Felt Earth Tremors Hit Dakotas Nebraska and California
A series of earthquake shocks was reported across South Dakota Nebraska and California. Yankton Norfolk Battle Creek and Omaha felt tremors from ten to seventeen seconds with dishes rattling and clocks jarred. Santa Maria and nearby towns reported a forty five second quake with riverbed changes and a loaded water tank toppled.
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Yankton
United States
Santee
Nebraska
Battle Creek
Norfolk
Battle
Lilden
Higin
Neligh
Pierce
Plainview
Creighton
Omaha
Iowa
South Dakota
Owl
Lompic Valley
Santa Ynez
Santa Maria
Cal
Los Alamos
Santa Barbara
San Luis Obispo
Harris Station
Outrage by Cattlemen Hits Colorado Goat Ranch
In Pinon Mesa near Grand Junction, fourteen masked men attacked the Angora Rengo Association grazing grounds, binding three herders and slaughtering over 600 goats from a 1000-head herd. The loss is estimated at 6000 dollars. The widow manager, M B Irving, an author from Chicago, oversees the operation amid threats to nearby ranches.
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Reughter
Colorado
Grand Junction
Colo
Angora Rengo Association
Pinon Mesa
M. B. Irving
Chicago
Teachers Warned Ignored Injunction in Cebu Interior
A Manila paper received by the War Department reports teachers murdered in Cebu. Inspector Boss of Cebu warned four teachers not to enter the interior, but they persisted that it was safe and proceeded onward.
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Cebu
Washington
Manila
War Department
Boss
Chief Constabulary
Tost
Reunited After 35 Years in Hutchinson County
H W Drake and his sister, long separated for thirty five years, have been reunited in this county after living here for twenty years. A local notice drew them together, ending a long unknown journey from Minis to the present.
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Hutchinson
Ken
H. W. Drake
Slater
Final Missouri River Commission report filed in Washington
Washington dispatch states the final Missouri River Commission report was filed with the War Department chief engineer on Saturday. It details past funding, misallocations, and limited improvements since 1884, noting a 45 mile Osage mouth reach and a six foot channel, and urges a $1,000,000 yearly appropriation for three years from the river mouth to Jefferson City. Members listed include Col Ames Stickney, G C Broadhead, and Clarence L Chaffee.
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Missouri Rives Commission
Washington, D.C
Missouri River ‘Commission
Congress
War Department
Missouri River
Osage
Gasdotinde
Sioux City
St. Louis
Clarence L. Chaffee
Omaha
Train collision injures five near Cheyenne
A Union Pacific passenger train from Denver collided with a freight train in front of Cheyenne's Union Station injuring five people. Ex-Gov W J McConneil of Moscow Idaho chest bruise and hand crushed William Gilchrist assistant state engineer Cheyenne back badly sprained Dr McDougall Denver express messenger badly bruised. The dining car staff sustained multiple cuts and broken ribs. All treated at St Johns hospital.
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Union Pacific
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Wyo
Denver
Union Station
W. J. McConneil
Moscow
Idaho
William Gilchrist
Iir. McDougall
Express
St. John’s Hospital
Killed Wrong Woman in Springfield Shooting
In Springfield Ohio Mrs. Gebeour, wife of shoe merchant Wm Gebeour, died within an hour after a stray bullet intended for Mrs. Fleck struck her in the back. Homer Seckford fired at Mrs. Fleck after quarrels, missed two shots, and was chased into a barn before police rescued him amid threats.
Shooting affray over a dime ends in deaths and injuries
In Louisville a shooting over the theft of a dime left one man dead and two wounded after an ambulance collision with a streetcar. George Seaboldt died from a chest wound or crash injuries. James Clark and Wil lis a Seaboldt were wounded.
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Louisville
George Seaboldt
James Clark
Willisa Seaboldt
Fight Carried to Courts Over Nonunion Men Arrests
In Omaha proceedings, the Union Pacific Railroad and shopmen clash as two nonunion men in Council Bluffs shops are arrested on vagrancy charges. Officers Michael McCarthy and Henry J. O’Kane detained the pair while bond was set. Defense notes the men were returning to family. railroad attorney Baldwin claims authorities intercepted them en route to identify at headquarters.
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Gmicera
Ften
Piddéy
Michael McCarthy
Henry J. O'Kane
Pacific
Council Bluffs
Abs
Tudce Baldwin
Railron Company
Conneil Bliffs
Six Hanged in One Day in Arkansas
Six men were executed in Arkansas on a single day in a remarkable state record. The hangings occurred at Washington, DeWitt, Arkansas City, Forest City, Center Point, and Mulberry, addressing murders from 1900 to 1902. The condemned include both colored and white defendants, with victims including spouses, neighbors, and a local acquaintance, reflecting capital punishment cases across multiple counties.
