Tillman Explains Shootout With Gonzales in Washington Trial
James K. Tillman testified he shot Gonzales after perceiving a possible threat near the Columbia State House transfer station. He said Gonzales wore an overcoat with thumbs in pockets and suspected he would draw a weapon, prompting Tillman to fire first and declare I got your message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
D. C
James KR. Tillman
Jie Wan
Gonzales
Tillman
Columbia
South Carolina
State House
Senate
Talhurn
Brown
Mr. Gonzales
Ant
White
Holeenbach
Genziles
Mrr. Gonzales
Opera House
Exiled Nicaragua merchant fled with daughter aboard San Jose
Carlos Marenes a Granadas Nicaragua merchant and defector from President Zalaya sought safety on the steamer San Jose after being pressed for an $80,000 loan. He says repayment would mean confiscation and punishment, and that he fears arrest or flogging on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oct
San Jose
Carlos Marenes
Marenes
Granada
Nicaragua
Zalaya
Marones
Paterson Flood Threat Lifts City to Alarm
Paterson New Jersey faces renewed danger of flood as rains continue. The Passaic River rises threatening the business district and multiple streets flood. Workers are evacuated by boat from riverfront factories. one 14 year old, Mary Hadley, is reported dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Bergen
Arch
Straight
Main
North Main
Clinton
Astrous
Mary ‘Hadley
Lackawanna Railroad
Rogers Locomotive Works
Oldham Pond
Haledon
Union Avenue
Passaic Rive
Strike authorized to be inaugurated in District 15
Indianapolis October 9 The national Mine Workers committee adjourned and authorized a strike in District 15 covering Colorado New Mexico and Utah after failed negotiations with Colorado Fuel and Iron and Victor Fuel. The executive board empowered President Mitchell to initiate the strike one week after adjournment if conciliation fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
National Committee of Mine Workers
Mitchall
Wilson
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
National Executive Board
Jlitchell
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Vietor Fuel Comany
Coal Miners
National
Prease
John Mitchell
Vres
Mf. W
National Secutive Board
Boy Confesses Murdering 13 Year Old in Stillwater
In Stillwater Oklahoma Det Qelvery Rogers reports a boy who confessed to murdering Mary Prakash a 13 year old girl near there that week pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison The court proceeding concluded the case with the life term for the youth whose identity is withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Qelvery Rogers
Mary Prakash
Here
Ile
New York Floods After Unprecedented Rainfall
After 24 hours of heavy rain New York City and surrounding areas face record flooding with 9.9 inches by 3:30 pm and ongoing downpours. Rail lines, tunnels, streets, bridges, and ferries are disrupted as water pours through Pine Street and the Fulton market area. Damaged telegraph wires, submerged basements, and washed-out bridges hamper transportation across New Jersey and Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
North River Front
West Street
Jersey City
Hoboken
St. George
S. L
United States Treasury Building
Ramapo
Pompton Lake
N. Sa Waa
Oakland
Paterson
Butler
Forty-second Street
104Th Street
New York Central
Hudson River
Pine Street
Broadway
Beaver Street
Financial District
Pearl Street
Weat Street
Carelay Street
Keb
Kerridge
New Jersey
Long Island
Westcheater County
Newark
Erie
St. Marks
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Tompkins Avenue
Lone Hill
Ditch Plain
Montauk Point
Weather Bureau
Message in a Bottle Found on New Rochelle Beach
A note found on a New Rochelle beach claims sailors stranded in the South Pacific after a 1962 shipwreck aboard the brig Helvetia II. The bottle allegedly traveled thousands of miles from the Pacific, asking for relief for the party led by Martin, mate, and mentioning the ill fated Delvetia II. No record of the Delvetia II can be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Rochelle
N. Y
Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Fiji Islands
Martin
Mate
Robber Carried White Vitriol in Pocket
Chicago October 9 police found a bottle containing white vitriol and a revolver in the pockets of the robber killed near Aurora after taking part in a River View Park interurban car hold up. Investigations show the vitriol purchased in a Chicago drug store and the weapon matches a magazine pattern used in a recent car barn gourd et.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Aurora
River View Park
From vagrancy to affluence in one telegrams tale
Manuel Josef Brum of the Madeira Islands, robbed of $69 in Boston and jailed for vagrancy in Chicago, learns his uncle is a millionaire in San Jose Cal. After two months at St. Peter's church and police help, Brum is sent on the fast train with funds from his uncle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boston
Manuel Josef Brum
Madeira Islands
Hope
San Jose
Cal
Brum
Anton Pashit
United States
California
Brunt
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Polk and Clark Streets
Alice Station
Chicasgo
Poisoning inquiry hits Cripple Creek garrison leaders
