Ruef Trial Nears End in Third Bribe Case
San Francisco December 4 The third Ruef trial nears completion after the state rests its case for offering a bribe to ex Supervisor Fury to back a United Railroads trolley franchise in 1906. Defense timing and witnesses remain undecided as jurors deliberation looms.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
John J. Fury
United Railroads
Ruef
Henry Act
Hiram Johnson
Paul Sinsheimer
Saea
Seers Es
Mia Longworth Receives Chinese Gift Bracelets
Mia Longworth daughter of the president received jeweled bracelets from the late dowager empress of China in a presentation at the Longworth home. Tong Shou Yi the special ambassador and two secretaries attended with gifts also for Mrs Roosevelt and volumes of Chinese literature for the president.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mia
Nicholas Longworth
China
Tong Shou Yi
Piai Fu
Longworth
Youth Charged in Mother's Death Amid Theft Probe
In Toledo on December 4, Harvey Hazel, 17, faced a jury selection for the killing of his mother on January 11 after authorities say he beat her over money, ransacked the home securing $57, and then spent the funds with his boyfriends before his arrest at his sweetheart’s home.
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Toledo
Harvey Hazel
France Facing Colony Trouble Amid Military Engagement
Paris dispatch reports a detachment of French Spahis clashing with Moors in French West Africa. French forces lose one lieutenant and twelve privates, while the Moors suffer heavy losses and are routed. A separate Indo China communique says four native leaders plotting to follow a French detachment were arrested.
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Associated Press
Paris
Japanese steamer Ginsel Maru sinks with seventy souls
Meager details reached Kobe of the November 90 foundering of the Japanese steamer Ginsel Maru of 500 tons. The vessel sank with seventy souls aboard, with some passengers and crew believed to have escaped.
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Kobe
Japan
Bloodhounds Adopted by Washington Police for City Use
Mayor Sylvester announces that ten bloodhounds will be trained for the metropolitan police to aid patrols in suburban areas. If results prove satisfactory more dogs will be added.
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Washington
Sylvester
Metropolitan Police Force
Testimonial Benefit at Butler Theater Monday Night
Elaborate preparations mark the Butler Theater testimonial benefit for Monday night. Eighteen vaudeville acts will appear with the Butler cast. Three four round boxing exhibitions and six new animated reels will be shown. Tickets urged early for a memorable evening.
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Butler Theater
Italians Attack Austrian Laborers at Quincy Camp Fight
Five Austrian laborers passing an Italian camp on the Western Pacific line were attacked by more than twenty Italians. Peter Syniko was shot in the back and died. Sam Radich was shot in the abdomen and survived. Italians used iron bars pistols and knives while Austrians fought with clubs. Other workers intervened to aid the Austrians.
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Quincy
Plumas Co
Cal
Western Pacific
Feather River
Peter Syniko
Sam Radich
Smuggling Case Tapestries Seized in Chicago
Customs officials seize $15,000 worth of tapestries rugs robes and church articles in Chicago based on reports that the goods were smuggled from France. An investigation is underway into the alleged customs violation.
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Chicago
France
Ogee
Peculiar Death at San Jose Shocks San Francisco
The city chemist reports a large amount of strychnine in the stomach of Harry Boas who died under mysterious circumstances. Detective Gallagher and Chief Haley lead an inquiry into Boas relations with Annie Kelliher and a false poison letter. police favor death by self act.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Harry Boas
A. F. Thornberg
Boas
Thornberg
San Jose
Gallagher
Edward Haley
Charles Hines
Patsy
Annie Kelliher
Lexchange
Kelliher
G. G. Walker
Walker
Haley
Lfe
Flooded Pine Bluff damages rise as river swells
Seven frame buildings and two business structures reported damaged as the Arkansas River continues to rise in Pine Bluff. Local officials feared further losses as flood waters climbed.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
Seattle fur buyer Aaron Schulzinger injured in auto jump
Aaron Schulzinger a wealthy fur buyer from Seattle was seriously injured after jumping from a rapidly moving automobile in San Francisco. Chauffeur Fred Durner said Schulzinger had been drinking.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Aaron Schulzinger
Seattle
Fred Durner
Schulzinger
Assassin slays Turkish general in Constantinople
General Ismail Pasha, once squired to the sultan and linked to the May revolutionary probe, was shot five times by an army officer and killed last night in Constantinople. In New York, John Jenkins Jr., ex-president of the Jenkins Trust Co., was found not guilty of the Brooklyn firm’s $50,000 theft charge.
