Innocent Man Shot by Boy Ends in Fatality
John Nelson, 27, an organ peddler from Avery, was shot and killed by 17-year-old Jimmie Seibert near Oskaloosa after pursuing him for about a half mile. Nelson, unarmed, sought refuge at the Seibert home amid fallout from the Carpenter rape case pending before the Iowa supreme court.
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Oskaloosa
Jimmie Selbert
John Nelson
Avery
Here
Bhliins Mason
Nelson
Seibert
Carpenter
Iowa Supreme Court
May Selbert
Selbert Place
Selbert
Strike Leader Indicted In Packing Plant Conspiracy
Sioux City Sept 16 Charles McGuire strike leader at packing house and Frank Caine waloon keeper were indicted by the grand jury on conspiracy charges. They were arrested and posted bonds of 1000. Alleged to have conspired to hinder work by posting pickets and causing disorder amid strike melee at Cudahy plant. McGuire once served time for manslaughter. Caine previously faced assault with intent to kill a deputy sheriff and was released on bond.
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Sioux City
Charles McGuire
Frank Caine
Packing House
Cudahy Packing Company
McGuire
Caine
Justice Court
Huntley
Illinoia
Illinoia State Penitentary
Davie
Demand That Lena Leave Port Over Repairs Dispute
Japanese consular protest over the Russian auxiliary cruiser Lena entering San Francisco seeks departure within 24 hours. U.S. officials debate authority, dispatch orders, and possible inspection as the Lena faces removal or remand for repairs amid neutrality concerns.
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Washington
Japan
Lena
San Francisco
Collector of Customs
Sena
Secretary of the Treasury
Adee
Commissioner of Navigation
Scretary Murray
Russia
Oyster Bay
S. 1
Vladivostok
Anxiety in St Petersburg Over War News Delays
Reports from St Petersburg describe growing public irritation as official accounts of the Lina Yang battle and front conditions remain scarce. Rain halts Mukden operations, rumors of Kuropatkin’s downfall spread, while China’s potential moves and Japan’s advances loom as tense uncertainties. Berlin notes Baltic squadron departure delayed awaiting far east news.
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St. Petersburg
Lina Yang
Kuropatkin
Mukden
China
Japan
Manchuria
Peking
Berlin
Tageblatt
Far East
Reval
Democrats Show Gain In Maine Plurality Cut to 27000
Returns from small town areas and revised figures show Maine’s Republican plurality at about 27000 after Monday’s election. The Republican gain over 1900 is estimated near 5 percent, while Democratic gain is about 24 percent.
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Maine
Portland
British Steamer Catchas Cargo Confiscated by Russians
London reports the Vladivostok prize court ruling that confiscates flour cotton and timber cargo aboard the British steamer Catchas bound for Japan. The decision, confirmed by the Russian Supreme Court, ignores Britain's protest over contraband provisions in the Russian list.
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London
The
Globe
Vladivostok
Japan
Supreme Court
Great Britain
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur in Bad Straits for a Week
Paris dispatches quote high official reports from St Petersburg about Port Arthur facing critical shortages of meat flour and ammunition with fortifications ready to be blown in case of a Japanese assault. Additional dispatches note Kuropatkin’s plan and Orloff’s failure at Yentai mines, while Kuropatkin regains military prestige.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Echo de Paris
Viceral Alexieff
Far East
Kuropatkin
Harbin
Gibraltar
Orton
Fletcher
London
Derwen
Liverpool
Liao Yang
Associated Press
Orloff
Yentai
Lena to be disarmed by U S authorities at San Francisco
President orders Russian armed transport Lena taken into U S custody at San Francisco and disarmed at Mare Island. Vessel to be repaired at a private dock or navy yard as warranted while peace talks proceed. Crew to be paroled until further arrangements. Casualties at Liao Yang total 17,689 including 196 officers killed.
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Washington
Atlee
Lena
San Francisco
Mare Island Havy Yard
Navy Yard
United States
Mere Island
Fare Yeland Navy Yard
Liao Yang
Tokio
Discovery of Woman's Body in Trunk Puzzles Cleveland
The body of a young woman identified as Mrs. Inez Smith was found crowded inside a trunk recovered from the lake front near a coal dock in Cleveland. She disappeared September 6 and police say she was murdered and placed in the trunk before being thrown into the river. Mrs. Smith had previously sought a divorce from Samuel Smith who had another wife. Before marriage her name was Ines Hall of Zanesville. The couple had lived in Cleveland about five years but had recently separated.
