Stensland Captured in Tangier After $1 Million Bank Theft
Paul O Stensland, president of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank Chicago, was seized in Tangier Morocco by Assistant State's Attorney Harry Olsen after a chase that began August 17. He is held at the U S legation as authorities pursue extradition despite no treaty with Morocco. The case centers on embezzlement totaling about 1 003 000 dollars.
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Paul O. Stensland
United States
Legation
Tangier
Morocco
Harry Olsen
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
James J. Barbour
Washington
Stensland
Gummere
Stenslund
Theodore Stensland
Gibraltar
Inspector Shippy
Stensland Jr
Shippy
St. Paul
Theodore
Tensland
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Comptoir Nationa A d'Escompte
Barbour
Olsen
John C. Vetzer
Fermer
P. Olson
Paul Olsen
Paul Olsens
Paul, Stensland
Mogador
Olson
Mr. Olson
Nixon's Novel Marine Engine Tests In Jersey City
Lewis Nixon unveils a double action reversible gas marine engine at Standard Motor and Construction Company shops in Jersey City. The unit runs at slow speed with high power, uses seven tenths pound of coal per horsepower hour, develops 300 horsepower at 320 RPM, and features low vibration and quiet operation. The engine uses both sides of the piston surface for dual work and has continuous water cooling of all valves in a loop.
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Nixon
Standard Motor and Construction Company
Jersey City
Lewis Nixon
Interesting News Items
Cars left the track demolished a house and killed George Carberry at Syracuse New York. Tom Ramsey shot and fatally wounded a man named Brown who attacked Ramsey in Ramsey Ney. Ramsey is a millionaire mine owner of Gold Field. Brig Gen James A Buchanan retired recommends government provision to advance the Philippine scouts and place them on army basis.
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George Carberry
Syracuse
Tom Ramsey
Brown
Ramsey
Ramsey, Ney
Goldfield
James A. Buchanan
Philippine Scouts
Army Basin
Rabies in New England Spread Across Three States
A mad dog scare has gripped Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut since July 1905. A black car dog from Whitinsville bit many dogs in Whitinsville Grafton and East Douglas prompting strict quarantines and muzzles. The panic spread with a greyhound bite in Grafton Center and a dog epidemic resembling black diphtheria in northern Rhode Island. Cities like Attleboro Springfield and Providence imposed strict controls while dog catchers killed hundreds for pay.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Whitinsville
Grafton
East Douglas
Grafton Center
New England
Attleboro
Springfield
Providence
Socialists Target Public Control of Anthracite Mines
In Pennsylvania’s anthracite regions a robust Socialist movement seeks public ownership of the mines. They organize mine workers, mainly foreign-born from southern and southeastern Europe, to wield political power and influence fall elections. Labor costs suggest potential public savings, guiding steps toward eventual ownership.
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Pennsylvania
Europe
Scope of the Eight Hour Law on Public Works
The Department of Justice opinion holds the eight hour labor limit does not apply to vessels under construction in private shipyards or to supplies contracted by the quartermaster general, arguing these industries are not properly public works.
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Department of Justice
Quartermaster General
Children’s Right to Play in Cleveland Streets
A crowd of youngsters urged Mayor Johnson to protest police limits on street play. The mayor ruled that lacking playgrounds, children have a right to use city streets for sports as long as they do no harm to people or property.
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Johnson
Cleveland
Market Surges After Harriman Killing Stocks Hit Highs
Trading revived across railroads and industries as stocks rose to new highs. Longs reportedly gained around 25 million dollars, signaling restored public confidence and renewed buying throughout the market.
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Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Cananea Central Copper Company Formed in Minnesota
New 10,000,000 Copper Company incorporated under Minnesota law with 10 par shares. Capital stock 10,000,000 to exploit 3,000 acres near the Greene consolidated mine at Cananea, Mexico. Six hundred thousand shares were promptly oversubscribed.
