Oil Discovery Rumor and Far Reaching News Briefs
Abilene Reflector reports varied items from politics to oil. Possible offshore finds near Conanicut Island precede broader regional speculation. The Miantucket turret armor contract goes to English firms. Emperor Francis Joseph eyes Bosnia Herzegovina occupation relief. Coeur de Leon gold rush sparks Salt Lake City skirmish as miners move north. Lieutenant Vian, linked to Hue atrocity disclosures, is retired.
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Francis Joseph
Austria
Bosnia
Herzegovinia
Coeur de Leon
Salt Lake City
Placer
Rockport youth killer arrested after arson on a trading boat
Francis J. Extry, seventeen, who murdered his employer R. E. Arnott on a trading boat near Rockport Indiana and robbed the corpse before setting the vessel ablaze, has been captured. Other items note France China war talk, Miles City fire, Vermont snow, and various trials and political moves.
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Francis J. Extry
R. E. Arnett
Rockport
Ind
France
China
Miles City
M. T
Vermont
New Orleans
Crook
New England
New York
Commercial Bank of
Reading
Attorney General Rules No Duty Increase For Wines Import
Tariff clause on breakage or loss in wines and spirits not requiring duty on more than actually imported as shown by official returns. Corain cites $1 million pension fraud, asks Grand Jury action. Corkhill seeks tips on deceptive circulars to prosecute agents. Berlin warns against buying U S trade dollars amid emigration. Atlanta court convicts eight for Kukluxing. Thanksgiving proclaimed for Nov 29. Bowie mail stage halted. no passengers. Chicago & Alton train wreck near Glendale injures 20. San Francisco shoemakers form clubs backing General Butler. Kansas City Star fire causes $21,000 total loss. Catoosa Station dispute ends with shooting. Cleveland escapes.
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Tar
Corain
Corkhill
Washington
Berlin
United States
Germany
Atlanta
GalvesTon
Tex
Bowie
Chicago & Alton Road
Glendale
Kansas City
San Francisco
General Butler
Horrific New Comerstown Murder Suicide Shocked Ohio
Terrible scene described in New Comerstown where Albert Frizer, his wife, and three children were found slain and Frizer dead, with details of the brutal murders and suspected motive tied to despondency. Community reports intense excitement as investigators piece together the Sunday night tragedy.
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Lonxpon
Si Crirrorp Liorp
Housband
New Comerstown
Ohio
Albert Frizer
Lock 12
Frye
Ohio Canal
J. Niesbaum
Mr. Frizer
Frizer
Mrs. Frizer
Frazer
Judy
Kit
Prizer
Dr. Beers
Frye's Creek Valley
Terrible Louisville to St Louis train wreck injures many
A Louisville to St Louis Air Line train near East St Louis derailed after a broken rail. Two coaches overturned and dragged along the track. Over sixty passengers were seriously injured and many more hurt. One fatality reported, a Providence man named Anthony, with a crushed skull. Rescue efforts were swift as doctors treated wounded and uninjured travelers.
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Louisville & Nashville Air Line
St. Louis
Louisville
Belleville
East St. Louis
Providence
Anthony
Through a Broken Bridge Train Wreck at Fort Edward
A Delawa re and Hudson train on the Glens Falls Branch plunged through a damaged bridge near Fort Edward on Oct 2. Engine cleared the span but baggage and passenger cars fell into the water, killing three and injuring about twenty aboard. Names of the deceased and injured include Dallas Crippen Glens Falls Mr Wincop Gloversville Mrs Michael Monahan Glens Falls and many others with fractured limbs burns and head injuries. Newsboy Eddie White survived.
