Unlucky 13 in Luetgert Murder Case Hearings
Chicago officials prepare for the Luetgert murder trial with emphasis on the number 13, claimed to influence events around the case. Evidence, including carings found 13 days after the murder, is to be presented to a jury next week as defense and prosecution spar over procedure and voir dire.
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Chicago
Deenan
Sury
Bir Basaes
Armitage Avenue
Diversey Street
Lueteart
Uye
Alfhonch
Luetgert
Jekters
Wm. Reed
Mrewan
He Barber
Cudworth Farmer
J. H Helekhoid
Hn PF
Labor Leaders to Meet in St Louis Convention
In St Louis August 28 labor leaders plan a convention starting Monday. Expected speakers include Laris Carson state president of the United Mine Workers Eugene V Debs president of the Socialist Democratic Party and leaders of the Carpenters and Joiners unions. Grant Luce heads the organizing committee saying the gathering will unite mine workers and urge cooperation among unions. The talks aim to advance miners interests and align with heads of several urgent organizations.
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Bt. Louis
Laris Carson
Calted Ming Wothere
Tutnola
Eugene V. Dean
Social Demo Pacis Tebford
International Prient
Ent
International Mine $Arkatt
Grant Luce
Buncoed Senator Winn Denounces Discriminatory Duty
Minnea Minn Anz Zi Ex Senator Winn denounces section 23 of the Divetey Dili for a 10 percent discriminatory duty on foreign goods entering via Canada. He criticizes the conference committee as buncomt and says the clause reflects outside influence. A Populist Democratic Hambers club committee plans charges against Patrolman J J Davis, alleging fake nine charges.
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Minn
Anz
Winn
Dili
Canada
Congress
Elking
Senatcer Frye
Bensier Frye
Allison
Democratic Hambers Club
Board of Police Commissioners
J.J. Davis
Guitrolman
Piavis Dlechissal
Mesttom
Ce Fap
Bosra
Tuts Wells
Windward Returns From Franz Josef Land Expedition
The British steamer Windward left Uganda? for Franz Josef Land to bring back members of the Jackson Harmsworth expedition who spent three winters near Cape Flora. The vessel passed Abenteen to Gay on her voyage and signaled that all were well aboard. During the first ascent worth through an opening in the Queen state and the open water was discovered by Jackson.
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Franz Josef Land
Windward
Ugland
Prange Josef Land
Arctic
Jackson-Harmsworth
Cape Flora
Abenteen
Gay
Queen State
Jackson
Witnesses Failing to Appear Face Commitments at Police Court
Police Judge Atchison angrily warned that all nonappearing witnesses would face commitments. A list of names was issued, with warrants turned over to the chief for service. Those who testified supported the city against Henry Schaffer, while delinquent witnesses remained subject to arrest and possible deposits or jail. The case was continued due to insufficient evidence and Schaffer was discharged.
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Henry Schaffer
Quincy
Yosu
Atchison
Chief Steele
H. Dalstrom
Delphi Townman
Joe Handy
Cher. Lindsay
Wm. Feicer
Joe Adams
Jus. Howe
Ed Conwell
Wm. Dorie
T. Nichols
Dave Hasamet
al Lane
Wm. Connelly
Guy McFadden
Pest Wilson
Wilson
Wm. Schnalbel
Wm. Schlegel
P. J .Clausey
Ople
Breele
Schaffer
Jonn W. Allen
Tom G. Shiitineian
B. F. Golden
Od Travis
3. Larson
Geo. Anderson
Tom Coffey
Jas. McCabe
Jas. Smith
al Noousy
S. Ritebi Jordan
Tom Hoery
Oscar Brown
Whitfinsey Johnson
Dan Leahy
Wm. Clark
Sucires
Tincher
Philip Mayer
Jack Dempsey
Joe Matthews
Charles Landbure
Harvey Wynne
Henry Scheffer
Tle
Stony House
Quincy Street
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Tom G. Shillinglow
Shillinglaw
W. Sam Campbell
Thone
Laredo Looted After Hoax Levee Break Report
In Torreon Mexico August 28 a false alert claimed the levee had failed prompting a mass stampede that drove over 2000 residents from their homes. An elderly woman drowned in a canal during the chaos and robbers seized valuables while authorities launch a major investigation and conduct arrests.
