Bold bandits rob Great Northern express near Wagner
A daylight train robbery along the Great Northern transcontinental line near Wagner Montana left $93,000 in valuables taken by three masked men. Firefights occurred as robbers forced the crew to abandon the engine, with several passengers wounded, and fled eastward on horseback as a sheriff organized a posse to pursue.
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Great
Ats
Mont
Tutu
Ollock
Wagner Mont
Groot Wylls
Hinsdale
Wagner
Eigineer
Nremah
Walt
Douglas
Expresa
Parifie
Aaféd
Ote
Nouth- Ward
Griffith
Bandits Surrounded Near Wagner. Montana Express Robbery
Great Falls Montana July 6 Sheriff Griffith with twenty men surrounded three men who robbed the Great Northern west bound express near Wagner eighty three thousand dollars were taken. The bandits were cornered at Buck Allens ranch about forty miles south of Wagner near Fort Belknap reserva tion on the Pouchetts river edge. The posse tracked them Wednesday afternoon and closed in after signs of two crossings. An attack was not yet attempted as of late yesterday.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Beaver Creek
Dry Fork
Griffith
Bloodshed on Wheeling Junction as Italians Kill Family
In Steubenville area a deadly assault at Wheeling Junction leaves Jacob Eldenour dead, his wife injured and two sons hurt. Three Italian laborers, part of a railroad gang, attacked as the Eldenours prepared to leave, fatally stabbing the father and son and wounding others.
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Steubenville
Ohio
West Virginia
Panhandle
Wheeling Junction
Jacob Eldenour
Wijam Eldénour
Robert Eldenour
Philip Eidenour
Philip Eldenour
Breubenville
Hirsel
Mr. Idenour
Mr. Eldenour
Robert Bidenius
Athlettos
Willliam
Philip
Philip Midenour
Robert
Chicago Heat Wave Grim Toll Tops Five Deaths
Chicago sweltered as a heat wave peaked at 95degrees in the city office and higher on the streets. humidity worsened conditions and authorities reported three cases of insanity, five deaths, and fourteen prostrations with more heat forecast for the day.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Taft Takes Oath as Civil Governor of the Philippines
The ceremony in Port Santiago featured General MacArthur and General Chaffee escorting the new civil governor William H. Taft who took the oath administered by Chief Justice Arellano. A salute fired from Port Santiago marked the event as Taft declared the commission would begin on September 1, 1901.
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Philipinosania
iesOlyl
Philippines
MacArthur
Chaffee
Brent
Chiéty Justtoe Arellano
Gov. Taft
Gem MacArthur
Port Santiago
Insurrection Still Exists in Five Provinces under Taft Order
Governor Taft reports insurrection persists in five of twenty seven provinces, while sixteen more lack insurrection but await organization. Four provinces not ready for civil government. Troop concentration requires public aid to police, with education reforms urged and a tariff favored to aid Philippine development. Insular treasury shows 3.7 million unspent and 10 million annual income. Patriotism praised. future gratitude and ties to the United States hoped for by inhabitants.
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Taft
Garrizons
Congress
Philippines
United States
American Philippines
Weather gains mixed reports as heat eases in spots
Weather Bureau reports last night showed extreme heat continues over much of the nation while many localities experienced modest cooling. Local thunderstorms are blamed for lower readings in some areas with officials predicting a steady drop in high temperatures as atmospheric conditions shift. Western regions expect sharper moderation than the East, with ocean winds aiding cooler readings in the Northeast and Lake region. St Paul recorded a 22 degree fall from showers.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Allasissippi
United States
St. Paul
Minn
Blaze in Baltimore Scorches Hoen Building
A six story brick and iron Hoen building at North and Lexington in Baltimore burned yesterday. Hoen & Co lithographers and printers occupied upper floors, facing a loss near 300000. Other tenants on the first floor include Southern Electric, Hemidend Typewriter, Cash Copy, Gately & Maskell binders, Baltimore County Mutual Fire Insurance, Bulgravia Land Co. Estimated total damage about 650000, largely insured.
