Robber in Fake Captain Steals Cash in Berlin Raid
A daring mounted robbery occurred in Coepenick near Berlin as a man in a guards captain uniform used a forged cabinet order to command a detachment of 12 troops. The crew arrested the town officials, seized about 1000 dollars, and rode off toward Berlin with the money. The fraud was uncovered at Berlin HQ and the culprit vanished with no clues. In Colorado, two armed men robbed a Denver & Rio Grande train No 5 at Malta, forcing the express to yield, and stole about $50 after blowing the safe.
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Berlin
Coepenick
Colorado
Leadville
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Malta
Mexican plotters arrested in Texas for revolution
United States marshals seized four Mexicans at Del Rio charged with fomenting a revolution and arming revolutionists who recently captured Jiminez. The group led a junta with branches in El Paso, Laredo, and Brownsville, aiming to overthrow the Mexican government. They face conspiracy charges to organize a military expedition into Mexico.
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Texas
San Antonio
Tex
United States
del Rio
Jiminez
Mexico
el Paso
Laredo
Brownsville
St. Louis
Premier Denies Newfoundland Papers Misstate Vendi
Premier Hand says US newspapers false on Newfoundland’s role in the modus vivendi. He asserts Newfoundland conceded nothing and urged imperial support while opposing the agreement as a violation of colonial rights. Washington calls Potomac episode a minor irk with duties paid as courtesy, not right, unlike French ships.
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United States
St. Johns
N. F
Hand
Newfoundland
Washington
Bay of Islands
Miquelon
Submarine Lutin Confirmed Sunk Off Tunis
Paris reports official confirmation that the French submarine Lutin sank off the jetties near Tunis after disappearing from a tug’s view during exercise. The craft, a single screw steel vessel with nine crew, prompted search and drag operations to 130 feet. A prior Tunisian loss, Fardet in 1905, also involved a door left open and 13 men perished. Alleged bunco arrests in Salt Lake City and Hot Springs relate to a separate $10,000 robbery. Salt Lake police recovered $1,600 and George A Sheets was later jailed for felony complicity.
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Paris
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Tunis
Lutin
Fardet
Sidi
Abdallsh
Rotier
Bunco
George A. Sheets
Salt Lake
Ingersoll Widow Loses Fat Fee From Will Case
Boston date Oct 17 United States circuit court of appeals set aside a lower court judgment of 138000 in favor of Eva Ingersoll widow of Robert G Ingersoll. The fee sought related to legal services in settling Andrew J Davis estate Butte Montana. Appeals court held Ingersoll did not perform the services that would trigger a contingent fee tied to breaking the will.
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Boston
Eva Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ingersoll
Andrew J. Davis
Butte
Mont
Court of Appeals
Ing
Indictment Against Standard Oil of Indiana Reaches 1524 Counts
Jackson Tenn Oct 17 grand jury returns a voluminous indictment charging Standard Oil of Indiana with transporting carloads at discriminating rates across the South over three years. Each of 1524 counts carries up to 20,000 fine. total potential fines run to 30.48 million. The probe stems from Garfield’s Grand Junction rate findings.
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United States District Court
Standard Oil Company of
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Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Grand Junction
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
Ind
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Windham Glacier Sudden Activation Reports Drifted Debris
Alaskan Glacier in Taku inlet near southeast coast has surged forward breaking through sand and gravel and extends toward tidewater. Masters returning from Skagway say the inlet is filled with ice and timber shed by Windham glacier, previously obscured by a moraine forest.
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Seattle
Wash
Windham
Taku Inlet
Alaska
Skagway
Windam Glacier
Reading Railway Announces Wage Increases
Reading Pa Oct 17 The Reading railway raises wages for engineers firemen conductors brakemen yardmen and other class employees on all divisions by five to ten percent effective October 1.
