Mutiny and murder on ship tied to four negro sailors
Blood stained deck aboard the four masted schooner Berwind after a killing spree near the North Carolina coast. Three prisoners Robert Sawyer Henry Scott and Arthur Adams, all under 40, await federal examination at Cape Fear quarantine. Scott claims self defense for one death and implicates Adams in others. The crew and witnesses aboard the Blanche H King testified as authorities questioned them in Southport and Wilmington.
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Harry Aberwind
Philadelphia
Southport
New York
Blanche H. King
Cape Fear
United States
Collier
Pinner
Robert Sawyer
Henry Scott
Arthur Adams
Sawyer
Adams
Scot
Rumill
Scott
Blanch H. King
Scott Wells
Mobile
Cokely
Acams
St. Vincent Islands
Taft Approves Philippine Friar Lands Settlement
Secretary Taft has approved a settlement on the Philippine friar lands purchase. The Dominican authorities will receive 3,050,000 dollars, with 50,000 dollars to be accepted as a compromise to settle a dispute over titles and price differences between Spanish and English surveys. Payment is to be made in New York around October 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Chilinnton Entarmmand
Philippine Islands
Islands
Gov. Wright
New York
Peoria School Funds Case Indicts Chairman and Dougherty
Peoria, UK, Oct 13 6. J Bailey chairman of the Peoria school board finance committee is indicted for malfeasance by grand jury vote 16 to 7. Former Superintendent N C Dougherty already in county jail under forgery and misappropriation indictments. Grand jury to return 43 more indictments against Dougherty. Loss on the school board since Jan 1 1903 estimated at 280000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
J. Bailey
N. C. Dough~erty
N.C. Dougherty
Commercial Education Conference At Illinois University
A conference on commercial education will be held at the University of Illinois Gutlind 1s of and 2). It is part of the exercises tied to the installation of Dr Mdniuni J. James as president. The programme spans sessions on the aim and scope of university commercial courses and the relation of high school commercial programs to university offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urvana
University of Illinois
Gutlind
Mdniuni J. James
Cormercie
Air Se
Assistance Aground In Moorish Waters Near Gibraltar
Gibraltar Oct 13 The British repair ship Assistance is ashore in Tetuan Bay Morocco. Warships steamers and fighters have gone to her aid as a heavy gale threatens the vessel. The Assistance carries a crew of 202 and is fitted with a foundry and machine tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Assistance
Tetuan Bay
Morocco
Herald
Neumann Seeks Divorce Custody and Alimony Demand
In Marshalltown Iowa on October 13 Phoebe Neumann files for divorce alleging her husband has not bathed for 22 years and brags of it She seeks custody of seven minor children and eight thousand dollars alimony or one third of the defendant's property Also dated October 13 in Washington reports orders to Rear Admiral Train for a cruise detachment in Australian waters later this fall
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Marshalltown
Phoebe Neumann
Australian
Waaiera
Washington
Train
Asiatic
Miss Cornelia M. Dow Dies at 63 in Portland
Miss Cornelia M. Dow a noted charity and reform worker died at her Portland home aged 63. She held various state and national offices in the philanthropic movement and affiliated with the WG and T. U. organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Cornelia M. Dow
T. U
Court House Items and Probate Actions in Alton
