Pickpockets Steal $10,000 From Seattle Capitalist
In St Paul at the union depot, two well dressed men pickpocketed H. C. Taylor of Seattle, taking cash, bank shares, Twin City railway stock, deeds and other negotiable securities totaling about $10,000. Police hunt suspects after tourists flee across platforms. The theft occurred as the family waited after a European tour arrival.
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St. Paul
H. C. Taylor
Seattle
Union Depot
Twin City Railway
Wacouta Street
Pullman
Taylor
Chicago
Mr. Taylor
Great Northern
Narvis Re-elected Master Workman At Des Moines AOUW
Narvis of Muscatine Iowa was elected supreme master workman for a third time at the AOUW supreme lodge session in Des Moines Iowa The group also chose officers including supreme foreman J A Eckstein supreme overseer J C Gallagher supreme recorder M W Hackett supreme receiver H S Dickinson guide W R Welch supreme watchman Rev D B Phelan and supreme medical examiner G A Eschman
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Narvis
Des Moines
Supreme Lodge of
The
2. M. Narvis
Muscatine
Iowa
J. A. Eckstein
New Ulm
Minn
Brakeman Fatally Injured in Iowa Train Incident
Elmer Nelson, a Milwaukee Road brakeman, was crushed between cars while coupling a train at New Hampton Mason City Iowa on Saturday June 16. He suffered a broken hip and internal injuries and was transported by special train to a hospital in Mason City for treatment.
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New Hampton
Mason City
Iowa
Elmer Nelson
Milwaukee Road
Bartender Dies After Sudden Stroke in La Crosse Saloon
Herman Holtze a local saloon bartender collapsed while at a table sorting silver after serving an early morning customer. He died two hours later from apoplexy. Holtze was married and survived by several children.
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la Crosse
Wis
Herman Holtze
Holtze
Freight wreck near Hastings halts freight train
A freight wreck near Hastings Minnesota on June 16 involved fifteen loaded merchandise cars derailing into a ditch due to a broken journal. No injuries are reported. Local crews reported the incident and began clearing tracks.
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Hastings
Minn
Child Killed by Falling Beam in Jamestown
Infant son of John Miller crushed and killed when a heavy beam fell on him as he played with other children on a tile pile at Streeter south of Jamestown North Dakota on June 16.
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Jamestown
N. D
Streeter
Here
John Miller
Drug Store Burglary in Watetown Case
Tarbell and Williamson drug store in Watetown was burglarized last night with a small cash amount taken from the safe. No arrests have been made.
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Ls Watetown
Jean
Tarbell & Williamson
Football Star Ney Dunne Ends Life in Public Street
Ney Dunne captain of the University of Minnesota football team shot himself on a main street in Jackson Minnesota after being rebuffed by a former sweetheart who was with a young barber. He died the next day. Dunne had umpired a local game and attended a dance before the incident.
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Jackson
Minn
Ney Dunne
University of Minnesota
Dunne
State Law School
Fugitive Robs His Pursuer in Woods Manhunt Turns
Floodwood Minnesota June 16 Last week Jean New hardware store burglarized $200 in guns knives jewelry captured in Superior and brought back for hearing He pleaded not guilty waived examination asked for bail The next day he escaped jail after breakfast to woods Louis Foss attorney in town on a summer visit pursued the robber confronted him with a .22 rifle the fugitive forced Foss to surrender rifle watch and $7.50 before fleeing remains at large.
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Tenderfoot
Floodwood
Minn
Jean New
Superior
Louis Foss
Prairie Lake Road
Foss
Elevator agent dies after being crushed between box cars
Malcolm Morrison, agent for the Northwestern Elevator at Langdon, North Dakota, was crushed to death between two Great Northern box cars on Saturday while crossing the tracks after leaving the elevator. His wife, who was in a Canadian town nearby, was summoned by automobile.
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Malcolm Morrison
Langdon
N. D
Grand Forks
North- Western Elevator Company
Great Northern
Morrison
Canada
CAN SCARES HORSES FARMER AND DAUGHTER HURT IN RUNAWAY
Barnesville Minnesota June 16 Lucian Robbins of Prairie View township drove into town with his daughter when a rattling can frightened the team causing a runaway. The girl was thrown into a coulee breaking her collar bone and sustaining other injuries while Robbins suffered a badly bruised shoulder.
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Farmer
Barnesville
Minn
Lucian Robbins
Prairie View Township
Mr. Robbins
Opiate Fatal to Spinster in Menomonie
Spinster Fanny Barwise, 47, daughter of pioneer George H. Barwise, was found dead in her Menomonie home. Coroner's jury rules death from over indulgence in opiates. she was unmarried and lived alone.
