Massive mail pouch robbery shocks Kansas City district
A Los Angeles to New York currency shipment worth about 50 000 dollars vanished after transfer at Kansas City's Union depot. Postmaster M H Flint and Inspector W J Vickery confirm the loss, with officials unsure how the theft occurred as the pouch moved through a temporary substation after a fire damaged the main office. The total value and exact count of the bundles remain uncertain, though several banks report the missing funds were destined for the Chemical National Bank in New York.
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Ander
Washington
M. H. Flint
Los Angeles
Bri
W. J. Vickery
Kansas City
Union Depot
New York
Flint
Charles Serler
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank
Post
New York City
Cur
Chemical National Bank
Miss Juliette Williams Weds Joseph Leiter in Washington
A wedding at the bride’s parents home united Miss Juliette Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs John R Williams of City with Joseph Leiter son of the late Levi Z Leiter of Chicago and Washington. The ceremony was conducted by Father Fahter, a Catholic clergyman, with a quiet, ritual service.
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Washington
Juliette Williams
John R Wthems
City
Joseph Leiter
Levi Z. Letter
Chicho
Fahter
Grain Elevator Fire Destroys Tri-State Plant in Hammond
A spectacular blaze swept the Tri-State Grain Company elevator in Hammond Indiana on Wednesday night destroying the great grain storage. The fire damaged the structure and the grain inside valued at about 606 dollars. Firemen traced the cause to a small wheel on a machine used to lift water into the box. No casualties reported.
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Tri-State Grain Company
Hammond
Ind
Amador Denies Squiers Persona Non Grata Status
Washington reports President Amador of Panama via secretary Aries denies a Panama newspaper claim that Minister Squiers is persona non grata. The denial clarifies diplomatic relations and counters sensational reporting.
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Squiers
Washington
Amador
Panama
Aries
Fatal Canton Car Crash Ends In Death
Hugo Schlater loses life after his car overturns while dodging a buggy turning a Canton street corner. He is thrown under the vehicle and sustains fatal injuries.
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Peoria
Canton
Hugo Schlater
Fight Over Lodge Funds Debated Guaranty Fund Disposition
A spirited dispute arises over the Guaranty Fund disposition in the Degree of Honor lodge. Frances M. Olson of Iota and Mrs East Montana are named candidates for Lady of Honor amid growing rivalry.
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Frances M. Olson
East Montana
Polls questioned and recounts loom in several Iowa townships
In Lincoln township Polk county Captain Hull led by four votes as Judge Prouty challenged poll closings two hours early. Warren county Hull objected to Whitebreast township opening. supervisors will hear testimony on alleged irregularities. Madison county plans a recount Friday. Walnut township saw Hull gain seven votes as Crocker township poll book issues surfaced. Pallas county to decide Friday morning if a statewide recount will proceed.
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Lincoln Township
Des Moines
Proutt
Polk County
Captain Hull
Prouty
Warren County
Hull
Whitebreast
Madison
Walnut Township
Crocker Township
Pallas County
Purses Give Up Wealth at Dunker Brethren Meeting
Fifty thousand dollars raised by the Dunker Brethren conference in Des Moines, largely in cash and checks. Delegates and church members from across the country contributed as two hours of collection by garbed young men culminated in men carrying money in person to the piazza.
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Dunker Brethren
Tabernacle
Judge McHenry Gives Frank Brown Twenty Years
Frank Brown, convicted of attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Mary Mann, was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary by Judge McHenry. The judge expressed regret at lacking power for a life term and denied prejudice against Brown, despite defense protests.
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McHenry
Frank Brown
Des Moines
Mary Mann
Brown
Rumor Links Dolliver to Vice Presidential Talk
Washington reports Roosevelt and Taft want Senator Dolliver as running mate. A personal envoy may visit Fort Dodge to urge him to accept the nomination amid Borah's Idaho remarks. Burton of Ohio had a long talk supporting Dolliver. Hitchcock gains administration goodwill for a national committeeman post.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Taft
Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Delliver
Borah
Idaho
Howard
Nebraska
Belliver
Logan elected as Iowa G A R commander at encampment
Cedar Rapids Logan former lieutenant governor of Iowa was elected department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic at Fort Dodge encampment. A parade with over a thousand veterans highlighted the session amid a large campfire and speeches by National Commander Chief C. G. Barer and Congressman Hepburn. Discussion centered on the McCumber pension law proposing monthly pensions for veterans 42 and older.
