Esther Vance the Daring Bandit Dies in Virginia City Home
The notorious Esther Vance and her companion Bud Meece known as Vance faced a dramatic life of gambling and violence across mining camps. After a fatal stagecoach robbery pursuit near Lake Tahoe, Bud Vance died in a gun battle while Esther was wounded and captured, later imprisoned in Washoe County for robbery and murder.
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Esther Vance
Virginia City
Nev
St. Charles
2 Danker
Paris
Esther
San Francisco
Bud Meece
Vance
Comstock
Virginia
Stony Creek
Lake Tahoe
Bud Vance
Washoe County
Esther Vance and train robberies in the West rise
The narrative traces Esther Vance and her partner across Colorado Nevada and New Mexico as they engage in audacious train robberies on Central Pacific routes and the Denver and Rio Grande lines. It notes how she rode in female attire, aided by accomplices, and was convicted then spared prison, later dying in Virginia City. The piece also includes a brief note on the Early Rising Fallacy from Leslie's Weekly.
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Sierras
Colorado
Nevada
Bud Vance
Amazon
Heieha
Mont
Leadville
Arizona
Chihuana
Mexico
Esther
California
Napa Valley
Esther Vance
Denver
Rilo Grande
Salt Lake City
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
Marshall Pass
Dar
Exard
Lfe
Carson
Virginia City
John G. Saxe
Dr. Arnold
Leslie’s Weekly
So Mabel Is Married Aboard A Public Affair
Two women discuss the rumor that Mabel married quickly after a betrothal. They remark on her character and speculate on how she captured a husband, noting she is a dear girl and would be cruel to judge. The dialogue hints at a newspaper style gossip.
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Mabel
New York Press
Eight Men Dead in Minneapolis Hotel Fire
Dense smoke and flames engulfed the Harvard Spde ing house on Main Street in Minneapolis killing eight lodgers. Residents on the second and third floors perished as fire and thick smoke trapped them. several others were critically burned or injured. George O O'Connor and Charles Hanson aided others before succumbing to the blaze.
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Harvard
Minneapolis
Stan Furniture
Charlies Hanson
George O'Connor
O'Connor
Volmes
Boers In Cape Town Panic Prompts Massive Enlistments
The article reports that over 6,000 men have enlisted in Cape Town within a week to repel Boer Transvaal invaders. It notes Monarch battleship preparations, speculation on Botha's strategy to draw British forces away from the Transvaal, and potential plans to strike at Pretoria.
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Cape Town
Transvaal
Big Gang
Monarch
Cape Colony
Adrest
Botha
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
London
Ct In
Kroger
United States
Atlantic
Europe
Illinois Teachers Meet Endorses Football Supervision
The forty seventh annual Illinois State Teachers Association opened in Springfield with 2,500 teachers. Key speakers included Lieut. Gov. Worthroft and President A. W. Greenman. Discussions covered school finance and the social value of rural schools, with a major push for football regulation and a six member committee to draft improved interhigh athletic rules. New officers and board members were elected.
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Springfeld
Iinois State Teachers’ Association
Representives
Springfield
Worthroft
A. W. Greenman
Aurora
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
John Ruskin
Graham Taylor
Chicago ‘Commons
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University
New York
Eugene Davenport
Agricultural College of the University of
Alta Harnon
University of Chicago
Bayliss
Edward EB. Voorst
Chicago
Cora Hamilton
Pontiac
Robert Foreman
E. E. van Cleave
Carlyle
J. L. Hughes
Centralia
J. K. Stableton
Charleston
Ilinois
Ite
Ita
J. E. Armstrong
Englewood High School
B. D. Parker
Rockford
H. &. Weston
Jacksonville
W. Wallace
Savannah
Herbert J. Barton
University of Illinois
J. F. Darby
Rock Island
Charles C. Kranzjopf
John M. Pierce
Carbondale
Caroline Crawford
Chicago Institute
Homer Cooke
Waukegan
Minnie Hostetter
Decatur
Ray Tiss
Chicago Commons
John D. Cook
de Kalb
W. L. Steele
Galesburg
Wdéwin Grant Dexter
University of
Th Peavel Henry
Brock
Ais Board of
Ora
J. D. Shoap
Paris
Sae Sarin Boe
Ose
Empson
Gburg
Afiza Barah J. Wittenbere
Viena
Fatal Santa Claus incident and train deaths in state
Henry Wade of Hecker died from burns while playing Santa Claus. Charles M. Russell of Urbana was struck and killed by a Wa bash train near there. Harrisburg First Presbyterian Church extended two calls to Rev. J. W. Strain of Hillsboro. James Nolan and his daughter from McHenry County were killed by a Northwestern passenger train near Harvard while crossing tracks.
