British Officers Held for Ransom by Anjera Tribesmen
Two British Royal Marine officers Captain J J Crowther and Hatton were captured by Anjera tribesmen near Tetuan Bay while returning from the repair ship Assistance. They had 21 escorts. a half dozen brigands overpowered them. The band recently killed Ceuta’s governor and son. The foreign office in London orders energetic measures to secure release or action.
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Tangier
J. J. Crowther
Dent
Hatton
Ceuta
Tetuan Bay
Stitt
Valiente
Angle
sweeping civil service amendment gives cabinet heads power
The president authorized an amendment to civil service rules that allows cabinet officers to summarily remove any department employee without a hearing if the head knows of misconduct or inefficiency. The head’s personal knowledge becomes absolute power over department personnel, a far reaching change in Civil Service rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France moves to pressure Castro with naval show
Paris reports the armored cruiser Desaix leaves Cherbourg bound for Martinique as France readies a strong showing over the Venezuelan question. Two more cruisers join Desaix, with five ships to rendezvous at Fort de France to blockade Venezuelan ports if Castro does not amend course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Desaix
Cherbourg
Martinique
French West Indies
Castro
Brest
Lynching at London Kentucky After County Jail Taking
Virgil Bowers, a black man, was dragged from the Knox County jail in London and hanged to a tree. He had killed George Farris, a wealthy Knox County lumber dealer, on August 26. A Laurel County jury tried him last week but failed to reach a verdict, with ten voting for death and two for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Virgil Bowers
George Farris
Knox County
Laurel County
Mrs Taggart Seeks New Trial In Ohio Case
Wooster Ohio attorneys for Mrs Taggart faced a surprise when Judge Smyser for Mrs Grace Taggart filed a motion for a new trial. The motion demands setting aside the judgment and decree on alleged errors and irregularities.
Merchant Sentenced in Forgery Case in Nashville
Nashville circuit court sentenced Jouis Strueger, a Hoyeton merchant, after his Thursday guilty plea to forgery. He received an indeterminate term in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Cholera Reported in Lomza Poland Up to Oct 20
Five cholera cases and two deaths were reported from the government of Jose Poland up to noon of Oct 20. The alert covers Lomza and nearby areas as authorities monitor the outbreak. Local officials urge caution and hygiene measures to prevent further spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Jose
Poland
John Rooney Hanged in North Dakota Murder Case
In Bismarck North Dakota John Rooney was hanged Tuesday for the murder of Harold Sweet on August 26 1902 as he protested his innocence to the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rooney
Bismarck
N. D
Harold Sweet
Mother and Five Children Die in Port Royal Fire
Mrs. Alice Laruman and her five children perished in a house fire at Port Royal Wrinklin County. The home was destroyed by the blaze with no fire reported nearby. Authorities were investigating the cause as neighbors described the tragic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Alice Laruman
Port Royal
Wrinklin County
Sioux City Stock Market Quotations Reported
Sioux City stock market notices Tuesday's quotations with feeder cattle at B250 priced 3.75 and hogs at 5.35, reflecting local trading activity and price levels for stockers and feeders in the Sioux City market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Aged Indian Chief Watonga Dies at Ninety in Bartlesville
Watonga, the Watonga area leader and chief of the New Indians, has died at age 90 in Bartlesville. The long serving figure was prominent in local Native American affairs and community leadership. His death marks the end of a notable era for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville, L. T
Watonga
Chicago Ad Reveals Purported Trade in Young Women
Local federal and police authorities uncovered an advertisement and parts of an alleged empire dealing in the sale of American women abroad. The investigation aims to prevent exportation of women to foreign countries as stated in the readable fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
San Francisco Tragedy Involving Iron Work Firm Mourned
Hankel Daniels, a young man from a Chien structural iron firm, died by his own action Monday night from gas inhalation. Cause of act remains unknown as investigators review the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hankel Daniels
Chien Structural Iron
Terrific Gas Explosion Near Erie City Burns Residents
Two blasts at the Pennsylvania Gas Company supply plant near Erie Paes cut off city gas. A gas tender Benjamin A Donovan 86 in hospital with possible death. wife Mrs Donovan burned escaping. His son Neil 4 badly burned. Fire forces flames through the Donavan residence as a second explosion shatters the gas house. Rescuers fight flames. supply cut off for 24 hours. Damages mount to about 25000 with losses to business and manufacturing higher. Two firemen injured leaping from the burning roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Pennsylvania Ciil Company
Cxits
Benjamin A. Donavan
Hammond's Hospital
Neil Donryn
Donavans
Belle Vieley
Avening
Mino
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Edward Pranz
John Weber
Franz
Weber
Caledonian Arrives After Terrifying Atlantic Storms
Passengers recount a long voyage from Glasgow through hurricane seas. Captain Baxter and officers kept vigil as the liner battled towering waves. The Caledonia faced a contact with the same deadly storm that struck the Campania, yet there were no serious injuries among the travelers. The ship endured twenty four hours of battering seas with water pouring through deckhouse doors and cabins rattled by crashing furniture. Passengers prayed and endured the night in fear, but escaped bodily harm.
