Des Moines to Knoxville For Shercliffe Extradition
Des Moines reports that Colorado Sheriff Bonner pursues Frank Shercliffe to Knoxville with extradition papers while Minnesota authorities race south. The case pits Minnesota and Colorado against Tennessee over extradition, with murder and prior conviction shaping the arguments. Shercliffe is said to seek Knoxville lawyer Sam G Heiskell, and a missing money incident occurred during a police search.
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Frank Shercliffe
Knoxville
Tenn
Shercliffe
Tennessee
Desperado
Minnesota
Hennepin County
Northern Pacific
Bonner
Leadville
Minneapolis
Nashville
Sam G. Heiskell
Heiskell
Justice Stauffer Escapes Hoodlum Attack In Mercury Iowa
Justice J. J. Stauffer fled through a back door when his home was attacked by hoodlums. They pelted the house with stones and shouted threats as he sought shelter with friends miles away. A prominent figure in equor law prosecutions and drunkenness cases, he feared retaliation for his active prosecutions.
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Justice Stauffer
Professor Burnett Dies After Saving Students
A telegram from Lincoln Nebraska reports the death of Professor George Ritter Burnett former commandant of the State University of Iowa battalion who recently served at the Lincoln military academy. The institute burned after ice damage. Burnett’s courage saved all 100 students before he was treated at a sanitarium.
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Neb
George Ritter Burnett
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Fie
Lincoln Military Academy
Santarium
Iowa City
Roosevelt's Africa Hunt Draws Warm British Welcome
The London Times reports President Roosevelt plans a post safari visit to Britain after his African hunting trip. The piece predicts a hearty reception from all classes and notes Mrs. Roosevelt may join him when he returns via the Nile to Khartoum and then to Britain.
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the Times
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Africa
Nile Valley
Khartoum
Liquor Sellers Caught in Dragnet in Sac County Iowa
Sac City Iowa November 3 liquor sellers in Sac county and other private citizens faced charges for illegal liquor selling. Several individuals pleaded guilty and were fined 300 dollars and costs while others received similar penalties. A judge ordered pharmacists to present permits for cancellation.
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Sac City
Sac County
Iowa
Frank McCrea
Lake View
Otis Reis
Dan Sexton
Frank Bruning
Odebolt
A. J. Kusian
F. J. Armantrout
Wall Lake
J. A. Engstrom
Alvah W. Perkins
J. M. Kelly
Church
Cancella
Menno Miller
Schaller
Dallas Elmore
Lytton
Granville Doty
Peter Kelly
Ulmer
Lakewood
Burlington Youth Ends Life After Football Injury
Irvin Timmerman, 19, of Burlington shot himself in a Fort Madison hotel. A two week old football injury to his head preceded odd behavior and a note to a girl companion revealed his intent.
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Irvin Timmerman
Fort Madison
Timmerman
Insane man recaptured after escape to Iowa City
Henry Brock custodian of the Iowa City post office and state bank escaped from Independence and returned to Iowa City planning vengeance against officers. He was arrested again and will be sent back to Independence while alleging cruelty by asylum managers.
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Iowa City
Henry Brock
State Bank
Independence
Arrest for bogus tombstone order in Omaha case
Council Bluffs Iowa November 3 F M Evans of this city was arrested and held awaiting requisition from Nebraska. He is wanted in Omaha on a charge that he turned in an incorrect tombstone order to Bloom and Co of that city.
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F. M. Evans
Nebraska
Omaha
Bloom & Co
Shercliffe Reported Captured Again Near Des Moines
Famed Des Moines figure Frank Shercliffe was reportedly captured again in Tennessee, with rumors confirming Morris’s route toward Des Moines and a reunion with his wife. The capture news unsettled local circles as Mrs. Morris, once despondent, now moves about town and visits newspaper offices seeking updates.
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Des Moines
Frank Shercliffe
Tennessee
Morris
Colorado
State Loses Inheritance Tax Case In Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines Iowa November 3 The state failed to collect collateral inheritance tax in a Jasper County case. The Lamb estate saw adopted son given a farm under a life keeping contract. Adoption was not proved yet the court ruled that such contracts preclude collateral inheritance taxes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jasper County
Supreme Court
Lamb
Wireless Station on High Shaft Top Aims at Washington Monument
Commander Cleland Davis U S A says it is not unlikely that within a few weeks after careful study of scientific advantages a wireless station may be installed on top of the Washington monument.
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Washington
Hm. Co
Joke Proves Fatal to Theatrical Manager in Accident
An automobile party from Detroit crashed near here, injuring B. C. Whitney a theater proprietor in critical condition. Halloween mischief left a telephone pole across the road and a guy wire was struck causing the fatal crash that hurled the car into the air.
