Victor's Confession of Quadruple Murder
The Aberdeen dispatch reports Emil Victor's full confession to the July 3 1909 killings at the Christie residence near Rudolph South Dakota. He admits shooting Michael Ronayne and J W Christie then Mrs Christie and Mildred Christie, with thefts and later concealment actions. The statement, sworn before a notary, details the sequence and motives as recounted to authorities.
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Aberdeen
Emil Victor
W. Christie
Michael Ronayne
South Dakota
James W. Christie
Rudolph
Brown County
Iate
J. W. Christie
Christie
Childred Christie
Mellette
Ronayne
Chriatie
Mr. Chriatie
J. W. Chriatie
LG. T. van’ Slyke
Notary Public
20 000 Buildings Destroyed by Fire in Osaka
Confusion remains in Osaka as a Saturday fire leaves hundreds injured and thousands homeless. Officials estimate about 20 000 buildings burned, including banks stock exchange museum and government structures, with losses running to several million yen. Narrow wooden streets and a strong breeze aided rapid spread.
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Osaka
Japan
Diana
Stock Exchange
Slaying of Chinese Vice Consul Luk Wing at New York Office
Wong Bow Cheung alias Manda Wong, an Americanized cook, shot and killed Dr. Luk Wing Chinese vice consul at 18 Broadway on Saturday. Wing, Lehigh and Yale graduate who married an American girl, was arraigned before the coroner and sent to the Tombs for inquest. His wife, ill, reached the hospital in time to see him breathe and smile. he could not make an ante mortem statement.
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New York
Wong Bow “Cheung
Manda Wong
Broadway
Wing
Luk Wing
Hig Allie
St. Gregory Hospital
Oil Magnate Takes a Bride in London
Henry Lay Pierce of St Louis wed Virginia Prickett Burrowes at St George's Church Hanover Square under a Canterbury license. Witnessed by four and attended by her daughter, the couple left for the continent after a quiet wedding breakfast.
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Lamdon
Canterbury
Henry Lay Pierce
St. Louis
St George's Church
Hanover Square
Virginia Prickett
Burrowes
William Russell Prickett
Edwardsville
Virginia Burrowes
H. R. Anderson
Gino de Morpurago
Mary ©. Mitchell
Pierce
St. George's Church
London
D. Anderson
Continent
Lynching of George Johnson Ends Trial at Platte City
In St Joseph Missouri a special report says George Johnson white murderer of farmer John W Moore near Platte City was lynched at 2 am after the sheriff’s jail was mobbed. Johnson had been brought back to Platte City for trial which began today. Two men abducted a guard and others joined, battering the jail door and hanging Johnson from a tree opposite the jail until 6:30 am.
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St Joseph
George Johnson
John W. Moore
Platte City
Johnson
Kkanene City
Youth Drowns While Bathing in Lincoln Creek
Utica Nebraska Aug 4 Earl Clark aged 22 son of Postmaster Clark of South Oraha drowned in Lincoln Creek yesterday afternoon while bathing with a companion. The body was recovered.
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Utica
Neb
Earl Clark
Postmaster Clark
South ‘Oraha
Lincoln Creek
Tragic Drowning Ends Child's Swim Near Bethlehem
A 12 year old, Mari M Strawbridge of North Catasauqua, drowned after entering deep Lehigh River water near Bethlehem while attempting to swim. The incident occurred on August 4 as aid and witnesses rushed to assist.
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Brethlehem
Mari’ M. Strawbridge
North ‘Catasuuane
Lehigh
Western Tourists Die in Idaho Train Wreck
Spokane August 4 The toll from the head on collision of two electric trains on the Coeur d Alene and Spokane railroad near Coldwater Idaho totals 12 dead and about 75 injured. The dead include Orville Puerbaugh Elkhart Ind W W House Scotia Wash William W Onstete Harrington Wash A P Whitley Memphis Tenn William Ward Wenatchie Wash Dallie Golden Spokane Wash W A Dahlquist Hatherville Wash M D McDonnell Drummond Mont Mrs A B McDonnell Dumond Mont Fred McGarry Spokane Wash and others. Injured listed with fracture wounds and contusions include Daniel Carmody Chicago P M Waters Pleasant Lake North Dakota Guy Tombleson Mullenville Kansas Arthur Marvin Victoria Mont Charles Osborne Freeport Illinois Mrs Osborne Freeport Illinois C P Van Sant Harrisonville Missouri L L Dixon Norfolk Nebraska Peter Dricks Douds Iowa Carl Williams Missoula Montana.
