Dr. Austin and Davis plotted murder to enable suicide
Mrs Abbie B Rice testified in Omaha that Dr Frederick Austin and Charles B Davis planned Davis shooting the physician, then Austin would take poison to end his life. She described their meeting in the office and the exchange of aconite and subsequent car ride before the killing plan faltered.
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Omaha
Abbie B. Rice
Frederick Austin
Charles B. Davis
Davis
Znally
Austin
Davis Dadty
Charles E. Davis
Dr. Austin
Fire destroys portion of Rush City business district
Fire swept through Rush City Minnesota on September 28 damaging about twenty buildings and causing around 200000 dollars in losses. Fire brigades from St Paul Hinckley and Pine City arrived to assist as high winds aided the blaze and the single city pump failed. The inferno started in J F Hamburgs roller mills and elevator and quickly spread to nearby shops before containment.
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Rush City
Minn
St. Paul
Hinckley
Pine City
J. F. Hamburg
Temperance Parade Draws Thousands In Chicago
Thousands filled downtown Chicago streets as temperance groups led a mass parade on September 28. Denominational churches Salvation Army Volunteers of America and other societies contributed large contingents with elaborate floats and many clergymen acting as parade officials. Spectators cheered along the route.
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Chicago
Salvation Army
the Volunteers of America
Good Templars
Strayed or Stolen Dog Reward Offered in Huron
Strayed or stolen pointer with collar bearing the name H B Kenyoun. Reward offered for information leading to its return. Contact H B Kenyoun of Huron South Dakota.
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H. B. Kenyoun
Huron
Thaw Denied Jury Trial in Matteawan Case
Justice Mills in White Plains denied Harry K Thaws request for a jury trial to decide his sanity. He scheduled a habeas corpus hearing for Oct 5 and noted District Attorney Jerome would withdraw due to office finances. Mills ruled the Matteawan commitment lawful and authorized by the criminal code.
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Mills
White Plains
New York County
White Plaine
Justice Mills
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Matteawan
Roosevelt Platform Endorses Taft Sherman Ticket In Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin September 24 The Republican platform adopted in Chicago endorses Taft and Sherman and backs the party program including railway property valuation campaign finance publicity and direct election of senators The Wisconsin idea tariff and primary reform debate caused a long committee session E A Edmunds of Appleton was chosen state chairman after three ballots.
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Madison
Wis
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
William H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Committee On Resolutions
United States
Congress
Davidson
Wisconsin
Mary Ann
E. A. Edmunds
Appleton
Isaac Stephenson
Fire devastates Fond du Lac churches and homes
A fire in Fond du Lac Wisconsin destroyed three major churches and damaged a car garage and seven autos, with total losses estimated at 250000 dollars. St. Josephs Catholic church Congregational church Crescent garage St Peters Lutheran church steeple Grant public school and former mayor Mayhams residence suffered major damage. Fire started by gasoline explosion in Crescent garage and spread with wind prompting aid from Oshkosh and Milwaukee.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Congregational Church
Crescent
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Grant
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Latouche Treville Turret Explosion Kills Crew at Sea
A French armored cruiser Latouche Treville suffered a catastrophic turret explosion during gunnery drill at Toulon on Sept 24. The after turret was wrecked and thirteen crewmen were killed instantly, with many more seriously wounded. Dismembered bodies and severed limbs lay amid wreckage as the ship prepared aid and rescue.
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Toulon
France
Latouche Treville
Garfield defends Hitchcock on prairie oil and gas leases
Secretary Garfield stated the Interior Department acted in line with a congressional act authorizing pipeline construction through Indian lands in Oklahoma. He said no interference by the president occurred and Prairie Oil and Gas was treated like other applicants, with about twenty permits issued and no Oklahoma law violations found.
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Washington
Garfield
Department
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Oklahoma
Assault on American official in Havana shocks envoy
American Charge d Affaires J Cornell Tarler was assaulted in Havana while dining with Capt Granville Fortesque. The attack occurred at a restaurant near Hotel Inglaterra and left Tarler with a severe cut near the right eye. Cuban assailants fled the scene before police detained them.
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Havana
J. Cornell Tarler
Legation
Ministr Morgan
Mr. Tarler
Capt
Granville Fortesque
Major Slocum
Inglaterra
Petersburg Daily Health Update Shows Rising Cases
Petersburg records indicate an encouraging rise in new cases in the latest statistics. Deaths were more numerous with 3 fatalities reported after 24 hours and new admissions to the municipal hospital.
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Petersburg
Chera Statisticae
Bogeal
Bison Range Selected in Flathead Reservation Montana
The bison range in the Flathead Indian reservation Montana has been selected after congress allocated $40,000. The site near Ravalli and Jocko covers about 12 000 acres to be fenced, with base funds raised by the American Bison Society.
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Washington
Flathead Indian Reservation
Montana
Congress
Ravelli
Jocko
American Ison Society
Dynamite Blast Sends Five Men to Pieces Near Tobyhanna
In Scranton on September 29 three Americans and two Italians were killed by a dynamite explosion at Cross Keys cut near the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad. The men were at a hole when the blast occurred.
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Scranton
Cross Keys
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Tobyhanna
Wreck Between Burlington Flyer and Freight Kills Nine in Montana
Nine people died and eleven were seriously injured in a head on collision near Youngs Point Montana as the eastbound Burlington flyer struck a westbound freight in a blinding snowstorm. The passenger train traveled fifty miles an hour and the express car telescoped the smoker. Rescue volunteers struggled to pull victims from crushed seats amid cold damp weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Burlington
Livingston
Shotgun Quarantine in Force at Border Frontier
Dispatch from Kishineff reports Roumania has established a shotgun quarantine against cholera along the Russian frontier near Bessarabia. No cases yet in Bessarabia, but Roumania has stationed a regiment of infantry along the Pruth River.
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St. Petersburg
Kishineff
Roumania
Bessarabia
Prath
Dynamiters Wreck House in Reading Pa
Dynamiters wrecked a house in Reading Pennsylvania on September 22 as an attempt to kill grocer Joseph A Ganster and his family. A quantity of dynamite exploded against a wall but no one was harmed.
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Reading
Joseph A. Ganster
E.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Full Digestion Of Food
An advertisement touts Kodol as a digestive aid that provides the stomach with essential juices. It claims the product digests all the food eaten, strengthens the entire system, and supports avoiding dieting or starvation.
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Kodol
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Temperance
Morris Wholesale House
Cincinnati
Ohio
F. B. Gray
Colorado Street
H. J. Ward
Iroquois
T.j.murphy
L. B
White House Supply Co
Jerome
Wisconsin Republican
Wee
Ig du Lac, Wis
Moore
Lonestat
West Third Street
Hitchcock
Cuba
Bison Range
Senate
John Breen
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