Robbers Loot Bank and Fire At Citizens in Waterloo Nebraska
Four men robbed the Citizens Bank of Waterloo Nebraska taking 3500 dollars and escaped after a burst of gunfire with locals. A mob at Chicago and Northwestern Coal train raided five cars with women leading the attack and police restoring order. Eleven cars burned in a Tucson area wreck as two Southern Pacific passenger trains collided. one death and multiple injuries reported. Newspaper upholding press rights, Foster spared in contempt case over publishing trial testimony.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Webster Avenue
Wisconsin
Arizona
Southern Pacific
Vails
Tucson
Ariz
Bruce
Wil.pycre
J. M. Hilton
Cambridge
Mass
Dallas
Texas
State Court of Criminal Appeal
Marielus F. Foster
Houston Chronicle
Foster
The
Chronicle
Schooner Storm Beaton Arrives After Gale
The four masted schooner Joseph Q Ray of Thomaston Maine reached Norfolk Virginia from Boston after a gale off the New Jersey coast left her without sails and adrift. The crew rationed food and water while a jury sail was rigged and with a fair wind she reached Virginia cape in safety.
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Storm Beaton
Joseph Q. Ray
Thomaston
Norfolk, Va
Boston
New Jersey
Virginia Cape
Women Die in Fire Panic at New York Cigar Factory
A fire at Leopold Miller & Sons on Crosby Street caused a panic among about 500 workers. Three women were killed and five women plus one man seriously injured as crowds jammed fire escapes and stairways. police helped end the crush before more deaths occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leopold Miller & Sons
Crosby Street
Million Dollar Valise Delivers Mystery at Philadelphia Hotel
A Londoner visiting the Aldine Hotel in Philadelphia two weeks ago brought two grips and asked one be locked in the safe claiming it held a million dollars. He left with the other grip and vanished. The proprietor later opened the safe to find stock certificates and bonds worth over 1 million dollars. A check from the owner, now in New York, arrived requesting return of the valise.
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Aldine
Philadelphia
William Mitchell
New York
Bank Robbers Blow Safe In Somerton Heist
In Somerton Ohio robbers blew the City Bank safe and stole 6000 dollars. They also seized a farm rig from James Gray’s barn and fled. Authorities from Bellaire Wheeling and nearby towns pursued along the river and by boat after a pistol battle left one robber dead.
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Somerton
Ohio
James Gray
Bellaire
Wheeling
Clarington
Man Beats Wife Over Refusal To Pray In Family Worship
John Newdick of Kokomo Indiana attacked his wife after she refused to join him in family prayers. He struck her while she worked at bread making. VV Rewick testified in court that she sustained two blackened eyes from the assault and that she would join in prayer at proper times.
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John Newdick
Kokomo
Ind
VV Rewick
Newdick
WIFE HELPS HUSBAND STEAL Confesses to Police
Mrs Rose Hough 20 confessed in Cleveland that she helped her husband rank Hough rob twenty apartment burglaries within a week after their October marriage. She wore jewelry worth hundreds when arrested and said they used skeleton keys to work in the early evening.
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Rose Hough
Cleveland
Rank Hough
Hough
Bank Robbery at Waterloo Ends with Rooftop Escape
Four men robbed Citizens Bank of Waterloo Nebraska and fled with 8500 dollars after a gunfight with a crowd that gathered following an explosion of the safe. Citizens returned fire but caused no injuries as the robbers escaped in a stolen vehicle.
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Citizens
Waterloo
Neb
Onethee
Citizens’ Bank of Waterloo
Wrn
Robbers Loot Steelville Bank in Violent Safe Raid
Four explosions rocked the Steelville bank as robbers blew the safe and seized about $3,000. Mr. Zimmer saw a man near the rear and alerted mill workers who pursued but the robbers escaped in a carriage after breaking into a barn for access. Flames erupted from bank windows as loot was taken.
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Steelville
Ill
Zimmer
Howard confession ties Goebel killing to Kentucky crisis
The confession by Henry E. Youtsey claims James B. Howard of Gray County fired the shot that killed William Goebel. He details a conspiracy surrounding the assassination of the Democratic claimant to the Kentucky governorship. The statement places the gunman inside a private room.
