Murderous Razor Attack Shocks Washington
A 45 year old civil examiner Benjamin B Snell attacked Liza Wissenberger 18 in her home cutting her with a razor after pursuing infatuation. He was captured by police and gave no explanation. Snell has a wife and two children. A second report notes Aguinaldo junta efforts in Manila and reactions of British residents to American actions.
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Washington
Benjamin B. Snell
Pension Department
Liza Wissenberger
Snell
Junta
ManUa
SoMa
Crisanto- Tichaneng
Manila
Otis
Bseila
Consht
Wildman
Tear Up Street Car Tracks in Pontiac Riot
Citizens of Pontiac Michigan tear up tracks on Sagiha Street carried out by Detroit men hired by aldermen and locals. The motive is anger at the Silvan Lake Street Railway Company's opposition to street paring and a city injunction against the measures.
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Pontiac Mich
Pontiac
Mich
Silvan Lake Street Railway Company
Sagihai Street
Simday
Detroit
Spanish Officers Expected to Be Acquitted in Santiago Surrender
Madrid reports the supreme council of war met last Saturday to decide the fate of officers involved in the surrender of Santiago to American troops. Acquittal is anticipated for the accused. A separate prosecutor’s report seeks life imprisonment for those responsible for the Manila surrender.
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Spanish Council
Santiago
Madrid
Supreme Council of War
Manila
Two Cars Collide In Fatal Ocean State Accident
Merritt Lyman Abbey, motorman, killed when two cars on the Sea View electric road between Wickford and Narragansett Pier collide. Forty passengers with one injury. Cars ignited by current and destroyed. Also reports drowning in Galveston and quarry explosion in Brussels with multiple deaths. In Bland successor race, Dorsey W. Shackinfurd named for Congress seat.
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Saunderstown
Sea View
Wickford
Narragansett Pier
Merritt Lyman Abbey
Brussels
Qinery
Providence
Sawar
Bland
Eighth District
Dorsey W. Shackinfurd
Booneville
Congress
Richard P. Bland
Agronaut Drowned During Ascent Near Walker Minn
E M Bastan of Agronaut fell into Iwo Lake while ascending and drowned. It is believed his parachute failed to deploy. Remains have not been recovered.
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Agronaut
Walker
Minn
E.M. Bastan
Iwo Lake
Assassins Shot and Political Upheaval in Santo Domingo
Reports claim Teoaut we assassins of President Heureeux were captured and shot as Santo Domingo stabilizes. U S gunboat Machias under Commander L C Logan received by President Piguerec, with Figuerec sworn in as president before Congress. State orders tighten as arrests continue.
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Santo Domingo
Heureeux
L. C. Logan
United States
Machias
Piguerec
Fort de France
Martinique
Figuerec
Consrese
Yeill
Ol Be
Republic
M. Youehard
Prominent Indiana Citizen Plunges From Hotel Window
James H. Turpie, a well known Indianapolis resident, plunged from a third story window at the Hotel Lahr. He was found dead on the stone pavement after disrobing before the fall. Police and ambulance responded, Turpie had recently checked in and his family lives in the city’s aristocratic district.
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Indiana
Laferette
Inn
James H. Turpie
Beadso
Lahr
Turpie
Midsight
Terpie
Maried
Hes
Cattle and Sheep Men Fight in Colorado Kill Sheep
In Northeastern Colorado masked horsemen entered grazing grounds along Two Mile Creek near Sterling. They shot and killed about 150 sheep and wounded 25 others. Two sheep herders were reportedly killed and eaten, though verification is lacking.
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Colorado
Cheyenne
Two Mile Creek
Sterling
Strange Chicago Murder and Miner Recruiting Shootings
An array of brief reports: Geo C Gallagher shot in Chicago by an unknown assailant as a woman awoke to a gunfire scene. In Cripple Creek Colorado, David Connell, recruiting miners, wounded fatally by an unknown at the depot. clashes with recruits and armed bystanders reported, no arrests. Notable Confederate dead, Richmond, and a Texas move to exclude Negro participation in leagues. Berlin Samoa dispatch praises Luther W Osborne and Samoa’s impartial justice. New York tailors win strike with $18 top wages, other mines idle due to dockage. North Jersey power house fire at Newark. Grondo town fire in St Petersburg. Delaware River drowning trio after small boat capsized.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
David Coaneh
Marsha
atGoldfield
Florence and Cripple Creek
Coeur D'Alene
Sims
Connell
Conpell
Florida cyclone leaves nine houses standing in Carrabelle area
Severe Florida disaster reports a cyclone destroying Cara belle, MeIntyre, and Lanark Island towns. Carrabelle has only nine houses left. Melntyre and Lanark Island suffer heavy damage. Twenty families homeless. several injured. deaths include Mery Williams. Ships idle offshore. multiple vessels washed ashore along St George and Dog Islands.
