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Newspaper
Fayetteville Daily
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1909
Page
1
Five bandits halted a Denevar Rio Grande passenger train near Malta Colorado at dawn. They dynamited the express car door, seized 26000 dollars in gold, knocked the messenger unconscious, and escaped on hidden horses after firing on passengers and crew.
King Edward remembered President Taft on September 15 and sent Arthur Walsh to the American embassy to convey sincere congratulations to the president.
Gov Johnson shows improvement after hospitalization in Rochester Minnesota with brief daily condition notes from state officials. The update comes as pressure on public health measures continues.
The governor has shown gradual improvement in the last 24 hours. Officials report a tax levy sufficient to raise 25 000 dollars to meet current expenses including bounties under the new order, with no deficiency feared.
The Right Rev William George McCloskey Catholic bishop of Louisville dies Friday morning at age 86 born in Brooklyn and long served as the churchs oldest prelate in the United States authorities said in Louisville Ky on September 18.
Washington reports L H Glavis chief of the Seattle field division of the general land office was dismissed by telegraph at Interior Secretary Ballinger’s order. A Christensen in Portland takes temporary charge of Seattle division as Taft vindicates Ballinger over Alaska Cunningham coal land disputes.
Nashville Illinois reports Washington county board closed sessions approving a bounty on pests. Crows receive two cents each, crows eggs one cent, and groundhogs five cents. The announcement hints at potential youth earnings though final totals are unclear.
George A. Astry deputy grand commander and past state commander of the Knights of the Maccabees was found dying in his barn by police. He fired three bullets into his body within three inches of his heart. He said he once earned $4,000 a year and had everything but seven years ago was struck with paralysis.
Mexico City reports President Diaz in his annual message to Congress says he was invited by the American president to meet in El Paso on October 16. Diaz accepted the invitation contingent on congressional approval to leave Mexican soil.
Rev. Wallace M. Stuckey pastor and editor in Williamsburg Kansas is under arrest for abducting Clara Lorain Sutherland 16. He says he will return to face charges and prove his innocence noting he met Clara in Chicago union station and cared for her as a family member. He claims she rode with him and did not want to go home. He cites a difficult marriage and says he left his newspaper in his son's care to help Clara.
Montrose Iowa September 18 John Haas pioneer of Nauvoo Illinois and operator of the opera house former alderman about seventy years old died at his home his death ends a long career in local affairs and entertainment
A three story brick building under construction at Kedsie and Milwaukee in Chicago collapsed. Fifteen to twenty workers were buried. four bodies recovered, four more believed trapped. Seven men rescued with serious injuries. One victim named Martin, a contractor with Anderson & Martin, among the dead. Cause unknown. work began July 8 after a permit by Hans Sinstad. In Kansas City a trainman, J W McConnell, was shot and killed by officer Martin Quinn at the Missouri Pacific depot after a dispute over pay. Mrs McConnell lives in Atlanta.
In Tararoual province Iligh market exploded when crowded. About 200 killed and another 200 injured as the blast threw dead and wounded over hundreds of feet. Official details are sparse but the disaster is confirmed.
Six year old Fred Linberger of Waetchester died of blood poisoning from scratching mosquito bites on his legs after being bitten while picking flowers in the woods.
Mike Strom in delirium of fever jumped from a fast moving train near Jonesboro Arkansas. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover.
Rochester Minnesota September 18 The danger in Gov John A Johnsons illness after Wednesday operation by Mayo Clinic doctors has lessened and doctors say his chances of survival are now better than even though the danger has not passed.
Grand Rapids, Mich Sept 18. Lincoln Headhey, an aeronaut, suspended from telegraph wires above a railroad track as a passenger train thundered beneath him. He had ascended from fair grounds and tried to cross the tracks but was too low and the rudder caneht into the telegraph wires.
Health and Beauty Aid advertises Foley's no Laxative as a pleasant remedy for indigestion liver trouble and habitual constipation. Sold by A. McAdams.
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