Court house notices show adoption approval for a male child aged eleven, custody and guardianship hearings, insolvent estate of Conrad Bremer, and various probate actions in Alton and surrounding areas. Names include Mary Adams, George Hohenkamp, John Lohr, Francis Lohr, Louis Zebio Jr., and Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. among others. numerous deeds and guardianship details listed with monetary figures where stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Reiwinger
Mary Adams
Conrad Bremer
Willow
Elizabeth Schmidt
George Hohenkamp
John Lohr
Francis Lohr
Frederick Highlander
Minora
Frederick
Minnie Highlander
Louis Zebio, Sr
Louis Zebio, Jr
Mary Zebio
TB. Kurgener
Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co
All America Shoes Help Capture a Notorious Thief
Jim Jones and Oakosh police trap Slippery Sam Sydney, a famed burglar, after noticing a tramp in a stylish outfit with a distinctive All America shoes brand on the soles. Jones follows the clue, captures Sam, and commends the footwear brand that aided the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widder Jones
Jones
Kentucky
Byrnes
Sam Sydney
Oakosh Bank
Jim
Scott
Sam
All America
Rice & Hutchings
Sing
Jimmy
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
As Trovs
Catt
Burned to Water Line on Corwin H Spencer in Missouri River
The excursion steamer Corwin H. Spencer burned yesterday afternoon at 4:35 near Jefferson Barracks, leaving the vessel enveloped in flames to the water line. Only the engines and electric light plant may be saved. insurance is $35,000, with expected total loss near $120,000. The ship was undergoing repainting and overhaul and planned to head south to join the coalton transportation business on the lower river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Corwin H. Spencer
Missouri
Jefferson Barracks
Brolaski
Volton Transportation
Rejected Suitor Stabs Woman in Cleveland Case
In Cleveland on October 13 William Towns, a rejected suitor, stabbed to death Mary King and was arrested. In Pittsfield Massachusetts on October 13 the State Federation of Labor adopted resolutions condemning socialism in general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salter Kille
Cleveland
William Towns
Mary King
Pittsfield
Mass
Qet
State Federation of Labors
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Saginaw
Mich
Evening News
Berwind
Qne
2. T
Peoria School
The
School Board Finance Committee
University of Hingis
Diinex
Mina
Dow
Valentine Klein
G. W. Searcy
H. C. Klostermeier
John Weidner
R. Baer
St. Jacob
Gustav H. R Schroeppel
B. R. Gerding
Reed
Collinsvill
Mary &. Tindall
Alto
Mary Hissel
Garden Street
de Bow
Upper Alton
Adaline H Gillhim
Emma
Noble
George
Smith
Samuel Sandbach
Alfred Rilks
R. J. Brown
John Biggers
Madison
Maria Henke
Fred Wehling
J. W. Scott
John Vance
Knox & Smith
Venice
C. W
Laura V. Porter
J. H. Luddecke
Kerr
Mary Sekora
Theodore Selb
A. K. Heskett
Pauline Trentseh
Hunter & Emerson
Helen A. Mack
Hansen
Riverview
Alton
E.W. Schmidt
GC. Yeakel
August Schwarberg
Edward Waltrip
Topping's
D. McCasland
W. By Winters
McCasland & Yource
4Th
Granite City
Joseph Gianatti
Livingston
Mary Scranton
Peter Grieve
Collinsville
Mayme'Jamea
H. A. Archelpohl
Orchard Farm
Katheryn M. Gregory
Alton Stephen Demko
Thelka Mazur
Henry Schmersahl
Bertha Paradies
G. E. Lagemann
Godfrey Elizabeth Meigenheimer
Godfrey W. P. McQueary
Alton Paulina Schmit
James Hite
West Alton
Ada Maison
David Kerkelrath
Chicago
Mary Hiller
M. W. Shea
Alton Addie
D. Curry
Alton George Black
Tall
Stallings
W. JH. Krantz
Highland
Eliza Halder
Salide Juliae J. Schmidt
Jacob Bertha Hug
Jacob E. H. Deck
Bulah B. Black
DeWitt
S. Kingston
Sanford
Jim Jones
Captain Byrnes
Oakosh
Star Taitorina Company
Svea God
Star Tartorine Company
Star Tailoring Company
Kinloch 8
Kuntzmann’s
Wm. Kueker
Prop
Peterman Bldg
West Market Street
Corwin
Spencer
Bureau of Immigration
Russia
Italy
C. Eb, McKittrick
E. D. Joseph
Union Meat Market
G. A. Voelker
William Rauch Thamster
Louis Butcher
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