Murdered Groom-to-Be Found Dead Near Nacogdoches
In Nacogdoches County D D Owens, a young man who had just secured a marriage license to Maggie Wilkeron, was found fatally harmed along a roadside. A Black man was arrested in Rusk after attempting to sell Owens’s horse, tying the case to the deadly incident.
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Negro
Wnacredaches
Texas
D. D. Owens
Owens
Nacogdoches
Maggie Wilkeron
Rusk
Blackburn
King Causes Divorce Suit In London Affair
Lexington report states King Edward of Hag allegedly influenced a divorce filing by Lewis T. Brown against Margaret Brown. The couple, living in London, attended a theater where the king, impressed by Mrs. Brown's beauty, requested her presentation at court, sparking the estrangement.
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Lexington
Edward of
Nephew of Tilden Is Sued For Divorce
Mrs Marie Louise Swan wife of Henry Tilden Swan sues for absolute divorce from her husband. Henry Tilden Swan a nephew of Samuel J Tilden and member of the stock exchange allegedly took a young woman to their Riverside Drive mansion while she was away. Justice Dickey has ordered Swan to pay $600 monthly alimony pending decision.
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Tilden
New York
N. Y
Samuel J. Tilden
The
Stock Exchange
Firm
Hornblower & Weeks
Broadway
Riverside Drive
Marie Louise Swan
Henry Tilden Swan
Senator Cenire Villanueva Challenges to Duel in Buenos Ayres
Deputy Antonio Piero says he was challenged by Senator Cenire Villanueva, president of the senate, to a duel in Buenos Ayres. Pinero told the chamber that revolutions in the provinces were fostered by certain senators including the president of the senate, prompting the duel challenge.
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Buenos Ayres
Antonio Piero
Cenire Villanueva
Senate
Pinero
Chamber
Callenge
Mystery in a Baby's Death in Chester Penn
In Chester Pennsylvania a 13 month old child died after a shooting at a Fair in the home of Daniel Friel. Friel the uncle is jailed on murder charges claiming burglars caused the gunfire. Police suspect the death resulted from a quarrel. A Colorado guest Miss Margaret McKenna leaped from a window shouting she was chased but was unharmed. A nearby woman dropped her 10 month old child from a second story window but a man caught it unharmed.
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Chester
Penn
Daniel Friel Friel
Friel
Margaret. McKenna
Colorado
Soldiers try a jail delivery in Junction City
A mob of about fifty soldiers from Fort Riley attempted to free a comrade jailed in Junction City. The sheriff and police opened fire from jail windows, dispersing the crowd. Fort Riley guards were posted. two arrests reported. no injuries.
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Junction City
Kas
Farriers School
Bort Riley
Eclty
Fort Riley
Venezuela Stays at Hague Conference
The withdrawal of Dr. Jose Gil Fortoul, Venezuela’s representative, from The Hague peace conference on Sept. 4 was due to a misunderstanding. He will remain as a delegate and President Castro has requested him how to vote on many questions.
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Hague
Holland
Jose Gil Fortoul
Castro
Roosevelt denies planned Cleveland speech for Burton campaign
Secretary Loeb stated President Roosevelt will not aid Burton's bid in Cleveland. He confirmed the only planned address in Ohio is a Canton speech, denying any additional appearances to support Burton's mayoral candidacy.
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Roosevelt
Burton
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Loeb
Cleveland
Canton
Beer Depot Burned in Mount Vernon Fire Loss
Fire destroyed the beer depot stables and storehouses of the Anheuser Busch Brewing association of St Louis and Holcomb and Wetzel in Mount Vernon Wisconsin with a reported loss of six thousand dollars.
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Mount Vernon
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association of St. Louis
Holcomb & Wetzel
Gasoline Stove Explosion Kills Jackson Mother and Child
Mrs. Clayton Baker and her young daughter Emma were fatally burned in Jackson Michigan when they tried to refill a gasoline stove without extinguishing the flame. The event occurred as the stove exploded, causing deadly injuries.
