Akron and Cuba War Plans Move Troops to Cuba
Akron Iowa publishers report United States plans to transfer transports to Cuba if Taft mission fails. Navy to land 7000 troops with Sumner ready for embarkation, merchant ships eyed as transports, while Taft seeks peaceful settlement and US preparations accelerate ahead of regular troops.
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United States
Cuba
Taft
Island Republic
Sumner
New York Navy Yard
Latta
Havana
Russian officials flee fear as Revolution fears spread
A Paris dispatch cites Prof. Alexandre Ular reporting that top Russian functionaries are dying of fright or seeking escape from Russia. Gen. Skallon, Po land governor general, is reportedly collapsed after a bomb blast and may be replaced by Gen. Rennenkampff. Admiral Dubassoff receives czar’s payout but plans foreign travel. Durnovo seeks asylum in Paris but is expelled, now whereabouts unknown.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Alexandre Ular
Count Witte
Ular
Skallon
Poland
Ren
More Trouble in Atlanta Dispatch
The total known dead in Atlanta, Georgia from Monday night’s encounters rose to five Negroes, plus Policeman Heard and a white woman, Mrs. R. C. Thompson, who died from excitement. Gov. Terrell told the Associated Press he does not plan martial law but will order several state militia companies into Atlanta Tuesday night as a precaution.
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Atlanta
Heard
R. C. Thompson
Terrell
Associated Press
Harvard Medical School dedicates grand white marble buildings
On Tuesday a dedication ceremony marked the opening of a large new group of white marble buildings at Harvard Medical School. The complex stands as the university's largest single addition to resources in its history.
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Harvard Medical School
Harvard
Boxing Bout Ends Fatally in 115 Rounds in Portland
Philadelphia boxers Jack McKenzie and Terry Martin fought a brutal 115 round bout in Portland Maine. McKenzie was fatally injured after a blow to the stomach and died within minutes.
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Jack McKenzie
Philadelphia
Terry Martin
Portland
McKenzie
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Tuesday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market list top beeves at 65.75 dollars and top hogs at 6.25 dollars. The report notes general price levels for cattle and hogs as traded in Sioux City markets.
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Sioux City
Injured Man Crawls Two Miles After Beating
William Kolin a coal miner from Evansville Indiana crawled two miles to reach help after being beaten by two men and left in a pond. He suffered broken ribs on his right side and survived the attack.
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William Kolin
Evansville
Ind
Bedford man dies from five days hiccoughs
Michael Fish of Bedford Indiana died Monday after five days of hiccoughs linked to his stomach turning alcoholic? The text notes he had nursed a typhoid fever patient and his stomach became affected.
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Hiccough
Michael Fish
Bedford
Ind
Stensland Arrested in New York for Embezzlement
Paul O. Stensland former president of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank Chicago arrived in New York Monday night after fleeing to Morocco following the bank wrecking indictment. He will plead guilty to several charges and has made a complete confession implicating other Chicago men. He was taken from the steamer Pring Adelbert and met by his son on board a tug. He denies attempting suicide in Morocco, citing a fainting spell misinterpreted by Moroccan soldiers. He was to be held at police headquarters then turned over to Chicago authorities.
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New York
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
Pring Adelbert
Morocco
Theodore Stensland
Stensland
Olsen
Tangier
Father
Catherine Moran
District Attorney's Office
Vienna
John Sobieski
Duke of Lorraine
New York City
Nassau Street
Wolfe
Quebec
Washington
Philadelphia
Brandywine
Battle of the Brandywine
Burgoyne
Hudson
Saratoga Heights
Vancouver
Aaron Burr
St. Simonds
Butler
Amboy
Harrison
Fort Wayne
Plattsburg
Lake Champlain
Font Bower
Mobile Bay
Fort Erie
Drummond
Fort George
Carolinas
Georgia
Santa Ana
Tampico
Albany and Schenectaily
State of New York
Scott
City of Mexico
House of Representatives
Crimea
Lincoln
Fremont
McClellan
South Mountain
Middletown
Harper's Ferry
Antietam
Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration On
Alabama
United States
B. S. McCook
P. P. Wintermate
Yankton
Dakota
New Orleans
Roy, Kellogg
Perry
Lawrence
Fivie Harbor
Thames Embankment
Belgium
Jumbo
St Thomas
Ontario
Parnell Commission
Yalu River
Iarleton
Meliiley
Panama
Maryland
Newport News
Senate
Gar
Love motive for crime near Brewster involving an Indian nurse
Jennie Burch an Indian nurse aged 14 confessed to arson at Cowles Corners near Brewster and to poisoning infant Wilbur Winship to avoid separation. She admitted setting fires and, overcome by affection, killing the child she loved to avoid dying alone.
