Rail bandit raid foiled near Francis Missouri
A staged express train near Francis Missouri lured bandits aboard with a police escort. Two robbers, Ed Kohler and Higo Indall, were killed. Fredericks Hersh and Harvey were captured. Officers recovered the loot and chased the remaining robber. All bandits hailed from St. Joseph.
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Kansas City
St. Joe
Council Bluffs
Informatta
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Ed Kohler
Higo Indall
Fredericks
Hersh
Harvey
Undertaker’s
Robbers Fire On Valparaiso Normal School Bank
Masked men attempted a bold bank robbery at Northern Indiana Normal School in Valparaiso. A volley of shots wounded one robber, Frank Robinson, who died. his partner Claire Moody was also shot. Peach wagon driver Nathan O Howe fired the final shot, killing Robinson and wounding Moody, then captured the surviving robber. Howe’s wagon load of peaches yielded over 1900 dollars as the crowd rallied.
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Ind
Indiana Normal School
Frank Robinson
Claire Moody
College
SEO
Kate Corboy
Emma Jones
Miss Jones
Arnold
Fort Wayne
P Arty
Nathan O. Howe
Michigan City
Twain
Robinson
Howe
Navy
Cincinnati
Claire
Frank
Iown & Kinney
Anarchist Plots Fatal Device Targeting Spanish Captain General
An anarchist attempted to harm Captain General Martinez de Campos in Barcelona with a dangerous device during a district troop review. The attack occurred shortly before noon as the captain general and his staff stood under heightened security.
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Martinez de Campos
Barcelona
Bomb strikes at city march injuring generals in square
Anarchist Pal las threw a bomb into a royalist crowd in the central square as the march past began. The blast wounded General Castellvi and others. the captain general and his horse were knocked down. A civic guard sergeant was killed and several were injured. police found violent revolutionary literature at Pal las's house.
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Castellvi
Civic Guard
Pallas
Martinez de Campoa
Banks That Have Suspended and Resumed
Statistics from official data show that from January to September this year 560 state and private banks in the United States failed, and seventy two have resumed business. In the same period 155 national banks failed, seventy of which have resumed. A table follows detailing failures since January 1, 1893.
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United States
Hundred and Sixty Drowned: Russian Warship Pousalka Lost
Fragments of wreckage and a sailor's body wash ashore in the Gulf of Finland confirming the Russian warship Pousalka with ten officers and 150 seamen is lost after leaving Revel for Helingsport. The 2000 ton ship, built in 1867 with 28 knot speed, carried four 9-inch guns and four and a half inches armor amid severe gales. The admiralty reports no further contact since departure.
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Gulf of Finland
Revel
Helingsport
Pension Office weekly statement on pending claims
The weekly Pension Office report shows 710,279 total claims pending broken down into Act of June 27, 1490 141 451 India wars 4,047 old wars 3,022 service since March 1 1861 205,006 additional to prior applications 123,864 increased and accrued widows 7,057 increased claims 214,229 army forces 703. The week saw 2,317 cases rejected and 1,771 allowed.
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Pension Office
India
Government Bribery Scandal Rocks Colombia Officials
Bogota erupts over a broad bribery probe implicating high officials of the United States of Colombia. Reports say the Antioquia Railroad Company purchased favors from the government at a cost of 500000 dollars.
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Bogota
United States of Colombia
Antioquai Railroad Company
Burned with Sixty on Board Off Victoria
Northern Pacific steamer arriving at Victoria British Columbia reports the burning of the Russian steamer Alphonse Zeevecke with the loss of sixty lives as the vessel sank or burned.
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Northern Pacific
Victoria
B. C
Alphonse Zeevecke
World War era battles and local incidents in brief
The item lists several events and figures including an Armour strike ending in Kansas City, Chinese expelled from Burbank, Iron Hall factions near compromise, a Leadville stamp mill fire, a $20,000 sum, Hungarian imperial maneuvers, Gov. Lewelling’s decision against an extra Kansas Legislature session, James Halliday’s death in Pittsburg, a Hartford glass works restart employing 50, Mrs. Virgie Wool’s fatal burn in Fort Scott, a Geary law deputy pay dispute in San Francisco, a jail escape in Kentucky, and a damages award in a Missouri circuit court case against the Wabash railroad.
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Burbank
Cal
Iron Hall
Leadville
Colo
Hungary
Gov
Lewelling
Kansas
James Halliday
Aminer
Pittsburg
Kan
Hartford Cty, Ltd
Fort Scott
Virgie Wool
Dia'h
WISE
San Francisco
Litchfield
Moberly
George Halliburton
Wabash Road
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A broad, miscellany of remarkable claims and odd events from the era including a caribou raised by a Maine boy, pension inquiries in Kansas and Turkey, grasshopper damage to money, a diamond earrings misadventure, aggressive wasps in England, and curious feats from Virginia to France.
Where Farming is Not a Dull Business
Ed Sherwood killed four bears near his Sultan river area last weekend after discovering a bear tearing a calf in his pasture. Unarmed at first, he fired on the animal with a rifle, ending its threat and saving the remaining herd. The calf was killed, and Sunday morning he reportedly trapped two cubs and a female bear, bringing the total to four bears slain.
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Ed Sherwood
Sultan River
Mr. Sherwood
Sultan City
Wash
Burying Alive in Orient Had Sanction of Law and Faith
A historical article contrasts Western horror at burying alive with Eastern practice in China and India. It cites preemptive interment for incurables, cremation while conscious in Kipling tales, and the social fate of those declared dead, including living dead in sand pits along the Ganges.
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Occident
Orient
America
China
East Indies
India
Denver Republican
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Ganges
Diagnosing Watch at Pittsburions: Mrs Schwartz’s Medical Claim
A New York Evening Sun excerpt describes Mrs Schwartz of Pittsbur as an educated healer who uses a self made diagnosing watch. The device features veins on the right and left hands and points to diseases when worn on the wrist. Skeptics call it suggestion, while supporters note her success with herbs and lotions.
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Indian Territory
Shobe Locke
Shobe
Pittsbur
New York Evening Sun
Bare Black Pearls Across Royal History
The world’s most valuable black pearls are owned by the Empress of Austria. A recent pearl necklace worn by a noble Englishwoman was valued at $128,000 and featured a single row. Black pearls command high prices, with rare specimens found in Lower California and deep blue pearls fetching high sums. A Conway River find in North Wales included a large pearl once owned by Wynn, and a Conway pearl is noted as part of royal regalia linked to Charles II.
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Austria
Grand Entertainment
Californias
Conway
North
Wales
Wynn
England
Charles II
Wvan
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