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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1904

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Mrs Chadwick vows to pay all debts and face creditors

Mrs Chadwick declares she will meet every obligation and fight all claims as she travels from New York to Cleveland under guard. She says bail offers existed and denies reports of health collapse, insisting she remains self controlled while avoiding questions about Andrew Carnegie or others.

Chadwick Cleveland Buffalo Limited Grand Central New York Central United States Henkel Kumb Keller Mars Henkel Poughkeepsie Andrew Carnegie Jasper Jo Karmany Carnegie Karmany Florida Tne Marshal Henkets Fibner Aly Carpentocele

Devotion to Cleveland Delays Chadwick Case Return

The speaker says she has not been forced to return to Cleveland and delayed departure to see the grand jury’s actions. She notes readiness to go back if indicted, recalls packing, and credits United States Marshal Henkel for help, while thanking supporters as she remains nervous and exhausted.

Cleveland Henkel

Mrs Chadwick's Escort Trains Out After Court Order

United States Marshal Henkel and deputies guard Mrs. Chadwick as she is moved from the Tombs to the federal building and ultimately to Cleveland. Carriage escorts, security inside the hotel, and a drawing room aboard the Buffalo Limited frame a tense transport amid protests, with counsel signaling continued involvement but no bail in Ohio.

Burt Henkel Shields Adams United States Circuit Court Cleveland

Five Million Fire Loss In Minneapolis Blaze

A devastating Minneapolis fire started at H. Peck & Co. on Fifth Street and First Avenue South, triggering a citywide blaze fought with wind and zero temperatures. The Boutelle Brothers furniture house also caught fire, with embers spreading. St Paul dispatched all available fire apparatus. Reported fatalities include three firefighters amid efforts to save nearby buildings.

Minneapolis H. Peck & Co Fifth Street First Avenue Peck Boutelle Brothers St. Paul

Rockefeller gift to Chicago ends with big endowment

Chicago gives gain to the University of Chicago as John D. Rockefeller funds an endowment between 2 million and 3.3 million for a new school of engineering as President Harper returns from New York and an official announcement looms. In Youngstown Ohio a jury acquits in the Wolf manslaughter case after a shooting linked to steel strike turmoil. A Seaboard line train departs Pinehurst at 16 50 a m from Office 1421 Pa ave.

Chicago University of Chicago John D. Rockefeller The Baptist Theological Union Harper New York Youngstown Ohio Wolf Thomas Connelly Patrick McLaughlin American Steel Hoop Company Pinehurst Seaboard Pa. Ave

Mount Airy gang tied to bank robberies and a boy's death

Special to The Washington Post reports Edward Morgan alias Edward Johnson, accused bank robber and safe blower, linked to Mount Airy incident after he was identified as seen near the town. Morgan served time in Moundaville and faces U S indictments for a 1898 Plymouth post office robbery. The piece also recounts a boy named Crump who died after nursing by gang members, a Brookland post office sighting identifying suspects, and ongoing efforts by Marshal Farnan, Capt. Pumphrey, and inspectors to establish charges against twenty four prisoners in Baltimore.

Moundaville Alexandria Brookland, D. C Washington Post Baltimore Edward Morgan Mount Airy Carroll County Morgan Edward Johnson W. Va Bramwell United States Plymouth N. Y Grannan Marshal Farnan Capt. Pumphrey The Bang Hang Hadred Life Say Waa Young Crump Tidt South Caroline Street A. M. Rosett Edgar T. Crump Southern Railway Brookland Misa Mary M. Maston D. c Washington Nor Allas Norway Miss Maston John Smith Frisco Slim Pumphrey Secret Service United States Postal Hooten Wright

Bribery at polls alleged in Nova Scotia

Halifax reports legal action filed in Supreme Court seeking vacancies for eight Liberal seats after petitions claim bribery by agents in the general election of November 3. Fielding and Borden named, accused of collusion with Grand Trunk Pacific Railway promoters to fund Liberal winners. Conservative party aims to gain seats amid Liberal defeats. Fielding traveled from New York to Naples via the Cretic.

Halifax Nova Scotia W. 8 Fielding Frederick Borden Supreme Court Etx Messrs Borden Grand Trunk Pacific House of Commons R. L. Borden Sir Frederick New York White Star Line Cretic Naples Sir Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid

Democrats Carry Boston in Municipal Elections Amid Curley’s Jail Term

Boston voters kept aldermanic and common council majorities Democratic while Cambridge swung to nonpartisans, and Newburyport and Woburn shifted to license. Alderman Curley, jailed for conspiracy, was renominated and may be reelected. Mayoral races favored eleven Republicans, three Democrats, and three nonpartisans. Newton voted no license.

