Large Lower Brule land drawing selects 64 000 acres
In North Dakota South Dakota history the Lower Brule reservation lands totaling 64000 acres were drawn. Envelopes were opened in a quiet auditorium with Master Robert Hipple drawing names announced by Congress member Burke. Entry requires one fifth payment at entry and four equal yearly installments with forfeiture on default. Prices range from $1.25 to $2.60 per acre depending on land quality and a long list of entrants from many states is named for October 21 22 23 25 26 28.
Sultan Abdul Aziz Faces Disbandment As French Aid Sought
Tangier Oct 17 Sultan Abdul Aziz has only enough funds for three days and may disband his army and retreat to Rabat unless France intervenes. Meanwhile 8,000 men under Mulai Hafid press toward Casablanca threatening the capital.
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Sultan Abdul Aziz
Rabat
France
Mulai Hafid
Casa Vian
Strauss Would Hang White Slave Dealers
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor vows a crackdown on the white slave traffic. He plans deportation of immigrant women brought for immoral purposes and calls for increased immigration inspection to prevent future trafficking and to prosecute those involved. He states the death penalty would not be too severe and life imprisonment would be adequate punishment.
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Washington, D. C
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Steve Adams to be tried October 22 in Boise
In Boise on October 17 Judge Woods set Steve Adams murder case for October 22. Adams is charged with killing Fred Tyler. a prior trial at Wallace ended with a hung jury. Miners cases in Goldfield dismissed on DA motion. Vincent St John and others in Western Federation of Miners benefit from dismissal. Preston and Smith remain jailed for separate murder convictions.
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Boise
Steve Adams
Woods
Adams
Fred Tyler
Wallace
Goldfield
Langan
Vincent St. John
Western Federation of Miners
Preston
Smith
Cat Board Bill Decided In Municipal Court
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Meyers was awarded $223 for boarding a cat named Ben. The Angora cat was brought by Martha W. Merrill of Lebanon New Hampshire in August, with Meyers to care for him at $2 weekly. The report notes the cat’s preferred meals as cream tenderloin and salmon.
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Zuston
Det
Elizabeth B. Meyers
Edward VII’s Hearing Worsens in Royal Family
New York reports King Edward VII growing deaf as artificial hearing instruments are shipped to Buckingham Palace for the king and Queen Alexandra. The devices are described as the finest and most complete ever made.
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York
Edward VII
England
Buckingham Palace
London
New York
Queen Alexandra
Rich man seeks baby as thief wife flees after bail
A man, distraught by his wife Mrs Charles Remadka absconding after bail set at 9400 dollars, searches for their baby with authorities noting no trace of the fugitive. The case centers on the missing child and the逃走 of the wife who posted the bond.
Renowned beauty tortures stepchild in Berlin case
Marie Bergmann a 13 year old daughter of a Berlin physician endured two years of brutal abuse by her stepmother. The court fined Irran Bergmann 300 marks, instead of eight months imprisonment as sought by prosecutors, amid shocking details of starvation beatings burns and a staged ghostly visitation. The stepmother's alleged charm contrasted with the husband’s defense of her actions.
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Berlin
Marie Bergmann
Marie
Romadka Case Shocks Courtroom With Missing Baby
Mrs Romadka’s husband is a millionaire who helped her, yet she is charged with robbing fine homes in two states. She posted bail of 9400 dollars and vanished with her baby and herself. She claimed she acted “because she liked to” and said she had no confederate, a black man, in the matter.
Milwaukee Woman Romadka Fights Theft Case and Child Custody
Millionaire J Romadka and his wife faced theft charges after a spree against Milwaukee and Chicago households. The couple posted 9400 bail for Mrs Romadka who vanished with their two year old daughter Whom and later reappeared amid revelations of a revolver worn in a garter. The case unfolds as a heartbroken father searches for his child and grapples with alleged infidelity and criminal ties with Charles Jones.
