Global News Digest Highlights World Events and Local Murders
A weekly digest reports the Live Stock National Bank of Sioux City starting with 100000 capital. Reports note cholera death tolls in Japan and a French exposition invitation for 1900. Police and court items cover several murders, suicides, arrests, escapes, and legal actions across Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Oklahoma with addenda on smuggling and a fire threat in Brandon.
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Live Stock National Bank of
Sioux City
Iowa
Famous Figures in Brief Gossip and Official Notices
The piece mentions Georgia governor’s eighty four aides with lieutenant colonel ranks, Lady Randolph Churchill rumored tattooed, and a recent India visit. It notes the Prince of Wales’s interest in American poker, less baccarat, and Admiral Sir Lewis Jones’s death after promotion on July 14, 1911. It cites Archduke Franz’s tuberculosis inoculation fears, Prof Dyche’s poleward writings, and W E Henley’s literary rise. Jusserand’s Paris wedding to Elise Richards at both American church and Cadelles venues.
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Georgia
Randolph Churchill
India
Prince of Wales
Lewis Jones
Archduke Franz
Dyche
Kansas
North Pole
W. FE. Henley
London
RE. J. Henley
Gien. Grant
China
Japan
Jusserand
Paris
Elise Richards
Tragic Toll From Drowned Captain to Deadly Train Accidents
The Casualty Record reports Captain James Ward owner of the schooner Virginia found drowned in the Mississippi at New Orleans. A heavy storm rages off Nova Scotia as the H C Sibley is ashore at Black Rock. Mazeppa the world famed trick horse dies in a Waterbury train wreck. A wreck near Effingham Indiana kills an unknown tramp. Jiv Powers aged 11 dies after a dog fright triggers a fall. A Kansas and Arkansas Valley freight wreck east of Kiowa I T smashes livestock cars. Richard Ambler fatally shot near Mt Pleasant Iowa while hunting. Mrs Harry Lewis and her daughter die after drinking wood alcohol. Frederick Kelham killed on the Sixth Avenue elevated in New York after being dragged by a following train.
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John Meyers
Hoffer
Edward Caylor
Noblesville
Ind
Panhandle
John Ix. Roddy
Tracy City
Tenn
W. H. Roddy
Kane County Grand Jury
Aurora
Ill
A. W. Sidell
David Whisler
James H. Barnett
American Express
Terre Haute
New Orleans
George Coward
Quincy
Edward Prewitt
Julia Thomas
United States Supreme Court
Henry Craemer
Seattle
Wash
Fontanet
Jeffersonville
Mahan
James Ward
Virginia
Mississippi
H. C. Sibley
Black Rock
Mazeppa
Waterbury
Conn
Effingham
Vandalia
Jiv Powers
Lockport
Kansas & Arkansas Valley
Kiowa
I. T
Tribby
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Richard Ambler
Ambler
Harry Lewis
Couderport Pa
Sins and Sinners Report of Fatal Shootings in Powell and Indiana
In Powell County Kentucky Levi Anderson killed 14 year old Duke Wilson with a shotgun after Wilson teased the gun. A second deadly shooting occurred near Addison Indiana where a man named Hoffer fired a shot in a separate incident.
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Powell County
Levi Anderson
Duke Wilson
Wilson
Addo
Ind. I
Hoffer
Richmond receipts attacked in contract suit at Norfolk manager
In Richmond Virginia Stuart Robson’s receipts face a damages suit for violation of contract by a Norfolk manager. The case centers on alleged breach and financial injury sought through legal action. The dispute involves confidential accounting and damages claims in a commercial context.
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Richmond
Stuart Robson
Norfolk
Woodstock
Eugene V. Debs
Columbia
Decadirs
Bering Sea
Seattle
James G. Swan
Port Townsend
Princeton
Ill
William Knox
New York
National Guardsmen
Jose Ryan
Ryan
Supreme Court
Minnesota in brief day by day highlights from the North Star State
A roundup of incidents across Minnesota includes the hunting death of Clarence Drake near Red Wing at 14, a fatal kick from a horse near Milan, and arrests for forged money orders in Albert Lea. Other items note a Crookston suicide during typhoid illness, a St. Cloud sewer dispute, a deranged man sent to St Peter, and farm fire losses near Sauk Centre. Local officials, school bonds, and a tragic kitchen romance ending in murder near Ortonville are also reported.
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Clarence Drake
Ernest Pumplin
Red Wing
Eddy Blom
Milan
Herbert Mahaffey
Albert Lea
Tomlinson
St. Cloud
Neb
August Sandrone
Crookston
Tacoma
St. Cloud Water, Lightind Power Company
Searle
Ben Fit
Fred Boerner
Court
Buffalo
St. Peter
Sauk Center
A. O Mattison
Charles N. Hewitt
State Board of Health
George Stewart
Board of Health
W. H. Knowles
Glencoe Mercantile Company
Glencoe
Capt
H. H. Reed
McLeod County
Multiple prairie fires destroy property in Otter Tail county
In Otter Tail county three prairie fires caused about 5000 dollars in losses. Windom worker Rudolph Wolf lost his left hand in a blasting accident. Kasson’s Walker hotel burned in thirty minutes with little salvage. Republican voters in Winona elected John Breslauer as city weighmaster after twenty ballots. Southern Minnesota Bee Keepers open annual meeting in Winona with old officers re-elected. Sparks from a locomotive ignited around 300 tons of hay at St. Cloud tied to the reformatory, still burning behind it. Threshers at New Paynesville report very low prices for oats and other grains. yield described as very fair. C F Loweth hired to plan electric light plant and water works for Le Sueur. an artesian well contract awarded to J F McCarthy. Moorhead fire department elected officers: Chief Charles B Hill, Assistant Chief Charles R Watson, Secretary John J Preston, Treasurer G E Flaten.
