Two Men Die by Suicide Near Huron Farm
Coroner investigates double suicides at the Costello farm near Huron. William Bachellor, 70, and Thomas Melvin, a longtime resident, both died after self-inflicted poison and gunshot wounds. Bachellor, facing personal disappointment, killed himself after taking strychnine with his daughter present. Melvin, described as previously stable, shot himself on the Costello farm, leaving a wife and several children.
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Javan
Wm. Vy Jmie
William Acler
Thomas Melvin
Gachellor
Mel
Childon
F. M. Smith
Huron
Ching
See
Owever
St. Martin’s Church
Ion
Costello ‘Em
Faulk County Wins State Fair Honors Amid Error
Faulk County was initially reported to lead the South Dakota State Fair at Yankton with 8 1 points but an error in tallying changed the standings. The corrected scores place Faulk County lower, with judges and the board reconciling the figures to reflect the true results.
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Aulkton
S. C
Yankton
Faulk County
Tatil Faulk County
Til
Davison
Hughes
Elifunds
Saloon Closed by Deadwood Mayor Over Disorder
Deadwood South Dakota September 24 Mayor McDonald shut down the Family Liquor feature saloon owned by Max Friedward, revoking its license after information the club was not run in an orderly manner. The proprietor was not allowed to reopen and sold the business, which reopened under new management.
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Ond Sadoon
Deadwood
Potato Crop Shortens Farmers’ Home Supply Estimate
Anton South Dakota September 24. Latest reports on the potato crop show a lighter yield than expected due to four weeks of heavy rains. Much of the top rot in the ground, leaving farmers with barely enough for household use and far less for sale. Prices have risen in anticipation of a shortage.
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Anton
S. D
Accused Man Released After Robbery Charge Dismissal
James Cromwell, arrested last week on robbery charges tied to the Ramona post office theft, is discharged on motion by Assistant State's Attorney Porter. Evidence points to Shine, a Ramona transient, as guilty. Cromwell was to provide bond to appear as a witness against the accused and remains under threat of harm.
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Ames Cromwell
Soux Falls
James Cromwell
Ramona
Hause
Alurney Porter
Evra
Shine
Cromwell
Wall Street Sees Lake Superior Collapse Looming
Ledger reports a failed syndicate underwrite to rescue the Consolidated Lake Superior holdings and repay Speyer & Co loan of more than 5 million. Foreclosure likely by week’s end with public auction in New York. Canadians rumored to buy the property with possible government support. Directors say no plan feasible and await Speyer & Co action.
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Lake Superior Company
Philadelphia
the Ledger
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Speyer & Co
New York
Francis P. Clergue
United States
Sanborn
Cardinal Gibbons Home Enthusiastically Welcomed in New York
Cardinal Gibbons arrived in New York from Rome aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse and was greeted by a large Baltimore group and New York friends. He will remain until Friday before traveling to Baltimore. He praised the new pope Pius X for American interests and noted no radical changes in U.S. church administration. He spoke of Vatican treasures to be exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition, including jubilees gifts and Vatican manuscripts on early missions in the Louisiana Purchase territory.
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New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Baltimore
Pius X
Mgr
Merry-Del-Val
Vatican
St. Louis Exposition
Pontiff
Vatican Library
Louisianan Purchase
Possible murder in Kilpatrick death case cited
Coroner Brown, probing the death of John D. Kilpatrick, has dropped the suicide theory. He asks police to explore homicide or accidental shooting after noting the revolver position and Kilpatrick’s intact clothing with no clear motive for self-inflicted harm.
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New York
Brown
John D. Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Confidence Men Rob Farmer In Ohio Cash Grab
In Steubenville Ohio two alleged confidence men A Blake of Cincinnati and Charles Higgins of Pittsburgh were captured after a $3000 robbery from John Kerr of East Springfield. Kerr, forced to draw money from his bank, alerted fifty neighbors who formed a posse. shots were exchanged before the pair were captured in a cornfield.