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Jackson, Mich
Clayton Baker
Emma
England Protest Over Ship Protection in Belgian Ports
Belgium an Antwerp and Holland alluded to during the strike as Mr Hertzlett the British consul general here protested against the inadequate protection given British ships. The situation remains calm and orderly.
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England
Belgium
Antwerp
Holland
Hertzlett
Twenty sick from chicken sandwiches in Manson Iowa
Twenty members of a wheat threshing crew at Manson Iowa were poisoned after eating chicken sandwiches. Physicians say all will recover as poisoning symptoms develop and patients are treated in local hospitals.
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Manson
Iowa
Fireman kills rival then goes mad in Franklin jail
Franklin Ohio assistant fire chief William Miller shot and killed James Littler in the city jail after Littler allegedly eloped with Miller’s wife. Miller, found in a crazed state, was locked in a neighboring cell and later declared hopelessly insane. Littler, once a friend who sheltered Miller, had been under suspicion for earlier assaults. The jail is in the engine house and Littler’s death occurred from a fatal head wound after a gun discharge.
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Franklin
Ohio
William TH. Miller
James H. Littler
Miller
Littler
Springfield
Embezzler Cole Paroled From Marinette Prison
Arthur Cala of Marinette was pardoned by the state board of control under a new parole law. He had been sentenced on March 22, 1906, to two and a half years for embezzling 2300 dollars while clerk of Marinette county circuit court. Governor Davidson approved the parole, and Cole will be released October 1. His crime, flight, and subsequent divorce of his wife were noted amid political opposition to the pardon.
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Madison
Wis
Arthur
Cala
Marinette
Marinette County
State Board
Davidson
Cole
Streeter Freed on Bond in St Joseph County
Captain George Wellington Streeter is released on bond after six weeks in jail on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Samuel Lowper, president of the American Trust Co. of South Bend, witnessed the release. Streeter had held the St Joseph River with a fortified vessel for weeks challenging arrests and will stand trial during the current term of court.
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Sanuth Bend
Ind
George Wellington Streeter
St. Joseph County
Samuel Lowper
American Trust Co
Streetey
St. Joseph
Mrs Root deemed insane in American Friendly Society case
Mrs Amy Root, claiming kin to the American secretary of state, is described as insane by Dr Cowan of 16 Place Vendome after an incident with a cabman. The American Friendly Society mela members review the matter and note her condition.
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Paris
Bhranee
American Friendly Society
Amy Root
Cowan
Place Vendome
Root
Man shoots wife and himself in Washington room incident
Wellington F. Herbert, 28, attempted reconciliation failed to reunite with his separated wife. He fired five shots into a crowded room where his wife sat, wounding her and her sister Mrs. George W. Nothey, then shot himself and is expected to die.
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Washington, D. C
Wellington
Herbert
George W. Nothey
Train Hurls Two Men From Trestle Near Newburg NY
Two men were injured badly when a construction train ran over them near Central Valley. Erie railroad civil engineer E B Wheeler and contractor Charlies K Sandstrom were hurled from a trestle thirty feet into an excavation, sustaining serious injuries.
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Newburg
W. E B. Wheeler
Central Valley
Erie Railroad
Charlies K. Sandstrom
Midalytown
N.Y
Bishop of Chichester Dead in England
News from Hembridge Isle of Wight confirms the death of His Grace Ernest Roland Wilberforce D D bishop of Chichester. The cleric’s passing prompts tributes from church and community leaders across England and abroad.
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London
England
Chichester
Ernest Roland Wilberforce
Hembridge
Isle of Wlebt
Oklahoma election proceeds amid Supreme Court stay
Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court reserved ruling on a writ of supersedes restraining the redistricting of Oklahoma counties. An election proceeds per Governor Frants's Sept. 17 proclamation. Brewer cited two questions: whether petitioner Noah of Wand County can sue as taxpayer citizen, and whether the case is political. The court will decide after its next term whether to hear the matter.
