Prominent Lawyer Charged In Major Theft Case
William S. Byers, Westmoreland County lawyer and Democratic congressional nominee, arrested on three charges including larceny by bailee for bonds, larceny of bonds and money, and larceny of money. Bail fixed at 250000. Byers sought bondsmen as evening wore on. Details center on alleged theft of nearly 260000 in bonds and money from Jacob Byers, the supposed owner, amid a long illness.
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Gresashuzz
Knouey
Yacob Bynes
William 8. Byers
Westmoreland County
Jacob Byers
Byers
C. F. Ferner
Ft the Peace
Lyman Loucks
Rivera
Randolph
Disaster on Elbe River sinks Primus with 185 aboard
Hamburg reports a collision on the Elbe near Blaukenes between the excursion steamer Primus and the tug Hansa. About fifty passengers, all Bisbeck Male Choral Society members, drowned or missing after the Primus sank at 12:30 Monday. Rescue efforts recovered thirteen bodies and saved others by rope ladders, boats, and swimming ashore.
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Hamburg
Primus
Hansa
Elbe
Buttehude
Hanover
Prussia
Blankenes
Nieustdeten
Bisbeck
Fatal storm in New York leaves four dead and more injured
Four persons died and two were seriously injured as heavy rains caused three cloudbursts in Broome County and surrounding areas. Dams broke, railroad tracks and bridges were washed out, delaying trains and damaging property estimated around 200 dollars. Newark Valley saw a rampaging creek destroy every bridge in its path, flooding the area.
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Bart
Binghamton
N. Y
Brooma County
Pi Joss
Newark Valley
Tioga County
New York
Tioga Creek
Day in Mississippi Crops Suffering from Drouth
Drouth grips twenty Mississippi counties with drought ruin spilling into the Delta. Corn crops ruined in many areas, cotton damaged 60 to 75 percent as forest fires flare in Tallahatchie County. Despair spreads where earlier prospects were bright.
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Drouth
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Tallahatchie County
Embezzlers Jailed in Wells Fargo Bank Case
Salt Lake City issuer Harry T. Duke and Alexander A. Robertson formerly cashier and paying teller of Wells Fargo Bank pled guilty to embezzling 60 000 from the bank. They appeared before Judge Morse in district court and received four year sentences.
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Salt Lake City
Harry T. Duke
Alexander A. Robertson
Wells Fargo Bank
Morse
Peniten~tiavy
Jackson Ky Marshal Fatally Shot at Courthouse Window
Jackson Kentucky police report marshal James Cockell was fatally shot from a second story courthouse window Monday by unknown assailants. Six shots were fired, two struck him as he walked along Main Street.
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Jackson
James Cockell
Fred
Main Street
Big Steamer Towed in Iairfax N S
The Bergenland from Philadelphia for Queenstown and Liverpool was brought to this port Monday in tow of the Sellar. She Lele venland broke her shaft on July 9 and three days later was picked up by the Scholar en route from Galveston to Liverpool. On board were 120 first class and 74 second class passengers, all reported well amid excitement.
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Iairfax
N. S
American Line
Bergenland
Philadelphia
Queenstown
Liverpool
Harrison Line
Sellar
Lelevenland
Galveston
Bergentaud
Baltimore Tornado Kills Eleven and Wreaks Havoc
A fierce tornado struck Baltimore at 1 30 PM Sunday from the southwest. Eleven people died many drowned in harbor others crushed or injured as trees roofs and signs were torn away. The storm damaged Paradise Grove church St Mary s Star of the Sea and nearby buildings while shipping suffered sail and mast losses. City water gas and harbor facilities faced incidents and the Weather Bureau logged winds at 64 miles per hour with 0.66 inch rain.
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Baltimore
Marty
Niua Yee
Paradise Grove
Powhattan
Liverty Road
St. Macy’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Breslau
Wotex Street
Weather Bureau
Quiet at Leavenworth riot ends after midnight
In Leavenworth Kansas hundreds of soldiers from Fort Leavenworth attacked the low quarter house of a Black man after a cavalryman was stabbed by a resident. By 2 a.m. Fourth Cavalry rounded up stragglers and the general warned of vigilance actions if police do not act.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Seveal
Fort Leavenworth
Eli Loucks
Fourth Cavalry
Woman kills two men in domestic feud in Carbondale
In Carbondale Illinois a woman shot and killed her husband and his brother after a dispute over money. She and her sister hid in a bedroom as the husband assaulted her. she fired three shots hitting him fatally. The brother was also mortally wounded when he intervened. The woman surrendered and was exonerated by the coroner's jury.
