Death Mystery Deepens as Hiller Case Points to Murder
New Haven, Jan 4 Allan Moa Hiner, brother-in-law of Charles Palgereds, amid a tangle over the late Mrs Abigail Hiller estate, was detained for questioning while autopsy results and inquest reveal a fatal gunshot believed not self inflicted. Police faced conflicting accounts as Deputy Coroner Mix sought to determine motive and weapon location.
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New Traven
Conn
Allan Moa Hinet
Charles Palgereds
New York
Thares A Tiller
Nagit
Max
Msk St. Hillerands
Pieter
Pro
Corpuners
Wrs
Hiller
Pachnder
Cor- Arts
Mixes Eliller
Abigail Hiller
Charles A
A. Maxcy Hiller
Edwards
Charles A. Hiller
Mr. Edwards
Miller
Mrs. Hiller
Charles Hiller
New Haven
Aller
Six days in open boat after sinking steamer Nokomis
Captain Borden and six crewmen spent six days adrift in an open yawl after the Nokomis sank in a Gulfport voyage to Cuba. With only one gallon of water and a few cans of meat they fought waves and exposure, washing ashore near St Andrews in an almost unconscious state before being brought to Pensacola.
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Fensacola
Fla
Borden
St. Andrews
Pensacola
Gulfport
Cuba
Schiff Urges Currency Reform Against Shaw Plan
Jacob H. Schiff warned of a looming currency panic unless reforms are adopted, opposing Secretary Shaw's proposal and advocating a system based on commercial paper. He urged Congress to act, and a Chamber of Commerce committee was told to study the Treasury plan and other measures. The remarks triggered a Wall Street selloff and sparked debate on banking elasticity.
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New York Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Schiff
Finance and Currency
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On Finance and Currency
Treasury
Wall Street
United States
France
Germany
England
Thim
Shaw
No Secret Divorces Allowed in Allegheny Courts
Special to The Washington ros Pittsburg Pa Jan 4 Judges Brow Gollier and Macfarland of Allegheny County courts declare no more secret divorces They require open filings and hearings so evidence is seen by the court causing pressure on Mrs Laura Carey to drop her divorce suit from W Bus ores The plan is to have President Corey visit Pittsburg to urge her not to file where records would be public
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Washington Ros
Pittsburg
Brow, Gollier
Carey
Laura Carey
W. Bus Ores
Allegheny County
Corey
W. Ellis Corey
Tornado Flattens Schoolhouse Near Troy Alabama
A tornado struck the Josie Beatty schoolhouse at Troy Alabama on January 4 killing two boys ages eleven and twelve and injuring several others. The roof collapsed trapping occupants while Ramah Church and local homes were damaged. A second tornado passage over Jacksonville Texas caused injuries to five in a house and damaged seven other residences.
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Troy
Ala
Josie Beatty
Albert Pittman
Aaron Lee
Ramah
Cato Green
Fort Worth
Tex
Jacksonville
Texas
William Walton
Puebla Towed Into Port After Storm Damage
The Pacific Steamship Company's steamer City of Puebla was towed into San Francisco harbor by the Chehalis and Norwood after a severe storm tore its propeller shaft off near the Columbia River mouth. Over 200 aboard were unharmed, with damage expected under $40,000. A Detroit traveling salesman, J M Carnall, was found dead in his Wayne Hotel room, an empty carbolic acid bottle nearby, ruled a suicide.
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San Francisco
Pacific Steamship Company
City of Puebla
Puget Sound
Alaska
Chehalis
Norwood
Relief
City of
Puebla
Columbia River
Detroit
Mich
J. M. Carnall
Kalamazoo
New York
Wayne Hotel
Canal Zone Stamps Destroyed Under 1904 Order
Nine million United States stamps with face value 385000 were destroyed today under an executive order issued by Secretary Taft on December 3, 1904. They have been replaced by stamps of the Panama republic.
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Panama
United States
Tait
Panama Republic
Twenty-One Miners Die In West Virginia Explosion
Bluefield W Va Jan 4 Twenty one miners three white and eighteen colored were instantly killed by a fire damp explosion at Coaldale Coal Company mines Coaldale West Virginia Only one body recovered The explosion occurred about 1130 am as the men worked in Cracker Neck area Rescue efforts slowed by gas and smoke with relatives gathering at the shaft mouth The first body E C Conrad was recovered about 4 pm terribly mangled clothing torn from body and others not yet found The cause blamed on gas but details may never be known as potential witnesses are dead
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Tomn
Washington Post
Bluefield
W. Vu
Coaldale Coal Company
Coaldale
W. Va
J. W. Larne
W. L. Larne
GTM SY Rrster
Thomas Williams
Amouth
EE. C. Conrad
Cracker Neck
Big Jim
Williame
James Fitch
George Webster
Maybury
Coaldale Mine Rescue Efforts Amid West of Kikhorn Mountain
Fire bosses respond to calls for rescue work at Coaldale mine west of Kikhorn Mountain. Cooper Bros and Crooper Coopers own operations. mine depth ten to twelve feet, noted as among the safest. Many experienced miners, some with homes, feared large damages. insurance held by most workers. A. Hiller noted Salina attorney and observatory owner, misreported as unmarried. his wife described as a contralto musician in Salina.