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Ark
Arkansas Wriday
Washington
Dee
Noland
Colored
Swife
Wal- Inceburg
Tour
Strame
Nelley
Thabita
Tutton
Spring
Bill
Cal
Arkansas City
Times
Kitts
Jim Jehmen
Forest City
Oy’ Turner
Robert Black
von “Buren
Dave McWhorter
Mulberry
Center Point
Lath Hembree
William ‘Willis
Polk County
Georgia Woman's Revenge and Bryant Murder Verdict
In Tifton Georgia a jury found Bossy Bryant guilty of murdering W. A. Hyers. The case drew public fear and Mrs. Eric Hall, daughter of the officer, urged a springing of the noose for Bryant. The sheriff indicated he would comply with her request if possible.
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Eternity
China to send imperial ambassador to St Louis exposition
Pekin announces the emperor will appoint an imperial commissioner to represent China at the St Louis exposition instead of relying on the Chinese minister to the United States. The U S minister, M Conger, arranged for an audience with the emperor.
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St. Louis Exposition
Pekin
China
Unite States
United States
Conger
John Barrett
Australia
Cholera Deaths Rise in Manila Record
Manila reports ninety one cholera cases and sixty deaths on Sunday with fifty three more deaths by noon Monday. Unsatisfactory water tests raise questions about cholera germ presence.
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Manila
Tricklayers on Stelke Burlington In Iowa and St Louis Mailroad
A strike of tracklayers on the Iowa and St Louis Railroad goes into effect at Centerville. The strikers demand civil and shorter hours and the same pay.
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Burlington
Iowa and St. Louis
Centerville
Murder Theory Dismissed in Barnett Case
Des Moines report says J. L. Barnnett, missing contractor for American Bridge Co, is not murdered. Authorities allege gambling losses and a double life. he allegedly misused company funds, vanished after heavy gambling, with no suicide theory favored. The bridge company faces substantial losses from the incident and related wrecks.
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A& Des Moines
J. L. Barnnett
American Bridge “Company
Ttis
Superintendent Dixon III in Critical Condition at Fort Dodge
C K Dixon superintendent of the Omaha division of the Central lies in a critical condition from kidney disease at Fort Dodge city hospital. He would have been sent to Hot Springs but rapid illness prevented movement. Dixon is a well known railroad man in Iowa and his illness saddens the Wimote Central line.
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Port Dodge
C.K. Dixon
Omaha
Central
City Hospital
Lifm
Hot Springs
D. D
Dixon
Iowa
Wimote Central
Iowa City Divine Insane
Town Policing Plan Adopted In Sheldon Special
City council appointed a marshal with a $65 monthly salary and ordered a uniform for him and the night watchman. A three month vacancy ended after a riot by drunken tramps. A Cedar Rapids dispatch notes camp life effects on soldiers. Deaths and local political moves are reported alongside strikes and a Woodmen carnival.
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Aways
Cedar Rapids
Rudisill
Forty-ninth
PB. Gaffney
Marshall- Town
Tony Lacktin
Company B
Waterloo
Peculiar Protection Leaves Sheldon Town Unpoliced
Sheldon with a population near 3000 shows almost no police protection as the mayor’s marshal is paid only his fees, about 2 to 4 dollars monthly, while the council has cut his salary. Daytime duties vanish, tramps and bad characters roam, depots and railroad yards are left exposed, and townspeople feel powerless to act.
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Sheldon
Tadiehal
Oyarrun
Plea for Rehearing in Kuhn Murder Case
Des Moines special outlines an appeal for rehearing in the case of Mrs. Kuhn, widow of a Delta shoemaker, convicted of murder. Attorneys contend the cost decision is illegal and claim grave injustice. defense argues Kuhn may have poisoned beer herself and that the accused fled with a prior partner.
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Atkquia
Negro Barber Returns to Open Shop After Caring for Benefactor
Louis Epya, a colored barber in Waterloo, has reopened a shop after nursing his benefactor Peter Ringo through six months of illness that led to Ringo's death. Ringo had formerly rescued Epya as a boy, raising him and teaching the barber trade. Epya also managed and closed Ringo's estate.
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Waterloo Dispatch
Louis Epya
Montezuida
Peter Ringo
Ringo
Boyd
Ferrific Electric and Wind Storm Hits Hamilton County
A severe electric and wind storm swept southern Hamilton County early Thursday. Webster City reports minor damage but Randall and nearby towns endured extensive damage including farmhouses struck by lightning. Crop losses are expected to be substantial across the affected area.
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Webster City
Hamilton County
Randall
Improvement at Sheldon City Hall and Fire House
The town is to get a brick and stone city hall and fire house costing about $4,000. Awarded to B A Bishop of Sheldon, the two-story building will be 24 by 40 feet and place the city officers on the second floor with fire apparatus on the ground floor.
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Sheldon
B. A
Cures of Insane Patients Highlight Iowa Hospital Report
Superintendent Witte reports high cure rates at Clarinda and Mt. Pleasant hospitals with 120 discharged cured and 88.98 percent cured at Clarinda for the year ending July. Parole system praised. Floods in eastern Iowa cause crop and rail damage. railroads suffer delays. Sewage upgrades planned at Mount Pleasant Mitchellville and Davenport facilities with bids from Chicago firm. New inebriate ward established at Mount Pleasant. state moves to designate funds for plant construction. Local clerical and political notes touch on scholarships, signatures restrictions for prisoners, and postal bulletin status.
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Board of Control
Mount Pleasant Hospital
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Reform’ School
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