Robbery in Boone Depot Slows Jewel Collection Heist
Mrs. John Reynolds, wife of a Boone railroad magnate, was robbed of a five thousand dollar jewels in the Northwestern depot waiting room. Her hand satchel containing a large diamond ring, ruby and emerald pieces, and other diamonds vanished. officers have no clue as yet as search efforts continue. The theft follows her brief wait for a train en route to visit her parents in Clinton.
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Boone, Ja
John Reynolds
Boone Street Railway
Boone
Northwestern Railroad
Tissing
Als. Reynolds
West
Mount Vernon
Ss. Heynolds
Indeterminate sentence law upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by Judge Sherwin, sustains the constitutionality of the indeterminate sentence law. It rules that the legislature may fix punishment and terms of imprisonment without granting trial courts discretion, and that the statute violates no constitutional rights or safeguards. The case arose from Nelson Dult, convicted of aiding an inmate’s escape in Winneshiek County.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Sherwin
State of
Iowa
Nelson Dult
Winnesheik
Des Moines Pure Food Show Attracts Crowds And Sales
In Des Moines on October 20 crowds packed the Pure Food Show at 814 West Walnut Street with heavy sales and many samples distributed to visitors. In Le Mars the same date Judge Mould sentenced Caspar Mehuis to thirty years in prison for attempted murder of 17 year old Anna Wengles after she rejected his advances. he fired five shots.
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Des Moines
West Walnut Street
le Mars
Moses P Steele Dies Suddenly in Des Moines
Moses P Steele died suddenly in Des Moines at rest, heart failure listed as the cause. He was the father of Mrs Jennie Steale Thiegle, county superintendent, with the death reported on October 20.
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Moses P. Steele
Des Moines
Moses Pp. Steele
Jennie Steale
Thiegle
Mrs Parsons Cannot Come Funeral Absence
Des Moines from Oct reports Mrs Edith Payne’s son arrived to attend his grandfather J J Payne’s funeral. Mrs Parsons could not reach Des Moines for the service and is presently in Washington.
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Parsons
Des Moines
Oct
Edith Payne
J. J. Payne
King Manuel of Portugal Hides Amid Plot to Kill Him
Report from London Oct 20 says Portugal's King Manuel is not ill but concealed after word of a bomb plot at the royal palace. Police doubled guard and agents investigated alarms. A separate blast at the Church of St Louis in Lisbon Oct 26 damaged nearby homes as the king’s doctor said his illness may improve in ten days.
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London
Manuel
Portugal
Royal
Tie
Lisbon
Church of St. Louis
Wedding Riot Ends in Deaths in White Eagle Hall
In West Hammond a riot after a Chicago wedding at White Eagle hall leaves one man dead John Poceki 24 shot through the heart and two fatally injured James Kries 25 shot left breast. Patrolman John Kulayki badly hurt after being struck with a beer bottle as he entered. Two women sought by police as arrests rise to eight.
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West Hammond
Oqet
White Eagle Hall
John Poceki
James Kries
John Kulayki
Fred
Wreck of Bank Charged and Federal Arraignment
Mineral Point Wisconsin October 20 Phil Allen Jr vice president of the First National Bank allegedly wrecked the bank. He was taken by train to Edmund then Madison for arraignment in federal court. Despite illness he was guarded after public sympathy faded following the cashier Hansconie’s death.
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Mineral Point
Wis
Qet
Phil Allen, Jr
First National Bank
Teain
Edmund
Northwestern Road
United
John Kelly,Jr
Madison
Allen
Hansconie
Two Killed in Auto Wreck Near Kumona to San Diego
Clarence AL Hunt a well known automobile and Dr Edward Grove of this place were killed when the car they rode in overturned on a grade while speeding from Kumona to San Diego. The crash occurred as they traveled at high speed, the vehicle turning turtle on the hillside.
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Clarance AL Hunt
Edward Grove
Kumona
San Diego
Supreme Court stays Carter fees fight in defalcation case
Washington October 20 The US Supreme Court ordered a stay of circuit court proceedings in the Carter case seeking further counsel fees from the government in the defalcation lawsuit to restore funds. Solicitor General Bowers and Marion Erwin urged urgency amid mounting fees and a receiver hold on Carter land.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Circuit Court
Northern District
Mlineis
Oberlin M. Carter
Carter
C. C. Kohlsaar
Bowers
Capt. Carter
Ccircuit Court
Carter Land
Supreme Court
Cross Upper
Yorktown Celebrates Fall of Cornwallis Anniversary
Yorktown Va October 20 patriotic Americans marked the surrender that ended the Revolutionary War. Events were organized by the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and local historical groups. A 15-spot historic trail opened, a schoolchildren parade marched through Main Street to the monument, flowers honored fallen soldiers, and Representative J Hampton Afcore of Pennsylvania gave the principal address.
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Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
United States
Priest Adrian Van Hulst Killed in Chicago Gas Incident
Father Adrian Van Hulst, a venerable Chicago priest nearly 80 years with St. Lena?ius college, died in his room at St. Ignatius college after an unsuccessful attempt to light the gas. He slipped, pulled the gas fixture down, and appears to have died from heart failure or paralysis as fellow workers believe.
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Chicago
Adrian van Hulst
St. Ignatius College
West Twelfth
South May Streets
St. Lenatius College
Cesare Lombroso Dies in Turin At 82
Cesare Lombroso noted Italian criminologist and alienist is dead in Turin on October 20. Born in Venice in November 1820, he was famed for works such as The Man of Genius and The Criminal and Anthropological and Medico-Legal Study. He also wrote Epileptic Insanity and Political Crime and Revolution.