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Fort Edward
Epwanp
Glens Falls
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Champlain Canal
Dallas Crippen
Wincop
Gloversville
Michael Monahan
B. Thiese
Fhey
Thomas E. Connors
Patrick Howard
Thomas Brady
John Jenkins
Edward Deal
B. Theise
L. W. Howland
Miss Tisdale
White Hall
Thomas Loomis
eeZageman
Charles Sheffers
Expressmanu
Charles Calestraki
James Loomis Sandy Hill
James C. McIntyre
Ticonderoga
N. Y
Abraham Wing
C. W. Carr
N. Goldstein Pack
Jacob Goldstein
John H. Messick
Albin
Saratoga
Florence Stoddard
Fort Eaward
John Cashion
Eddie White
Lake George
Commissioner Dudly reorganizes Pension Bureau examiners
The Pension Bureau under Commissioner Dudly plans a large overhaul of special examiners to speed case handling and curb fraud. He cites 450 examiners as a profitable workforce, with 118,069 disease claims outstanding at the fiscal year start. Interior Department action follows prior suspensions of fraudulent pension agents, though some reinstatements occur amid delays.
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Dudly
Interior Department
Wasnixeton
D. C
Pension Bureau
Dudley
Secretary of the Interior
Teller
Foiday
Pension Office
Ma Ae
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Hue
Henri Rochefort
Duc d’Aumale
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Carpinal Mannino
Bismarck
Foucer
Civil Service Commission
Attorney-General
Pennsylvania
Thomas Bresnan
John Dillon
Chicago
Jay-Eye-Lee
Johnson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William Barton Rogers
Wa H Jenkins C c
Eddy, Harvey & Co
Vox
Monte
Kreisau
Silesia
Loxpos
Dr. Begg
New York, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Gould
C. E. Hargens
Fifth Infantry
Desens
John Brown
Balmoral
G. Faverre Taylor
Eeew Eee Rex
Mitchett
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Europe
Bravo
Boston
Wm. A. Simmons
Robert Morrison
Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette
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Mate Pender
Philadelphia
Utah
Jordan River
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Hamburg
Absnerr
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Tuk Geodetic Association
Rome
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Stern, Trautman & Co
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Cincinnati
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Bitty Porter
Walsh
Irving
U. S. Supreme Court
Myra Clark Gaines
Supreme Court
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Germina
Minn
National Board of Steam Engineers
Clinton Falls
Jons Taylor
Joseph Bird
Sterven Jones
Gaskill, Greenlie & Co
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Micuael Waters
Naval Advisory Board
Russia
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Franciscan Order
Bliss, Brown & Co
East Saginaw
Mich
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N.Y
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Treasury Department
Garner
Arizona
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James McLeod
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San Miguel County
Wagon Mound
Texas
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Overland Telephone Company
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Lorp CoLeniner
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Francis J. Kerry
R. T. Winett
Rockford
Marshal§ Hirnts
Greenfield
John Daggett
Portuguese Geographical Society
Stanley
Congo
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
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Nicnotas Halen
Tunkey River Station
Sanley
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Steinbach
Todd County
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Keeney
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Red Hill Bridge
Daniel Elie
Sr. Paul
Mins
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le Sueur County
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Washington, D. C
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Mexico
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Fla
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the Pension Bureau
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Wyoming Territory
Henry Mosher
Mosher
Cheyenne
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W. P. Seeds
Attorney AT Law
Abilene, Kansas
Culbertson & Mead, Attorneys AT Law
Abilene
Kansas
Court House Isiock
J. A. Brady
J. H. Franklin
Brady & Franklin
Attorneys AT Law
Enterprise
Cottage Hotel
J. W. Gore
Prop
H. J. Hudson
Nicolaws Lumber Yard
Geo. A. Crise
Crise
Abilene, Kas
J. E. Bonebrake
W. R. Dryer
Cashier
Thos. Kirby
Abilene Bank
C. H. Lebold
J. M. Fisher
J. FE. Herbst
Pres
E. A. Herbst
Incorporated Lebold, Fisher & CO
Bankers
Wilson
F. B. Wilson & Son
Fireman’s Fund, of
California
Union, of California
Mattoon Life Ins. Co., of
Illinois
Hartford Life and Annuity
Hartford
Connecticut
W. W. Wilson