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Chicago
Brewer
United States Supreme] Court
Oklahoma
Supreme Cowl
Frants
N. A. Noah
Wands County
Okio
Supreme Court
Restaurants Form a Trust in Lawrence
Lawrence faces a restaurant trust that has raised weekly board from 50 cents to a higher rate. All worthwhile eateries are in the agreement, with a meal ticket for two people at 6.50 dollars in effect. One restaurant added a separate Sunday dinner charge, citing higher costs, while meal tickets remain valid on other days. Provisions, meats, and fruits costs are blamed for the increases.
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Lawrence
Venus
Spanish vets at Sandusky encampment opens at Cedar Point
The fourth annual encampment of the Spanish American War veterans began at Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio with city contests for next year’s encampment. Boston and Denver are also bidding. The race for commander appears to be between William Alvin of Plymouth, New Hampshire, and Walter Scott Hale of California.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Cedar Point
Boston
Denvey
Inelosed
Willi Hi Alvin
Parismouth
New Hampshire Department
Walter Scott Hale
California
Firemen Rescue 150 From Arlington Hotel Blaze Brooklyn
Firemen saved nearly 150 people from the Arlington apartment hotel at 62 and 64 Montague Street Brooklyn where 40 families totaling about 110 persons battled smoke filled halls and rooms. Women predominated among the rescued as flames raged with crews reaching Jem and Su just before the inferno closed in. They were carried down ladders fire escapes and blazing stairs.
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New York
Arlington Apartment Hotel
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Jem
Governor Hoch in wreck near Topeka on railroad
Governor Hoch escaped with minor bruises after a derailment of the Ab igon Topeka and Santa Fe line near Warlarosa twelve miles west of Topeka. Three Pullman cars and one tourist sleeper left the track. Passengers suffered only minor bruises. In Union Missouri Charles Anderson, the alleged burglar who shot the assistant marshal at Pacific, is recovering in county jail with one eye lost after a shot wound.
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Topeka
Rise
East Colorado
Abigon, Topeka & Santa Fe
Warlarosa
Aceh
Union
Charles Anderson
Pacific
McNey
Lr. Stierberger
Massacre Goes On in Kishineff and Lodz Pogroms
Reported massacres of Jews unfold in Kishineff and Lodz as mobs fire on victims in streets and homes. Authorities allegedly indifferent as hundreds flee, killings and injuries mount, and frontier guards bar refugees crossing the Pruth river.
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Galatz
Roumania
Kishineff
Glohetto
Pruth
Lods
Recover Public Lands Under Interior Secretary Garfield
Interior Secretary Garfield vows to reclaim land held by railroads coal companies and strongholders in the West. He says the government will review titles and restore lands believed to be acquired improperly, naming Union Pacific Northern Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe as primary targets alongside large coal firms.
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Garfield
Cleveland
James KR. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Auong Jg
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa F
Skeleton of Harvey Morgan unearthed near Lander Wyoming
Workmen on a sewer project at Lander unearth the skeleton of Harvey Morgan once a resident of SC Joseph Mo. Morgan was killed in the Bloody Church massacre on June 27, 1870, by renegade Sioux and Cheyenne. The remains will be sent to the Smithsonian in Washington with a report of the incident.
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Washington
Twain Declines Roosevelt River Tour Invitation
Mark Twain refuses to pilot Roosevelt’s presidential Mississippi voyage. Admirers proposed reviving past river trips with Capt. Wixby as wheelman, but Clemens declined and remains at his home in Hartford.
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New York
Mark Twein
President
Man surrenders after fatal street shooting
James Strait walked into the police station with a crowd and surrendered after a prominent street corner stabbing left his wife mortally wounded. Strait had lived apart from his wife and their 1-year-old son, while she supported them by work at a restaurant. he had been employed at a lumber camp.
