Desperate bandits capture after deadly Chicago chase
Desperadoes Harvey Van Dine Peter Niedermeier and Emil Roeski plus Gustav Marx incited a violent crime spree in Chicago. A later chase led to capture near Miller's Station Indiana after a gun battle that killed a brakeman and wounded two officers. The incident followed earlier robberies and murders tied to Marx and his gang.
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Chicago
Harvey van Dine
Peter Niedermeier
Emil Roeski
Gustav Marx
Tolleston
Ind
Roeski
Aetna
Indiana Constabulary
T. J. Favie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph B. Driscoll
Matthew Zimmer
Twelfth Ward
Sheehan
Schuettler
Miller’s Station
O'Neill
East Tolleston
Liverpool
Michigan Central
van Dine
Niedermeier
Marx
Quinn
Frank Stewart
John Johnson
Chicago City Railway
Benamin C. LaGross
Adolph Jensen
LaGross
West North Avenue
Jensen
Otto Bauder
Ashland Avenue
John Quinn
Kersten
Wiedermeier
Postal Fraud Report Outlined by Bristow and Roosevelt
Washington reports detail a wide postal fraud probe led by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. Indictments total forty four involving thirty one people, with many removed or resigned. Roosevelt stresses punishment and warns against corruption in public life.
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Washington
J. L. Bristow
Roosevelt
Postal Service
Bristow
Post Office Department
Machen
Tyner
Post Office
Snowy collision injures 18 on Chicago streetcars
A collision at Randolph and Sangamon streets due to snow and slippery rails left 18 injured on Ogden avenue electric cars. Subpoenas served on Postmaster General Payne and First Assistant Wynne to pursue T. W. McGregor for conspiracy. trial to start in Baltimore.
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Chicago
Ogden Avenue
Erie
Sangamon
Randolph and
Sangamon Streets
Washington
Payne
Wynne
T. W. McGregor
Rural Free Delivery Service
Baltimore
Violent Storms Ravage Italy With Floods And Snow
Bad weather grips Italy with Naples flooded and the Tiber rising. Turin and Milan report heavy snow, while storms cause widespread damage across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Naples
Tiber
Turin
Milan
Cabinet Completes Changes in Public Works Post
In Bucharest Premier Stourdza transfers the public works portfolio to M. Porum-Baru, vice president of the chamber, finalizing the cabinet reshuffle begun in 1902. A severe storm along the French coast batters Bordeaux and La Rochelle, with heavy damage and possible fishing fleet casualties reported.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Stourdza
M. Porum-Baru
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
Secretary Wilson Reports On Agriculture Progress
Secretary Wilson submits the seventh annual report to the president detailing $3.742 billion in agricultural products not fed to livestock and a $4.806 billion 14 year foreign trade surplus for farmers. He notes reduced export demand for horses, critiques seed distribution, and cites beet sugar industry growth to 260000 tons. Soil surveys cover 15 million acres, 63 areas in 34 states, with total surveys near 30 million acres and a $63313 cost, plus strong demand for qualified workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
United States
Lynching of Davis Carter and Thomas near Belcher Louisiana
A crowd of about 1,200 whites and blacks hanged Phil Davis Walter Carter and Clint Thomas after confessing to killing Robert Adger a leading North Louisiana businessman. The three men were executed by hanging from a single tree limb near Belcher. Two others, Sam Lee and Peter Thomas, were released after proving they did not shoot.
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Shreveport
Phil Davis
Walter Carter
Clint Thomas
Belcher
Robert Adger
Louisiana
Adger
Sam Lee
Peter Thomas
Lee
Thomas
Disaster in Missouri shakes Carthage plant
A mixhouse explosion at the Independent Powder company plant five miles southwest of Carthage Missouri killed two mixers Lester Ridge and Bert Cobb and seriously injured four others including Joe Cahey Elmer Bowers Henry Summer and Charles Newton Five hundred pounds of nitroglycerin and dynamite exploded in a wooden trough causing the blast and debris in a nearby house where four injured workers were packing dynamite The cause of the combusting material is unknown A Brazilian rear admiral dies in Rio de Janeiro and a Kentucky man is found murdered also reported in this collection of terse dispatches
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Carthage
Independent Powder Company
Lester Ridge
Bert Cobb
Joe Cahey
Elmer Bowers
Henry Summer
Charles Newton
Ridge
Cobb
Emporium
Water scandal confesses implicate numerous Grand Rapids figures
Ex city attorney Lant Salsbury testified at Senator Burns's preliminary exam detailing six large water conspiracy deals and lists of payments to a long set of officials and associates including Perry, Sproat, Caneron, McCool, Ellen, De Pagter, Muir, Kinney, Donovan, Phillips, Johnson, Lozier, Slocum, and many others. He named Pat Flynn and a Milwaukee-Omaha-Chicago network, with sums up to ten thousand dollars and more. The prosecution wrapped its case as Burns sought a week to prepare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Lant K. Salsbury
David Burns
Burns
Salsbury
George R. Perry
J. Clark Sproat
Grand Rapids Democrat
R. A. Caneron
New York
David F. Burns
Alderman McCool
Ellen
de Pagter
Alderman Muir
Alderman Kinney
Alderman Donovan
Alderman Phillips
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Stonehouse
Alderman Lozier
Alderman Shriver
Alderman Mol
Alderman Ghysels
Alderman Hodges
Alderman Slocum
Cory P. Bissell
J. Russell Thomson
Evening Press
Isaac Lamore
van Zoeren
van Dercook
J. D. Conger
Grand Rapids Herald
Thomas I. McGarry
Florida
C. S. Burch
The
Dudley E. Waters
Board of Public Works
Wilke de Vries
George Ellis
Samuel M. Lemon
Internal Revenue
William H. Anderson
Fourth National Bank
Grand Rapids
Henry Taylor
Lake Michigan
Perry
McGarry
Sproat
Pat Flynn
Hydraulic Water Company
Chicago
Milwaukee
Loss
Omaha
Barton
Gillespie
Lemon
Council
D. H. Crow
Moses Crow
Multiple Fatalities in Hart County Shooting Linked to Family Feud
A Hart county incident in the Pike View neighborhood left Squire Osborne and his son Dave dead, Will Gardner mortally wounded, John Bennett with a shattered arm, and Sayrie Osborne among witnesses. Custer Gardner was captured after a night attack,との sheriff custody ensued. A separate item notes Alfred A. Knapp’s stay of execution for his wife murder, and a Carbondale indictment following a Willamson county robbery. Hayden survives an attempted double suicide, Heath heads to Washington for a national committee meeting.