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Carbondale
Ill
Soubert
Fleur Oraville
Joubert
Oine
Bondsman Ordered to Pay 20000 to Court in Kratz Case
In St Louis circuit court Judge Ryan ordered Gottlie Eyer-Team, bondsman for Charles Kratz, to pay 20000 the amount of Kratz’s bond. Kratz, a former municipal official, is a fugitive in Mexico on bribery charges tied to street railway franchise legislation.
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Charles Kratz
St. Louis
Ryan
Gottlies Eyer- Team, Jr
Charles [Crats
Municipal Sseetably
Mexico
Kratz
le Louis
Hyermann Fron
Bumper Crop Forecast by Paul Morton for West and Nation
Chicago reports Paul Morton first vice president of the Santa Fe predicts a bumper corn crop nationwide with a total of 2.5 billion bushels. He says western railroads will handle the increased traffic as the harvest expands across the country.
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Chicago
Paul Morton
Sama Fe Road
West
Hanged in Toronto for murder of Constable Boyd
Fred Rice was executed by hanging in Toronto for the murder of Constable William Boyd after a gunfight during a robbery spree. The case involved accomplices Bank Rutledge and Thomas Jones, with revolver theft, a jail cell struggle, and Rutledge’s later suicide by jumping from a balcony.
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Fred Rice
Toronto
Ont
Fred Tee
William Boyd
Rice
Wien Ake
Tihinois
Bank Rutledge
Thoms Jones
Oftei N Cor
Atromm
Boyd
Walter Stewart
Stewart
Champaign
Lil
Tinplate workers vote on 25 percent wage cut in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana tinplate workers Friday night approved a report that they have been asked by the American Tinplate Company to accept a 25 percent wage reduction so the firm can take up a 1 1/2 million box order from Standard Oil. The issue, affecting workers nationwide under the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Tin Workers, will be put to a vote next week.
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Tinplate
Anderson
Ind
American Timplate Company
Standard Oil Company
American Tinplate
Tin Plate
Amalgamated Association of Trou Steel and Tin Workers
Duel with One Revolver Leaves Metropolis Man Dead
In Metropolis on Friday a street duel ending in death occurred during a busy street fair. Sam Fangha of Metropolis was shot twice by Jasper Abbott of Rock, Til, following an altercation with Abbott over speaking to women. Fangha died after being struck near the seventh rib and in the shoulder. Fauglin wrestled the revolver from Abbott and fired, causing a minor wound to Abbott.
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Metropolis
Sam Fangha
Jasper Abbott
Rock
Til
Fauglin
Abbott
Fanghin
Faughn
Vaughn
TO JAIL FOR SAFETY IN SHAMOKIN MOB
Shamokin Pa men and boys mobbed a Pennsylvanía Railroad train, taking Herman Patoukin of Philadelphia and Jacob Kramer to Sunbury jail. Patoukin, a nonunion fireman, is accused of shooting at Mrs William Latshaw after she taunted him about strikes near the colliery. a pullet grazed the woman’s head during the incident.
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Shamokin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Herman Patoukin
Philadelphia
Bar Vabey
Jacob Kramer
Schuylhill Raven
Sunbury
Willian
Latshaw
Fight with Train Robbers Denver Ohio Creek Battle
A Denver report describes a clash between a posse and Denver and Rio Grande train robbers on Ohio Creek. One robber and two officers were killed. Mine owners are declared blameless. A separate Utah coroner’s jury absolves the Daly-Weat gang of responsibility for a disaster that killed thirty-five men.
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Denver
Sagsache
Cole
Posse
Park City
Utah
Corunera
Great Flood Threat Looms Across Central Iowa
Flood fears grow as renewed rains swell the Des Moines Skunk and Iowa Rivers. Levees near Keokuk and Hannibal struggle to contain rising water. Estimated crop losses reach millions with corn submerged and wheat in shock. Damages expected across 300 square miles from Keokuk to Quincy.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Hannibal
Moines
Skunk
Des Mednen
Des Moines
Ottumiva
Mississippi River
Davenport
Keokik
Yntian
Alexandria
Quincy
Weather Bureau
Corydon
Ottumwa
Mississippi
Burlington Dispatch
Yellow Springs
Columbus Junction
Woman Gets Judgment Against Sioux City & Pacific
Luella S. Pickett sued the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad for injures from a fall at Mandamin in August 1900. Judge Hutchinson ruled for Pickett for 2500 dollars with interest from the accident date until judgment and taxed all costs to the railroad. An appeal to the supreme court is expected.
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Sioux City & Pacific Railway
Onawa
Hutchson
Luella S. Pickett
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company
Mondamin
Supreme Court
Severe storm at Creston Haiti disrupts crops and rail traffic
A Greston special reports a severe storm Friday night with hail and rain wrecking oats and fruit, flooding cellars, toppling trees and barns, injuring a woman, killing livestock, and driving railroad traffic into disruption as streams overflow.
