Woman Fifty Years Old Rides Safely Over Niagara Falls
Mrs. Anna Edson Taylor, fifty, rode over Niagara Falls in a four and a half foot high barrel on the Canadian side. She survived with a scalp wound, slight brain concussion, shock, and bruises, and was conscious on rescue. The feat took eighteen minutes from takeoff to splashdown and seventeen more to reach shore. She is a school teacher from Bay City Michigan and may pursue financial gain from the stunt.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Anna Edson Taylor
Taylor
Bay City
Michigan
Pioneer Educator Horace Hale Dies Suddenly in Denver
Horace Morrison Hale former Colorado College president and father of Gen Irving Hale died at 8 30 after a hour long heart ailment in Denver. Born 1833 in Hollis NH he built a long career in education and public service including Union College Colorado University and duties in Central City and Denver. Funeral set for Sunday at 211 Logan Ave with burial at Fairmount.
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Denver
Horace M. Hale
Colorado College
Irving Hale
Hale
Horace Morrison Hale
Hollis
New Hampshire
John Hale
Prescott
Union College
Kenectady
West Bloomfield
New York
Nashville
Tennessee
Martha Ellin Huntington
Irving
United States Military Academy
Detroit
Michigan
Colorado
Central City
Territorial
State University of Colorado
Univsity of Colorado
Ohio Wesleyan University
Civil Service Reform Association
Associated Charities
Logan Avenue
Fairmount
John Creswell Dies Suddenly in Denver
John Creswell manager of the Denver Type Foundry Company died at his home 1215 South Fifteenth street at 4 30 yesterday morning of pulmonary hemorrhage. He had been active the day before and died after a heavy coughing spell. He leaves a wife and two daughters and was a prominent church treasurer and Mason. He served in the 1894 State Legislature as a Republican. The thirty third anniversary of his marriage will occur next Tuesday.
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Denver
John Creswell
Denver Type Foundry Company
South Fifteenth Street
Peck
Williams
Mr. Creswell
Hamilton
Ontario
United States
Chicago
1 Syndicate
Ice
Grace Mwethodist Episcopal Church
Creswell
C. J. Blakeney
Elizabeth Creswell
Joseph Creswell
Missionaries Reach Brigands Over Ellen Stone Kidnapping
Press dispatches report missionaries operating from akov Bulgaria have made contact with the brigands who abducted Miss Ellen M Stone and Mme K S Tsilka. It is unclear if ransom negotiations have begun though the missionaries on the spot are said to be pushed for rapid conclusion of the matter.
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Constantinople
Akov
Bulgaria
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. K. S. Tsilka
Kansas City Horse Show Sets Attendance Record
Kansas City, Oct. 25. A packed Convention hall broke all prior attendance marks for the city horse show. Standing room sold in the promenade as saddle horse class 45 awarded Post Boy to Adam Breck of London Ontario and Ladysmith to Miss Mella D. Everhardt of Colorado Springs.
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Kansas City
Indians Must Keep Away From Colorado Hunting Grounds
Governor Orman reports Interior Department orders to Indian Agent Myron of the White Rock Agency to remove the tribe from the Colorado hunting districts and return them to the reservation. Despite this, reports say Indians persistently raid Rio Blanco and Routt counties, killing game as Game Warden Harris heads to Meeker to seize and detain captives in Denver.
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Denver
Orman
Secretary of the Interior
Myron
White Rock
Colorado
Department of the Interior
Rio Blanco
Routt County
Harris
Meeker
Mrs Valle Arrested in Denver Murder Case
A News special from Fairplay reports Mrs Upside Vallie arrested at her Jeffer son home on murder charges. She is not in sheriff custody and bail seems unlikely. Officers claim new testimony but will not disclose details. Masons allegedly hire detectives who report to the district attorney.
