Post Office Stamp Heist Reaches $74,610 Plunder
Chicago October 21 burglars drilled into the wholesale stamp vault at a temporary post office building and stole about 68,000 dollars in stamps plus other value. A tunnel of over 300 feet and 97 plate holes were used to reach the vault while workers above were unaware. Officials call it the largest stamp robbery in U.S. postal history and vow to pursue and recover the property. Postmaster Frederick Coyne is in Washington awaiting action.
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Chicago
Post Ofice
F. C. Spalding
Wholesale Stamp Department
Bn. m
Spalding
Stuart
Bhali
Thi
Frederick DB. Coyne
Washington
Congress
Czolgosi Time Is Short For Electric Chair Death
Albany prison officials meet with State Prison Superintendent to finalize Leon Czolgocz execution plans for McKinley killer. Only 26 witnesses allowed under law. autopsy to be performed by Dr. Carlos F. Macdonald with other physicians present. Execution expected before 6 am October 28 or 29 if delays continue. jury selection begun but names withheld.
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Albany
Meada
Albany Prison
State
Cornelius V. Collins
Leon Czolgoss
McKinley
Carlos F. Macdonald
State Commission
Junacy
Collins
Buttia
Erie County
Army court martial trials total 6963 in year ending June 30
General Davis reports 6963 trials by general court martial, 600 fewer than the prior year. Of enlisted men 4806 regulars and 1147 volunteers were tried. 1295 regulars and 233 volunteers were dishonorably discharged. Death sentences totaled four murder cases and two desertion cases, mostly commuted to dishonorable discharge or imprisonment. Military commissions tried 980, with 729 convicted and 202 acquitted. 49 disapproved.
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Odurt Biartiql
Washington
George B. Davis
Secretary of War
Hia
Afl
Davis
Philippine Islands
Ifa
Koester Named Internal Revenue Collector for South Carolina
Washington October 23 The president appointed George E Koester collector of internal revenue for the district of South Carolina to succeed the late W I Webster The announcement notes Koester as an independent Democrat endorsed by business leaders from South Carolina and North Carolina The move ends a controversy over southern appointments with the president preferring suitable Republicans if found or Democrats otherwise Blalock had been considered but was not chosen Senator McLaurin proposed Koester who had a personal interview with the president last Saturday and Koester remains in the city
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Washington
George E. Koester
Internal Revenue
District of South Carolina
W. I. Webster
New Haven
Rooster
South Carolina
North Carolina
Koester
Roosevelt
Jones
Alabama
Blalock
McLaurin
Mrs Roosevelt Declares Women Need Not Be Extravagant
Washington December 23 Mrs Roosevelt discusses winter attire saying any woman with common sense can be well dressed on 300 a year. She plans three gowns yearly using best materials and artists, sharing thrift habits for a full wardrobe. She will visit New York next month to finalize winter wardrobe details and favor black and white combinations.
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Roosevelt
Archibald
Kermit
Father and Son Killed in Texas Saloon Duel
In Waco on Austin avenue, ex Sheriff W. T. Harris and his son were killed in a duel with Dr. J. G. Lovelace and his stepson Z. T. Reynolds after a longtime family dispute. Harris Jr fired first with a shotgun, Lovelace returned fire, killing the two Harris men. Lovelace and Reynolds surrendered and await grand jury actions.
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Waco
Tex
Brann-Davis
Austin Avenue
W. T. Harris
W. T. Harris, Jr
J. G. Lovelace
Z. T. Reynolds
Young Harris
Lovelace
Harris
Hurrig
Reynolds
Witnesses Describe Schley Sigsbee Talks And Battles Of Cuban Campaign
Correspondent accounts detail conversations between Schley Sigsbee and Higginson during the Cuban campaign. Testimony covers orders about not risking ships, logs of the Brooklyn, and recollections of the July 3 battle with the Spanish fleet at Santiago.
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Sigsbee
Santiago Harbor
Miss Stone Abduction Brings Turkish Brutality Reports
Dispatches from Sofia and Vienna recount brutal frontier actions as five Macedonian fugitives, including a Mme Tsilka relative, are shot while crossing into Bulgaria. U S Consul Dickinson seeks inquiry. Mixed reports say Stone captured and Tsilka died. Vienna notes ransom strategy and possible rescue efforts.
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London
Sofia
Grosshelovo
Baniska
Macedonia
Mme. Tsiska
Miss Stone
United States
Dickinson
American Mission Church
Braniska
Vienna
The
Times
Sofa
Neves Weiner
Daily Mail
Ja Oouda
Bulgaria
Madame Tsilka
Helen Stone
Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Madame K. S. Tsilka
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions Handed Down in Des Moines
The Iowa Supreme Court issued several rulings today in Des Moines. Decisions include State v Sears affirmed in Sac County. State v Hibber reversed in Lign County. Young v Snell affirmed in Webster County. Berry v Des Moines Street Railway Co. affirmed in Polk County. Cathcart v Brown and other cases noted across Dallas and surrounding counties.
