Funeral Of Officer Clay Eulogized For Dying At Duty
Jefferson City Missouri November 27 The funeral of Officer John Clay killed in the prison escape was held with about three thousand in attendance Governor Folk delivered a tribute praising the act of dying at one s post of duty He urged erecting monuments at Jefferson City and Clinton inscribed He died at his post of duty Naming also Ephraim Allison as a brave figure to be remembered by a grateful people
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
John Clay
Emeate
Gov. Folk
Mother Earth
Missouri
General Assembly
Clinton
Ephriam Allison
Post Office Robbery At Clifton City
The Clifton City post office in Cooper county was robbed when burglars blew open the safe and set the building on fire. The fire destroyed the office and its contents. witnesses saw the blown safe door and wreckage. Postmaster M D Wakefield could not confirm the contents, but authorities believe a large sum of money and stamps were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton City
Brown
Sedalia
Cooper County
M. D. Wakefield
Post Office Department Auditor Report Highlights 1905
Washington November 24 The annual report of the auditor for the post office department for the year ended June 30 1905 shows revenues of 152 826 585 expenditures of 167 399 169 total money orders issued domestic 40 916 214 foreign 42 503 246 total money orders paid domestic 404 334 974 foreign 7 150 689 total 1 176 220 878
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Adams's Peculations May Reach Near Two Hundred Thousand
Seattle report on George Edward Adams former cashier at the U S assay office shows embezzlement possibly totaling about 200000 rather than the 35000 confessed. Bondsmen withdrew his 30000 bond. he awaits preliminary hearing. Alaska claimants report being defrauded. Mrs Adams, recently ill, is advised but unaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
George Edward Adams
United States Assay Office
Adams
Alaska
Fierce Fire Destroys Decatur Milling Plant
A fierce blaze in Decatur Tl destroys the Decatur Milling Co plant and damages neighboring chair factory buildings. Two firemen are injured by falling walls but survive. The inferno threatens the main manufacturing district as crews saved several other factories and a gas plant nearby. Estimated loss runs from 80000 to 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, Tl
Decatur Milling Co
Decatur
Dougherty Gets His Dose in Peoria Case
Newton G.C. Dougherty, former city superintendent of schools, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and received an indeterminate sentence. Dougherty has paled and aged since jail, trembling as he entered the plea, far from the debonair figure who looted the Peoria school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria, Ill
Newton GC. Dougherty
Dougherty
Peoria
Mutiny Reported in Black Sea Fleet and Sebastopol Garrison
A St Petersburg dispatch reports mutiny in the Black Sea fleet and mutinous Sebastopol garrison sections killing the chief of staff and wounding a colonel. The telegram cites Reuters as the source and notes the claim is persistent in St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Sebastiol
London
Reuter’s' Telegram Co
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Cassie Chadwick Seeks Return to Stand in Bankruptcy Case
Cleveland November 28 Mrs Cassie L Chadwick writes Referee Remington asking to reopen her bankruptcy case and promises to reveal all about her financial dealings if allowed to testify again She asserts the Supreme Court decision condemns her and hints at naming financiers who profited from her schemes stating they should share the punishment if law was violated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Cassie L. Chadwick
Remington
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Marshall Field Jr Dies after Accidental Gunshot
Marshall Field Jr died at Mercy Hospital after an accidental gun discharge wounded him on November 22. He was the only son of Chicago magnate Marshall Field and underwent surgery to remove a bullet but never recovered, despite two days of apparent stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marshall Field, Jr
Mercy Hospital
Field
Marshall Field
Fiekd
Kept daughter's corpse in Boyle Heights cottage
The death of Mrs. Liore Thompson in Los Angeles revealed a secret room where a hermetically sealed box held her daughter’s dismembered corpse. A disinterment certificate from 1881 by undertaker F R Boutelle Amherst NH was found. the body had been shipped from the east 27 years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Liore Thompson
