Nan Patterson Jury Deadlock Sparks Bail Effort
New York December reports Nan Patterson, the former show girl, collapsed with hysteria after jurors announced a six to six deadlock on guilt in her murder trial. Her defense plans a bail appeal, aiming to lower the $13,000 bond as prosecutors consider a possible retrial.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Tombs
Caesar Young
Amon
Young
Courlhouse
Misa Paterson
Abraham Tey
Patterson
May Get Chadwick Bail in Cleveland Case
Cleveland Ohio December 23 arrangements are said to be in progress to secure bail for Dr Leroy S Chadwick and his wife Mrs Cassie Chadwick after they were indicted by the county grand jury on charges of forging and uttering a five million dollar note signed Andrew Carnegie Chadwick is en route from Paris to New York and extradition papers will be requested Prosecutor Kepler may set bond at ten to fifteen thousand dollars Mrs Chadwicks son Emil Hoover may accompany Sheriff Barry to meet Chadwick in New York though his mother opposes it The sheriff and prosecutor plan further investigations and the requisition papers arrived from Columbus by sheriff Barry.
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Maxis
Mass Patterson
Levy
Cleveland
Ohio
Leroy S. Chadwick
Cassie Chadwick
Andrew Carnegie
Chadwick
New York
Paris
Kepler
J.P. Dawley
Emil Hoover
Chad
Taft
Wright
Samar
Ashe
Papa
Pope) Bulan
Hne
Plan to Oust Adams Will Bring Fraud Evidence
Denver report says Republicans plan to contest Alva Adams’s governor election before the legislature. They seek to introduce fraud evidence from ninety-nine Denver Democratic precincts and have votes dismissed per a Supreme Court precedent. Court hears contempt case against clerk Dickson amid graft and ballot irregularities.
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Denver
Colo
Times
Republian
Alva Adams
Supreme Court Taok
Clarence P. Dickson
Supreme Court
Philip Hornbein
Exters
Mr. Hornbein
Democratic Organiacttion
Hornbein
Statehouse
M. M. Hamma
Dickson
Hamma
Collet
Van Sant enters campaign for Clapp seat in Minnesota
Van Sant announces formal entry as successor to Benatar Clapp in Minnesota Senate race. He pledges to fight vilification and finish the campaign, citing prior abuse and a determined stance to pursue victory. Also notes Esch launches U S Senate bid from Lacrosse Wisconsin and reports on Miss Jennie Fairbanks injured by hat pin accident. Dorothy Russell ill in Denver. Also mentions trains to Florida and B and C railroad return fares.
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Clapp
Bt. Paul
Minn
Bes
Dev. van Sant
Minnesota
As & Auccessor
Benatar Clapp
Fairbanks
Bloomington
Jennie Fairbanks
Mansfield
Miss Fairbanks
Coal for the Russian ships may fill enemy bunkers
London Times dispatch notes underwriters watch Westward moving Japanese warships. Kamimura's squadron could seize coal steamers bound for Russia, risking claims as bunkers are filled. Reports claim port evacuations and possible escape by eight Russian destroyers, with Chefoo noting no confirmation. Chinese authorities seize 3,000,000 pounds Russian rifle ammunition at Fengtai en route to Port Arthur via Kalgan camels.
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London Times
Washington Post
London
Hamimura
Tokyo
Daily
Xpress
Kamimura
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Chefoo
Lenaon
Peking
Fengtai
Tientsin
Kalgan
Advance by Russians in Manchuria fronts
Russians push four miles south along the wagon road despite heavy Japanese artillery. Only two wounded as shellfire is costly. Refugees move north, Chinese officials report. Japanese trench occupations and Russian night skirmishes noted. Kuropatkin cites frostbitten Japanese prisoner and leg amputation. Mongolia cargo bound for Japan. auction notice and local transport ads follow.
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Gang
Mukden
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Nicholas
Russian Spy in Japan Sends Home War Revelations
Moscow reports Draguesky, Russian Slava correspondent, traveled as an American journalist Percy Palmer through Japan. He visited Yokohama Tokyo Sasebo Osaka Kyoto Shimonoseki Nagasaki and Matsuma photographed prisoner camps and hospitals, meeting Japanese officials. He says he faced 3000 Russian prisoners and could have been executed if recognized.
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Moscow
V. BE. Draguesky
Russky Slava
San Francisco
Japan
Percy Palmer
United States
Yokohama
Tokyo
Sasebo
Osaka
Kyoto
Shimonoseki
Nagasaki
Matsuma
Crazuesky
Bear Breaks Loose in Cincinnati Shopping District
A recently captured bear, brought to Cincinnati for sale, broke away in the heart of the shopping district triggering a panic among thousands of Christmas shoppers. The beast was recaptured three times before being subdued by numbers and a bag over its head. Two bears from Morgantown, Pennsylvania were also involved, one escaping a noose before being halted near a department store.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Morgantown
Howell's Hotel Deal Brings Three NYC Hotels for $4.15 Million
Rev. Richard Lewis Howell, prominent Episcopal clergyman and first rector of St. Margaret's in Washington, buys three New York apartment hotels from Seabrook Realty for $4,150,000. Brethon Hall, the Hotel Regent, and the Hotel Aberdeen, thirteen stories tall with about 1,000 rooms and 500 baths, will yield an estimated $220,000 yearly in rent. The purchase, among the largest in years, was arranged by J. F. Berger of Pittsburgh. Howell says he owns but will not manage the properties, which are already leased. He plans no further real estate purchases soon.
