Prisoners in Irons Takeover at Puerto Cortez Gunboat
Allied forces under Commander Fullam arrest the Puerto Cortez chief of police and several officers aboard the gunboat Paducah for alleged murderous assault on Gen Davis of the Packard Bros line. Davis, a Stanley inspector, was assaulted during an encounter with a drunken soldier. He was beaten and left on the ground as physicians treated his injuries.
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Puerto Cortez
Paducah
Fallam
Marietta
Davis
Tnacker Bros. Steamship Line
Tally
California Posse Mistakes Death Of Austrian Nobleman
The Willows California incident ends with the identification of Count Otto von Waldstein as the man killed by a posse after a running fight. Miss Mary Fitzgerald of San Francisco identified the body after exhumation from a potter's field. Otto, once Austrian nobility, fought in the Boer War and wandered to America six years ago. He left a Placer county job the day before his death and was walking toward San Francisco when slain.
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California
Marrderer
Willows
Cal
Otta von Waldstein
Austria
Prince Wurtembure
Rang Joeseph
Mary Fitzgerald
San Francisco
Otto
Smith
John Marcovich
Oakland
America
Placer County
San Franccisco
Pamous Case Ends in Settlement Over Heir Claims
Final settlement reached after a long federal suit involving Marie Antoinette Singers-Rigger of London. She claims inheritance from Willon HL Phush, former director of Denver theaters, against Peter Ato Courts and associates. Judge Lewis presided as the total recovery reportedly tops SPOON00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Antoinette
Denver
Lewis Awaded
Eth Vlatrres
Wees
Meade
Disaster in Canton China After Massive Gunpowder Explosion
A Canton explosion devastated the city with loss of life and property. Dozens of parsons burned, fifteen buildings razed, and a 28 foot long section of a city wall collapsed. Foreigners in Shamien suburb escaped unharmed amid the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Everty
Shamien
Sioux City Live Stock Market Fragments
Friday quotations from Sioux City live stock show top beef cattle at five dollars and nineteen cents per hundredweight and top hogs at six dollars and thirty cents.
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Sioux City
Silas N Field Dies After Illness at Home
Obituary notice states Silas N Field died Friday after a prolonged illness. He was a longtime resident and attended local events, with family noting his involvement in community affairs and supportive ties to society members.
Swettendumn Goite Office News Brief
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference a local office or bureaucratic item with unclear names and places. Readable elements include references to a person’s walk and a tense decision or event, but details and context are too garbled to extract a coherent report or confirm entities.
Boise mhars ordeal I 17 met a nervous dread of tragedy
Prosecution and defense close in on final prep for the Steunenberg murder trial of William Maywood in Boise Idaho with a possible start Thursday. Delays are rumored but both sides appear ready and a defense motion seeks a bill of particulars about conspiracy to murder Haywood. The case is viewed through class and labor-war politics.
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Steunenberg
Boise
Idaho
William Maywood
Haywood
Colardo
Mine Owners’ Association
Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
Unveiling of McClellan Statue In Washington
President Roosevelt and cabinet officers joined army and navy prominent in civil life at the Thursday unveiling ceremony for the Gen. George B. McClellan statue in Washington. Senators Sickles Toward Deedrzre spoke as hundreds of veterans attended. sculptor MacMonnies created the work from photographs and relics provided by McClellan's relatives and comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
George B. McClellan
Washington
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Mattiens
Sickles
Toward
Deedzre
MacMonnies
AM Muaed Monnies
Giverny
Paris
McClelan
Case Against Pennsylvania Dynamiter Presented to Jury
jurors heard all evidence in the Edwardsville Welsh Congregational church dynamiting case against Joseph Chanowsky two years ago. Stephen Savage testified he and Chanowsky were promised 125 dollars by a bootlegger to blow up the church. Savage also implicated a Edwardsville businessman who denied the charge as the payer, though the court said direct proof was lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Chanowsky
Edwardsville
Stephen Savage
Chanowsky
Fitoonkeeper
Savage
Savige
Attempt to wreck passenger train on Northwestern railway
An attempted wreck occurred Wednesday on the Northwestern railway as a freight train struck an obstruction placed on the track. The passenger train from Milwaukee and Racine to Chicago narrowly avoided disaster when the locomotive derailed, but the rails were not fully compromised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prain
Titage Ane Northewester
Milwauker
Raeine
Chiease
Dual St Louis Tragedy Details Shocking Shooting
In St Louis Missouri Albert Koenig a lineman climbed a two story porch broke a window and entered Lettie Woods room before shooting her and then killing himself He had quarreled with Woods recently and residents fear the tragedy will end in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wade
Albert Koenig
Lettie Woods
Hes
Hoth
Oya
Eleven Bodies Recovered At Whipple Mine Blast
Eleven bodies are recovered from the Whipple mine near Charleston West Virginia after a late Wednesday gas explosion. Five miners are injured and believed to be the total casualties from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipple
Charleston
W. Va
Ruef Seeks Change of Venue for Trial
Abraham Ruef of San Francisco asks Judge Dunn for a change of venue to another county. He argues he could not receive a fair trial in San Francisco County and cites various reasons.
