World Notes And Oddities From Around The Globe
A survey of curious items: Gustavus Adolphus bicentennial in Sweden with King Oscar proclamation, a crow’s nest iron artifact in Glasgow, and a Baltimore tribute to Francis Scott Key. Other notes include Abyssinia postage stamps, a Kalahari grappling plant, Mount Blanc observatory gear that winds every eight months, a Bavarian eel prize, potential Anglo French tensions, cod fishing temperature findings, Boston letter carriers wage scope, Montpellier skulls of colossal stature, and a Paris academy note on ancient giants.
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Jansen
French Academy of Sciences
Mount Blanc
Orly
Fungi Lifts Stone On Groswell Road In London Mystery
Years ago a section of Groswell road pavement in London was raised by mushrooms growing in the cracks. Investigators found a stone measuring two feet by four feet and weighing 212 pounds had been displaced by the expanding force of the soft fungi before workers replaced it.
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Groswell Road
London
Brain injury and memory recovery in wartime case
A Lieut Brady case shows memory largely intact after right brain damage from a gunshot in Assam. He later recalled white colleagues but did not recognize Black individuals, prompting discussion of brain lateralization and memory.
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Lieut. Brady
Assam
Prophecy of Phonograph Supplanting Newspapers from Scribner
A Scribner's Magazine writer foresees the newspaper being displaced by phonograph cylinders. He envisions a future where global voices are stored on film rolls and delivered to subscribers each morning. Servants would set up the cylinder system for their masters at dawn, delivering news, telegraphs, finances, and humor as they wake.
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Scribner's Magazine
Phonograph
Around the Globe 411: Key World Occurrences of the Week
A concise roundup of major events from the past week across nations. Highlights include political developments, economic shifts, notable protests, corporate news, and international diplomacy.
Government moves against forest trespassers in California
Acting Secretary Sims asks the attorney general to direct United States attorneys in California to begin proceedings against all trespassers on forest reservations. The Bureau of Immigration has the personal description of 66 anarchists expelled from France and will share the list with port officials for identification. The German ambassador protests the new tariff clause adding a tenth of a cent per pound on sugars from bounty-paying exporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sims
Interior Department
United States
California
Bureau of Immigration
Notable Obituaries and Career Tidbits Across Nations
Leading attorney Daniel B. Beardsley dies in Findlay Ohio. William Waldorf Astor credited with counting an eight million yearly income. Historian James Anthony Fronde growing weaker rapidly at bedside. Albert F. Smith former Michigan legislator dead at Princeton. Col Robert H. Crockett of Arkansas grandson of David Crockett preparing a lecture on David Crockett and the Alamo. Miss Beatrice Harraden at work on a new novel. Mrs. Christian Bordner of Lewiston to turn 105 in coming days. George B. Foster Canadian finance minister travels to London to negotiate a loan. John L. Sullivan announces retirement from stage to settle on a Boston-area farm. Mrs. M. E. Giles of Belvidere wakes blind after night. London physician quotes restored eyesight for Mr. iad stone. Ogden Owens of New York elected to Royal Yacht squadron of Austria-Hungary. Judge Holmes Boston denies injunction against Camille Arville to sing only for his management. Gen A M West Greenback Labor ticket candidate for vice president with Gen Butler dies in Holly Springs Michigan.
