Gillette in Auburn Jail Breaks Down in Tears
Chester Gillette, sentenced to be electrocuted the week of January 28 for Grace Knowns murder, arrived at Auburn Prison in custody. He remained calm during transfer. his mother cried aloud at Herkimer station before visiting him in Auburn. Large crowds in Syracuse watched as he boarded a special coach away from the station with deputy guards and police keeping order.
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Auburn
Chester EB Gillette
Grace
Klock
Erkimet County
Gillette
Herkimer
Herkimer Station
Chester
Auburn Prison
Syracuse
Rome
Canastoga
Runaways” Company
Auburn Road
New York Central Railroad
Washington Street
Chester Gillette
City Hall
Pasenger
Notice of Morning Newspaper Appearances
A notice states that the Washington Post will appear concurrently with other major papers upon application, with no extra charge for additional materials or telegraph logging to a list of newspapers including New York Times Boston Globe and more. The message lists multiple papers and locations such as Providence Journal Syracuse Post Standard and Minneapolis Tribune among others.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Bostoy Globe
Alffalg Couride
Chicago Record Herald
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Providence Journal
Pochester Herald
Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati Enquirer
Undertaker Adverts Include Speare and Zurhorst Services
Classified funeral notices list W. R. Speare at 940 F Street N W and J William Lee offering embalming and cremation with a commodious chapel. Also George P Zurhorst at 301 East Capitol Street advertises funeral parlors and related services.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
J. William Lee
George P. Zurhorst
Emmalmer
Esat
Capitol St
R. F. Harvey
Eudalamesa
Fourteenth ST
Athetly First
Coramodious Chapel
John M. Mitchell
Phone East
Held Option on Her Hand in Suit for $25000 Breach
Justice Cinch in New York today dismissed Ida Schwartz’s $25000 breach of promise suit against Isaac Curtz of Brooklyn. The plaintiff claimed an offered marriage in December 1904 but the defense argued the contract was only an option for the defendant to marry at a time he fixed. The court sustained the motion and dismissed the case.
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New York
Justice Cinch
Supreme Court
Ida Schwartz
Isaac Curtz, & Manufacturer
Brooklyn
Terence McManus
Marrage
Mr. McManus
Conspiracy to Strike Upheld in Labor Case
Madison Wisconsin December article reports Judge A L Sentorn of the U S District Court ruled in the Allis Chalmers Company versus Iron Molders Union case that conspiracy to strike can be lawful if motivated by just cause or economic advancement. The decision centers on the union members O Leary and others forming a strike to pressure employers to terms, deemed not unlawful under these conditions.
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Madison
Wis
A .L. Sentorn
United States District Court
Allis-Chalmers Company
Iron Molders’ Union
Milwaukee
Jews for South and West plan to divert immigrants
Chicago and New York Jewish leaders back a Westward immigration program financed by Jacob Schiff and other prominent Jews. The plan would send poor Jewish arrivals from Atlantic ports to southern and western cities and establish information bureaus in New York and Galveston to facilitate relocations, without encouraging new immigration.
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Schiff
Chicago
New York
Jacob HH Schiff
Atlantic
Galveston
Tex
Gulf Ports
Health Office Record Deaths List 12 Names and Ages
Health Office reports a December deaths list with names and ages across Providence addresses. Individuals include Robert B Taylor aged 6 and Gertrude Chu 35, plus Ruth Lee two years and Belle Dale 44. Further entries mention John H W Parker 45, James Blackburn 3 months, and Mary Poindexter 11 hours, among others.
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Robert B Taylor
Providence
Honphel
Gertrude Chu
Cedar St Ow
Sterling Graves
Edward Hawking
Ath St
Nannie Carter
1St St
Ruth Lee
NY Ave Ow
Belle Dale
St Aw
Joan Rosenbaum
Morse St
John HW Parker
James Blackburn
Mary Poindexter
Oliver Tanner
Providence Hospit
Christmas Wine Assortments Offer Wide Price Range
A local ad touts To Kalon Wine for Christmas cheer. It promotes special assortments priced from 200 to 1000 dollars and urges early ordering to avoid holiday rush.