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Milwaukee
J. Reomudka
Uncle Sam Coaxes Indians to Bathe
In St Louis on October 16 a U S warehouse reports sending six hundred thousand pounds of soap to Indian agencies for free distribution. About 55 thousand more pounds are due by year end as part of a civilizing effort to teach soap and water and promote self sufficiency among tribes.
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St. Louis
United States
Uncle Sam
Rate cases remanded to the state courts in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb Oct 16 Attorney General Thompson received a federal court order remanding express rate cases to state courts The cases challenge 25 percent rate reductions ordered by the state railway commission The AG will seek enforcement of the reduction before the supreme court The Union Pacific action against the board of equalization seeks disclosure of valuation methods claiming unfair assessment
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Neb
Thompson
Federal
Omaha
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
Supreme Court
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Affinity Myth Nearly Costs Life in Jealous Act
In Washington Iowa on October 16 Mrs W M Bahr attempted suicide after her husband teased her about an affinity. She swallowed a bolic car acid after leaving a note promising to end her life so he could wed another. She is expected to recover.
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W. M. Bahr
Mrs Ramadka Described in Criminal Confession
A Milwaukee arrival described as modest and refined, with a frail appearance, yet confessing to bold criminal acts. On arrival Thursday night she wore a brown suit and heavy brown veil, contrasting her alleged daring behavior.
Wedding of Charles Romadky and Evelyn Caine in Oshkosh May 1904
The ceremony at St. Peter's rectory was performed by Father O Malley. Mrs Caine, long known for amateur theater, faced unproven claims of kleptomania based on Oshkosh residents' interviews. Teachers recalled her as impulsive but not vicious with notable sewing class achievement.
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Evelyn Caine
Oshkosh
St. Peter’s Rectory
Father O'Malley
Miss Caine
Flogging Twins to Find Culprit at Soho School
Pittsburg Oct 17 assistant principal Bitte John Hollinger whipped twin brothers who look so alike they cannot tell each other apart in a futile attempt to identify the real culprit. The incident raised concern over school discipline practices and student safety.
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Pittsburg
Bitte John Hollinger
Soho
Loods Cause Widespread Damage Across Spain
Floods in Spain floodwaters drown five and force 30,000 to lose jobs. Manresa, birthplace of St. Ignatius, reports severe ruin while cemeteries wash away coffins. Premier Maura's Santander house floods to the second story as Guadalmedina overflows, with elderly and children among the drowned.
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Manresa
Ignatius
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Maura
Woman Sues Platt Buys Colorado Ranch
Mae Wood the government clerk who has troubled Senator Thomas Platt has bought a several thousand acre ranch near Julesburg Colorado and will make Colorado her home.
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Denver
Ocean ships rogues gallery to fight gambling on board
New York October 16 steamship lines agree to display rogues galleries on large liners showing pictures of professional card sharps. The move aims to curb gambling by identifying frequent offenders and warning passengers.
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New York
Philippine Assembly Opens Without Prayer Debate
Manila October 17 factions clash over opening the first Philippine assembly with prayer. A caucus defeated the motion by one vote, arguing church and state should remain distinct in the proceedings.
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Manila
First
Philippine Assembly
Explosion Kills 25 and Destroys Town in Dupont Mills Disaster
A catastrophic blast at Dupont powder works near Yontanet on Tuesday levels a town of 1,000. The explosion kills 25 and leaves 600 injured while residents shelter under tents. 40,000 kegs of powder ignite, with shock felt as far as Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
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Gig Pour
Standard Oil Plans Gas Monopoly Disclosed
Pittsburg report says Standard Oil may consolidate natural gas interests under one company with Pittsburg as HQ and a New Jersey charter. The People's Natural Gas Co of Pittsburgh would be the nucleus with $100 million capital. Standard serves over 200000 gas customers in several states. Westcott testifies in New York that independence-based selling through a network of affiliates was discontinued two years ago.
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Standard Oil
Standard
People’s Natural Gas Company
New Jersey
Peninsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Hampton G Westcott
Standaard Oil Company
Kentucky
Oil
Severa
Fourth Husband for P T Barnum's Widow
Paris reports Baroness Alexandri, first wife of Phineas T. Barnum and widow of two others, will wed Count Jacques de Briey. Her prior spouses include Demetrius Calleasy Bey and Prince Alexandri. She is said to have $100,000 income and Hamastem estate earnings of $40,000 yearly.