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Richard Lewis Howell
St. Margaret’s Church
New York City
Brethon Hall
Regent
Aberdeen
New York
J. F. Berger
Pittsburg
Seabrook Realty Company
Iron G. Todd
Mr. Howell
Philadelphia
Florida
H. C. Frick
Howell
Washington
Connecticut Avenue
Wheeling
University of Vivalnia
Homacopal Church
William Bason Stevene
Cams
Sandusky
Ohio
Rock Creek
Epiphany
St. Margaret's
St. Margaret’s
Mary T. Rush
Benjamin Rush
Frank Howell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Society of the Cincinnati
United States
Dodge Will Fight Perjury Charge After New York Arrival
Charles F. Dodge, charged with perjury in the Dodge Morse divorce case, arrived in New York from Galveston aboard the Lampasas and was taken to police headquarters. Attorney Nathaniel Cohen denies reports that Dodge will plead guilty and withdraw the fight as his wife and he reside in Europe. A district attorney clerk narrowly failed to serve notice of a motion on Dodge, who was said to be under U S custody during the events.
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New York
Charles F. Dodge
Dodge-Morse
Lampasas
Galveston
Dodge
Charles W. Morse
United States Supreme Court
Texas
Nathaniel Cohen
Morse
Europe
District Attorney's Office
Jerome
United States
Plans Great Station to Replace Grand Central in NYC
New York plans reveal a vast terminal occupying over ninety blocks from Forty-second to Fifty-seventh Street and Madison to Lexington avenues. The project, presented by Ira A. Place and George H. Daniela, features wide approaches, a 680 foot Vanderbilt frontage, three arches, a 90 by 200 foot ticket lobby, and a vast concourse described as the largest of its kind.
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New York City
Central
New York
Grand Central
City Board of Estimate
Ira A. Place
New York Central Railroad
George H. Daniela
Forty-second Streat
Fifty-seventh Street
Madison
Lexington Avenues
Vanderbilt and
Forty-third
Forty-fifth Streets
Forty-second Street
Depew Place
Vanderbilt Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
Forty Second Street
Stormy Passage For Prinzess Irene On Atlantic Voyage
North German Lloyd steamer Prinzess Irene arriving Halifax short of coal after a tempestuous crossing from Naples to New York. Capt Dannemann reports gales and cyclones, heavy seas, and damage to ventilators and boats. 1,000 steerage, 260 first class, and the Bishop of Manchester aboard.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Naples
New York
Dannemann
John B. Dalaney
Ishop
Manchester
N. H
Glen Island Inquiry Resolves With Reserved Decision
New York officials finished an inquiry into Glen Island the burned steamer on Long Island Sound last Tuesday. Ticket checker Alexander Stuart testified he entered smoke and quickly alarmed others while Berg and he examined the boat for fire origin before the flames spread. The hearing concluded with the decision reserved and minor details kept unclear.
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New York
Farah
Shot vaccination officer and mob pursuit in Georgia
A Georgia special reports Ross Garrett shot and killed Special Officer Gideon Matthews during a failed arrest for refusing vaccination. Garrett was wounded, captured, and jailed after a posse overtook him one mile north of Sanderaville. Matthews suffered a wound and may not survive. Also noted: Capt Thomas G. Hyman dies in Nashville. C&C announces Chicago service with a through sleeper at 2:30 p.m.
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Macon
Sanderaville
Ross Garrett
Gideon Matthews
Garrett
Wilson
Matthews
Ambush Threatens Dolores as Rebels Rally in Samar
Manila dispatch reports 2000 tribesmen near Dolores on Samar threatening the town. 4 officers and 37 scouts killed in an ambush. Lieut Abbott seeks reinforcements while authorities anticipate Gen Corbin's report. Taft publishes a grim assessment of Samar coast communities and mounting raids by hill tribes.
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Samar
Manila
Dolores
Island of
Leutenant
Lieut
Abbott
George F. Abbott
Philippine Scouts
Ninth
United States Infantry
Tientain
China
Washington
War Department
Corbin
Philippine Division
Department
Automobiles Collide in Fifth Avenue HeadOn Crash
Two people were seriously injured in a night head on collision of two electric hansom cabs on Fifth Avenue New York. Mrs John Minturn 60 was thrown through a cab window and taken to a hospital unconscious. Chauffeur Charles C King suffered severe injuries with possible leg amputation. Mrs Minturn is badly cut but expected to recover.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
John Minturn
Thin City
Charles C. King
Westmoreland Club Pranks at Richmond Christmas Event
Richmond, Va. December 23 The Westmoreland Club Christmas celebration produced amusing antics as Governor was pressed to sing but declined. Mayor McCarthy mimicked President Roosevelt while dignitaries, including Lieut. Gov. Willard, were teased by a playful committee. A note mentions a Baltimore return fare on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Montague
Richmond
Westmoreland Club
McCarthy
Roosevelt
Joseph EB. Willard
Sioux City Fire and Japanese Fleet Drama Dominate Page One
Today's issue highlights a massive Sioux City blaze and reports of Japanese fleet actions. Also covered are court deliberations, incumbents and prospects for education across the South, and ongoing political and military developments cast across editorial and social pages.