Date Set for Czolgosz Execution at Auburn Prison
Albany Oct 25 Leon F Czolgosz will be electrocuted at 7 am on Tuesday October 20 at Auburn G arden Mead says this follows prison custom and allows Monday for final arrangements. Twenty six non transferable invitations have been issued for witnesses who must show their invitation to the warden for admission.
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Czolgosz
Albany
N. Y
Leon F. Czolgosz
Vident McKinley
Auburn
G.arden Mead
Valuable oil gusher struck in Wyoming
In Kemmerer, Wyoming, the Wyoming Paraffine Oil Company reports a steady oil flow from a well at 150 feet, producing about 50 barrels daily and expected to surge after a shot. The discovery, described as rich lubricating oil, could spur a rush to fossil field development with multiple rigs anticipated within weeks.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Denver Republican Special
Wyoming Paraffine Company
Wyoming Vpalattine Oil Company
Pocatello Railroad
WEES
Fiaal
Wyoming
Consolidated Oil Company
Wyoming Fine Company
Western Federation of Mine to Hold Denver Executive Session
Federation of Miners Denver reports the Western Federation of Mine will convene its executive board in Denver on November 6 as part of a major labor gathering. The last convention moved headquarters from Butte to Denver, and about 50 000 miners are represented by the executive council. President Boyce is expected to arrive soon to preside over the meetings.
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Edward
London
Reynolds
Denver
Washington
Samar Island People Ordered to Concentrate in Towns
The people of Samar were warned to concentrate in towns on pain of being treated as public enemies. Troops hold tense views about facing the enemy openly, with possible heavy retaliation. Reports speak of barbarous treatment of dead American soldiers by Filipinos recently.
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Manila
Island
Samar
Paris Aeronaut Offered 100000 Francs for Prize
Le Figaro reports Daniel Osiris a wealthy Parisian wrote to M. Ios-Dumont offering 100000 francs as compensation for a prize the Aerostation committee appears unwilling to award in the Deutsch promised competition.
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Dumont
Frances
Aris
le Figaro
Daniel Osiris
Paris
M. 1tos-Dumont
Aerostation Committee
M. Deutsch
President Roosevelt's Forty Third Birthday Observed Quietly
Washington on Sunday marked the forty third anniversary of President Roosevelt's birth with no formal celebration. Dr. Nichols of Baltimore visited the White House for part of the day and Commodore CowlesJoined him at dinner. The President attended religious services at Grace Reformed Church as usual.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Dr. Nichols
Baltimore
White House
Commine Cowles
Grace Reformed Church
Apex Oil Company Claims World’s Largest Gusher
Beaumont telegram reports Apex Oil Company of Kansas City has struck a monumental gusher at Spindle Top. The well is described as the highest ever, signaling a major oil discovery and boosting Apex as a leading Kansas City organization in the sector.
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Kansas City
Colorado notes on projects and crimes in 1902
Colorado news items report Eaton water works work advancing, three Pueblo burglaries on Oct 17, new railway mail clerks appointed, pensions payments for Colorado, Longmont building permits totaling 380000, Denver polo crowds and racing, Minnequa steel works payroll, Boettcher shipping station near Longmont, Teller county hospital bid, recruiting shifts for Philippines, art purchase in Central City, Hotel Colorado shooting incident, Ivywild land speculation, and a murder attempt at the Midland hotel with two deaths and an arrestee.
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Eaton
Pueblo
Walter S. Kelly
Denver
Theodore BH. Wilkenberg
Sterling
Clyde V Hummel
Montrose
Commissioner of Pensions
Colorado
Longmont
Gentlemen's Driving and Riding Club of
City Park Race Track
Minnequa Steel Works
Colorado & Southern
Boettcher
Loveland Sugar Factory
County Commissioners
Teller County
J Iway
Moynahan Avenue
Cripple Creek
Edwin
Edward Williams
Central City
Madge Barry
William Beal
John Swanson
Ndinavian House
Heal
Ivywild
International Realty Company
Stratton
Colorado Springs
Whitney
Rocky Mountain Smelter Company
Florence
New York Mirror
England
R. I. McDonald
Denver Markets Cattle Prices Drafted From Market Quotations
Denver market quotations show beef steers good to choice at 3.75 to 4.20 per cwt with mixed grades for cows and heifers. Western grassers range 3.00 to 5.25, veal calves under 700 pounds 3.00 to 4.50, and feeders over 700 pounds 3.00 to 3.75. Packers’ steady demand yields light to heavy packers around 5.00 to 6.10 and top choice cattle at 6.00 to 6.30 per hundredweight.