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Ruef
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
Dunn
Milby Corps of Speed Documents Published Thursday
A terse item notes that Milby prepares a set of speed documents and will publish related titles on Thursday. The terse disclosure lists Milby as the source and hints at forthcoming public dissemination of the documents and titles.
Breaks Koimierant Record Across Trans-Atlantic Route
A record is broken on a trans Atlantic route as Haere Brouehe Route Uns Dbalia ties the New York line on Wednesday. The achievement marks a historic immigration milestone, highlighting rising traffic and rapid movement across the ocean.
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New York
Nmber
Paris Day of Unrest Ends With Mass Arrests
In Paris on May day disturbances erupted near the trades unions headquarters. Authorities moved to quell violence as over 1,000 arrests were recorded. Dozens injured, including two cuirassiers wounded by Jacob Law who fired from an omnibus. Police cleared crowds toward the Saint Parten’s canal, with 260 arrests and many hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Trades Unions
Jacob Law
Place de la Republique
Law
Labor Exchange
Labor Federation
St. Parten’s Canal
Fire at Chicago building injures forty women
A blaze at 235 Wabash avenue Chicago trapped about 100 women on site with many leaping from windows and a crowded stair escape. Firemen rescued some while others fell to the street as flames raced from the basement up an elevator shaft.
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Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Story & Clark Plano Company
Lotus Lunch Club
Em-Poyes
Brecter Humber
Mrs Yerkus Asks Divorce from Wilson Mizner
Mrs Mary Adelaide Mizner sues Wilson Mizner of New York for divorce. Louis B Hasbrouck appointed referee to take testimony. Mrs Mizner widow of Chas T Yerkes, promoter, married Mizner a few months after Yerkes death. The couple separated weeks later amid reports of strain and discord.
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Wilson Mizner
Mary Adelaide Mizner
New York
Louis B. Hasbrouck
Race riot erupts in Greensburg Indiana
A mob of 500 whites attacked Black residents after an assault on an elderly white woman sparked the riot. Six Black individuals were badly hurt, one possibly fatally. Whites destroyed Black establishments and warned residents to leave town before authorities dispersed the crowd.
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Greensburg
Gregrg
Ind
Prisoners Strike in Alton Jail Over Fines
Eight inmates in Alton HL City Jail refused to work due to unpaid police court fines and began a bread and water diet as they protested the demand to sweep streets.
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Alton
Western League Baseball Sioux City Schedule Notes
Western League games are listed to be played at Sioux City in the near future with dates for Des Moines and Lincoln series including May 6 to 9 and May 11 to 15 plus later dates. The item includes stray lines about a governor’s requisition and a Sacramento matter along with brief notes on labor troubles in Japan and industrial disruption.
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Sioux City
Des Moines
Lincoln
Ommaha
Runaway Iowa Lad Captured and Returned Home
Eleven year old Willie Singer of Winthrop fled on a pony last Wednesday headed toward Montana or Wyoming. He worked at a Barber Asphalt plant in Iowa Falls after his money ran out and carried a revolver. City Marshal Gifford captured him on officials’ guidance from Buchanan county and brought him home, ending the boy’s westward dream.