Times Editorial Warns U S Must Police Americas Or Risk War
London Times cables say Mr Root is right about no frontal Monroe doctrine attack yet warn US could enter a quarrel over its application. The Times argues occupation of territory may be required to protect victims, urging US to act as world policeman or face diminished credibility. Similar views echo in other London papers.
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United States
the Times
South
Centralerica
Coles
London Times
Washington Pont
London
Root
Times
United States of America
South American
Mr. Root
Rain Breaks Drought Across Multiple States
Western Pennsylvania sees rain start around 7 PM and continue through the night with colder air expected next day. Ground absorption should replenish springs and wells though rivers stay low. In Indiana heavy rains end months of drought, rising the Ghia River and signaling resumed navigation soon. Ohio reports moderate rainfall easing Central Ohio drought. total rainfall deficit stands at 9.61 inches.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Raina
Ridgeway
Christmans
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Ghia
Columbus
Ohio
Victim of Footpads Reports Bold Highwaymen
William Everett of 202 G Street NW told First Precinct officers early today that three men attacked him in the Agricultural Grounds while he walked home, knocked him down and robbed him of $18 and a silver watch. He escaped with minor bruises and said he believes he can identify the three assailants.
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Everett
William Everett
G Street
Million fire loss as Sioux City blazes destroy blocks
A large blaze in Sioux City, Iowa, destroyed the Pelletier department store and six-story blocks between Jackson and Fourth streets, killing one fireman. The fire leveled banks, mercantile firms, and Western Union and Postal offices, spreading rapidly in high wind and cutting external communications. Outside aid arrived from Omaha, with massive property damage and widespread evacuations as cables burned.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Pelletier
Jackson
Pierce
Third
Fourth
Elting
Omaha
Tribeune
Western Union
Pelletier Department Store
Toy Bouiding
Fourth and
Jackson Streets
First National Bank
Massachusetts
Gillette Hardware Company
Pullman Hotel
Johnson & Aragson
Orkin Brothers
George Conway
American Express Company
City National Bank
J. J. Porugh
Queensware
Warfield-Pratt-Howell Company
Wholesale Grocers
Peavy & Nash
Dow Clothing Company
Harston & Halsuth
Theodore Becker Tailoring Company
Waldo Hamware Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Insane Brother Shoots Brother at Breakfast in New York
Abraham Chapowsky suddenly attacked his brother Louis during breakfast with their mother in Lispenard Street. Five shots were fired, wounding Louis fatally or likely fatally. the insane assailant then attempted to kill himself before being restrained. The brothers had been business partners until Abraham’s wife died years earlier.
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New York
Abraham Chapowsky
Louis
Lispenard Street
Abraham Heamed
Tivas
Abraham
Lewis Coer
Hearst Fondencion
Louls
Fred
MITCHELL AND HERMANN ARRIVE TO FACE CHARGES IN PORTLAND
Senator John H Mitchell and Congressman Binger Hermann arrived in Portland Oregon from Washington DC to deny charges linked to land fraud investigations. They offered no formal statement beyond denial of any wrongdoing. Also noted is a New York perjury indictment appeal involving Delaware Surety Company stock payouts.
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Portland
Oreg
John H. Mitchell
Binger Hermmann
Washington, D. C
Mitchell
Hermann
New York
Robert 5 Marin
Harry Velthusen
Delaware Surety Company
Supreme Cours
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Flarmer
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Pepwanpai
Adams
Colorado
Esch
Lacrosse
Wis
J. J. Esch
Tus
Quarn
Lillian Russell
Dorothy Russell
St. Luke's Hospital
Pa Ave
Baltimore
Royal Limited
Togo
Junka
Acanntalad Tras
Wee
Mongolia
Sloan's
W A. m
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
New_York
Boston
Pea
Ses
Bear
Howell’s Hotel
Rock Greek Church
Union Trust & Storage Co
Southern Railway
Evan Washington
Leesburg
Prinzess Irene
Glen Island
Thomas G. Hyman
Nashville
Tenn
Thoman Hyman
Ryman Lines
Burnside
Paducah
Cairo
Ryman
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Westmoreland Club Pranes
Congressional Limited
Part
Santo Domingo
Columbia
Russia
Princess Louise
Virginia
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Fourth Street
Northwestern National Bank
Seizer Brothers
Wholesale Aquars
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Western Union Telegraph Companies
Postal Company
Leader
West Hotel
Higman & Skinner
Wholesale Boots and Shoes
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