Bold bandit raid on Oregon City car prompts chase
At Meddrum station near Oregon City a nine passenger robbery left 85 riders searched. About 90 dollars taken as robbers fled into the woods after dimming lights. Conductor Anderson and motorman resisted and then fled. police and detectives pursued the bandits. In separate Topeka notes, final hearing set Oct 18 on stockyards case with potential refunds for shippers and a proposed $3,000 master fee.
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Portiann, Or
Oregon City
Meddrum Station
John Anderson
Cuseman
Portland
Foster and
Thayer
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
United States Circuit Court
Foster
Kansas
Kansas City
Stock Yarda Company
George W. Clark
United States
Clark
Nebraska Day at Nashville Draws 40 000 to 45 000
Thousands from Kentucky Alabama Georgia and across Tennessee attended Nebraska Day in Nashville on October 9 to hear W J Bryan. The day featured a grand parade led by Colonel W F Cody Gov Taylor and other officials and a large auditorium audience that welcomed Bryan with cheers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Kentucky
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
W. J. Bryan
W. F. Cody
Holcomb
Taylor
Cody
Wild West
United States Cavalry
J. W. Gaines
James I. Vance
James M. Hea
A.S. Culver
William V. Allen
Bryan
Richardson, McMillin, Gaines, Sims
Stark
Nebraska
Wheeler
T. B. Turley
Carmack
Mr. Bryan
Nebraska Party
Military Plaza
Coffin Won On A Wager In Indiana Tale Of Deitzer
John Deitzer a longtime Sueleyville resident died and was buried in a coffin he won on a political bet placed years earlier. He wagered $80 on Hendricks winning Indiana governor in 1872. Undertaker Cummins kept the coffin in good condition until Deitzer died. Deitzer had it prepared for his burial and requested to be laid to rest in it. A second item notes Boston and Maine president Tuttle denying management change rumors.
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Indiana
Sueleyville
Ind
John Deitzer
Thomas A. Hendricks
Hendricks
Deitzer
Joseph Cummins
Cummins
Nature
Pierce
John Mc Michael
Plattsburg
Dr. Pierce
Sultan appoints Tewfix Pasha envoy to Greece peace talks
In Constantinople on October 11 the sultan named Minister of Foreign Affairs Tewfix Pasha as the plenipotentiary of Turkey to negotiate an effective peace treaty with Greece. The appointment signals Ankara's focus on ending hostilities and securing terms acceptable to both nations.
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Tewfix Pasha
Constantinople
Turkey
Greece
Woman Suffrage Campaign Gains Ground in Iowa
Iowa suffragists press ahead with a nationwide plan to hold fifty conventions in spring and fall. National leaders plus local workers travel the state from Marshalltown to Des Moines, promoting equal political rights for women.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Iow
Des Moines
John Stuart Mills
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Organization Committee
Iowa
National Society
Marshalltown
Miss Hay
New York
Miss Gregg
Kansas
Anna Shaw
Boston
Henrietta G. Moore
Ohio
Adelaide Ballard
LW.8
Hazlett
National Association
Anna E. H. Satterlee
Supt
Press Work
Do Honor to Parnell On Anniversary Demostration
Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of Charles Stewart Parnell's death with a large nationalist procession in Dublin. Five thousand mourners paraded to Glasville cemetery where wreaths and a bronze bust adorned a memorial car. The event favored a triumphant tone over ritual mourning as crowds, bands, and flags demonstrated national pride despite aristocratic aloofness and poverty on display.
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Ireland
St. Stephen’s Green
Parnell
Irish Parliamentary Party
John Redmond
Waterford
Times Publishing Assigns For Benefit Of Creditors
The Times Publishing company, publisher of the Daily Evening Times in this city for five months, made an assignment today for the benefit of creditors. Assets total 7,559 with liabilities of 6,595.
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Cepar Raprios
The
Times Publishing Company
Evenive Times
Angels A
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Tuttle
Boston and Maine Road
Dublin
Redmend
the Telegraph
the Weekly Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Venice
Ayres & Hollowell
Atlantic, IA
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