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Florida
River Junction
Pla
Carabelle
MeIntyre
Lanark Island
Carrabelle
Melntyre
Sidwa
Carabette
Tallahassee
Georgia
Mery Williams
Gcarradella
Daniel Nell
Apalachienno
Ne! Totyre
Laan
St.George
Dog Islands
Ani
Uprising in Yaqui Territory Reports Slain American Miners
From El Paso Texas reports say Yaqui forces slain many American miners as 4000 armed warriors mass in the Batueco Mountains overlooking the Yaqui River valley. Hermosillo describes a planned army of cavalry, infantry and artillery moving toward the Yaqui stronghold as 1000 regulars are deployed to scour the valley. The uprising stems from suppression of Indian lands after 1868 treaty opened the region to prospectors and government concessions.
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el Paso
Tex
Yaqui Indian County
Ce Yaqui River
Hermasillo
Mex
Batueco
Yaqui
Diaz
Cornerstone Ties to Presidential Visit Stir Union Dispute
A Chicago cornerstone ceremony for a federal building may trigger a clash with unions over non union labor. Officials say thePresident or visiting dignitaries could influence the event, while unions insist no non union hands touch the stone. The dispute centers on contractor John P. cutting the stone and the mortar process.
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Chicago
Cers
Union
McKinley
John Pe
Tragic Northwestern crossing accident kills three hunters
A fatal crash near Humbolde on the Northwestern killed three young men, ages about 18 to early twenties, who were in a wagon struck by an engine as they crossed the track five miles east of the city. The victims were later identified as Clarence Barber Otis Barber and Martin Perry near Baxter. The party appeared to be hunting and en route to Minnesota.
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Humbolde
Northwester
Onig
Minnesota
Stritten
Clarence
Otis Barber
Martin Perry
Baxter
Good Families
Lead Stara
Northwest
Shipman Hilker Assaults Woman Aboard Wagon
A widower about 50, Hilker, and a 16 year old girl, Siinnie Reamer, rode a wagon toward the city when he allegedly drove to a roadhouse. Farmers pursued a drunken Hilker who battered the girl in the wagon. He threw her from the wagon and escaped but she remains unable to identify relatives.
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Hilker
Bulker
Brandt man murders three children before suicide
In Palis Scene near Susquehanna PA Charles Yager 4 Brandt allegedly killed his three children ages 4 to 12 then took his own life. A widower, employed at a Guair factory, he had become suddenly insane while grieving his wife’s death. motives unclear.
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Brandt
Susquebange
Charles Yager
Ilen
Big Day for Hangings in three states shows harsh justice
Reports from New Orleans and St. John La Ang 4 describe hangings of Frank Naskd an Italian for murder and Chameston D C two Black men Jim Phelps and Sam Bailey with further note of Ang 4 when Phelps killed policemen and Bailey killed another man in Van Buren Ark John Maxey a colored man was hanged for rape Aug 4 He professed innocence until the end invoking God s curse on the people of Van Buren The item notes a grim pattern in capital punishment across states and dates.
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Louisiana
South Carolina
Arkansas
New Orleans
Frank Naskd
St. John
Chameston
D.C
Jim Phelps
Sam Bailey
Phelps
Bailey
van Buren
Ark
John Maxey
God
Peavey
Market quotations and grain prices across major cities
Market quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and New York show cattle hogs sheep and grain values. Cattle and hogs range widely with No 2 red wheat and No 2 white corn oats and rye priced across several markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Uge
Detroit
Milwaukee
Harley
Extea
New York
Pope Leo Scores Italy and Hague Note Party
Rome reports Cardinal Atampolli sent a note to foreign nations detailing Italy's stance toward the papal delegate at The Hague conference. The note states all governments except Italy desire a papal delegate. A Rough Riders reunion site is planned in Oklahoma City with guaranteed entertainment and preparations.
