Mail boxes robbed. Tiller and Mc Dowell sentenced
Prentice Tiller and Edward C. McDowell alias Grant pleaded guilty to mail box robberies in Cincinnati. They were sentenced by U. S. Judge Thompson to five and three years at hard labor in the penitentiary. Widespread rifling across cities alleged. McDowell re captured after escape in Chicago. witnesses from Omaha Hastings Dayton and Toledo. Tiller previously tied to a $100,000 express robbery near St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice Tiller
Edward C. McDowell
Grant
Cincinnati
United States
Thompson
Hard Dahor
Onimha
Nebraska
McDowell
Chicago
Buffalo
Omaha
Hastings
Neb
Dayton
Toledo
Tiller
St. Louis
Stock Panic Does Not Halt General Business Says Bradstreet
Bradstreet notes the New York Stock Exchange violent price fall appears a stock panic not touching general industries. No wheat or staple supplies will be harmed. Grain speculation cooled as investors focus on stocks. Trade outlook improves modestly due to better crop prospects from timely rains after planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet’s
New York Stock Exchange
Malin
Circus rider killed in wild west show stunt
Miss Theresa Russell of Denver an equestrienne with a Wild West show fatally injured at Vine Counes Indiana while attempting a hand to horse leap. Her foot caught in a stirrup dragged around the ring until cowboys halted the running horses and killed one animal with a pitchfork. She died from internal and external injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equestrienne
Theresa Russell
Denver
Vinecounes
Ind
Miss Russell
Widow Fends Off Burglars in New Jersey Milestone Stand
Mrs. Ella Karcher a 60 year old widow on the Morris turnpike near Elizabeth N J confronted two burglars after they gained entry She threw one from a window chased the other and forced a surrender Then she rode with them to Senator Keans home to await police The burglars named Lawrence Downing and Patrick Dowing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Karcher
Morris Turnpike
Elizabeth
N. J
Kean
Lawrence
Patrick Downing
Attempt to Wreck a Train Near Wyatt Indiana
Unknown persons placed ties on the Wabash tracks near Wyatt Indiana aiming to wreck a passenger train. A slow freight was sent ahead and crews spotted the obstruction in time to avert disaster. Military officials back civil settlement. Maj William S Vose ordered to cease unauthorised tax collection in Bataan province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt
Ind
Wabash Road
Philippine
Bataan
William S. Vose
Sisth Artillery
Gen
MacArthur
Maj
Vose
Corpse and Coffin Burned at Piqua Incident
The remains of Mrs. Kate Dwyer were cremated while awaiting burial after a lace curtain blew into candles by her bier igniting the shroud and coffin. In Orrville Ohio Louis Deman surrendered claiming he attacked a comrade with a bayonet during sleep. Wolf Betz of Carmi Illinois was found dead in the Wabash river near Mount Vernon Indiana with head crushed and $5,000 on him. Turkish police in Tikvesh cited brutal acts toward Bulgarian residents. Dr Henry Sopkins of Kansas City tipped as Williams College president to succeed Dr Carter. A southbound Illinois Central train derailed near Hazelhurst Mississippi, killing Rose of Fulton Kentucky and fireman Tom Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piqua
Ohio
Kate Dwyer
Louis Deman
Second
United States Infantry
Marshal Crushball
Orrville
Deman
Daniel Ferris
Columbia
Wolf Betz
Carmi
Wabash River
Mount Vernon
Ind
Betz
Hopkins
Henry Sopkins
Kansas City
Williams College
Carter
Hopkinsas
Mark [Hopkins
Williams
Cannibalism Aboard Wrecked Angloa Bark Angola Survivors
Empress of India reports the wreck of the British bark Angola off the Philippines. Two survivors C Hjalman Johansen and Miguel Marticorena tell of mutiny and cannibalism after the crew was slaughtered and eaten amid wreckage on a raft before reaching Boubi Soubi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
China
Japan
Singapore
C. Hjalman Johansen
Miguel Marticorena
Boubi
Cavite
Manila
Soubi [Shond
Death in Experiment by St Louis Chemist
A St Louis chemist identified as J Sultan, about 30, died at City Hospital after self administering a sedative he was testing to create sleep inducing compounds. He worked for a local drug company and hoped to lead production of the new formulation as a prize for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
J. Sultan
City Hospital
Sultan
Tragic Washington incident ends two lives
