Doctors on Stand Threat by Morgan Smith
In a crowded courtroom, coroner O Hanlon testifies that initial thoughts blamed the deceased on himself but that admission was stricken. The trial of Nan Patterson continues with testimony on gunpowder marks, the revolver's purchase, and the autopsy as witnesses describe the young man's death and the contested theories of self-inflicted harm.
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O'Hanlon
Young
Nan Patterson
Caesar Loung
Miss Patterson
Sterns
Hymut Swan
Sweeney
Morgan Smith
Siuth
Married Paroled Convict Returned to Prison in Parole Violation
Columbus is the scene of a parole breach as Russell Drake alias James Russell Miller, a paroled convict who wed Cincinnati musician Norah Schoemer, is sent back to the penitentiary. The couple met in Columbus after Drake’s August marriage in Cincinnati. Drake’s son in law alerted authorities, revealing the double identity and the marriage, prompting officials to revoke parole. Drake, once a Tiffin insurance agent, had claimed mining wealth in Mexico and held himself as secretary of a Mexican venture.
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Columbus
Ohio
Russell B Drake
James Russell Lowell Miller
Drake
Norah Schoemer
Cincinnati
Miller
Cneinnat
Tiffin Osh
Mexico
American and Vexican
Ameca
Jalisco
Forest Fire Threatens Monongahela and Latrobe Areas
A sweeping forest fire along the Monongahela River near Monongahela Pennsylvania threatens thousands of dollars in property and timber. Firefighters struggle as flames creep up hills toward the William Dale home and near East Langston six miles south of Latrobe. High winds fan the blaze and hunters are suspected as the start of the Langston fire.
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Monongahela Pa
Wiliam Dale
East Langston
Latrobe
Pennsylvania
Headrick Company
Laughlinstown
Lawson Denies Fraud in Massachusetts Supreme Court Amends Demurrer
Thomas W Lawson denies conspiracy and fraud in an amendment to a demurrer in the Massachusetts Supreme Court. The suit by Bay State Gas Co of Delaware targets Lawson Wendenfeld & Co and seeks to restrain sale of 50,000 Bay State shares and $374,000 Buffalo City Gas bonds plus $140,000 in debenture bonds. Addicks of Delaware is urged to be joined. Lawson claims to restore the company’s credit with funds and says his firm owes nothing. The complaint asks for a receiver to control securities and to bar sales of Lawson Arnold & Co interests.
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Boston
Thomas W Lawson
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Lawson, Wendenfeld & Co
Bay State Gas Company
Delaware
Bay State Company
Buffalo City Gas Company
Theuill
Lawson
Edward Addicks
Bay State Gaps Company
Buffalo City Gas
Lawson, Arnold & Co
Two Millions at Stake In Winthrop Bequest Case
Surrogate Fitzgerald reserved decision after hearings on the validity of Mrs Mary J Winthrop's residuary bequest to the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton New Jersey. Contestants argue the bequest should go to an unincorporated institution while Seminary argues it is an adjunct and the will is valid.
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New York
Fitzgerald
Mary J Winthrop
Theological Seminary
The
Presbyterian Church
Princeton
N J
Winthrop
Testaux
New Jersey Corporation
Woman's fatal dream triggers deadly house fire
In Chicago a 41 year old woman Mrs Lizzie Collet died and her husband and infant child were fatally burned when a lamp exploded after she dreamed her savings were stolen. The fire destroyed their home and all three perished en route to hospital Bennings events and rail schedules follow in the same notice.
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Chicago
Lizzie Collet
Collet
Bennings
Baltimore
Virginia
Maryland
Chevy Chase
Menage 10 Empire Anxiety Over the Future
London dispatches warn that US Canada reciprocity could threaten British trade and imperial ties. Editors fear free trade or near reciprocity would push Canada away from the British Empire, strengthening protectionists in the Senate and Britain’s resolve to resist.
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British Empire
Senate
Plan
London Times
Washington Post
London
United States
England
Despondent Woman Jumps From Hospital Window
Mrs Drozidenze Grocco, reportedly in failing health with an incurable disease, leaped from a third story hospital window in Chicago. She was found dead on the sidewalk after a brief disappearance, with physicians noting a clear mind and intent to end her life due to hopeless condition.