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Daniel B. Beardsley
Findlay
Ohio
William Waldorf Astor
James Anthony Fronde
Albert F. Smith
Michigan
Princeton
Robert HL. Crockett
Arkansas
David Crockett
Alamo
Beatrice Harraden
Christian Bordner
Lewiston
George B. Foster
London
John L. Sullivan
Boston
M. E. Giles
Belvidere
T. P. O'Conner
London Sunday Sun
Iadstone
New York
Royal Yacht Squadron
Austria-Hungary
Charles Stephen
Holmes
Supreme Judicial Court
E. C. Rice
Camille
Unfortunate Events Across Towns Cause Fatalities and Damage
A string of accidents and disasters reported: Eric Landgreen crushed by a caving sewer trench in Fort Dodge Town. Melenda Brewer killed after a pony incident in Medoryville Indiana. William Mitchell fatally struck at the Big Pour railroad in Carbon Indiana. John O Neill run over by a Northwestern train in Talbot Michigan. P C Stone flouring mills at Republic Missouri destroyed by fire with losses around 860000 and small insurance. nine hunters injured by an exploded powder package near Perry Oklahoma with several expected to die. four imprisoned miners in Northwest colliery near Carbon dale Pennsylvania reportedly crushed but delivered alive. British tank steamer Allesheny sunk by Caucass in Delaware Bay with crew of thirty rescued. Clarence Justice and Byron Wilson killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Marietta Ohio. three men buried by a sewer cave-in at Rochester New York with Ferdinand Ritz and Charles Howland killed and John Klick rescued. Rio Grande at Brownsville Texas overbanking and encroaching on American shore with banks caving near Fort Brown administration building.
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Eric Landgreen
Fort Dodge
Melenda Brewer
Medoryville
Ind
William Mitchell
Seymour
Carbon
John O'Neill
Talbot
Mich
P. C. Stone
Republic
Perry
Okla
Northwest
Carbondale
Delaware Bay
Clarence Justice
Byron Wilson
Marietta
Ohio
Rochester
N. Y
State Hospital
Goodman Street
Ferdinand Ritz
Charles Howland
John Klick
Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Fort Brown Administration
James Brown
Statesville
N.C
William C. Carr
Worcester
Mass
Ellen Lucifer
Carr
William Miller
Detroit
FF. H. Johnson
Pittsfield
P. J. Worren
Barberton
Fontanet
Robert B. Botto
Sheridan
County
Pueblo
George F. Fahenstock
Lancaster, Jr
John F. Norris
Pan Handle
Nora Welton
Argenta
William Brown
Chestertown
John Hoehen
la Grange
J. B. Lemman
Chicago
Lake Shore
Elyria
Capt. Howgate
Florida
George Lewis
Mexico
William R. Brown
Kline
Acers
Kansas
Adam Kehl
Edward Caddy
John Whitehead
Akron
Whitehead
Caddy
Charles Fry
Big Four
Terre Haute
W. E. MacDaniels
Gorin
Insanity arrest shocks Kouts man in alleged case
Kouts Indiana resident arrested on insanity charge pressed by his wife after recent release from a state insane hospital. Suspicion grows in Allegan Michigan that Ira Hurd was murdered as his son recalls a quarrel with a man and a later pistol shot. Rev C A Hill of Newark Ohio allegedly secured church funds by false pretenses and duped two fiancés. Mrs Julia Dietrich widow of Rittman Ohio choked by robbers who looted the home taking 575 dollars in goods while 1400 dollars hidden in the cellar remained unfound.
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Kouts
Ind
State Insane Hospital
Allegan
Mich
Ira Hurd
C. A. Hill
Newark
Ohio
Julia Dietrich
Rittman
Destruction at Woodford and Political Moves Worldwide
Reports describe the destruction of three houses built by the marquis of Clan Ricardo at Woodford County Galway. Other items note London mayoral election results, Canadian justice minister actions, Dutch East Indies peace doubts, Portuguese naval moves, and a found Baltic Warship wreck.
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Marquis of Clan Ricardo
Woodford
County Galway
Ireland
Joseph Renals
Aldgate
London
Canada
United States
National Liberal Congress
Frankfort
von Caaprivn
Dutch East Indies
Balinez
Lourenzo Marquez
Walter McWhirrel
Brampton
Broad mix of 1906 events including strikes and politics
A compilation of brief notes reports strikes in Boston and Ohio campaigns in Ohio and Pa normal political shifts in Des Moines and Baldwin county civil cases in Cincinnati and New York a fatal incident in Cleveland a mortgage in Crown Point and a New York building cornerstone ceremony plus family and social disputes involving William Bok and his wife Bessie Whittemore Bok and relations of Edward Bok are noted.