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Cananea Central Copper Company
Minnesota
Greene Consolidated
Cananea
Mexico
Memphis Republicans Demand Roosevelt Run Again
Justice of the Peace William Duff, 80, died from a gunshot wound after an altercation with four Italians at Newcastle, Pa. The US cruiser St. Louis, built by Neffe & Levy, was commissioned at League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
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Memphis
Tenn
Roosevelt
Justice of the Peace
William Duff
Newcastle
United States
St. Louis
Neffe & Levy Shipbuilding Company
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
French income tax backed by vote of 448 to 43
The French Chamber approved ministerial income tax proposals with a heavy burden on large fortunes, signaling adoption next session. Also, Clemenceau issued a circular enforcing laws closing educational religious institutions and other international notes on naval arms, Irish home rule, and suffrage conferences.
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M. Clemenceau
Interior
Ramenzori
Central
Africa
Abruzzi
Italy
State Department
Neuador
United States
Spain
Bilbao
England
Drago
Hague Tribunal
Sanitary Committee
Washington
Mystery in Wayne encampment wound at Fort Harrison
Eugene Pierce quartermaster sergeant of Company H Second Illinois was found in his tent with his throat cut after the Fort Harrison encampment. Officers say he attempted self harm though he claims he was attacked by Finders in his unit. Pierce, a Chicago resident, was taken to Indianapolis hospital.
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Second
Illinois
Eugene Pierce
Fort Jamin Harrison
Indiana
Pierce
Indianapolis
Chicago
St.eph
Rot Threatens Apple Crop In Illinois District
Reports from Johnson and Williamson counties in southern Illinois reveal severe bitter rot in apples. Efforts to remove rot by picking infected fruit are ongoing but weather changes are unlikely to halt spread. The epidemic extends to large orchards along the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern line in Illinois, threatening crop yields and prices if conditions worsen.
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Merolc
Illinois
Johnson E
Williamson
Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern
Finois
Belleville Man Found Dead Near Baltimore
An elderly Belleville resident, Bitano1san, was found in a Baltimore area strip by a shotgun beside him. A notebook in German references turning eighty and a monologue about thefts and danger. Police ruled death from old age and fatigue as there were no violence marks.
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Belleville
Baltimore
Yous Ota
Treville
W. Schmitt
H. Meyer
Tam
Fortunes in Vegetables in Union County
Milnois gardeners and fruit growers near Alto Pass are reporting large profits from summer shipping. Roy Lamer sold 6,000 barrels of apples for about 10,000 in net profit. His brother Il HH 1 moved 2,800 barrels. Several farmers report net profits in the thousands from summer crops with more harvests expected. Cobden and Anna ship larger quantities than Alto Pass, signaling major seasonal gains for Union county growers.
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Milnois
Alto Pass
Roy Lamer
Il. HH
Cobden
Anna
Union County
Shooting Mystery Cleared in Kewanee Slaying
Roy Bailey is charged with fatally shooting Joseph Stefanie in his dooryard in Kewanee. Confessions from Samuel J. Deskin and Guy O'Brien reveal Bailey fired the shot, then fled to Hodgensville, Kentucky, prompting arrest warrants.
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Roy Bailey
Kewanee
Joseph Stefanie
Samuel J. Deskin
Guy O’brien
Western Tube Company
Hodgensville
Shower of Metal Kills South Chicago Worker
Leon Outicki, 43, an employee of Illinois Steel Company at South Chicago, was fatally burned in a cupola containing molten metal. He died five hours after being rushed to the company hospital. He was operating the cupola when his attention wandered briefly and the upset occurred, throwing molten metal about him.
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Leon Outicki
Inhorer
Illinois Steel Company
Chicago
T. Outicki
Outicki
Two Children Killed by Train Near Rock City Crossing
A 13 year old son of Louis Pothast and a 1 year old daughter of John Tilkemeier were struck and killed by an east bound Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train at a crossing near Rock City. A third child, a girl, was severely injured.
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Louis Pothast
John Tilkemeier
Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Rock City
Quarrel Over Board Bill Ends in Fatal Stabbing
Hagar Williams stabbed his cousin Moss Williams during a dispute near Downs. Wounded twice, Moss's condition is uncertain. Hagar fled to Bloomington and surrendered to the sheriff. Both principals are recently arrived residents.
