Two Die in Kent Street Yard Collision in Rochester
A rear-end wreck at the New York Central Kent Street yards in Rochester at 7 30 this morning killed Fireman Rheinehart Strassner buried Yardmaster Arthur Chapman and badly injured George Eberle whose leg was severed. A misplaced switch caused the disaster.
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Rochester
N. Y
Kent Street
New York Central
Rheinehart Strassner
Arthur Chapman
Dresser
George Eberle
Rockefeller plan to eradicate hookworm begins soon
A Rockefeller funded commission outlines a two phase campaign to eradicate hookworm Aimed at the poorest groups hospitals will serve both blacks and whites with separate facilities for negroes The program starts within two months and includes education on prevention and avoiding barefoot contact
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New York
South Honors Her Dead
In Richmond on October 29 the ashes of Mrs. Margaret Davis Hayes were buried at Hollywood cemetery beside the graves of Jefferson Davis and his president daughter. Funeral services at St. Pauls church drew Virginia officials, UDC members, and Confederate veterans to a short, solemn ceremony with many wreaths and half mast flags on public buildings.
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Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Margaret Davis Hayes
Colorado Springs
Hollywood Cemetery
St. Paul's Church
Virginia
South
United Daughters of the Confederacy
United Confederate Veterans
United Confederate Veterans and Kindred Societies
Guilty of Assault in Stanley County Court
Fort Pierre South Dakota October 29. The Stanley County court reports progress with cases from the prior term. Edward McKinnon found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to injure F Calhoun of Midland who was shot Sept 16. Chesser jailed two years for forgery. H G C Peterson sentenced to thirty days in jail and $60 fine for shooting a neighbor in the back.
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Fort Pierre
Atute Court
Stanley County
Edward McKinnon
F. Calhoun
Midland
McKinnon
Raymond Chesser
H. GC. Peterson
Cottonwood
Supreme Court
Crow
Sheep sale to Draper parties noted in Van Metre brief
J A Hauge of Rolls sold several hundred head of sheep to Draper parties last week at good prices. The schoolhouse was finished with aid at the end of the week. O B Manson and wife with son F B Hanson left for Fergus Falls Minnesota where they previously lived.
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van Metre
G. D
J. A. Hauge
Rolls
O. B. Manson
F. B. Hanson
Fergus Falls
Minn
Livermont family travels and relocations after cattle shipment
A narrative notes moves after a livestock and goods shipment east of Van Metre. John Arar sold beef to Mr. Allen of St. Paul and shipped from Wendte. Mrs. Frank Livermont and three children plus Miss Iva Livermont depart for Cody Nebraska, joining Henry Livermont and Mrs. Cudmore bound for Whitehorse Cheyenne reservation to establish new homes.
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van Metre
John Arar
Allen
St. Paul
Wendte
Frank Livermont
Iva Livermont
Henry Livermont
Cody
Neb
Fred Cudmore
Whitehorse
Cheyenne Reservation
Taft Arrives in Natchez Amid Welcome Parade
President Taft lands in Natchez at 9 30 AM after a three hour delay and tours business streets then delivers a brief address at the public square. He is greeted by city officials and businessmen as streets glow with national colors.
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Natchez
Taft
Seized Grecian Naval Arsenal Sparks Revolt At Athens
Athens October 29 Tybaldos led 800 sailors in seizing the Grecian navy arsenal at Balamy to demand senior officers retire and force abdication of King George. Younger officers back the revolt claiming officers are too old for service while the military league calls Tybaldos a traitor.
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Athens
Tybaldos
Balamy
Military League
George
Johnson Named Episcopal Bishop After Hare Death
Frederic Foote Johnson becomes regular bishop of the Episcopal diocese of South Dakota following the death of Bishop William Hobart Hare. Johnson has led active work for about a year and assisted Hare for three years.