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Coatsburg
Panama Canal
Boston
Tom L. Johnson
Ohio
H. D. Peck
Congress
W. Oliver
Cincinnati
Fair Hope
George W. Galvin
Methodist Episcopal Conferences
Shelbyville
Ind
Wittsoig
National Committee
Edward McLaughlin
Dr Calmette’s Rabbit Serum Inoculations Against Venom
Dr Calmette describes experiments inoculating rabbits with pure venom and treating them with serum of varying strength. He notes mortality rates, serum quantities, and the potential to apply serum therapy to human snake bites, while aiming to save lives in India where cobra deaths are high.
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India
McClure
Murders at National Military Home Alarm Tolodo
Police probe two recent veteran murders at the National Military Home in Toledo Ohio on pension day. Forty veterans robbed and slain sparks Grand Army concern and calls for government detectives to gather evidence against the robbers.
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Dayton
Ohio
National Military
Grand Army
Explosion in Luke Fielder mine kills one and traps four
A late night explosion in Luke Fielder's mine shaft Shamokin Pennsylvania traps four men beneath smoke and after damp while fifty five workers escape. Irving Buffington is dead and blamed by colliery officials. George Brown and a Polish helper Anthony Robertick are among those inside with no immediate chance of rescue. The mine is burning and inaccessible requiring potential flooding of interior workings and months of idleness for about 900 workers.
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Shamokin
Luke Fielder
Irving Buffington
George Brown
Anthony Robertick
Robert
Luke Fieller
Murder Suspected In Sanborn Rail Yard Tragedy
In Redwood Falls Minnesota on October 11 a case of murder appears likely after Edward Melling a Northwestern railroad surface worker is found dead in his bunk. Melling suffered a temple wound from a Tuesday night confrontation with Dan Conners who has fled with two others. The coroner’s jury blamed whisky, but new evidence suggests foul play.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
Sanborn
County
Edward Melling
Northwestern Railroad
Melling
Meclling
Dan Conners
Conners
Springer Speaks for Free Coal Benefit for Miners
Congressman Springer told a River ton audience that a Democratic tariff policy of free coal and reciprocity with Canada would aid Illinois and western miners. He argued foreign coal tariffs do not raise domestic prices, noting McKinley era duties and current House proposals for coal with Canada.
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Springfield
Springer
Riverton
Ilinois
West
Canada
House
Senate
Japs Said to Take Chinese City Chee Foo
Yokohama reports a rumor that Japanese forces have captured Chee Foo in China as the war progresses. No official confirmation yet, but dispatches indicate intensified operations in the region.
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Yokohama
Chee Foo
Japanese Troop Landings swell Seoul Defenses
Dispatch from Chemulpo reports fourteen Japanese transports in harbor on Oct 3 and that since Sept 27 Japan has landed 7,800 troops and 756 coolies. Seoul defenses are strengthened as 4,000 more Japanese troops reinforce the garrison against Korean insurgent threats.
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Shanghai
Chemulpo
Seoul
Mutinous Hessian Soldiers Face Court Martial
A Berlin dispatch reports eight reserve soldiers of the Eighteenth regiment mutinied near Hofheim during Hessian maneuvers and attacked their captain with swords. They were disarmed by comrades and imprisoned at the Fortress of Mayence awaiting court martial with possible death sentences.
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London
Berlin
Hofheim
Fortress of
Mayence
Cyclone Slams Marianopel and Coastal Towns
The Kobe Chronicle reports a severe cyclone sweeping northeast from the coast. It devastates Marianopel where over 200 people are said to have died, with widespread destruction along the shoreline and at sea, including wrecked houses and numerous vessel losses.
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San Francisco
Gaeliz
Kobe
Logiask
Marianopel
Delaga Point
Berdionsha
General Lew Wallace Plans Lectures on Pacific Coast
St Paul notes Gen. Lew Wallace author of Ben Hur spent the day at the Ryan and is bound for the Pacific coast to deliver a winter series of lectures. He says this is his first Pacific coast visit and he plans to close up shop and go.
