Greek Premier Delyaunis Stabbed Outside Parliament
Greek Prime Minister Theodore Delyaunis was stabbed by professional gambler Cherakaris at the chamber of deputies entrance at 5 p.m on Tuesday. He died within hours despite surgery. The assassin said the crime was revenge for anti gambling measures. lynching was averted as guards rushed him to prison. About 20 000 mourners saw the body removed from the Red Cross station to the late residence. King George to return to Athens. The killer had recently been released from an 18 year prison term for his wife’s murder.
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Theodore Delyaunis
Greece
Cherakaris
Chamber of Deputies
Delrannis
Gherakaris
Red Cross
George
Tatoi
Athens
Veterans in a wreck at Golden Gate derailment near Louisville
A special Confederate veterans train to Louisville, Kentucky, derailed near Golden Gate Illinois on the Southern Railway. The Louisville office reports one killed and five injured, while a telephone message from Albion says five people are known dead. Albion lies eleven miles from Golden Gate.
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Louisville
Golden Gate
Southern Railway
Albion
Patrick to Die: New York Court Denies Stay of Execution
New York Court of Appeals in Albany refused a stay of execution for Albert L. Patrick pending a reargument of his murder case involving William M. Rice. The court will set the execution date this week. The crime aimed at seizing the Rice estate. In Philadelphia Edna Theresa Kenton, daughter of a wealthy manufacturer, wed A. H. Nash, a Winnebago Indian, after nearly two weeks of marriage. In Glen Corbin Illinois a sheriff’s posse searches for August Maurger charged with killing Mrs Josie Heller and wounding Frank Fleller, parents of Mary Heller who had refused Maurger’s attentions.
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New York Court of Appeals
Albany
Albert L. Patrick
William M. Rice
Rice
Philadelphia
Edna Theresa Kenton
A. H. Nash
Wash
Carlisle
Andover
University of Pennsylvania
Lover
Glen Corbin
August Maurger
Josie Heller
Frank Fleller
Mary Heller
Margel
Boycott of American Goods Grows in Chinese Cities
A Tientsin special reports the boycott by Chinese builders spreading daily and guilds deciding to sustain the action, signaling a grim outlook for American manufacturers as the movement deepens and broadens its impact.
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Tientsin
Sioux City Stock Market Quotations Tuesday Update
Sioux City stock market quotations list butcher steers at 4.06 to 5.00 and Lop hugs at 5.20, reflecting trading activity Tuesday.
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Sioux City
Riots in Brest Erupt. Town Occupied by Military
An outbreak of rioting in Brest left many dead or wounded and arose from conflict between Jews and army reserve men bound for the far east. The town is now occupied by military forces.
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Brest
Far East
Delivery of goods in Chicago mostly normal after strike scare
In Chicago on Tuesday the delivery of goods ran almost normally with wagons guarded by policemen and deputies, indicating no evidence of a teamsters strike despite the heightened security.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Peace talks advance as Cassini accepts Roosevelts proposal
Formal acceptance from Russia through Count Cassini brings the effort for Russia and Japan to discuss peace to the White House. Roosevelt, Cassini, and Japanese minister Iesoro Vakahira met in Washington to set the framework for plenipotentiaries and a potential peace treaty. Both governments affirm their willingness to begin negotiations and to meet to discuss terms.
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Russia
Japan
White House
Washington
Count Cassini
Nicholas
Cassinibias
Roosevelt
Jegoro ‘Vakahira
Bigelow Arrives at Leavenworth Penitentiary
Frank Q. Bigelow, Milwaukee banker in default, is brought to Leavenworth Penitentiary at 7 40 PM. He aids fellow prisoner John Specials during the Riverside driveway walk and may be assigned to the prison hospital clerk role if his health allows.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Frank
Bigelow
Milwaukee
United States Penitentiary
Port Leavenworth
Riverside
Fort Leavenworth
John Specials
Fast Time Record Shatters Rail Speed from Crestline to Fort Wayne
A Fort Wayne special reports world speed records broken by the Pennsylvania train during the Crestline to Fort Wayne run. The 431 mile leg took 114 1 4 minutes with 16 44 minutes recovered, averaging about a mile per minute overall, while parts near Blida Ohio showed 4.1 mph in a brief segment.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Crestline
Blida
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Pittsburg
Fortune in Stocks Stolen From Boston Broker
Boston brokers were notified that ten stock certificates representing 1908 shares were stolen. Value estimated at 120000 dollars, with paper negotiable and numbers unknown. Property of Henry W. Comstock of Boston. taken from under a pillow in his steamer Puritan stateroom on the New York trip Sunday night. Steamer Adrift on the Lake. City of Benton Harbor from Graham and Morton fleet drifted nearly an hour near St Joseph Michigan after steering gear failure in fog.