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Haiti
Brakeman Kikees Fatally Stabbed on Freight Train
A brakeman named Powell was fatally stabbed early Saturday on a Sioux City to Mantia freight train as suspects, including a tall yellow and a heavyset black man, attempted to board. The murderer, William Nomley, was captured at Deisisou and confessed after the inquest held in Charter Ohis. Powell died within twenty minutes, and the body was moved to Sioux City for burial after arraigning the case.
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Frail D. Po
Bronx
Milwaukee
Fred D. Bhitell
Bronx City
Chicago
Mugartkee
Pail Railway Company
Sioux City-Mantlia
Arion
Powell
Hayne
Charter Ohis
Slows
Siubern
Aix
Artot
Swhich
William Nomley
Deisisou
Lighting Plant May Follow In Sioux City Deal
Swift and Co of Chicago reportedly control the Sioux City Stock Yards and have purchased the Sioux City Traction Company while negotiating for the Sioux City Gas and Electric Light Company. Traction has 49 miles of railway, capitalized at 1.2 million dollars. The change is expected to occur October 1.
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Sioux City Stock ‘Yards Company
Sioux City Specia
Sioux City Stock Yards
Swift & Co
Chicago
Sioux City Traction Company
Sioux City Gag and Electric Light Company
John F. Millett
Swift & Go
Col
T. G. Bleton
Crasgfordsville
Ind
Sioux City Stock Yards Company
Sioux City
Woek
Swift and Co
Fort Dodge Boy Hero Saves Companion From Drowning
A Fort Dodge special notes 12 year old Lemont Mitchell saved his companion Joe Kautzky from drowning during a swimming incident. Kautzky went beyond his depth and sank as the swift current pulled him under. Mitchell, beyond his years in skill and strength, pulled his friend to the bank. The boy is also noted as an accomplished marksman and athlete in local gun-club activities.
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Fort Dodge
Lemont Mitchell
Joe Kautzky
Kautzky
Mitchell
Port Dodge
Clk
Notable Early American Figures and Global News Snippets
A scattered historical digest lists figures from the Grand Army of the Republic with Lincoln era ties, editors and printers in Washington and Chicago, travelers like Pandu Chantu, and Henry Oxnard in the sugar industry. It notes Rutgers College benefactor Ralph Voorhees, Spain storms causing damage, and a British expedition in Somaliland pursuing the Mullah amid regional unrest.
Cupid is the Victor Wed in St Paul Wed
Fonda Young and a man and woman wed in St Paul with Carl O Donnell and Missina Kennedy also marrying Monday at St Paul. News reached Thursday morning, first heard since they left Sunday evening when O Donnell went to Fargo. The couples, who have known each other since childhood, faced family opposition and plan to settle in Fargo where Mr O Donnell has employment.
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O'Donnell
Fargo, N. D
O'Vaunett
Train Wreck Delays Milwaukee Freight Yard In Ditched Collision
A Milwaukee Road freight train derailed entering the yards after striking a misaligned switch. The engine overturned, four cars damaged, conductor in charge, and engineer Win Swannen with partner suffered minor bruises. The wreck delayed trains about an hour. In other news a girl near Mount Pleasant was badly injured by a shotgun discharge from a playmate.
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Hajl
Milwaukee Road
Win, Swannen
Remain Wit Johnson
Gonductor Bradbury
Calhoun
Mount Pleasant
Drowned While Bathing in Bronx Rapids Saga
A Bronx Rapids special saga details the drowning of ITarry Addison, a member of the surfachig gang of Minneapolis and St. Louis Tytrane. His body was found soon after the incident amid unclear circumstances and lingering questions about the event.
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Bronx Rapids
Itarry Addison
Guy
Surfachig Gang
Dle
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Tytrane
Simaliy
Lerhbig
Folnd
Rockwell Fights Dual Divorces in Sioux City Suit
James L. Rockwell faces two divorce actions in Sioux City amid claims his former spouse, believed dead, is alive and a desertion suit against the other wife. The Sioux City suit notes Rockwell married his current wife in Fort Madison ten years ago and his earlier wife in Snelling, Pa in 1871, with alleged desertion dating to 1840.
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James L. Rockwell
Sioux City
L. Stockwell
Kit
Boelawell
Rockwell
Fort Madison
Une Diest
Snelling
Horrible Deaths and Drowning Incidents Reported
A collection of fragmented notices records multiple fatalities and drownings. An Austrian worker named Joseph Beflarvecht perished from a horrific accident near Minneathia while on a work train. A postmaster appointment for Algona is announced. Drownings occur near Cedar Rapids as Paul Machovsky and Joe Diyovek disappear and later bodies are recovered. The Boone drowning victim, David De France, was found three miles downstream submerged.
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Joseph Beflarvecht
Auacpaln
Minneathia
Phe
Eferstray
Angtria
David de France
Ubdurhenst
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Algona
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