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Brewster
Jennie Burch
Cowles Corners
Wilbur Winship
Skillful counterfeiter John Webber sentenced to eight years
John G Webber of Spokane Washington aged 62 is regarded by U S secret service as the country s most skillful maker of spurious coin He received an eight year term at McNeill s Island federal penitentiary Washington Judge Hanford also fined him 10 and costs He was arrested by Capt Bell last February as western Washington faced a flood of base coin A search of his room uncovered 1600 in bogus 50 cent pieces and two trunks of coin turning apparatus Webber in frail health has served a prior Idaho counterfeiting sentence and is not expected to survive incarceration
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John Webber
Washington
John G. Webber
Spokane
Wash
United States
Secret Service
McNeill’s Island
Hanford
Webber
Capt
Bell
Sound
Idaho
Brutal New York Murder Involving a Dismembered Body
A dismembered male body, wrapped in a burlap sack stamped with Z. KK Mano, found in a 24 foot deep excavation at 604 West Thirty sixth Street in New York. Police say the killer likely divided the corpse into three bundles disposed along Thirty sixth Street and Eleventh Avenue near a horse car yard. Coroner’s physician Weston notes deliberate, skilled dismemberment, plausibly of an Italian or Syrian laborer about 5 feet 3 inches tall and 138 pounds.
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New York
Columbus
West Thirty-sixth Street
Weston
Hearst urges voters to value candidates over party
William Randolph Hearst, in an Orleans county New York fair address, urged listeners to vote for the man and not the party. He advised independence and focus on national welfare over party interests, warning of dangers to the American form of government and stressing character and record in choosing leaders.
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William Randolph Hearst
Orleans County
N. Y
Shaw
Radical change in rates by Atchison Topeka Santa Fe traffic officials
Congress and Kansas railroad law endorsed a decision changing jobbers freight rates at 33 Kansas centers. Rates formerly limited to shipments from jobbing and manufacturing houses are now open to all shippers. The reform targets mostly less than carload traffic and positions jobbing rates as the minimum.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Congress
Railroad Laws of
Kansas
Boy Dies of Remorse In Federal Jail
James Neal aged 19 died in Vinita federal jail after being sentenced last Saturday by Judge Parker to life in Fort Leavenworth for murder The jail physician cited remorse or a broken heart as the cause of death U S territorial jail Vinita Indian Territory.
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James Neal
Parker
Fort Leavenworth
Vinita
I. T
Infernal Bomb Found in Philadelphia Street
A device addressed to New York banker Jacob Schiff was picked up Monday in Philadelphia by David Thompson, a colored boy, near a small box. He turned it over to a postman who delivered it to the sub station where its gunpowder filled interior was identified as a danger.
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Jacob Schiff
New York
Philadelphia
David Thompson
Zeigler colliery fires spark suspension of operations
A special from Duquoin reports the Zeigler colliery of Joseph Meiter ablaze Monday night. Interior flames and large slack heaps hinder mine work while officials consider flooding as a method to extinguish the fire.
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St. Louis Republic
Duquoin
Zeigler
Joseph Meiter
Three Willed Fin Wreck at Cal Bank Mont
A report to Great Northern railroad headquarters details a rear end freight collision at Cal Bank Montana last night. Roadmaster Din ton and Brakeman Critchell were killed in the wreck.
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Great Northern Railroad
Cal Bank
Mont
Dinton
Critchell
Body of Bishop Hoare Recovered in Typhoon Recovery
News from Macao reports the body of Bishop Hoare, missing after the recent typhoon, has been recovered. The tragedy highlights the storm's deadly impact on the region and the church’s loss.
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Hoare
Macao
China
Bishop Hoare
Two Tragedies in Appanoose County Saturday Evening
In Appanoose County two deadly accidents occurred within hours of each other. Mrs. Todd Hutchinson, 36, burned when coal oil exploded as she built a fire near Cincinnati. she died five hours later after severe burns. Her 8-year-old son aided by throwing water. Jemima Gillespie, 12, burned at Jerome when a burning pan of salve was thrown on her by her mother. she died about thirty hours later. Andrew Gillespie, her father, works as a coal mine foreman at Gladstone.