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Cleveland
Inez Smith
Oregon Street
Samuel Smith
Hving
Ines Hall
Zanesville, O
Smiths
End of Tomato Box Romance in Richmond Marriage
In Richmond Indiana a peculiar romance ties Miss Cora B Moore of Dublin to Simon Waltzen of Benson Illinois. A year ago Moore and other Spiceland tomato factory workers wrote addresses on tomato boxes bound for shipment. One box with Moore s address reached Waltzen who works as a bookkeeper in a department store. They corresponded and eventually married in Dublin.
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Richmond
Ind
Cora B. Moore
Dublin
Simon Waltzen
Benson
Wealth Is Found On Beggars In Brooklyn Case
Nicholas Genol and his wife Madeline, aged 66 and 67, Italian beggars, were arraigned in the police court and sent to Kings County Penitentiary for six months for begging. They were arrested going from house to house. the wife played a hand organ while Genoli collected money. The wife wore a placard claiming blindness to solicit aid.
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New York
Brooklyn
Nicholas Genol
Madeline
Kings County Penitentiary
Genoli
Ballooning accident kills soldiers near Vienna
During military ballooning drills at St Hulhuisensburg a gust blew a rope bound group into the air. Eight soldiers were hurled against a rack. two died instantly and six were fatally injured. The balloon vanished from sight.
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Vienna
St. Hulweissenburg
Goodwin Loses at Cards in New York Seance Tale
Nat Goodwin and J H Strosneider played cards with John C Ryan after returning from abroad aboard the Hner Kronprinz Wilhelm and reportedly lost $4,500. The incident occurred in New York on September 18 with a mood less urbane than usual.
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Goodwin
Cards
New York
Nat Goodwin
J. H. Strosnelder
John C. Ryan
Strosneider
Milwaukee Purchases Dubuque Infielder Roland Wolfe
Milwaukee gains infielder Roland Wolfe from Dubuque as Milwaukee American Association club buys him. Catcher Slattery faces suspension by President Grillo for assaulting umpire Shuster in St. Paul.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Roland Wolfe
Dubuque
Milwaukee American Association
Slattery
Grillo
Shuster
St. Paul
Aim to Cut American Troops in Philippines
Manila Sept 15 reports recommendation to reduce U S force in the Philippine islands from four cavalry regiments and nine infantry to three cavalry regiments and seven infantry.
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Philippines
Manila
Philippine Islands
Hill Leaves KC for Chicago National League Club
Outfielder Hugh Hill of the Kansas City American Association team played his last game in Milwaukee and departed for Chicago to join the National League club, marking a midseason transfer between leagues.
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Hill
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Hugh Hill
Kansas City American Association
Church Organ Missing on Railroad Route
Pittsburg Sept 15 The pipe organ of the new St Joseph German Lutheran church of Millvaters was lost somewhere on the railroad between Chicago and Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
New St. Joseph German Lutheran Church
Millvater
Chicago
Montreal Quake Felt With No Damage Reported
A slight earthquake shock was felt in Montreal at 8 56 p m Wednesday evening causing no damage.
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Montreal
Powers Asked to Intervene at Hague Conference
St Louis dispatch reports the interparliamentary union’s second session adopting two key resolutions. One urges immediate intervention in the Russo Japanese War and asks The Hague powers to act, with Count Goblet d Alviello pivotal on phrasing. The other invites a second Hague conference and a Roosevelt call. A separate note covers Harroun, the elevator man, surrendering to face a million dollar forgery case.
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St. Louis
Thennter-Parliamentary Union
Roosevelt
Far East
Count Goblet d’Alvielle
Belgium
United States
Inter-Parliamentary Conference
Inter-Parliamentary Bureau
le Comte d'Avielle
Russia
Japan
the Hague
Hague
Count Apponyi
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Harroun
St. Joseph
W. H. Harroun
Spencer
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