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Headon
Coeur d'Alene
Satuyady
Coldwater
Idaho
Orville Puerbaugh
Elkhart
Ind
Charles Osborne
Freeport
C. P. van Sant
Harrisonville
L. Dixon
Norfolk
Neb
Peter Dricks
Ricks
Douds
Carl Williams
Missoula
Mont
England greets the Czar of Russia in Cowes
The Russian imperial yacht Standard carried Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra into Cowes as King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra welcomed them. A fleet of 150 British ships, fully adorned, joined the official reception alongside Russian and British diplomats underscoring Anglo Russian ties amid domestic tensions and anti government sentiment.
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Cowes
Imperial Yacht Standard
Emperor
Empress
Cherbourg
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Prince and Princess of Wales
Edward Grey
M. Iswol
Great Britain
France
Russia
Nicholas
Labor Party
Alabama House Passes Income Tax Amendment Bill
The Alabama House on August 4 approved a bill agreeing to an income tax amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The action marks a step toward national reform, aligning state stance with federal tax policy changes.
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Alabama
Montgomery. Alm
House
United States
Sea serpent sighted near Cape Hatteras
A 60 foot long sea serpent six feet around was seen off Cape Hatteras near the Norwegian steamer Simon Dumols. Captain Soransen said he could not measure or count fangs but offered a conservative estimate of the creature’s features as it lashed the waves near the vessel.
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New York
Cape Hatteras
Simon Dumols
Nipe
Cuba
Soransen
Personal crises claim two lives at Nebraska capital
Lincoln Aug 4 Mrs Thomas S Paxton wife of Atlas bank Neligh Neb cashier hanged herself in a Lincoln sanitarium room after despondency. Her husband had intended to bring her home next week. Edgar Stabley a well known farmer killed himself near Lincoln leaving a note saying he did not care to live.
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Lincoln
Neb
Thomas S. Paxton
Atlas Bank
Neligh
Edgar Stabley
Hail and wind devastate farms across South Dakota fields
A July wind and hail storm near Huron, South Dakota, wrecked crops across 30 by 60 miles, injuring Olivia Peterson and her two sons in a collapsed barn. Wheat and corn ruined, barns destroyed, with damage reaching $100,000 in Armour county. Other towns reported heavy damage or no damage. Des Moines reports no major results beyond downed wires near Omaha.
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Huron
ai—Priday
Thia
Aoadie
Olivia Peterson
Peterson
Rockham
Spink County
Iroquois
Washington
Hitchcock
Wolsey
Yate
Sheffield
Cavour
Armour
Tte
Des Moines
Omaha
Count Zeppelin makes record balloon flight
Reports from Germany and surrounding towns describe Count Zeppelin guiding the airship Zeppellin II along a 220 mile course from Friedrichshafen to Frankfurt with speeds around 21 miles per hour. Weather challenges and head winds marked the day as crews logged climbs, dives, and synchronized maneuvering amid crowds and military observations.
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Airport
Germany
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Roosevelt 18 Honored by Leipsic University
The University of Leipsic conferred Theodore Roosevelt with a Doctorate of Iowa honor as part of a ceremony that also listed King Frederick of Saxony Count Ferdinand Zeppelin Gerard Hauptmann and Professor Pritz von Unde among degree recipients. Government bonds bank stock notes insurance policies and other manorial papers valued at about 28 000 were sent to Loutaville yesterday around noon in a dispatch from Leipsic.
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Leipsic
Iowa
Theodore Roosevelt
Frederick of
Saxony
Ferdinand Zeppelin
Gerard Hauptmann
Pritz von Unde
Loutaville
Loutaville Cotes
Revolt in Catalonia Rocks Spain as Barcelona Burns
Paris dispatches report Barcelona writhing in violence with fires and bloodshed as rioters attack streets and churches. Madrid imposes martial law and troops march to quell the revolt amid censorship and political upheaval. Royal family evacuates to Madrid while concern grows over the dynasty's future.
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Paris
Spain
Africa
Europe
Maura
Catalonia
Madrid
Charles
Bourbon
Prince Ferdinand
Bavaria
Heat Kills Two as Chicago Suffers Severe Humidity
Chicago suffers under oppressive heat with no relief in sight. Two deaths are reported and numerous prostrations after a night of extreme discomfort. At 9 AM the thermometer read 33.2 degrees above the prior day.
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Chicago
Municipal Cabbage Kitchen Proposed in Atlantic City
A Atlantic City councilman proposes a central cabbage cooking plant to boil all cabbage for city use. He argues it would reduce odor complaints from hotels and apartments by containing cooking in one location.
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Atlantic City
Death of Harry Pulliam Shocks National League Leader
Louisville and sports circles mourn the death of Harry Pulliam president of the National League, found fatally wounded in his hotel room after a shooting incident. Coroner investigations and unclear circumstances surround the tragedy as Pulliam, a longtime baseball executive and former city editor, passes away amid questions over the league’s leadership and reforms.