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James Strait
Wwosnan
Strait
Millionaire Seeks Kidnapped Cincinnati Merchant
New York detectives comb major cities for clues to Seward Tfeldebach, a Cincinnati clothing merchant and reputed millionaire who vanished here on August 3. His business associates suspect kidnapping and possible ransom demands.
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New York
Seward Tfeldebach
Cincinnati
Reduced Memphis Rates Announced by Regional Associations
Southeastern and Southwestern Ines via traffic groups announce lower fares to Memphis for the wetersyiys convention, outlining bargain travel options and dates for attendees.
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Southeastern
Ines
Memphis
Son Sued for $30,000 Alleging Deceit in Illinois
Mrs. Lyne Schroeder sues her son William B. Schroeder in Rock Island County Court for $30,000 claiming kidnapping and abduction, deception, and confinement in the insane department for a week. She alleges she was led to believe her husband was insane and cites prior attempts to appoint a conservator. Oil output news reports Mount Carmel area wells in Lawrence County producing about 40,000 barrels daily with storage and pipeline capacity expanding.
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Bloomington
Lyne Fs. Schroeder
William B. Schroeder
Rock Island
Mount Carmel
Dil
Lawrence County
Lincoln-Brice Thompson Shot in Jeincoln Saloon
David Hoblett fired at Lincoln Brice Thompson in a Jeincoln saloon last night wounding him seriously. The shot was reportedly aimed at Thompson’s brother after a recent quarrel. Hoblett was arrested as bystanders intervened and he retreated during a second attempt.
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Lincoln
Brice Thompson
Jeincoln
David Hoblett
Thompson
Holslete
Hoblett
Thompson Trothers
Surveying the Little Wabash River Expedition
Civil engineer L. L. Hiding of the U S Department of Agriculture and a team survey the Little Wabash north of Carmel and Skilfet Fork for irrigation and drainage studies. They travel by gasoline launch, camping along the riverbanks each night.
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Mount Carmel
L. L. Hiding
United States Department of Agriculture
Departments Experiment Station of Irrigation and Drainage
Little Wabash
Carmel
Traction Firms Put Under Receiver in Charleston Area
Attorneys for Central Illinois Traction Co. and Mattoon City Railway Co. secured a receiver. A collision between a Wabash Express train and an interurban car two miles west of Charleston killed seventeen and wounded more than fifty passengers.
Kermit Roosevelt Defects Amid Cavalry March
Kermit Roosevelt, son of the president, reportedly left the Thirteenth Cavalry during a march from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Sheridan because he could no longer endure the low treatment of girls and women. The incident occurred as the unit crossed Joslyn.
Car Blocks Funeral in Central Town Procession
A Mattoon couple's funeral procession was disrupted when City Car No 1 of the Central TWindis Tracton Co. plowed ahead, narrowly missing the hearse bearing Mrs. T F Enos as the driver halted to avert a crash.
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Mattoon
Central Twindis Tracton Co
T. F. Enos
Duquoin Plans City Postal Delivery Expansion
Postmaster Harry J. Ward reports that city delivery will begin November 1 under a four district system. Carriers will receive training as the city numbers houses and streets are improved.
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Duquoin
Harry J. Ward
Plow King Seriously II
Chicago Charles N Deere the plow maker of AM had been in private hospital here after a three year search for relief from stomach trouble suffering pernicious anaemia usually fatal disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles N. Deere
Miropaire
AM Had
Mt Private Hospital
Ex Forester Chief Dies In Murphysboro
Edward Kirchner aged 43, former grand chief ranger of the Foresters of America, died in Murphysboro. He had long been prominent in southern Illinois affairs and remained a notable figure in Forester circles.
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Murphysboro
Edward Kirchner
the Foresters of America
Kirchner
Jilinota
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Edward
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