Tal Shooters Involve Fatal Wounding And Legal Action
A series of violent incidents unfolds with shootings, arrests, and legal actions in the region. A man named Kingsbury is fatally shot after a dispute over a division, Baer wounded, and a second case details a bedroom shooting with a wife wounded in the brain but surviving. Henry Waters faces a preliminary hearing. Other items report a new normal school building, a factory injunction against Hardin, and a church member expelled for leading a double life.
Three Fugitive Convicts Captured in Kansas
Three more of twenty six Fort Leavenworth escapees were captured near Cottonwood Falls Kansas by prison guards after a brief battle. Guilbert Mullen Southerland and Fred Robinson were taken with Southerland wounded. Guards reported no injuries.
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Bazar
Kan
Kansas City
Fort Leavenworth
Cottonwood Falls
Guilbert Mullen
Fred Robinson
Southerland
Topeka
Sheriff Cook
Council Grove
Mullen
Judge sentences Hearst editors in contempt case
Chicago judge sentenced Andrew M. Lawrence to 40 days in county jail and H F Canfield to 30 days for contempt linked to an article in the Chicago American. Discharges were granted to S S Carvalho and J F Hammond. W R Hearst Clare Briggs and Homer Davenport remain to be brought to court. A habeas corpus writ issued.
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Chicago
Haneey
Hearst
Chicago American
Andrew M. Lawrence
H. F. Canfield
Carvalho
J. F. Hammond
W. R. Hearst
Clare Briggs
Homer Davenport
American
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
Lawrence and
Canfield
Dunne
Forest fires threaten towns across four states in November gale
Dispatches report wildfires raging near Red Bud and Alto Pass Illinois Poplar Bluff Missouri and Sedgwick Arkansas. North of Red Bud woods along Black Creek and Richland Creek bottoms burn as farmers struggle to save homes. Alto Pass area is in great danger with the blaze within a half mile of town driven by a fierce gale.
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St. Louis
Red Bud
Alto Pass
Ill
Poplar Bluff
Sedgwick
Ark
Black Creek
Richland Creek
Alto
Panama not fallen, rebels not capture Panama City
Reports from passengers on the Ori zaba say Panama City remains under government control. Lt. C Hunt noted calm conditions since November 6 and said forces like the Iowa and Machias could shield foreign interests. General Alban reportedly holds 1,506 troops with arms, rebels shown near Culebra and Empire but not harming residents.
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Panama
New York
Orizaba
C. Hunt
Panama Railroad
Hunt
Iowa
Colon
Alban
Culebra
Empire
Kochs Theory Tested By Tuberculosis Injection
A Brooklyn woman, Miss Emma H. King, volunteered to receive injections of bovine tubercle bacilli from a cow infected with tuberculosis. Dr George D Burney administered the virus on both sides of her neck to test Kochs theory that bovine bacilli cannot infect humans. The cow had earlier been inoculated with a consumer bacillus.
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Koch
New York
George D. Burney
Emma H. King
Brooklyn
Barney
New Pastor at Huron Church
Rev H D Wiard plans to leave Fort Dodge Iowa for a pastorate in South Dakota. The message is part of a broader 1901 Thanksgiving day proclamation by South Dakota Governor Charles N Herreid setting November 28 as a day of rest and prayer urging gratitude for prosperity, divine guidance, and public virtue.
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H. D. Wiard
Fort Dodge
Iowa
South Dakota
Charles N. Herreid
Commonwealth
Pierre
A. D
O. C. Berg
Mrs Ida Schultz and Alleged Paramour Held on Adultery Charge
Mrs Ida Schultz wife of Garretson hotel landlord and Charles Flick of Garretson were jailed in Sioux Falls on adultery charges. Authorities plan to test Mrs Schultz for mental condition amid reports she has been demented and threatened to kill her husband. The couple recently moved from Sioux City to Garretson.