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Todd Hutchinson
Cincinnati
Jemima Gillespie
Jerome
Andrew Gillespie
Gladdsdale
Trades Team for Wife Henry Toepfer Charged
Anna Toepfer, aged 14, sues in Des Moines district court to annul marriage to Henry Toepfer alleging she was traded at age 15 for a team of horses by her parents. She says married Sept 5 last year, lived with him in a hotel three months, faced cruelty, left him, and sought protection from the Iowa Humane Society. Officer Ed Crawford helped place her with Mrs. C Hall, Des Moines.
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Henry Toepfer
Anna Toepfer
Des Moines
Iowa Humane Society
Ed Crawford
C. Hall
Missing man found after disappearance from Farragut
Frank Whisler of Farragut was reported missing after traveling to Wahoo and Omaha. A South Omaha man produced an order for Whisler's mule span, prompting relatives and police to locate him. He had $290, a note for the mule sale, and papers showing partial interest in a South Omaha saloon. He could not give a clear account, and authorities suspect a swindle by a ring.
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Frank Whisler
Farragut
Wahoo
Neb
Omaha
Whisler
South Omaha
Poison in their Food at Arcadia Traced to Possible Contamination
The state bacteriologist Dr Abert is testing causes of a maize poisoning outbreak in Arcadia. Assistant Gunn returned after inspecting conditions. Poisoning likely from potatoes meat or milk with lab tests to confirm in days. One man dead seven gravely ill in a coma for several days.
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Arcadia
Abert
For
Gunn
St George Society To Protest American Day At Exhibition
A special St George's society meeting in Toronto Ont calls for a resolution objecting to the display of the stars and stripes on American day at the Canadian national exhibition. The dominion government will be asked to prevent a recurrence in the future.
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St. George’s Society of Toronto
Ont
Dominion
Sultan Abdul Hamid Diagnosed With Kidney Cancer
Medical advisers report the sultan of Turkey has cancer of the kidney. The illness forbids surgery and is typically fatal within a year, signaling a severe decline in the sultan's health. The note emphasizes the seriousness and likely outcome of Abdul Hamid’s condition.
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Sultan
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Four Killed in Wreck at New Prange Minnesota
Four persons are dead and a score or more injured after a rear end collision on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Monday at New Prange Minnesota.
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Minneapolis and St. Louis
New Prange
Minn
American Warships Leave Gibraltar
United States vessels of the second cruiser squadron under Rear Admiral Brownston sailed from Gibraltar on Sunday morning. The West Virginia and Pennsylvania head for Naples while the Colorado and Maryland proceed to Palermo.
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Gibraltar
United States Second Cruiser Squadron
Brownston
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Naples
Colorado
Maryland
Palermo
Rev W J McNab Dead at Niagara Falls
Reverend W J McNab supreme chancellor of the Catholic Mutual Benefits Association died at Niagara Falls on Sunday. He led the fraternal order and was a prominent church figure noted for his leadership and service. The obituary notes his long tenure and public role within the organization.
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W. J.mcnab
W. J. McNab
The
Catholic Mutual Benefits Association
Niagara Falls
York Fine Structure at Ames Hall Erection Under Way
Ground is broken for the new hall of the agricultural department at Town State College in Ames. Charles Shogren, superintendent of construction for H W Schleuter Company of Chicago, is rushing the work and says the base will be completed this fall and the whole structure ready for occupancy by August 1, 1907.
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York
Ames
Agricultural Department
Town State College
Charles Shogren
H. W. Schleuter Company
Chicago
Hay Barn Destroyed by Lightning Near Struble
A hay barn belonging to George Buehler south of Struble was struck by lightning Thursday, catching fire and being consumed. The loss exceeds $2,000 with only $700 insured.
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George Buehler
Struble
John Fromiighaus Burned in Denver Store Explosion
John Fromiighaus of Waterloo, former Bremer county representative, was burned on the hands and face by a gasoline lamp explosion in his Denver store. Part of the stock was damaged but losses were slight.
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John Fromiighaus
Waterloo
Bremer County
Denver
Burglar Strikes Dubuque Drug Store Fifth Time This Month
Joseph Wittermer's Five Nimes drug store near the police station in Dubuque was burglarized again on Wednesday night, marking the fifth break-in in a month.
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Joseph Wittermer
Dubuque
Dubuque man arrested in Council Bluffs for hunting without license
A. Hand of Omaha, formerly of Dubuque, was arrested after a ruse by Deputy Warden Harry Barmeter. Hand hunted near Masonville without a state nonresident license and pleaded guilty. The fine plus costs totaled $66.76.
