Megantic Brings Crippen and Miss Levene to Liverpool
Large crowds gathered at Liverpool harbor when the steamer Megantic arrived with Dr Crippen and Miss Levene from Canada under a war warrant connected to the Bellemore murder case. Barricades held the crowd back as Inspector Dew, Sergeant Mitchell, and police officers transferred the prisoners to a train bound for London.
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Liverpool
Megantic
Pr. Hawley Hy Crippen
Ethel Levene
Canada
Dr. Crippen
Bellemore
Dr Crippen
Inspector Dew
Miss Lenove
Mitchell
London
Bootland Yard
Alleged Grafting in Illinois Central Contract Work
New Orleans August 25. Railroad detective William J Burns says arrests in New Orleans will target Hutte fellows as he leads an inquiry into grafting in Illinois Central contract work. Burns reports astonishment at the scope and number of men involved and notes President Harntan ordered action regardless of whom it would affect. He says there are no higher officials involved.
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New Orleans
Hutte Fellows
William J. Hurns
Linois Central Railroad
Curns
Mlinois Central
Burns
Harntan
Minois Central
Forest fires drop temperature in Denver
Temperature fell four degrees in Denver as forest fires in Montana sent hot air across snow covered mountains. The drop occurred mainly between 1 and 5 10 p m with a 91 to 74 reading, according to weather forecaster Brandenberg.
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Denver
Ane
United States
Brandenberg
Bethwen
Forest Fire
Montana
Continental Divide
Mystery bodies in Idaho forest fires near Avery
In the St Joe valley, 106 men are missing as 22 bodies believed to be settlers are found near Avery. Foresters and rangers are counted among the dead, with 185 rangers imprisoned at the headwaters. Fire losses soar. railroad and forest service face heavy costs and a call to recall workers to the fire’s edge.
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St. Joe
Maho
Milwaukee Railroad
Avery
St Joe Valley
Wiére
Forest Rangers
Weigle
Washington
Idaho
Montana
St. Doe
United States
Milwaukee
Clearwater
Jonn Ines
Miswouri
Bass Refuses Pledge in Local Senator Nomination Pitch
A Times report details T C Butterton and Mayor Thompson discussing G F Milton’s campaign to field a rival for Hamilton County senator Esquire K P Bass. Milton seeks a pledge that Bass will avoid party caucuses to influence Democratic nominations and legislation, which Bass declines. The notice also promotes Zemo skin treatment.
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Esquire
K.P. Bass
Hamilton County
Bass
Rock
Hamilton
Times
T. C. Butterton
Civic Lomue
G. F. Millon
Knoxville
Senate
Hass
Betterton
Thompson
Milton
Squire
Blowing Out a Fatal Suck in Duck River
State Game Warden Jacklin and Deputy Matthews Gooilson authorized to blow out Duck River at Luell Island to rescue victims Miss Virgie Patton and Miss Chestine Patton. Six charges and 20 pounds of dynamite to be placed in crevices and detonated by electric battery to destroy the dangerous stick.
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Jacklin
Matthews Gooilson
Columbia
Duck River
Luell Island
Lnst
Virgie
Chestine Patton
Governor Patterson Proclaims Labor Day Holiday Statewide
Neshville Tei Aug 2 Governor Patterson issues proclamation recommending Monday September 1 as a general holiday throughout the state. An unrelated testimonial praises King’s New Discovery, a cough remedy, as effective for night coughs and various respiratory ailments with a promotional offer.
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Neshville
Tei
Patterson
Telegrapher Blamed for Wreck At Lamine Missouri
Nooneville Missouri August 27 The coroner s Jury puts responsibility for the Missouri Pacific freight wreck on operator Edward Kenyon Kenyon is missing and left after the collision on the Katy northbound He is charged with negligence in failing to deliver orders from the dispatcher
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Nooneville
Lamine
Edward Kenyon
Kenyon
Katy
Race ends in murder during forced buggy chase
In Greenville Alabama a man named Frank Franklin was forced to race a horse after two white men arrested him for stealing a coat. They drove him several miles before one man shot him in the chest, killing him. Details are unclear and the report notes amendments to age of consent laws.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank Franklin
Butler County
Greenville
Cork
Roosevelt welcomed by cow punchers at Cheyenne station
Thousands in Cheyenne greet Theodore Roosevelt return as a western hero. Cowboys cheer, Sioux and Shoshone wear war paint, soldiers stand by as Roosevelt, once a Missouri ranch hand and Dakota deputy, is honored. The scene mixes old west tradition with modern ceremony.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Roosevelt
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Little
Missouri
Peeler
Dakota
Col. Roosevelt
Washington
Mort D. A. Russell
Rune
Guv
Benton MedMfill
Thooper
Bee House Journal
Grand Trunk collision near Durand leaves many dead and injured
A rear end crash on the Grand Trunk railroad near Durand Michigan killed more than a dozen and injured many as eastbound Train No. 4 plowed through the sleeping car Nebraska on Train No. 1. Fire and debris trapped passengers while rescuers worked amid screams and burning wreckage. Engineers and brakemen gave conflicting accounts of the torpedo signaling prior to the impact. The report also references 1895 political corruption debates and Senate actions, including Feeney amendments and pension appropriations, as unrelated context mixed into the dispatch.
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Durand
Mich
Grand Trane
Nebraska
Montreal
Dnd
Chicago
No. 11
Mitchell
Shields Standouts In 8 000 Vote Lead In August Election
Official statewide returns show Warren county results complete. Independent ticket led by Judge Shields won with Beard Neil Lansden and Green among top runners. Maiden headed Democrats with Bell McAlister Cook Barton close behind. Total votes exceed 240000. Democratic share around 107000 on average. Shields led Green by about 8000 votes.
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Nashville
Warren County
Judge Shielda
Beard
Neil
Lansden
Green
Judge Maiden
Bell
McAlister
Cook
Barton
Iato
Shields
Tan
Judge Green
Petition Drives Freight Increase Across Rock Island Line
Little Rock August 27 A B Gopsley superintendent of the Rock Island railway secured ten thousand employe signatures on a petition asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a freight rate rise to fund a wage increase demanded by the Employes Protective Association.
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Little Rock
A. B. Gopsley
Rock Island Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Employes Protective Association
House Journal
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St Joe
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House of Representatives
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Republican State Committee
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Tennessee
General Assembly
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Howse Journal Forte
Comrades Out West
Pension Board
Supreme Court
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Jouse Jounal
House Journal of 180
G. B. Graham
Detroit
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Spencer
A. Clay Evans
Heeton
Unicci
Joesian
Coele
Lens
Jocke County
Looper
Nashville American
Unaka National Bank
Johnson City
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