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Ated
Petit
Bea
Pulliam
Ayail
Scottaville
Retter
Louisville Mmercial
Louisville Baseball Club
Pittsburg
National League
Louisville
Harry Pulliam
National Association of Baseball Clubs
Barney LM
Fitteee Ciliam Wan
Kentucky
Nordica Marries New York Banker in London Ceremony
Opera star Mme Lilian Nordica wed New York banker in a Kings Grosvenor church ceremony attended by friends. She wore pale gray satin with venetian lace, a laurel chaplet, and a pearl necklace from the groom. The service, led by an English church, followed by a Claridge's reception, ended with a Southampton cruise aboard Young's yacht.
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London
Mme
Lillian Nordica
King’s ‘Grosvenor
Nordica
Jas. R. Carter
Fred Nom Paand Martin
New York
Mme. Nordica
Emil del Castile
Baldwin
W. Fenton Chauncey
Church of England
Claridge’s
Southampton
Young
America
Rewards for Loyal Canadiens in 1866 Invasion
Halifax July 31 Canadian government to grant 160 acres each to 175 living members of the improvised Halifax army honored for services during the 1866 Fenian threat. Grants come from public lands in the Northwest. most grantees plan to move west to occupy and cultivate their land.
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Halifax
Canada
Canadian Northwest
Northwest
River Steamer Sinks Between Trenton and Philadelphia
A Delaware River steamer between Trenton and Philadelphia began sinking while the engineer slept. A night watchman on the dock woke the crew and they searched for the leak, but could not locate it and the craft was nearly submerged.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Trenton
Tripped on Skirt and Died Near Woolrich
Mrs Clare P Sterner of Philadelphia visiting her parents near Woolrich fell from a skirt entanglement while riding with her father. She plucked flowers by the roadside, slipped into a ditch, and died before help arrived. the incident occurred yesterday.
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Jersey Shore
I’a
Clarence P. Sterner
Philadelphia
Mra
Charles Rich
Woolrich
Yeaterday
CUDAHY SLAY NORTHERN BACHELOR TO WED FRISCO GIRL
Colonel Cudahys son, famed for a kidnapping case and a Pacific coast social figure, plans marriage in Frisco to a San Francisco socialite. The groom is described as a self made millionaire with Van Neesty connections and pioneer Pacific coast ties.
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Cudahy
Frisco
San Frepeiaces
Pacific
Mies Brewerias Social
San Francisco
San Bhe
van Neesty
Pacific Coast
Governor of Alabama Deplores Lack of Law Enforcement
Governor B Boner deplores weak enforcement of liquor laws and the failure of officers to uphold prohibition. He warns that reliance on citizens organizing law and order leagues signals officers selling out to crime and risks anarchy. He favors constitutional repeal of prohibition and says sections ignore laws.
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Alabama
Hhe Menange
B. Boner
Illinois Bank Short by 110000 in Tipton Affair
Tipton Indiana July 90 An examination of the First National bank of the city began today to ascertain the losses connected with Nash R Marker assistant cashier who vanished last Saturday Sixty thousand dollars in cash was missing and banks books show a 50 000 shortage plus 10 000 in broader losses The bank may reopen or be placed under a receiver Treasury agents probe Noah Marker life for clues to his whereabouts
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Tipton
Ind
First National Bank of
Millar Wolf
Tremmory Department
Nash R. Marker
Chahler
Marker
Fundy
Weir
Treasury Department
Noah Marker
Worst drought in years threatens China says consul J C McNally
Washington reports American Consul J C McNally warns famine and pestilence will ravage central Chinese grain areas. He cites protracted drought in Nanking where rice crops were nearly destroyed, noting water access near creeks keeps some fields productive while others falter.
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China
J. C. M'Nally
Washington
Nanking
J. C. McNally
Rob ert Robertson Faces Prohibition Charge in Mississippi
Wesson Mississippi lawmaker W W Robertson is to stand trial after an affidavit filed yesterday accuses him of retailing intoxicating liquor under state prohibition laws. In Seattle a message from J H Chilberg offers a $5,000 prize and gold medals for a competitive airplane race at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition.
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Wesson
Miss
W. W. Robertson
Weason
Seattle
J. H. Chilberg
Louis Bleriot
Hubert Latham
Wright Brothers
J T. C. Curtis
Editor Shot Dead in Tulsa Rooming House
Tulsa police reported editor 30 year old Mark Hansett formerly of a Tennessee paper was shot in the head and found unconscious in a printing shop room Sunday. He died yesterday and his body was sent to Tuscola Illinois for burial. The incident follows a summer of heavy freight dealings with a tonnage record noted in a separate line.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mark Hansett
Timois
Tulsa Daily News
Tuscola
Til
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