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Bill Hagar Williams
Moss Williams
Downs
Bloomington
Kent Peckians
Bank Robbery Foiled by Citizens in Sorrento
William Lyons alias Frank Rose, an escaped convict from Jeffersonville and Michigan City prisons, attempted to blow the John Beeson bank in Sorrento when two citizens restrained him. He carried nitroglycerin, burglar tools, and four nine shot revolvers. Lyons admitted escaping in Michigan City on November 26, 1904 and was taken to Litchfield.
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William Lyons
Frank Rose
Jeffersonville
Michigan City
Ind
John Beeson
Sorrento
Lyons
Litchfield
Pullman Road Licensed and Fires and Fortunes
The Secretary of State issued a license to form the Pullman Railroad Company to build from Pullman to Pullman Junction Kensington and harbors on the Calumet river and lake, with capital stock of 125000, directors including Richmond Dean and J L Wood. A gasoline stove accident in Quincy severely burned Mrs. Gordon Gray and endangered her daughter Hattie Muldoon, while a string of brief Illinois incidents reported包括 drownings, deaths from boar gored, an accidental self harm, and other local misfortunes.
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Suburb
Kensington
Harbors
Secretary of State
Pullman Railroad Company
Pullman
Pullman Junction
Calumet River
Lake
Indiana State Line
Richmond Dean
F. F. Meyers
J. L. Wood
F. B. Johnstone
C. F. Jobson
Chicago
Gordon Gray
Quincy
Fox River
St. Charles
Charles Anderson
James Behrens
Cahokia
William Atwell
Massac County
Metropolis
Bri. J. McDonald
St. Louis
Illinois Central Railroad
Cairo
Dallas Monroe
Illinois Creamery Company
Elgin Police Commission
Standard Oil Company
Alton
Storm
W. A. Storm
Charleston
Coles
Shelby Countis
Illinois Leads Nation in Farm Land Wealth per Acre
Illinois is the wealthiest state agriculturally and holds the highest average real estate value per acre for medium farms at 75.31 dollars, according to a Department of Agriculture report using 1900 and 1905 census figures. Illinois surpassed New Jersey and others as farm wealth expanded nationwide from 1900 to 1905.
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Illinois
Union of States
New Jersey
Department of Agriculture
United States
Iowa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Agricultural Department
Missouri
Indiana
Texas
Imnois
Standard Oil
Illinois an Alfalfa State Rich Crop in Illinois
Illinois crops show alfalfa grown across 49 of 50 counties with over 10 000 acres. Prof Tall estimates at least 25 dollars profit per acre this year totaling about 250 000 dollars for farmers. He notes alfalfa hay protein yields surpass clover and timothy, supporting wider planting advised.
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Srank
Hallam Authority
Illinois
Hardin
Tall
Hall
Minister to Deliver Own Funeral Benediction on Graphophone
Rev Daniel Bassett Leach a Bone Gap Methodist minister 89 plans to have a graphophone record his own benediction for the closing ceremony of his funeral. Known for long prayers he has preached since adulthood and is the oldest superannuated clergyman in southern Illinois.
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Daniel Bassett Leach
Bone Gap
Leach
Southern Illinois
Fifteen Hotels Raided in Chicago by Chief Collins Men
Chicago police raided fifteen hotels the other night arresting nearly 100 proprietors managers and employees. Inmates were ordered from rooms and the venues closed and placed under police control. The operation followed a direct order from Chief of Police Collins to shutter hotels of questionable character permanently. Tree Yields Forty-five Bushels. An apple tree on the Bilis farm west of Flora produced forty-five bushels or fifteen barrels of apples for evaporation, the largest yield so far this season in the region.
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Chicago
Collins
Bilis
Flora
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Paris Academy of Medicine
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Electric Company of Chiche
Elgin
Albert Woehler
Fannie Brentano-Freinwalt
Fortreas
Monroe
Frien
Vivian
Albert
H. Toot
Grace Methodist Church
Geneva
Bitano1san
Pullman Road
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Joliet
Equitable Life Assurance Society
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Joseph Liebling
Jewish Daily Press
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Sparta
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Young Wentworth
E. P. Thomas
Mukwonago
Wis
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Boyer House
Kansas
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