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Youtsey
Kentucky
James B. Howard
Gray County
William Goebel
Intennucky
Fireman Killed in Train Collision at Gothenburg
A west bound Union Pacific passenger train collided with a freight train at Gothenburg Nebraska. Fireman P I Dolan was killed in the wreck.
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Union Pacific
Gothenburg
Neb
P. I
Dolan
Supreme Court Rules Against Northern Pacific Land Grant
The Supreme Court under Justice Harlan holds that settlers Peter and Henry Nelson have better title to unsurveyed lands within the Northern Pacific grant than the railroad, and that Congress retains control before a definite map is filed. Justice Brewer dissents, noting a reversal of a two-decade Interior Department framework. Millions are involved.
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Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Northern Pacific Railroad
Peter and
Henry Nelson
Northern Pacific
Washington
Railroad Company
Congress
Justice Brewer
Interior Department
Nelsons
Bank Robbers Still Free After Missouri Cabin Search
A raid on a house twelve miles from Union uncover a sack with $800 in the cistern. Frank Rudolph 60 his wife 45 their daughter Esther 13 and George Harmes were arrested following a gunfight with officers in which Detective Schumacher was killed. Rudolph is stepfather to William Anderson, an escapee and suspected robber.
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Union
Bank of Union
Schumacher
St. Louis
Frank Rudolph
Esther
George Harmes
Rudolph
William Anderson
Explosion in Pittston shaft kills two and injures four
A dynamite charge at the eastern end of a heading in Pittston detonated when an electrical current was turned on without warning. Foreman Taylor and Night Foreman Florence were among six men in the shaft. two were killed and four injured. Other items include murder and burglary confession by Emil Turk and associates, veteran vendor Joseph Isaacs retires after 50 years, and a brick plant trust forming in Pittsburg with $15 million capital.
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Brentano
Chicago
Brass Molders
No. 83
Western Electric
Stromberg-Carlson
Wais
Pitsbuns
Blasis
Florence
Taylor
Emil Turk
St. Louis
John Moog
Turk
Moog
Senate Debates Statehood While Other Bills Advance
The Senate adjourned after extended debate on the Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico statehood bill with clashes over obstruction. Meanwhile measures passed include the Alaska delegate bill, military and Indian appropriations, and pension authorizations for widows of Gen. Sigel Negley and Rear Admiral Picking.
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Senate
Merriam
South Carolina
Committee On
Naval Affairs
House
Lessler
Insular Affairs Committee
Alaska
Cushman
Rep
Wash
Wooten
Texas
Sulzer
N. Y
Warner
Burnham
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Fairbanks
Franz Sigel
Francis Negley
Henry Picking
Territory of
House of Representatives
Quay
Platt
New York
Hale
Morgan
Alabama
Herran
Day
Burton
Ohio
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Orland, Indiana
Alamo Gorcia
N.M
el Paso
United States
el Paso Smelter
Fred Peets
Dunkirk
Peets
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Powder Works
Marquette
Mich
Hougton
Madrid
Spain
Pamplona
Aparross
Aragon
St. Davids
Wales
Graffoe
Glaslow
Buenos Ayres
Ramsey Land
Montana
Davis
Cameron
Bear Creek
Madison County
Edward Cruse
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Germany
San Carlos Fort
Venezuela
Great Britain
Berin
Urique
Chihuahua
Nentanana
Rawsers Raid Bank
Howard
Goebel
Woman’s Christian, Temperance Union
Tacoma
George H. Price
Wiid
Price
Hunt
Porto Rico
Manuel Bgdzeue
San Juan
Howori MecKinley
William McKinley
Canton
Presiden Roosevelt
Mrs. McKinley
Westlawn
Cranford
N. J
Jersey Central Suburban
Royal Blue
Colonel Lynch
Col
Arthur Lynch
London
Erie
Postal Telegraph Company
Milwaukee
Iit
Colney Hotel
England
T. L. Hoover
Ima
San Antonio
Tex
Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court
M.C. Rettner
Minnesota Cold Storage Company
St. Paul
State Supreme Court
Collins
Joseph Isaacs
Baxter Street
Isaacs
Stanton Street
Abrick
Harbison-Walker
Pitts
Pittsburg
Charles Westphal
Michael Schull
Buffalo Union Furnace Company
Buffalo
South
Spooner
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