In Cripple Creek district court, information is filed against Brig. General John Chase Adjutant General Bell and Judge Advocate Major McCelland for unlawful arrest and detention at Camp El Paso. A suspected poisoning affected 38 men and many miners as water in the mine supply is tested. Camp El Paso is commanded by Major Armitage with Denver and Pueblo companies on guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
District Court
John Chase
Bell
Major McCelland
P. I. Mulvaney
W. F. Davis
Thomas Foster
Smil Johnson
A. A. Frye
Camp el Paso
Armitage
Denver
Pueblo
Cave-In Buries Six Italians in Greensburg
A hillside collapse at the Holivar road project near Greensburg Pennsylvania buries six Italian workers and a steam shovel. Rescue efforts proceed slowly due to heavy earth cover, with initial reports indicating the men may be dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cave-In
Greensburg
Holivar
Lipton Sails for England on the Cedric
Sir Thomas Lipton sailed for England today aboard the Cedric. He said he felt unwell but would gain strength en route and declined to discuss another cup challenge. Also aboard were H. H. Davies and C. B. Webster, with passengers including J. Coleman Drayton and officials W. H. Truesdale and P. P. Whittaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
England
Sir Thomas
H. H. Davies
C. B. Webster
J. Coleman Drayton
Hans Schwoegel
Chicago
P. P. Whittaker
M. P
W.H. Truesdale
of the Lackawanna Railroad
Fair Grounds Lexington Heat Notes and Records
At Lexington fair grounds Caspian won the first heat while Transylvania and Steuthartie placed behind. Kent appears in results with times and records noted in partial form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspian
Fair Grounds
Lexington
Qet
Transylvania Kent
Steuthartie
No Falling Off in Business Says Grand Trunk Chief
London October report notes Grand Trunk Railway president Sir Charles Rivers Wilson rejecting Joseph Chamberlain’s claim of a drop in American trade. He cites no slowdown in industry in Canada and the United States, despite anti-trust effects, and says revenue rose though dividend distribution is restrained until future benefits accrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grand Trunk Railway
Charles Rivers Wilson
Joseph Chamberlain
Greenock
Charles
Canada
United States
Sir Charlea
Grand Trunk
Robbers So near Safe in North Dakota Court House
Scotland North Dakota October 9 Robbers entered the Oliver courthouse last night but were surprised before opening the safe. One man was captured claiming Sioux City origin and naming two accomplices. A fourth man escaped and is said to be wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
N. D
Olivet
Sioux
Cane Rush at Washburn College Ends in Fracas
At Washburn College On October 9 a cane rush between freshman and sophomore girls escalated in the chapel before 500. Thirty five sophomores tried to push forty freshmen from the platform overturning tables and chairs, smashing the president’s chair and tearing clothes and hats. The fight lasted about twenty minutes before faculty separated the groups and restored order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Washburn College
Auditor of Postoffice Department Resigns
N A Castle, auditor of the Postoffice department, resigns effective after a successor is appointed. He says the move lets him attend to private business and return to St Paul, while denying any charge from the ongoing congressional inquiry or Bristow reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Washington
N. A. Castle
Postoffice Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Castle
Shaw
St. Paul
Davitt Reports on Jewish Fate in Russia and Zionist Hope
Michael Davitt after visiting major Jewish centers in Russia writes that Jews face oppression and economic exile inside the Pale. He argues anti Semitism is less dangerous than systemic confinement and urges Zionist repatriation as the only hopeful remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
Michael Davitt
A. S. Barnes and Company
Pale
Mr. Davitt
United States
Pennsylvania
M. de Plehve
Austria
Howmanis
Balkan
Davitt
Great Britain
Far East
Heaviest Rain Falls Halt Northern England Transport
London report says the heaviest rain of the year floods the north of England. Roads are impassable railways interrupted bridges down valleys of the Dee and Tweed resemble inland seas with debris. Outside work suspended amid widespread damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Dee
Tweed
Anarchist Now in London
New York reports William Maew Queen the Talerson anarchist convicted of rioting and jailed for five years has escaped by jumping bail and is now in London writing letters to newspapers. He claims he was induced by the Committee of Defense as a benevolent talist theory. William “Croseman” also traveled from Talerson to the same prison escape camp in gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tulloch
Br. Bristow
Messrs
Monahant
Conrad
New York
William Maew Queen
Talerson
N. Je
London
Ife
Committee of Defense
Bendaman
William “Croseman
Jaterson
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Colorado Coal Mine
Tarrstown
Geto
New York Central Railroad
Hastings
Empire State Express
Camp
el Paso
Lipton
Chamberlain
Anarchist
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