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A. GC. Hand
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Harry Barmeter
Aints
Fish and Fame
Manchester
A. @. Hand
Omaha
Masonville
Hand
Barmeter
Iowa
H. 8. Tubbs
Tubbs
Mgr. Barmeier
Elevator in Barnum Faces Financial Straits
The Farmers' Elevator of Barnum is in trouble after the Bank of Barnum refused to cash its checks. An overdraft of 1300 is noted plus 5550 borrowed, with about 8000 bushels of oats on hand. Directors met to arrange relief and no long-term alarm is expected since stockholders reportedly hold sufficient funds to cover debts and keep the business going.
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Barnum
Bank of Barnum
Iowa Veterans to Dedicate Monuments on Southern Battlefields
Iowa monument commissioners plan a special Chicago to southern battlefields train for dedicating Shiloh Lookout Mountain Vicksburg and Andersonville monuments. The party includes four commissions the governor staff a military band and honored guests. Vice President Phelps is arranging with the Illinois Central railroad for the trip to feature Gen J B Waver Colfax and N E Kendall as speakers.
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Iowa
Southern Battlefields
Shiloh
Lookout Mountain
Vicksburg
Andersonville
Des Moines
Chicago
Phelps
Minois Central Road
J. B. Waver
Colfax
N. E. Kendall
Albia
Oppose Wirz Monument Adopted by Des Moines G A R
Members of the Grand Army of the Republic in Des Moines oppose a monument to Maj Wirz of Andersonville fame. Tuesday evening Kinsman Post adopted a resolution condemning any effort to memorialize a man whose merit lies in cruel and inhuman treatment of prisoners.
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G. A. R. Post
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Maj. Wirz
Andersonville
Kinsman Post
West
Death of Munterville resident in runaway accident
Charles Johnson aged 78, respected Munterville resident, died from injuries after a runaway. He was en route from Hynes, found unconscious a mile from Hynes, taken to a nearby farmhouse where he died. Survived by his wife and four daughters.
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Kitted
Charles Johnson
Munterville
Mr. Johnson
Hynes
Pay Car Service Returns on Milwaukee Line
The Milwaukee road restored the pay car to its Mason City division after a fifteen year gap. Railroad men suspect payroll irregularities and possible padding in some pay rolls following the car's first trip since its return.
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Milwaukee Road
Mason City
Horses Cremated In Mason City Barn Blaze
Lightning struck J. B. Cimiotti's Mason City farm Wednesday night burning a large barn and two horses valued at 1600 dollars. Hay and grain also destroyed. Total loss estimated over 3000 dollars.
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J. B. Cimiotti
Mason City
Man Drowns Self Before Northwestern Train
Chris Smerdock of Parkersburg aged 49 died by his own act after drinking. He threw himself in front of a Northwestern train and was crushed to death.
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Chris Smerdock
Parkersburg
Northwestern
Death of Charles W. Tiernan Dend and Charles W. Lennon
Charles W. Tiernan Dend and Charles W. Lennon, for five years general managers of the Armour & Co. packing plant in Stouwx City, died Tuesday of Brights disease. The deceased man is survived by a wife and twelve children.
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Charles W. Tiernan Dend
Charles W. Lennon
Armour & Co
Stouwx City
Bright
Twalva
Clinton man struck by street car in Fender incident
Lyden Reafsnyder of Clinton, aged % years, was struck by a street car fender and thrown aside. The impact tore his clothing as he narrowly survived the frightening encounter on Clinton street.
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Lyden Reafsnyder
Clinton
Long list of historical milestones from 1409 to 1905
A fragmented chronicle recounts events from 1409 Vasco de Gama’s Lisbon return to 1905 abnormal news, including battles, explorations, political acts, rail openings, riots, and notable deaths. It mentions Marignano, Brandywine, Saratoga, Quebec, Antietam, and various rail and canal developments, with stray notes on explorers and a jungle scholar discussing intelligent animals.
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Vasco de Gama
Lisbon
Marignano
Italy
Henry Ludson
Arabella Stuart
Vietine
James T
Steam Plowing at Night Transforms Western Plow Work
In western Kansas and Nebraska farmers race to finish fall plowing using steam plows driven at night with motor headlights. The new method turns over more than sixty acres in a 24 hour period with two men, far surpassing the old two‑man day rate. Over the past year around 260 steam plows have been sold.
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Big Plain
Kansas
Nebraska
Ing
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Round & Smith, Publishers
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Georgia City
Hearst
New Yorker
Kansas Road
Boy
Leliter
News OF
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Wife
Frank Whisier
Iwanting
Barnum Co-Operative Concern
the Weekly Historian
Garner
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