Des Moines Man Sentenced to Life for Captain Raymond Murder
Lisle Crabtree, former corporal of the Second cavalry at Fort Des Moines, is sentenced by a general court martial to life in federal prison for murdering Capt Olin C. Raymond. The confirmation message from Gen J P Bell arrives via wire, Crabtree to begin term after a thirty day grace period. Leaders and guards report Crabtree shows no self harm risk and awaits transfer to Fort Leavenworth.
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Des Moines
Lisle Crabtren
Second Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Olin C. Raymond
Fork Creek
Omaha
Crabtree
Frank West
Fort Leavenworth
J. FP. Bell
Washington, D. C
Fort Crook
Virginia
James M. Parsons
Barrow Shoe Fit Trail in Murder Investigation
Des Moines dispatch reports Sheriff Ness and posse tracing a murder scene via a trail in which William Barrow’s shoes fit footprints found near the Murrow homicide. Charles Barrow’s shoes left no matching marks, and a .38 caliber bullet killed the victim. Arrests indicate three suspects, with farmhand Ash detained as part of the inquiry.
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Des Moines
Ness
William
Charles Barlow
Charles Murrow
William Barlow
Charles
Adelphi
E. D. Ellyson
Marrow Farm
Newton
Ben Murrow
Les
Murrow
Barlow
Peary Roosevelt Arrives in New York for Hudson Fulton Parade
The Roosevelt steamer with Commander Peary aboard enters New York Harbor ahead of the Hudson Fulton celebrations. Capt. Bartlett says the ship will sail to Newburgh for the naval parade and that Peary and crew will remain aboard until released. The Cook controversy is noted with skepticism from Peary’s camp and crew.
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Bartlett
Cook
New York
Peary Arctic Club
Roosevelt
Peary
North Pole
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
New York Yacht Club
Horseshoe
Government Dock
Newburgh
Hudson River
Peak
Brave Police Save Thirteen From Fire at McCloskey Home
Chicago officers Edward Shanahan of Englewood and Howard Treynolds and Anna McCloskey helped evacuate thirteen McCloskey family members from a two story blaze on Honore Street. The fire caused about $3,000 in damage with Shanahan and Anna McCloskey sustaining minor burns. The trio entered through smoke and flames to rescue children and others, with Reynolds aiding in the effort.
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Chicago
Hdward Shanahan
Englewood Station
Howard Treynolds
Honore Street
William McCloskey
Anna McCloskey
Shanahan
McCloskey
Reynolds
Three Hurt In Wreck At Niagara Falls Freight Collision
Three passengers were injured and a dozen others badly shaken when the Niagara Falls train on the New York Central collided with a freight train about 100 yards east of the station in Wilson North Carolina on October 1.
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Wilson, N. C
Niagara Falls
New York Central
Spectacular daylight bank robbery rocks Glenwood Springs
Two armed fugitives robbed Citizens National Bank of Glenwood Springs in broad daylight. They forced the cashier and bookkeeper to surrender, loaded over $10,000 into a sack, and rode off through the crowd toward Jackson Hole, with posses scouring the mountains in pursuit. One horse was shot during the getaway.
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Glenwood Springs, Cola, Ort. L
Citizens’ National Bank of
Glenwood Springs
E. Drach
Drach
Jackson's Hole
Mexico
Fortune Lost Hangs Self A Malay Fisherman in Louisiana
Sam Yong Ping, aged Malay fisherman said to be Buratarian bay settlement’s wealthiest, hanged by feet from a tree after a storm swept away his fortune chest. Body found head downward with legs tied to branch along Gulf Coast Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Sam Yong Ping
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Buratarian Bay
Former Mayor in Prison for Extortion Details
Abraham C. Eby, ex mayor of Burkeville Virginia, convicted of using the mails to extort from the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison in Atlanta and fined one dollar. Judge McPherson imposed the sentence after Eby threatened dynamite against the Norfolk and Western if not paid $45,000. Eby was lured to Philadelphia and arrested. insanity was argued as a defense.
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Philadelphia
Abraham C. Eby
Burkeville
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Atlanta
McPherson
United States District Court
Eby
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Philadelpha
Miss Elkins Sails For U S Aboard Adriatic
Mrs Stephen B Tiking and her three children traveled from Cherbourg on the White Star liner Adriatic to New York. The party’s names were not on the passenger list but rumors persist that Miss Elkins and her mother recently visited the duke of the Abruzzi at Bad Gaslein.