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Iowa
West
Willie Singer
Winthrop
Gifford
Iowa Falls
Buchanan County
U. S&s
Barber Asphalt Company
Montana
Wyoming
Elopers Caught In Atlantic Wedding Plot
Police prevented a planned Atlantic elopement as Harvey Brown of Illinois and Net tie Johnson of Audubon were detained by Marshal LaRue at a private house until the girl's parents arrived from Audubon. The girl denied eloping, saying she came to see Brown off. Brown claimed four years of courtship amid parental objection and elopement plans. Bliss Johnson was taken home and Brewh went to California.
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Atlantic
Hone
Harvey Brown
Ilinois
Nettie Johnson
Audubon
Marshal LaRue
Brown
Marrid
Bliss Johnson
Brewh
California
Millionaire Hubbell Offers Deal to Ingham on Opened Street
Des Moines editor Harvey Ingham received a note from millionaire F M Hubbell with an assignment of Hubbell options on property tied to a street opening. Hubbell claims the city should pay $55,000, while Ingham could profit up to $100,000 on the same property. Ingham’s response is anticipated amid strong interest.
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Hubbell
Ingham
F. M. Hubbell
Harvey Ingham
Register and Leader
Des Moines
Poison in Candy Triggers Illness in Jackson Family
Mrs. S. C. Jackson and her children traveled from Ida Grove to Alta to visit sister Mrs. Peterson. While there both Mrs. Peterson and the four year old Jackson boy showed poisoning symptoms, later Mr. Jackson also fell ill. It is believed the candy they shared contained poisonous coloring.
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S. C. Jackson
Ida Grove
Alta
Peterson
Pythian Sisters Hold Eighth District Convention
The district grand deputy chief of the Pythian Sisters Judge of Des Moines and Grand Chief Mrs Lizzie Matthews of Council Bluffs attended and addressed the Eighth district convention at the order held by the Twentieth Century Temple of Athentic May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Des Moines
Lizzie Matthews
Council Bluffs
Athintic
Mareus School Taorse Contractor Awarded In Waterloo
Charles Wasser of Waterloo lands the contract to build the Mareus school house for 16,593 dollars while George Sheerer of Waterloo nets 544 dollars for plumbing, totaling 20,053 dollars for the project. an Ola school building will be auctioned on May 11.
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New Mareus School Taorse
Charles Wasser
Waterloo
Mareus
George 1
Sheerer
Frenzied mother leaps from window to save child
Mrs Will Powell of Mason City, in a frenzied act, leaped from a second story window to rescue her son trapped under an overturned cart loaded with enamel. The boy was trampled but survived with minor injuries while the mother was badly hurt. In Dubuque the Law and Order league began action to enforce liquor laws petitioning injunctions against 98 of 133 saloons.
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Enal
Will Powell
Mason City
Dubuque
Law and Order League
M. Thorne
Snow Blanket Over Towa Ends April with Heavy Snow
Snow covered nearly the state of Towa in late April with eight inches in Des Moines and central areas. The storm will aid grain and pastures while causing irreparable damage to fruit and truck gardening.
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Towa
Des Moines
Pioneer Physician Dead in Webster City
Dr. J. N. Moedberry noted Webster City physician died after years confined to bed due to paralysis. The account states he relied on a medicine or drugstore remedy in Webster City.
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J. N. Moedberry
Webster City
Tet Drug Store
Websto City
Medical Mum Meet and Luna City Show
Report notes a medical gathering titled Medical Mum Meet and Luna City event. Physterians attended a keynote by Pheoprinetpct addressing broad topics. Adelphim Heering Win on Biovenal is mentioned among speakers in a fragmented description.
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Luna City
Iin
Adelphim Heering
Biovenal
Pht
Indictment Follows Firing on Serenade Night
An indictment was returned by a Monroe County grand jury naming George Wilson and Lovilla as involved in the firing on a crowd of serenaders during a daughter’s wedding. Wilson was arrested after the sheriff found him and bonds set at 1500, which remain unpaid. Lovilla fears retaliation as the affair unsettles the community. Arthur James, one of three shot youths, underwent surgery and lost an eye. other bullet wounds remain unrecovered.
