Frightful Accident Near Holbrook Claims Several
A farm wagon collided with a westbound engine near Holbrook at harvest time, killing Miss Lizzie Kielbeck and Mrs Herman Kielbeck and four others. The wagon was crushed, one horse died, and a baby girl died shortly after from injuries. Mrs Spartenbeck, wife of Carl Bartenbeck, was shot days earlier by Herman Kielbeck.
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Herman “Kielbeck
Holbrook
Lizzie
Herman
Kielback
Charles Bartenbeck
Spartenbeck
Carl Bartenbeck
Sani
Kictbeck
Lipton Aims for Another Americas Cup Race
Sir Thomas Lipton has sent a challenge to the New York Yacht Club for another Americas Cup contest. He told an Associated Press rep aboard the steamer Maanie that details should be released by the NYYC. The challenge hints at a August race date and mentions a Thames-built yacht named Shamrock with Robert Wringe possibly in command.
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Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Associated Press
New York
Thames
Robert Wringe
Michigan Legislature Reconsiders Tax Amendment in Special Session
In a special session on Wednesday October the Michigan legislature discussed a joint resolution to submit to voters in November a constitutional amendment authorizing taxation of railroads and other corporations on property value, repealing special charters of the Michigan Central Lake Shore and Grand Trunk railways. The measure was referred to a committee after the governor's message. The Senate adjourned following the hearing.
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Michigan
Rilroads
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Grand Trunk
House
Senate
Corn Condition Down Across States in October Report
The October 1 corn condition in Nebraska shows 78.2, down from 80.6 last month and below 82.7 in 1899. The nationwide decline affected Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska, and Virginia, with Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Texas, and Iowa dropping several points.
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Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
Ecli Ui
Ohio
Missouri
Virginia
Indiana
Ilinois
Kansas
Texas
Towa
Indictments Hit Kinmundy Fraud Suspect
John W. Wilson of Kinmundy faces fifteen indictments for forging and defrauding the state of $158 by acquiring a lumber receipt never delivered. Governor Tanner had earlier removed him as a trustee of the incurable insane asylum for irregularities. John S. Readnow of Kinmundy is named in the case.
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John W. Wilson
Kinmundy
Tanner
John S
Man Dies in Wolf Misidentification Incident in Minnesota
In Stephen Minnesota Nelson Wernstrom shot and killed Mrs Fernstry who was out searching for cattle. She climbed a strawstack to spot the cattle when the night darkness and confusion led to the fatal misidentification. The incident occurred near Stephen Minnesota as Wernstrom mistook her for a wolf and fired. Local authorities investigate the bizarre tragedy.
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Nelson Wernstrom
Tecumseh Figure Withdraws From Presidential Ticket
Tecumseh resident Ss. P. Davidson withdraws as a Republican presidential elector candidate. Davidson, a director of a national bank, cites concerns over eligibility, prompting his departure from the ticket for the current season.
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Ss. P. Davidson
Tecumseh
National Bank
Aeason
Elderly Bohemian Woman Found Wandering in Nebraska Field
Anna Sbatos, 85, was found wandering in a cornfield near Florence Nebraska and taken to the police station in an ambulance. She could not name her home and could not recall details when asked, later identified by her son who reported she had not been seen since the previous day. She was returned to her home in a precarious condition from exposure.
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Anna
Sbatos
Eighy
Cornfeld
Florence
Neb
Keller Confession Links Seven Murders to Mausdale Mystery
L W Keller, recently executed in Oklahoma, confessed to killing seven people including a man near Mausdale Pennsylvania. The Mausdale murder, long called the mystery of the mine after Barney Westdossel was found in an abandoned shaft, has drawn renewed attention as Keller’s statements surface. Westdossel, a Prussian army lieutenant and former priesthood student, figures in the case.
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L. W. Keller
Oklahoma
Mausdale
I. W. Jxeller
Barney Westdossel
Westdossel
Census Enforcment Fines Issued After Refused Answers
Census officials report forty to fifty arrests nationwide for refusing to answer enumeration questions. Although a $100 penalty existed, only a few fines were imposed as many culprits chose to comply before court action. Information was later gathered from other sources to complete the schedules.
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United States
Highest Water Yet Known Floods Wilde District at Portage
Flooding on the west side of the Wisconsin River breaks the levee at Bardens and sends water several feet deep into Portage Wisconsin. Residents reach town by boat as Baraboo valley waters rush toward the river. Northern Portage also floods with the highest stage yet. the official gage records 115 feet, slightly above last spring. Tracks on the Madison Portage branch of the Milwaukee road are submerged and traffic is halted.
