Rooney Hanged for Fargo Murder at Bismarck Prison
John Rooney was executed by hanging at the North Dakota state penitentiary in Bismarck for the Fargo murder of Harold Sweet three years earlier. He addressed the crowd, confessed only to being an accessory, sang There Is No Death, prayed with a priest, and died within ten minutes as the scaffold was in the prison yard warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rooney
Harold Sweet
Fargo
Supreme Court of the United States
State Penitentiary
Bismarck
Rooney
First Dishonorable Discharges In North Dakota Militia
A board of inquiry led by Colonel Creel recommended dishonorable discharge for Lieutenants Kneeshaw Wamness Kain and Snyder and censured Captain Lonnivek for a telegraphers strike protest at Devils Lake. Adjutant General Creel approved the findings. the four men were discharged, a first for North Dakota militia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Allen
Lisbon
W. C. Treuman
Grafton
Boyd
Hillsboro
Creel
Company D
North Dakota National Guard
Great Northern
Devils Lake
Harry Kneeshaw
Edward Wamness
John Kain
J. H. Snyder
Lonnivek
Senator Hansbrough to Back Daily Paper at Grand Forks
A new afternoon newspaper to be incorporated for 50000 dollars as a paid up venture. J. Small, partner of Senator Hansbrough in the Devils Lake Inter Ocean, will head the project and oversee management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansbrough
Grand Forks
Grand Forks Press
8. J. Small
Devils Lake
Inter-Ocean
Appeals Court Affirms U S Against Western Express
Judge Phillips writes for the United States circuit court of appeals in St Paul affirming a North Dakota federal case against Western Express. The company was held liable for special taxes as wholesale and retail liquor dealers totaling about 3800 dollars across 26 Soo road malt liquor stations in a prohibition state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Federal Court For
North Dakota
United States
Western Express Company
Soo Road
Denny Cleared After Week in Williston Court
Justice Leonhardy's court spent a day hearing testimony against W H Denny charged with receiving stolen horses. Defense attorney John Burke urged acquittal while Mayor Purcell pressed for conviction. Judge Leonhardy found insufficient evidence to bind Denny over to district court and released him. The case rested on circumstantial evidence only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Leonhardy
Williston
W. H. Denny
John Burke
R. R. Purcell
Leonhardy
Denny
District Court
Appeal to district court over Williams druggist permit
Larimore temperance group plans to appeal Judge Hassell's grant of a druggist permit to T. L. Williams. They contend the county court lacks increased jurisdiction beyond probate and will seek to have the supreme court decide the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Hassell
T. L. Williams
Larimore
Grand Forks
Supreme Court
Williams
Train accident maims eighteen year old in Fargo
John Kjellman of Aitkin Minnesota, age eighteen, was struck by a Pacific passenger train in Fargo while avoiding an eastbound freight stopping in front of an oncoming passenger. One leg was severed at the calf and the other badly mangled as he visited his sister Mrs. John Lagerburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kjellman
Aitkin, Minn
Pacific
Fargo
Broadway
John Lagerburg
Snow and fires mark uneven weather and losses
Snow fell in Salt Lake City and a lightning strike sparked a $50,000 lumber yard fire at Ashmore Nova Scotia. A cold spell grips Central Montana while Beloit College president Edward Eaton resigns. John Dorsey survives a 105 foot fall into the Calumet River. Rhode Island Republicans renominate Gov Utter and current officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashmore
C. A. Brown
Montana
Edward Eaton
Beloit
Wis
John Dorsey
South Chicago
Irondale
Calumet
George
Detroitan Ehlert Strelow Dies at 100 in Detroit
Ehlert W. Strelow a Detroit resident since 1869 died aged 100 years and 2 months. The report notes his long life in Michigan with no further details.
