Convicts Escape Attempt Ends in Fatalities at Canon City Penitentiary
At Canon City Colorado the state penitentiary saw a violent breakout as convicts overpowered guards at the wash house and seized Mrs. John Cleghorn. The front gate was dynamited as guards fired, killing Kikendall and mortally wounding Armstrong. Tom Fallon was captured. two other escapees fled or were wounded.
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State Penitentiary
John Cleghorn
Torseback
Faleyran
Denver
Ame
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Tne
Atlantic
M. J. McMasters
Plain City
Ohio
Khari Mas
Council Blaff
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W. I. McDiride
al Wiison Harve
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Wan
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Steam Power Council
Pat Denovan
Clinton
Mont
Donovan
Sherman Beil
Colorado
Hugh Rider
Colorado Springs
Isie Carter
E. Oj. Avinold
Aiuider
Coseerns
St. Louis
North Topeka
Iran
Elis House
Sui Protia
Missouri Supreme Court
Continental Tobacco Company
Cleveland
Train derailment near Point Reyes claims lives and injures several
An extra North Shore train derailed one mile south of Point Reyes California. Michael Kirk of San Francisco died. Supreme Justice Angelotti and about six others were injured none seriously. A. Roman founder of the Overland Monthly is named among the dead. Scene reports are scarce with one account listing seventeen injured.
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North Shore Railroad
Point Reyes
Cal
Michael Kirk
San Francisco
Supreme Justice
Angelotti
Wife Confesses to Ax Murder Buried Husband in Yard
Amanda De Lartigue admits killing her husband on the night of September 23 near Pomeroy Washington with an ax after he threatened her and pursued her outside. She says she buried the body in the farmyard the same night.
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Amanda de Lartigue
Pomeroy
Wash
de Lartigue
Japan Demands Opening of Mukden Tai Tung Chou to Trade
The Japanese minister at Pekin filed a formal demand with the Chinese foreign office to open Mukden and Tai Tung Chou to foreign trade. Chinese officials said the opening was not favorable. American and British representatives back Japan. Minister Conger also seeks Harbin, Manchuria. London special. A storm off Carnarvon Wales produced two strong earthquakes. houses rocked but no damage, Bangor hospital patients moved outside, cathedral evacuated. New York encampment of the G.A.R. urged moving Decoration Day to the first Sunday in June to curb sport holiday usage and restore the original observance.
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Mukden
Tai Tung Chou
Japan
Conger
Harbin
Manchuria
London
Carnarvon
Wales
Bangor
New York
Ame Jcan
Apdnien
Truthschild
Marshall
Chicas
Tabor
Fiehl
Lord Rothschild
Wall Street
Pete
Lowey Plain
Tenn
West
Siecas
Freight wreck kills four near Rawlins Wyoming
Three trainmen and one tramp died when eight freight cars broke loose in Rawlins yards and rolled four miles before crashing into the freight train carrying the victims four miles east of Rawlins Wyoming.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Jade
Gang of safe blowers rob Colfax post office
A gang active across central Illinois blew open the Colfax Illinois office safe taking 200 dollars in cash and 200 dollars in stamps. Bloodhounds are on the trail as investigators pursue the thieves.
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Postoffice Safe Blowers
Illinois
Colfax
Five Men Die in Columbus Gas Explosion at Sewer Shaft
Five men were fatally burned by a natural gas explosion at the mouth of a shaft leading to a sewer tunnel in Columbus Ohio. The incident caused extensive damage and the loss is estimated at $200000. The schooner Lucy Russell was driven ashore at Cape Hatterass and washed to pieces.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lucy Russell
Cape Hatterass
New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Removed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt removes Daniel H. McMillan associate justice of the New Mexico supreme court over months pending charges of general immorality. Clement Smith of Hastings Michigan chosen to fill the vacancy. MacMillan formerly resided in Buffalo.
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Daniel H. McMillan
Supreme Court of New Mexico
Roosevelt
Clement ©. Smith
Hastings, Mich
MacMillan
Buffalo
Fire destroys Flint Glass Bottle plant in Summitville
The American Flint Glass Bottle Company plant in Summitville Indiana was destroyed by fire. Loss is estimated under $150,000 with supplies and machinery damaged. Fire crews battled the blaze but the building could not be saved.
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American Flint Glass Bottle Company
Summitville
Ind
Flood Destroys Acres Forcing Thousands Homeless
A severe flood devastated Troulybrook area and submerged thousands of acres of valuable farmlands. Five thousand people were left homeless as Must Carroll and Madison parishes reported extensive inundation and widespread property losses.
