Columbia Beats Shamrock II in 30 Mile Cup Match
In a fierce 18 knot northwest breeze on a 30 mile triangle, the Columbia defeats Shamrock II by two minutes 52 seconds on Oct 4 near New York. The defender gains through every reach and windward leg, proving American design superior as tens of thousands watch.
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New York
Erreschoff
Watson
Thomas
Tara
Sir Thomas
Shamrock
Columbia
Cailing
Long Island
Phere
Barr
Sycamore
Bary
Hart
Hawk
Victor
Lee
Penrsion Boata
Hornonhoes
Episcopal Church Convention Opens with Record Missionary Offering
The San Francisco triennial convention opened with a Grace church service where the women's auxiliary presented a missionary offering of 104 296 dollars. Sessions focused on business and constitutional amendments, adding seven articles from the 1898 general convention, with changes affecting church government. Largely attended auxiliary meetings completed the day's program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Episcopal Church of America
Grace Church
Murder at South Omaha: Jacob Fisher shoots son John
In a drunken quarrel at Childs point South Omaha Jacob Fisher killed his son John with a shotgun. Both men were river fishermen camping on the bank. Fisher the elder is jailed pending further action.
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Jacob Fisher
John
Omaha
Childs’ Point
South
Fisher Senior
Wisher
Apache massacre report near Willow Creek
Word from Albuquerque dated October 4 reports that a renegade Apache band from San Carlos is in the Mogollon mountains south of the city and has killed five people on Willow creek near the old Victoro and Geronimo rendezvous. Marshal Foraker plans to travel to the scene.
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Albuquerque
N. M
San Carlos Reservation
Mogollon Mountains
Willow Creek
Victoro
Geronimo
Marshal Foraker
Silvery
Nebraska Day at Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Nebraska events marked the Pan American Exposition with Governor E P Savage and staff arriving to participate. In Temple of Music residents performed vocal and instrumental pieces as part of the Nebraska day program. Burlington Wills Build to Salt Lake City project discussed after a favorable Pioneer Press report.
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Nebraska
Buffalo
E. P. Savage
Temple of Music
Burlington
Salt Lake
St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Guernsey
Salt Lake City
Richard Nominated for Judge in Mlevaenth District
At the judicial convention J H Richard of Hamilton county was nominated on the fourteenth ballot for judge of the Mlevaenth district in Boone Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Boone, In
J. H. Richard
Hamilton County
Mlevaenth
Massachusetts Democrats nominating Josiah Quincy for governor
Sparks from the wires report Massachusetts Democrats nominated Josiah Quincy for governor. Other items note the Dawes commission in session at Vinita enrolling Cherokee citizens and rising enrollments, plus various political and industrial updates.
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Massachusetts
Josiah Quincy
Dawes Commission
Vinita
Copenhagen
Edward
Meuse
George W. Getty
Forest Glen
State Board of Valuation Assessment
Kentucky
Pana
Electric Lght Company
Cal Mines
A’ Asaoculation
H. &. Gentry
Sedalia
G. H. Dawson
Morton Lovering
Columbus
Jim Jeffords
Peter Maher
Lancaster
Jeffords
Convict Lena Martin Disguised as Man Uncovered at Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincoln Oct 4 Officials at the Nebraska state penitentiary uncovered that prisoner Burt Martin, held for horse stealing, is a woman named Lena Martin. Convicted at Springview in Keya Paha county a year ago, she has served 11 months of a three year sentence. Her mother lives near Springview and she is about 20 years old.
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Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincoln
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Burt Martin
Lena Martin
Springview
Keya Paha
Delegates Reelect W C T U Officers At Omaha Meeting
At Kountze Memorial church on October 4 the Nebraska W C T U delegates unanimously re elected state officers. President Mrs S M Walker Lincoln VP Mrs Dora V Wheelock Superior, Cor Sec Mrs Mary D Russell Lincoln, Rec Sec Mrs Medora D Nickers Beatrice, Treasurer Mrs Eusebia M Cobb York. The group plans anti tobacco efforts, curb street fairs, and oppose the army canteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Convention
Omaha
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Kountze Memorial Church
M. Walker
Lincoln
Dora V. Wheelock
Superior
Mary D. Russell
Medora D. Nickers
Beatrice
Eusebia M. Cobb
York
Union
Missing aeronaut Tillian Lefay sighted after ascent
Mrs L A Seeley known as Tillian Lefay vanished after balloon ascent at dusk in LeSalle Oct 4. Husband tracked balloon and says parachute landed south of the Illinois River, body or craft not found after a thorough search. balloon recovered one mile south. River dragged for miles with no results.