Consul General Post Granted to Col W H Michael
A government notice confirms Colonel W H Michael chief clerk of the state department will serve as consul general at Calcutta. Separate dispatches report the death of Matilda Van Dolsen in New York, widowhood and Washington staff lineage. Tokio reports M Kurino may be reassigned to St Petersburg as war unfolds. A Pope Pius X monument was unveiled at Riese, his birthplace. Western Pacific Railway plans raise bonded debt by 25 million to total 75 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Michael
State Department
Calcutta
Matilda van Dolsen
Henry van Dolsen
General Washington
New York City
Tokio
M. Kurino
Russia
St. Petersburg
Pope Pius X
Riese
Venetian
Pope
Western Pacific Railway Company
Prominent Senator Birge Dies in Runaway in Bristol
Senator John Birge a leading Republican and Bristol manufacturer was killed in a runaway. The report lists the death among several other notable losses including Mrs Theodore Plant killed in San Francisco when the car she rode in overturned. President Loubet travels from Paris to Madrid with Premier Rou vier while King Alfonso visits France. Dr Alfred H Marion ex Army surgeon and Indian agent dies in Seattle. Colonel Jacob T Child Missouri journalist and former US minister to Siam and consul at Hankow dies at Richmond Missouri at age seventy four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Plant
San Francisco
Loubet
Paris
Madrid
Rouvier
France
Alfonso
Alfred H. Marion
United States Army
Seattle
Wash
Jacob T. Child
Missouri
United States
Siam
Hankow
China
Grover Cleveland
St. Richmond
Deaths mark 1905 railway accident toll and notable passes
Peter Lorillard Ronalds dubbed father of American coaching dies in New York at seventy nine while Peter Conlin ex New York City police chief dies in Walpole Mass at sixty four. Rail line accidents killed one thousand eight hundred eighty six and injured thirteen thousand seven hundred eighty three in the year to June 30 1905. Dr Edward Martin Philadelphia public health chief resigns from mayor Weaver. Supreme Court says State Senator George E Green of New York must appear in Washington for trial on conspiring to defraud the Post Office Department with co defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Lorillard Ronalds
New York City
Peter Conlin
Walpole
Mass
United States
Edward Martin
Philadelphia
Weaver
Supreme Court of the United States
George E. Green
New York
Washington
George W. Beavers
Post Office Department
Lipton to challenge for America Cup again in 1907
The article notes Sir Thomas Lipton’s expected challenge for the America Cup in 1907. It also reports the death of Frank W. Bart at age 32, a Bart Brewing chief and La Crosse council president. Major General Leonard Wood has arrived in Manila to assume command of the Philippines department. Dr J Howard Taylor a nerve specialist died in Philadelphia at 80, brother of Bayard Taylor. General Jonathan A Hill, linked to Pennsylvania tanning and weather industries, died suddenly at his Towanda home. he served with distinction in the GM war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
Frank W. Bart
Bart Brewing Company
la Crosse
Wis
Common Council
Leonard Wood
Manila
Military Department of the Philippines
Corbin
J. Howard Taylor
Philadelphia
Bayard Taylor
Jonathan A. Hill
Pennsylvania
Towanda
Missouri Pacific Train Wreck Near Fort Scott
West bound Missouri Pacific passenger train No 40 derailed five miles west of Fort Scott Kansas after a broken rail. Baggage express mail smoking chair and sleeper cars left the track and overturned. About thirty passengers injured none killed and only a few seriously hurt. Thirteen taken to hospitals. others continued their journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
St. Louis
American envoy to seek settlement of Franco Venezuelan row
The United States commissions its minister Russell to meet President Castro in Caracas to resolve the Sept 19 protest by French charge Taigny over the closing of the Caracas French Cable station and expulsion of manager Brun. Russell’s talks aim to ease tensions before any force is used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Washington
Russell
Castro
M. Taigny
Venezela
M. Brun
Insurance firm spent on Publicity for legislative probes
New York October session of a legislative committee examined Mutual Life Insurance actions. Charles J. Smith, hired by the firm, managed a publicity program sending reports to about 1000 papers, with vouchers totaling about 11 000 dollars and expected totals reaching 14 000 dollars. Publicity included paid clippings and magazine advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Charles J. Smith
Boston Herald
Toledo Blade
Atlanta Constitution
For Man
Smith
Emory McClintock
Mutual Life
McClintock
Destructive Great Lakes Storm Reports Record Losses
Cleveland reports at least 21 lives and 42 ships lost in a 36 hour gale on the Great Lakes. Wires down and officials fear the disaster may be the worst in inland seas history. The steamer Siberia, of Gilchrist Transportation, was last seen near Long Point signaling distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Siberia
Gilchrist Transportation Company
Long Point
Police hunt for rest of Cunliffe theft cash
In Bridgeport on October 21 reports say investigators may recover most of the $101000 stolen from Adams Express in Pittsburg by Edward G Cunliffe. A trunk at Black Rock held $9065 and the household staff are unaware of the stash. Police think a further accomplice may disclose the hiding place for the remaining $10500 while Cunliffe faces arrest records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Adams Express Company
