German Ambassador Sternburg Dies in Heidelberg
Baron von Sternburg German ambassador to the United States died at the Hotel Victoria Heidelberg after a lupus diagnosis. His wife Lilian May-Lanhham of Louisville was present. Possible burial near Dresden. funeral plans not set.
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Germany
Speck von Sternbare
United States
Victoria
Lilian May-Lanhham
Louisville
Hamburg
Vincent Czerny
Baron von Sternburgs
Kof. Czerny
Dresden
Baron von Sternburg
New York
America
Berlin
Foreign Office
Hermann von Hatzifeldt-Wildenburg
Washington
Roosevelt
Prince Bulow
Count von Goetzen
Herr von Reichenau
Brazil
Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Japan
William
May Stanley Lay
Baltimore
Loney
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sternburg
Beverely Farm
Mass
United Argies
Theodore Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park Robbery by Lone Highwayman
A daring one man stage robbery occurred Monday in Yellowstone Park Utah. He held up 11 coaches near Spring Creek along the upper geyser basin route, taking about $2000 in cash and valuables including drafts worth $10,000. About 125 passengers were detained while the bandit escaped as soldiers pursued the suspect. The robber is described as five feet eight inches, with bluish gray eyes and bristling gray whiskers.
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Spring Creek
Cic
B. Drew
Lando
Fla
Hi Waskin
Oklahoma
Thumb Station
English Recluse Herbert Frier Found Dead at Ranch
Herbert Frier, an English recluse and ranch owner controlling 5,731 acres plus other property, was found dead at his ranch house in Nentura California on Monday, apparently by his own hand.
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Nentura
Cal
Herbert Frier
Tragedy Strikes Greencastle Man in Traction Engine Blast
Garl Kizer of Greencastle was fatally killed when a traction engine exploded while he was hulling clover, instant death reported at the scene.
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Garl Kizer
Greencastle
Springfield Man Murdered in Timely Police Case
Thomas Brady, 65, was murdered in his Springfield room at 915 East Washington Street. His roommate Frank Sullivan, 24, and $14 hidden in Brady's trunk were missing. Initial race tension reports gave way to a confirmed homicide with a suspect in Monticello under arrest.
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Springfield
Ill
Thomas Brady
Brady
East
Washington Street
Frank Sullivan
Sullivan
Monticello
Bank cashier Alonzo Walters kills himself to avoid arrest
Americus Ga August 25 Alonzo Walters 55 cashier of the Bank of Ellaville was found dead in the Windsor hotel lavatory with a bullet wound and a pistol nearby. A warrant had been issued hours earlier for his arrest on alleged bank discrepancies totaling about 4000 dollars.
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Americus
Alonzo Walters
Bank of
Ellaville
Windsor
Walters
Press Humorists Convene in Denver for Convention Week
The American Press Humorists association opened its sixth annual convention in Denver on Monday and will stay in session through the week. On Wednesday night the humorists stage an entertainment at a local theater to benefit the Bill Nye monument fund.
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Denver
American Press Humorists’ Association
Bill Nye
Rules Against the Distillers in Imitation Whisky Case
Judge Thompson denied the Union Distilling Company and others a temporary injunction blocking the government from enforcing its order that imitation whisky be branded as such.
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Cincinnati
Judse Thompson
United States
Union Distilling Company
Two youths drown saving companion at Ardmore lake
In Ardmore Oklahoma on August 25 George Stevens 15 and Manford Jenkins 16 drowned in a lake. Stevens could not swim and Jenkins drowned while attempting to save him.
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Ardmore
Okla
Aue
George Stevens
Manford Jenkins
Stevens
Jenkins
Lad Kills Self in Pique in Ekakaka Montana Area
Belle Fourche S D August 25 A 14 year old John Calkins son of Mr Calkins Ekakaka Mont killed himself after being refused a trivial request.
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Self
Belle Fourche
S. D
John
Calkins
Ekakaka
Mont
Hue
Train Hits Bull Four Dead Near Eugene
Four persons died when the Cottage Grove local of the Southern Pacific struck a bull on the track and derailed, piling the train into a ditch near Eugene Oregon. The incident occurred on August 25.
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Eugene
Ore
Cottage Grove
Southern Pacific
Steers Blown Apart by Dynamite Accident at Plymouth
Two steers owned by Oscar Huff near Plymouth ate dynamite and were blown to pieces after Huff struck them with stones. Local officials investigated the unusual fatal incident and the farmer faced questions about the accident.
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Plymouth
Oscar Huff
Huff
New York Exchange to Probe Massive Saturday Trading
A five member NYSE committee will investigate a Saturday session in which over 1.1 million shares traded in large blocks. Officials seek to determine if orders were matched to fake activity and identify the prime mover behind the extraordinary market action.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
R. B. Thomas
George H. Ely
The
Exchange Clearing House
Body of man believed to be McCracken found in Arkansas River
Tulsa officers report the body of a man believed to be William McCracken, who vanished August 9 after taking out life insurance for 2,900 dollars, was recovered from the Arkansas River near Osage Junction. Insurance firms resist payout, claiming the disappearance was part of a fraud.
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Tulsa
Okla
William McCracken
Nelotony
Arkansas River
Osage Junction
Me Cyracken
La Crosse Hotel Man Dies
William Bronson proprietor of the Hotel Bronson in La Crosse Wisconsin and a widely known Northwest hotel man died Monday at age 73.
Pestween Christiania Schools Closed for Smallpox Outbreak
All schools in Christiania are to be closed and tightly enclosed due to a serious outbreak of smallpox, authorities announce.