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Detroit
B. C. Whitney
Hallowe’en Marauders
Mr. Whitney
Brownstown
German Baron Who Wrecked Train Adjudged Insane
Iowa City, November 3. Erich von Kutzleben the German baron who led a Rock Island train and imperiled 100 lives has been adjudged insane. Judge Howell sent him to the insane ward of the penitentiary at Anamosa.
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Iowa City
Erich von Kutzleben
Rock Island
Howell
Anamosa
Gas jet claims another victim in Mason City boarding house
William Olson was found dead in his private boarding house room. The gas jet had been turned about one fourth on, and this caused his death.
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Mason City
Wm. Olson
White Slave Chief Gets 2 Year Term
Chicago authorities moved against human trafficking as Judge Bethea fined Joseph Ochsner 2500 dollars and sentenced him to two years in the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary for harboring Marie Schulkraft for immoral purposes. He allegedly brought her from Stuttgart, Germany after deserting his children. The maximum penalty cited was five years and 5000 dollars.
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Chicago
Bethea
Joseph Ochsner
Federal
Fort Leavenworth
Ochsner
Marie Schulkraft
Stuttgaart
Germany
Wedding March Spares Organist a June Leave
A church organist takes a leave of absence in June. He explains that last year the month was filled with weddings and he sprained three fingers while playing wedding marches.
On the Roof Garden Comedians Swap Jokes
Two performers trade quips about a chimney sweep and a card player. The first joke asks why a chimney sweep should be an honest card player, and the second punchline explains because he follows soot.
Bubble Transforms to Solid via Liquid Air Technique
A historical note explains that using liquid air, a soap bubble can be turned into a solid form. The concept showcases early exploration of phase changes and novel materials handling. The description highlights an imaginative experiment illustrating physical science principles in a simple demonstration.
Colorado college offers presidency to James Wilson
Des Moines IA Nov 2 Colorado Agricultural College officials wired Secretary James Wilson offering him the presidency to replace B O Allesworth who resigned. Allesworth formerly led Drake University in Des Moines.
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Des Meceines
Colorado Agricultural College
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
B. O. Allesworth
Ailesworth
Drake University
Anna Shaw Leads Suffragettes Parade in Boon
Rev. Anna How ard Shaw led a parade of 200 women in Boon Iowa with two London suffragettes and delivered an address. Iowa Equal Suffrage association named officers including President Miss Eleanor B E Gordon from Des Moines and Vice President Mrs Julia Clark Hallam of Sioux City.
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Nealy
Corydon
Riker
Boone
Farmer Will Kriel Attempts Suicide in Western City
Western City Iowa November 2 Will Kriel a local farmer attempted suicide with a 22 caliber revolver last night firing the bullet into his forehead. The shot did not penetrate the skull and he is expected to recover. He was intoxicated at the time.
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Western City
Will Kriel
Milk wagon runs over Brookyn watchman. leg returned by spectator
John Day a 46 year old Brooklyn Rapid Transit watchman was struck by a milk wagon at Broadway and Kosciusko Street Brooklyn. Spectators saw his leg torn off then returned by a boy who carried it to Day who quipped it’s better to have a wooden leg. Driver Isaac Balsan of Woodhaven was arrested.
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New York
John Day
Veranda Place
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Broadway
Kosciusko Street
Brooklyn
Day
Isaac Balsan
Woodhaven
Republicans 10 Have Two Thirds Of U S Senate
Washington forecasts a safe two thirds GOP Senate as 61 of 92 seats are holdovers. Only 31 up for grabs show 19 Republicans and 12 Democrats. several states already chose a party, with key races in Ohio Indiana Oregon Colorado Missouri Nevada remaining undecided.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Kentucky
Vermont
Allison
Iowa
A Ankeny
Brandegee
Connecticut
Gallinger
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Hansbrough
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Heyburn
Idaho
Hopkins
Illinois
Kittredge
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Kansas
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Perkins
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Platte
New York
Smoot
Utah
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Clay
Georgia
Gary
South Carolina
Gore
Oklahoma
Milton
Florida
Overman
North Carolina
Ohio
Indiana
Oregon
Foraker
Hemenway and
Fulton
Colorado
Missouri
Nevada
Teller
Stone
Newlands
Fire on Luckenbach Ends Voyage After Days at Sea
The steamer 8 W Luckenbach from New York to San Juan reached San Juan with a fire burning in her hold. Passengers and crew are safe after an emergency voyage begun October 26, 580 miles south of Sandy Hook. The Philadelphia escorted the ship and passengers rallied around Captain McLean praising the crew's bravery.
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Porto Rico
W. Luckenbach
New York
Sandy Hook
Philadelphia
McLean
Leiter denies on the water wagon claim in new marriage tale
Chicago reports Joseph Leiter and Juliette Williams, daughter of Lt Col John R Williams, returning from abroad with Mrs Levi Z Leiter. The couple toured Britain two months, with Leiter joking reporters misstate their trip as a honeymoon and denying any water wagon involvement.