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Menomonie
Wis
Fanny Barwise
George H. Barwise
Letter Carrier Frisbie Dies by Suicide in La Crosse
Fred E. Frisbie a La Crosse letter carrier was found dead from a throat cut in an alley on Saturday on the way to his post. The well known federal employee had a good record and no reason is given for the act.
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la Crosse
Wis
Fred E. Frisbie
Frisbie
Missing Grand Island light keeper and assistant killed
Munising Michigan June 16 George Genery keeper of the north light on Grand Island is missing and his assistant is dead, alleged foul play.
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Munising
Mich
George Genery
North Light
Grand Ieland
Great Northern Opens Up After Floods
Great Falls Montana June 16 The Great Northern has reopened the line to Havre washed out by floods and the first through train will depart this morning from Great Falls.
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Great Northern
Great Falls
Mont
Here
Havre
Committee to fix date of Democratic State Convention
Frank A. Day, chairman, named a five member committee to meet in St. Paul next Thursday to set the date of the state convention and determine delegate representation. Members are J. A. Carley Plainview Andrew Nelson Buluth Harry Lund Minneapolis C O Dailey Mankato and M B Matthews Marshall.
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St. Paul
Democratic State Central Committee
Frank A. Day
J. A. Carley
Plainview
Andrew Nelson
Buluth
Harry Lund
Minneapolis
Man Blows Up Tool House Over Divorce Case Motive
Grand Rapids Wisconsin June 18 Julius Paulson of Sherry is said to have dynamited a new tool house destroying building and contents. He allegedly acted after learning his wife filed divorce proceedings to ruin property rather than risk losing it.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Julius Paulson
Sherry
Found bill stolen amid two recent Burglary in Watertown
June 18 report from Watertown South Carolina notes Heegaard & Co hardware store burglarized for a small haul. A lone twenty dollar bill, not belonging to the shop, was found on the street and left there while being advertised.
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Watertown
S. C
Heegaard & Co
Sturgis Arrest Ties Man to Kansas City Mail Pouch Theft
Authorities in Sturgis South Dakota arrest a colored man claiming to be George Young thought to be the Kansas City mail pouch thief. A description and photograph are expected tonight from Denver by mail. Young denies being the man wanted.
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Sturgis
S. D
George Young
Kansas City
Denver
Young
Lovesick suitor in Wis tries laudanum death
Almena Wisconsin June 18 Walter Hagen of Clinton attempted suicide after being forbidden to continue his romance with a young girl. He swallowed a large quantity of laudanum causing nausea and illness. he is now thought to be out of danger.
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Almena
Wis
Walter Hagen
Clinton
To Seine for Carp in Big Stone Lake
In Ortonville Minnesota on June 18 boats are readied to seine carp in Big Stone lake. Mr E N Morrill is named special game warden to guard against taking any fish other than carp. A carload weekly shipping plan to Eastern cities is set, with carp packed in 150 pound boxes.
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Ortonville
Minn
Big Stone Lake
E. N. Morrill
Man loses left arm in Glyndon plow accident
Edward Dundon, a Northern Pacific employee on the Glyndon construction site near Barnesville Minnesota, was pulled into a cogwheel powering the unloading plow. His left arm was torn at the shoulder with two large pieces of flesh torn from the bone.
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Barnesville
Minn
Edward Dundon
Northern Pacific
Glyndon
University Pair Elopes to Freeport Then Marries
M. H. Maurer a UW fellow and Elizabeth King a fellow student eloped in an automobile to Freeport NI where they wed. The couple then boarded a train for New York and will sail for Naples.
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Madison
Wis
M. H. Maurer
University of Wisconsin
Elizabeth King
Freeport
New York
Naples
Dynamite Cap Injures Boy in Stillwater Blaze
In Stillwater Minnesota on June 18 Henry Busso the 10 year old son of Frederick Busso was seriously injured when a dynamite cartridge exploded. His right hand was shattered and three fingers were amputated.
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Stillwater
Minn
Henry
Frederick Busso
South Stillwater
Tragic Drowning Of Toddlers In Wash Boiler
Evelyn Williams two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C E Williams of Watertown drowned yesterday after falling into a wash boiler. The incident occurred in Watertown South Dakota on June 18.
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Watertown
Evelyn Williams
C. E. Williams
Ranch owner killed by eastbound passenger train
Dickinson North Dakota June 18 rancher B H Reineman owner of a ranch four miles west of New England was killed near Belfield by an eastbound passenger train.
