Dowie under receivership as Zion City assets seized
In Chicago a federal judge appointed receivers to take control of Zion City industries and the lace factory after concerns over Dowie led to suits exceeding 70 000 dollars. The receivers, aided by federal custodian Paul Redieski, plan to run operations but close the bank pending investigation.
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Chicago
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Kolisant
Fred M. Blount
Albert PD. Carrier
North Shore
Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Zion
Zion Industries
Paul Redieski
The
Tabernacle
Dowie Followers Face Panic Over Dishonored Checks
Receiver Currier announced that the issued checks would not be honored, triggering citywide panic among Dowie followers who depend on the trade checks for daily assets and raising questions about how they will survive the coming week without aid from wealthier neighbors.
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Currier
Dowie
Strube Surrenders Admits Slaying of Havana Girl
Fred Strube gave himself to Macon police after two weeks on the run and confessed to killing Alice Henninger of Havana Illinois. He said she laughed at his marriage proposal and that they fought in a buggy, then fell to the ground where he struck her with a monkey wrench and buried the body.
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Macon
Fred Strube
Alice Henninger
Havana
Illinois
Strube
Macah County
Woods
N. L. Lacy
Human finger mailed to Colorado Adjutant General
Adjutant General Bell of Colorado received a human finger in the mail with a note threatening withdrawal of troops from Telluride. Officials describe the act as a hoax but seek satisfaction and further investigation.
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Bell
Colorado
Denver
Telluride
Carnegie Gift for Thirty Branch Libraries Accepted
The council's committee on free libraries voted to accept a gift from Andrew Carnegie amounting to 1,500,000 dollars for thirty branch libraries. In Dover Delaware on December 3 a Pennsylvania railroad freight train was blown up by dynamite on the Delaware railroad, killing all crew and destroying fifteen cars. Captain Elihu Williams, a two term congressman from Ohio's Third District in the eighties, died after months of illness.
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Council
Committee On Free
Andrew Carnegie
Dover
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware
Elihu
Wildans
Troy
Dee
Williams
Ohio
Panama Canal Treaty Signed
The Panama canal treaty was signed at 11 33 a m in Panama City on December 3.
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Panama
Highwayman Robs Vanderbilt Club in Chicago
A lone thief at 174 State street robs fifteen patrons at the Vanderbilt club after gaining entry via Frank Smeads the watcher. With two magazine revolvers, he nets more than 200 dollars while poker and crap games were in progress.
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Chicago
Vanderbilt Club
State Street
Frank Smeads
Hoax Finger Case Involves Surgeon Office Probe
A rumored finger tied to a man who vanished from Telluride led investigators to a local surgeon’s office. It is alleged reporters sent the finger to General Bell as a joke, prompting Bell to refer the matter to postal authorities and pursue those responsible.
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Telluride
General Bell
Diphtheria Cases Reported at St Paul Orphan Home
Typhoid fever continues to hit the city with four deaths and twenty-five new cases noted for the day. Three diphtheria cases found among twenty two feverish children at St Paul orphan home. Six physicians from other places join the local staff to bolster care.
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Putter
Dee
St. Paul's Orphan Home
American Building Co. closes construction department
The American Building company, a leading supplier of structural steel for skyscrapers, has temporarily closed its construction department due to labor troubles in New York on December 3. The firm will continue fulfilling iron supply contracts to all customers.
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New York
American Building Company
Hayes City Fire Destroys Mill Post Office and Stores
A blaze in Hayes City Kansas destroyed Yosts mill and elevator the post office and several business buildings. Loss pegged at 200000 with light insurance and officials suspect incendiary origins.
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Hayes City
Kan
Yost
No Disorder as Marquette Street Car Strike Reopens
Operations resume on the Marquette street railway as non union motormen and conductors replace strikers. Regular service expected to start by tomorrow with no disorder reported.
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Marquette
Mich
Local Robber Leaves After Receiving Donations
A robber told patrons good night after collecting money he had in his possession, then escaped from the venue as the last man contributed.
Mayor of the Death House at Sing Sing Re elected
Albert T Patrick, inmate at Sing Sing on death row for the Rice murder, is reelected mayor of the death house. He has served about a year as chief official, leads nine companions, and handles appeals and prison matters with the air of a city magistrate.
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Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing Prison
New York
William Marsh Rice
Texas
Patrick
Court of Appeals
Fire destroys Kinmundy block in Centralia area
A large blaze in Kinmundy, PL Centralia HI on December 3 destroyed the Masonic Temple block and part of the adjacent block housing the Odd Fellows building, various stores and offices. Estimated total loss reaches $120,000.
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Kinmundy
Centralia
Masonic
Boy Fatally Paralyzed After School Football Scrimmage
Fishkill Landing New York reports Hugh Scofield thirteen year old pupil at the public school was probably fatally injured during a football game between school teams. A pileup left him paralyzed when he was carried from the field.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Hugh Scofield
Ottawa college blaze leaves priests injured and library lost
A Roman Catholic university in Ottawa was destroyed by fire, costing about 250000 dollars. Students escaped unhurt or with minor injuries. two priests were seriously injured and Father Boyon is not expected to recover. A servant and another domestic suffered injuries amid extensive damage to a 30,000 volume library. Most students faced evacuations in night shirts.
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Ottawa
Ont
Ottawa University
United States
Father Boyon
Father Fulham
Father McGarty
Harvey
Brunswick
Cullen
Miss Dupuis
Father Boyen
Buried six days, now dying in New Orleans tale
Mamie LaMar Rogers, reportedly buried underground for six days in a hypnotic trance, is described as dying from consumption, pneumonia and typhoid. After two days in the coffin water was found, she was reburied and survived briefly, then fell ill over six weeks. She claims to live in Peoria Illinois and to be a native of France.
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New Orleans
Mamie LaMar Rogers
Peoria
France
Gang of car-borne bandits to plead not guilty
Gustavy Marx the sole surviving bandit to plead not guilty after hiring a lawyer. All gang members now have representation, with expectations they will plead insanity.
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Chicago
Gustavy Marx
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Milwaukee
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