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LeSalle
L. A. Seeley
Tillian Lefay
Illinois River
Jealous Suitor Shoots Sweetheart Then Kills Self in Marshall
W H Thomas, driven by jealousy over his sweetheart Minnie Hayse, shot and fatally wounded her at her home in Marshall Missouri after finding Arthur Cox there. He then killed himself. Cox had visited Hayse. Thomas left after threatening both, then reentered to shoot her when she was alone. All involved lived in the country.
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Marshall
W.H. Thomas
Minnie Hayse
Arthur Cox
Thomas
Miss Hayse
Cox
Moville Extension Track Laying Under Way
Sioux City report says track laying on the Moville extension of the Northwestern road has begun at Sergeant's with hundreds of men to push completion before bad weather. The old Sioux City and Pacific line is being taken up for 26 miles and new 80 pound rail is replacing the old.
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Moville
Sioux City
Sergeant's
Pacific
MacArthur Named Next Commander of the Lakes
Telegrams report General MacArthur to take command of the Department of the Lakes. Other items note two Quebec Central train wrecks with fatalities, bankruptcy petition by Dr. John H. Miller, Hungarian election riots with deaths and coercion, Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson assuming command in Charleston, International Salt Co incorporation in New Jersey, grand jury in Helena probing a lynching, and labor strikes at Shamokin area Natalie colliery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Department of the Lakes
Quebec Central
Sherbrooke
Levis
John 8. Miller
Aurora
Iis
Mortimer L. Johnson
Charleston Navy Yard
William T. Sampson
International Salt Company
New Jersey
Natalie
Shamokiln
Shamokin Coal Company
James Bateman
Arctic
Robert Stern
United States Geological Survey
Samuel Warmbirth
Boston
Sydney
Ditza A. How
James F. How
The
Wabash Railroad Company
Washington University
St. Louis
James Bada
Prominent lawyers indicted in Chicago bribe conspiracy
Four men including three prominent attorneys and a railroad detective were indicted on charges of conspiracy to aid and abet Bailiff James Lynch in an attempted jury bribe. The defendants include Attorneys Alexander Sullivan Edward Maher Frederick St John and George P Murray chief of detectives for the Illinois Central Railroad. Lynch testified as a state witness after his December 1898 arrest for offering a bribe to juror Chris Hawthorne during a personal injury case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Lynch
Alexander Sullivan
Union Traction Company
West Chicago Street Railway, Company
Edward Maher
Frederick St. John
George P. Murray
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Lynch
Chris Hawthorne
Havemeyer Cuts Beet Sugar Prices in Key Territory
The Journal of Commerce reports H O Havemeyer president of the American Sugar Refining Co authorized a major price reduction for beet sugar regions. The beet sugar areas along the Missouri river saw granulated sugar drop to 31/2 cents per pound net, from 5.03 cents, a drop just over 11/2 cents per pound.
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New York
The
Journal of Commerce
H. O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Missouri River
Mr. Havemeyer
Linemen Strike Halts Construction Across Northern Illinois
Chicago reports linemen in Elgin and towns across northern Illinois have quit, halting new work. Workers, while satisfied with wages, demand a 50 cent daily raise. Arbitration efforts proceed as street railways and electric lighting firms face threatened sympathy actions.
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Chicago
Minois
Elgin
F. M. Job
State Board of Arbitration For Arbitration
Shaw Delivers First Campaign Speech in Indianola
Governor Shaw spoke in Indianola to open his campaign tour and addressed national issues. He touched on taxation and promised a fuller later address covering all aspects of the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Indianola
Chicago Grain and Provisions Closing Quotations Overview
Chicago Oct 3 market showed weakness with December corn and wheat trading mixed as bulls struggled to control a heavy market. December oats and notes on cash prices for various wheat and corn grades are listed. provisions closed up about 5 to 20 cents with mixed gains across pork, rib, and lard contracts.