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Boston
Mass
United States Steel Corporation
Henry W. Comstock
City
Benton Harbor
Graham & Morton
St. Joseph, Mich
New Potatoes From Great Falls Inventor
New potatoes grown without vines or visible growth signs are claimed by a Great Falls inventor who says daily harvests are possible all year. A Chicago man offers $100,000 for controlling interest if the claim proves true. James Sammon, a pioneer saloon man at Leadville, was murdered by robbers on Sunday morning. the robbers escaped with between $1,000 and $3,000, and officials have no clue to their identities.
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Walls
Mont
Chicago
James Sammon
Leadville
Colo
Shooting in New Orleans Leaves Three Dead
A sensational shooting in New Orleans on Monday left three men dead and another mortally wounded. Authorities say long standing ill feeling may have sparked the violence.
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New Orleans
Mrs Myers Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
A jury in Liberty Missouri found Agnes Myers of Kansas City guilty of first degree murder in the killing of her husband Clarence Myers. Accomplice Frank Hottman, who testified, was convicted earlier and awaits the death penalty.
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Liberty
Agnes Myers
Kansas City
Clarence Myers
Hottman
Myers
Ms. Myers
Bloody cattle rustling fight near Jackson Hole Wyoming
A running battle followed when rustlers seized about ninety head of cattle near Jackson Hole. A posse pursued the outlaws for sixty miles in a bloody fight leaving two rustlers dead, one settler killed, and several wounded. The slain rustlers were named Robinson and Lewis. The rancher’s name was not learned.
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Jackson Hole
Wyo
Robinson
Lewis
Nansen Sees Republic as Viable for Norway
In Christiania prayers were said for Norway and Ising Oscar as well as the king. Dr Fridtjof Nansen, in a Sunday interview, said a republic would suit a democratic Norway as well as a monarchy, but noted consideration for neighboring Scandinavian monarchies.
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Christiania
Norway
Ising Oscar
Fridtjof Nansen
Fire destroys Fort Worth packing plant complex
A major blaze wiped out the former packing house facility in Fort Worth Texas comprising eight buildings seven stone and one brick five stories tall at most The plant valued around 450000 dollars was consumed by the flames with only charred remains and investigations to follow
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Fort Worth
Tex
Cracksmen Loot Vernon Bank and Post Office Safe
Thieves blew the safe at the Exchange bank of Garrison and Sargent in Vernon Michigan on Saturday night. They took 1500 dollars from the bank, 2000 dollars in postage stamps, and 200 dollars in cash deposited by the postmaster. The criminals escaped.
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Exchange Bank of Garrison & Sargent
Vernon, Mich
Peace Talks Drift as Japan Pins Time and Place for Terms
St Petersburg reports Russia awaits Japan to fix the time and place to deliver terms to Russia's envoy, with a brief delay expected. Meanwhile, 55 Russian sailors, some wounded, were picked up eighteen miles off Mishima on Wednesday. Twenty three from the Aurora were landed and ten refugees rescued nearby.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Mishima
Lowlands Under Water By Mississippi River
The Mississippi River floods across unprotected lowlands near Wannibal with the river five to eight miles wide. Large numbers of livestock are seen fleeing the rising waters and moving past Wannibal.
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Mississippi
Cashier Arrested Over Insolvent Bank Funds
W. E. Peters, cashier of the suspended American Savings Bank at Prinidad, Colorado, was arrested at midnight on charges of receiving money while knowing the bank to be insolvent.
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W. E. Peters
American Savings Bank
Prinidad, Colo
Fatal Plunge of Automobile Into Rush Street Draw
Five occupants rode an automobile into the open draw of the Rush Street bridge over the Chicago River. Three men and women drowned, while two others narrowly escaped. Rescue efforts followed Saturday night in Chicago.