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Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Juliette Williams
John R. Willams
Mr. Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
Leiter
Arthur Adlum
Mit Famille
Nidst Beniering
Great Britain
Suffolk
Colin Campbell
Adlum
Lester
No Glad Hand in China for Fleet
Amoy reports apathy as the second squadron of the U S Atlantic fleet arrives. Only 100 Chinese guests admitted to the reception grounds amid protest at exclusion. the fleet, led by the Louisiana, is escorted to harbor by the Fei Ying. Admiral Emory planned to meet imperial officials this afternoon.
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Amoy
Tai Tan Island
Fei Ying
Louisiana
Emory
New York City Budget Plan For 1909 Revealed
A tentative budget for New York City's 1909 household expenses totals 157 million dollars with current year figures at 143.9 million. The board of estimate reached an agreement and will likely sign today, detailing borough allocations for Manhattan 2,699,402 Brooklyn 2,329,925 Bronx 1,288,538 Queens 1,286,367 and Richmond 772,069.
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Board of Estimate
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Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
New
Monster seven ton shark nets in San Pedro Bay
A massive shark weighing about 14 000 pounds was captured in San Pedro Bay California. The creature measured 32 feet from tip to tail with a 15 foot girth just ahead of the dorsal fin and a 2 1/2 foot mouth opening. It became entangled in two Italian fishermen nets.
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Cal
Pacific Coast
San Pedro Bay
California
Rescue of Crew From Burning Four Mast Schooner Lucie L Pollard
Details emerge of the Lucie L Pollard blaze and crew rescue by the Admiral Schley of the United States Fruit fleet. Captain Powell and five crewmen were saved after a tense exchange as the Schley ignored a doomed offer to help before hauling away at full speed.
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Lucie L. Pollard
Admiral Schiey
United States Fruit Company
Admiral Behley
J. ©. Powell
Louis Bowcher
Jensen
Pollard
Powell
Schley
American Fleet Sends Second Squadron From Amoy
The second squadron of the American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Emory left Amoy for Olongapo to join Admiral Sperry's first squadron. The ships, guests of China since October 20, are expected to arrive November 8 and were bid farewell with a marked contrast to arrival apathy.
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Emory
China
Olongapo
Sperry
France Demands Germany Express Regret Over Casablanca Incident
Paris reports say Germany's ambassador may be recalled as Franco German tensions rise. France states it will not negotiate further without a formal expression of regret for the assault on the German consulate at Casablanca, while Russia and Britain back France's stance.
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Prince von Badelin
Cambongest
Herr von Schoen
France
Casa
M. Cambone
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Philadelphia Man Fined $6.50 for Compulsory Hug
Leonard Luscalo and accomplice faced assault charges after overpowering escort Charles Veris and forcibly hugging Rose Dubin on a street near Morris and Catharine. Luscalo paid a $6.50 fine, declaring it a bargain, while Deverts also paid a fine but could not at once. Miss Dubin and Deverts had been returning from a ball when the incident occurred. they were restrained by a patrolman from the Second and Christian streets station.
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Philadelphia
Leonard Luscalo
South Fourth
Moore
Charles Veris
McKean
Deverts
M Dubin
Kenney
Second
Christian Streets
Maiden voyage disaster strikes Italian liner Duca di Genova
The Duca di Genova, new Italian liner, limps into New York after a ferocious storm on its maiden voyage from Naples. 679 steerage and nearly 100 cabin passengers endured heavy seas that tore rails and tossed all on deck. The ship arrived a few days late, with Federico di Palma aboard, and plans to wed Agnes Williams before returning to Rome.
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Duca di Genova
Naples
Vanni Orengo
Gioot
Azores
Mie
Federico di Palma
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Miss Lowell
Mass
Rome
Nau
Agnes Williams
United
Italy
Gi Palman
Four Yen
St. Louis
Congress
Litigation raises cost of pair of shoes to $175.75
Bloomington Illinois Nov 7 A court case shows Jas H Goherty an Illinois Central employee bought shoes for 3 dollars and defaulted payment over a defect. He lost in justice court costs 6 85 dollars. In county court costs 11 90 dollars. He appeals to circuit court and possibly supreme court with total expenses reaching 175 76 dollars to date.
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Tihus
DeWitt
Jas. H. Goherty
Illinois Central
Goherty
Justice Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Fond Mamma Wise Papa Debate Baby's Future Plans
Wise Papa predicts Baby will write dialect stories as he grows. Fond Mamma chuckles at the idea, noting the child's current talk hints at creative ambitions.
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Dismal Dawson Relates Endless Rejections
A humorous exchange shows Dismal Dawson lamenting endless refusals as he repeats being turned down at every turn, with a kind lady commenting on the many verses of his life.
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Dawson
Grafter Noted In Average Man Says Chicago News
The Chicago News opines that there is more or less graft in the average man, suggesting a pervasive tendency rather than a rare vice.
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Chicago News
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