Two Boys Captured After Great Northern Overland Holdup
Train robbery near Seattle ended with two youths captured and seven men, including three robbers, involved. Express car dynamited, sum under a thousand dollars taken, several injuries but no fatalities. Grant reports ensure no further harm to passengers or baggage, and three robbers fled by foot.
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Beattie
Wash
Great Northern Overland
Jwastheld
Ballard
Passeng E Jadies
G¢ Ballard
Charles ‘Anderson
the Express
Geandias
Excar
Grant
Mill's Side Of It Versus Railway Regulation Debate
The piece argues that 40 percent of a stated figure reflects preachings of a new doctrine on railway rate control by a federal authority. It contends no lasting rate cuts in the US for 25 years, claims tariffs shift reductions via reclassifications, and warns federal regulation would ruin railroads and bankrupt much of the industry.
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Twe
Opie
United’ States
Italian Bandits Target Boy for Ransom in Brooklyn Case
New York police investigate a ransom letter demanding 5000 by Tuesday to save Tony Marea wing, son of Italian contractor Michael Marea wing of Brooklyn. The note warns of the boy’s death and names a Secret Society, signed and mailed from Brooklyn post office. Father Picona of Brooklyn faces questions as authorities weigh links to the case.
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New
York
Michael Marea Wing
Brooks
Tony
Peshore Road
Oklyn
Atore Picona
Brooklyn
Marcaneina
yAli
Ian
Fatal nitroglycerin blast at Miller Station scene described
An explosion at Miller Station in Indiana on October 5 killed workers and left several men missing or blown apart. The incident involved nitroglycerin handling and occurred during packing operations, with casualties reported among the workers on site.
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Miller
Station
Ind
Mholson
Miller Station
Dangerous Crank Shoots Man In Greensburg
Pittsburg report cites Anthony W. Olesen, a mentally unbalanced suspect, shooting Hugh Hamilton in Greensburg after displaying socialistic pamphlets and a railroad ticket. Authorities link him to a White House incident, identify aliases Peter Elliott and Peter Olewin, and note admission to an asylum and later escape.
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Pittsburg
Anthony W. Olesen
Younestown
Hugh Hamilton
Greensburg
Olesen
Hamilton
Alexander Waldo
Waldo
Central Station
Minneapolis
White House
Izzel
New York Life License Revoked in Nevada Action
State comptroller Davis revokes New York Life Insurance Company license in Nevada amid investigation into corrupt management and funds. The notice to agents gives two weeks to close records while a management change is sought and honesty proof provided. The revocation remains pending further review.
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Nevada
Republicans sought $150000 campaign fund restitution
New York Oct 6 William Hepburn Russell acting for policy holders asks Attorney General Mayer for permission to begin suit against John A McC am president and George W Perkins vice president of New York Life Insurance to recover the 150000 contributed to the Republican campaign funds under state law the attorney general must sanction such a suit
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New York
John A. McCam
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Mayer
William Hepburn Russell
IOWAN ON THE STAND AT FREIGHT RATES HEARING
A. L. Ames president of the Iowa Corn Belt and Meat Producers association testified before the interstate commerce commission on livestock freight rates from Missouri river points to Chicago. He argued western railroads do not lose money on live stock shipments and called rates on live stock from western Iowa to Chicago too high, disadvantaging cattle shippers.
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Chicago
A. L. Ames
Iowa Corn Belt and Meat Producers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri River
Ames
Iowa
Suit to enjoin George Gould over Wabash board control
Joseph Ramsey Jr president of the Wabash files in St Louis circuit court for an injunction against a proposed annual meeting at Toledo. He alleges the meeting would help Gould and associates elect a board and president to control the Wabash next year and stifle traffic competition with Missouri Pacific between St Louis and Kansas City.
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St. Louis
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash
Iron Mountain and
Kansas City
But a Boyish Escapade Shocks Wall Street Bank Heist Sister Speaks
Miss Katherine Leonard sister of Harry Leonard who confessed to stealing 359000 dollars in securities from National City bank says her brother was protecting a Wall Street man and a woman. She claims the missing securities may be in a safe deposit vault and that lawyer Abraham Levy sees no criminal intent, calling it a foolish boyish escapade.