Boston Newburyport Woburn Cambridge Salem D. Charles Guy W. Emerson Board of Aldermen and Common Council J. M. Curley Charles Street Curley United States Patrick A. Collins Newton Beverly Joseph Wallace Augustine K. Daly Chelsea E. A. Willard Chicopes Albert H. Taylor Everett H. H. Heustis Republica Fall River John T. Coughlin Holyoke Nathaniel P. Avery Lowell James B. Casey Lynn Henry W. Eastham Malden William A. Hasting Medford Mitchell F. Dwyer Citizen Republcan Melrose Sidney H. Buttrick William F. Houston East Salam Joseph N. Peterson Bomnervile Leonard B. Chandler Lawrence Reefle Worcester Walter H. Blodgett

Miles’ New Duties for Gov Elect Douglas

Boston December 13 Lieut Gen Nelson A Miles retired as chief of staff will represent Gov elect Douglas at reviews parades balls and social events he cannot attend Lieut Gov Guild will attend business conventions and civil meetings this arrangement announced today Florida trains from Washington depart daily at 10 51 am and 3 50 pm with Pullman drawing room sleeping and dining car service.

Boston Nelson A. Miles Douglas Guild Southern Kway Florida Ashington Pullman

Chadwick Goes to Cleveland Riot In Hungarian Parliament

A compact index item notes Chadwick moving to Cleveland and a riot in the Hungarian Parliament. It mentions Maryland identifications, criminal cases against Cracksmen for Nan Patterson, and other legal and political items listed across sections II to XV in this issue.

Chadwick Clevelaffa Maryland Nan Patterson Ball Machen Carnegie Institute Waggenman Trustes Swayne Crowntown Virginia Studenta Wall Street Shetter Methodist University Supreme Court

Rumored Japanese Warship Sinking Near Port Arthur

The Daily Telegraph reporter at Chefoo cites a rumor of a large Japanese warship sunk off Port Arthur on November 30 with 300 drowned, and of two Russian torpedo-boat destroyers sunk on November 2. The first disaster may reflect earlier reports of the cruiser Falyen.

London Daily Telegraph Chefoo Port Arthur Falyen

Barbed wire halts Don Cossacks at Panpausen action

A November dispatch from Mukden describes a Don Cossack charge against a Japanese battery that failed at the muzzle of guns due to concealed barbed wire entanglements. The attack left ten dead and twenty eight wounded, with the colonel severely wounded but continuing to fight as horses were slain. The column withdrew in orderly retreat as observers debate barbed wire as legitimate warfare.

Associated Press Mukden Don Cossacks Kuropatkin Panpausen Tzingiatun Liandiantun Thandiantun

Penang Warns Fishermen Over Hidden Warships

Penang reports a four funnel gray warship with no flag seen 150 miles westward on December 11, heading toward Wey Island, while the French cruiser Des cartes and four torpedo boat destroyers are also at Wey Island. Penang authorities urge fishing fleets to display lights to avoid danger.

Penang Straits Settlements Pegu Wey Island Descartes Suda Bay Island of Crete Izumrud Lisbon Portugal Massamedes Portuguese West Africa

Patterson Tripeats in Court as Morgan Smith Ties

Nan Patterson faces questions about an alleged conspiracy with J Morgan Smith to murder Caesar Young. Key witnesses include pawnbroker Hyman Stern who sold the revolver, newsboy Joseph Hewitt, and hotel clerk Frederick Trainor detailing movements the night before Young's death. Expert Dr Ernest Lederle reported no powder traces on skin from Young's fingers while Dr Phelps testified the fatal shot came from left to right.

Young Phelps Holda Newsboy New York Supreme Court Nan Patterson Vernon M. Davis Caesar Young Hyman Stern Stern J. Morgan Smith Sweeny Smith Justice Davis Ernest J. Tederle Dor Lederle Baller Buys Fee Chatien Phelpa Tisttea T Davig Phelpa Miss Patterson Tom Joseph Hewitt Morgan Smith van Patterson Fiftyninth Street Eighth Avenue Frederick J. Trainor Columbus Avenue

Electric chair death ends murder case in Auburn prison

Nelson Boggiano, twenty four, Italian electrician, was executed in the Auburn prison for the June murder of Henry Bender in Buffalo. He killed the husband to win the wife, firing two shots and slashing the throat until nearly decapitated. He claimed death would be painless and said he and the public executioner shared a union bond. Also noted is a forthcoming art exhibition at the Arlington Hotel featuring a million dollar collection of tapestries Persian carpets and fine furniture running December 15 to 16 with no admission charge.

Auburn Nelson Boggiano Henry Bender Buffalo Boggiano Bender Arlington Hotel Washington

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