Ex-captain Carter Finds Relief in Night Duty Change
Oberlin M. Carter ex captain of engineers United States Army in Leavenworth Kansas undergoes a confinement change at night. Warden McClaughry assigns him to the penitentiary hospital area, providing better air food and sleeping quarters. Health and spirits improve under the new routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wexdewior
Leavenworth. Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Thas
Oberlin
M. Carr
Engineers
United States
NcClaughry
Heda
Carter
New Cuban Fraud Scandal Hits Havana University Professors
A major Cuban postal fraud scandal unfolds at Havana University where 72 professors and 24 assistants allegedly milked funds, some drawing extra salaries while many taught few or no classes. Gen Wood ordered reforms to cut staff to 45 and address the waste, amid a 450 student body.
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Government University
Havanas
Cuba
Gen. Wood
Fire Devastates Eichbaum Block in Pittsburg
A large blaze tore through the Eichbaum block in Pittsburg at Fifth Avenue Din gd Wood and Market Streets. The fire endangered the Exchange National Bank and Bussey building with extensive damage. about 50 Duff's College students escaped from a fifth floor near panic. Estimated loss is $800,000.
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Pittsburg
Eichbaum
fBig
Fifth Avenue
Dingd
Wood
Market
Exchange National Bank
Bussey
Duff's College
Hill for Vice President in Bryan Camp Showing
The North American reports editors nationwide favor David B Pull as Roosevelt’s running mate or a strong alternative, with William R Hearst nearly as popular. Admiral Dewey ranks low as the canvass reveals no clear majority among leading newspaper editors.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia
United States
Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
David B. Pull
William R Hearst
New York Journal and Advertiser
Hill
Admiral Dewey
National Calamity Warned As Wheat Crop Collapse
The Times-Herald cites crop expert reports from a two week Midwest tour. He calls the wheat shortfall a national calamity with Dakota prospects around 20 million bushels and Minnesota near 5 million, totaling about 75 million versus last year’s 200 million.
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Snow
Chicago
The
Times-Herald
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Dakotas
Roberts Found Guilty in Unlawful Cohabitation Trial
Salt Lake Utah jurors convict B. H. Roberts of unlawful cohabitation after he admitted a polygamous marriage to Maggie B. Shipp while living with his wife Sarah Louisa. Court may reverse on technical grounds. Also notes Gen Wheeler at War Dept, osteopaths case, and Beckham declares candidacy.
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Salt Lake
Uta
B. H. Roberts
Roberts
Maggie B. Shipp
Sarah Louisa
Supreme Court
Abraham Frazer
Clear Lake
Frazer
Convention Platform Endorses Free Silver and Trust Rules
The convention adopted a platform endorsing free silver at the existing ratio, opposing trusts and urging free list inclusion for trust articles. It calls for Cuban independence, war tax continuation, postal savings banks, direct senate elections, and initiative and referendum. Delegates-at-large named. the administration is condemned. Reports from Shanghai note Vice Admiral Seymour reaching Pekin after fighting, with Chinese losses around 600 and foreign losses minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
William Jennings Bryan
John Lind
P. B. Winstin
T. B. O’brien
L. A. Rosing
C. A. Baldwin
Taku
London
Shanghai
Seymour
Pekin
Confesses To Murder In Wise Case In Anoka
Anoka Minnesota report says John Donahue alias Gallagher admitted guilt in the Wise farm murder. He named two co conspirators and described being in Anoka the night of the crime. He said they crossed the rue field to reach the house and fled after the killing. Police pursue the two men as they remain at large.
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John Donahue
Anoka
Minn
Wise
Gallagher
St. Cloud
Wise Farm
Morris
Donahue
Two Shot on St Louis Street Car Line
Two people injured as a passenger wagon taunted transit car riders leading to gunfire. Peter Bonifer, a saloonkeeper, suffered a foot injury from a bullet while Winnie Allen was shot in the leg by a policeman. A dynamite blast on the Easton Avenue line at Pendleton Avenue damaged cars. motorman William Butholtz healed from a right arm injury. Conductor and five officers unharmed.
