodle Revelations At Grand Rapids Link Officials To Bribes
Salibury exposes alleged cash taint among city leaders aldermen and newspaper men in Grand Rapids. The report lists bribe receivers and claims thousands of dollars were paid in connection with infamous water deals.
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Alder
Grand Rapids Water Scandal Testimony Involving City Officials
Ex city attorney Lanpt K Salsbury testified at a preliminary examination in Grand Rapids implicating seventeen current and former officials in a broad water scandal. He detailed six grand schemes costing millions, naming George R Perry ex mayor J Clark Sproat and State Senator David Burns among those involved, and described bribes paid to influence legislation and contracts. He said funds were routed through various backers including H A Taylor and listed figures such as 12500, 5000 and 10000 in payments tied to the schemes.
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