Lone Bandit Robs Eastbound Sleeper Train Near Corrizozo
A lone bandit robbed an eastbound El Paso and Southwestern sleeper train near Corrizozo New Mexico, forcing passengers to pile cash and valuables in a private car before fleeing toward the mountains. The steal is estimated at several thousand dollars, and the getaway involved firing at rear train lights. Passengers and crew were left destitute and are being cared for by the railroad.
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el Paso
Tex
el Paso & Southwestern Railroad
Robstart
N. M
Corrizo
Hawke
Portugal Army Near Mutiny In Lisbon Power Struggle
Reports from Badajoz and Lisbon warn of near mutiny in the Portuguese army and possible abdication of King Manuel. The royal family plans to seek refuge in Spain as shoulders of loyalty waver amid censorship and royal scandal. Also noted is Missouri cow Josephine breaking milk production records at the College of Agriculture and the death of prominent Philadelphia clergyman Reverend Charles A. Dickey.
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Badajoz
Spain
Lisbon
Manuel
Duke of
Ope
Carlos
Ms Move
Portugal
Maria Pia
Josephine
Columbia
Missouri
College of Agriculture
Consantha
American Woman's Body Found in Italian Lake Trunk
Fishermen hauled ashore near Moltrasio a submerged trunk containing a murdered American woman's body. Wounds to the head suggest foul play. Cloth wrapped victim bears initials C. L. Letters and a photo of a young woman found with the trunk. Police recall a recently vacated villa where a couple disappeared days earlier.
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Como
Italy
Moltrasio
C. L
Western Union in bucket shop net indictments
Washington reports indictments charging Western Union Telegraph with 42 bucket shop law violations dated March 1 1909. Indictment cites fast wire service allegedly supplied to Artemus and Cella offices operating as Standard Stock and Grain Dealers of Jersey City. Additional case against Price & Co for bucketshop operation in the District of Columbia. Browne jury completed Chicago case notes.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Federal Grand Jury
Western Union
Artemus
Cella
Standard Stock and Grain
Jersey City
Price & Co
District of Columbia
Patent baby foods blamed for infant deaths
Dr L P Royster of Norfolk told the American Medical association that patent baby foods cause nine of ten infant deaths in summer. He urged following nature and improving mothers' training in grammar schools, noting fresh air as key and criticizing doctors who rely on prepared foods.
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St. Louis
L. P. Royster
Norfolk
American Medical Association
Royster
Rousseau
France
Storm Devastates Europe and Arkansas in Deadly Weather
Berlin reports claim over forty five killed as electrical storms sweep Germany and Russia. War department orders maneuvers halted until storms pass. Crops damaged with losses likely over one million dollars. In Arkansas Pine Bluff records three deaths and a million dollar cotton crop loss as wires fail and rail washouts worsen floods.
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Berlin
Germany
Russia
War Department
Rhine
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Ark
Cordova Seeks U S Transport for 250 Montenegrin Laborers
Washington reports Cordova Alaska mayor asked federal approval to move 250 Montenegrin laborers stranded as vagrants. Arrested then freed due to prison funding shortfalls, the case bounced through the War Justice Commerce Interior departments amid questions of representation and method. Governor Mark in Washington seeks details on how they reached Alaska and the nature of any promises.
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Washington
Cordova
Alaska
State Department
United States
Montenegro
War Department
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce and Favor
Department of the Interior
Walter Mark
Clark
Promis
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Lone Bandit
Lee
Sandusky
Robert B. Lee
John Hampden
George Washington
George W. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Johnson's ‘Sand
South
Louisville, Ky
Alma Kellter
Joseph Wendling
St. John’s Cashalle Church
Bank of Prescott
Portugese
Philadelphia
Charlies A. Dickey
General Assembly
Presbyterian Hospital
The
Citizens Bank
Verian
India
Ozan Mercantil Co
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