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Henck
Baltimore
Lexington Streets
Hoen
Foo
Hoen & c
Southern Electric Company
Hémidénd Typewriter Company
Cash Cony Company
Gately & Maskell, Bookbinders
Baltimore County Mutual Pire Insurance Company
Bulgravia Land Company
Big Philadelphia meat warehouse burns, 300000 loss
The large dressed beef warehouse of A. A. Jewett & Co. in Philadelphia, agents of Swift & Co. of Chicago, was nearly destroyed by fire causing about 300000 dollars in damage.
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Philadelphia
A. A. Jewett & Co
Swift & Co
Chicago
Summer School Closes in Lisbon After Successful Three Weeks
Lisbon North Carolina July 6 summer school closed yesterday after a highly successful session of three weeks with about seventy teachers enrolled.
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Lisbon
N. C
Grasshoppers Ravage Minnesota Fields Across Counties
Dews of the Northwest reports widespread grasshopper damage from Wilkin to Kittson and Moorhead to Ada in Minnesota. Farmers in Clay county fight the outbreak with hopperdozers and plowing to bury eggs, as experts warn fallow land fuels future swarms and crops hang in peril until stubble is plowed.
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St. Paul
Rocky Mountain
White Mountain
Red -River
Wilkin
Kittson
Moorhead
Ada
Marshall
Polk
Norman
Otter ,Tail
Clay
Witkin
Clay County
Minnesota
E. B. Forbes
Forbes
Prisoner Jumps From Train To Escape After Forgery Sentence
James Rowland alias Henry Stine, claiming St Paul as home, was taken to the Montana penitentiary for a three year forgery term. En route he leaped from a moving train at forty miles an hour, narrowly escaped injury, but was recaptured after a chase of about a mile led by Sheriff Furey and passengers.
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Exenne
Sheets
Butte
Mont
James Rowland
Henry Stine
St. Paul
Furey Btine
Girl Severely Injured by Mower Accident Near Lake Elmo
In Lake Elmo Minnesota on July 7 the 13 year old daughter of August Ewel d ving west of the village stepped in front of a mower while horses were attached to a mowing machine. Her legs were mangled and she was taken to Dr Stevens sanatorium where one leg was amputated below the knee with hope to save the other. She remains in critical condition.
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Lake Elmo
Minn
August Eweeld
Hundreds Waived By the Collapse of an Amphitheater
Monticello Wig July 7 One thousand people were precipitated to the ground by the giving away of an amphitheater during a windstorm and nearly all were severely injured. The most seriously injured were Ledward Gempeler ten years old with bones in foot and leg broken. Angel Lewis retired farmer bones in foot broken. The crowd had been viewing Independence day exercises when the storm came up. A panic resulted.
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Monticello
Wig
Ledward Gempeler
Angel Lewis
Unsuccessful Dynomite Attempt at Redwood Falls Station
Unsuccessful attempt to blow up the gate at the Northwestern station in Redwood Falls Minnesota on July 7. Pieces of the inner door were blown through partitions but the door largely withstood the dynamite charge.
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Redwood Talln
Redwood Falls
Minn
Farm Grows Escaped? Fergus Falla Farm Ruined
Fergus Falls Minnesota July 7 escaped farm noted minor damage to crops in city area. Heavy rainfall measured 3.07 inches over day and night. Two drownings reported near Wheatland Wyoming as John T Rigdon and Harnest KH Crater capsize boat. Iron Mountain Michigan July 7 mine accident claims Sam Merzack married man run over by pocket mine cars.
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Fergus Falla
Minn
Thie City
Wheatland
Wyo
John T
Rigdon
Harnest KH
Crater
Watality
Iron Mountain
Mich
Sam Merzack
Mint Officials Suspended Over Missing Gold Coin Loss
San Francisco reports cashier Cole and Chief Clerk Dimmick of the mint were suspended yesterday as investigators probe the disappearance of $30,000 in gold coins from the cashier’s vault, amid rumors of internal mismanagement.