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Alexandr
Phineas T. Barnum
Jacques de Briey
Countess de Griey
Demetrius Calleasy Bey
Alexandri
Wotumin
Weil
Barsham
Congress to Hear of Beef Fourteen Years on Ice
Washington Oct. 17 Dr Harvey W Wiley announces release from captivity of a beef side frozen for more than fourteen years. He says it will not feed the poison squad but first tested on a dog and then the results will be submitted to Congress. The study aims to show foods kept on ice three months or longer are unsafe to eat.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
Sam
Wiley
Congress
Cherry Tree Chopper Fined in Brooklyn Court
Pasquale Rosalia, an Italian convicting himself in Fifth Avenue court, admits to chopping down cherry trees in Dyker Park to use as firewood. Magistrate Steers fines him ten dollars despite his blunt confession.
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Ina Hatcha
Steers
Fifth Avenue Court
Brooklyn
Pasquale Rosalia
Dyker Park
Georga
Pasquale
Morris Will Contested Case Settled Out of Court
In Chicago on October 17 a $20 million will case involving Nelson Morris was settled out of court after the will was filed for probate. The prior trust provision delaying most of the estate for 15 years was nullified and the estate split among heirs now. Principal heirs include the widow and four children Mrs Maurice L Rothschild Mrs Henry Schwab Tra Nelson Morris and Edward Morris. The Morris Packing Company will continue under Edward Morris’s management.
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Nelson Morris
Packer
Maurice L. Rothschild
Henry (. Schwab
Tra Nelson Morris
Edward Morris
Emperor near death insists on working amid decline
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph remains gravely ill with fever and coughing. Despite poor rest, he insisted on receiving officials and handling business this morning before his condition worsened again.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Cypress Sinks on Lake Superior. 22 of 23 Lost
Reports from Grand Marais describe the Cypress, a Lackawanna line steamer, going down after being driven ashore or pounded by a gale thirteen off Deer Park. One survivor, lashed to a raft, says there were 23 aboard. two bodies later washed ashore near Deer Park. The Cypress was on its second ore cargo run.
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Detroit
Laks Superior
Lackawanna Transportation Company
Cypress
Grand Marais
Tie
Deer Yak
Boy Slayer Puzzle for Police in Camden Case
Camden, N J Oct 16 Jesse Pomeroy murder parallel noted as similar as 16 year old Joseph Wood admits murder of Nevin. Brand jury indicts Wood for murder and while confessing the boy reveals deep criminal abnormality. Authorities expect guilt and long imprisonment with trial likely set for an early date.
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Camden
N. J
Jesse Pomeroy
Wiltie Curran
Joseph Wood
Nevin
Brand
Young Wood
Wood
Wicked Eight camp on trail of New Market teacher
The Wicked Eight, a youth group in New Cumberland Pa, aimed to force teacher J M Dick from New Market school by threats. County Superintendent Stine expelled the group after a red ink pledge signed by seven members. Two leaders were barred from county schools. ages 11 to 14 were involved. The teachers report no trouble, possibly linked to reading cheap novels.
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Wicked Eight
New Market School
Stine
New York
J. M. Dick
Lick
Sam Snell
James Waugh
Hubert Snell
Charles Witmer
Ed Shirley
John Wither
Fred Houch
Second Wife Hair Exhibit Pauses Court Case
In St. Louis on October 15, Mrs. Rachael Pavak presented hair as evidence claiming it belonged to her husband’s former wife Mrs. Iva Alstrop. Alstrop disputes Pavak as an impostor and recounts desertion and marriage to Pavak. The affair led to cross charges of disturbing the peace. the husband was fined $20, offenses split by $5 each for the women.
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Rachael Pa Vak
Jacob Payuak
Iva Alstrop
Alstrop
Jacob
Dayton Street
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