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Igaret Strigham
Sioux Is
Falls
S. D
Stringham
Ida Schultz
Sioux Falls
Garretson
Charles Flick
Robbers Loot Postoffice at Komstad South Dakota
The Centerville post office eight miles southeast of Centerville was burglarized Friday night. The safe was blown and stamps taken along with a revolver owned by the postmaster. Two men were seen nearby the previous afternoon. one described as medium height with a dark mustache in a gray overcoat and stiff hat. The other man remained unseen.
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Centerville
S. D
Komstad
Waters Charged in Murder of Middlesworth
Centerville November 12 The coroner's jury returns verdict that Joe Middlesworth died from a gunshot wound inflicted by William Waters with intent to kill Waters jailed at Parker awaiting arraignment likely held without bail for February circuit term
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William Wade
Joe
Centerville
Hurley
Pwsmere
Joe Middlesworth
William Waters
Waters
Parker
Rev H D Wiard Named Pastor Of Huron Church
Rev H D Wiard of Fort Dodge Iowa accepts a call to the First Congregational Church in Huron South Dakota and will arrive late this month to assume duties. He led Congregational missions in South Dakota, then Fort Dodge church for six to seven years, and is regarded as a leading NW divine and pulpit orator.
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Huron
S. D
H. D. Wiard
Fort Dodge
First Congregational Church
Wiard
South Dakota
California
Congregational
Northwest
State
Formal Settlement Expected at Northern Pacific Meeting
New York通信 reports that no formal announcement will be made now but at tomorrow’s Northern Pacific directors meeting the settlement terms between E. H. Harriman and James J. Hill will be approved. Burlington and other roads may follow, revealing plans for a unified proprietary structure, possibly with one main company and minor subsidiaries to satisfy state laws.
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New York
Commercial Advertiser
Northern Pacific
E. H. Harriman
James J. Hill
Burlington
Chicago
Gathmann Gun System To Be Tested At Sandy Hook
Washington November 14. The final test of the Gathmann gun system will occur today at Sandy Hook proving grounds. An 18 inch Gathmann gun costing 65000 will fire torpedoes with high explosive against 12 inch Krupp plates, while a modern 12 inch army gun fires at the same target. The trial costs the government 125550. The fate of the system hinges on these results and the range for testing remains at 2000 to 3000 yards as decided by the supervising board.
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Washington
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Gathmann
Congress
War Department
O'Neil
Gathmann Gun Company
Arctic Brings 118 Passengers and 250000 in Gold
The schooner Arctic arrived in Seattle from Nome with 118 passengers and 250000 dollars in gold. It reports meeting the Ralph D. Long near Dutch Harbor and notes many privations among the sixty passengers. Colonel Wm. A. Oliphant, for an Indiana syndicate, bought 214 Gold Hill mining claims for 750000 dollars, including land with the Dawson post office.
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Arctic
Seattle
Wash
Nome
Ralph D. Long
Dutch Harbor
Wm. A. Oliphant
Indiana
Rural Free Delivery Funds Sought by Postmaster General
Postmaster General Smith in his upcoming annual report asks Congress to raise rural free delivery appropriations from 3,300,000 to 6,000,000 and to extend service as far as practicable. He calls the program highly useful and explains the department’s stance on second class mail matter including the center pound rate for legitimate newspapers.
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Washington
Smith
Congress
Department
Vitriol Attack in Fort Dodge Woman Hurls Vitriol
A strange woman signing as Julia Morehouse threw vitriol in the face of Mrs. George Wadsley at Dr. Bishop's office in Fort Dodge Iowa. The motive is unknown and the assailant fled as police remain baffled. Mrs. Wadsley suffered only slight facial burns while protecting her face.
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Fort Dodge
Julia Morehouse
George Wadsley
Great Grandson of Henry Clay Named U.S. District Judge
Henry Clay McDowell, great grandson of Henry Clay, is chosen to succeed Judge John Paul as United States district judge for the Western District of Virginia in Washington Ney le Hon.