Boyle Heights
F. R. Boutelle
Amherst
N. H
Governor to pay reward for penitentiary mutiny helpers
Jefferson City Missouri November 27 Gov Folk announced a 300 reward for arrest and conviction of those who furnished firearms and explosives to convicts used in last Fridays mutiny at the state penitentiary. Raymond confessed to the governor that Vaughan recruited them a month ago and promised escape through explosives and an engine theft plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Vaughan
Blake
Missouri Pacific Yard
Raymond
McCurdy and Son Resign at Mutual Life
The World reports Richard A. McCurdy, president of Mutual Life Insurance Co., has resigned with successor timing to be determined by trustees. Soon after, his son Robert H. McCurdy and son-in-law Louis A. Thebaud also resign. Each has drawn about $150,000 annually in salaries and commissions plus indirect profits from Mutual dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
McCurdy
Robert H. McCurdy
the Mutual
Louis A. Thebaud
Mutual Company
Raid by revenue men strikes Knott county moonshine district
In Knott county Kentucky a posse of revenue men led by U S Marshal Bird Holiday destroyed four large moonshine stills and captured several moonshiners. The raid reached deep into the mountains with guides Fred Conlay and Wm Williams aiding the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knott County
Kentucky
Owingsville
Revenue
United States
Bird Holiday
Fred Conlay
Wm. Williams
National Bank Absorbed by First National of Buchanan County
The National Bank of St. Joseph has been absorbed by the First National Bank of Buchanan County following sensational litigation among Burns heirs. W P Fulkerson, cashier of the First National, secured stock of Mrs GC Burnes and daughter Marjorie of Chicago and Kenneth Burnes of St. Louis, giving control. Five hundred dollars a share paid for 1000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
National Bank of
National Bank of St. Joseph
Gatling guns ordered to fortify Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City Mo Nov 28 after a long conference Gov Folk and Warden Hall ordered by wire a supply of Gatling guns to sweep all approaches to the prison. Officers will man the weapons and disperse them about the walls to deter future riots or escapes even if walls are damaged by explosives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Folk
Washington Nov 28 President Decides on Pension Policy
Washington date line notes the president has decided on a pension matter. Details are unclear due to fragmented OCR text. The report mentions Wilder and a pension agent in Europe with limited context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilder
Ealf
St Vropeea
Powers firm on Macedonia finances dispute in Constantinople
Constantinople Nov 27 Tewfik Pasha, foreign affairs minister, met with ambassadors to seek a possible compromise in Turkey s dispute with the powers over Macedonia s financial control. The ambassadors refused to discuss the subject, stating coercive measures had been used and no compromise was possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Tewfix Pasha
Turkey
Macedonia
Tragedy in Horse Trade Leads to Shootings in Springfield
In a dispute over a horse trade in Springfield Illinois Will and James Hinman killed Samuel Douglass and seriously wounded John Lawrence and Charles Casson, all residents of New Berlin. Authorities say the shooting occurred in self defense and the brothers surrendered to the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Douglass
John Lawrence
Charles Cusson
New Berlin
Springfield
Ill
Will
James Hinman
Charles’ Casson
Hinmans
Chaffee Leaves Active Army Service
Washington reports Lieutenant General Chaffee the army chief of staff has severed active service. General Bates will hold office briefly, to give way to General Henry O Corbin as lieutenant general and General Arthur C MacArthur as chief of staff for the new arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
Washington
Army
Bates
Arthur C. MacArthur
Allied fleet reaches Agland of Mitylene
Constantinople reports the fleet of the allied powers has arrived at the Agland of Mitylene as the Mediterranean operation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitylene
Constantinople
Also Mentioned on This Page
LS Senting
Officer Glay
Peoria School Fund
Cassie
Marshall
Field, JR
M'Curdy and Son
the Mutual Life
A. Small
A. Heddergott
State Medical Co
Olive St
W. Verner
Ste
ST. Louis
Troy
W. W. Jarvis
D. G. Jarvis
Rosuarr AupBar Defenee 'P
Casnog
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!