Drunken robbery ends in Kansas City hotel killing
In Kansas City Kansas two men attempted a hold up at the Kentucky House on North Sixth Street. Rumble shot proprietor J Frank Emery fatally and wounded porter Lee Simons in the shoulder while Hutton fled. both suspects were arrested after being chased by police. A slave owner? (Note: N/A)
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Ansas City
Rob J. Frank Emery
Kentucky House
North Sixth Street
Kansas City
Kan
Emery
Lee Simons
Harles Rumble
Independence
Sam Utton
Minnesota Aveue
Umble
Tutton
Utton
Rumble
Hutton
Kentucky
Barre
Theotel
Simon
Rumle
Temulder
Sfice
Negroad
Patrick Not To Be Killed In New York Execution Stay
New York November 26 Lawyer Alert Patrick who awaits execution for the murder of William Marsh Rice has won a stay of the electric chair. Governor Higgins will commute his sentence to life imprisonment, marking the most prolonged death row case in the nation. Also reported are a suicide in Anderson Indiana and Enrico Caruso declaring his innocence by telegraph to his father.
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New York
T. Patrick
William Arsh Rice
Higgins
Pat
Patrick
Anti missionary sentiment flares in Lien Chow reports
From Canton comes word of renewed anti missionary feelings at Lien Chow where property was pillaged. The American consul appealed to the viceroy to enforce protection for missionaries and their property.
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Hong Kong
Evening Journal
Canton
Lienchow
Big Jewelry Theft Targets Philadelphia Executive Home
Pittsburgh police report a sensational burglary at Henry Barnett’s residence, founder of G. H. Barnett and head of Black Diamond Vire works in Philadelphia. Loot valued between 50 000 and 75 000 000 dollars, forty pieces, centerpiece a 15000 diamond scroll brooch. Philadelphia police lack a clue.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Henry Barnett
Burlington to halt Nebraska grain shipments amid coal famine
The Burlington railroad plans to stop hauling Nebraska grain while the coal famine persists. So far this year football has killed eleven and wounded 103 persons.
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Burlington Railroad
Nebraska
Renounced Church Office Denounces Doctrine of Jesus
Rochester Nov. 26 Rev Dr Alger Crissey renounces his Protestant Episcopal ministry. He refuses a retraction of his beliefs on the Virgin birth and Ascension and appeals to the people to influence the church. He seeks deposition between December 3 and 6. He says the creed should be interpreted spiritually and that the church must bow to free thought.
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Dr. Crapsey
Rochester
N. Y
Algernon
Crapsey
St. Andrews’ Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Jesus
Josie
Jesus Christ
Explanations of the Letter as He Holds It to Mean
Reverend Crapsey elaborates on how the letter is understood by him, arguing that its meaning hinges on his interpretation and the context in which he reads it. He presents a thoughtful critique of textual symbolism and authorial intent.
Chicago Market Report Shows Varied Hogs Cattle Prices
Chicago market data from November 26 1906 and November 26 1908 records show fluctuating receipts and prices. Hogs ranged around 5.60 to 6.20 in shipping grades with lighter declines, while cattle and sheep faced net decreases and slow demand. Early deposits noted large weekly totals with mixed packers and heavy shipping grades prevailing.
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Chicago
Eit
Saturn
Reading Trainmen Talk Fails Ten-Hour Day Demand
Reading Pennsylvania on November 26 reports a conference between trainmen and General Superintendent A T Dice of the Reading Railway company. The men demanded a ten hour day but the request was rejected. The company said it granted a substantial wage increase and other concessions, leaving nothing more expected at present.
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Reading
A. T. Dice
Reading Railway Company
Firecracker Causes Excitement Near St Andrea della Valle
An explosion of a firecracker near the church of St Andrea della Valle in Rome stirred excitement and led to widespread exaggerated reports.
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Rome
St. Andrea Della Valle
Precocious news prodigy ends life at eighteen in Kansas City
Richard Buomete Murphy, once hailed as a journalism prodigy after starting a Jefferson City paper at age ten, died by gas in his room in Kansas City. His career included a bank robbery and forgery, but inquiries found his work history honest. a final letter asked the press not to judge his past.
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Kansas City
Richard Buomete Murphy
Murphy
Jefferson City
St. Joseph
State Reformatory
Boonville
Dangerous lunatic loose court frees German artist
Herman Linde, a German artist who sought Roosevelt’s protection, was acquitted on insanity charges after a third trial. Secret Service official Joseph A. Walker warned that Linde remains a dangerous lunatic, despite the acquittal in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Herman Linde
Roosevelt
Linde
United States Secret Service
Joseph A. Walker
Secret Service
Elsie Jacobs pleads guilty to check forgery in Illinois
Elsie Jacobs of Burlington Iowa admitted guilt in Galesburg circuit court for forging a $1000 check on the First National Bank while posing as a Knox College entrant. Judge Grier postponed sentence for early confession. Jacobs named a man, Harry Lowe of Berwyn, as her alleged coercer with no trace found.
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Galesburg
Elsie Jacobs
First National Bank of
Knox College
Forest St. Cooke
Grier
Samuel Jacobs
Burlington
Harry Lowe
Berwyn
Mouse with Match Sparks Home Fire in Boone Iowa
A mouse found a match in W. Rea’s Colfax township home and carried it to its nest at the attic, starting a blaze that burned the building to the ground and caused a large loss.
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Boone
Colfax Township
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Women
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