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New York
Glasgow
Caledonian
Wether
Baxter
Cunard
Campania
Caledonia
Leader of Horse Thieves in Montana Arrest
A Helena report to the Pioneer Press states George Case, long employed by northern Montana cattlemen, is under arrest at Glasgow after incriminating letters were found on a notorious horse thief killed in Valley County. Case is alleged to have led a gang stealing at least 1000 horses. Letters linked to the dead thief prompted the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
Helena
Mont
Valley County
Blair and
Teal
George Case
Montana
Glasgow
London's New Postoffice Foundation Stone Laid
London news reports King Edward with Queen Alexandra and the Prince and Princess of Wales laying the foundation stone for the New General Post Office on Newgate Street at the Bluecoat school site once Christ's Hospital in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Prince and Princess of Wales
General Postoffice
Newgate Street
Christ's Hospital
Bluecoat School
Parents sue railroad for 200000 damages in Sam Stra bert wreck
In New York the parents of Sam Stra bert, theatrical manager fatally injured in a Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago express wreck last May, filed a federal suit Monday seeking 200000 against the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam Strabert
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago Express
United States Court
Bilse Not Dead in Berlin Mystery
Berlin dispatch reports investigation into Lieut. Lilse author of A Little Garrison. Early findings indicate he is alive and in good health in Brummen, refuting rumors of death or foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Inter
Lieur. Lilse
Brummen
Former Congressman Forrer Columbia, D C Sentenced
George W. Murray, a former member of congress, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for forging the name of an old negro on notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrer
Columbia
D. C
George W. Murray
Toloved
Compresa
Cause of Mary Rogers
Washington reports the cause of Mrs. Maury M. Trogers, sentenced to death by a Vermont court for murdering her husband, was set for Monday and postponed to November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rogers
Washington
Maury MM. Trogers
Vermont
Opening Arguments in Hoch Murder Case Heard
The Supreme Court heard opening arguments Monday evening in the Johann Hoch murder case in Springfield IM. The proceeding focused on initial legal questions and the makeup of the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houbh
Springfield
Johann Hoch
Supreme Court
Fourteen Hurt In Sugar City Rail Disaster
Fourteen passengers were injured when the westbound St. Louis Denver flyer wrecked near Sugar City, sixty miles east of Pueblo. One may die as the crash was caused by rails spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Oine
Missouri Pacific
Sugar City
Noblo
Hermann Land Fraud Case Nears Jury Trial
In Portland Oregon a high profile land fraud case looms as Representative Ringer Hermann faces judgment for conspiracy. The upcoming trial is expected to draw broad public attention and scrutiny of political fundraising and land dealings in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Ringer Hermann
Tragic murder suicide in Sioux City hack scene
Promoter T Darrow age 60 of Lead kills his daughter-in-law aged 24, then shoots himself aboard a hack en route to Chicago Northwestern station. The crime occurred on Third Street near Jones and Jackson as the vehicle carried them from Arcade Hotel. Investigators note a hidden family rift as background to the tragedy.