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Parla
Stephen B. Tiking
Katherine Wilkins
Cherbourg
White Star Line
New York
Strike Unsettled in Omaha Street Car Dispute
Omaha October 1 efforts to settle the street car employees strike by arbitration have failed, leaving the dispute unsettled and ongoing with no immediate agreement.
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Omaha
Neb
Grant W ag In Uniform Heads Chicago Parade
Secretary Dickinson says Gen Grant acted as an individual in a temperance and law enforcement parade in Chicago, noting soldiers and officers may decide such matters for themselves. He states the army takes no side and Grant’s participation was personal, not representing the War Department.
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Washington
Dickinson
Grant
Chicago
United States
W. R. Michaelis
Frederick D. Grant
Army
War Department
H. CG. Newton
Temperance and
Toledo University Names Jerome H. Raymond President
Prof Jerome H Raymond long connected with Toledo University takes the presidency as the city runs the institution He has sociology expertise and will expand the extension department with Mrs Raymond joining in a literature role The couple previously worked at the University of Chicago and taught at Wisconsin and West Virginia Ann Arbor appoints Harry B Hutchins acting president after James G Angell resigns effective today.
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Toledo
Jerome H. Raymond
Toledo University
Raymond
Chicago
Raymond Io
University of Chicago
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Ann Arbor
Mich
Harry B. Hutchins
University of Michigan
James G. Angell
Death at Fort Jay Ties to Wright Curtiss Flight Prep
New York on October 1 reports concern as Wilbur Wright and Glenn H. Curtiss prepare for aerial flights at Governor's Island. Sergeant James Caron of Company T, Twenty-ninth Infantry, shot himself in his bunk outside Fort Jay, dying by his own hand.
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New York
Wilbur Wright
Glenn IH. Curtiss
Governor's Island
James Caron
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Fort Jay
Army to ship 20000 rations to Terrebonne cyclone victims
Washington directs 20000 short army rations be issued to cyclone sufferers in Terrebonne parish Louisiana. The action follows requests from Senator Foster and Representative Broussard, with Gen Wotherstown as acting chief of staff coordinating the aid.
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Washington
Secretary of War
W. W. Wotherstown
Vcting
Terrebonne Parish
Louisana
United States
Foster
Broussard
MillionAttend Hudson Fulton Parade Review in New York
The Hudson Fulton celebration drew millions to New York on October 1 as a grand parade showcased naval ships from Britain and other nations, West Point cadets, U S Army units, and national guardsmen. Gov Hughes and Mayor McClellan reviewed the procession from the Court of Honor as ships like the Half Moon and Clermont sailed upriver. A gala ball at the Brooklyn Academy of Music followed, drawing the socially prominent.
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New York
Wilbur Wright
Glenn H. Curtiss
Hudson-Fulton
Willong
West Point
United States
North River
A'S
England
France
Germany
Italy
Holland
Mexico
Argentina
Haiti
Cuba
Uncle Sam
Connecticut
United States Army
West Point Cadets
New York State National Huardsmen
Grand Army
Albany Burgess’ Corps
Hughes
McClellan
Court of Honor
Fifth Avenue
Fortieth
Forty-second Streets
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Mexico Plans Spectacular Diaz Jubilee Display
Mexico prepares a grand border display for the Diaz Juarez meeting with Diaz accompanied by a Zapadores regiment an infantry unit and artillery plus 60 presidential guard escorts. The Mexican police band will play at the Diaz Juarez banquet music from Chapultepec cars and horses are en route for the event. Paintings of Washington and loyales will adorn the reception rooms.
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Paso
Tex
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico City
Diaz
Juarez
Juares
Chapultepec
Washington
Loyales
Barge West Virginia Foundered Off Pollock Rip
The barge West Virginia carrying 2728 tons of coal for A Gove & Son of Boston foundered in Pollock Rip slough. The crew were saved, but the vessel is likely a total loss. Also reports note a failed second attempt to wreck a New Jersey Central passenger train near Dunellen. W B Marsh, famed railroad builder, died in San Francisco after an appendicitis operation.
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Boston
West Virginia
Newport News
A. Gove & Son
Pollock
Murrell
Plainfield
N. Z
Det
New Jersey Central Railroad
Dunellen
San Francisco
Oct
W. BE. Marsh
Ogden-Luein
B. H. Harriman
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