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Mint
Milwaukee shipbuilder William B. Witzgerald dies in blast
Prominent Milwaukee man William B. Witzgerald, director of the American Shipbuilding company and president of the Milwaukee Dry Dock, died at Nagawicka lake summer home after a gas explosion. He and his coachman entered a cellar to stop a leak, a candle lit. Fitzgerald, forty one, left a widow and two children.
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Milwaukee
William B. Witzgerald
American Shipbuilding Company
Milwaukee Dry Dock Company
Nagawicka Lake
Kurha
Six Jail Birds Escape on Horses in Dickinson
Six inmates escaped the Dickinson county jail early yesterday morning and rode away on fast horses, including the sheriff’s horse. McDonald and Hummel, two noted cattle thieves, are among the escapees. Authorities are pursuing all possible recapture efforts.
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Dickinson
N. D
McDonald
Hummell
Campbell Dies After Fatal Shooting In Minnesota
Campbell, who shot Willum Grundmann and then himself, died at a Winona hospital. The bullet behind his left eye and diseased brain indicated no recovery. In other news, Winona school board approves an ungraded school aimed at serving many children unable to attend regular classes.
Fire destroys store in Dunnel Minnesota July 9
Fire at Dunnel Dassel Minnesota wiped Ju Palmerston store and millinery out, with losses listed. Reported totals show around 3000 dollars in damage and insurance, with individual losses to Mia J M Johnson millinery, Alex Lundquist clothing millinery, Frank Rudberg and others varying from seventy five to two thousand dollars. Damage to stock and household goods noted, while several insured amounts are recorded.
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Dunnel
Dassel
Minn
Ju. Palmerston
Mia
J. M. Johnson
Alex Lundquist
Frank Rudberg
A. P. Sandel
August Swanson
Ole Nystrom
Death of My Young Mother in Langdon and Denmark
Langdon Minnesota July 9 Mrs Jonny McNamara died at her parents home in Denmark after a long illness of consumption She was about twenty five years old and was married to John W McNamara of Nininger now with twin daughters about fourteen months old surviving her The event is reported from the region of Says the Child Hern Berson Minnesota July Lena Machkovich jailed for murder of her baby at Murdock June 16 confesses to being the mother but cannot recall the act or details due to many other matters she may have killed the child in St Louis County or elsewhere
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Langdon, Minn
Jonny McNamara
John Counley
Denmark
Mica Mamie Counley
John W. McNamara
Nininger Tiwo
Hern. Berson
Minn
Lena Machkovich
Murdock
Minnehaha County Post Office Faces Closure
Lyons the oldest post office outside Sioux Falls and Dell Rapids in Minnehaha county may close due to no takers for postmaster. Patrons may need to arrange mail elsewhere as an order to discontinue is expected. Annie Post of South St. Paul and Oscar Norris of Independence Kansas drowned in the St Croix near Rush City when a boat capsized during a crossing. Dell Rapids approves J D Stout as new principal for to be named Dell Rapids schools for the coming year.
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Sioux Falls
Lyons
Minnehaha County
Dell Rapids
St. Croix
St. Paul
Annie Post
South St. Paul
Oscar Norris
Independence
Kan
St. Croix River
Rush City
Norris
Mrs. Post
5. D
J. D. Stout
Town Alls
City
Elaworth College
Town Falls
Local Outings and Court Actions Reported in Brief
Charwed With Arnault Hudson Wis July 9 Leo Murphy a young farmer of this vicinity has been held to district court on the charge of assault upon Eva Wing a seventeen year old girl residing in Stillwater John Walked With un Stranger Winona Minn July 9 John ARUIen of McGregor was held up and relieved of a gold watch and $30 across the river yesterday afternoon by a stranger with whom he had gone waiting Married at Taetinga Hastings Minn July 9 William Ward of Red Wing late of Winnebago City and Miss Grece O Taplin of this city were married here yesterday by Justice L G Hamilton
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Arnault
Hudson
Wis
Leo Murphy
Eva. Wing
Stillwater
John
Winona
Minn
Ohn Aruien
McGregor
Taetinga
Hastings
Wiliam Ward
Red Wing
Winnebago City
Grece O. Taplin
Jusilee L. G. Hamilton
Watton Family Loses Home in Morris Fire
July 5. In Morris Minnesota J P Watton and family found their residence engulfed in flames. Firefighters fought the blaze but the house was a total loss with no insurance. The family escaped with only the clothes on their backs.