Pittsburg
Edward G. Cunliffe
Black Rock
Cunliffe
Carliffe
Official yellow fever report from New Orleans
New Orleans reports up to 6 p m four new cases bringing total to 3365 with zero deaths today and total deaths 435. There are 63 cases under treatment and 2567 discharged while six consecutive days without a fever death bolster confidence in eradication despite no frost yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Textile wages in Fall River dispute escalates
Fall River Mass October 24. The textile situation grows more critical as the Manufacturers' association covering all print cloth mills except Borden controlled yards rejects the textile council demand for restoring the pre July 26 1904 wage cut of 12 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Manufacturers’ Association
M. C. D. Borden
New York
Textile Council
Bryan Visits Admiral Togo at Tokyo Reception
William J. Bryan attends a Tokyo reception honoring Admiral Togo. The mayor introduces Bryan to the admiral, and a cordial exchange follows. The admiral expresses delight at Bryan’s unexpected presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Admiral Togo
Tokio
Willliam J. Bryan
Togo
Mr. Bryan
Do you think athletic training injures the heart
A college professor responds to a Washington Star quip saying training only harms when it makes a man lose his head, suggesting heart risk is not implied by training itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Robbers Dynamite Ridgeville Bank and Escape with Cash
Seven men dynamited the Ridgeville State Bank in Ridgeville Indiana and fled with about three thousand dollars. The blast wounded cashier Branson in the ankle. They overpowered and gagged the town watchman before entering the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville
Ind
Branson
Prize Poster Design Wins Paris Competition
In Paris a poster design shown here won first prize offered by the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Critics in France praise its enduring artistic quality and predict its lasting influence across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
France
Jerry Simpson Dies After Months of Illness
Ex congressman Jerry Simpson known as the sage of Medicine Lodge dies in Wichita at 6 05 am from an aneurysm of the aorta after months of ill health. Born 1842 in New Brunswick, he sailed on Great Lakes ships, served in the Civil War, and entered Kansas politics as a Greenbacker and Populist. He served in Congress 1891 1895 and 1897 1899, later farming in New Mexico before returning to Kansas for treatment. He was famed for sockless image and helped shift Eastern sentiment on Populism toward respect during his six years in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Jerry Simpson
Simpson
Chicago
New Brunswick
Great Lakes
Twelfth
Illinois Infantry
Kansas
Congress
Roswell
N. M
Washington
Sage of Medicine Lodge
Ile
Jerry
Roosevelt Visits Alabama Cities Ends Busy Alabama Tour
President Roosevelt wrapped up a strenuous day in Alabama with a two hour Birmingham visit after Tuskegee and Montgomery stops. He traveled by special train from Montgomery to Tuskegee then Birmingham, where an intoxicated man dropped a pistol but was swiftly detained by officers. The gaggle of cheering crowds accompanied him to the Little Rock bound night train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Alabama
Montgomery
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Methodist Female College
Little Rock
Ark
Fiftth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Riot in Sariago City Ends in Deadly clashes
A protest over abolishing import tax on Argentine cattle in Santiago devolved into rioting as troops were absent. Police charging the crowd killed ten and wounded hundreds. Rioters wrecked streetcars and gas works as clashes continued through the day. Troops expected back soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Water conduit damaged by strikers between Moscow and Mytishtchi
Moscow reports a strike action damaging the water conduit to Mytishtchi and parts of Moscow lack water. A 10,000-strong strike meeting voted to block telegraphic communication, now proving difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mytishtchi
Italian Bank Representative Robbed Near Clearville
An Italian bank representative to Philadelphia was ambushed by two armed highwaymen near Clearville on payday. They seized about $3,000 of his deposit funds as he traveled with a farmer toward Herrville. He proceeded to Philadelphia by train without notifying Lancaster police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Clearville
Philadelphia
Pennssylvania Railroad Company
Herrville
Lancaster Police
Shortage of $9,000 Alleged At St Louis Postoffice
Francis B. Runder, cashier at the St Louis postoffice, was arrested by Postoffice Inspectors after a reported shortage of $9,000 appeared in his accounts. A district court warrant charged embezzlement. Runder admitted the shortage but said he did not know the whereabouts of the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cashier of
St. Louis
Francis B. Runder
Postoffice
Stice and
Sullivan
Runder
United States District Court
Rail road strike paralyzes traffic in central Russia
The October 23 report from St. Petersburg notes a widespread railroad strike causing paralyzed traffic across the central belt. Kharkoff remains a key rail hub, with lines to the Donetz coal region and to Odessa and Sebastopol cut. Moscow is isolated except for the St. Petersburg line. The Social Democrats aim to test strength ahead of a broader general strike in support of Radicals when the national assembly convenes.