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Reading
Reading Railway
Buckeye Briefs: Auto Crash, Exhumation, and Other Ohio Notes
Ohio brief reel covers an auto crash on Detroit avenue injuring four including Miss Anna Schmittel and George Hartman with severe burns and critical injuries. Clyde Deshler reports a death by own action case involving Miss Jennie Decker and lover Orson Broka. Columbus hospital trustees reorganize Athens state hospital with Gov Harris overseeing appointments. Fred Caster sentenced to die in electric chair for murder of Officer Dan Davis. Marietta hosts Washington County veterans reunion and DAR state conference with a bronze tablet unveiling at Marietta College. Upper Sandusky reports a revolver accident injuring a mother and infant sister. Irving McDowell Garfield marries Miss Susan Emmons in Falmouth.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Detroit Avenue
Lakewood
Qandard
Anna Schmittel
Hulda Ackerman
Benjamin Camen
George Hartman
M. J. Mandelbaum
Caster
Columbus
Fred Caster
Dan Davis
Supreme Court
Marietta
Washington County Union Veterans’ Association
R. B. Brown
Grand Army
Daughters of the American Revolution
Marietta College
Ohio Company Association of New York
Grain and Livestock Market Highlights Across Cities
Cattle and hog prices vary by city with regions like Chicago East Buffalo and Pittsburg showing mixed values. Wheat and corn futures listed. oats and rye prices noted. calf and lamb ranges provided alongside sheep and cattle categories for sellers and buyers.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
New York
Drake Decree Halts Probing and Court Ruling
Columbus reports the Drake investigating committee lacked power to probe Cincinnati as the Ohio Supreme Court sustains demurrer and dismisses petition. The ruling cites the general assembly's unitary authority and denies independent authority for a select investigative panel. Speaker Thompson predicts a joint resolution and new committee at next session. Slater plans supreme court appeal after circuit ruling on Johnson appointment.
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Columbus
Drake
State Senate
Cincinnati
General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Shauck
Price and Summer
J. J
Supreme Court
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W. D. Guilbert
Drake Commission
Davis
First National Bank
Springfield
Carmi A. Thompson
House
Williams
Noted Woman Mrs Jefferson Davis Dies in New York
Mrs. Jefferson Davis widow of the Confederacy president died at the Hotel Majestic New York of pneumonia after a cold from Adirondack summer. Attending were daughter Mrs J Addison Hayes grandson Jefferson Davis Hayes niece Mrs Charles E Bateson and Dr Gustav Webb. Body to be buried beside husband in Richmond. Mormon Church Funds Case Rules Against Enjoining President Smith.
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New York
Hotel Majestic
Davis
Adirondacks
J. Adison Hayes
Newark
N. J
Jefferson Davis Hayes
Princeton University
Charles E. Bateson
Gustav Webb
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Joseph Smith
Morse
State District Court
Smith
Don Carlos Musser
Charles A. Smuthwaite
Moors Readies for Holy War Amid Registration Figures
Across Greater New York total registration reached 662,090 this year from 643,744 last year as reports show political and social tensions.
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Algeria
Greater New York
Gold Hill
Salisbury
N. C
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Fremont
Grosvenor
Congress
Ottawa
Cliff Vineyards and the Rhine Tales of Romance
The Chicago Post essay discusses cliff vineyards on the Rhine as a lesson in farming versus American plots. It contrasts terraced slopes with American landscapes, notes the romance and drama of frowning castles, and recalls a legend of a nobleman who killed himself while dropping stones on rescuers.
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Rhine
America
Grand Canyon
Eliffa
Chicago Post
Tiny Japanese bathroom fits a round tub and simple fittings
A Craftsman writer describes a compact 4 by 6 foot Japanese bathroom with four items: a stool, brass wash basin, wooden pall and dipper, and a round white wooden tub. Heat is supplied by a copper funnel with lit charcoal. ventilation relies on bamboo lattice walls and a moon window. Estimated cost totals 11 yen for setup.
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Japan
Petroleum's Early Names and Medieval Roots in English
The text traces petroleum's history from 14th century familiarity with the term petrol and petroleum, noting medieval Latin origins and references in the Sloane manuscript and 16th century metaphor by Lodge, with the term reemerging during the motor era from French usage for refined oil.
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America
Father de la Roche Allien
Peter
Lodge
Declined Nomination in Thirty sixth District Race
Buffalo New York October 17 C B Mathews who was nominated by the Independence league for congress in the Thirty sixth district has declined the nomination for business reasons.
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Buffalo
N. Y
C. B. Mathews
Independence League
Congress
Giant King Og Bedstead Size and Giant Bones Debate
The text notes Og of Bashan with a bedstead nine cubits long and questions whether he matched that length. It discusses bones claimed as giants in various countries and argues many such remains are from prehistoric animals, not humans.
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