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St. Paul
Lew Wallace
Carl Anderson Named Keeper at Sturgeon Bay Canal Lifesaving Station
Washington reports Carl Anderson has been promoted and appointed keeper of the Sturgeon Bay canal lifesaving station in Wisconsin, replacing the previous official and assuming duties immediately.
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Washington, Special
Carl Anderson
Sturgeon Bay Canal
Wisconsin
Fourth N Anti Hill Move Nominates in New York City
The Democracy of Kings County fields a third party ticket with Everett P. Wheeler for governor and endorses regular Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor Daniel L. Lockwood and judge Charles F. Brown. A campaign committee chaired by Charles Fairchild prepares for endorsement signatures due by October 16 to trigger third party ballot printing. Brooklyn Democrats condemn Hill and Saratoga platform while endorsing independent ticket. Strong for mayor Goff for recorder Beekman for supreme court also win nomination.
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New York
Kings County
anti-Hill Democracy
Everett P. Wheeler
New York City
Court of Appeals
Daniel L. Lockwood
Charles F. Brown
Edward M. Shepard
Shepard
Saratoga
Shepardites
Secretary of State
Wheeler, Curtis & Gidkin
Brooklyn Democratic Club
David PB. Hill
Democratic Organization
A. J. Wolfe
Everett Green
David B. Hill
New York State Democracy
Committee of Seventy
William L. Strong
John W. Goff
Henry R. Beekman
Justice of the Supreme Court
Iowa man murders wife then self inflicts fatal wounds
George Reams of Marble Rock Iowa killed his wife after a long quarrel. He swung a chair, struck her with a deep forehead gash, then cut her throat from ear to ear before turning a razor on himself. The couple’s bodies lie undiscovered since about 11 o'clock. He is believed to be dying.
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Marble Rock
Iowa
George Reams
Forty Six Plans for State Capitol Designs
Capitol commissioners in St. Paul review forty six proposed capitol plans this week. Experts will inspect next week and the public will be admitted the following week if they approve. Two distant judges were chosen but names withheld until they accept. public notice will be given when plans are ready for inspection.
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St. Paul
State Capitol Commission
State Board Nears Finish of Pullman Assessment Hearing
The Illinois state board of equalization has nearly finished its labors. Ham from the capital stock committee presented a lengthy minority report opposing the alleged too low Pullman company assessment. The report was rejected.
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Pullman Assessment
Springfield, Il
State Board of Equalization
Ham
Capital Stock Committee
Pullman Company
Fire Destroys Tudor Iron Works Building in East St Louis
Fire in East St Louis destroys the Tudor iron works main building. Estimated loss is 75000 dollars with insurance covering 62000 dollars. The blaze was reported today in St Louis.
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East St. Louis
St. Louis
Tudor Iron Works
Madrid bishops consecration sparks foreign interference dispute
Excitement grows over the consecration of Madrid's first Protestant bishop. The papal nuncio decries it as sacrilegious and illegal, while Liberal newspapers accuse foreign meddling and demand the nuncio be expelled. The issue risks a violent political confrontation.
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Madrid
Liberal Party
Spain
Nurcio
Canal survey begun for a two-route exploration
Four men were sent by Maj. Sears to preliminarily examine two canal routes from Lake Superior to the Mississippi via the St Louis and Savannah rivers and Sandy Lake. The party aims to finish in two weeks before deploying a full surveying team. Additional parties will survey Wisconsin routes.