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Torreon
Mex
Nagas
Lansio
Eltisens
Iver
A& A
Sheriff Pritchard Shot in Desperado Roundup at Cloudland
George K. Pritchard brother of North Carolina Senator and Mitchell county sheriff was fatally wounded near Cloudland while arresting Monroe Garland. Garland fired, wounding Pritchard in the lungs and neck. Deputy Bintook shot Garland as he fired again. Garland died minutes later. Pritchard, 43, was gravely wounded and taken for surgical aid. Blalock was slightly wounded.
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North Carolina
Desperado
Atlanta
Clyucland
N.C
George K. Pritchard
Pritchard
Mitchell County
Monroe Garland
Cloudland
Garland
Wene
Bintook
Stot
Kose
Glarke
Blalock
Plague Increases Across Bombay as Hospitals Strained
Reports from Poona indicate worsening plague devastation with crowded hospitals. Kirkee Bazaar has closed and Professor Haffkine is testing the population with preventive virus as authorities try to curb the outbreak.
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Bombay
Poonah
Haffkine
Kkirken
Sexrmration Hospital
Gold Ore Lost From Gold Lake Mining Company
Report from Ashland Wisconsin states 2000 pounds of gold ore from the Gold Lake Mining Company vanished after being placed aboard the steamer Mexico. The loss involves company rep or misshipment amid internal confusion. Separately New York reports banker Seligman died in Hollywood Hotel after an appendectomy operation.
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Mexico Ashland
Wis
Gold Lake Mining Company
Swinford
Mexico
Representive Ee
Eris
Seligmar
New York
David J. Selleman
Hollywood Hotel
Long Branch
Seligman
Wi Tatman
Theuranc
Quetta Feared Attacked as Telegraph Is Cut
Aug 2 Simla dispatch reports dire frontier news from Baluchistan. Quetta fortifications are weak and poorly manned, risking isolation if attacked. relief forces are urged. Jamrud notes disarmament of Khyber rifles and rising Afridi and Orakzai activity on Samana range. Reinforcements and offensive plans loom as tribes feign cohesion while moving to strategic posts.
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Simla
Kobat
IHS
Armis
Baluchistan
Quetta
Al-Masjid
Lundiketal
Jamrud
Khyber Rifles
Samana Range
Quetts
Gordon
Kebat
Abe Amadi
Lennon
Fort Guilstan
Chaman
Afifis
Orakanis
India
China
Tazuar
Times
Ublan Pass
Kohat
Mahinndzal
Briggs
Ulan
Idee
Cal
Richanison
Halmu
Samana
Mays
Tirrab
Surukkotal
Itombay
Haddad
Khyber Pass
Rolan Pase
London
The
Dairy Graphic
Robert Low
Low
Khyber
Gholan Haidar
Ameer
Afghanistan
Gholan
Law and press freedom clash with coal firms in state actions
The article notes Attorney General remarks on press freedom as a source of trouble and details proposed legal moves against coal operators. Plans include seeking charter forfeiture for violations of state law and pursuing action under the antitrust statute.
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Aes Be
Robbery at Thompson Bras Store Steals Table
A colored man entered the rear door of W M Thomson’s Thompson Bras shop, examined a table, and while the merchant aided another customer, seized a table and fled. Several witnesses saw him leave with the table and no one intervened.
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W. M. Thomson
Thompson Bras
Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Mr.Thompson
Lecture contrasts English hesitancy with American oratory
London reports Rev. W J Milburn, US Senate chaplain, speaking at Aberystwith Wales. He contrasted aristocratic English public speakers with the broader boisterous style of American politicians. The Global notes a warning that such remarks may affect American influence overseas.
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London
W. J. Milburn
United States Senate
Aberystwith
Wales
Bayard
Blissful wedding postponed over amnesia in Topeka
Joseph Dreibelbliss or Holton sought to wed quietly and hired M L Wilson to obtain a marriage license. Wilson presented in probate court admitting he forgot the bride’s name, producing slips from multiple pockets. The judge delayed action while papers and the bride’s name are awaited.
