Murder Shocks Seattle as Esther Mitchell Kills Brother
Esther Mitchell, the 18 year old daughter of Charles Mitchell, shot and killed her brother George in the Union Station waiting room as he prepared to board a train to Oregon. Investigators say she acted with her accomplice Heather Creffield, widow of the late Holy Roller leader, to avenge the death of Creffield. Esther confessed to the plan and said she was glad she carried it out. Perry and Frederick Mitchell were later arrested as witnesses. include
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Seattle
Wash
Dty
Mather Mitchell
Maud Crefield
George Mitchell
Heather
Mother Mitchell
Union Atation
Mitchell Rooe
Oregon
Iroizwen
Creffield
Holy Ollers
Mitchell
Mitchells
George
Perry
Fred
Esther
Tiather Mitchell
Slater
Charles Mitchell
Tilinoia
Testher Mitchell
Holy Roller
Beattie
Perry Mitchell
Frederick Mitchell
Esther Mitchell
Portland
Tam
Dynamite Ruins Bellwood Quarry Shanty Killing Six Men
A blast at the McLaughlin stone quarry shanty near Bellwood northwest of Chicago killed three Greek or Italian laborers and fatally injured three others while several more were hurt. Investigators suspect a planned robbery. one victim had $1000 sewn into a belt, body stripped of clothes.
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Chicago
McLaughlin
Bellwood
McLaughlin Company
Haye
Conclusive Evidence Links Conductor Rigas to Hotel Murder Loot
In Minneapolis a national hotel murder case is explained as the conductor Rigas robbery motive. Investigators reveal two thousand dollar denominations drawn from the National Bank and a gold ring linked to the slain girl. A safety department member testified the incident involved orders from the county attorney and connected parties.
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Addic
Frisco Fire Puts Company in Limbo
Milwaukee insurance row over safety fund, stockholders protected by court order. Judges pursue equal treatment for policyholders as Earthquake and lability clauses affect California business. Meantime future operations in California face risk, with assets and losses tied to safety fund under Wisconsin law.
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Frisco Fire
Milwaukee
Wiss
Uasted
Milwauktes Mechanics' Ttauranca
Poy
Ira M. Cobe
Chicago
Edward McGraw
San Francisco
Aimot
Mechanics’ Company
California
United States
Igy
Milwaukee Mechanics’ Insurance Company
Wiseongsin
San Trateisco
Seek Roosevelt's Aid For Rhine and Marseille Policyholders
San Francisco July 16 policyholders of Rhine and Marseille Insurance seek President Roosevelt's help to press for full payment. A committee reported that managers offered refugees a gift and urged filing suit in US circuit court to obtain earliest judgments. Some plans may later address the president.
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San Franteisso
San Francisco
Cal
The
Rhine and Marseile Insurance Company
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Wiliam
Iowan Honored by Roosevelt Chooses Hynest Eb Clark
The President appointed Hynest. Eb Clark of Cedar Rapids to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He is current grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, a 88,000 member organization, and has led in this role for six years.
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Roosevelt
Hynest
Clark
Cedar Rapids
Interstate Commerce Commisator
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Fight High In Air As Workmen Attack Officers
In New York eight stories up on a filmay framework a clash erupted between union workmen and special policemen. Michael Butler, a sergeant on the scaffold, was fatally injured when he fell two stories while attempting to quell the disturbance. Four union men were arrested as the chaos erupted among the hotel construction crew on Fifty ninth Street and Figg Avenue.
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Filmay
New York
Lyon
Fittyeninth Street
Figg Avenue
Agaunion
Union
Butler
Ellie
Dreyfus Restored to Army Amidst French Political Turmoil
The French chamber reinstates Alfred Dreyfus as a squadron chief after a bitter session. A bloody duel wounds Under Secretary Sarrant as government and anti Dreyfus factions clash post vote. Picquart is made brigadier general while broad political backlash and reprisals loom.