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Oo Sassi
Constantinople
Ismail Pasha
Tenkins
New York
John Jenkins, Jr
Jenkins Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Fury
Mining Congress Debates Arbitration Approach
United Mine Workers President Lewis argues third party arbitration fails to yield lasting settlements while direct employer and employee talks have advanced mining industry betterment. The American Mining congress session in Pittsburg opens with the theme arbitration.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Sesson
American Mining Congress
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Burglars Blow Bank and Escape From Pepperell Bank
Police believe professional thieves blew open the First National Bank vault in Pepperell Massachusetts about 2 am securing fourteen thousand dollars in cash. Three men fled in an automobile after Tarbell fired at them. the street doors were barred in advance and most of the loot remained untouched.
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Pepperell
Tarbell
Bourglars
Canal Workers Ten Get Medals
The Panama Canal medal program for employees with two years of service is designed with bronze medals one and a half inches in diameter. A Roosevelt portrait appears on the obverse, and a birdseye view of the Cuba cut with ships passing through decorates the reverse. Each extra year adds a new suspension bar.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Heney Leaves Hospital for Marin County Recovery
Francis J. Heney has recovered from a November 13 wound and left Lane Hospital today to stay in Kentfield Marin County until fully restored. He will resume work on graft prosecutions once health allows.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Morris Haas
Lane Hospital
Kentfield
Marin County
Revolution begins in Salvador under Alfaro leadership
Managua December 4 reports a revolution starting in Salvador led by former Vice President Prudencio Alfaro. Abuachapas Ustulan and Santa Ana have fallen to the rebels.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Salvador
Prudencio Alfaro
Abuachapas
Ustulan
Santa Ana
Imperial Edict Backs Constitutional Reform in Nine Years
Peking December 4 The imperial edict pledges the throne to the late emperor s policy and confirms a plan to grant a constitution to the empire at the end of nine years indicating a step toward constitutional reform in China.
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Peking
Treasury buys 125000 ounces of silver for New Orleans and Denver
The Treasury Department purchased 75 000 ounces for New Orleans and 50 000 ounces for Denver at 48 951 cents per ounce. Silver drops again as market reports show dull trading in New York with prices near 48 to 50 cents.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Denver
New York
Taft declines cabinet talk as Burton treasury rumor swirls
President-elect Taft stated no information for publication would be available about his cabinet until an official announcement. He refused to discuss reports from Washington that Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio had been offered the treasury portfolio.
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Taft
Burton Hot Springs
Washington
Theodore EK. Burton
Ohio
Treasury
Bullion thief Winters paroled after seven years
San Francisco December 4 John Winters who robbed the Selby smelter vaults of a gold brick valued at over 150000 in 1901 has been paroled by the state prison board after serving seven years of his fifteen year sentence.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
John Winters
Selby
State Prison Board
Police search for Chief Biggy amid missing bay death
In Denver and San Francisco authorities pursue Chief of Police W. J. Biggy who vanished after leaping from the patrol boat Patrol near Alcatraz. Reports say he may be hiding at a friend's house in Denver while a body search and sea patrols continue on the bay.
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Denver
the Post
W. J. Biggy
Armstrong
Bigsy
4Triehd
San Francisco
Biggy
Pace
Alcatraz Island
Markets Looking Better Amid Stock Rally Across Exchanges
The stock market resumed advancing with greater harmony as restraint faded and higher prices appeared again. Traders discussed the upcoming Roosevelt message, noting no single news item driving the shift. Elsewhere in Omaha, Mrs. Abbie Rice testified in the Davis murder trial, detailing her relationship with Dr. Frederick H. Rustin.
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New York
Roosevelt
Bonde
Votes Cast by Many Dead Men Indictments Shocks Chicago
Chicago December reports a special grand jury indicting eighty one individuals over election fraud from last August. The panel says the primary election was a disgrace with ballots cast by long-time residents of other cities, temporary absentees, the insane, and even the dead.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Aumunt
Mining man Kinred found dead in Salt Lake room
James Kinred a mining man who arrived from Wells Nevada two months ago was found dead in his Salt Lake City room. He had taken strychnine and financial worries were thought to have led to the act.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake
James Kindred
Wells
Nevada
Kindred
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