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Joseph Dreibelbliss
Holton
M. L. Wilson
Topeka
Wilson
Scorcher Hurt In Morning Bicycle Collision
Bert Barrett of Fillmore street and Charles Foulkes collided while riding north on Topeka avenue near Twelfth street around 10 20 am. Barrett fractured his collar bone and will be off work as a painter. Foulkes was bruised but not seriously hurt. Both bicycles were badly damaged.
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Bert Barrett
Fillmore Street
Seventeenth
Eighteenth Streets
Charles Foulkes
Barrett
Foulks
Topeka Avenue
Twelfth Street
Eleventh
Topeka
Interstate Reunion Set for Omaha by Surrounding States
G A R members from Kansas Iowa Missouri South Dakota Minnesota Wyoming Colorado plan an interstate reunion in Omaha late next year possibly with the encampment of the regular army and the national guard. Mrs Sarah Rothrock Cedar Rapids Iowa elected chaplain with several other state appointments and a director named Agnes of Indianapolis chosen for the Home.
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Omaha
Buffalo
Kansas
Iews
Missouri
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wyoming
Colorado
Regular Army
National Guarda
Sarah Rothrock
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mary
Labor Day Parade Heads Striking Coal Miners in Wheeling
Labor day in Wheeling featured a demonstration in favor of striking coal miners. More than 11 000 marchers led the parade with banners opposing injunctions and “pluck tests.” Funds were raised at the state fair booths for the miners, amid reports of hunger around Wheeling Creek and Dillonvale. Coal output in the Kanawha valley plummeted, while New River saw a rise as many strikers returned to work yesterday.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Upper
Pankandi
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Miners’ Fund
Wheeling Creek
Dillonvere
Kanawha Valley
New River
Fairmont
Norfolk & Western
No Strike Rumor Denied by Railroad President
President A E Stillwell of the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf railroad told the Associated Press there are no grounds for a Little Rock strike rumor. He said there have been no threats or grievances and telegrams offering fifty train crews reflect no likelihood of a strike on the Port Arthur route.
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Kgumus Cay
A. E. Stillwell
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad
Associated Press
Little Rock
Port Arthus
Portland's Path to Washington Coast Wreck Adrift
News from Portland reports the hill of the dark Matilda wrecked off the Washington coast a week ago is adrift with only a windmill visible above water. The next steamer, the Portland, will pass on the Puget Sound and Alaska route carrying Klondike passengers and gold from St Michel.
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San Francisco
Washington
Puget Sound
Alaskan
Muudt
Portland
Klondike
St. Michivels
Grocers and Butchers Picnic Funds Aid Thorpe Charity
The Grocers and Butchers picnic fund, about 400 dollars, will be turned over to Mrs. Thorpe for charity work. She plans to give portions to the Orphans Home Salvation Army and Insfeside, aiding 29 poor children who lacked clothing and food last winter. She aims to help nearly as many this year. Fire alarms and fires hit nearby towns today. Gasoline stove caused a blaze at Schmidt Bros brick block on East Second Street, causing light damage. Firemen returned to B. J. Jetmore barn at Tenth and Harriedn Streets, where embers flared again threatening the shell. In Berlin Wisconsin the Putnam Shoe Company factory burned, $40,000 loss, $20,000 insured. about 100 workers left unemployed.
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Ast Secon
Schmidt Bros
4. B. Jetmore
Tenth
Topeka Notes On Local People And Aid
Robi Daulstrom, a young man with a knev abscess, has recovered and plans to work at the new bridge Monday. Henry Vesper donated bread for distribution to the poor. Police matron faced many requests from hungry locals. George Sanford of New York’s insane department board is in Topeka inspecting management. A North Topeka girl walked four miles for bread for her mother, aged AM, who cares for a family of eight.
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Robi. Daulstrom
Topeka
New Bridge
Henry Vesper
George & Sanford
Department of Insane
New York
Osawanmie
North Topeka
Indua Rebels Take Port in Simla Action
News from Simla dated August reports insurgents seizing a police post and advancing on a British position on the Samana range. British forces under Colonel Vaughan reinforce Fort Lockhart as heavy fighting continues with Loyalist troops sustaining casualties, including Captain Baird-Smith and Lieutenant North, while a post at Lakka is attacked and repelled.