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Sioux Falls
William Hobart Hare
Episcopal Diocese of
South Dakota
Frederic Foote Johnson
Hare
Sues head of Secret Service for $25 000
John Murray a Political Refugees Defense League representative sues Chief Wilkie of the U S Secret Service for 26000 claiming he was held incommunicado in jail during President Taft's visit and later released for lack of evidence Deputy Marshal Lancaster and Secret Service Operative Priest named as defendants with Wilkie.
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San Antonio
Tex
Taft
John Murray
Political Refugees’ Defense League
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Lancaster
Secret Service
Priest
Chief Yellow Breast Dies From Wagon Accident
Old Brule Sioux warrior Chief Yellow Breast, aged about 85 to 90 and a figure in the Custer massacre, died at his Ponca Creek cabin from injuries suffered when he fell from a wagon about three weeks earlier. He had recently been confirmed as an Episcopal church member by Assistant Bishop Johnson of Sioux City.
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Ponca Station
Rosebud Reservation
Ponca Creek
Yellow Breast
Custer
Episcopal Church
Johnson
Seven Hurt as Freight Collides with Immigrant Train
Huntington Ind Oct 29 Seven people were injured with two feared dead after a fast freight crashed into an immigrant train at Tocsin Indiana. Firemen and police rushed to the scene as rescuers tended to the wounded and secured the area. The collision disrupted rail service through the region as investigators began probing the cause of the wreck.
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Indiana
Huntington
Ind
Tocsin
Fights To Recover His Estates In Historic Chaloner Case
Charlottesville Virginia October 25 The noted case of John Armstrong Chaloner formerly Chanler fights to recover estates he claims were illegally taken. Prominent New York society names enter the controversy including Chanler family members and Amelie Rives now Princess Troubetsky. Chaloner battled insanity declarations in New York and Virginia and sought a safe conduct from the Supreme Court to pursue his rights in New York.
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Charlottesville
John Armstrong Chaloner
Chanler
New York
Chaloner
Virginia
John Jacob Astor
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
William Astor Chanler
Winthrop Chanler
John Armstrong Chanler
Amelie Rives
Princess Troubetsky
Bloom-ingdale
Thomas T. Sherman
Bloomingdale
Philadelphia
Lynchburg
United States Supreme Court
Convention of Suffragists at Carnegie Hall Tonight
New York October 29 The women s suffrage convention to be held at Carnegie Hall promises to be the largest and most enthusiastic gathering of advocates of women s rights in the country Mrs Clarence Mackey will preside and many internationally known reform figures will be present on the platform.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Clarence Mackey
Accused Murderer Must Face Trial in Kentucky Case
Thomas H. Patton of Henderson Kentucky was shot and killed about 22 years ago after a road confrontation with Alexander McFarland who fled the state. McFarland later settled in southern West Virginia under the name Press Carter, marrying again and rearing a new family unaware of a $600 reward for Patton’s murder. He has been arrested in Huntington and is to be returned to Kentucky for trial.
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Huntington
W. Va
Thomas H. Patton
Hendricks
Alexander McFarland
Kentucky
McFarland
Patton
Lhe State
West Virginia
Fife
Press Carter
Sheepmen
Basin County
Ferris
Keyes
Hunge
Big Horn county face costly murder trial amid juror fees shortage
In Sheridan Wyoming on October 26 authorities in Big Horn county face a debt crisis as seven cattlemen await trial for the April Spring Creek killings of three sheepmen. Jury lists dispute and fears of delay threaten the case as defenses seek separation from co defendants and state militia guards hold vacancies in Basin jail.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Big Horn County
Spring Creek
Basin
C. H. Parmelee
Ed. Eaton
Herbert Brink
George Saban
M. A. Alexander
Thomas Dixon
Board of Commissioners
Charlee Ferris
William Keyes
Keyes
Ferrie
Sheridan County
Deserter Sheepman Linked to Cattlemen Feud and Fatalities
A county sheepman once celebrated for his enterprise absconded amid violent denunciations of sheepowners. The feud with cattlemen deepened after his desertion. Lazier, a French citizen and victim, prompted a French indemnity claim. During a preliminary hearing, Bill Garrison testified and then killed himself.