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Wilde District
Portage
Wis
Wisconsin River
Bardens
Baraboo Valley
Wisconsin
Madison-Portage
Milwaukee Road
Boers Leaving Transvaal in Mass Exodus
Lourenzo Marquez Bayh dispatch reports hundreds of officers and their families fleeing the Transvaal for new lives in other countries. Many head toward the Americas as their destination. Two German ships carried 1,200 Boers while two French ships followed with 950 souls, mostly women and children from the better Boers, bound for Holland.
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Americas
Holland
Arrests in Kid Mitchell Case Uncovers Stolen Express Goods
Police report Kid Mitchell alias Chris Clark arrested for stealing packages from express wagons. Over $400 worth of loot found, mostly buried in a pawnbroker shop on Nam streets. Sy Chirk, jailed two days earlier, admitted possessing the goods.
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Chris Clark
Kid
Mitchell
Omaha
Atnam Streets
Prince Ching Encounters Mixed Receptions in Foreign Legations
A Pekin dispatch from October 14 reports Prince Ching visiting foreign legations in succession. He received a chilly reception at the British legation, brief at the German and Austrian posts, longer at the Russian and American legations, with Conger hosting him. Analysts foresee an international commission to settle China’s fate, possibly at The Hague or Washington.
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Pekin
China
Prince Ching
Claude ‘MacDonald
Germany
Conger
Lefftion
Ching
Japan
England
America
the Hague
Washington
Russia
France
Italy
Wreck Near Plattsmouth Hits Kansas City Train
A Kansas City train No 27 crashed into an open switch and struck passenger train No 4 near the Missouri river between Plattsmouth and Pacific Junction. Engineer W F Roberts was killed, several others injured including Robbins Tippens and Harry Kennard. Bodies and injured were moved to Plattsmouth by special train.
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Burlington
Iowa
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Pacific Junction
Kansas City
W. F. Roberts
St. Joe
Moeman- Robbins
Tippens
Express
Messenger Harey_ Kennard
St. Doe
B. A. Haskins
Bischarek
Messenger Illinger
Schuyler
Marie Hardy
Trumbel
Tr ‘Dinmen
Ansley man killed by Burlington stock train
Fred Dahmar, an employee of the Burlington, was killed in Ansley Nebraska while shoveling cinders. the train backed up and ran him over. He leaves a wife and two sons.
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Craghead
Fred
Dahmar
The
Burlington
Ansley
Neb
Avis
Royal. Highlaunders
Mystic’ ‘Legion
Train collision in Newcastle Paz kills three
A passenger train crash near Newcastle Paz killed a man and a girl and another boy. A fourth person was so badly injured that he cannot talk. Names are unknown and conditions uncertain.
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Newcastle
Paz
Pittsburg
Lake Evie
Passeger
Cat Robinson
Arnot
Sheriff Nabs Train Robber Suspects in Nebraska Run
Sheriff E P Sweeney of Box Butte County captures Harry Slaterman and Frank Gustmeier alias Erak Ertz, believed to be train robbers who held up a Burlington train near Haigler Nebraska. Slaterman confessed to thefts of horses and gold and silver from Werr Brothers in Lincoln County. Gustmeier captured twelve miles east of Bridgeport. The pair face charges as authorities plan further proceedings at North Platte and Ogalala.
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E. P. Sweeney
Box
Butte County
Ings
Harry Slaterman
Frank _Gustemeier
Erak Ertz
Burlington
Ear Haigler
Slaterman Caime
Gustmaeier
Bridgeport
Smith
Sheriff Sweeney
Slaterman
Ogalaba
Gustmeins
North Platte
Two Drown in Cesspool Disaster in Omaha Home
Charles M Geppner and his son Roy died after sewer gas flooded a cesspool behind their boarding house at 710 South Fourteenth Street. They, with W H Anderson, had opened a new pool and tried to vent an old one. Gas overwhelmed the elder Geppner as Anderson and the son tried to aid him. all fell into water and perished. Coroner took charge. ages fifty and twenty five.