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Coaldale
Kikhorn Mountain
Cooper Bros
Edward Crooper
Bramwell
Thomas H. Cooper
Sialem
Millak
Thriity
Washington Post
Topeka
Kans
Charles A. Hiller
Salina
Gomspy
Kansas
Hiller
Yale
New Haven
Giller
Hig
Galina
Mr. Hiller
Ralph
Fatal Explosion Injures Eight Miners in Hazleton Shaft
Eight miners were burned in a Peculiar accident at the Hazleton shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. Two died from injuries. Two men were carrying powder along the gangway when a keg exploded after contacting an overhead trolley wire powering electric motors. The injured were en route to work.
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Hazleton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
San Francisco Millionaire Dies in Park Suicide
Lawrence E. Van Winkle, thirty five, of A S Van Winkle & Co., a wealthy San Francisco figure, killed himself in Golden Gate Park. His body bore a bullet wound and a revolver lay beside him. He had been sued for 25000 by Charles N. Watson over alleged alienation of Mrs. Watson’s affections.
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Hillers
Maxey
Edwards
Hdware
Croner
Pidwids
Leeds
Musey Hiller
Jixaminer Bartlett
Buwards
San Francisco
Lawrence E. van Winkle
A. 5S. van Winkle & Co
Golden Gate Park
van Winkle
Charles N. Watson
Watson
Tried murder and suicide at home ends in death
John McKay a lumber inspector died from a self inflicted bullet after failing to shoot his divorced wife at her home. His daughter Minnie helped wrest a revolver but a second gun was used on himself. In Philadelphia Elsie Tinsdale stabbed Bella Accoe on a crowded street over an overcoat. The murderer was captured nearby dressed as a man.
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Mich
John McKay
Minnie
McKay
Philadelphia
Elsie Tinsdale
Bella Accoe
Detectives Guard New Haven Bridge Under Threat
Stamford Connecticut June 4 Fifteen detectives guard the New York New Haven and Hartford four track rolling lift bridge between Cos Cob and Riverside as officials fear a blow up plot. Eleven men from the railroad and seven from the American Bridge Company are watching for strikers believed to back a reported attack on the 6000 ton steel structure. An American Bridge Company gang former union men joined July 28 on an unsympathetic strike and thirty strike breakers appeared with reports of three blow ups heard at the bridge.
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New Haven
Washington Post
Stamford
American Bridge Company
Yester
H. & Reynalis
Appen
Harvard man backs push to end suffering by killing
Dr. Charles Eliot Norton joins Miss Anne Hall and Maud Ballington Booth in a campaign to end prolonged agony of incurable illness by physician assisted death. Norton argues life prolongation fails patients and urges compassionate use of euthanasia in extreme cases, including accidents and mortal disease.
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Harvard
Anne Hall
Maud Ballington Booth
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Charles Eliot Norton
Cambridge
Anne §. Hall
Cincinnati
Hall
American Humane Association
Philadelpha
Mra
Miss Hall
Norton
Longrelison
Lowell
Drag Her From the White House in a Detention Ward
Mrs Morris sister of Representative Hull arrives at the White House seeking audience with Roosevelt. After refusing to leave, she is ejected and taken to the detention ward by Secret Service. Three physicians declare her sane as officials note eccentric behavior and that her husband is away from the city.
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Hull
Roosevelt
Husband
Army Medical Bureau
Iowa
Manor Mrivis
John A. T. Tull
Wisdar
Mainkli
Tad
Eyal Ina
Calla
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Filer
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Arvine
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Warton
Edie
Niewsrai
A. Maxey Tiller
Renew Chemical Company
Passaic Chemical Company
Jassie Company
Hitler
C. J. Bartlett
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Baltimore and Ohio
Royal Limited
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Sghife
Senator la Follette
Senator Spooner
Canal Zone
Lars Aldar
Anthony Bruce
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HLOC
Conrad
Rilas White
John Patterson
Gus Harrie
W. T. Sullivan
William Price
William Ward
Walter G. Winn
Lip Gray
Sterling Williams
Albeist Barnum
Nathan Hairston
William Curry
Silas Harris
June Kelly
Lee Price
A. Hiller
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J. HH. Corning
Dr. Norton
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
White House
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Loss
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