Great Stamp Heist Tunnels Chicago Post Office Vault
Thieves tunneled under the Chicago post office vault, stealing $74,610 in stamps and leaving behind a dry battery and wagon tracks. They opened a 18 inch square gap after drilling through brick and pipes, then escaped with bundles weighing about 500 pounds toward Wabash Avenue. Local authorities call it the largest stamp robbery in U.S. postal history.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Art
Spalding
Wholesale Stamp Department
Stuart
Postal Service
Million Dollar Wall Finish Suit Decided in Grand Rapids
Melvin B. Church sued Anti Kalsemine company for 1 million dollars over a wall finish contract. Judge Wolcott, acting as arbitrator after a hung jury, awarded Church 40,300 dollars for alleged contract violation by company officers who organized a competing firm.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Melvin B. Church
Anti-Kalsemine Company
Wolcott
Circuit Court
Church
Anti-Kalsemine
Saloonkeeper Shoots Patrons in Evansville Fatality
In Evansville Indiana last night Noah Fuquay the saloon owner shot William Battag five times after Battag allegedly attacked him during a quarrel. Battag died from his wounds reported this morning.
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Evansville
Ind
Noah Fuquay
William Battag
Battag
Fuquay
Boer Leaders Banished From South Africa
Pretoria reports twelve more Boer leaders including Commandant Scheeper have been permanently banished, following an earlier capture announced October 12.
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Pretoria
Commandant Scheeper
South Africa
Mrs. McKinley Improves After Washington Visit
Canton report notes President McKinley’s wife improving as Surgeon General Sternberg travels from Washington to Columbus on official business and was a guest at the McKinley home yesterday.
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Canton
Ohio
Sternberg
Washington
Columbus
McKinley
McKinley Visit Reported by Social Circles
Word circulated that a former close associate visited Mrs. McKinley for a social call while she recovers. There was no change in her condition that required consultation from Surgeon General Sternberg.
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Terday
McKinleys
McKinley
Sternberg
Plague Ravages Foo Chow City and Nearby Areas
London reports from the Church Missionary Society indicate bubonic plague is ravaging Foo Chow and surrounding district. Daily cases reach about fifteen hundred with over a thousand coffins removed from the city gates each day for several weeks.
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London
Church Missionary Society
Foo Chow
Late Master of Rolls Dead
Sir Archibald Levin Smith, who resigned as master of the rolls for ill health, died last night in Morayshire Scotland. Born in 1836 he had once been a Cambridge opponent of Oxford and had a notable legal career.
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London
Archibald Levin Smith
Morayshire
Scotland
Cambridge
Oxford
Prosecution Aimed at Waste by Big Gas Firms
Kokomo Indiana man publishes a pamphlet charging State Natural Gas Supervisor J C Leach with neglecting waste laws while big companies pump gas to Chicago. Leach refutes the claim, cites conflicting opinions from the attorney general, and says he is ready to prosecute with proper affidavits.
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Kokomo
Ind
J. C. Leach
Mr. Leach
Leach
Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company
Chicago
Indianapolis
Amsden
Grant County
Indiana
Samar Situation Cruiser New York Is Sent
Efforts to land Marines at several places to aid Miss Stone are reported amid frostbound mountains. Attempts to contact brigands fail as they remain hidden and distrustful, with Protestant accomplice speculation tied to Stone’s capture.
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Miss Stone
Admiral Rogers Reports Insurrection Action In Samar
Washington cable from Rear Admiral Rodgers notes active insurrection in Samar with New York sailing to Catbalogan then Basey and Balangiga to coop erate with army. Three hundred Marines to be deployed, naval patrols focus on Samar, two colliers Arthensa and Zafiro in use.
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Washington
Navy Department
Rodgers
Cavite
Navy
Samar
New York
Catbalogan
Basey
Balangiga
Arthensa
Zafiro
Fire Sweeps Granary in Eel River Township
John Anderson, a prosperous farmer near Wallen, lost about 700 in a fire yesterday afternoon that destroyed his granary and contents. The blaze started from a traction engine used to run a fodder shredding machine. Insurance covers the building but not the contents, and coverage on the building may not hold under the circumstances.