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Henry Wade
Hecker
Charles M. Russell
Urbana
First Presbyterian Church of
Harrisburg
Hias
J. W. Strain
Hillsboro
James Nolan
McHenry County
Northwestern
Harvard
Fire at Rochester Orphan Asylum Claims Nineteen Children
A pre dawn blaze at the Rochester Orphan Asylum trapped about 100 children and 30 nurses. Nineteen children and two nurses died as flames and fumes overwhelmed the building. Firefighters rushed in as explosions tore through the hospital area. the origin remains undetermined and losses exceed $20,000.
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Shi Jtochester Orphan Asylum
Rochester
Hubbell Ke
Kidnaping Fears Prompt Wealthy Homes To Lock Tight
New York City residents guard heir to millions and two boys at a country house with tight security. Every door and window is barred and a full time watcher stands guard to keep child and nurses in view. Workers are sworn to the task, with safety the top priority.
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Cudahy
New York City
New York
Flody
Fire Losses For 1900 Across United States and Canada
The New York Journal of Commerce reports 1900 fire losses totaling 68,362,250, a sharp rise from 1899 and 1898. Monthly breakdown shows January 3,263, +, February 15,427,000, March 33,349,000, April 727,000, May 4, 35,759,400, June 24,281,000, July 223,000, August 10,298,260, September 9,110,300, October 7,107,000, November 8,516,000, December 11,420,700, with annual total 103,362,250. Previous year totals were 119,,50,500 in 1899 and 136,773,200 in 1898.
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New York Journal of Commerce
United States
Canada
Church anniversaries and clerical moves in early 20th century notices
The itemized notes cover anniversaries and dedications including First Congregational Oakland celebrating its fortieth anniversary, St. Peter’s in St. Louis raising 33000 to free debt, a St Lucia statue gifted to Philadelphia Our Lady of Good Counsel, and Milwaukee’s St. Josephat Polish Church dedication with Papal Delegate Archbishop Martinelli. It also reports resignations and depotions within several denominations, mortgage clearances in Camden and Charlottesville pastor appointments, plus a biographical sketch of a long revered Methodist elder and Tampico church founder.
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First Congregational Church
Oakland
Cal
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Louis
St. Lucia
Guiseppe Domato
Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Philadelphia
Martinelli
United States
St. Josephat
Milwaukee
W. B. Wright
Lafayette Presbyterian Church
Buffalo
N. Y
James le Baron Johnson
Grace Episcopal Church
New York
Johnson
A. M. Balmer
Newark
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
Camden
N. J
Charles Watson
South Jerver
Electric and Triction Company
John B. Turpin
First Hertist Che
Charlottesville
Carrollton
Virginia
Aeangie
Til
Tampico
Commission Recommends Statute Revisions and Court Changes
A commission appointed by the 1901 General Assembly to revise statutes governing law practice reported to Gov. Tanner. It proposed salary reforms for state and county officials, civil costs in courts, stricter divorce timelines, higher peremptory juror challenges, and lunacy inquests by jury. The Fish Commission outlined wardens, fines, and pollution remedies, and the Canal Commission urged aqueduct work and Sag feeder use. The Illinois insane asylum at Pekin detailed Gleason Contract shortages, and staff changes at the auditor’s office were announced. An industrial dismantling at Springfield Iron’s rolling mills progresses, with allocations of assets to East St. Louis. A shooting occurred when Horace S. Miller shot Nor man Gillette in the arm after a disputed remark.
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Harty-first General Assembly
John
Miller
Robert McMurdy
Chicago
E. P. Williams
Galesburg
William “L. Gross
Spritgfield
Walters Horton
Peoria
Tanner
Nighttime clash ends with shooting near power house
A laborer named Meyera Charles, 22, was shot and nervously wounded by Ifred Gray after a brawl. All electric lights failed for an hour when a steam pipe leaked at the city power house on Balsted for Mixa streets between 10 and 11.
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Doring Eealoon
Charles, Meyera
Ifred Gray
Gilde Greve
Balsted
Fdr
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Prince Ching
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Shan-Tung
France
Corea
Mongolia
Asia
Great Wall
Havana
Republic
Vatican
Rome
Leo
John H. Heaton
Canterbury
Teachers OF Illinois
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Holocaust AT
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Praonere
State Fish Commission
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Secretary of State
Ilinoia
Canal Commission
Gov. Tanner
Chicago Harbor
Blue Island Territory
Board of Trustees
Incurable Insane ‘Asylum
Gleason
Gleason & Sons
Willia
Springfield Iron Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
East St. Louis
Horace 8. Miller
Sangamon’ County
Normen Gillette
Chicago and Alton Railway
Belpaen
Bloomington
the State Metropolis
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