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Siouxs City
Tre
T. Darrow
Lead
Sioux Falls
W. E B. Darrow
Belle Fourche
Ufo
Hack
Darrow
Arcade Hotel
Pourth
Jones Streets
Third Street
Jones
Jackson Streets
Arcade
W. A. Dick
Lillian Nellie Morrison
Sioux City
Darran
Meg
Darren
Terrible Smashup at Seaton Kills Five Trainmen
Five railroad workers died in a Seaton Iowa Seaton wreck when a eastbound Iowa Central freight struck cattle on the track at twenty miles per hour. Engineers George Suffer and Harry Summers plus firemen Harry Barr L H Briley and P T Morgan perished. Most victims were locals. Briley listed from Monmouth Alabama. The crash left two locomotives and eleven freight cars wrecked beside the line. A cow on the rails caused the fatal collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Seaton
Til
Iowa Central Railroad
George Suffer
Harry Summers
Harry Barr
L. H. Briley
P. T. Morgan
Oskalbosa
Briley
Monmouth
Nephew of Gen Hancock Arrested for Murder in Maryland
Winfield Scott Hancock, 43, nephew of the late Gen Winfield Scott Hancock, was arrested at Hyattsville Md near Washington on suspicion of murdering Emma Smallwood a domestic in the Blancock household. Hancock denies guilt claiming the woman left his home Monday and died after an apparent illness Thursday night. He had previously run the mill at the census bureau and has been unemployed for two years.
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Hancock
Maryland
Washington
Winfield Scott Hancock
Hyattsville
Here
Emma Smallwood
Blancock
Census Bureau
Gets New Set of Eyelids Columbus O
W L Kerr received experimental eyelid grafts at St Carmel hospital after wartime blast injuries burned his lower lids. Doctors grafted skin from his arm to form new lids and initial exams show promising results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Carmel Hospital
W. L. Kerr
Kerr
iKerr
South Sharon tin mill to hire 1200 workers in November
It is announced that the South Sharon tin mill will be started up about Nov. 1, affording employment to 1,200 men. The sheet mill is now operating steadily. Every mill and furnace of United States Steel Corp is in operation with 7,500 men on the payroll.
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Sharon
Pas
South Sharon
United States Steel Corporation
Taggart Wins Divorce in Custody Ruling
Wooster Dr Tidge Eason heard the divorce case of Capt Elmore Taggart against his wife Friday afternoon. The court grants Capt Taggart the divorce and custody of two children Culver 11 and Charles 7.
Doctor Convicted in Tragic Shooting Case
A physician named Davenport from Oakland was Saturday found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Williss Jones in a neighborhood. The court convicted him. authorities report the doctor plans to resume duties once permitted by hospital directors in Bordeaux.
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Lila
D. Wi
Tor
Davenport
Qakman
Williss Jones
Bordeaux
France
Strek Oer
Jealousy Linked to Sioux City Double Tragedy
In Sioux City a 60-year-old man FH WW Darrow killed his daughter-in-law Mrs W J Darrow and then died by suicide. Coroner Robbins held an inquest but yielded little new information. Testimony identified the couple as a son’s wife and a younger woman, with motives centered on jealousy and fear of losing the woman.
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Nealy
Sioux City
Darrow
J.end
S. 10
W. J. Darrow
Robbins
George E. Darrow
Omaha
Walter A. Dick
Siouxy Falls
E. H. Darrow
Sions City
Sioux Falls
Dural
Sioux Bulls
Lilian Nellie Morrison
Darrow Farm
William Darrow
Des Moines Woman Confesses Child Murder
Miss Mattie Teager of 512 West Seventh Street Des Moines killed her newborn daughter by slitting the throat and hid the body in the trunk of her own luggage. She called a doctor, confessed in bed, and an inquest returned a murder verdict. Coroner Beck ordered a guard and she awaits transfer to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Teager
West Seventh Street
Des Moines
Aliss Teager
Shercliffe’s Disappearance Sparks Des Moines Search
Des Moines authorities believe Frank Shercliffe has vanished. He has not reported for work at his normal place since the Dennison indictment was dismissed in Red Oak. Shercliffe feared a state seizure and likely extradition to Denver for robbery and murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frank Shercliffe
Dennison
Red Oak
Shercliffe
Oklahoma
Colorado
Denver
Beloit Postmaster Mortally Stricken at Home
Beloit postmaster 8S Morton died Saturday at 5 AM after coughing fits and attempted relief by his wife with hot water. He grew suddenly worse and could not be revived despite medical help arriving.