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St. Petersburg
Kharkoff
Russia
Donetz
Odessa
Sebastopol
Moscow
Fuchtkuhnen
Berlin
National Assembly
Pitched Battle in Street Involving Ida B Gibson Crew
In New York four men are badly wounded as officers clash with the crew of the lumber schooner Ida B Gibson of Sea ford Delaware and later with Mil ton Corderry the ship’s cook. Corderry armed with a shotgun repelled police reserves at DelLancey street station wounding a detective and a night watchman. Mate Frank H Medley is missing and may have been murdered by the Gibson crew who ferried the ship from Norfolk to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ida B. Gibson
Seaford
Del
Milton Corderry
Gibson
DelLancey Street
Frank H. Medley
Norfolk
Minneapolis Wheat Prices on Oct 24
Minneapolis grain report shows Wheat futures trading on Oct 24 with December at 825c and May at 86 4c. On track No 1 hard 85 %c No 1 Northern 84%c No 2 Northern 825¢e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Wheat and flax prices listed for Duluth market
Wheat to arrive No 1 Northern eight and five tenths cents No 2 Northern eight five tenths cents On track No 1 Northern eighty six cents No 2 Northern eighty three cents December eighty two and three quarters cents May six cents Flax to arrive on track October and November six hundred forty six cents December ninety six cents May one dollar and one cent per bushel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Northern
Cattle and sheep market prices from St Paul
St Paul reports cattle prices with good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50, common to fair 3.75 to 4.25, cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.25, veals 2.00 to 5.50, hogs 4.75 to 5.25, yearling wethers 5.00 to 5.59, and good to choice lambs 6.00 to 6.85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Cattle and Sheep Market Quotes from Chicago Auction
Chicago market quotes list cattle prices across categories such as cows and heifers stockers and feeders Western and mixed butchers hogs and sheep with price ranges. Cattle values range from about 1.15 to 5.53 and sheep and lambs from 4.00 to 7.78 with standard grade spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Market Report Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices
Wheat and corn futures listed with Oct Dec May and July bids. Oats prices shown for Oct Dec May and July. Fork, flax prices and dairy bids including Sutter Creameries and dairies. Eggs and poultry quotes noted with limited figures and irregular punctuation.
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Chicago
Nor'hwestern
Southwestern
Sutter—Creameries
Dairies
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North Dakota News
Express Company
Salt Lake City
Ehlert W. Strelow
Detroit
Mich
Oshima
Liaotung Peninsula
Japan
Lloyd C. Griscom
William J. Bryan
United Veterans’ Union
Springfield
Ill
John J. Kelly
Department of Public Service
Samuel Sutliffe
Samuel B. McHaffey
John Birge
Bristol, Conn
Mindanao
Cotabato Valley
Island of Mindanao
Ali
Sam
CABLY
Ezuelan
Chicago Record-Herald
Lakes Huron
Erie
Michigan
Cumbs
Acters In
Ment
Rid
President Roosevelt
Ney
Sariago
Philadelphia Bank
Empire
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago Grain and Provisions
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