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Washington, Ney le
Henry Clay McDowell
John Paul
United States
Western
Virginia
Henry Clay
Three Miners Killed In Powder Blast In Coal Field
Bluefield West Virginia reports Thomas Skyes Sam Davis and William Woodson blown to atoms while opening a keg of powder a spark from a miner lamp ignited it causing fatalities in the coal field today
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Bluefield
W. Va
Thomas Skyes
Sam Davis
William Woodson
Liberal land laws blamed for agricultural mood in East
The Industrial Commission report cites eastern farmers facing low mood due to western land openings and cheap railroad freight, shifting to truck farming and perishable goods. It notes conservatism and poor business planning as factors, while countering claims of excessive farmer rigidity.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Commission
East
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Storm in England Wrecks Hit Shipping and Floods Across Coasts
Violent storm sweeps the United Kingdom with wind rain and snow. Dover signals distress from six ships while an admiralty rocket crew aids a stranded vessel at South Foreland. Floods close mills and schools as rivers rise and shipyards idle.
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Channel
London
United Kingdom
Dover
South Foreland
Admiralty
Lake District
Westmoreland Hills
Blackburn
Kitchener Locates General DeWet in Northeast Orange River Colony
In his weekly report Kitchener places General DeWet in the northeastern Orange River Colony. He notes Boers gathering under DeWet’s leadership as the British plan to disperse them. Boer losses since November 4 total 63 killed 105 wounded 104 captured and 45 surrendered.
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Kitchener
Orange River Colony
London
DeWet
Consul Osborn Dead at Apia Samoa
A cable from Auckland reports Luther W. C. Osborn United States general at Apia Samoa died October 27 in Apia. Osborn born in New York appointed from Nebraska to the post in 1897 and died at age unspecified.
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Apia
Samoa
Washington
State Department
Auckland
New Zealand
Luther W. C. Osborn
United States
Osborn
New York
Nebraska
On Stranger's Trail Detectives Seek Alleged Incendiary
Butte Nebraska and New York reports reveal a fire in Butte with ten buildings burned and a suspect who vanished after threatening acts. Detectives search for the arsonist blamed for the blaze in the rebuilt district. Edwin C. Crane of Detroit died by taking carbolic acid in New York.
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Butte
Neb
New York
Edwin C. Crane
Detroit
Gilfrey
Leader of Leavenworth escape captured near Council Grove
Frank Thompson, leader of the Missouri prison break, was captured eight miles north of Council Grove after a gun battle with Deputy Marshal E A Prescott and local officers. Thompson was shot in the head but not seriously hurt. twelve convicts remain at large as authorities sweep several counties amid renewed robberies and fear.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank Thompson
Leavenworth
Council Grove
United States
E. A. Prescott
Thompson
Prescott
Michael
Cottonwood Falls
Lyon County
Ottawa
Emporia
Osage City
Lemon
Oswego
Alma
Union Pacific
Wamego
Six-Year-Old Fires At Passersby In Devils Lake
In Devils Lake North Dakota on November 13 a six year old boy, son of William Barber, seized a revolver and fired at pedestrians. Miles Miller narrowly escaped injury while Burt Crary, twelve, was shot through the right lung, likely fatally wounding him. The boy appeared unaware of the seriousness of his actions.
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Devils Lake
N. D
William Barber
Miles Miller
Burt Crary
Barber
Market Summary From Sioux City to Minneapolis
Sioux City reports mixed hogs at 5.45 to 6.60 and cattle from 1.25 to 6.40. Chicago hogs 5.20 to 6.80, cattle steady. South Omaha hogs 5.60 to 6.72, cattle lower. Kansas City cattle 4.75 to 6.40, hogs 5.25 to 6.95. Grain prices include No. 2 corn 41 to 44c, oats 42 to 44c, rye 60 to 64c, flax 1.48, wheat cash 72c.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
Kansas City
Northwestern
Minneapolis
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