Ambassadors and Resignation Rumors Mentioned for Berlin Post
In March last it was said that R Murphy of Austin Minnesota planned to resign due to ill health. Washington reports no confirmation of Ambassador White's resignation though retirement upon his 20th birthday was once discussed. Potential successors include David Jayne Hill and Front Bellamy Storer if White retires.
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Berlin
White
United States
Roosevelt
Hamburg
Andrew D. White
Germany
Washington
State Department
Ambasador White
Ambassador White
David Jayne Hill
Fron
Bellamy Storer
Spain
Daring two masked men rob Chicago Burlington Express
Dubuque Iowa August 6 two masked men held up the Chicago Burlington and Quincy limited north of Savanna. They blew the Adams express car torpedoed the track and forced the engineer to run ahead. The robbers secured about 20000. One man boarded the engine and the other cut the express car. Authorities and armed locals pursued.
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Dubuque
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Limited
Savanna
Ill
Adams
Oller
Burlington Officials Admit Train Held Up In Chicago
Chicago August sixth officials confirm a daring robbery on Burlington No. 47 the through train to Minneapolis leaving Chicago at 6 30 p m. No details on loot total or rail workers injuries are available.
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Burlington
Chicago
Minneapolis
Isaac Finkelstein Murder Ends Gambling Crusade
Des Moines Iowa August 6 Isaac Finkelstein noted for closing eight gambling houses in Des Moines two weeks earlier was murdered near East Walnut street between Sixth and Seventh streets. He was returning home when a man emerged from an alley shadow and struck him with a Singletree ending his life.
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Isaac Finkelstein
Des Moines
East Walnut Street
Finkelstein
Boy shoots sister and brother in rural Wisconsin incident
In Wausau Wisconsin on August 6 a seven year old boy playing with a Winchester rifle supposedly unloaded shot his sister's calf and pierced his two year old brother's ankle, forcing foot amputation. The shooter fled into the woods and was not found by nightfall.
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Wausau
Wis
John Wojciechowski
Ponictowski
Fight in Pierce hotel kitchen leaves stab wounds
In Yankton South Dakota on August 6 William Brady, a Black man, stabbed Frank Rutledge through the heart with a long butcher knife and slashed his left arm in the Pierce hotel kitchen. Rutledge survives though badly injured. Brady was arrested and bound over to the next circuit court term.
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Yankton
Pierce Hotel
William Brady
Frank Rutledge
Rutledge
Brady
Stage Robbery Near Salmon Idaho Reported
A lone highwayman stopped the Red Rock stage near Salmon Idaho. Only one passenger, a woman, was aboard and she was not molested. The treasure box was sifted. amount stolen is unknown.
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Butte
Mont
Salmon
Ida
Red Rock
Apple thief killed by farmer in Henderson shooting
Henderson Kentucky dated August 6 reports Edward Ruddy, a Black man, shot and killed by farmer John O'Brien after Ruddy allegedly stole apples. O'Brien claimed self defense after Ruddy attacked with a club. no arrest of O'Brien has been made.
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Henderson, Ky
Edward Ruddy
John O’brien
Ruddy
O’brien
Mysterious Death of 16 Year Old Alta Cox in Wisconsin
Alta Cox of Black River Falls aged sixteen died from Paris green poisoning during a personal crisis. She resided with her parents near Millstone and left a note for them which they refuse to disclose.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Alta Cox
Paris Green
Millstone
Dissolve Parliament Rumors Circulate Ahead of Coronation
London rumors say King Edward plans to dissolve Parliament with a general election to inaugurate a new era and appoint ministers representing the will of the people. Officials deny reports of any coronation related operetta or health issue.
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Edward
London
House of Commons
Revolutionary Generals and Colonel Executed at Barrigona Camp
Aug 6 Panam report says revolutionary generals Antonio acroix and Juan Vidal and Colonel Julian Lecama were executed by shooting at Barrigona camp between Honda and Ambelema on the Madalena river. Other revolutionists were sentenced to prison terms up to twenty five years by a court martial of government reps.
Northwestern Telephone Co Extends Long Distance Reach
The Northwestern Telephone Co announces its long distance lines and connections cover over 2,000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. It promises copper metallic circuits first class service and low rates.
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Northwestern Telephone Co
Minnesota
Dakata
Iowa
Wisconsin
Sorrowful spectacle as flood devastates Manitou area
A cloudburst floods the Ute Pass region near Manitou and Woodland Park. Bridges and roads along the pass are washed out, Rainbow Falls ruined, and Canyon avenue stores inundated. Over 100 houses moved from foundations. several bridges on the Denver and Rio Grande line destroyed and the Colorado Midland line wiped out in Ute pass. No deaths officially confirmed at report time.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Manitou
Woodland Park
Uhe Pass
Pass
Cascade
Soda Spring
Canyon Avenue
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Buttes
Wigwam
Pueblo
Colorado Midland
Ute Pass
Farmers urged railways as good neighbors in Colfax speech
In Colfax Washington President Hill of the Great Northern Railway called on farmers to build cooperative ties with railroads and explore Eastward markets. Oregon Railway Navigation and other lines announced a 10 percent wheat shipment cut to the Pacific coast by August 14, while Mellen proposed a 10 percent cut to the East. Palouse farmers sought wheat rates to the coast lowered from 2 1 2 to 10 cents per bushel.
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Colfax
Wash
Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Minnesota
Mohler
The
Oregon Railway Navigation Company
Pacific Coast
Mellen
Palouse
Copperhead bite victim in Murphysboro bed incident
In Carbondale, Aug. 6, Mrs. N. J. Keefe woke to a cold sensation near her feet and found a copperhead on the bed at her Murphysboro home. The snake was driven away, and Mrs. Keefe, weakened with a badly swollen ankle, was treated after the reptile was dispatched with a poker. Concurrently, Isaac Minor announces a Wisconsin group has bought 25,000 acres of Del Norte timberland in California, valued at about one million dollars, including several saw mills and four miles of railroad.
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Carbondale
N. J. Keefe
Murphysboro
San Francisco
Isaac Minor
Humbolt County
Cal
Redwood King
del Norte County
Wisconsin
N. C. Foster
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Great Clearing Sale
Psurphy
R. Murphy
Austin. Minn
Asdlew D. White
Quincy Limited
Dynamite Express
Theard
Yankton, S. D
Gersia
Colimba
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Snake
California
Sage Unloading Sale
Eagle Unloading Sale
Golden
Tles
Cis
W. J. Urbatch & Bro
Austin, Pinn
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