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Watton
Mia Wome
Morris
Minn
J. P. Watton
Large Attendance at Epworth League Assembly at Huron
State Epworth League assembly in Huron drew the week's largest crowd with a vast attendance. Dr. Traviz of Omaha delivered the sermon to the immense throng on Saturday.
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Huron
State
Epworth League Assembly
Traviz
Omaha
Hope Fails to Capture Great Northern Train Robbers
July 10 Malta report says pursuit from Glasgow to the south has collapsed as posse members return home. Authorities doubt success, believing robbers slipped toward Montana's southern counties and vanished near the Hole in the Wall.
Prisoners Petition Board of Pardons in St Louis Case
In St Paul on July 10 Charles F Hoff man Minot James C Hall and Link Thayer, jailed nineteen years for robbing a Great Northern train near Carlisle, asked the board of pardons for relief. Sheriff Billings says the defendants are in prison. attorney Haupt and Dr Moody provide affidavits claiming innocence. Petitions await decision.
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TeWchers
Missouri
St. Paul
Charles F. Hoffman
HHS
Minot
James C. Hall
Link Thayer
Great Northern
Carliséle
Board of Pardons
Billings
St. Joseph
Two Women Hurt In Boiling Mud at Yellowstone Pot
Report from Mammoth Hot Springs describes a mother and daughter falling into a boiling mud pot at the Thumbeh Yellowstone In. They were hauled to the Lake hotel by team, a physician warning injuries could prove fatal.
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Hot Springs
Helena
Mont
W. We Wytlle
Mammoth Hot Springs
Thumbeh Yellowstone
National Park
Lake Hotel
Short in His Accounts Ramaey County Clerk Owes County 700
The Ramsey County Abstract Clerk John H. Schulze is found to owe Ramsey County $700.20. Auditor Johnson was instructed to demand repayment. The report was discussed by the county board after the committee’s investigation.
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Ramaey County
St. Paul
John H. Schulze
Board of County Commissioners
Schulze
Ramsey County
Johnson
Young man contract Anthrax while tending cattle in Laurel
July 10 Pierre report: Johnson, a young man from Laurel in Sully county, was brought to the hospital with anthrax after caring for a herd afflicted with the disease. Doctors fear recovery may be doubtful.
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Pierre
Johnson
Laurel
Sully County
Foresters Sixth Annual Convention Opens in Milwaukee
The sixth annual convention of the Supreme Order of Foresters opened in Milwaukee with about fifty delegates from Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Indiana Minnesota and North Dakota. Reports of officers and committees filled the opening sessions as delegates discussed enterprise and progress. Laurens Iowa reports a local broom factory started by John Workman, funded by a general subscription, with a donated building and promise of customers totaling 91 for his roomss.
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Supreme Order
Milwaukee
Wis
The
Supreme Order of Foresters
Wisconsin
Tlinois
Misssouri
Indiana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Laurens
Iowa
John Workman
Fouled the Doctors Mount Pleasant Arm Operation
Rolfa Germon underwent surgery to remove part of his arm bone after a forty foot fall that fractured his skull and arm. doctors doubted recovery but the bone set and healing continued. Old Settler Warren Away. Osceola Wisconsin July 10 Gunrat Nelson died at his home after months of illness at age seventy two. he came from Norway in 1863 and was among the first settlers in Polk County.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Rolfa Germon
Vaaren
Osceola
Wis
Gunrat Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Polk County
Norway
Gatee County Legal Question Tested in Wisconsin
Madison July 10. Salt has been instituted in the name of Attorney General Hicks to test the legality of the organization of the new Gatee county from the northern portion of Chippewa county by act of the Jost legislature.
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Gatee County
Madison
Wis
Hicks
Gatee
Chippewa County
Rye Crop Harvest Reaches Strong Yields in Osceola
Farmers in Rye Osceola Wis begin rye harvests with reports of excellent quality and yields from thirty to thirty five bushels per acre. Local growers note better prospects than last season and anticipate a solid harvest across the community.