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Troulybrook
Must Carroll
Madison Parishes
Kaiser prize won by Junger Maenterchor in Baltimore fest
The Junger Maenterchor of Philadelphia captured the Kaiser prize at the singer festival in Baltimore. Miners and operators reach a pact avoiding a strike in the anthracite field. President Roosevelt’s Baltimore visit was guarded by a large police force during the northeastern singer festival.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
President Roosevelt
Saenserfest
Alvord Warriner Cooley
Westchester
N. Y
William Dudley Foulke
Will van Benthuysen
New York World
Methodist Fipiscopal Church
New York
George Gallagher
West New York
N. J
James Burton Pond
Jersey City
Ban on dianerme and Tigner agents by Hishop McCloskey
Miss Tlattie A. Thomas of New Orleans killed herself within an hour of her scheduled marriage after leaving a prayer note for her family. The Jed-White jury failed to reach a verdict in Jackson Kentucky and was discharged, to retry. A levee break floods thousands of acres of cotton, leaving 9,000 homeless. Sam Clabern describes American colored men driven to Mexico for years in virtual slavery.
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Lotisville
Dianerme
Tigner
Tlattie A. Thomas
New Orleans
Linda Hunt
Jed-White
Redwine
Jackson
Kky
Ally Brook
East Carroll
Madison Parishes
Sam Clabern
HE Paso
Texas
Mexico
Republic
Preakness-like Derby Upset in Washington Park Race
Yue Picket, a previously unknown colt, won the American Derby at Washington Park in Chicago aborting a record crowd of about seventy thousand. The big field of eighteen included top rivals with The Picket winning by six lengths as favorites faltered.
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Washington Park
Yue Picket
Washingon Park
Chicago
Satur
Boyers
Washington Dark
Claude
Lorse
Sam
Permiss
Witteh Ram
Washiten Park Gic
Juiv
Joseph Yeager
Minde
Stimies
Winnner
Demu Teks Derbs
Labor unions expand across North America and the US
The report notes new theater projects in New York and a broad spread of labor organizing. It mentions unions in Chicago Denver and Norfolk, with demands for nine to ten hour days, wage increases, and calls for child labor restrictions.
Industrial review signals steady demand amid mixed outputs
The Dun & C. Weekly Review of Trade notes quiet branches and firm prices in New York, uneven manufacturing, and rail earnings up 38 percent from last year. It cites rising steel and coke production, labor tensions, and mixed outlooks from bankers and merchants, with hopes for steadier grain and wheat stocks in the West and Northwest.
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New York
Mets
RG. Dun & Cows Weekly
Petiviry
Local News From Indiana Readers Report Tragic Accidents
A long list of deaths and accidents across Indiana is reported. Several individuals including William Stilts and Squire Alfred Welker die suddenly. a boy killed by a passing train near Hamer. a farmer found dead near Kokomo. a baby burned by gunpowder accident. and a junk merchant fatally struck by a train in Muncie. The report also covers health concerns, indictments for intoxicant violations, a town ordinance against saloons in residences, and crop updates affecting local industry and employment.
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Hamer
Morris Haworth
Kokomo
Dundee
Pise Creek
William Bruner
Creoresa
Squire Alfred Welker
Mills
Sopa
Henry McGaughery
Vincennes
William S. Jones
Lake Erie
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Muneie
John Everhardt
Monon
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Sherman
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Valparaiso
William J. Cassaday
South Bend
Lewis K. Davis
Indianapels
Joh Goldsworthy
Indianapolis
Eibward
Grifith
Muncie
Olaf N. Culdlin
Fort Wayne
Joseph Rt. Hall
Alexander Jack
Evansville
John ¢. Kuhlman
Perre Haute
John W. Lambert
Anderson
Ira H H. Marr
Sullivan
Abram Middleton
Pearson
Clifton G. Rust
James C. Seeth
Alexandri
Dames M. Smeiser
Pendiefom
Dmumiel He
Avery
Hlomeat Lafayette
Frey-Pirsens Company
Ed Weeks
Tobin Weeks
Eich
Patt
Bivey Spa Ranaway
John H. Weeks
Orange County
Grain Prices and Market Notes from Toledo and Neighbouring Areas
Market report lists wheat prices across districts with No 2 and No 2 mixed grades, including Toledo wheat at 817.00 per bushel and steelover seed at 6.00. Other crops mentioned include corn No 2, oats No 2 mixed, rye, barley, and pork in various regional markets.
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Detroit
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