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Christiania
Erie Detective Peter Young Found Unconscious on Tracks
Erie detective Peter Young was found unconscious along the railroad tracks and authorities suspect a trampling or assault by transients. The incident is under investigation with injuries not specified.
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Peter Young
Erie Railroad
Seven Cruisers and Torpedo Boats Sail From San Francisco
Seven cruisers headed by the West Virginia with the destroyer Preble depart San Francisco on a cruise to Hawaii and Samoa. The column shows a sharp contrast of torpedo craft and cruisers as they sail from the Golden Gate.
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San Francisco
West Virginia
W. T.swinburn
Preble
Golden Gate
Hawaii
Samoa
Sydney
Fort MacQuarie
Commonwealth
New York
Tokio
Japan
Tragic Brooklyn Fire Kills Mother and Two Children
A gas stove explosion in a Brooklyn home caused a fire that burned three year old Joseph and left infant Charles dead after a mother Mrs. Mary Abruzzo threw the baby from a third story window and leaped after it. Both mother and infant died later from injuries.
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New York
Mary Abruzzo
Brooklyn
Joseph
Charles
Gentleman Stabs During Revival Then Kneels in Prayer
In Dexter Missouri a revival in a Gospel tent ended with a youth, 19, alleged to be under conviction, stabbing Oscar Leathers outside the tent and returning to kneel with the group as Rev E C Butler prayed. The assailant, Joseph N Horton, reportedly fled after the stabbing.
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Dexter
E. C. Butler
Joseph N. Horton
Oscar Leathers
Woman Murdered Near London In Desolate Wood Attack
The wife of Maj. Gen. Charles Edward Luard was killed Monday afternoon in a desolate wood near Sevenoaks outside London. Police say the motive was robbery and rings were taken from her fingers.
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London
Charles Edward Luard
Sevenoaks
Fires destroy two new towns on railroad line
Aberdeen South Dakota Aug 25 Lowry and Alaska two new towns on the Minneapolis and St Louis road in southern Walworth county were partially destroyed by incendiary fires late Sunday night and early Monday morning.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Lowry
Alaska
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Walworth County
Robbers Loot Westfield Home of C D Hess
Robbers entered the Westfield residence of C D Hess and after drugging the occupants fled with numerous valuables. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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C. D. Hess
Westfield
Kern Named Democratic Vice President Nominee at Indiana Rally
John W Kern was announced as the Democratic nominee for vice president at the Indiana fair grounds Colosseum after speeches by Theodore E Bell and William J Bryan. About fifteen thousand attended as Bryan discussed trusts and party leaders held a reception and luncheon.
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Ind
John W. Kern
Colosseum
State
Fair Grounds
Theodore E. Bell
California
Kern
Thomas Marshall
Indiana
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Mack
Mr. Bryan
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
N. Y
P. J. Hall
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Roger Sullivan
Illinois
Robert Ewing
Louisiana
J. T. Lloyd
Missouri
John S. Martin
Thomas Taggart
Stokes Jackson
Denison
New England
Hitchcock
Boston
Frank H. Hitchcock
Vermont
Weser
Hand Finds No Proof in Jerome Charges
Richard L. Hand of Elizabethtown appointed to probe charges against District Attorney William Travers Jerome of New York County filed a report for Governor Hughes. He finds none of the allegations proved and urges dismissal, praising Jerome for zeal and public duty.
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Albany
N. Y
Richard L. Hand
Elizabethtown
Hughes
William Travers Jerome
New York County
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Hand
Meteor nearly hits Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill
A falling meteorite narrowly missed President Roosevelt's house at Sagamore Hill around midnight Monday. It embedded itself in the turf behind the president’s barn and was about the size of a brick.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
State to net 40 thousand from Western Union in tax suit
St Paul Minnesota August 25 1902 05 If the decision is sustained Minnesota can collect 40000 from Western Union Telegraph Co for back taxes from 1902 to 1905 inclusive Judge Hallam in Ramsey county district court Monday handed down a decision in the suit brought by the state ordering judgment in its favor for 40564 07.
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St. Paul
President Alfaro Arrives in Guayaquil for Climate Break
Ecuador's President Alfaro, whose health is not at its best, landed in Guayaquil from Quito on Monday seeking a climate change. He will stay for a fortnight. In his absence, Senate president Abelardo Moncayo will assume the duties of the government.
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Ecuador
Guayaquil
Alfaro
Quito
Senate
Abelardo Moncayo
Scent Murder Mystery In Monongahela River Near McKeesport
An unknown man, likely from Massachusetts, was found floating in the Monongahela River near McKeesport on Monday. His face is badly burned from carbolic acid and identification will probably be impossible.
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Pittsburg
Massachusetts
Monongahela River
McKeesport
Woman and daughter Injured in Runaway Near New Castle
Mrs. P. L. Harry and her daughter were found lying along a road after a runaway accident near New Castle. The mother is listed as possibly not surviving the injuries.
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P. L. Harry
New Castle
Lana
Storm Brings Wedding Bells in Maryville
John Francis ODonnell of Chicago and Miss Anna E. Mallaun of Cincinnati plan a September wedding at Conception Abbey Nodaway County. The couple met during a rainstorm at Bartlesville and were to wed with Father John presiding before ODonnell’s European trip. A dispensation from the bishop allows the ceremony due to time constraints.
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Bartlesville
Okla
John Francis O'Donnell
Chicago
Anna E. Mallaun
Cincinnati
Trey
Father John
John
Europe
Conception Abbey
Nodaway County
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