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Hospital
Chicago
Drozidenze Grocco
Zeigler Deputies Armed As Clashes Wound Several
Gov Yates escalates Zeigler unrest by sending 50 rifles and 5000 rounds to arm special deputies after sheriff Stain reports gunfire between union and nonunion workers at Zeigler Coal Company. Lt Col Shand delivers rifles and ammunition to Zeigler.
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Yates
George J Stain
Franklin County
Zelgier
Tll
Tarniehedevy
Sherif
Stain
Zeigler Coal Company
Guy Yates
Adjt
Scott
Zeigler
Col Shand
Aditant General's Office
Ocean Liner Collision Strands Nord America to Dock
In New York harbor the Nord America carrying 1400 Italian steerage passengers was rammed by the New Haven Railroad float No 6 near Liberty Island. The impact tore a 20 by 6 foot hole, forcing repairs and dockside return. Passengers frightened, crew assisted as the ship bent but regained level. The ship will be docked. next Lombardi sailings booked full.
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Italy
la Veloce Line
Nord America
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Liberty Island
West Thirty-fourth Street
Taffo
T Altos
Tne
Democrats Arrested In Denver Voter Ejections Probe
In Denver on November 23 the Supreme Court halted certification of county returns to the State canvassing board pending further orders. Republicans allege fraud in ejecting voters from precincts. eight arrests followed with bonds set at $2,000. Names include Mike Mahoney and Frank Kratke among others. Roosevelt leads Missouri with a 25,600 plurality. official totals list Roosevelt 32,447 Parker 205,847 Debs 13,008 Swallow 7,181.
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Colo
Supreme Court
Denver Election Commission
State
Federal Court
Otto Welmer
L. Abramowsky
Congress
Roosevelt
Missouri
Jefferson City
Parker
Debs
Soc
Swallow
Watson
People’s Party
Corregan
Labor
Big Battle Near Mukden Likely as Armies Stand Ready
Reports from St Petersburg and Tokyo describe a potential large clash south of Mukden with Japanese forces said to have suffered a setback near Sintsintin while Kuropatkin prepares to let Oyama take the initiative. Rivers freeze enabling artillery and train movement as Russian re-enforcements mobilize for a spring advance.
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Mukdenu
Sintsintin
Kuropatkin
Oyama
Mukden
Commissariat
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Commissarat
Submarine Boats Reach Tokyo From America
Five submarine boats believed shipped from Quincy Point Massachusetts in October arrived at Yokohama after a long overland trip to the Pacific Coast. Valued near one million dollars, the vessels on seventeen steel flat cars and six box cars were shipped in sections. Each car was covered with canvas concealing the contents and no marks identified the cargo or destination.
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America
Tokyo
Yokohama
Quincy Point
Mass
Pacific Coast
Japan
West
Fire Rages at Port Arthur Amid Kekwan Mountain Stand
Japanese headquarters report Port Arthur bombardment set fire to buildings near the arsenal on November 22. A counterattack on Kekwan Mountain fortifications was repulsed, with deserters citing demoralization. Reports note ships avoiding Russian forts and a captured British steamer Tungchow with 30,000 cases of canned meat for Port Arthur.
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Port Arthur
Arsenal
Third Army
Kekwan Mountain
London
Morning Post
Port Arthurs
Egypt
Rojestvensky
Camara
Pelayo
Suez
Great Britain
Chefao
The
Chronicle
Tungchow
Russian Pacific Squadron Sighting at Port Said and Racing Events
Port Said reports sighting of the Russian second Pacific squadron at 6 am with berthed ships to be isolated from other shipping. It remains unclear if coal supplies will be allowed. Copenhagen notes that a detachment remains at Skagen due to storms. The Washington Cup features a 2 1/4 mile steeplechase at Bennings on Thanksgiving with additional races and Pennsylvanian Rail trains to Bennings at 1:45 and 1.
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Washington
Chevy Chase
Pa. R. RB
Benninga
Port Said
London
Daily Telegraph
Copenhagen
Skagen
Bennings
Pa. R. R Will Fung
Caesar Young's Wound Described
Report notes the extent and circumstances of Caesar Young's injuries as described by medical observers. Officials assess the wound's likely cause and possible implications for ongoing investigations.