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Charles M. Geppner
Roy
Mechanics
Fourteenth Street
Omaha
Geppers
W. H. Andersson
Geppner
Anderson
Father
No.1 Hook and Ladder ‘Company
Charles M.geppner
Indemnity Recommended for Four Italians Killed in Tallalay
The president will ask Congress to pay indemnities to the families of four Italians killed by a mob in Tallalay Louisiana about two years ago. A Justice Department report confirms the killings and notes no local perpetrators were punished despite federal pressure. The Louisiana governor ordered an investigation and grand jury proceedings, but the federal government seeks reparations in response to the Italian government.
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Congress
Tallalay
Department of Justice
Hhe
Louisiana
Rev Hills Sentenced To Four Years In Bigaity Case
Rev Roland Hills received a four year sentence after a jury in Briain New found him guilty of bigaity. Judge Baxter presided. Hills, once married in England, moved to America, later marrying Miss Dollie Powell in Blair. His first wife’s appearance triggered arrest and conviction. The second wife and her four day old son will live with her parents in Florence.
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Roland
Hills
Bigaity
Briain
New
Nii
Baxter
England
America
Blair
Dollie Powell
Florence
Loss of $800 Fires Destroys Barns Near Columbus Nebraska
J. Siems a wealthy farmer ten miles north of Columbus suffers a $800 loss in a blaze that destroys two barns and most contents including over 2000 bushels of sorghum grain thirty five tons of hay a binder two mowers five cultivators a corn planter and shelter a sewing machine feed cutter and other items insured partially.
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J. ¥. Siems
Columbus
Neb
A. Corp
Assault on Elkhorn road superintendent reported
Long Pine Nebraska dispatch says C H Reynolds superintendent of the eastern division of the Elkhorn road was assaulted by F Rose, a discharged brakeman, on a Norfolk bound eastbound passenger train. Reynolds received facial injuries, a scalp wound requiring stitches, and was unconscious for about thirty minutes before being taken home. A warrant for Rose cites assault with intent to do great bodily injury. Rose’s whereabouts are unknown.
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Long .Pine
Neb
H. ‘Reynolds
Elkhorn Road
F. Rose
Rose
Nolds
Reynolds
Norfolk
Michigan Legislature Ends Special Session on Pingree Measures
The October 10 to 12 special session approved Governor Pingree's two measures: a constitutional amendment for November submission and taxation of railroad and other corporations at cash value. It also repealed special charters of Michigan Central, Lake Shore, and Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee railroads, effective December 1901, with fire roads allowed to sue in Wayne Kent or Ingham circuits for damages.
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Michigan
Pingree
Board of Assessors
Central
Lake Shore
Detroit
Grand Haven
Milwaukee
Circuit Court
Wayrie
Kent
Ingham Counties
Explosion on locomotive cripples eastbound train
A Chicago and Alton engine No 107 exploded near Curryville Missouri while hauling the eastbound passenger train. Porter John Mason was decapitated. engineer Patrick Markey and wire man Crawford Wheeler suffered severe burns. several others were hurt. Fifty yards of track were torn up and service delayed for hours with no cause yet known.
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México
Chicago &Alton Railroad
Curryville
Mexico
John Mason
W. Eckler
Kansas City
J. J. Kincaid
Bowling Green
Lindsley
Woman commits death by own action in Chicago
Mrs. Philip Hardy wife of a former London business man was found dead in her 1220 Wabash apartments with a bullet wound nearby a magnite based dueling pistol lay on the floor. Letters indicate she believed her husband had killed himself after a quarrel and she had prepared notes to her mother and others on mourning paper.
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Chicago
Philip Hardy
London
Wabash _ preene
New York
Judge Gordon Suspended Amid Impeachment Proceedings
The city council filed articles of impeachment against Judge Gordon for alleged misconduct. A special meeting ratified the action against Judge Baker, while Justice William R. Learn will serve as police judge in the interim. City Attorney Connell believes ample proof of incompetency and malfeasance can yield conviction at trial.
Summit Report Buried on Ledger Theft Case
A report from Summit Wisconsin states detective Kelly captures Willig Schreiber, the clerk tied to the Bethsport loan theft, and authorities say the money was secured. New Providence identified as the capture site.
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Summit
Willig - Schreiber
the WH
Ibethsport’ Loank
New Providence
Kelly
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Gerlag
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Lourenzo Marquez
International Gemimission
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Butte
County
Cesspool
Uncle Sam
Louis
Law- Jesse
Wills
Elkhorn Omeral
Curryville, Mo
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Schreiber
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