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New York
Katherine Leonard
Harry Leonard
National City Bank
Leonard
Wall Street
Abraham Levy
Senator Mitchell Breaks Rib in Fall at Portland Hospital
United States Senator John H. Mitchell, recently convicted in Oregon land fraud, is hospitalized in Portland after slipping on loose earth while watching the dry docking of the steamer Oceano. The injury is a broken rib with no serious complications expected due to his age.
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U. S
Oregon
Falls
Portland
Ore
United States
Jonn H. Mitchell
Mob Forces Judge to Rescind Order in Brighton Turmoil
In Brighton Colorado judge A H Guthiel faced a mob after ordering the seizure of slot machines and arrest of the sheriff and town marshal. He fled on a Union Pacific train, was dragged from a cab, and compelled to rescind the arrest order before continuing to Denver by train. The incident capped months of clashes with county officers.
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Denver
Colo
Brighton
Adams County
A. H. Guthiel
Judge Guthiel
Guthiel
Rosenfeld Assets Placed Under Receiver In Life Insurer Case
In Chicago on October 5 a federal court under Judge Bethea ordered the assets of B I Rosenfeld, Western Life Insurance Indemnity general manager, placed in the hands of a receiver Edwin Day named as receiver. Rosenfeld faces charges as a trafficker and wrecking of life insurance firms for personal profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Life Insurance Indemnity Company
B. I. Rosenfeld
Western Life
Bethea
Edwin
Rosenfeld
Indians Surrender After Drought Drives Crees Home
Chief Little Bear and about 300 Crees surrender after twenty years of resistance to Canada. Drought and lack of food force the tribe from Montana toward Onion Lake, Canada, with many members in Great Falls and Havre en route to the Canadian native land under Ottawa orders.
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Little Bear
St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
Butte
Mont
Montana
Onion Lake
Canada
Ottawa
Great Falls
Havre
United States
Lion Attacks Woman Lion Tamer During Circus Show
Miss Aimee Blondel, a lion tamer, was mauled in Gilman Illinois during a circus performance as the lion Roosevelt lunged. Cavalry troopers fired into the beast to save her, injuring the animal and likely saving Blondel from immediate death.
Six Die In Cabin Fire After Escape Of Husbands
Six persons including two women and four children were burned to death in a cabin in Edington West Virginia. The two husbands, all heads of the victim families, escaped the flames.
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Edington
W. Va
Third wicked attempt targets Marion family in poison plan
Jonathan Foulk of Marion travels from Cedar Rapids to Davenport to investigate alleged poisonings of his three children at the Soldiers' Orphans home. Poisoned candy in a package sickened the children, who are now recovering. He says this is the third attempt to poison them.
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Cedar Rapids
Jonathan Foulk
Marion
Davenport
Weather bulletin predicts strong corn yield across the belt
The weekly crop bulletin reports exceptionally favorable conditions for the week ending October 2 with warm dry weather boosting crops in the central valley and Atlantic coast. Rains reached the Rock mountains and north Pacific coast while frost touched the Rocky mountain area and northern mid Atlantic states with little harm. Missouri faced lodging losses as the corn crop neared maturity. overall corn yields are projected to be large with only 2 to 5 percent at risk from frost.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Central Valley
Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
Rock Mountain
North Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Missouri
Beyond Frosts Reach South Dakota Harvests Enormous Crops
Huron South Dakota October weather stayed warmer than normal with scattered light showers and dry spells allowing late crops to mature beyond frost danger. Wheat yields vary with some local disappointment. oats and spelt good. barley discolored. corn ripened and ready for cribbing. flax and millet strong. potatoes mixed but quality good. grass curing well and winter pasturage bright. ground dry for plowing. winter rye and limited winter wheat in southeastern counties under way.
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South Dakota
Huron
S. D
Frostless September Boosts Corn Prospects Across State
Des Moines report says a week of ideal weather with mean temperatures 6 to 9 degrees above normal and light rain. September frostless, late-season heat aids ripening with 9% or more corn well matured statewide and 5 to 20% at risk from a heavy frost. Overall crop quality described as extra good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bureau of Crops and Weather
Bigamist Carleton Convicted on multiple charges in Brooklyn
New York. Frederick E. Carleton, found guilty on three counts of bigamy and one count of grand larceny, receives a nine teen year aggregate term in state prison. Sentences include five years for marrying a second wife while the first was alive and four years for bigamy with Lulu Kettering. The grand larceny sentence runs ten years. Judge Aspinall denounces him as a villain and a danger.