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Beloit
Morton
Ife
Fifty Years of Marriage for Hesslers in Clinton
Mr and Mrs Bernard Hessler of Clinton celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary quietly at home Their marriage occurred in Leer Germany and the couple has resided in Clinton for twenty two years Margaretha C Greenweld and Mr Hessler were married in Leer Germany and later moved to Clinton for many years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Hessler
Clinton
Margaretha C Greenweld
Mr.Hessler
Leer
Germany
Stranger Charged with Theft Near Marshalltown
Frank Lillis disappeared from the home of William Strong south of Marshalltown and is accused of taking 127 dollars in cash from Strong s sewing machine. Warrants have been issued for his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank [Lillis
William Strong
Marshalltown
Strong
Sioux City Gamblers Fight Move to Halt Magner Walsh House
A petition filed by Mrs. Becker in district court at Sioux City seeks to enjoin Magner and Walsh’s gambling house. Gamblers rally, vowing to fight the suit as a citywide wager on whether gambling can be stopped, while offering no details on their plan.
Arson Case Ties Nathan Richey to Farm Blaze
Nathan Richey of Toronto Clinton County has been twice arrested for arson. He awaits grand jury action from Clinton County jail after allegedly burning hay stacks on his divorced wife’s farm near Toronto. A second dwelling on the same farm was burned with contents, leading to renewed arrest on evidence authorities expect to convict. The case is being prosecuted to the limit.
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Nathan Richey
Toronto
Clinton County
Richey
Lly
Liberty
Bain
Sae
Robbery Attempt Ends With Gunfire Near West Fort Dodge
An unknown man tried to rob J. Cahill’s West Fort Dodge residence Thursday morning, shot at two girls who fled, then fled with a purse worth $2.50. The women later returned to find a purse containing $20 and a diamond ring stolen. police arrived but could not capture the burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Cahill
West Fort Dodge
Masons Lay Cornerstone at Carnegie Library
The cornerstone of the Carnegie library in Storm Lake was laid by Iowa Masons led by Grand Master Norris of Manchester. Grand Secretary Parvin of Cedar Rapids and Deputy Grand Master John Crockett of Des Moines attended. Rev. George S. Long of Cherokee gave the address as about 200 Masons, led by the Cherokee commandery, marched in the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Storm Lake
Iowa
Miraculous Escape After Train Fall Near Fort Dodge
James O'Connell a harvest hand traveling from Dakota to Chicago fell from a passenger train at about fifty miles an hour. He escaped serious injury, suffering only a bad bruise and stiffness from exposure after landing near the Central bridge over the Des Moines River. He admits he was very drunk at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
James O'Connell
Dakota
Chicago
O'Connell
Central Bridge
Des Moines River
Husband Arrested in Death of Wife Near Tawarden
Sioux County man Baldes is charged with causing the death of his wife Mat Baldes southeast of Tawarden. Neighbors summoned a coroner after she died suddenly. the cause reported as heart failure, but an investigation found internal injuries from a whipping by the husband. Preliminary hearing set for Orange City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux County
Mat Baldes
Tawarden
Baldes
Orange City
Death from cold sore disease strikes 12 year old
John Yount aged 12 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Yount of Annamosa died from blood poisoning linked to a small cold sore on his lip. He developed symptoms last week and no physician was called. The illness spread rapidly causing great suffering until death, and he was a pupil in Annamosa public schools.
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John Yount
Joseph Yount
Annamosa
Ann Mas
Street Duel Leaves Men Dead in Bullfrog
Report from Ney.son describes a street duel in Bullfrog where a Marksman named Gob Arnald was shot and near death, while a rival fighter, a Mrenehmean, claimed another casualty. The incident underscores rising violence in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doin
Two Drowned in Maumee Bay Sand Sailboat Capsize
In Maltese Bay Sunday afternoon, Arthur 4 Melinsley a financial secretary of the Matinee Hive Yachtlab and Willie Donolkne aged 14 were drowned when their sand sailboat capsized in Maumee Bay Toledo Ohio.
