Durrant Convicted of First Degree Murder in San Francisco
Theodore Durrant, assistant superintendent of Emanuel Baptist Sunday school, was found guilty of murder in the first degree for Blanche Lamont’s death. The verdict came after a short jury deliberation, with no mercy recommended. Sentence of death set for next Friday, with a separate murder charge for Minnie Williams to be tried then. The courtroom reaction mixed fear, protest, and relief among spectators.
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Fii
Willams
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Emanuel Baptist
Murphy
Durrant
Morris
Warren Dutton
William
Henry Theodore Durrant
Barnes
Arosd
Minnie Williams
Federal debt statement shows October changes and cash declines
The October debt statement reports a net public debt increase of 5.32 million, offset by a 5.44 million cash drop. Interest bearing debt rose and other categories fell, with total debt, cash, and reserve balances detailed alongside gold and silver movements and depository totals.
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Washington
Treasury
Mrs Waller Desperate Seeks Aid and Work
Mrs. Waller wife of the ex consul at Madagascar now jailed in France is in distress in Washington. She and her children rely on friends for shelter and food. Secretary Olney sent $36 received from charitable contributions scattered across the country including Nova Scotia to the state department. She seeks employment to provide a living for her family.
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Olthey
Desperate position near Fotrega town held by Black Flags
In Hoxa Kong on November 3 a dispatch reports Japanese forces have captured a large inland town Fotrméga, long in the hands of the Black Flags and their followers. The situation is described as desperate for the Black Flags as Japanese advance.
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For
Hoxa-Kong
Fotrméga
Trade Review Highlights Uncertain Outlook and Rail Demand
Dun and Co weekly review notes ongoing uncertainty despite cotton recovery and sterling rise. Demand pockets improve, distributions steady, and many works close less than usual for season. Cotton speculation hinges on holders withholding supplies, while banks loan heavily to keep stock off market. Wheat and corn futures soften, railroads gain from grain flows though October earnings lag prior year. Iron steel demand steady with price declines from late 1890s highs.
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Ge Dan & Co
New York
R. G
Dun &Co
Sterling
Campania Encounters Distant Blaze At Sea
Cunard steamer Campania arriving at Queenstown on November 2 reports passing a burning ship on October 28. Fire raged along the vessel, no sign of life was found by Campania’s boats, which turned back after twenty minutes. Campania continued to Liverpool, completing a 5 day 11 hour 88 minute passage, three hours behind the record.
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Queenstown
Cunard
Campania
New York
Liverpool
Assault on Miss Hefter in Higginsville
Miss Alvina Hefter, daughter of John Hefter, was assaulted by a Black man on her way home in Higginsville Missouri. She screamed despite the threat, led to rapid search and the arrest of Thad Gilmore who was identified by the victim. Gilmore was jailed in Lexington to prevent lynching. In a separate note, the Swiss federal council hosted a farewell dinner for Maj J O Broadhead the retiring U S minister in Bronx.
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Higginsville
Alvina Hefter
John Hefter
Thad Gilmore
Ilmore
Lexington
Broadhead
Bronx
Federal Council
Maj. J. 0. Broadhead
United States
Holmes seeks mercy as murder trial closes
In Philadelphia Holmes asked the jury for mercy after the Commonwealth rested. His lawyers argued the prosecution failed to prove murder and would offer no defense. The trial, once expected to be sensational, became dull after key evidence about the children was ruled out. Only Mrs Pietzel and a woman who believed she was Holmes's wife testified. Closing arguments and judge's charge wrap up today.
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Holmes
Mara der Frivl
Cuney
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Pietzel
Arnold
Mrs. Pietzel
Rome Quake Shakes City Causing Major Damage
The November Rome earthquake struck at 5 40 am causing panic across the city. The Santa Maria Maggiore convent suffered major damage and a monk was injured while the prison mutiny was quelled. Four palaces and the Bank of Italy were deemed unsafe. the Palazzo Odescalchi and other grand structures suffered serious damage as bells rang and windows shattered. The pope awoke calmly to news of the devastation.
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Roz
Santa Maria Maggiore
Rome
Castelli Romani
Bank of Italy
Tell tale tie leads to Fort Worth mail robbery arrest
United States postal inspector L. Woods arrested C. L. Stowe, a helper on the railway mail service, for robbing mails. Woods traced the evidence by mailing his necktie on an incoming Santa Fe train and finding it on Stowe when he came to the office with the mail. Stowe confessed to the thefts amid widespread complaints of merchandise robberies on mail runs in and out of Fort Worth.
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Fort Worra
Tex
L. & Woods
United States
C. L. Stowe
Railway Mail Service
Fort Worth
Woods
Stowe
Potatoes Soup and Great Cake and Tongue Recipes
Potatoes soup methods with milk and butter, then coffee flavored cake and peach tart instructions. A tongue recipe covers parboiling skinning mincing onions parsley crumbs cayenne mace and cloves, bacon wrap bake slowly then mold and press cold.
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Chicago
John Jay
Schoolgirl fashions in fall frocks and aprons
The St. Louis Republic notes the return of the schoolgirl in earnest with ready made frocks priced from four to eight dollars. Frocks showcase greens and browns, plaids, and chameleon silk trims with wide skirts, puffed sleeves, and large sailor collars. Aprons, particularly Empire and gingham Mother Hubbard styles, range fifty cents to five dollars.
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Empire
St. Louis Republia
Illustrious Women Birth Anniversary Highlights
Two illustrious women celebrate seventy five years since birth Florence Nightingale and Jeaningelow Frances Willard comments on the power of compressed waists and feet and its global industrial impact Secretary Carlisle's wife shows political interest and Mrs Pennfield receives the Cordone of Cheficat from the Sultan of Turkey in Cairo Connecticut born Frederick S Pennfield acts as US Consul General there
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Florence
Nightingale
Jeaningelow
Frances Willard
Carlisle
Turkey
Pennfield
United States
Frederick 8. Pennfield
Connecticut
Cairo
Egypt
Bicycle notes across Europe and clubs in Britain
Berlin specialty bicycle window cleaners. a Freemason wheel club in Liverpool. a tandem fined in Holland for lacking lamp and bell. French wheelmen face two dollar yearly tax. Parisian riders seek sidewalk access with half the path for wheels. YorkPa wheel club hosts lecture series with Gen Gordon and Henry Watterson attending.
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Berlin
Liverpool
Holland
Wheel Club
York
Gen. Gordon
Henry Watterson
Natural History Notes on Electricity and Bats
Flames and currents of hot air conduct electricity. An electrified body near a flame loses charge. A bat can navigate without sight. A blinded bat avoids wires and obstacles as well as a sighted one.
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Waller
Weekly
TRADE
Review
Natural History
W. A. Anenant
Albion
Indiana
Hood
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Rial
Ranum
Thn le Rlo & Sons
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