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Dickinson
N. D
B. H. Reineman
New England
Belfield
Twin Waters Murder Shocks Iowa Family
Horace and Harvey Waters twin sons of J. M. Waters of Clarinda were murdered in Alaska, per advices to their parents in Marshalltown Iowa dated June 18. The report names the victims and location but provides limited details on the incident.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Horace and
Harvey Waters
J. M. Waters
Clarinda
Alaska
Death falls at Tamarack mine in Calumet
George Bookovich, a young drill boy, slipped while boarding a ship in No 2 shaft of the Tamarack mine in Calumet Michigan on June 18 and fell to his instant death at the bottom of the shaft.
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Calumet, Mich
Tamarack
George Bookovich
Wealthy Chicago Daughter Reunites With Dying Montana Father
Moses Pierce, once driven into other work by a Chicago fire, is found by his daughter Mrs John Gouger a wealthy Chicago society woman. She travels through a May snowstorm to Glendive and to Zeller for a reunion then heads to Chicago as his condition is judged terminal.
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Chicago
Moses Pierce
John Gouger
Glendive
Dad
J. D. Cullen
Mr. Cullen
Mr. Pierce
Dad” Pierce
Cullen
Zeller
Heiress Marries $60 Clerk in Butte Cab Office
Montana Largey nineteen daughter of the late millionaire miner Patrick Largey and associate of Sen W A Clark wed Ray McDonald a $60 month cab office clerk in Butte. She claims a million in cash in her name from her father’s estate. They shipped her car to San Francisco and plan a honeymoon auto trip to New York then Europe.
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Montana Largey
Patrick Largey
Butte
W. A. Clark
Ray McDonald
Montana
San Francisco
New York
Europe
Drove Into Coulee After High Water trapping two men and six horses
Jack Barber and L Casinova drove from Lloyd to Chinook with oats when floodwater forced the buggy off the road near Skilland. The six horses drowned as they crossed the coulee bridge and the men clung to a post until town help arrived.
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Red Rock Coulee
Jack Barber
L. Casinova
Lloyd
Chinook
Skilland
Barber
Coulee Bridge
Coulee
State to conduct prison in Montana after bid rejection
The Montana Board of Prison Commissioners rejects three contractor bids after nineteen years of contractor control. Frank Conley of Deer Lodge is named warden. The state will run the institution directly and lease is set at $4 200 for one year while a purchase decision awaits the next legislative assembly.
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Montana Board
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
Commonwealth
Legislative Assembly
Helena Tram Conductor Fatally Injured Under Moving Car
Conductor William Hale of the Helena Traction company fell beneath a moving trolley car as he attempted to connect to an overhead wire. Passengers overturned the car to free him. injuries described as fatal are reported.
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William Hale
Helena Traction Company
Royal family plans June visit to Trondhjem for two weeks
Scandinavian notes report the royal family will travel to Trondhjem on June 30 for a two week stay. Other items mention Olea Bull Vaughan gifts to Bergen theatres, Professor Renault receiving honors in Christiania, and various Norway Sweden and Denmark civic, tax, emigration, and industry updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trondhjem
Russian Warship Visit Planned to Stockholm This Summer
A squadron of Russian warships is announced to visit Stockholm during the coming summer. Also, Emperor William is expected to travel to Sweden aboard his yacht Hohenzollern for the season.
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Stockholm
Emperor William
Sweden
Hohenzollern
Emma
Holland
Sofia
Danish Railway Leader Chamberlain F C H E Tobiesen Dies
Obituary notes Chamberlain F C H E Tobiesen dead at seventy nine amid Denmark railway service prominence. Also reports on diamond anniversary of C J Feldthusen and wife in Faaborg, business firm failures in past month, rigadag adjournment, fires in Copenhagen, and Norway bishop Bang’s U S visit with praise for Norwegians abroad. Cod lays about forty five million eggs yearly.
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Chamberlain F. C. H
Anthon Christien Bang
Norway
United States
Henrik Wergeland
America
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Self
Can
Negro
Montana News
Father
Largey
Car
Denmark
Martin W. Odland
Olea Bull Vaughan
Ole Bull
Bergen
Prof
Renault
Paris
Storting
University of
H. Odegaarden
Kildebygden
Hans Svenson Thomle
Nordreland
Vardal
Switzerland
Ludvig Meyer
Gunedrson
Vardo
Minmarken
Finmarken
Department of Commerce
Toftes
Bjorn Evje
Bishop Billing
Russia
Anton Andreasson
Hjalmar Rosenius
Institution of Naval Architects of
London
Victoria
de Keating-Hart
Marseilles
J. W. Wald
John Bottiger
Oscar II
Riksdag
Sodermanland
Karlsruhe
Queen Victoria
Do. M. Carleson
Socialdemokraten
Les Majesty
Czar
C. J. Feldthusen
Faaborg
Mr. Feldthusen
A. N. Petersen
Copenhagen
Christian Olsen
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