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Louisville
Hodgenville
Pike View
Hart County
Squire Osborne
Dave Osborne
Will Gardner
John Bennett
Custer Gardner
Elizabethtown
Munfordville
Winchester
Sayrie Osborne
Gardner
Larne
Hart
Hardin
Morocco and the Moors in a 19th Century Eye
A London Express piece paints Morocco as fanatically Muslim with Christians unsafe outside Tangier and Moorish Jewish wealth controlling coastal trade. It notes Tangier as a winter tourist hub for officers, scarce roads, and Tetuan as the troubled inland center. travelers face armed escorts, heavy fines, and strict gate hours at Tetuan’s fortified walls.
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Morocco
Europe
London Express
Tangier
Mez
Gibraltar
Teiuan
Rock
Conta
Riveback
Haresback
Tetuan
Heating Properties of Acetylene Versus Coal Gas
A comparison shows acetylene yields higher heat per cubic foot than illuminating coal gas. At 1850 and 630 feet, acetylene flame reaches 2600 F. Two cubic feet per hour of acetylene boils a quart of water from 60 F in 8.5 minutes, while illuminating gas takes 10.25 minutes at 16 cubic feet per hour.
Shark products proposed for U S import from Nicaragua
Sharks abound on the coast of Nicaragua and Mr Gottschalk the U S consul at San Juan del Norte suggests importing fins backs and skins for industrial use. The killing of sharks is encouraged by Nicaraguan fishery laws with no export duty on industrial derivatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Gottschalk
United States
San Juan del Norte
Say St Paul Did You Get An Answer To That Letter
A tipsy man at his door mutters to a passerby about a long letter to the Ephesians. The exchange airs humorous wordplay on biblical references as the drunk thanks the Samaritan and says good night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Ephesians
Tlowell
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Health Cure
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble claiming it cleanses the system and improves overall health. It cites testimonials, offers free samples, and urges readers to write to Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York for the trial bottle and brochures.
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Eastrooth S
New York City
Ourth
New York
Tremain
Robert Berner
Nilmer
Draggista
Army vacancies and uniform changes noted in Bugle Call
The article reports 92 second lieutenant vacancies after recent army appointments from the class at West Point. It also notes Philippine Scouts enlistment results, uniform stripe changes, and a defense of West Point by Dr. Gen. Fitzhugh Tee, praising its role in training soldiers for the U S regular army.
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Leavenworth
Philippines
Malaya
Philippine Scouts
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Drig-Gen
Imtzhugh Tee
Military Academy
United States
West Point
Recreation Echoes and a Chamois Law Outlined
A Swiss Grisons law bans chamois shooting to prevent extinction. Walter Keith Elliott, claiming English gentility, entered Bangor Maine drunk and was robbed. He admitted slaughtering 19 deer in 21 days, 17 over the limit, facing 40 dollars per deer, but the court fined him 400 dollars and jailed him 30 days for default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grisons
Switzerland
Walter Keith Elliott
Bangor
Jsliott
Fllett
The Age of the World and Odd Scientific Claims
Sir Edward Wry argues 450,000,000 years must pass since Ifa's existence. A German expedition cites Coa inscriptions on a newly unearthed building. A new aldehyde evaporating apparatus disinfects a room. Bertrand asserts arsenic in all hen eggs with yolk carrying most and the membrane nearly as high.
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Sir Edward Wry
Farron Haeglish
Ifa
Coa
Aegon Sea
G. Bertrand
Annales de l'Institut Pasteur
Thenas
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Harry
Red Hooper
James Payne
Fairmont
Springfield
Hooper
Neb
Allen Brothers
John J. Brennan
Dietrich
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John G. Gowin
Ead
Wansae
Topeka
Kan
State Journal
Hill City
Perry Nenuth
Secred
Perry S. Heath
Heath
Theodore Roosevelt
Agricultural Department
Missouri
Pinto da Luz
Navy
Campos-Salles
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Herald
Quincy
Christian Bote
Marshalltown
Jewell Lutheran College
Jewell Junction
Bert Melang
Randall
Denver
Col
Northern
Colorado
Lant
K. Salsbury
Hamilton, O
Alfred A. Knapp
Swift Justice
Carbondale
Ill
Center
McDonald
Willamson County
Frederick Hayden
Marie Rhoades
State Capitol
Hayden
Salt Lake City
Perry S§. Heath
Republican National Committee
Menn
State
Jersey
Ana NY
Texas
Duluth
J.ouis
Kansas City
Recreation Echoes
Lees
Popular Science
Price Baking Powder Co
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