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Iowa
Cedar
Many Cattle Infected Eight Percent of Mason City Herds
Mason City inspectors testing dairy cattle found on average 8 percent infected with tuberculosis among cows supplying local milk. Daily checks sample 25 to 30 head, with 2 to 3 diseased per group. Herds with year round open-air access and large pastures show no infection. inspectors note range cattle rarely harbor tubercular germs.
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Mason City
Tornado destroys Charles City homes and barns
A cyclone struck Charles City at five o clock Sunday, tearing down houses and barns and causing extensive destruction. One man killed and four injured are reported. search efforts are hindered by debris and poor conditions. Residents had warnings about the tornado and cyclone safety.
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Charles City
Charles Chiv
Sundar
Taft's Total Delegates in Alphabetical State List
Chicago June 12 The republican national committee settled contests for seats on the temporary roll call of the convention. Taft appears certain to receive forty nine delegates, possibly fifty, with one uncertain Tennessee delegate from the Eighth district. Allies estimate total delegates at 439 to 554, while Taft managers claim 3554 as the number actually instructed. The session drew less public interest than prior meetings.
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Texas
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Taft
Tennessee
Oliver
Storm Strikes Mount Vernon Downgrades Town
A tornado passed about a mile south of Mount Vernon at 2:20 Sunday. The electric light and power house and city pumping station were completely derhed. A number of barns were destroyed and several houses partly wrecked. The storm moved northeast with no injuries reported.
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Mount Vernon
Silk thread measures one thousandth inch thick
The statement notes that a thread of a silkworm produces a filament with a thickness of one thousandth of an inch, illustrating the fine scale of silkworm silk fibers and their delicate nature.
Iowa Peat Plant Starts Us at Fertile
Fertile Clay and Peat company opens a new plant with Ross Keter machinery capable of producing 36,000 bricks daily and employing fifty men. The venture, started by North Iowa developers, taps into rich clay and peat fields. The peat division will produce about 30,000 briquettes per day.
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Iowa
Fertile Clay & Peat Company
North Iowa
Ross Keter
Astor Hitchcock Acquitted In New York Trial
Raymond Hitchcock the comedian was acquitted of the serious charge brought by three young girls. Verdict reached at 12:30 A.M. after an eight hour deliberation. Mrs Hitchcock credited for undermining Flora Whiston’s evidence. Flora faced perjury charges and bond for another trial.
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Astor Hitchcock
New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Buch
Tragic Claim While Welcoming Empire Empress Plane
A London Standard report states an ordered killing attempt near a royal meeting. A school mistress, once linked to revolution, killed herself to avoid vengeance after being tasked to stage a terrorist act and welcome the emperor alongside pupils.
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London
Edward
Chols
Gading
Fine Cows for Panama Ready for Isthmian Canal
Jersey cattle raised in Texas fever country are at New Orleans awaiting shipment to the isthmian zone to be immune from the disease. The commission had tried to introduce cows into the canal zone for natural milk but failed. condensed milk is now used by the commission.
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Panama
Ington
D. CC
Jersey
New Orleans
Isthmian Canal
Flood Sews Destruction as Topeka Rises With Kaw River
Seven thousand homeless flee rising Kaw River floodwaters in North Topeka as the town and Topeka auditorium private homes house evacuees. The river peak reached 27.3 feet with a three inch fall by Saturday. No deaths reported though property loss is heavy. Water depth varies citywide, with five feet in Little Russia and three to four in Garfield park areas. Rail service halted. one Santa Fe passenger arrives via alternate routes.
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Topeka
Kaw
North Toposa
Government Weather Bureau
Manhattan
North Topeka
Garfield Park
Gordon Street
Laurent
Little Russia
Kaw Valley
Bluff
Rossville
Silver Lake
Solomon River
Salina
Marriam
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Ottawa
Missouri Pacific
Quenemo
Osage City
Robbed of His Young Wife on Panther Mountain
Spartanburg, S C reports W F Burns of Jackson County says six men robbed his wife during a nocturnal assault on Panther Mountain near Greenville. He was bound and beaten. the couple fled to a mountain cottage and Burns has not seen his wife since. Authorities are probing the tale. Roy A Gormley Detroit grain broker died by self destruct in his Auditorium Annex apartment at 2 weeks into his debauch. He shot himself in the left breast at 38, leaving a wife and a troubled family history through relatives in Bulli, Gormier, TS State Street and Barton, Ohio.