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Maumee Bay
Toledo
Arthur
Melinsley
Matinee Hive
Yachtlab
Willie Donolkne
Maltese Bay
Traveling Man Hills Himself in Litchfield
Traveling salesman W. Bishop of St. Louis Illinois, home Litchfield, committed death by his own hand Sunday by taking poison. He left a letter to his wife saying financial difficulties caused him to take his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills
St. Louis
W. Bishop
Litchfield
Barn Burned by Lightning Near Onawa
A barn owned by farmer Tenry Kramer at Blue Linke near Onawa was struck by lightning, burning the structure along with a team of horses, harness, and various farm utensils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hightning
Death of Mrs W Aleans Means in Boone County
Mrs W Aleans Means wife of Postmaster Means of Boone died Friday morning after a long cancer illness. She came from Ohio to Boone County in 1858 and was the stepdaughter of Judge Isaac J Mitchell, a prominent figure in early Boone County history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 2
Aleans
W. BE. Means
Postmaster Means
Boone
Ohio
Boone County
Isaac J. Mitchell
Mason City Elder Run Down Near Track On Thursday
John Lee, a longtime Mason City hardware merchant, was struck by a car at 4 p.m. Thursday while walking on the track. He had operated in Mason City for thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lee
Mason City
Prominent Iowa Banker Injured in Philadelphia Fall
Thomas Carson of Iowa City, president of Jolson County Savings Bank and Iowa City Gas and Electric, reportedly suffered a potentially fatal head injury after slipping and falling while alighting a streetcar in Philadelphia on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Thomas €. Carson
Lowa City
Jolson County Savings Bank
Horrible Death At Mt Pleasant Insane Asylum
Word comes of the death of Mrs. Abraham Gerkey at Mt Pleasant insane asylum after she set fire to her clothes to escape and died two days later from grievous burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Gerkey
Mt. Pleasant Insane Asylum
Als. Gerkey
Logan's Farmers Exhibit Returns for Two Day Fair
Logan's second annual farmers exhibition will be held Tuesday and Wednesday October 24 and 25. Logan mer chante will offer many prize exhibits for farm products and related goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan‘merchante
Biographies and politics mix in early 20th century notes
The article notes Robert IL McCurdy as general manager and trustee of Mutual Life, detailing his career from Harvard graduation in 1881 to 1903, plus board roles at Astor National Bank, Windsor Trust, and Casualty Company of America. It also mentions Waldo Story’s statue commission, Francis Kossuth’s Hungarian leadership, and Willam Caryl Ely’s role in rail associations, with various biographical details and other public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert IL McCurdy
New York
Lile
Mutual Life
Roby. I. Alcurdy
McCurdy
Harvard
Mulluil Life
Foreign Department
Lee
Mr. McCurdy
Cry
Astor National Bank
Windsor Trust Company
Casualty Company of America
Willam Caryl Ely
American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Buffalo
New York, Assembly
Democratc
Supreme Court
Tie
Niagara Falls Power Company
Duffalo and
Niagara Falls Electric Railway
Mr. Ely
Middlefield
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Round & Smith, Publishers
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Trattic
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Hermann Land
Iowa Central Road
Taggart
News OF the Week
Masons
Foundation For
Carnegie Library
Anamosa
Hun
Logan Farmers
Waldo Story
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
House of Commons
Francis Kossuth
Hungary
Louis Ossuth
Kossuth
Iungary
W. Co. Ely
Gen. Sherman
House
Senate
Victor Nilsson
Minneapolis
New Monthly Musical Journal
American Union of Swedish Singers
Charles Myans Toughes
Ceater
Republicad City
Armstrong Commission
Blz Ife
Mr.Hughes
Glens Falls,ny
Clas, E. Uuulues
Hermann Nothnagile
G. W. Methersen
New York City
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