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Leo
Italy
Rome
Cardinal Atampolli
Nencio
Holy See
Rough Riders
Kan
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Las Vegas
Anamosa Prison to Use Forced Labor for Butter Tub Factory
A new stock company organized in Anamosa plans to place prisoners at the Anamosa Penitentiary into forced labor starting around January 1, 1909. The company aims to manufacture butter tubs, with capital of 325,000, and seeks a state charter. the prison is nearing completion and will shift from construction work to ongoing production.
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Anamosa
scoeriaLs
Ineda
Pany-As
Secretary of State
Ge Company
Snes ‘Stanufactor
Iyfarther
Sonstiz
Injuries and accidents plague Ames and Fort Dodge youths
A Ames family reports their year old son injured by an accident in the yard requiring Des Moines examination. In Fort Dodge Albert Dowling, 12, was pinned by a horse causing skull fracture and brain injury. surgery removed skull fragments. Three Fort Dodge children narrowly survived ptomaine poisoning after eating spoiled beans found in the woods, saved by prompt medical help.
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Pati
George Hulse
Ames
Hulse
Des Moines
Pataily
Albert Downing
Thomes ‘Dowling
Homse
Fort Dodge
James Scott
Haddock Memorial Services Mark 13th Anniversary
On August 8 the temperance unions and members of the First WB Church of Sioux City held memorial services at the Haddock murder site. Rev. George Haddock, longtime pastor, was killed while working on prohibition era cases. A large crowd attended the remembrance.
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Haddock
Sioux City
George ‘C. Haddock
Nestor
Jng
Temperance Unions
Wrecking Train Tragedy Claims Boone Youth
Ralph Carlson age 15, son of L. G. Carlson of Boone, died after being thrown beneath train wheels at the Greene Street crossing while departing the wreck scene. He suffered fatal injuries of both legs severed below the knees and died within hours. Iowa G A R to National Encampment announces Sept 2 departure from the state, with 2000 Iowans in uniform on special trains to Philadelphia via Chicago and Baltimore and Ohio.
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Ralph Carlson
L. G
Carlson
Boone
State Department
Ttas
Iowa
Chicago
Philadelphia
Balimore
Ohio
Man Arrested for Forgery Linked to Express Company Fraud
Tailor Bates of Marshalltown, once a gentleman for Adams Express, is arrested on four forgery charges filed by the Iowa Central Rail Road. Investigations reveal he allegedly deceived the railroad out of about 41,000 by inflating express bills.
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Co. T. Bates
Adams Express Company
Marshalltown
Lowa Central Railroad
Adams
Iowa Central
Tragic Train Incident at Columbus Junction
A Black man named Ray was fatally injured as his wife attempted to board a slowly moving train at Columbus Junction. Eyewitnesses report a violent disruption leaving Ray badly mangled while bystanders tended to the victim.
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Ray
Columbus Junction
Fatal Bull Attack Near Pomeroy Claims Dirk Life
A man named John Dirk of Pomeroy was killed when an enraged bull attacked him in a pasture near his home. His wife tried to help, they fled the bull, were knocked down, and Dirk died from multiple injuries after the animal charged again. Neighbors, including Henry Metzgar, pursued and subdued the bull.
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Pomeroy
John Dirk
Lis Basturs
Dirk
Tanile
Mies
Birk Toid
Henry Metzgar
Metzgar
Multiple incidents lift reader from Cedar Rain to Glenwood
JWeast faces burglary charges with fifteen months left to serve. Fort Dodge reports a fatal fall from a bicycle accident, while George N. Shamblin died at Glenwood from a morphine and strychnine poisoning suicide note. A crop storm near Bowes causes one third loss to corn. Miss Mary E. Wright sues for breach of promise in Morning Sun. Gasoline poisoning kills a child in Allamakee. LeMars captain Art Billebrand leads baseball. A fatal shooting in Rome over a dollar ends with Roy Breach jailed. Rev A O Wilson ordained for a San Francisco parish.
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George N.shamblin
Veslegee
Sirs
McDonald
Glenwood
Fis
Missouri
Mary. E. Wright
Morning Sun
BR. L. Wilson
Chicago
Morning Suny
Roy Breach
al Jones
Branch
Rome
San Francisco
Wilson
LeMars
San Fra- Algo
Forty rescued after steamboat accident at Storm Lake
A steamboat landing at Storm Lake broke down causing about forty people to plunge into deep water. Vigorous rescue efforts were made though several passengers remain distressed as responders work to pull them to safety. The report mentions local council members and ongoing relief actions.
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Storm Lake
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