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Rush Street
Chicago Trver
Chicago
Petition to Roosevelt seeks Norway government recognition
A petition circulating in Chicago among Norwegians asks President Roosevelt to recognize the new Norwegian government. It will soon be forwarded to Washington.
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Roosevelt
Norway
Chicago
Washington
Mississippi Flood Recedes As Railways Struggle To Reopen
The Mississippi River falls rapidly following a severe flood that drove residents from Alexandria and Gregory and disrupted mail, rail, telegraph, and telephone service. Trains resume slowly. bridges and tracks remain washed out and western Iowa and Missouri face extensive damage. Authorities report one death and expect normal conditions to return soon.
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Keokuk
Des Moines
Alexandria
Teaftie
Muscatine
Mississippi
Cantri
Fatal Live Wire Claims Two Firemen In Keokuk
Oscar Yeager a Keokuk fire department minute man was instantly killed when he touched a live wire during a residence fire. Walter Tucker, burned while aiding the fire crew, may die from his injuries after he ran toward the blaze and collapsed on the same live wire.
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Oscar Yeager
Keokuk
Walter Tucker
Yeager
Tucker
Tramps Die on Milwaukee Tracks Near Marion
Two travelers from Chicago to California, Alex Alexander and Arthur Bingham, were killed and a third companion was fatally injured when they slept on Milwaukee tracks near Marion after refusing to move off due to wet grass. The collision occurred Monday morning and Bingham died later at the hospital.
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Marion
Alex Alexander
Arthur Bingham
Milwaukee
Chicago
California
Paralta
Alexander
Bingham
Victim of Tramps Suspected in Waterloo Fire Death
W. J. Sehrock, a prominent farmer near Waterloo, found his wife’s charred body amid a coal shed blaze Sunday. The trunk was burned away except for the head and remaining limbs. A coroner's jury could not solve the case, but local belief favors tramps as the culprit. Mrs. Schrock hailed from a notable Waterloo family.
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W. J. Sehrock
Waterloo
Schrock
Storm Damage In Davenport And Le Mars Encampment Planned
An inventory shows storm damage will run into tens of thousands in Davenport with washed away bridges destroyed culverts and sewer damage impacting the city and county. The Le Mars city park hosts tents for Northwestern Iowa veterans annual reunion this week in the south end.
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Davenport
le Mars
Iowa
Lightning Claim Three In Iowa Storms
Walter Atherton of Charles City Charles Straus of Adair County and Sheridan Wickham of Marshalltown were killed by lightning during Saturday storms in Iowa.
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Kyee
Iowa
Walter Atherton
Charles City
Charles Straus
Adair County
Sheridan Wickham
Marshalltown
Onewn council awards deep well contract
The Onewn council has let the contract for a deep well to WH Harris of Sioux City. The well will be 400 feet deep and 12 inches in diameter and will be drilled to the sand rock where an unlimited supply of pure water is expected to be found.
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Onewn Council
WH. Harris
Sioux City
Iowa Swedes Send Sympathy Telegram to King Oscar
The Augustana Synod of the Swedish Lutheran church met in Staunton Saturday and sent a telegram of sympathy to King Oscar of Sweden over Norway's secession.
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Iowa
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Augustana Synod
Swedish Lutheran Church
Stauton
State Bankers Oppose Deposit Insurance Plan At Des Moines Meet
In a heated session the Town Bankers Association rejected the committee on insurance of deposits plan. The vote TH to D4 kept the report on the table, fearing federal supervision of private banks. Potters, Leinsheimer, and Kasten backed a plan favoring government backing for depositor security to boost banking business.
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Town Bankers’ Association
American Association
Des Moines
Sn Brief
Han
B. i Potter
First National Bank of
Plattan
Ds Leinsheimer
Mills County National Bank of
Wienwood
J. 1
Kasten
Heinsheimer
Big Ditch Contract Let For Monona Harrison Drainage
Joint boards of supervisors in Monona and Harrison counties let contracts for a vast drainage ditch project at Onawa. The 3,872,712 yard excavation aims to reclaim 76,000 acres of wet land into corn fields. Contractors faced last minute bid concerns after a court decision requiring damages deposits.