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Lazier
France
Bill Garrison
Kansas City Murderer Confesses Triple Family Slaying
James McMahon confessed to authorities that he killed his two sisters and brother-in-law Alonzo von Royen and Rose McMahon in Kansas City Kansas. He exonerated his brother Patrick and farmhand Patrick Lamb saying the murders grew from an old quarrel and were planned two months prior.
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Kansas City
Kansas
James McMahon
Alonzo von Royen
Rose McMahon
Patrick
Patrick Lamb
James
No foreclosure on Walsh despite unpaid notes
Chicago October 29 creditors show no disposition to foreclose on Walsh. Walsh failed to pay interest on 7,000,000 dollars in notes, but creditors will allow more time to dispose of the railroads to recover the money.
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Chicago
Walsh
Postmistress Appointed At Clough Meade County
Miss Corabel Childs says she is now postmistress at Clough and busy with a large work force. She notes quick settlement of the country with new houses rising, a big roundup of thirty five cowboys leaving signs of the fading west, and that she and her daughter will not visit Yankton again until August to prove up.
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Yankton Press
Dakotan
Corabel Childs
Clough
Meade County
West
Captain and Crew Reported Lost After Steamer Hestia Wreck
Eastport Maine October 27 No word has come from Captain Newman and twenty five sailors believed lost in an open boat from the wrecked steamer Hestia Six sailors were rescued Four Scottish boys among the drowned passengers Marines say thirty one sailors were aboard the missing boat totaling thirty five deaths
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Eastport
Newman
White predicts end of Cannon's reign in Kansas politics
William Allen White warned in Kansas City that Cannon Republicans will be ousted in the Sixty-third Congress. He forecast a clean sweep, with opposition to every Cannon man and a rising progressive movement by the Taft era's close.
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Kansas City
William Allen White
Kansas
White
Cannon
Mr. White
West
Middle West
Taft
Republican Party
Judge Gross cup sparks debate on women in work
Chicago readers report Federal Judge Gross cup's speech arguing women lack ability for real work. He claims women fail to interpret music, cannot be scientists or doctors, and are not fit for theology or judicial roles, suggesting they endlessly question omniscience.
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Chicago
Grosscup
Sullivan Referee Debate Over Johnson Jeffries Fight
In New York on October 29 the only dispute expected between Jeffries and Johnson is over the referee. John L Sullivan is the only name mentioned with Johnson wanting him and Jeffries opposed after Sullivan predicted Johnson would finish Jeffries quickly.
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John L. Sullivan
Johnson-Jeffries
New York
Jeffries
Johnson
Sullivan
Bishop Hare Arrives in Yankton After Dakota Storm Era
Rev. Mr. Hare arrives in Yankton on April 29 1873 to lead the Dakota Indians after a severe Dakota storm. He finds cattle carcasses snow banks and reports the Seventh Cavalry encamped nearby fleeing the tempest as he begins mission work among natives, whites, and missionary women in the territory.
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Sioux Falls
Mr. Hare
Niobrara
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Dakota
Yankton
Custer
Seventh
United States Cavalry
Bishop Hare
La Follette Attacks Cannon With Wolf Metaphor
Madison today La Follette issues another attack on Cannon calling him a long fanged wolf and saying his depredations in the sheep fold of the people are numbered. The paper labels Cannon a Republican while Lincoln was not, and notes Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Cannon
Lincoln
Hinky Dink
John
White Slave Traffic Discussed At Iowa Health Officers Meet
Des Moines Oct 26 The annual conference of Iowa state and local health officers drew about 400 delegates. Main topics included the white slave traffic and its suppression along with milk supply sanitation tuberculosis treatment and quarantine laws.
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Des Moines
State and
Iowa
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