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Monroe County
George Wilson
Lovilla
Wilson
Arthur James
Baby on the cowcatcher shocks Milwaukee train ride
Four year old boy clung to the cowcatcher of a Milwaukee division train near Coleman and Jackson Junction. Conductor Hoxsie and engineer Swanson halted the train after a six mile downhill run. The child rode about one mile per minute before being found and returned to his mother.
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Hoxsie
Charles City
Milwaukee
Coleman
Swanson
Colman
Jackson Junction
Insanity Hearing Ties Bank Failure Case
William Ball, a depositor with five thousand dollars, was taken before the insanity commissioners as the Seymour Farmers and Traders bank collapse continues. Ball planned to use the funds to buy a farm owned by John Ware, father of LeRoy Ware, the defaulting cashier, who was arrested on embezzlement charges and will reportedly waive examination as friends seek his bail.
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Seymour Bank
Seymour Farmers and Traders
William Ball
Ball
Bahl
John Ware
LeRoy Ware
Ware
Des Moines Woman Runs in Night Clothes in Snow
Mrs Emma Walling of Des Moines, seized by temporary insanity she believed her daughter Edna was kidnapped and dashed from her home at 5 am. She ran several blocks barefoot in six inch snow before capture. Three doctors say her condition is critical due to exposure.
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Des Moines
Edna
Emma Walling
Attempted train wreck on Illinois Central near Nashua
Unknown parties piled ties on the Illinois Central track between Nashua and Plainfield in an effort to wreck a southbound train. The northbound train arrived first and crushed the obstruction, preventing any damage. No injuries reported.
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Nashua
Plainfield
Wealthy Farmer Ends Life at Sigourney Granary
John Hackett of Sigourney a wealthy farmer aged about sixty was found hanged from a beam in the granary of a farm occupied by Matt Davis with no cause for the rash act given. Big chase at Manson. The Manson high school class of 1907 will be the largest ever, with twenty nine members expected to graduate in June.
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John Hackett
Sigourney
Matt Davis
Big Chass
Manson
Manson High School
Whimpey Given Thirty Years For Criminal Assault
Lem Whimpey was sentenced to thirty years of hard labor in Mundison penitentiary by Judge Hugh Brennan of the district court at Des Muines after conviction for criminal assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Mundison
Lem Whimpey
Hugh Brennan
District Court
Des Muines
Ida Pioneer Den Mrs Willan Payne Dies at Ida Grove
Ida Grove recent birthday of Ida Pioneer Den resident Mrs Willan Payne aged 78 dies from stroke. One of the oldest pioneer settlers, she had long been known in the community.
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Ida Pioneer den
Willan Payne
Ida Grove
Died of heart trouble and clerical changes in Iowa
Sister Mary Mvange died suddenly at Cedar Rapids from heart failure while teaching at a Catholic academy in Charles City. Tobin begins duties as collector in the northern district, succeeding A C Smith at Snow in Town. Snowstorm hits Oskaloosa with freezing temperatures. Nathan Simpson, notable Plone buque, is dead. Wilbur Remington arrested in Mason City for alleged horse theft. Navy service changes reported for several individuals.
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Mary Mvange
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
List
Tobin
Mad. Tobin
Vinton
A.C. Smith
Dissolution of Charles Gates & Co In Stocks Slump
Reports indicate the Gates family firm Charles Gates & Co dissolves amid a market downturn. The Gates heirs and associates are rumoured to be abroad as a sharp stock decline reshapes fortunes from ten million to around forty million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Multhall
Charles
Charles, Gates & Co
Charley
Pennsylvania House tax plan on coal faces consumer impact
The article reports on the Pennsylvania House's proposal to place a three cent tax per ton on coal, with critics arguing the burden will fall on consumers. It covers statements by Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking court orders to question Union Pacific stock sales, and notes industry figures like B F Yoakum advocating a broader view of railroads as public trusts. It describes freight-rate disputes, potential retaliatory charges by the Chicago Great Western, and ongoing efforts to curb rebates and crime connected to the railroads.
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Pennsylvania
Knapp
Iste Merce Commission
Circuit Court
I. LY
American Railroad
Systema
Union Pacific
Chicago Gryern Railroad
Chicago Great Wester
Union Pig
Great Western
Towagrain
Omaha
Chicatemite
Dengsylvania
Goxe
Séuart
Penpaylvanis Nor Ragueating
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Japan
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