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Ohio
Steubenville
John Kerr
East
Springfield
A. Blake
Cincinnati
Charles Higgins
Pittsburg
Kerr
Blake
Higgins
Frosts Did Little Damage to Corn Outlook
Washington reports the weather bureau finds frost damage limited to western Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas with Minnesota Wisconsin and New England also affected. Most corn remains safe though some unmatured ears need one to two weeks of favorable weather. spring wheat harvest delayed by wet weather in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
England
South Atlantic
Missouri
Misouri
East Gulf States
Ohio Vallley
Tennessee
Central
West Gulf States
Pacific Coast
Ohio Valley
North Pacific
Odell Stresses Duty of Citizens and Government
Governor Odell told the Farmers National Congress in Niagara Falls that government aid to farming strengthens citizens without fostering dependency. He urged lawmakers and officials to protect the public from crime and disease, defend law and honest public service, and extend help to uplift those lacking liberty and opportunity.
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New York
Farmers’ National Congress
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Odell
Land law prompts evicted Irish to seek return home
Secretary O Callahan of the United Irish League of America writes to MP Condon saying the Irish land act has sparked queries from evicted tenants in the United States about reclaiming their former holdings. He believes aiming to permit many inquirers to re acquire would ease emigration pressures and shift the tide toward Ireland.
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Ireland
London
O'Callahan
United Irish League of America
Mr. Condon
United States
Porte Offers Aid to Bulgaria in Macedonian Affairs
The Porte replies to Bulgaria's proposal for an international commission on Macedonia. It says the inspector general's mission is equivalent to the proposed commission and that Constantinople will assist Bulgaria if its government cannot restore order among its population.
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Bulgaria
Constantinople
Porte
Yildiz Kiosk
Macedonia
Pasha
Deacon-Society Scandal Provokes Morality Plea
Henry Watterson censures the smart set amid a Paris gossip telegram about Gladys Deacon. He condemns the fashionable circle for decadence, calls for decency, and urges society to bar the doors to scandal and deny the gossip press.
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Watterson
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Paris
Yellow Journal
Gladys Deacon
Nice
Deacon
Boston
New York
Gotham
Newpart
Yellow Journals
Germany
Posse
House of Warwick
Esse
Bronson Howard Attacks New Yorks 400 Women
Bronson Howard, the dramatist visiting Salt Lake City, denounces New York social set the 400 as a fast circle. He says their wine sipping and nightly exploits damage the citys reputation, while noting the 400 marks a fringe not representative of broader society and that its women have drifted from New Yorks polite circles.
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Bronson Howard
Salt Lake
Utah
New York
Howard
Reichlin Murder Case Opens Grand Jury Probe
Elyria Ohio September 24. The Reichlin murder case begins with a grand jury hearing expected to be lengthy. About seventy witnesses have been subpoenaed as authorities pledge full effort and expense to find Agatha Reichlin's killer.
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Grand Jury
Elyria
Elyria, O
Reichlin
Agatha Reichlin
Beavers Must Appear Before Commissioner On New Indictments
In New York on Sept 24 counsel for George W Beavers were told after the adjourned hearing that Beavers must be produced before Commissioner Hitchcock to answer two additional complaints based on two indictments returned in Washington. The charges accuse Beavers of conspiracy to defraud the government in a case involving State Senator George E Green and the Bundy Time Clock company of Binghamton.
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New York
George W. Beavers
Beavers
Hitchcock
Washington
George E. Green
Bundy Time Clock Company
Binghamton
JETT SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER TRIAL AT JACKSON
Curtis Jett was found guilty of murdering Town Marshal Thomas Cockrell in Jackson Kentucky on July 21 1902 and sentenced to death. A motion for a new trial will be filed and an appeal likely to follow to the Court of Appeals at Frankfort Kentucky. The jury’s decision came after an eight day trial with eleven jurors initially favoring death before final ballot.