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St. Louis
St. Lionis
Peter Bonifer
Winnie Allen
Easton Avenue
Pendleton Avenue
William Butholtz
Train Goes Through Bridge in Kentucky Wreck
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train failed a Greensburg branch bridge at Calvary near Lebanon on June 20. Thirteen bridge carpenters worked as the bridge collapsed, sending the engine and cars into Rolling Park River. Two men were killed, five seriously injured, and ten slightly hurt as passengers were removed from the wrecked cars.
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Kentucky
Lebanon
Greensburg
Louisville and Nashville
Calvary
Rolling Park River
Quarantine Against Cattle Issued by Missouri Governor
Gov. Stephens orders a cattle quarantine barring shipment from states with tuberculosis. Affected states include Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota California Kentucky Tennessee and the Dominion of Canada.
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Jeferson City
Stephens
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rade Island
Connecticut
New York
Dpennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Ohio
Indiana
Uliness
Mehigin
Wisconsin
Lowi
Minnesota
Alifornia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Somin- Ton
Canada
Killed by a Live Wire in Galena City Incident
City Marshal Milford Parker of Galena Nan died after a telephone wire fell across a sidewalk. He picked it up to wrap it around a post and walked about thirty feet with it before collapsing. The wire touched a live line, delivering a fatal current.
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Galena
Nan
Milford Parker
Andrew Popp dies after weeklong illness at age 100 years
Minneapolis man Andrew Popp died following a week of illness. He celebrated his 100th birthday on May 4 and recently suffered a fainting spell that caused a head injury from a fall, from which he could not recover.
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Minneapolis
Andrew Popp
Mr. Popp
Fire devastates Pittsburgh machine shops on 20th
Fire destroyed adjacent plants of Carroll Porter Molier and Tank Company and James Rees & Sons Company engine builders in Pittsburgh. Loss tallied at 115,000 dollars and was insured.
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Pittsburg
Carroll Porter Moiler and Tank Company
James Rees & Sons Company
Mondamin
L. 1
Raymond
Eeongmy
Wakkerstroom Guard Surrenders Arms to British
Volkecast, Transvaal reports the town guard of Wakkerstroom has surrendered to the British forces. Several Mausers and rifles of American manufacture were surrendered and handed in.
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Volkecast
Transvaal
Wakkerstroom
Great War Ahead Warns Senator Davis on China Crisis
Senator Davis of Minnesota, chair of the Senate foreign affairs committee, says the China crisis looms as grave as any since the Civil War. He warns the Western world may awaken a dividing China, possibly partitioned, dethroning the empress, with war likely and far-reaching global impact.
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Davis
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
China
Muravieff Dead and Fires Wreak Havoc Across Wisconsin
The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Count Muravieff died suddenly on the 21st in St. Petersburg. In Middletown Wisconsin eight miles west of here, the village burned, wiping out its entire business section and leaving 23 buildings destroyed including the opera house two hotels and the post office. Insurance estimates range from 75000 to 100000 with actual loss higher. Madison called for aid. Elsewhere Brown University endowment reached 1000000 in cash and pledges, following Rockefeller’s offer. Agricultural and market figures for Sioux City Sioux City-Cincinnati Milwaukee Detroit St Louis and New York rounds show cattle hogs and wheat prices and related commodities.
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Adaire
St. Petersburg
Count Muravieff
Middletown
Wis
Madison
Sioux City
Chicago
Chigee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Wealthy farmer reports cattle thefts on his farm
Samuel Berry, a prosperous cattle grower near Loule, found thirty-seven cattle missing from two pastures. He lost twenty six from one herd and eleven from another. Fences were intact, suggesting theft rather than strays. The value is estimated at about $1000.
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Penite Coe
Samuel Berry
Twaiity
Berry
Man Impulsively Jumps River Then Crawls Ashore
W N Hennessy a former Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway motorman attempted suicide by leaping from a high pier into the Missouri River. He fell, surfaced, wedged against a post, crawled ashore, and later told the insanity board he resisted a second impulse. Witnesses aided him and he was taken to his home and then committed to St Bernard's Hospital for examination.