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Duluth, Minn
Maj
Sears
Lake Superior
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Savanna Rivers
Sandy Lake
Wisconsin
Wreck in Wisconsin: Treated as sabotage on Soo line
A passenger train on the Soo line derailed after a trestle was sabotaged between Heatford Junction and Bradley near Rhinelander Wisconsin. The fireman Charles Cottrell was killed instantly. engineer James Dutch of Minneapolis was seriously injured but expected to recover. A reward of 500 dollars is offered for information.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Soo Line
Boston and
James Dutch
Minneapolis
Charles Cottrell
Prentice
Soo Company
Dutch
Market updates from Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul markets
Wheat and corn futures quoted in Chicago with October prices around 5.11 to 5.37 dollars per bushel and December futures near 5.33. Park and lard and ribs prices listed. Minneapolis grain on track bids and receipts at 721 cars. Chicago hogs steady with firm opening and cattle finding mixed demand. St Paul hogs sold to packers at 4.50 to 4.65. cattle mostly common with slow sale and two western trainloads not marketed.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Savine
Northern
St. Paul
Train Wreck Near Flagstaff After Steer Collision
Passenger train No. 3 on the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe was wrecked two miles west of Flagstaff Indiana when a steer on the track was hit by the locomotive. The engine express and baggage cars left the rails. the engineer and fireman were slightly injured. The accident happened in a cut and the wreck had to be moved before another train could pass.
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Flagstaff
Ind. T
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Startling claim in suit links Hinckley fire to mill employee
A district court filing argues a Laird & Boyle mill employee set the September 1 fire that destroyed Hinckley and damaged mills in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The answer contends the blaze stemmed from careless act and wind, and suggests negotiations over a property exchange were unsettled.
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Minneapolis
District Court
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hinckley
Laird & Boyle
Mission Creek
Wisdom & Cannon
Pine City
Wil
Fuller & Taylor
Madagascar Policy Stable Says Deputy De Loncale
The Matin prints a letter from Deputy de Loncale on Madagascar affairs noting Great Britain has loyally observed the Madagascar convention of 1885 and that England will not change its policy toward Madagascar. The deputy expresses confidence in continued British adherence to the terms.
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Madagascar
Paris
The
Matin
Deputy de Lonecale
Great Britain
M. de Loncale
England
Bank Wrecker Sentenced in Missouri Bank Scandal
Springfield Missouri October 10 Judge Phillips sentenced A. B. Crawford former cashier of the wrecked American National Bank to five years in the state penitentiary expressing sympathy for the prisoner’s family.
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Springfield
Phillips
A. B. Crawford
American National Bank
Missouri Penitentiary
McKinley in Duluth Draws Large Crowd and Speeches
Ohio Governor William McKinley drew about 12 000 people in Duluth as he toured from St. Paul. He spoke at the Kitchi Gammi club breakfast high school pupils and a hotel reception. In his address he contrasted tariff effects on Minnesota lumbermen under 1890 law with those under the new tariff and later addressed West Superior audiences.
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Duluth
Minn
Gov. McKinley
St. Paul
McWinley
Col
Tans Bixby
Harry Richardson
Republican State Committee
Ray T. Lewis
Kitchi Gammi Club
Lewis
McKinley
Charles A. Towne
Congress
Minnesota
West Superior
Mr. Wilson
London
Two Miners Die in Maple Hill Mine Gas Blast
Ashland Pa. Oct 10 John Bogfanis sixteen was instantly killed and Vetor Lasoutaki thirty five fatally injured in a gas explosion at Maple Hill mines. The blast was caused by careless handling of a safety lamp.
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Ashland
John Bogfanius
Veter Lasoutaki
Maple Hill
Dentist Ends Life in Seattle Office After Cocaine Use
Dr W F Giddings a Seattle dentist and former State Dental association president was found dead in his office with the left side of his head blown off by a shotgun. He placed the gun in his mouth and the blast killed him, with blood and brains on the ceiling and walls. The death followed his health decline from excessive cocaine use.
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Seattle
Wash
W. F. Giddings
The
State Dental Association
Giddings
Fire destroys six houses at Old Antwerp exhibition
A blaze in the Old Antwerp section today totally destroyed six houses and their contents during the exhibition. The loss is described as heavy.
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Antwerp
Cholera Cases Rise in Holland and Amsterdam
Amsterdam saw six new cholera cases and one death last week, part of sixteen new cases and eight deaths reported across the Netherlands.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Explosion Fatal to Ravell Family in Ironwood Farm
John Ravell, a farmer near Ironwood Michigan, and his five year old son died in a blast while thawing giant powder for stump blasting. Mrs Ravell and a six year old daughter were gravely injured and expected to die. The others survived with minor injuries.