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John Anderson
Eel River Township
Wallen
Blaze at Bowser's Factory on Creighton Avenue
Early today at 8 o clock an alarm from box 48 sent the fire department to Bowser's factory on Creighton avenue. Sparks from the furnace in the boiler room burned the roof causing about 100 dollars in damage. The boiler room shop suffered no damage and operations continued. Insurance fully covers the loss.
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Bowser
Creighton Avenue
Priest to Attend Czolgosz in Last Hours
Auburn N Y Oct 22 In line with Czolgosz wishes Rev John J Hickey pastor of the Church of the Holy Family and prison chaplain has named Rev Father Szadzinski pastor of the Polish church of Rochester to be with the assassin in his final hours He was baptized but never practiced and as an anarchist denounced religion He will state this before death.
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Auburn
Czolgosz
John J. Hickey
Church of the Holy Family
Father Szadzinski
Tragedy at a Dance Ends in Fatal Shooting Near Upland
At a farewell dance near Upland Indiana Harley Marshall, 40, was shot by Arzie Deeren 21 after a dispute. A bystander Lee Larkins, 25, was hit by a stray bullet. Both Marshall and Larkins likely will die. Deeren held at jail. Sheriff Bradford led the arrest.
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Marion
Ind
Harley Marshall
Upland
Marshall
Arzie Deeren
Deeren
Lee Larkins
Larkins
Bradford
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon to wed Nina Poore
London reports the engagement of the duke of Hamilton and Brandon to Nina Poore, noted as England’s beauty. He is premier peer of Scotland and hereditary keeper of Holyrood Palace. Once a navy lieutenant, he inherited the titles and estates in 1895.
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London
Duke of Hamilton and
Brandon
Nina Poore
England
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
Scotland
Holyhood Palace
Orange Barrett Enrolls in International Business College
Orange Barrett of Leo is in the city to begin a commercial course at the International Business College.
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Orange Barrett
Leo
The
International Business College
Pursuit of Stone Kidnappers Reaches Bulgarian Frontiers
Sama kov correspondents report no breakthrough after a fortnight seeking contact with the four alleged brigands in Bulgharia near Gultepe. Local governor at Diumeyr refuses written statement but confirms the escape route through Bulgarian territory. Gendarmeries and agents scour the area while the four prisoners deny link to Miss Stone’s captors and await Turkish commission scrutiny at Dubnitza.
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New York
Samakov
Journal and Advertiser
Miss Stone
Diumeyer
Kaiman
Gultepe
Dubnitza
Slaters In Court Again Mass Meeting In Court
A police court session featured Monroe J. Slater accused of drunkenness and family conflict. The judge dismissed the drunkenness charge, later fining Slater $5 suspended if he stays away from the home as disputes over his daughter’s actions and a past shooting are recalled. Jeanette Walton and Rose Fields faced drunkenness pleas and were lightly fined with terse testimony. Dr W A Evans of Chicago is set to lecture next Tuesday before the Allen County Medical Society.
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Jack Devany
Monroe J. Slater
Slater
Barthold Street
Marion
Miss Fields
W. A. Evans
Chicago
Court House
Allen County Medical Society
O'Rourke
Colerick
Harry Snyder
Aboll Township
Dunn
Fort Wayne
Snyder
Wallen
Huntertown
Mr. Snyder
Buchman
Levi Chase
Eel River
Richard J. Irwin
Wayne
B. B. Evans
Horton Plumadore
Henry Beerman
Madison
Ernest H. Henschen
City
George W. Jones
Monroe
James T. Poole
Michael Sheridan
Adams
Dayton
Hench
Mr. Emrick
William Driver
Maumee
Emrick
Dunn Murder Trial Begins in Wallen Case
The Charles Dunn murder trial opens in the circuit court before Judge Edward O Rourke for the alleged killing of eight year old Alice Cothrell at Wallen last July. A special venire of eighty jurors with twenty peremptory challenges each is drawn to seat a panel acceptable to both sides as testimony commences.
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Charles Dunn
Alice Cothrell
Wallen
Edward O’rourke
W. A. Hammond
Joseph N. Mason
John Daily
Stout
Ryan
Mr. Daily
O’rourke
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Congress
M’kinley
Rolls Dead
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Admiral Rogers
Slaters
Pater Familias
Circuit Court Room
Henry Colerick
Mr. Colerick
Judge Hench
Frank Emrick
Prosecutor Emrick
Allen Circuit
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