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Market Report
Cattle receipts around 5000 with 1000 Vexans and 2000 westerns. Best steers steady, others dull and lower. prices range from 3.0 to 60.0 per hundredweight. Sheep receipts 18000 with lambs steady to lower, western and native mutton bids mixed.
Kansas City Live Stock Market Report Oct 3
Kansas City market notes cattle receipts at 11 800 with mixed export and dressed beef steers at 5 50 to 5 05, stockers and feeders at 2 56 to 4 35, western fed steers 4 50 to 5 50, Texas cows 2 16 to 8 10, heifers 3 00 to 6 00, canners 1 05 to 2 00, bulls 2 50 to 3 74, calves 8 00 to 5 25. Hog receipts 1 000 with top around 8 24, pigs 6 00 to 7 50. Sheep receipts 1 000 Western lambs 3 50 to 4 25, western wethers 5 00 to 8 15, ewes 2 10 to 8 00, stock sheep 1 60 to 2 76.
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Chicago
Texas
Kansas City
Kanaan City
Helfers
Calyon
Soctat
South Omaha Livestock Market Report October 8
Cattle receipts about 4,000 with steady to lowerprices. Native steers around 8.70 to 5.10, westerns near 8.50 to 5.10, cows and heifers 2.70 to 4.25, calves 0.00 to 5.00. Hogs receipts 6,000 with values lifting to 6.50 to 6.40 for heavier weights. Sheep receipts 10,500 with wethers 5.80 to 6.50, ewes 2.50 to 8.00, lambs 3.50 to 4.40.
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South Omaha
Cattle and hog markets at St Joseph October report
Cattle receipts around 600 with steady to lower legs on natives and heavy grassers. Prices show natives 8.00 to 6.25, cows and heifers 1.05 to 5.10, stockers 1.50 to 4.25, hogs open steady to weak and close 2 cents lower with Merit and light mixed at 0.40 to 0.75 and medium to heavy 0.50 to 0.74.
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St. Joseph
Bt. Joseph
Merit
Ught
Politician Visit Highlights Local Scene In Hamburg
H J Smith of Rockport and J B Osborne of Shenandoah were in Hamburg this week. Hon T J Phillips of Ottumwa visited the city on a Democratic handshaking tour and discussed political matters. Republican L W Lewis of Clarinda is praised for party leadership while Fremont county and district races shape up for the fall campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Smith
Rockport
T. J. Phillips
Ottumwa
Democratic Party
Phillips
Claude Myers
Shenandoah
L. W. Lewis
Clarinda
Des Moines
Lewis
Page
Fremont
B. I. Cavender
Hamburg
General Assembly
W. T. Davis
Davis
A. V. Penn
F. L. Campbell
Campbell
Evangelistic Meetings At Hamburg Presbyterian Church
Hamburg Iowa residents invited to a series of revival meetings beginning October 6 at 11 AM with Lord's Supper and a gospel soloist Miss Mary Larimer. Weeknight services to follow for several weeks, choir led by Miss Larimer, Rev Dr Purmort to preach, men’s meeting to address “Foundation Gone What.” Burial of infant Mohler noted. city mourns with pallbearers all young girls.
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Presbyterian Church
Hamburg
Mary Larimer
B. Allen Enders
H. C. Coolbaugh
C. W. Davey
Dr. S. T. Mitchell
Jas. Medford
J. S. Kin
Dr. Purmort
Cedar Rapids
Purmort
Presbyterian Missions
Iowa
Myr. Brower
Hyery Inun
Isaac Mohler
City Hall
Cies
Enders and Brower
Fremont County Sees Unified Democratic Ticket Momentum
Harmony within the Democratic ranks and appetite for full-ticket victory mark a favorable mood this fall in Fremont County. The base pushes for unified support as election season advances.
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Americas
Saee
Shamrock II
Martin B. Madden
United States
Congress
William Crosaler
Ordnance Department
Army Building
General Bullington
CIA
Ordnance
Army
Plow Trust
Chicago Grain and Provisions
J. B. Osborne
Dr. Stoner
Bar Hatch
Kingman, Ariz
C. D. Butterfield
Fannie Morgan
Liberty
E. T. Baker
Lutie Garst
Iva C. Stepp
H.R. Wright
Isaac P. Dixon
Isaac
John Conver
H. E. Faxon
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