Express train hold up ends with engineer killed near Drummond
An east bound Northern Pacific passenger train was halted near Drummond Montana late Thursday night. Engineer Dan ONeill was shot and killed as a masked robber tried to stop the train. The bandit looted the mail and express cars and fled. bloodhounds tracked the scent from a mask found on a mountain trail. A $5000 reward is offered for the robber and killer dead or alive.
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Drummond
Dan O'Neill
O Neill
Missoula
O'Neill
Southern Pacific
Portland
Ore
Northern Pacific
Mont
Hidden German Pot Found Under 1857 Log House
Julius Hollwig of Yound Texas recently sold property in Fredericksburg where a log house once stood. Workmen uncovered an iron pot beneath the house containing 1700 dollars, 1500 in German money, likely taken from the old country by early German settlers who perished or fled during the first cholera year.
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Ruried
Yound
Liano
Tex
Julius Hollwig
Fredericksburg
Old Country
Grand jury adjourns after 165 bills in Corsicana Texas
Corsicana Texas grand jury, after four weeks with full attendance, adjourned to December 1 having returned 165 bills, 57 of which were felonies. Before adjourning it passed four resolutions condemning the courthouse and urging a $150,000 bond issue for a new structure.
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Corsicana
Tex
Grand Jury
Pecan Tree Fall Kills Man. Friend Suffered Serious Injury
Brenham Texas October 25 Joe Jackson fell 35 feet from the top of a pecan tree Wednesday fracturing his leg and died from the effects. William Lange was injured at his New Welden home with a badly broken arm possibly requiring amputation to save his life.
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Brenham
Tex
Joe Jackson
William Lange
New Welden
Bearded Lady of Circus Dies in Brooklyn Home
Mrs. William Mormoran aged 37 known as the bearded lady with the Virginia and circus orbit died at her Brooklyn residence. Born in multiple countries, she traveled extensively with the circus during her career.
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New York
William Mormoran
Brooklyn
Virginia
Bishop Vaughan Dead In Devonshire Parish
London reports the death of Right Rev Dr Vaughan bishop of Plymouth at Newton Abbey Devonshire He was an uncle of Cardinal Vaughan and the news notes his passing from the prominent church family in Britain.
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Vaughan
London
Dr. Vaughan
Plymouth
Newton Abbey
Devonshire
Cardinal Vaughan
Novelist Frank Norue Dies After Surgery
San Francisco reports the death of novelist Frank Norue following an appendicitis operation, which a nurse says prolonged his illness. The author’s passing came after complications from the surgery three days earlier.
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Wen
San Francisco
Frank Norue
House of Commons sees older members refuse re election
London October 25 The House of Commons experiences unrest as several senior MPs privately state they will not seek re election. Prime Minister Balfour vows to use closure more firmly to speed business, a move met with Liberal and Nationalist protests. In seven days only eleven lines of the education bill have been passed.
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London
House of Commons
Balfour
NO ARTICLE OF FAITH First Chapter of Genes Chicago
At the Temple of Israel Dr Emily G Hirsch declared his chapter absolute disbelief in the first chapter of Genesis and led the congregation to discard it as an article of faith. He argued religion biology and astronomy each offer evidence against a six day creation and noted nations assign world creation to their gods.
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Chicago
Temple
Israel
Emily G. Hirsch
Exid
Hirsch
Religious Enthusiast in Trouble at Southwark Court
London Ort 95 The Sun reports clergyman George Martin remanded at Southwark police court charged with possessing gunpowder. The religious enthusiast opposed to a St George's church stand bought a small amount of powder, insufficient for real damage. He is likely to be placed in an asylum.
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London
the Sun
George Martin
Southwark
St. George’s Church
French Premier Talks with Miners on Arbitration
Premier Combes met with the national commission of the miners' federation and the miners agreed to submit their demands to arbitration. He will consult company delegates next, seen as emulating President Roosevelt's coal strike intervention in the United States. Paris.
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Combes
National Commission of the Miners’ Federation
M. Combes
Roosevelt
United States
Paris
Coal output rises as mines reopen in anthracite region
A new wave of collieries starts in the anthracite coal region and operating mines gradually increase output. At Mitchell's headquarters complaints are few outside the Lehigh region where operators and former workers report no trouble since workers returned on Thursday. Wilkes-Barre, Oct. (partial).
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Mitchell
Lehigh Region
Wilkesbarre
President pardons convict in Kansas murder case
The president has pardoned Joe Martin who was convicted in the western district of Arkansas for the murder of Ernest Adams. Martin had been sentenced to hang but President Harrison commuted the sentence to life imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary, where he has remained confined since.
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Washington
Joe Martin
Arkansas
Ernesto
Adams
Harrison
Ohio
Chinese Minister Honored in New Jersey Guard Admission
Dispatches report Wu Ting Fa ster is drilling with a rifle in uniform and has been admitted to membership in the Morris Guards, the South Jersey Militia, while attending school in Atlantic City this week.
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New York
Wu Ting
Chao Chu
Sor Ng
Atlantic City
Mil Jersey
Morris
Guards
Stary Organization of South
Cigar Dealers in New York Form Organization
New York cigar dealers have formed a group to oppose recent combinations of stores expanding citywide. They allege these chains receive reduced manufacturer rates, and the move aims to counteract their influence.
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New York
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