Dozens Die In Rock Island Express Wreck Near Norris Siding
Waterloo Iowa dispatch reports 14 dead and many injured after a northbound Rock Island express wrecked with a southbound freight near Norris siding three miles north of Colar Falls Iowa. The smoking car bore the brunt of the fatalities as passengers were trapped amid mangled coaches while women provided aid and physicians rushed in.
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Pathetic tale ends with Wisconsin governor pardon
A German immigrant and former Mrs Wilhelmina Baehr, jailed for life for poisoning a man, receives a presidential pardon after 16 years in Wisconsin state prison. Her husband urged her to plead guilty. he died by suicide soon after. Authorities say justice is finally served.
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Stern Justice
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Madison
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Germany
Shawano County
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Oconte County
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Presbyterian Hospital
Diverted Funds to His Own Use Del_ Erie Heating Company
Chicago Sept 7 A receiver was appointed for the Erie Heating company as liabilities reached 100000 with light assets. Petition alleges F W Gale president diverted large sums from the company to his own use.
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Erie Heatin Cod Company
F. W. Gale
Letter Carriers Elect W. E. Kelley for Officers
Canton Ohio September 7 The National Letter Carriers today elected officers for the union with W I Kelley named president and E J Cantell as executive secretary Other posts include B F Smiley on the constitution committee and E Schmidt as retirement association director Also Holland withdrew from the race based on a Washington hint Gainer from Brooklyn and Mun were among nominees.
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Fort Dodge
Retirement Association
E. Schmidt
Quincy
Holland
Washington
Kelley
Brooklyn
J. Gainer
Pickpockets Try to Rob on Rocky Mountain Limited
Three armed crooks, who had picked the pockets of Rock Island passengers at Lincoln, fought with Conductor Henry Duval on the Rocky Mountain Limited near Alve station. After a knife threat the men jumped from the moving train about eight miles west of Alve and vanished. Passengers reported robberies at Lincoln before the escape.
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Omaha
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Duval
Roosevelt backs riding astride in women class
Oyster Bay N Y Sept 7 President Roosevelt reviewed the Planting Field Riding academy class and expressed approval of riding astride for women in the summer class The president said he favored that method and the girls rode astride during the demonstration
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Planting Field Riding Academy
West Point Fights Silent Treatment Against Cadet Bock
New York reports at West Point detail a growing crisis as Cadet Bock faces ostracism by his plebe class and seniors. Commandant Colonel Howze seeks to avert ruin of Bock career while denying plans to dismiss the entire class.
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Sherman
R. L. Howze
Howze
West Point
Bodies Found Near Geneva Island Confirm Local Losses
Rescue teams recovered bodies in the water near Geneva Island, identified as local residents. Officials say the deaths appear connected to recent incidents at sea and are coordinating with families and authorities for next steps.
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Deaths of Schulz and Mrs Daum Seem self Inflicted
Bodies found near Genevs island downriver identified as Ernest Schulz and Mrs Ida Daum of this city. Schulz, son of a local family, had been intimate with Daum who had separated from her husband Ed Daum. Funeral set for 2 pm at Knox parlors with burial at German Lutheran. The case, still without decisive evidence, is treated by locals as likely a self inflicted tragedy.
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Chicago
Ernest Lovejoy
Faribani
Minn
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Ida Daum
Muscatine
Louis Sehuly
Coupl
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Daum
Rock Island
Schulz
Ed Daum
Sehula
Second Street
Kenaios
Knox Undertaking
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Dawn
Father Kills Son and Wife Slayings Linked to Self Defense
Chicago scene reports Mrs. Fred M. Fish murdered at Evanston with her husband in the room after a shotgun blast. Police say Fish hacked her with a cleaver and cut his own wrists, fate uncertain. In St. Louis, Christian Kelley Sr aged 47 killed his son Christian Jr, 20, in a struggle over a reprimand, authorities say.
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Fred M. Fish
Evanston
Fish
Jeanse
St. Louis
Christian Kelley
Christian
Kelley
Deneen to See Jamestown With Illinois Staff
Governor Charles S. Deneen plans a Thursday night departure with a staff to Illinois exercises at the Jamestown exposition on Saturday. The party includes Dr. Edmund J. James president of the University of Illinois and state officers. They return to Springfield Saturday night. Love Waits on Law 25 Years in London reports Manchester couple aged 7 and 65 awaiting passage of an act legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister.
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Burton Named for Cleveland's Mayor
Cleveland Ohio September 7 Congress man Theodore E Burton was today nominated by acclamation for mayor of Cleveland at the republican city convention.
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Boston Bond Offer Falters Amid Low Demand
Boston, Sept 7. The city’s attempt to float a million dollar loan in four per cent bonds is nearly a failure. Market demand has been weak for weeks, with only 148000 sold over the counter. Analysts cite New York offers of 40,000,000 in forty four percent bonds as drawing investors away from Boston’s issue.
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Bell Heads the Eagles at Norfolk Convention
The administration ticket headed by Theodore Bell of California won the election of grand officers of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Norfolk Virginia on September 7. The full administration slate defeated the anti administration ticket by large majorities.
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Folk, Va
Theodore Bell
California
Bride Night Murder Shocks Nacogdoches Area
In Nacogdoches Texas D D Owens disappeared just before his wedding to Maggie Wilkerson. A search party found his body in the woods last night. He had been shot and a rope was around his neck. Legrose is named as a suspect in the slaying.
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Texas
D. D. Owens
Maggie Willkerson
Here
Fifty Dollars for Bushel of Corn Prize at State Fair
The Illinois state fair runs Sept. 27 to Oct. 5 in Springfield. The corn premium list features three division lots for Dent corn plus a champion class, with a grand champion prize and a $200 to $50 four-spot in Lot 196 open to all. Separate seed corn shows offer $540 in premiums across two world and Illinois entries.
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Milnois
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
Fire for plague hospitals plan to burn city buildings
San Francisco authorities consider burning the city and county hospital to eliminate plague cases. The board of health has recommended the demolition of the frame building complex that has sheltered a number of plague patients.
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San Francisco
Board of Health
Board of Supervisors
Boat Burns. Crew Safe After Henry K. Stanley Fire
Gallipolis Sept 7 The steam boat Henry K Stanley burning yesterday at Gallipolis destroyed by fire. The packet plying between Charleston West Virginia and Cincinnati had the crew aboard and they escaped with their lives. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars. cause an exploding lantern.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Charleston
W. Va
Cincinnati
Chicken Poisoning Strikes Threshing Crew Near Manson Iowa
Twenty men and boys on a wheat threshing crew north of Manson are sick after eating chicken sandwiches. Authorities report all are seriously ill but believe recovery is likely. Poisoning suspected from the chicken meal as doctors treat the victims.
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Iowa
Lehicken
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