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Simla
Sucan
Ana
Ahomedzal
Border Police
Ter
Second Punjab Infantry
Richardson
Hanzu
Baird- Smith
North
Paint Justicers
Mab
Lakka
Samana Range
Vaughan
Fort Lockhart
Fort Guilstas
Fort Gullatan
Treveaux
Fort Gullstad
Blair
Bloodstained clothes link murder victim to suspect clues
A bloodstained shirt and underclothes were found in a rock crevice near the Manitou and Pike's Peak railroad, matching attire described for Kay's alleged murderer John B. Edmunds. Authorities theorize the killer dragged the victim, explaining the blood pattern on the garments.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Dog Road
Manitou and
Pike's Peak
Kay
John B. Edmunds
Monument in every city urged by Grand Army encampment
The Grand Army encampment held an executive session approving a resolution to press government to hire wounded veterans on federal projects and to promote discrimination in favor of such men. It backed a bill to set aside 40 acres of timber land for Oklahoma soldiers home inmates and endorsed erecting Lincoln monuments in every city. The group urged a memorial at Castle Pinckney and thanked Richmond for an 1899 visit, endorsing military instruction and budget cuts. Gobin has three appointments to make. the first two are salaried.
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Geersou ¥le
Boyle
Buffalo
Grand Army
Congress
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Lincoln Monument Association of
California
Lincoln
National Monument Association
South Carolina
Castle Pinckney
Charleston Harbor
Anderson
Fort Sumter
Common Council
Young Men's Business Association of
Stieh~mond
Mayor
Equmen Council of
Toronto
Sisensabesin Ue Gobin
Go~bin
Telegraphing on the fly messages to be sent from moving trains
George F. Trott, a former telegrapher, has devised a system to maintain constant communication with station ahead or dispatchers from a moving train. Using a third rail adaptation, two insulated tracks run parallel to the traction rails with a trofey mechanism in contact with the wheels, sending current through insulated wires to the telegraph device inside the locomotive cab.
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Chicago
Aus
George F. Trott
Pennsylvanis Road
Trott
Tne
Bridge Collapse Buries Man Under Stone Load Near Topeka
Lee Pagett, a 20 year old Sailor from Topeka area, was seriously injured when a wagon loaded with great stones collapsed a bridge over a stream. He was buried under timbers and stone for several minutes, with blood gushing from his mouth and nose. He suffers internal injuries, a fractured rib, a dislocated ankle, and wounds from the fall. A Topeka surgeon and local family residents aided him as he was taken to a nearby house for care, with prognosis uncertain and pain ongoing.
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Lee Pagett
Turhelor
Sailor Charity
Topeka
Pagett
Agence
Ori
Ballve
Soplock
Eheipskretn
Dundee
Daffertam
Uribe
Deer Creek
Ballur
Seltet
Lahore
Parett
Thnber
Stoke
Pageett
Jeg
Neil Cor
Mt Kein
Off the Jungfrau Two Guides and I Tourists Fall
A Swiss Alps incident near Berne on August 2 reports that two guides and a tourist were killed and several others injured when a party ascended the Jungfrau and were tragedy struck by a cornice collapse.
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Berne
Twa Ognider Yeta
Templar
Fiastran Uy
Death notices and obituaries mix in Topeka area
Fragmented notices report deaths and funeral plans in Topeka. Garrett Ryker Schenck, 18 months, dies. funeral planned from the residence of Kellam at Oak Street with interment in Topeka cemetery. T. Taylor, 64, resident of Pillmore Street, dies, builder of 14 houses, invested in local property. Brother E Peck dies after illness. others referenced with incomplete details.
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Mra
Br. E. Peck
Tia
BR. Young
Topeka
Garrett Ryker Schenck
L. DL. Rethenck
Fee
Kellamatrem
Oakiagh
Oe Kine Teases Cemetery
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Tsil
Clauss
Laredo
Bolan Pass
Ola Hoss
Chaplain Milburn
America
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Stillwell
Pittsburg & Gulf
Matilda
TH Thorpe
Berlin
Bertip
Putnam Shoe Company
INDUA
Samane Range
Pike’s Peak
Jungfrau
Yanns T. Taylor
Pillmore Street
Hughes
Valley
Bun
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