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Frank E. Carleton
New York
Frederick Beb. Carleton
Brooklyn
Mary Gorman
Mary J. Smith
Lulu Kettering
Rochester
Henry Schaub
United States Navy
Carleton
Aspinall
Beet Resigns Over Belief In Hell Doctrine
London October 5. Dr Joseph Agar Beet the Methodist theologian and former dean of the Wesleyan college in Richmond has resigned his professorship. He says his principle is that he cannot believe in a material hell or everlasting physical torment.
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London
England
Joseph Agar Beet
Wesleyan College
Richmond
Beet
Novel Bank Opens With Investor Owned Savings Sharing Profits
Chicago capitalists unveil the Mutual bank claiming a groundbreaking model. It is organized as a bank, owned by stockholders, and promises to share profits equally with savings depositors, a first in the country under current laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mutual Bank
Railroad war on rate law cries of corruption
Former Senator William B. Chandler of New Hampshire accuses railroads of attempting to sway the president and buy legislators and officials to defeat government rate control. He warns of large capital, free transportation, and ministers and professors being enticed, urging support for a federal commission to fix remedial rates and enforce them.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
William B. Chandler
New Hampshire
United States
Elkins
Chandler
Congress
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway
Railroads
Spencer
Paul Morton
Apostle Paul
Ross
Roosevelt
Bryan
Sanctimonious Bigamist J Walter L Franklin Arrested
J Walter L Franklin was arrested by Birmingham detectives during Salvation Army services on a bigamy charge. He allegedly has three wives, including Cori Franklin of Newport Kentucky, a relative of Deputy Reeves, and Peachie Jones an 18 year old local Salvation Army worker. Franklin’s wives were reportedly moved or remarried following separations. The arrest occurred as a prayer service was led by Jones.
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J. Walter L. Franklin
Salvation Army
Birmingham
Ala
Franklin
Newport
Cori Franklin
Reeves
Toadvine
Peachie Jones
Novelty roundup of scattered incidents and events
Chicago solicitor J H W Vogel, from Phoenix Insurance, arrested for attempting to kiss Mrs Isabelle Dunn. Montreal orders $40,000,000 in steel rails to Dominion Iron and Steel of Sydney. Indiana contractor Richard Clampitt missing after drawing $800 to attend Mitchell Street fair. Pender bound over on car arson aiding in Omaha. New Sharon boy Byron Gregson, 9, shot in abdomen while fooling with a gun. Washington civil service commissioner Alfred W Cooley welcomed by Roosevelt. St Louis hospital staff sickened by oysters. none seriously. Geneva climber Mlle Marie Marvinget, 21, nearly slain by stone avalanche. Santiago notes rising west coast trade. ten new steamers expected next year. New Bedford Epworth league features Rev Hood’s two sinless sons displayed publicly.
Female thief baffling detectives in post office case
New York detectives chase Lydia A. Engelke a 22 year old former substation head clerk suspected of stealing about 900 dollars and twelve money orders including one raised from 8 to 80. The hunt spans New England Pennsylvania and upstate New York as she remains at large.
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Lyha A. Engelke
New York
Jacobs
Meyers
Lydia A. Engelke
Sixth Avenue
New England
Pennsylvania
Upper New York
Miss Engelke
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Ware
MILL
Great Northern Present
Ess
Rajeet
New York Life
IOWAN
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Geo. Gould
President Ramsey
Mitchell
Colorado
Lion Attacks
Frost's
William H. Chandler
J. H W. Vogel
Pheonix Insurance Company
Isabelle Dunn
Montreal
Pacific Grand Trunk
Dominion Iron and Steel Company
Sydney
C. B
Bedford
Richard Clampitt
Pender
Sam Horwich
District Court
Helphand & Speigle of
Omaha
New Sharon
Byron Gregson
Bross Gregson
Washington, D. C
Civil Service
Alfred W. Cooley
City Hospital
Geneva
Mlle Marie Marvinget
Aiguillo du Greppon
Santiago
Chile
South America
New Bedford
Mass
W. Lenoir Hood
Bristol
R. I
Epworth League
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