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Missouri River
Wn. F. Hennessy
Omaha and Council Blais Railway and Bridge Company
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Board of Insanity Commissioners
Persong
St Bernard’s Hospital
Mystery Train Strike Leaves No Body Found
The Clipper passenger train between Fort Dodge and Sioux City was halted near Barnum after the gravel train ahead allegedly struck a man. Despite extensive searches along the track, no body was found. Separately, A J Snell of Rock Island discussed building an $80,000 hotel in Fort Dodge if the building is leased to him.
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Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Barnum
A.J. Snell
Rock Island
Abr. Snell
Des Moines Auditorium Work Aims for August Completion
Construction begins June 20 on the Des Moines auditorium restoration with plans to finish by August 1 to host the Republican state convention if possible. Workers are clearing debris to start relaying nails and begin rebuilding at the earliest moment.
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Des Moines
Train derailment near Zen Hou after washout halts line
Fragmentary report describes a derailment risked by washouts on the West 8 line near Zen Hou. A short dig led to a train plone being precipitated into landslides that followed, with sections four miles east and along the track buried under debris. The Dasper County coal mines were reported as all out.
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Dasper County Coal Mings
Sheriff robbed twice during Minneapolis visit
Cherokee County Sheriff John M Hill attended a interstate sheriff convention in Minneapolis. He was held up and robbed of cash, later finding a forged pawn receipt for his gold watch. The next night his hotel room was robbed and the watch vanished, a forged receipt recovered, and police asked to investigate. He later claimed to know the culprit and distributed cigars.
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Minneapolis
John M. Hill
Cherokee County
Metropolitan Theater
Ike
Hill
Mystery in It Ex-Sheriff Hamilton County Disappears
W W Sinclair former Hamilton County Sheriff vanished about two weeks ago and has not been heard from since. Rumors of elopement with a notorious woman circulated but his wife denies them. Reports he deeded his farm to his wife proved false. Sinclair, aged about 55, six feet tall, 170 pounds, is a well known and respected local figure. He is described as a retiring farmer.
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Hamilton County
W. W. Sinclair
Sinclair
Prisoner Escapes After Jail Fire At Coon Rapids Bastile
A jail fire at Coon Rapids was believed staged to cover an inmate’s escape. H. J. Muller was thought to be in a cell when the blaze started. he supposedly fled, aided by enemies, amid widespread town outrage. Other items note a Webster City husband captured in Fort Dodge and a man named Clayton Mockett re jailed in Pleasant, plus a man’s accidental knife death near Manning.
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Coon Rapids
Bastile
Ain
H. J. Muller
Muller
Webster City
Fort Dodge
Fred Blaine
Blaine
Webster
Clayton Mockett
Nt Pleasant
Tippecanoe Township
Abe McDowell
Luke Trueblood
Disappearance and Tragic Lovers Spark Moulton Case
A confused report notes a 14 year old girl and her lover, both believed dead, amid a mystery near Moulton May Fields. Mrs Beal fears for her daughter as a drowning and chloroform incident is linked to a society belle and a partner, details unclear.
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Frank Beal
Mr. and Manning
Moulton May Fields
Ambiguous Phrase From 19th Century Text
The fragment reads as a legal or formal assertion about authority and privilege in an unspecified context possibly referencing Philippi. It hints at power granted or recognized, with an odd truncation that obscures subject, scope, and outcome, leaving the exact meaning unclear.
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Wheeler
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Joseph Wheeler
War Department
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Heavill
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
State Board of Health
Osteopathic School
Beckham
Eky
Muralieff
Noble
University
Providence, R.1
Brown University
John D. Rockefeller
Ira Husted
Cedar Rapids
Ilusted
Caulfit
Dale
Charles Daly
Shell Huck
Ane
Jie Shiirus
Paris
Sisters of St. Joseph's School
Salix
St. Joseph
New Orleans
Cherokee
B. I. Sitlinger
Howard Kaufman
Beulah Rice
Belmond Elopers
Ottumwa
Andrew Carnegie
Storm Lake
Northwestern Iowa Veterans’ Association
Wit Beven
Sheriff
Jienny Teil
Manning
Miechest
Mr. Hell
Larrabee
Signs Falls
Central
Lars McGraw
Eau Claire
Boone
Morocco
Elec
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Wilhelmina
Tf i
Bernhard Henry
Saxe-Wel
William
Milan
Russia
Great Britain
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