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Ironwood
Mich
John Ravell
Ravell
Telephone link planned from Superior to St Paul
West Superior Wisconsin October 10 The telephone company of Superior and Duluth plans to connect with St Paul and Minneapolis next year extending long distance service to the Twin Cities and region.
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West Superior, Wis
Telephone Company of
Superior
Duluth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Worthington Publishing President Dies of Apoplexy
Richard Worthington, president of Worthington Publishing, died of apoplexy at his Sea Cliff home on Long Island. The New York report notes his leadership of the firm and his prominence in publishing circles.
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Richard Worthington
New York
The
Worthington Publishing Company
Sea Cliffe
L. I
Women in Politics Fight Tammany Organizing in New York
A New York meeting of women organized to oppose Tammany was held following Col. John J. Gifford's notice. Mrs. Mark M. Pomeroy presided, calling the effort a house cleaning, with Ella Rawls as secretary treasurer.
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New York
John J. Gifford
Twenty-third District
Gifford
Mark M
Brick) Pomeroy
West Ninety Sixth Street
Col. Gifford
Pomeroy
Ella Rawls
Tammany
Desperate Capture of Murderer In Seattle Lodging House
Detective Cudahee and Officer Corbett cornered Robert Blank in a lodging house after a tense confrontation over Charles H. Birdsell’s murder. Blank fired grazing Cudahee’s neck. a fierce struggle left the suspect subdued as Corbett joined the fray. Blank claimed the killing was self defense.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles H. Birdsell
Cudahee
Corbett
Robert Blank
Blank
Riot on a Train at Hower's Station
Owensboro Ky Oct 10 Riot breaks out among passengers on an excursion train two injured but not seriously according to local reports authorities report minimal casualties and no fatalities involved in the disturbance
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Owensboro
Hower
Budapest Magnates Reject Jewish Religion Bill
In Budapest the house of magnates voted 103 to 19 against the government bill to legally recognize the Jewish religion, a setback for the administration.
Four die in Illinois Steel Works steam pipe blast
Chicago on Oct 10 reports two men killed and five injured at the Illinois Steel South Side mill when a steam pipe exploded. The dead are William Miller a 30 year old married man and A N Sparrow an unmarried man. Injured are John M Helstrom Thomas Dorsey Oscar Wagner Joseph Tod hunter and Peter Moxey. They were taken to the company hospital.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Works
William Miller
A. N. Sparrow
John Mhelstrom
Thomas Dorsey
Oscar Wagner
Joseph Todhunter
Peter Moxey
South Side
Wansch Fires Arson Case Returns Home to Ashes
Grantsburg Wisconsin October 10 After the trial for shooting his wife's brother the defendant John Wansch found his house and all its contents burned. He returned to Grantsburg and will have several persons arrested on arson charges.
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Grantsburg
Wis
John Wansch
Tin plate makers to be brought back home by fare guarantees
The Exchange Telegraph reports British tin plate makers who went to America will be lured back by Welsh manufacturers who guarantee them jobs and promise to pay their fares home. The plan aims to repatriate workers to Britain.
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London
The
Exchange Telegraph Company
America
Andrew Shaw Dies Suddenly in Chicago Wealthy Trader
Andrew Shaw a wealthy and prominent board of trade man died suddenly last night in Chicago. He was fifty nine years old and described as brilliant but eccentric. He had not been active in business in recent years.
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Chicago
Andrew Shaw
Board of Trade
Sawmill blast in Mineral Wells kills two and wounds two
An explosion at a Mineral Wells saw mill owned by George Schultz killed Frank Halley and fatally wounded Samuel Cook and George Schultz. The incident occurred last night near Parkersburg West Virginia. Authorities investigate the cause of the blast and its impact on workers and the plant.
