Desperate Battle Near Keene Ends in Deaths and Capture
In Pokane Washington a melee between Sheriff A G Neil and fleeing burglars near Keene led to Marshal Michael Glover of Kennewick being killed instantly and Deputy Thomas Halsey fatally wounded. Sheriff Neil wounded twice, killed one bandit and captured another. The captured teen, Robert Layton, 16, named Jacob Lake as the slain desperado. The gang likely planned to rob a Northern Pacific train.
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Pokane
Wash
Keene
Spokesman-Review Prosser
A. G. Neil
Prosser
Michael Glover
Kennewick
Thomas Halsey
Sheriff McNeil
SheriffcNeil
Robert Layton
Florence
Colo
Jacob Lake
Walla Walla
Northern Pacific
Hearst Offers Fifty Thousand Dollars Reward
William R. Hearst announces a total reward of fifty thousand dollars for information leading to the capture of suspects. The offer is publicized in his papers and covers specified crimes connected to a major case. Authorities urge fast cooperation from witnesses to advance the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Hearst
Rewards Offered For Evidence Of Election Frauds In New York
William R Hearst offered rewards totaling 50000 for evidence of election frauds in upstate New York announced by the Democratic state committee. Hearst and Republican nominee Hughes pressed campaigns amid harsh weather with snow in the state. Hearst attacked Hearsts newspapers corporate taxes while a Fulton speech.
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New York
William R. Hearst
State Democratic Committee
Mr. Hearst
Mr. Hughes
Upstate
Hearst
Hughes
Fulton
Republican State Committee
Five college cadets sent to workhouse after Halloween riot
Five cadets from the Kentucky State College battalion were sent to the workhouse after a Halloween riot in Lexington. Shelby Jett Jr and Marcus Cheek of Richmond, T B Veal and Thomas Swigert of Maysville, and George Bogart of Gold Pond faced breach of peace by assaulting officers as patrolmen tried to stop the disorder. Swigert and Veal hold lieutenant ranks.
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Lexington
Shelby Jett, Jr
Richmond
T. B. Veal
Thomas Swigert
Maysville
George Bogart
Gold Pond
Marcus Cheek
State College Batallion
Bond Swigert and
Veal
Batallion
Costly Celebration Turns Deadly Near Huntington
On Halloween near Brodrick Ohio opposite Huntington, Harlow Smith and Robert Riley were shot and George Whitley seriously wounded during a party when a man with a shotgun fired from behind an outhouse at close range. The shooter’s identity was not confirmed and no arrests were made.
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Huntington
W. Va
Harlow Smith
Robert Riley
George Whitley
Brodrick
Presbyterians Divide as Alabama Synods Meet Separately
In Birmingham on November 1 loyal Cumberland Presbyterian adherents withdrew from the united synod of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at East Lake. The two bodies then held sessions in different parts of the city while delegates from all Alabama Presbyterian churches contributed to the synods.
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Birmingham
Cumberland Presbyterianism
United Synod of the
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
East Lake
Presbyterian
Alabama
Noted Southern Chemist Fatally Injured by Train
Atlanta reports Dr. N A Pratt, a renowned chemist and former Confederate army chemist with Augusta ties, was struck by a train in Decatur, Ga. He died two hours after the injury at seventy four. He had led chemical work in the war and stood as a prominent southern scientist.
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Atlanta
N. A. Pratt
South
Decatur
Methodists Meet in Buffalo General Missionary Committee Session
Bishops from around the world join ministers and laymen in Buffalo for the General Missionary Committee gathering of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The eighty member body plans a major appropriation of 1,500,000 dollars for missionary work.
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General Missionary Committee
Buffalo
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Missionary Committee of
The
Church
Opera House Block Burns in Leipsic
Fire destroyed the entire opera house block in Leipsic Ohio causing about 100000 dollars in damage. The blaze started in the Knights of Pythias lodge room.
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Opera House
Leipsic, O
Knights of Pythias
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Howe Bros
Tornado Insurance
Bryan
GEO. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Post Office Drugstore
Ad . Toby's Business College
Waco
Texas
Toby's Institute of Accounts
New York City
Worthon
Rosalsky
Court of General Sessions
Board of Elections
Independence League
Jerome
Grand Jury
Heart
Workhouse
U.S
First National Bank
Bryan, Texas
J. W. Howell
H. C. Boatwright
Guy M Bryan, JR
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Siiks Sitks
Grand Opera House
Haswell
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