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Alfred Dreyfus
Sorrant
M. Pligilasi-Conti
M. Sarraul
Clemenceau
Thomson
M. Pueliesi-Conti
M. Millevoye
Jaeduet
Dreyfus
Chamber of Daputies
Sarrant
Interior
Purlesi-Conti
Sarraw
Puglies-Conti
M. Sarrant
Autferins
Piequart
Chamber of Deputies
Picquart
Fesling
Plequart
Army
Plaquart
Nevada Senator Prangla G. Newland suffers broken collar bone
Walter States Senator Prangla G. Newland of Nevada is reported to have broken a collar bone after a fall. The incident occurred July 13 in Ban Pranplsen with a narrow escape from death.
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Ban Pranplsen
Walter States
Prangla G. Newland
Nevada
Cassie Chadwick Appeal for One Black Dress and Hat
Convict No 36 680 formerly Cassie Chadwick appeals to Alton H Grealey, manager of a cottage and storage firm that bought her property at auction, for just one black dress and matching hat from a collection of over 100 costumes. The dress is a modest handmade black lace and chiffon gown valued at about 400 dollars.
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Cleveland
Cassie Chadwick
Alton H. Greeley
Grealey
Cottaga and Storage Company
Chadwick
Parson Prays Bolt Twice Hits Brewery in Stroudsburg
In Stroudsburg Pa during a thunderstorm a lightning bolt struck the Stroudsburg Brewing company's tower and cellar injuring an employee. The Rev E Dixon, former Stroudsburg Methodist pastor, had prayed for divine vengeance on the plant during construction and called the event an answer to prayer. The brewery owners called it a good advertisement.
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Stroudsburg
Stroudsburg Brewing Company
Hehbing
E Dixon
Stroudsburg Methodist Episcopal Church
Dixon
Investigation Into Elevator Grain Buying and Forwarding
Washington July 16 The Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate the elevator grain buying and forwarding business nationwide under a Senate authority to uncover special railroad favors potential monopoly effects on market injury to grain producers and the ownership or control of these companies by railroad officers directors stockholders and employees. The commission has mailed circulars to every railroad requesting prompt access to information to enable a report to Congress next December.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Senate
Thia
Senate
Goon
Congress
Five Twins Too Slow Want Triplets For Twenty Six
Cleveland July 18 For the fifth consecutive time the stork left twins at the home of David Goldman and his wife Woodland agents Their family now numbers fourteen The Goldmans hope to reach twenty six children and plan to have twelve more before old age both parents are forty five and expect triplets or quadruplets next time yet.
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David
Formal War on in South America
A Guatemalan telegram reports fresh hostilities along the border with Salvadoran troops invading Guatemala, seen as a declaration of war. Martial law declared. Guatemalan forces press advance as Regalado, former Salvadoran president and Balvadoran commander, is reported killed in action. Messages reach Washington and New Orleans implying rapid developments and high tension.
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New York
Guatemala
Washington
D. C
Tuly UrTomae Recalado
Salvador
State Department
Morry
San Salvador
Regalado
New Orleans
Regaledo
Miles Feo
Assassins Bullet Kills the Admiral in Old World Chaos
In Bevastopo a vice admiral died after a shot by a sailor aboard Otchakoff. The cabinet resignations spread uncertainty as the czar weighs constitutional options. In Warsaw estimates cite 40,000 Jews fleeing, with shops closed and guards patrolling streets amid tense mood.
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Bevastopo
Chouknin
Black Sea
Float
St. Petersburg
Kokousoff
Constitutional Democrats
Warsaw
Turkish Atrocities Report From Transcaucasia July Siege
Alarming telegrams from Tiflis report Turkish troops in Turkish Armenia committing brutal acts as they collect taxes. The city of Van is described as nearly destroyed with houses torn down women assaulted and residents terrorized by forces described as wild.
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Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Armenia
Van
Rogers Has Been Cured
New York on July 12 reports H. H. Rogers declined a business proposal in a letter to a friend saying he is disinterested in new ventures. The note attributes his reluctance to current administration policies toward corporations including Standard Oil.