Hartje Divorce Case Ends With Exoneration Of Mrs Hartje
Pittsburg reports Judge Fraser rules preponderance of testimony shows letters not in Mrs Hartje handwriting and servants’ stories exaggerated. Hartje to appeal. Mrs Hartje gains custody of two children, defendant pays all costs. Case noted as highly sensational in local history.
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Pittsburg
Robert S. Fraser
Hartje
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
Thomas Madine
Fraser
Martine
Desperate Father Shoots Daughter Then Ends Own Life
James Howe a 2 shoemaker in New York fired at his daughter Dr Mirande Brinkworth in the Times Building on Forty second Street and Broadway. He then killed himself with a bullet to the head as Mrs Brinkworth was slightly injured. A note in his pocket indicated premeditation.
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New York
Gief
James Howe
Mirande Brinkworth
Brinkworth
Howe
Times
Forty-second Street
Broadway
MIEL OWNERS ACCUSED IN CONTRACT LABOR CASES
Federal district court in Charlotte charges Thomas M Costello Edward A Smith Sumner B Sargent and EC Pwelle with violation of the contract labor law for importing English girls to mills. Two separate cases name twenty and sixty three counts respectively, with fines up to 1931,000 per violation, totaling 83,000. Attorneys say they will demur to challenge the legality of the migration act.
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Charlotte
N. C
Dac
Dstrict
A E. Holton
Federal District Court
Thomas M Costello
Edward A. Smith
Sumner B Sargent
EC. Pwelle
Caruso Appeal Heard in Central Park Disorderly Conduct Case
The appeal of tenor Enrico Caruso from his conviction for disorderly conduct toward women in the Central Park monkey house was heard before Recorder Golf. No decision was issued today as arguments concluded and briefs are due by Monday.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Central Park
Recorder Golf
Widow Cosima Wagner Seriously Ill at Langenburg Castle
Cablegram reports Frau Cosima Wagner widow of the composer seriously ill at Langenburg Castle Baden. Family members summoned to nearby bedside as Christmas gifts noted at Lamaborg Furniture and Carpet Co 512 Ninth Street NW.
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Washington Roar
New York
Frau Cosima Wagner
Langenburg
Baden
Lamaborgh Furniture & Carpet Co
France Voices Outcry Over Paris Archives Guardian Case
The Osservatore Romano condemns France for violent measures against Montagnini, guardian of the nunciature archives in Paris. It calls the action exceptional and brutal, predicting protests from impartial people worldwide and labeling it a final step in the republic’s tense policy.
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The
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Mer
Montagnini
Paris
France
New Law Explains France Church and State Clash
The article outlines the December 1 105 law separating church and state in France and its disruption of the concordat. It notes church property seizure, creation of religious corporations, and possible transfer to the state, with bishops, clergy, and orders forced to adapt or leave. Cardinal Hichard and French religious communities face upheaval as churches are repurposed and some orders seek refuge abroad.
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France
Old
England
Henry VII
Moonks
Christian Brothers
United States
Galtmore
Cardinal Hichard
Nantes
Holy See
Rome
Peter
The Part Greater Than the Whole cartoon in Punch
A Punch cartoon shows a frock-coated Japanese figure with a bag labeled Japanese treaty rights in the United States addressing Uncle Sam in his office. Uncle Sam holds a telephone and answers he cannot say right away while consulting California on the point. The cartoon is titled The Part Greater Than the Whole.
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Cobra
Washington
London
Punch
United States
Uncle Sam
Waal
California
Six Sisters and a Gunman a Montana Trader Marries Lena Lamprecht
James Craven, once of Montana, married Lena Lamprecht in Mount Gilead Ohio after a string of marriages to five Lamprecht sisters. Each prior wife died or was killed by half breed Wolf Charley Wolf, including Nora the eldest, Maria, Helen, Bertha, and Heles. Lena’s marriage ends a perilous sequence that left Craven widowed or in danger for decades.