A boy and his father, both named in the report, died by self-inflicted gunshots after the boy’s act wounds him deeply. Jobo Fay of Scott Bridge Company at La Conner is noted in connection with the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fay
Seattle Bridge Company
la Conner
Wash
Jobo Fay
Scott Bridge Company
Wreck of Colusa Found Off Queen Charlotte Island
The wreck of the American ship Colusa has been located in a rocky cove on the southwest side of Renuwell Sound near Queen Charlotte Island. The vessel appears stripped by its crew and abandoned at sea with no signs of campfires or human occupation nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colusa
Renuwell Sound
Queen Charlotte Island
Big Robbery Plot Found In Kansas City Freight Theft
Police uncover a conspiracy to steal Burlington freight cars. James Magruder and W L Riding, conductor and brakeman on the Kansas City to Brookfield Mo. freight, are arrested. Goods recovered include ladies hoses corsets patent leather shoes and butter. Riding admits involvement. Two other railway workers are jailed but not charged. Magruder and Riding reside in Brookfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Burlington
James Magruder
W. L. Riding
Brookfield
Riding
Magruder
Man Sacrifices Life to Save Friend at Indianapolis Boiler
William Phelps of Richmond, Kentucky dies while guiding James Stansbury of Indianapolis to safety in a Cercaline mills boiler incident. The two men were cleaning a high boiler when steam released. Stansbury escaped with minor burns after Phelps urged him to go first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Phelps
Richmond
James Stansbury
Indianapolis
Cercaline Mills
Phelps
Jim
Stansbury
Gypsy Prince Robbed in St Paul Tent Heist
Leonard Wells reported to St Paul police that his tent was entered and $3460.10 stolen. Of the amount $460.10 was in gold and silver, the rest in bank certificates from several states, mainly Ohio, with several people implicated in the carefully planned robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wells
St. Pau
Isaac Wells
St. Paul
Ohio
Market Price Snapshot Across U S Cities
Daily market roundup shows cattle, hogs, and sheep price ranges by city from Chicago to New York. Grains and dairy quoted with No 2 red wheat around 70s, corn 42 to 60 cents, oats 20 to 31 cents, butter 18 cents, eggs 10 to 18 cents, and potatoes 34 to 46 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Mrs McKinley Sinks Into Illness in San Francisco Flight
The President halted his West tour as Mrs. McKinley fell gravely ill in San Francisco. A special train carried the couple along with officials to reach Washington at the earliest possible moment. Doctors expressed cautious optimism but warned the illness could prove serious.
Mrs McKinley’s Illness Deepens During Western Journey
Reports from the presidential party describe Mrs McKinley’s condition worsening after a finger felon became infected and a dysentery attack. Dr. Rixey treated the felon, while Mr Cortelyou announced that the public should be informed of the true situation as the President remained at her bedside through the San Francisco stopover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rixey
San Francisco
Mr. Scott
Hirschlelter
Monterey
Cortelyou
McKinley
Scott
San Jose
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Gribune
Denver, Indiana
Alfred Wooley
Sa. Beceem
Eouth
Sanwiched
Indiana
Queenstown
Australia
Lick Observatory
Cal
Aitken
Aguinaldo
Elited
Philippines
Morrison
London Times
Pekin
Chi Li
Ching Ching
Edwin F. Ohl
Edwin F. Uhl
Germany
Cleveland
Grand Rapids, Mich
Bright
Nick Young
National League
Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Massachusetts Avenue
Northwest
Washington
France
Ecuador
Sydney
London Daily Mail
Galapagos Inlands
Mascardo
Joseph P. O'Neil
Bradstreet
Circus
Tikvesh
Salonica
Timneis Central
Hazelhurst
Miss
Rose
Fulton, Ky
Maielerk
Tom Lee
East Liverpool
East Liverpool Potteries Company
Fred H. Bacon
Canton
State Bank
Ife
Minneapolis
General Land Office
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
James Lee
St. Joseph County
Herrick
Michigan City
Walkerville, Ont
Peter Stenius
Edward A. Cudahy
Pat Crowe
Qwensboro
Green River Coal Transportation Company
Deansville
Cnlhorn
Fromm
Nage
Moscow
Russia
John Buddice
Pine Point
Minnesota
Commonwealth Logging Company of
Fraser
Hocksett Manufacturing Company
Hocksett, N. H
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Elijah
Keith
Joseph Keith
Nora Iifer
Ilnois
Merritt Chism
Bloomington
President
President McKinley
M’kinley Sinks
West
Pacific Coast
Misa Barber
Henry T. Scott
Mrs. Mkinley
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