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Parketsburg
W. Va
Mineral Wells
George Schultz
Frank Halley
Samuel Cook
Seven Horses Burned at Collins Livery Barn
Fort Dodge Iowa October 10 The Collins livery barn and seven horses were destroyed by a fire Saturday night with losses totaling four thousand dollars.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Collins
Howgate's Trial Expected Within Sixty Days
Washington October 7 It is expected that Cant Howgate will be tried within sixty days though no definite time has been set by the district attorney.
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Howgate
Washington
Stranger Claims to be Dickinson Brother Seizes Horse
A stranger at J. E. Ward's livery stable in Huron 8S. D. took a horse and buggy, claiming to be George Dickinson's brother. He and the rig have not been seen since, and Dickinson says he has no brother in the area.
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George Dickinson
J. E. Ward
Minnesota church splits conference into two
At Duluth Minnesota this morning the Minnesota conference of the M E church voted to divide into two conferences by a narrow margin. Fourteen then changed their votes for a total plurality of fifteen but the bishop’s sanction is required and will be decided tomorrow. Bishop Foss asked delegates to propose names for the two new conferences and to indicate whether to increase districts from six to eight with four districts for each.
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Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
M. E. Church
Foss
President grants pardon for embezzlement case
Washington reports President pardons A. M. Otis who was sentenced in Wisconsin to five years for embezzling letters. The pardon cites the prisoner’s advanced fatal disease, granting clemency.
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Washington
Special
A. M. Otis
Wisconsin
Byrnes Testifies Before Grand Jury in Lexow Case
New York Special Police Superintendent Byrnes testified before a grand jury amid Lexow committee charges against policemen. No official business was disclosed, but the testimony is tied to the probe.
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New York
Byrnes
Lexow Committee
Bold Desperado in Seattle Saloon Shootout
A desperado entered the Mug saloon in Seattle Washington ordered the dozen men to surrender. Barkeeper Charles H Birdell moved to draw a pistol but was shot through the heart and killed. The gunman fled the scene, rumored to be the Puyallup murderer.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles H. Birdell
Birdell
Puyallup
Currency Controller Seeks Banks’ Condition Report
Washington reports the controller of the currency has ordered a report on the condition of national banks as of the close of business Tuesday October 2. The directive requires banks to submit detailed financial data and earnings figures for assessment by federal authorities.
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Washington
Signs of Progress in Economic Outlook This Week
New York according to Special Bradstreet's notes no major shifts this week yet. Yet the report points to ongoing improvement with features indicating continued progress in the economic situation.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Salem Nomination Shocks Fifth District Democrats
H. H. Little of Newburyport won the Fifth district Democratic convention nomination for Congress in Salem today.
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Salem
Mass
H. H. Little
Newburyport
Aboriginal King Proposes to Queen Victoria in One Sided Tale
A translated tale recounts Tawharo Ir a Maori king who, after visiting England, proposed marriage to Queen Victoria. The queen reportedly refused, prompting the king to declare Victoria the loser. The narrative notes his regal lineage and tattooed appearance.
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Tawhato
Tawhaaio
England
Tawhalo
Victoria
Tawhaio
Dryest place on earth found in Egypt claim
The piece notes a claim that the driest location is in Egypt, with the source dialogue hinting a local discussion in the Indianapolis Journal style. The snippet presents two voices in casual exchange about dryness and a vest worn by a speaker.
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Egypt
Watkins
Indianapolis Journal
Chance for Gallantry. Congressman What is the matter
Fair Wheeler tells a tale of a punctured bicycle tire and asks for a speech to be made into it. The item preserves the humorous style of a New York Weekly snippet, capturing a playful exchange between a congressman and a caller.
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New York Weekly
Basutoland Reports Schools and Enrollment Totals
Basutoland lists 113 schools with an enrollment of 5 932 scholars across the system.
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Basutoland
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Boller
Otis
Hood’s
Hood
Atlanta
New Zealand
Tawhario Ir
Iie
Congressman
U. S
Agricultural Department
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall ST
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