Miraculous Aeronaut Escape At Fair Grounds
John E. Baldwin, noted aeronaut, survived a balloon burst from 1,000 feet during a fairground ascent. He detached his parachute 50 feet from ground, landed in a tree, and was unharmed aside from a leg abrasion. His wife and three children witnessed the ordeal. Baldwin, of Dalton Indiana, served as a Spanish American War balloonist and has 12 years in the profession.
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St. Louis
John E. Baldwin
Fair Grounds
Baldwin
Floral Hall
Second Christian Church
Dalton
Ind
Mystery of Cedar Lake Head Sparks Conflicting Reports
Two Chicago area headlines debate the Cedar lake head mystery with claims of a murder confession and a misidentified remains case. The reports clash over whether a human head or a cat skull was recovered and reference Holmes era victims as possible ties.
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Chicago
Oct. S
Cedar Lake
Indiana
Stible
CoHeran
Tony Hletzler
von Osinski
Crown Point
Hayman
Hammond
Ind
Nannie Williams
H. H. Holmes
Dolliver pickpocket escapes jail during Pawnee Bill show
Frances Forest Dolliver, a pickpocket linked to the Pawnee Bill show, was held to the criminal court for plying her trade but escaped confinement by sawing out of Fort Dodge jail on October 8.
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Fort Dodge
Frances Forest Dolliver
When May a Chair Be Said to Dislike You
A brief quip notes that a chair dislikes you when it cannot bear your presence. The line plays on chairs bearing weight as a metaphor for social compatibility.
Roosevelt at Chicago Draws Citywide Cheers
Ten thousand people packed the Chicago Coliseum for Governor Theodore Roosevelt's appearance after a long western trip. He spoke to an enthusiastic outside crowd, with De Kalb delegates and Hanna leading the welcome. Roosevelt’s total travel on this journey reaches 12 651 miles.
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Coliseum
Theodore Roosevelt
West
Roosevelt
de Kalb
National Committee
Hanna
Hahler Still in Exile as Wife Gets Divorce
Belleville Mississippi October 8 Judge Schaefer finalizes an injunction and grants a divorce to Mrs. Hahler on grounds of cruelty and threats. Fred W. Hahler remains barred from the home, escorted out by a constable, with the injunction to stand unless dissolved by him.
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Belleville
Fred W. Hahler
Locomotive Engineer Pins Trapped On Wreck Dies
Great Northern local passenger train and a local freight collided south of Edmonds Washington at 10 30 am Saturday. Engineer Sam Work died after being trapped between engine and tender and transported to Everett hospital. Freight engineer Smart died from injuries. Horace G Hollyburton and Mrs Marshall of Everett were seriously injured and rushed to Seattle.
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Tacoma
Wash
Great Northern
Forth
Edmonds
Sam Work
Ile
Everett
Eingineer Smart
Horace G. Hollyburton
Mrs. Marshall
Seattle
May Achieve His Objective in Michigan Session
Lansing dispatch reports growing sentiment for a special session called by Governor Pingree to pass two measures from his message. Party leaders say Grand Rapids convention platform backs repealing railway charters and will be enacted. Pingree denies municipal street railway ownership. supports new railway taxation basis and charter repeal. Amendments likely to go to voters at next election.
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Lansing
Mich
Pingree
Grand Rapids
Pipgree
College Football Scores From Saturday
College football results listed include Princeton over Lehigh 12 to 5 and Yale routing Tufts 50 to 0. Other games show Harvard 12 over Bowdoin 0 and Wisconsin 5 over Physicians and Surgeons 6.
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Lehigh
Cambridge
Bowdin
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New Haven
rTufts
Yale
New York
Wesleyan
Columbia
Ann Arbor
Kalamazoo
University
Madison— Physicians and Surgeons
Wisconsin
Bloomington
Indiana University
Earlbam
Chicago
Purdue
Baseball scores from Saturday and Sunday games
Chicago reports Saturday results from leagues with Philadelphia beating Brooklyn 8 to 6 and New York defeating Boston 4 to 1. Pittsburgh edged St Louis 4 to 3 while Chicago rain affected play. Sunday saw St Louis beat Pittsburgh 3 to 0 and Chicago win 6 to 3 over Cincinnati in the first game, with Cincinnati 7 to 2 in a second game.
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Chicago
Oct. S
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Minister B J Pirtle Dies by Hanging in Cumberland Church
A Jasper Tennessee Cumberland Presbyterian minister Rev B J Pirtle aged about 45 committed suicide by hanging in the Presbyterian church bellcard amid despondency from lack of work leaving a wife and three children. A Nashville special notes his year in the town. Separately Indiana coal firms in Linton report output limited by lack of coal cars and transportation bottlenecks affecting Indiana Central Indianapolis and Vincennes Southern Indiana railways.
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Tenn
Jasper
B. J. Pirtle
Cumberland Presbyterian
Linton
Ind
Ilinois Central
Indianapolis
Vinecennes
Southern Indiana Railways
Pension plan to go into effect west of Pittsburg in 1901
Pittsburg October 8 a pension plan for old employes similar to the January adoption by the Pennsylvania railroad east of Pittsburg will go into effect on the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg on January 1 1901.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Lnes
Emir Floated. Suez Canal Open After Collision
Port Said reports the American steam collier Emir, damaged in the Suez canal while en route to Manila with coal for the American fleet, has been floated and the canal is again open to traffic.
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Port Said
Emir
Suez Canal
Manila
Repulse of Germans and Chinese Move on Pekin
London reports from Tien-Tsin on Oct 5 8 000 Chinese forces repelled a German group near Tien-Tsin. Li Hung Chang’s veterans were involved. Rebels attacked Sai-Wan near Hong Kong but were defeated. Li Hung Chang begins toward Peking with prisoners released for escort. Japan starts withdrawal of forces and British seize boxers ammo. Americans inspect the Forbidden City for porcelain.
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Tien-Tsin
Tien- Tsin
Li Hung Chang
Sai-Wan
Hlong Kong
San- Chun
San-t’cun
Kowloon Frontier
Li Heong
Peking
Pao Ting Fu
Japan
China
Forbidden City
Boers Advance as DeWet Near Wepener and Rout of Rouxville
Dispatches report General DeWet a few miles south of Wepener with Boers in a defensive stance while Rouxville merchants destroy stocks to bar Boer capture. Buller’s forces chase Boers through Pilgrim’s Rest toward Krugersdorp as London volunteers sail home amid a jubilant scene led by Sir Alfred Milner.
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Yl North
Cape Colony
DeWet
Wepener
Orange River Colony
Allwal North
Cape Police
Rouxville
Aliwal
Lydenburg
S. A
Buller
Pilgrim’s Rest
Krugerspest
Chrigstadt
Cape Town
City of London
England
Alfred Milner
Empire
Old Judge Olney Dies After Stroke at Son’s Home
Ex judge John Olney the eldest Chicago bar member and last Illinois Lincoln elector died of a stroke at his son John Olney Jr’s residence 223 Oakwood Boulevard He served as revenues supervisor under Grant and led the whisky ring era He was a Civil War lieutenant colonel of the Sixth Cavalry Complete Annihilation of Kaskaskia
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Chicago
Oct. S
John Olney
Oakwood Boulevard
Sixth Cavalry
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement offers Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for colds. It states druggists refund the money if it fails and includes E. W. Grove's signature on each box.
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E. W. Grove
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