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San Francisco
Cal
The
Gall
Insurance Department
New York
H. H. Rogers
Ono
Teaver
Tam
Clash of Salvador and Guatemala Escalates Border Fight
A Salvadoran invasion of Guatemalan territory prompted renewed hostilities along the border. The American minister to Guatemala, Leslie M. Combs, was recalled from Camperico to Guatemala City to monitor the situation and safeguard U S interests. Troops from both nations massed near the boundary after a temporary truce appeared to fail.
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Washington, D. C
Salvador
Guatemala
Leslie M. Combs
United States
Guatamela City
Camperico
Comba
Five Die In Buffalo Trolley Wreck After Open Switch
A Buffalo trolley accident left five dead and many injured when a two car line from Lockport failed to stop at an open switch near Martinyville and struck a waiting freight train. Names given include motorman Biltnman and pedestrians. several injured, some critically, are Buffalo residents and railroad workers. The crash caused severe destruction to the leading cars and a wedge shaped motor end. Investigations and official reports follow.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lockport
Lnes
International Railway Company
Martisyilla
Hive Parsons
Acore
Ee Biltman
Motorman
Hutchelo
Neerd
Irl
Tenthen
Ereebgesere Nestman
B.A. Wollangalo
Hies Pargilans Buffalo
J Walse
Armie Gan
Maloney
Senla
Itigins Anderson
Byffale
D. Heath
Johnson
Protorman
Escapes Big Outy Edits Admitted to Impo States
fragmented OCR item mentions legal terms and alleged admissions. details unclear. references to states circuit and Morrah, age, and fete indicate a court or legal case note with unspecified parties and outcomes.
Thaw Case Adds New Witness Drama in Court
In New York on July 16 Mrs. Behwatts may not be among key witnesses in the Harry Thaw trial for the White murder. Reports say Mrs Schwartz could testify but claims illness while detectives guard her apartment. Thaw's case remains unsettled as officials seek reliable testimony and protect the Thaw household entourage.
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Schwarte
New York
Behwatts
Harry
Starifold
White
Apertinent House
Mra
Schwartz
Sen
Thaw
Willam Sturgis
Ree’garding Thaw
Heal
District Attorney’s Office
Harry Thaw
Evans Heads Ticket in Tennessee Governor Nomination
Tennessee Republicans nominate Henry Clay Dyans for governor, D C Swab for railroad commissioner after an exciting session that shifts party leadership from Walter P. Brownlow to Evans. Platform praises Roosevelt, union of tariff flexibility with protection, and aims to sustain investment and jobs.
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Tennessee
Brownlow
Nashville
Tenn
Henry Clay Dyans
Hamilton County
London
D. C
Flrst
Mr. Evans
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Theodore Roosevelt
Friends of Protection
North Dakota GOP Names Full Slate At Jamestown Convention
The stalwart faction dominated the state GOP gathering in Jamestown North Dakota with a full ticket headed by Governor Searles. Resolutions backed Roosevelt and Congressmen Grenna and Marshall and pledges for officers and state posts. Senator McCumber called for curbing trusts and wealth distribution reforms.
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North Dakota
Jamestown
N. D
Searles
Roosevelt
Grenna
Marshall
Searlid
Atzte
McCumber
tHoker
D. i, Marshall
Dickey
A. J. Grenna
Nelson
J. Y
Seames
Tradl
Tieutenant
H. 8
Lewin
Casi
Albert Peterson
Sargent
H. L. Holmas
Pembina
Albert ‘Battaded
Girl Assassin in Sevastopol Plot Suppressed
Sevastopol reports a covert plot involving a teen girl disguised as a sailor to murder Admiral Choukain. Commander Sredtanye Chouknin of the Bike Fleet was said to orchestrate the plan, with details obscured by wartime censorship and damaged text.
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Admiral Choukain
Sevastopo
Sredtanye Chouknin
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