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Des Moines
Ill
Antreme Court
State
Sears
Sac County
Hibper
Lign County
Young
Appellant
Snell
Webster County
Berry
Deg Moines Street Railway
Polk County
Dallas Coun- Cathcart
Va. Brown
Bueng
General Corbin Outlines Army Needs for Philippines
Washington Oct 21 General Henry C Corbin adjutant general of the army presents a comprehensive review of the army on costs and needs. He notes Philippine enlistments will drop about 2000 monthly to June 1902 and urges early recruiting decisions. He calls for improved officer training, revived noncommissioned officer standards, and better transport and cable links to the Philippines, plus more comfortable troops quarters and storehouses in Manila and Mindanao.
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Washington
Henry (. Corbin
Corbin
Philippines
Haring
Mill
West Point Military Academy
Fort Munracy
Army
War College
Army Transport Service
Pacific
Congress
United States
General Corbin
Manila
War Department
Marta
China
Chaffee
Cor+bin
McKinley
Congresn
Bail. Org
Mariner
Spain
Ito Reaches Washington Entertained at Dinner by Legation
Marquis Ito the Japanese statesman arrived in Washington and was greeted by the Japanese minister and legation staff. He attended a dinner at the legation where speakers explained Japan’s cautious stance on China and potential new commercial treaties. Ito showed pleasure at Eastern progress and hoped for further developments.
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Legation
Washington
Marquis Tto
United States
Arlington Hotel
Regation
K. Wendzuki
Tokioka
Marquis Ito
Tzudzuki
Japan
China
Life story of Mrs Kiely recalled in mournful note
Minneapolis Oct. 28 The Journal recounts the life of Mis Mary Kiely who died in Sioux City Oct 15. Twenty years earlier she left Edmund Kiely of St Paul vowing not to return. Their four children stayed with the husband as she vanished. She taught music for a time then moved west and died of consumption in Sioux City last Wednesday. Her husband and children later viewed her in the coffin and accompanied it to its final resting place in St Paul. She was a daughter of Patrick Nash, a pioneer contractor, and young she was known among the society of the downriver town.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mis
Mary Kiely
Sioux City
Edmund Kiely
Harry Drewry
Charles Sandstrom
John Kiely
Josephine Kiely
St. Paul
Kiely
Patrick Nash
Downriger
Big School Land Sale in Hed River Valley
State Auditor Dunn reports sale of 100000 acres in Norman and Sison counties in Hed river valley. Average price 16 dollars per acre, yielding 3 million dollars for the permanent school fund. Purchasers largely farmers from Iowa and other western states.
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Minnesota
Bella
St. Paul
Minn
Dunn
Norman
Sison
Hed River
Iowa
Yale's Celebration Opens Bicentennial Welcome
Yale University extended a formal welcome to returning sons and hundreds of guests for its bicentennial celebration in New Haven. President Hadley voiced the welcome in Battell Chapel, with responses from city, state, nation, and universities of Great Britain and Europe. Delegates from thirty foreign universities and 120 American institutions attended the audience, many in academic robes. The program included addresses on two centuries of advancement in many learning fields.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale 'University
Battell Chapel
Hadley
Great Britain
Europe
Death sentence approved for two Filipino War soldiers
President Roosevelt approved the death sentence for Private William Wines of Company I Twenty fourth colored infantry for murder in Pangasinan and ordered execution at a time and place set by the Northern Luzon department commander, while Private Michael H. Ropingon of Company F Twenty fifth colored infantry received a commutation to a dishonorable discharge with forfeiture of all pay and confinement to hard labor for life.
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Wines
Washington
Roosevelt
William Wines
Twentys Fourth
Colored) Infantry
Pangasinan
P. 1
Department of
Northern Luzon
Michael H. Ropingon
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Czolgosz
Geo. E. Koester
Carolina
Schley
Associated Press
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Wells
Schicy Court of Inquiry
Fie
A. V. Mason
Lemly
Department
Havana
Santiago
Cuba
Key West
Cienfuegos
Scorpion
Albert V. Mason
Hodgson
Texas
Mason
George Edward Graham
Rayner
Graham
Sigshee
Sehley
Massachusetts
Blivi
Higginson
Havans
Ater Botts
Potts
Hranklyn
Ita
Evang
Sydley
Cat Modare
Dennis J. Cronin
Yang
Tsilka
Iowa Supreme Court
Gen. Corbin
Wis
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