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Cesare Lombroso
Turin
Italy
Cesare Lom
Dbroxa
Venice
Lombroso
Secretary's disappearance linked to graft and payoffs
Chicago reports Nicholas J. Martin, private secretary to Alderman Hinky Dink Kenna, fled after repudiating confessions to State's Attorney Wayman. New disclosures show Martin exposed jury fixing, First ward graft, and over 200000 dollars in annual bribe traffic from all night saloons and vice venues. Wayman vows charges if Martin fails to return.
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Chicago
Nicholas J. Martin
Ichael
Hinky Dink
Kenna
Wayman
Martin
First Ward
Interstate library conference opens in Louisville
Louisville hosts a three day interstate library conference with attendees from Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. Speakers include ER. BR. Mark Hardin Lucas Mary A. Ahern and Henry B. Legler Chalmers Hadley and William F. Yust. Ohioans travel by boat from Cincinnati and others join at Madison and Lawrenceburg. Friday features Mammoth Cave trip.
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Louisville
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Madison
Lawrenceburg
ER. BR. Mark
Hardin Lucas
Mary A. Ahern
Public Libraries
Henry B. Legler
Chicago
Wisconsin Free Library Commission
Chalmers Hadley
American Library Association
William F. Yust
Louisville Public Library
Mammoth Cave
Night riders threaten tobacco farmers as troops move east
Reports from Lexington and Bath county indicate soldiers may be en route after night riders warned farmers to pool tobacco. Gov Willson would not disclose troop destination amid the unrest. A note pinned to Fred Adams s door in Mason County warned five days to sign tobacco over to the county board s solicitor or face consequences. In Pittsburgh, Calvin Nouse, hotel operator at Ree s Landing, was killed after his head was crushed. a large sum of money he carried is missing and no killer is found.
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Lexington
Cynthiana
Bath County
Willson
Macon County
Fred Adams
Mason County Board of Control
Bricken County Night Riders
Adams
Pittsburg
Calvin Nouse
House
Ree's Landing
Taft Observes Ranch Round-Up at Gregory Texas
President Taft, staying with his brother on a vast Texas ranch near Gregory, watches a cattle and sheep branding round-up. He tours the 125000 acre ranch and adjacent 285000 acre property with Secretary of War Dickinson and others. The visit includes golf at the brother’s links and ends with plans to address the Inland Waterways association in Corpus Christi on Friday.
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Gregory
Tex
Taft
C. P. Taft
Linton
CG. P. Taft
Louise Taft
Dickinson
A. W. Butt
J. J. Richardson
Cecil A. Lyon
Green Hotel
Corpus Christi
Inland Waterways Association
Marks End of Zelaya's Rule in Nicaragua
Gen Estrada, rebel leader and self-proclaimed provisional president, returns to Bluefields after setting northern outposts near Rama and sending 500 seasoned troops to meet government forces. Zelaya's army advances inland while rains slow operations. telegraph lines to Managua down since Oct 12. Rebels receive 10,000 rifles from the south as the conflict intensifies.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Hstrada
Rama
Estrada
Zelaya
Atlantic
Ines
Managua
Aging man murdered on Loudonville road farm near Albany
John La Chapelle, 80, lived with his son Joseph on a Loudonville road farm. He was murdered in a carriage house room by a head battered with a machinist's hammer found near the bed. An Austrian youth of about 16 named Fred Felici, employed on the farm, is at large as police issue a general alarm. authorities suspect robbery as motive.
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Albany
John la Chapelle
Joseph
Loudonville Road
Fred Felici
Nicholas Sails for Italy on Standart from Yalta
Emperor Nicholas departed Yalta aboard the Standart, escorted by two Russian cruisers, for Italy. A holiday awaited in Odessa with deputations from municipality nobility and Jewish residents offering bread and salt. The imperial party will travel to Alexandrov and Posen, with Racconigi expected next Saturday. In Pontiac Michigan a bank receiver was sought as M L Hagle's private bank closed after his departure.
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Yalta
Russia
Emperor Nicholas
Standart
Italy
Odessa
Alexandrov
Posen
Nicholas
Racconigi
Pontiac
Mich
M. L. Hagle
Leonard
Hagle
Guatemala Denies Nicaragua Revolt Ties
Washington Oct 20 A denial of charges from Managua asserting Guatemala aids the Nicaraguan revolutionary movement was received by the Guatemalan minister in Washington. Also reported is the execution of Thom Johns in Ebensburg Pa for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law on September 21 1908.
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Guatemala
Washington
Managua
Nicaragua
Johnstown
Thom Johns
Ebanusburg
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Anti-Horse Thief Association
Kan
M. Randell
Kansas Anti- Horse Thief Association
la Belle Opera House
Phelpers Ladies’ Social and Aid Society
AL YL Poa
Bingham
Utah
John Crabell
W. Harting Gines Company
Canal Sirect
Wien
China
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ODP
Carter Gas
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Kolulseat
Alr. Bowers
San Marcos
Tes
Winchester
Ind
John Dull
Marion Dull
Unionport
Here
Cornwallis
Father van Hulst
Beaufort
N.C
John
Frank Sanders
Carteret County
Newberry
Newport
N. C
Hancock
Seattle
Wash
Denver
Ballard
Edwin Bureh
Executive
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