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Osceola
Wis
Burglaries Strike Wahpeton Homes Sunday Night
Burglars hit Wahpeton North Carolina on Sunday night, taking a gold watch and valuables from Daniel Patterson’s residence and entering several other homes in the area, prompting police scrutiny.
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Wahpeton
N. C
Daniel Patterson
Banknote Heist Sparks Great Northern Fallout
Great Northern Express officials say $41 600 was stolen in a train robbery at Wagner Montana. Currency sent from Washington totaled $41 500 with $100 from Great Northern funds. Pinkerton investigators have identified the robbers, who are said to be experienced and may be hiding in the Little Rocky mountains as追 pursuit continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Silett
Great Northern’ Express Company
Great Northern
Wagoner
Washington
Montana National Bank
Helena
Thenxs, Press, Company
Ellott
Pinkerton
Satidtloud
Pinkertons
Tiilott
Creat Morthern
Atty Miley
Malta
Mont
Express Company
Cirletha
Rocky Mountains
Train Robbers Pursued by Two Posses in Montana
Helena July 7 special to the Herald from Glasgow reports two posses in pursuit of the Great Northern train robbers. One posse tracks the route. another cuts toward the Little Rockies where the highwaymen may head. A ranchman named Walsh met the robbers who said they were well and happy. Glasgow fears escape by the mountains. no surround confirmation.
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Menaage
Helena
Mont
Herald
Glasgow
Valley County
Great Northern
Little Rocky Mountains
Walsh
Canteen Proposal by Militia at Camp Douglas
Milwaukee July 7 Steps are being taken by state militia officers to establish a regimental canteen for camp this year at Camp Douglas. Regimental officers Be the First Hisaj Lynch and the Tenth battalion lament religious constraints causing betting, carousing, and drunkenness, arguing a canteen would improve conditions. Gov La Follette may be asked for leave and a petition to pursue the plan will be filed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thecaintey
Dougina
Milwaukee
Atate
Camp Dousins
Hisaj
Lynch &F
Camp Douglas
PRAGEDY AT ASYLUM INSTANT DEATH AFTER FIGHT
Fergus Falls Minn July 7 William Corgrove a patient from Clay county was struck by Walter McIntyre another patient with a heavy floor brush at the Insine hospital the blow broke the spinal column and caused instant death both were chronic cases McIntyre an epileptic from Stearns county appears unaware of the harm done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Falls
Minn
William
Corgrove
Clay County
Walter McIntyre
Insine Hospital
McIntyre
Stearns
Floods wash out five bridges in Montana area
Two cloudbursts between Miles City and Wibaux caused floods that washed out five bridges and damaged dumps. Three work trains and 1,000 men are repairing the damage, but traffic cannot resume for twenty four to thirty six hours. All trains held at Dickinson and Miles City endpoints.
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Helena
Mont
Borate
Miles City
Wibaux
Dickinson
Narrow Escape From Flax Bin Depth in Sheldon
E Murray, agent for Monarch Elevator, narrowly escaped suffocation in a flax bin near Sheldon. A crust formed on top and broke away as Murray crawled, creating a ten foot deep excavation. He found a ladder and climbed out, unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mureay
Sheldon N. D
Sheldon
N. D
E. Murray
Monarch D Elevator Company
Mure Ray
Robbers Take Stamps at Jewett Mill Post Office
Robbers broke into the Jewett Millia post office at New Richmond Wisconsin and stole a large supply of stamps. Two deaths occurred in Davenport Iowa from heat. In Hastings Minnesota a man shot another during a hotel altercation, the ball lodging near the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Richmond
Wis
Jewett Millia
Har. Hastings
Minn
A. I. Keeleing
Commercial
Farmington
Eliot Henry J. Smith
Unknown man killed by train at Montevideo station
A young man attempted to board a Minneapolis bound train in Montevideo Minnesota as it pulled in and was struck and killed. The name could not be learned.
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Montevideo
Minn
Minneapolis
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BLAZE
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Northwest
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Board of Education
Henry Hacker
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