Train holdup near Chicago yields costly miscue
Five masked men stopped the Baltimore and Ohio express train between Edgemore and Calumet Heights. They dynamited a mail car with no money, mistaking the treasure for the wrong car. About $50,000 in the express car was missed. no one injured. Detectives arrested three men near Miller’s Station, Ind., with others held as suspects.
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Aug
Baltimore and Ohio
Edgemore
Calumet Heights
Ind
Collins
James Whipple
Miller’s Station
Edward McCoy
John Becker
Albert Israelson
Albion
Miller's Station
Edgemoor
Improvements to cost seventy five thousand dollars soon
News in brief reports $75,000 improvements coming to the 8). Joseph Missouri customs house. John Findley dies at Deming New Mexico from wounds inflicted by John Milton. Reuben Hill of Richmond Kentucky acquitted for shooting U. S. Cates. Southern Baptist convention state secretaries annual meeting underway in Nashville Ten.
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John Findley
Deming
N. M
John Milton
Reuben Hill
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U. S
Navy Denies Schley Request to Modify Specification
The Navy Department refused Admiral Schley's request to alter language stating he disobeyed orders. Schley argued the fifth specification was inaccurate. officials maintained the record shows disobedience, a matter established by official records.
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Schley
Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Schley
Court of Inquiry
Department
British Boer War advances ease as prisoners flood camps
London reports slow improvement in British clearance operations as columns empty districts and Boers suffer heavy losses. About 34 000 prisoners and nearly 80 000 refugees are being fed. Separate item from San Francisco notes strike stalemate with City Front Federation proposing peace talks. Also mentions a planned Ireland visit by the king and queen next April to open Cork International Exhibition. A Dallas dispatch mentions four Negro soldiers charged with murder after El Fuso capture.
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London
Ireland
Cork
Four men face trial as others freed in local case
Officer Stewart and three others are free while John Kipper stands trial. LeRoy Roberts is acquitted. charges against Davis and Carroll were dismissed. Havana notes four month minimum for new government under the electoral bill.
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Liberty
John Kipper
LeRoy Roberts
Davis
Carroll
Havana
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