Labor union theory in Joliet Bate murder case
Edwin Archer on duty when the Bate automobile tragedy occurred. Harry Barker, arrested as a suspect, released as an antinerant piano tuner. A labor union conspiracy is offered as the motive, implicating Chicago officials and the Dove alias. A cotton batting package addressed to Mr Dove was found, with a man named George Weeks detained, who denies knowledge of the murder.
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Edwin Archer
Bate
Joliet
JoNet
Harry Barker
Barker
Channahon
Chicago
Lemont
Ill
John W Bate
Archer
Mr Dove
Bute
Nimeell
Archers
Strong
Dove
George Weeks
Kinsman
Tragedy in Altoona Wife murdered by husband
Benjamin Harndon, 32, a railroad trainman, killed his wife by slashing her throat in her home in Altoona and then wounded himself, dying hours later in hospital. The couple, who had separated since April, shared custody of four children. Harndon, after quitting work, struck his wife at the door with a punch, seized a butcher knife, and then cut his own throat after attacking her.
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Altoona
Benjamin Harnden
Harndon
Eleven Die at Sea In Capes Storm Aboard Judge Boyce
Laurel Delaware reports that the four master schooner Judge Boyce sank off the Capes during the November 13 storm. Master Captain Manlove Eskidze and ten crew perished. the Bath Maine built vessel valued at $60,000 was on its maiden voyage to Savannah, Georgia. Owners and crew are from Laurel and many families mourn.
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Del
Judge Boyce
Laurel Capitalists
Capes
Manlove Eskidze
Boyce
Bath
Savvannah
Three Negroes Killed in Curtis Affray near Beltimore
In a fourteen foot room near Curtis Louisiana six negro men fought with shotguns and pistols. Three were killed Andrew Brown James Ellis and Hamp Willis the other three escaped. A woman aged 82 and two children were present but unharmed. The dispute centered on the woman. A Baltimore return trip and Pennsylvania Railroad fare are listed.
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Shreveport
Curtis
Andrew Brown
James Ellis
Hamp Willis
Worgan
Desperate Battle Ends in Slain Asylum Patient Case
Samuel H Glosser, a County Asylum for the In sane patient at Dunning, Chicago, was choked to death in a failed restraint attempt by attendants and inmate Alexander Harper. An inquest will determine if Harper or two attendants, Hogan and Conway, caused the killing. Autopsy cites broken windpipe, bruising, and boot heel marks, with conflicting accounts of restraint and assault. Glosser, once a Trinidad, Colorado train dispatcher, had become insane en route to Chicago.
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Dunning
Chicago
Samuel H Glosser
Alexander Harper
John Conway
Scott Hogan
Hogan
Conway
Glosser
Harper
Calred
Shringer
Glossi
Trinidad
Colo
Colorado
Hurricane devastates northern Honduras coast villages
Nova-A dispatch from Mazatlan reports Tegucigalpa says a hurricane has wrecked the northern shores of Honduras. Entire villages destroyed and crops ruined raising fears of famine. The government orders corn rice and beans from San Francisco to aid relief as losses among coastal Indians are said to be considerable. Contributions are being raised for the homeless across the republic.
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San Antonio
Lowered Consulate Flag Sparks Diplomatic Tension
An American consul in Alexandretta lowered the flag at a celebratory event for the Sultan’s cession, angering locals who call it an insult. Officials expect a formal protest from Constantinople and a possible recall request from the Turkish government, potentially reassignment for Mr Davis if warranted.
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Alexandreita
Alexandreda
State Department
Constantinople
Davis
Five Members of Family Indicted for Murder and Arson
Towanda Pennsylvania November 23 the grand jury returned true bills against Mrs Sophia Merritt and her four children for murder and arson They are charged with killing Magen Johnson Bigler Johnson and ten year old Annie Benjamin on September 15 and then burning the house and bodies Fresh confessions from Charits and Bigler Johnson are mentioned though details are not released by officials
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Towanda
Sophia Merritt
Higler Alanson
Nancy Johnson
Magen Johnson
Fie
Bigler Johnson
Trinece Annie Benjamin
Gen Travaissos Dead After Cadet Revolt Wounds
Rio Janeiro reports Gen Travaissos died yesterday from leg amputation after cadet revolt injuries. Official tally notes forty four killed in last week’s disturbances. Plague and smallpox outbreaks are easing as army and navy football schedules loom with rail specials to Franklin Field and Philadelphia events.
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Travaissos
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