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Spartanburg
S. C
W. F. Burns
Jackson County
Panther Mountain
Greenville County
Burns
Roy A. Gormley
Detroit
Auditorium Annex
Gormley
James H. Gormley
Bulli
Gormier
State Street
Barton, O
Belmont Dies After Illness at Hempstead Home
Oliver H. P. Belmont, aged 1) years, died at his Hempstead home after a ten day illness with appendicitis. The death, anticipated for days, came suddenly Wednesday.
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Oliver H. P. Belmont
New York
Hempstead
Evans Named Commander of United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham report states Memphis chosen for the next reunion and General Clement A. Evans of Georgia elected commander in chief as the United Confederate Veterans adjourned its annual convention late Wednesday afternoon.
Grain Shippers Organize in Ohio and Indiana
Piqua Ohio grain shippers form the Ohio and Indiana Grain Shippers Association at a Wednesday meeting. The new group includes 100 members from both states.
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Grain Shippers
Piqua, O
Ohio
Indiana
Ohio and
Receiver for a railroad put in receivership in Toledo Ohio
The Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad was placed in the hands of a receiver by U S District Judge W W Taylor. The petition lists debts totaling about 8 751 027 with prominent creditor B A Worthington of Cleveland alleging upraised sums. Worthington serves as vice president and general manager. Receiver Worthington posted a 100 000 bond via United Surety Company. The case ties the railroad’s troubles to Pittsburgh and Wabash terminal construction.
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Toledo
O—Og
National Car Wheel Company of
New York
Wheeling & Lake E Railroad
United States District
W. W. Taylor
B. A. Worthington
Cleveland
Wheeling
United Surety Company of
Baltimore
Wheeling & Lake Erie Road
Pittsburg
Wabash
Doctor Pospisiel Ends Life After Banked Police Standoff
Washington doctor Joseph Pospisiel, a pension office employee, killed himself after hours of insanity and firing on nearby homes and pedestrians during a delusion that he faced murder. He fired about 50 shots, none hit, as he barricaded himself and challenged officers. The 18 year resident had relatives in Wisconsin and left a troubling scene before his death.
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Washington
Joseph Pospiseil
Pospisiel
Wisconsin
United States Brewers Adopt a Temperance Platform
Milwaukee report says the United States Brewers Association closed its session by adopting a platform pledging to abolish the immoral saloon and promote temperance in all uses of intoxicants. The convention plans to meet in Rochester next June. The officers elected are President J Brown Rochester New York Vice President C M Hobbs Bridgeport Indiana Secretary George A Seager Rochester New York Treasurer C L Yates Rochester New York.
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Milwaukee
United States Brewers’ Association
Rochester
J. Brown
C. M. Hobbs
Bridgeport
Ind
George A. Seager
C. L. Yates
Plead Guilty of Fraud in Edwards Wood Case
Deorge W. Wood Lewin A Wood and Forest B Wood pleaded guilty before Judge Page Morris in federal court to conspiracy to defraud and misuse of the mails in Edwards Wood company operations. Each defendant was fined 2500 and paid immediately. Edwards Wood was a St Paul grain brokerage firm. Washington gets two new battleships Florida and Utah Wy oming to follow. Florida name may switch to a city in that state after conference with president and secretary.
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Washington
Bretcalf
Florida
Utah
Wyoming
Owen Wisters Mother Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs Owen Jones Wister mother of the novelist Owen Wister dies at her home in Philadelphia in her seventieth second year born Miss Sarah Butler daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny Kemble New Yorker Dies of Hydrophobia in Staten Island Capt Edward Raber commander of a small steamer at the quarantine station dies in a Staten Island sanitarium from hydrophobia
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Owen Wister
Philadelphia
Owen Jones Wister
New Yorker
New York
Edward Raber
Staten Island
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