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F. P. Re
FP. P. R
Market prices for livestock and grains listed in cents and dollars
The notice lists sheep categories and grain prices including milling wheat at 08c per 100 pounds, Colorado bulk rye at 90c, oats Nebraska bulk at $1.83, Colorado white corn at 1.40, corn chop at 1.24, bran Colorado per 100 pounds at 0.0c, upland hay per ton 12.00 to 13.00, second bottom hay 10.00 to 11.00, Timothy hay 12.00 to 12.50, alfalfa prime 0, and straw 4.50, with other forage and hay varieties.
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Colorado
Nebra
Timothy
Clever
Cheyenne youths learn farming under agent’s push
An Indian agent taught Cheyenne schoolboys to milk cows for calves and to grow corn for sales. Despite jeers from elders, twelve of fifteen boys earned calves, then grew 2000 bushels of corn, sold it, and gained 35 steers. Each steer bore a boy’s brand, boosting pride and industry.
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Oklahoma
Chicago Chronicle
Voting by Mail In Australia
Victorian voters may vote by mail if they live more than five miles from a polling booth or cannot attend due to illness. Ballot papers are obtained from the returning officer via the local post office with witnesses present but not allowed to view the chosen candidates.
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Australia
Oldest Innkeeper Mary Lee Runs Beehive Fifty Years
Mrs Mary Lee of White Waltham is the oldest landlady in Berkshire with a fifty year tenancy of the Beehive public house. Now over 58, she upholds high morals, bans foul language, and even reads from the Bible in the taproom on Sundays. A London News profile notes her honesty, calm demeanor, and memorable appearance in a black silk bonnet as she quietly serves the community.
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Mary Lee
Berkshire
Lee
White Waltham
William S Gilbert III Recalled as Dying At Harrow Weald
William S Gilbert III dramatist and librettist of Gilbert and Sullivan is reported on his deathbed at Harrow Weald England. He is 65 and his career began with The Mikado and other operas from 1876 to 1885. His nurse Miss Nancy McIntosh, adopted into the Gilbert family, cared for him in decline.
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Arthur Sullivan
William S. Gilbert
Harrow Weald
England
Gilbert
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Patience
Nancy McIntosh
Texas to prosecute oil stock swindlers nationwide
The Chicago Tribune notes Texas will prosecute officers of nearly a hundred fraudulent oil companies for selling worthless stock totaling millions. Prompt action could have aided credulous investors and curbed the cloud over Texas oil investments, as the boom’s lax oversight harmed legitimate firms.
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Texas
Chicago Tribune
Pauncefote Expected to Secure canal treaty from London
Washington chatter says Lord Pauncefote will secure Britain’s consent to a canal compact drafted to U S desires. The agreement would abrogate the Clayton Bulwer treaty, freeing England from involvement in any future canal work or maintenance.
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Washington
Lord Pauncefote
London
England
United States
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Russia
Hague Court of Arbitration
Colorado Notes
Clampitt
Northpark
Fort Collins
Dan McFarlaine
McFarlane
Charles W. Cowdrey
James McFarlane
Dan
Ugh
Crouter
State Board of Equalizar.s
State Board of Assessors
Grey
Midland
Nelie Hardifer
William D. Flanders
Lyons
Vlanders
Hardifer
Flanders
Culls Ag & Tilens
Eastern
M. Les
William S. Gilbert III
D'Oyly Carte
Savoy Theater
Gilbert and Sullivan
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