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Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
Thomas Cockrell
Jackson
Jett
Osborne
Elijah McKinney
Clark T. J. Robinson
Blandon
Court of Appeals
Frankfort
J. B. Muareum
Thomas White
Murder of Miss Olive Rayl in Cleveland Station Mystery
The body of Olive Rayl, 22, was found mangled on Lake Shore tracks near Gordon Park Cleveland Ohio. Police note two tracks and a buggy imprint with a woman and a man shoe, a linen handkerchief with initials J D, and a throat wound. Autopsy finds no criminal assault. brother suspects murder and staged crime.
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Olive Rayl
Cleveland
Miss Olive Rayl
Lake Shore
Gordon Park
Miss Rayl
W. L. Rayl
Glenville
J. D
Rayl
Perkins
Christian Convention Opens with 1000 Delegates in Atlantic City
Atlantic City N J Sept 25 Over 1000 delegates attended the opening session of the national conference of Christian churches. Mayor J F P Stoy gave the welcome, President Carroll Wright responded, with remarks from Rev Thomas R Slicer Mrs Emily Fified and Charles W Wendte. A 30 minute deviation covered the southern Negro education question.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Conference of Christian Churches
Jf’. P. Stoy
Carroll Wright
Thos. R. Slicer
Emily Fified
Charles W. Wendte
Boston
International Council of Unitarian
Schoolmaster acquitted after fatal revolver incident
Reuben Pitts, a 20 year old Furman graduate and son of a Baptist minister, taught a Spartanburg country school. When he attempted to whip a ringleader, rivals clashed, a pistol fired, and Ed Foster died. Pitts was found not guilty after a three day trial.
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Columbia
D. C
Reuben Pitts
Furman University
Spartanburg
Pitts
Ed Foster
Foster
Clique of assassins seizes Servia power and fears grow
Belgrade dispatch says a military conspiracy at Nish directs regicide plots with up to 1000 officers involved. The assassins control key offices arsenals and the treasury, keeping the king under their rule. Minister Gentchiech allegedly holds an incriminating letter. Regicides may moderate stance as elections approach.
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Servia
London
Times
Belgrade
Nish
Gentchiech
Peter
Schwab in New Role Publicly Aims to Donate Fortune to Education
In Weatherly Pennsylvania on September 23 Charles M Schwab presented the Mrs C M Schwab school building and stated his plan to devote his entire fortune to educational purposes notably industrial instruction and building public schools. He likened the move to Andrew Carnegies philanthropy and highlighted Weatherlys Dinkey family ties to steel leadership. The Schwab school cost about $100000 and Mrs Schwab was born near Weatherly.
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Carnegie
Weatherly
C. M. Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Schwab
America
Nower
Schwab
Dinkey
A. C. Dinkey
Carnegie Steel Works
C. E. Dinkeyl
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Braddock
M. &. Kinsey
Parks Will Fight as Labor Leader Lands Delegation
Sam Parks of New York arrived at the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers convention in Kansas City to contest delegates from local union No. 2. He accused some attendees of improper standing and demanded removals while President Buchanan said he was out of order as the session opened.
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New York
Kansas City
International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Sam Parks
New York City
Buchanan
Parks
James A. Reed
John Smith
Edwardian Cabinet Posts Hinted as Chamberlain Forster Selborne
London Sept 23 King Edward is reported to have approved Austen Chamberlain as chancellor of the exchequer Arnold Forster as secretary of state for war Broderick as secretary for India and Lord Selborne as secretary of state for the colonies No official confirmation yet forthcoming
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London
Edward
Austen Chamberlain
Arnold Forster
Mr. Broderick
India
Lord Selborne
Marble men locked out by union at Chicago shops
Four hundred men in five Chicago marble shops controlled by the International Association of Marble Workers faced a widespread shutdown as doors were closed and a notice announced work would resume Thursday with both union and non union workers. The union is expected to order a Thursday refusal to return, with local trades unions asked to refuse to bundle marble handled by non union workers.
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Chicago
International Association of Marble Workers
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Melvin
Cardinal Gibgons
SUNCO
Turkey
Ater
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