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Otter Tail
Windom
Rudolph Wolf
Walker
Kasson
Republican Council
Winona
John Breslauer
Southern Minnesota
Bee Keepers’ Association
St. Cloud
Reformatory
J. P. Wilson
New Paynesville
C. F. Loweth
St. Paul
le Sueur
J.F. McCarthy
Moorhead
Bank Cashier Steals 15000 In Shocking Duluth Heist
On Saturday October 19 a bank cashier in Duluth absconded with 15000 from the vault, triggering a citywide manhunt and police inquiry as investigators probe the motive and security lapse.
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Duluth
Hastings Hosts Officials for Fourth In Sane Asylum Site
Hastings welcomed county commissioners checking the proposed fourth in sane asylum site. Mayor George Parker led local hospitality as residents praised the location and surroundings. A. C. Roberts of Acme Novelty Co was jailed in Mankato on mail fraud charges with a $10 000 bond after a Worthington hearing. He allegedly sent advertisements offering risqué images. investigations followed noting the images were reportedly harmless.
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Hastings
Fourth Insane Asylum
George Parker
A. C. Roberts
Acme Novelty Company
Jackson
Mankato
Roberts
United States
Worthington
Pine County Well Feeds Noxious Gas. Crater of Volcano Hinted
A Pine County well grows more active emitting large quantities of poisonous gas. Experts speculate the feature could be the crater of a volcano, indicating a potentially dangerous geological anomaly.
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Pine County
Centenarian Spritely Seniors and Police Chief Honor
Chief of Police Vanransler Shepherd and his wife were surprised at their West Fourth street home for a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. A large crowd attended. In New Paynesville Firman Boylan, father of our banker, turned ninety four and walked from a son's horse to a daughter's after a hearty meal. He enjoys barn chores and has played a leading role in local inquiries. He hopes to live to see his hundredth birthday.
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Vanransler Shepherd
Hastings
West Fourth Street
New Paynesville
Firman Boylan
Stearns
Chamberlain Directs Guiana Defence Steps Amid Venezuela Dispute
London reports Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain takes charge of colonial policy directing Guiana defense. He cables Sir Charles Lees to fund two Maxim guns and to build a frontier road to monitor Venezuelan incursions. Diplomats note his hard line on colonial policy and show links to U.S. relations.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Guiana
London
St. James
Venezuela
Republic
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Uruan
Mr. Chamberlain
Uryan
Schomburg
Barima
Cupuni
Abe
Anu
Jarier Gazzertre
UDR
WLS
United States
Foreign Office
Washington
Fisheries Commission
United
Charles Lees
British Guiana
New York
Cadotte Not Executed. Supreme Court Stay Granted
Helena Mont Oct 20 Joseph Cadotte was not executed today at Fort Benton as an appeal to the supreme court postponed the death sentence. The appeal marks the first stay under the new codes and required a gubernatorial respite.
Prince Henry of Prussia Exiled by Emperor over Naval Dispute
Berlin October 20. An official denial states Prince Henry of Prussia has been exiled from Germany by his brother Emperor William following a quarrel over naval affairs. The reported banishment stems from the family dispute and its political implications.
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Berlin
Henry of
Prussia
Germany
William
Prince’ ix
Sebastian surrenders in wife murder case in Great Falls
John Sebastian, a half English and half Spanish man, turned himself in at the county jail after traveling from Flathead with his brother. He confessed to shooting his wife, Mrs Hoff man, at her riverbank home using a 48 caliber Winchester, after entering the residence and demanding firearms.
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Charles Taft
Grant
J. B. Taft
Fergus Falls
Ames Crosby
Gem Saviour Peesa
Seabo
Sleepy Eye
Cc. F. Warren
Massachusettts
Ortonville
Frank Kantwitz
Kaatwitz
Grant County
Sebastian
Winona
Great Falls
Mont
John Sebastian
Flathead
Hoffman
Sebastian Feud Sparks Gun Abortive Shooting Attempt
Mrs. Se bastians wife wrestled a pistol from Sebastian during a domestic dispute in which the couple, married thirteen years ago in Winona Minnesota, quarrelled and have lived apart for a year. She held a child as she stopped the gunfire. both parties are about thirty five years old with no children.
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Fontunette Walk Depong
Irs
Sebastian
Roffman
Sebastians
Winona
Minn
Pardon for Van Leuven by the President
Washington reports a presidential pardon for Geo M Van Leuven the noted pension fraud attorney who faced Iowa Minnesota indictments and a two year prison term plus a $1000 fine. He confessed to the remaining indictments after a Dubuque trial and the court imposed concurrent sentences.
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Washington
Geo. M. van Leuven
Iowa
van Leuven
Minnesota
Board of Examining Surgeons
Cresco
Dubuque
Cora Pleads Guilty in Mysterious Case of Charles Kelly
In St Paul on October 20 Charles Kelly alias Cora Baker pleaded guilty to petit larceny after seeking to withdraw a not guilty plea. Dr Aimoss vouched for the prisoner noting faithful service and entrusted property prior to the theft. The judge questioned the alias and the defendant's attire, with the doctor offering reasons for cross dressing.
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St. Paul
Charles Kelly
Cora Baker
Aimoss
President appoints B Glenn Mattoon and LP Pennot
Washington Oct 20 The president appoints B Glenn Mattoon of North Dakota as Indian agent at Fort Berthelt agency North Dakota and LP Pennot of Indiana as commissioner to classify Northern Pacific railroad lands in the Bezevian land district Montana.
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Washington
B. Glenn Mattoon
North, Dakota
Fort Berthelt Agency
N. B
LP. YJ. Pennot
Indiana
Northern Pacific Railroad
Bezevian Land District
Montara
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