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Mount Gilead
Ohto
James Craven
Montana
Lena Lamprecht
Craven
Lamrecht
Nora
Charley
Wolf
Maria Lamprecht
Walf
Aleter
Hii
Crack
Winchester
Ohio
Ethan
Heles
Helen
Lucky
Bertha
Wol
Lena
Lamprecht
Esterday
Lost Gainsborough Found and Auctioned as Perdita Portrait
Special Cable Dispatch reports in London that a faded Gainsborough portrait of actress Perdita, long stored after the Baring crisis, was found forgotten in a furniture house widow's shop image. Auctioned for a small price, experts deem it genuine, linking to the famed artist who painted five portraits of Perdita. the fitter who moved it disappeared.
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Washington Post
London
F. H. Baring
Fleet Street
Gainsborough
Famonda
Perdita
Baron de Rothschild
Wallace
Windsor Castle
Isaac Espinagse
Diamond Field Discovered in German Southwest Africa
Herr Dernburg, director of the colonial office, announced to the budget committee that diamonds have been discovered in the northeastern part of German Southwest Africa. He ordered the diamondiferous territory fenced and reserved for government exploitation, with profits to fund colony development.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Herr Dernburg
Colonial Office
German Southwest Africa
Transvaal
Southwest
Africa
May dissolve Reichstag over war funding issue
Berlin reports Emperor William authorized Chancellor von Buelow to dissolve the Reichstag and call new elections if supplementary appropriations are not granted. The issue hinges on funding to retain the army in German Southwest Africa, effectively a test of colony retention versus abandonment. An appeal to the country would follow if needed.
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Berlin
William
von Buelow
Reichstag
Africa
WANTS SLICE OF CHICAGO IN LAND EJECTMENT SUITS
Sidney Smith of Cambridge Mass files fourteen suits for writs of ejectment in federal circuit court alleging land worth 42000000 lies south of Thirty fifth street to Thirty ninth street between Grand Houle Yard and Lake Michigan. Smith claims the original grant never appeared of record and says he purchased heirs of the grantee. Also note Rev Fossum family not murdered and a furniture ad for Chrislings Gitte at the Eannsburgh Furniture & Carpet Co.
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Chicago
Federal Circcuit Court
Sidney Smith
Cambridge
Mass
Chierzo
Thirty-fifth Street
Thirty-ninth Street
Grand Houle Yard
Lake Michigan
Smith
New York Editors Arrested For Contempt Of Court
Three editors of the New York Morning Telegraph William Masterson William E Lewis and Henry N Cary were arrested in New York City on charges of criminal contempt for circulating false and grossly inaccurate reports of the Chester Guette trial at Herkimer Masterson also served as Telegraph editor The men were taken to the district attorney and then to the Court of General Sessions each bail set at 300 They are expected to appear before a police magistrate in Herkimer County soon.
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New York
William B Massterson
United States
William E. Lewis
Henry N Cary
New York Morning Telegraph
Chester HE Guette
Herkimer
Masterson
Telegraph
Messrs Masterson
Lewis
Cary
District Attorney’s
Rival roads make plea on tariff changes and competition
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard the Illinois Central seek faster tariff changes to meet Canadian rail and ocean freight competition. Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific argued their tariffs require thirty days notice, with ownership and profits treated separately. The commission reserved ruling.
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United States
Atlantic Ocean
Interstate Commerce Commission
Canadian Pacific Road
John W Loud
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Harris
Areamentn Company
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Nature of Concordat
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M.N. Hekimian & Co
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Slice OF
Chrislings Gitte
Eannsburgh Furniture & Carpet Co
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Washington, D. C
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Rignald W. Beall
Owen Owen
11Th St
Harry A. Kite
Wallace W. Chiswell
Philip G. Affleck
Pa. Ave
Thomas C. Bradley
5Th St
Virinia State Deposit and Trust Company
Alexandria
Charles A. Douglas
Aoe Amersociate
Washington Faway and Electric Company
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Tradera National Bank
William H. Martin
Puts. & Martin Company
Lumnist
People's Mutual Insurance Company
Harry Wardman
Citizens
Gice
Moore & Boi, Inc
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Diana Insurance Company
Moore & FM
Gillette Taal
Illinois Central
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Trouland & Kundahl’s
R. P. Andrews Paper Co., Inc
Whiting
Whiting’s and
Easton Hurlburt
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
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