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Monona-Harrison
Joint Boards of Supervisors
Onawa
Iowa
Fall into vat leaves worker badly burned at Cudahy plant
James O'Donnell, employed by Cudahy Packing Company, fell from about 12 feet into a hot water tank at the Sioux City plant on his first day after arriving from Chicago. He was badly burned but survived when workers pulled him from the vat as the water level was low enough to aid his escape.
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James O'Donnell
Cudahy Packing Company
Siox City
O'Vonnell
Chicago
Sioux City
Reward Offered for Finding Missing Mills Man
A Lehigh mother offers 1000 dollars for the body or whereabouts of F Mills who built a school fence and disappeared. Detectives scour the case but have not located Mills. He held life insurance worth 10000 dollars, payable only when the body is found or after seven years.
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F. Mills
Lehigh
Mills
Manson Faces Water Crisis From Sanded Well
Manson’s deep water well fouled by sand again. An expert cleans the well to resume pumping. The well was filled with 450 feet of sand and removal is slow. a month of work is expected. All city water remains cut off until the problem is resolved.
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Manson
Sigourney ManSelfer Glen Selby Tries Laudanum After Note
Glen Selby of Sigourney attempted suicide by taking Laudanum after his sweetheart left him for another man. Miss Engledinger raised the alarm when the note was found. A search began and Selby was located unconscious in a woodshed.
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Glen Selby
Sigourney
Miss Engledinger
Intent to arrest wife after Marshalltown knife attack
In Marshalltown a jar in the Olson family led to the wife being arrested on a charge that she tried to hack Benjamin Olson to pieces with a butcher knife. The report notes the weapon as an ugly looking knife and cites the alleged attack as the reason for arrest.
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Benjamin Olson
Annie
Marshalltown
Farmer Charged With Milk Can Theft in Washington Township
August Uteseh a farmer west of LeMars in Washington township faced a charge of stealing a milk can from an unspecified neighbor. Justice Alling held the case for advised decision until June 22. The report also notes Jacek and Jack, from Des Moines, winning the state firemen’s tournament free for all and setting a world record they already held.
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August Uteseh
LeMars
Washington Township
Alling Monday
Jack
Connell
Youth Drowns While Bathing in Little Sioux River
Rees Lewis, about 18, son of Mr and Mrs Tom Lewis, died while bathing in the Little Sioux River at Linn Grove on Wednesday. The tragedy occurred during recreation when he was swept under and could not be rescued. Local authorities investigated but details remain limited.
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Rees Lewis
Tal
Tom Lewis
Little Sioux River
Linn Grove
Firemen’s Tournament Sets Attendance and Receipts
Financially successful three day event in Council Bluffs drew eighteen thousand paid admissions and nine thousand dollars in gate receipts. After expenses, about five thousand dollars is expected to remain.
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Corncil Bluffs
Des Moines Club Plans Eight Day Westward Junket
The commercial club of Des Moines will depart soon for an eight day tour through western cities. The trip aims to study large city improvements and to consider applying better town life ideas locally.
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Des Moines
Politicians and Press Gossip Across Nations
A collage of quotes and snippets from multiple papers lampooning politics, suffrage, business, and society. It references Burbank on Rural Free Delivery, Cleveland on women’s clubs, migration to Mexico, Osage oil, piracy in New York, hat laws, and other curio items across newspapers, with wit and satire interwoven.
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Sam
Burlington
San Francisco Chronicle
Wisconsin
Oregon
Portland Oregonian
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma Times-Journal
Captain Isidd
New York
Wilmington Journal
Augusts Chronicle
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Round & Smith, Publishers
Patrick
Swift
New York- Chicago
Mrs. Myers
Idaho
Nansen
Republic
Cashier
News OF the Week
Northwest Iowa Veterans
State Bankers Association
BIG Ditch
Monona-Harrison Canal
Junkee
Bontanist Burbank
Dhad
Missouri
Pittsburg Gazette
Pittsburg Dispatch
Hoch
Chicago Chronicle
August W. Machen
Post Office
Bufffalo Courier
Anna Shaw
Anna
Topeka Herald
Panama
Pine Bluff
Ark
Presa-Hagle
Fitzhugh Lee
Gal
Nebraska State Journal
Frover Cleveland
Cluha
Cleveland
Cushing
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Lows Republe
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