Week of remarkable events in Three Rivers area
A patrol night watchman Siebold heroically freed himself from four attackers who used a noose to strangle him, firing a revolver to scare off the robbers. In Indianapolis a half million dollar wholesale district fire destroys seven businesses, injuring five firemen who died later. Other items: assaults in Fayetteville, flour trade with Morocco, eleven children poisoned in Ontario, a potential assassination report on the Czar, a gas explosion in Wabash, Peckham nominated to the Supreme Court, and notes on George Harris and upcoming theatre in Fort Wayne.
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Meridian
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Patrick Murphy
Frank Sloan
Plea For Better Roads From United States Report
Office of Road Inquiry in Agriculture Department reports on U S roads based on 1208 counties. Finds average farm haul to markets over twelve miles, load weights around two horses, and total annual transportation cost near 946 million dollars. Estimates potential two thirds of costs saved with improved roads.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
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VANDALS CUT OUT SIGNATURES IN GOVERNMENT FILES
Secret Service probes reveal autograph thieves struck interior files in Washington. Signatures of presidents and long-dead leaders were cut from land office papers, including Abraham Lincoln, rendering many documents nearly valueless and triggering a serious investigation.
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Washington &4
Interior Department
Secret Service
United States
Land Office
Abrah Lincoln
Mob Kills Two Black Men After Jail Takeover in Tennessee
Reports say Joe Robinson and Ozias McGahey, both Black, were taken from Fayetteville jail by a mob from Lincoln and Marshall Counties and died in the ensuing incident. They had been moved from Nashville to Marshall County for trial on alleged crimes.
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Joe Robinson
Ozias McGahey
Fayetteville
Tenn
Lincoln
Marshall Counties
Nashville
Lewisburg
Marshall County
Tracy City
Scores of the Victory and college football results
In Chicago Ann Arbor defeated the University of Chicago 12 to 0. Boston and Chicago Athletic clubs tied 4 to 4. Philadelphia beat Cornell 46 to 2. Providence’s Brown University defeated Dartmouth 10 to 4. Washington Columbia Athletic beat Columbia University 14 to 12. Louisville Louisque Athletic defeated DePauw 12 to 10. Lafayette Indiana Sinoia University defeated Purdue 2 to 0. An expedition against Hayti is reported to be organized by Burns and Canal with assistance from a Philadelphia figure, aiming to sail in December to seize arms during the elections in the black republic. A farmer named Lane near Hannibal, Missouri was found dead in his barnyard, with his guard dog nearby.
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Lafayette
Ind
Sinoia University
Purdue
Hayti
Kingston
Jumansen
Huyth
Burns and Canal
Canal
Black Republic
Lane
Hannibal, Mo
Feathers Her Nest Col Pabst Divorce Deal Reported
Margaret Mather receives 100000 to stay silent as Col Gustav G. Pabst, amid a Milwaukee divorce suit following a horse whip attack on Oct 2. Reports say Pabst sought residency in South Dakota to dodge publicity and may have moved to Indian Territory, with records possibly suppressed.
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Margaret Mather
Milwaukee
New York City
Gustav G. Pabst
Pabst
Col. Pabst
South Dakota
Indian Territory
Beets Used to Make Whisky Illicitly in Sherman County
Revenue officers seize a fifty gallon per day copper still in Sherman County Nebraska used to distill whisky from beets. Owner Charles Reichl a farmer claimed fifteen years of ownership but had only operated for a year for personal use. Deputy Eastham traced the operation through neighbors and beet growers amid a surplus sugar beet crop and fear of broader violations.
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Sherman County
Nebraska
Charles Reichl
Eastham
Leidil
Strathnevis Overdue Forty-Eight Days from Tacoma
Strathnevis has not sent any news since leaving Victoria for Yokohama on October 13. Second Officer Smith of the Tacoma suggests the ship may be low on coal and could have stopped at a port in the Aleutian Islands. He warns the crew and passengers, about 150 people, risk starvation if drifted south of the main shipping track awaiting rescue by a British warship from Victoria or Yokohama.
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Yokohama
Victoria
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Aleutian Islands
Pattie
Thia
Strathnevilla
Leach
Movements in Trade and Notable Local Disasters
N G Dun reports business unchanged with price declines after seasonal highs and delayed distribution due to weather. Coal barges wrecked on Dead Man’s Rise near Pittsburgh sink seven barges, with $40,000 loss in craft and run. A Johnson County shooting ends in Martin’s death after a feud. Eller jailed. Fires in East Birmingham and Lexington cause extensive damage and losses. Cyrillo Machado named Portuguese Minister to the United States.
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Review of Trade
Dead Man's Rise
Pittsburg
Onward
Davis Island Dam
Death by Self Ends Rufus Suits Mystery Life
Rufus Suits, once a wealthy clothier tied to a New York firm, died in his Midland Hotel room in Kaunas City Missouri. He reportedly killed himself to avoid public disclosure of his secret marriage to his housekeeper Catherine Spangler, whom he had claimed as a niece. The disclosure came after Spangler’s breakdown and confession of the relationship.
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Rufus Suita
Midland
Kaunas City
Suita
New York
A. ‘T. Tray
Red Wio Wits
Catherine Spangler
Bults
Troops to Be Recalled from Chinese Territory
Japanese soldiers prepare to depart Formosa Manchuria Liao Tung and Ceres as the steamer Gaelic arrives in San Francisco from Yokohama and Hong Kong Advices report the recall. Cholera in Japan reaches 55611 cases with 38820 deaths through Oct 31. A preliminary exam of prisoners in the Korean queen murder case is underway, with strong belief of acquittal. Hong Kong reports Russians linking Port Arthur to the trans Siberian Railway planning Port Arthur as a commercial rival to San Francisco.
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Cal
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Formosa
Manchuria
Liao Tung
Ceres
Japan
Port Arthur
trans-Siberian Railway
Hawaii Presses Annexation Before Congress
Honolulu reports the Hawaiian Government plans a strong push to present the annexation question to the next U S Congress. A new commission will be sent to Washington with likely members including President Dole, W C Wilder, and Cecil Brown. Compare: big poultry show in Kansas City draws regional exhibitors. Twins wed in Beach City. Coal gas death in Platte Center. Kentucky stock-trade duel ends with Williams dead. Cuban insurgents fight: 6000 Spaniards volunteering in Algeria for duty in Cuba.
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Congress
Honolulu
East
Washington
Dole
W. C. Wilder
Senate
Cecil Brown
Algeria
Cubs
Markets Across Cities Show Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
Cattle and hogs trade varied by city with prices from Chicago to New York. Wheat and corn futures range with No 2 red wheat around 60 cents, corn near 25 cents, oats about 20 cents, and rye up to 40 cents. butter and eggs also quoted, reflecting broad regional market activity.
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Indianapolis
Bt. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Hitianapolis healer claims healing power by laying on hands
George W. Bunting, city building inspector, a Spiritualist and former Confederate, alleges he cured about 2,000 people without charge using laying on of hands and hypnotic power. He now says he will openly treat all comers and cites vivid cure illustrations.
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Denver
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