Bandits Surrounded After Long Lake County Shootout
In northern Indiana a gang of Chicago criminals led by Niedermeier, Van Dine and Roeski fought a ten hour pursuit across dugouts, dunes, and woods. They killed a brakeman, wounded two detectives, and attempted to steal a locomotive before final capture by rabbit hunters led by Charles Hamilton near East Tolleston.
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Dnorthern
Indiana
Lory Wait Dine
Vatey Nisdermeier
Roesk
Chicago
Deeda
Soho
Duves
Lake County
Olleaton
John Sovin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Niedermeier
van Dine
Roeski
Actua
Ind
Jobo F. Driscell
Matthew Zlumer
Netderaeier
Sovea
Liverpool
Niederacher
Koeski
Citiznn
Niedermecier
Hari
Rooski
Aetna
Charles Hamilton
East Tolleston Village
The Ard claw leads police to Candles hideout
Henry F. Riechers, a Pine, Lake County Indiana teacher, told Chicago police how he saw three strangers leaving a grocery with groceries, one resembling a photo of Van Dine. He followed them to the Baltimore and Ohio tracks, then guided officers to the cave where the suspects fled.
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Hattie Mietsen
Chicago
Marx
Calumet District
Pine
Ind
Smil Moeski
Chi‘eago
Driscoll
Rimmer
Henry F. Riechers
Lake County
van Dine
Baltimore and Ohio
The Capture of the Bandits Near Liverpool
Charles Hamilton and a seven-man posse cornered Van Dine and Niedemeyer in a cornfield northwest of Liverpool. Van Dine surrendered after dropping his revolvers. Niedemeyer was captured behind a corn shock. Roeski fled but was seized with a longer pursuit, while Haaving fled toward Liberty but was found at the Wabash rail station in Actna awaiting a Chicago-bound train.
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Charles Hamilton
Tollestone Pinckemith
van Dine
Niedemeyer
Liverpool
Hamilton
Desperate gang's crime spree rocks Chicago in months
Police recount a five month crime wave by Van Dias Medermeier Roeski and Marx. They robbed saloons and a railroad office, killed seven men, wounded several, and even attempted to dynamite a passenger train. Confessions detail July to August robberies and murders across North and West Side locations.
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Chicago
van Dias
Medermeier
Roeski
Marx
Sixty-first
State Street
Pote
Clybourn
Atoll of
Northwestern Railway
Niedermeier
W. Lathrop
Martin Datgherty
Lathrop
Daugherty
van Dine
Ernest Spires
Ashland Avenue
Otto Bander
Hoenki
Peter Gork
Milwaukee Avenue
Lima
Gorki
Benjamin C. la Grose
Adolph Jensen
Weat North Avenue
Jensen
la Groar
la Gross
Roeskt
Mars
You Dine
Francia W. Stewart
Armour Institute
Alice
Willian B. Edmond
Jeashier
Jones GB
Johnson
Chicago Labor War Rumbles Through City Streets
A mass meeting at Nattersall's spurred anti city hall chants and calls to end traction talks. Rioting followed on Archer Avenue with police clashing, several injured and a wagon set alight as authorities dispersed a mob amid reports of dynamite plots and shots fired near State Street.
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Chicago Dispatch
Chicago
Wirikore
City Railway Company
Streeta i
Archer Avenue
Wentworth Avenue
US Troops Battle Moros in Jolo. 800 Killed
In five days of fierce fighting near Jolo, Gen Wood’s forces killed about 800 Moros and wounded many others. Maj H D Scott and five American privates were wounded. The rebels, led by Hasen, retreated into swamps and rocks as American troops pressed the attack, reporting no extension of the uprising.
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Jolo Cros
Jolo
Teonard Wood
Insurgenta
H. D. Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Woodlandel
Siet Lake
Maj
Scott
Panglima Haswen
Bforo
Hannen
Elasgen
Siet Inke
Hassen
Otty
Joxsen
Wood
Forest Fire Toll in Maize Rises After Summer Inferno
State Land Agent Wing reports forest fires across northern and eastern Maize burned many acres, totaling about 0 million in damages. He argues a trained fire force could have reduced the loss if established earlier.
Railroads record higher yearly fatalities and injuries in 1908
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports 45,077 injuries and 9,506,077 property losses in the year ended June 30, with 821 passenger and 8,238 employee deaths and 6,078 passenger and 89,004 employee injuries. April to June saw 844 deaths and 11,401 injuries, noting 28 fatalities from head‑on collisions due to carelessness.
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United States
Péradria
Josi
Ensialtics
Iaea
Cape Verde Islands Stricken By Famine With 10000 Dead
Reports from Santiago reveal the Cape Verde Islands famine crisis as relief lags. Deaths in Santiago reach about 10,000 with daily losses 80 to 86 while Portugal’s government and Lisbon Board of Trade offer little aid. The archipelago, 320 miles off Africa’s west coast, produces sugar cotton tobacco and indigo, with whaling and amber extraction noted.
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde Islands
Jasa
Santiago
Portugal
Sontlage
Jogo
Board of Trade of
Lisbon
Exposition funding details and progress reported
President Carter submits to President Roosevelt a detailed statement on the 16 million dollar Louisiana Purchase Exposition appropriation. Receipts through September 30 total 10,886,985.58 with disbursements of 10,154,098.77 leaving a balance of 232,888.81. The report covers purchases, construction, and exhibits as well as state and foreign representations, predicting results will surpass expectations.
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Carter
St. Lonia
Thomas H. Carter
National Commission of
Car Strike Ends as Union and Company Reach Pact
The Chicago car strike ended at noon Wednesday with drivers returning to work. Union leaders hailed the settlement as a triumph, while company officials claimed the terms favored the company, including reinstatement of sympathetic workers. Police report a related wave of confessions tying the car barn murders to a broader crime spree, detailing motives and identifying alleged accomplices.
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Ohtange
Atria
Atrikera
M Makementing
Bates
The
Union
Sthkers
Mahon
Buckley
Prentiss
Coffcinls
Car Service
Strilors
Cripple Creek Mines Expose Wide Plot and Militia Aid
Startling discoveries from the Cripple Creek mine explosion investigations reveal plots to destroy additional properties including Gold Coin and others. Most suspects are in custody. sixteen held at Camp Goldfield face charges. War Department authorizes 1000 Krag rifles for Colorado militia amid strike unrest. Utah National Guard deploys for Carbon County campaign. Hiawatha merchants unveil an Indian hand emblem trademark.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Adjt
Gen. Bell
Thes
McCormack
Melvin Beck
Stratton
Camp Goldfield
War Department
Washington
Colorado
States
Utah National Guard
Salt Lake Om Ff
Carbon County
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