Body in trunk shocks Stockton station crowds
Telegraphic dispatches report the discovery of a man about 88 jammed into a large trunk at the Southern Pacific station in Stockton California. Officers say the man was placed alive and Albert N McVicar a timberman at Jamestown Rawhide mine is identified as the victim. A woman posing as his wife, Mrs Enma Ledoux, has been arrested.
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Southern Pacific
Stockton
Cal
Albert N. McVicar
Jamestown
McVicar
Enma Ledoux
Frere
Cap
Mr. Frere
John
Sylvie
Sylvia
Vickers
Miss Sylvia
Mr. Best
Ireve
Blunt
Ingray
Maurice Frere
Tragic double shooting in Downville mining village
In Downville Ohio Athens county Fred Carey killed his wife after which he fatally shot himself in a jealous act. Mrs Carey was shot through the breast with no hope of recovery. Carey kept a saloon in the village where the tragedy occurred.
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Downville
Ohio
Athens County
Fred Carey
Fifty Horses Cremated In Ohio Stable Fire
A blaze at the Conkling livery stables in Baeyris Ohio destroyed the barn and adjoining buildings. Fifty horses perished and only a few nearby residences were saved. The fire's origin is unknown and damages are estimated at 325000 including feed sheds and ten buggies.
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Conkling
Baeyris
Ohio
Onie
Marion High School Fire Causes Major Loss in Indiana
A November fire destroyed Marion High School in Indiana with about 75000 in losses and 2 million in equipment. The boiler room caused the blaze and insurance covered the structure while books loss neared 25000. In Ohio, dynamiters Riley Colton and Park Wright received sixteen month prison sentences for damage to Grand Reservoir hose. Isaac Sheeles second trial set for April with a new bond of 1540 posted.
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Marion
Ind
BALOO0
Mklion
Murder and Robbery Suspected in Ohio Man Found
The body of Fred Bucholtze a prominent citizen and retired mill owner from St Marys Ohio was found near Wapakoneta in Barrington shouls after three weeks missing The coroner investigates and authorities suspect murder and robbery connected to his quarterly pension.
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Frank Smith
East Liverpool
Ohio
Pearl Rungsell
Irene Adams
Smith
Fred Bucholtze
St. Marya
Barrington Shouls
Wapakoneta
Bucholtze
Four Firemen Die in Bedford Street Factory Blaze
Four firemen perished and about a score of firemen and citizens were injured in a fire with explosions that demolished a factory building at Bedford and Dowling streets in New York. Damage is estimated between 390000 and 100000.
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New York
Histery
Bedford and
Dowling Streets
Two Negro Murderers Hanged in New Jersey
Rufus Jolson and George Small were hanged at Mount Hally New Jersey for the murder of Miss Florence W Allinson who was assaulted and killed in a barn near Moorestown New Jersey on January 1.
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Rufus Jolson
George Small
Mount Hally
N. J
Johnson
Small
Florence W. Allinson
Moorestown
Hawthorne Manuscripts Destroyed in Yonkers Fire
A blaze at Julian Mawthorne's Yonkers home destroyed and damaged numerous Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscripts. Fire water damage affected several works while others were lost.
Banker Casey Pleads Guilty to Note Forgery in Clinton
Thomas M. Casey former general manager of Selmon Brothers Bank at Clinton Missouri pleaded guilty to a note forgery charge and received a five year penitentiary term. Two similar indictments were dismissed. Three children burned to death in their Oxford Florida home while parents were away.
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Thomas M. Casey
Selmon Brothers’ Bank
Clinton, Mo
Junius Hacbette
Oxford
Fla
Chicago spring activity accelerates with strong demand
Markets for new materials stay robust as iron and steel bookings rise and building, bridge, and track work expand. Factory output lifts in machinery and hardware, railroad orders grow, and lumber demand remains high despite winter weather delays and last week’s thirty Chicago district failures.
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Chicago
Iids
Dan
New York
Ter
Vitek
West Old North West
Nelley
Collecthais Aire
Tirtstreet
Chicago and regional commodity prices for cattle hogs and grains
The report lists Chicago cattle and hog prices alongside grains and livestock from cities including Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledun Buffalo and Buffalo markets. Prices span hogs 4.00 to 5.75 and cattle 4.00 to 5.75 with wheat oats corn and rye quoted across standard grades.
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Chicago
San Do
Tuciamapolis
Garde
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Convict Ship Drama Unfolds Aboard Malabaray
On a tropical afternoon a prisoner crewed deck scene on the Malabaray reveals Rufus Dawes a convicted felon and a court of officers including Captain Vickers Lieutenant Frere and Mrs Vickers in tense social contrasts. Sylvia Vickers plays and a covert meeting with Sarah Purfoy deepens the intrigue aboard the convict transport.
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Bulwark
Dine
Maurice Frere
Vickers
Tnd
Ruf Dawes
Mark
Rufus Dawes
Lieut. Frede
Mr. Frere
van Diemen's Land
Sarah Purfoy
Frere
Yrere
Sylvia
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Captain Blunt
Surgeon Pine
Wickera
Best
Sara Vickers
Pine
Mrs. Vickers
India
Hichard Devine
Lindy Devine
Bellasis
Lord Bellasis
Devine
Mr. Vickers
Leas
Doctor Pine
Mra. Vickers
Ufnal
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