Murder and mob justice in Rockport tragedy shocks town
A barber Hector Simons of Rockport Indiana was slain in his shop. Suspects Frank Rowland and Henderson were captured after bloodhounds aided the search. A mob freed and hanged Henderson in the jail yard while Rowland hanged himself after confessing to murder for money. Local authorities vow thorough investigation and punishment.
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Dell
Court House
Frank’ Rowland
Henderson
Simons
Ghidy
Rockport
Ind
Frank Rowland
Jill” Henderson
Rowland
Tenderson
Enderson
Toca
Vollley
Tie
India
Oscar L. Booz
Booz
Bristol
Military Academy
West Point
Towne Appointed to Fill Senator Davis’s Minnesota Seat
Charles A. Towne, a former congressman and noted silver advocate, was appointed by the Minnesota governor to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Davis's death. The temporary appointment will last until the January legislature elects a successor. Towne is a Michigan-born Minnesota resident and a leading silver campaigner.
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Charles A. Towne
Senator Davis
Minnesota
Adlai SE. Stevenson
Towne
Washington Fife
Sil
Ver
Mwe
Republican Party
Bryan
Michigan
Senate
German training frigate Gneisenau wrecks off Malaga coast
The German frigate Gneisenau was wrecked near Malaga during a storm as it tried to enter the harbor. The ship broke up within an hour. the commander and cadets were drowned, with over a hundred known dead and about forty survivors badly injured. The vessel, built 1899 at Dantsig, measured 242 feet and 13 knots, armed with 3.0 inch Krupp guns and torpedo tubes.
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Malaga
Gibraltar
Gneisenau
Dantsig
W ‘Tien "Stie' Iyas
Knise
Tor
Navy
Unclear fragmentary note on reindeer plan and Canadian Indians
Fragmentary text mentions a failed government attempt to import reindeer from Lapland into Alaska. It references about 100,000 Indians in the Dominion of Canada and a fight involving wives and revolvers with names like Od Bailey.
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Lapland
Alaska
Dominion
Canada
Financial markets show steady rates and mixed activity
New York reports money rates held at 5 14 to 6 percent with December bond and stock dividends looming. Chicago boards note muted speculative activity with wheat prices steady and corn scarcity lifting near-term values. Telegraphic briefs cite global data on literacy, Oklahoma voting growth, Berlin goose trade, and US farming trends.
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New York
Chicago
Board of Trade
Society Leader A Murderess Is Convicted In Ohio
Miss Alice Hammell died weeks after a vitriol attack in Van Wert Ohio. Mrs Imma Van Liew wife of a banker pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received ten years imprisonment. Police say motive involved the victim’s public criticism of the attacker’s daughter. The prisoner is listed as No 62976 at Columbus State Prison.
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van Wert
Alice Hammell
Detims
Sammell
Imma van Liew
van Liew
Miss Hanmmoell
Miss Nammell
Boers Win a Battle Report from Nooitgedacht and More
Lord Kitchener reports fierce fighting at Nooitgedacht where Gen Clem ents forces retreated under Delarey with 2 500 Boer troops and no British officers killed. Boers attacked Thienthenburg, Bethlehem, and Vrede but were repulsed with casualties. London war office notes crowds gathering for updates and orders to send mounted infantry to Africa. Other items include a new publishing house in St Petersborg run by women, Zululand coal seams, oleomargarine taxation, and stock exposition prices in Chicago.
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Senate
Washington
United States
America
Great Britain
House of Representatives
London
United States Senate
Nicaragua Canal
St. James
Britain
Pall Mall Gazette
Kiewit
Delarey
Lord Kitehongr
Clements
Lord Kitchener
Thiehtenburg
Levner
Bethlehem
Vrede
Aldershot
Malta
Africa
McKinley
Growth of the Oleomargarine Trade Amid Tax Bill Push
The article notes 104 million pounds of oleomargarine sold in the United States in the recent year, with over 5 million farmers petitioning for federal regulation. It cites 26 oleomargarine factories and 30 states with bans on imitation butter, while 80 million pounds of imitation butter were sold where prohibited. The Great Bill would place oleo taxation under federal internal revenue and tax collection at factories where state enforcement fails.
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Upper
Alunki
Oklahoma
Berlin
Downs
Kan
Missouri
Union
United’ States
Europe
United States
Congress
Notable Figures Tangle With Illness Murder Rumors
Reports weave Charles Boutelle’s political future with his daughter Grace as she tends him in a private asylum at Waverley. Separate notes recount Rev. Hermans alleged crimes, the Lorillards Ronalds reconciliation, and Frank M Brown’s embezzlement and gambling while Captain Dickens commands naval moves. Pension rolls to rise to about one million names with $142 million in payments next year.
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Charles A. Boutelle
Maine
Congress
Miss Grace
Boutelle
Waverley
Unveiling of a Memorial Model in Pennsylvania Capitol
A Philadelphia to Washington procession marks a national ceremony with the Department of Justice present in national colors. A reception at 10 o'clock hosted by Kinley and state governors precedes the unveiling of a memorial model in the Executive Mansion area and related events in the Caneorah Gallery.
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Philadelphia
Wasdent
Mrz
Ainenin
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Kinley
States
Caneorah Gall
Typhoon Death Toll Rises Near Hong Kong
A violent typhoon wrecked ships and flooded Hong Kong areas. Dozens of sailors were lost as vessels foundered and launches were crushed. Rescue efforts saved some, but many were left clinging to debris as waves battered shorelines. If the storm continued, further evacuations and damage were anticipated.
Fragmentary 1900s Talk on War Debt and Debate
A disjointed OCR passage notes discussions on prosperity, money, and a joint debate. Mentions General Stowe, Cape of the Boer War, the Philipp, and a departing fleet. Reflects unsettled war tax and policy themes without clear events or dates.
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Stowe
Cape
Sina
Philipp
New Jersey
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