Stratton Death Sparks Fight Over Millionaire Estate
Cripple Creek Colorado October 8. W S Stratton dies at 54 leaving a vast estate and a plan to dig a chain of tunnels linking Cripple Creek mining veins to fund philanthropic foundations. Executors and court administrators clash, two women claim $50 000 each as common law wives, and a Colorado Springs promotion group plans to overturn the will through litigation.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Myron Stratton
Carnegie
W. S. Stratton
Evergreen
Colorado Springs
Stratton
Colorado
Tulon
Illinois
Ventura Company
Independence
Hammond
W. S. Bifatton
Young Stratton
Deep Mystery in a Disappearance Shocks Town
A troubled girl vanished leaving letters hinting at self harm but authorities report no body found. Police pursue leads as family begs for information to locate her.
Woman Jumped to Sacramento River After Lover Abandonment
Nina Robertson, 19, of Redding, in a suicide attempt or murder plot connected to lover Robert A. Hiatt of Buckeye. She left letters blaming heartbreak and detailing threats to Hiatt. Search along the Sacramento river failed to locate her body, and investigators consider the possibility she headed toward Buckeye to confront Hiatt.
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Redding
Cal
Robert A. Hiatt
Buckeye
Nina Robertson
Redding Free Bridge
Sacramento River
Robinson
Young Hiatt
San Francisco
Sacramento
Hiatt
Cramer
Metal and Money Market
New York reports Mexican dollars at 40 1/2 to 41, silver at 50 34 to 51, copper quoted between 11.65 and 11.75.
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New York
Panama Canal Treaty Play Hinges on Morgan Vote
Washington reports fight over ratification of the Colombian treaty for the canal hinges on John T Morgan and his interoceanic canal committee. Sixty votes, plus Delaware’s two votes, determine the outcome as administration presses for approval to spur commerce and secure a Pacific route via Panama.
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Washington ,D.C
William N. Cromwell
Panama Canal
United States
Colombia
John T. Morgan
United States Senate
Morgan
Panama
Hepburn
Spooner
Mr. Morgan
Committee On Interoceanic Canal
Nicaragua
Delaware
Riot disrupts Canal Street streetcar run in New Orleans
A streetcar attempt on Canal Street in New Orleans led to a riot with Police man Schlessinger fatally wounded, Conductor Kennedy shot in the hand, Motorman Ferguson wounded, and several officers injured. About fifty shots fired as mob ripped planks to halt non union workers, then beat two men before police and troops could regain control.
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New Orleans
Canal Stretc
Schlessinger
Kennedy
Ferguson
Fred Nintz
Chicago
Dorgenois Street
Roosevelt reviews Grand Army Parade in invalid chair
President Roosevelt, aided by an invalid chair, is carried in a parade carriage to review the Grand Army veterans in Washington. Guards and police keep the route as California Nevada and Arizona units take part, with Commander Hawley and Schumacher among leaders. In a separate report, the Kron Prinz Wilhelm collided with the British steamer Robert Ingham off Beachy Head, sinking it in fog and saving all but the mate and one passenger.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
White House
Beachy Head
Ingham
Kron Prinz Wilhelm
Miners Strike Deepens Across United States and Europe
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Mitchell reports 30 local unions voting to remain on strike until Shamokin demands are met or a miners convention or Mitchell ends it. In Philadelphia Frank H. Thompson seeks court action against six coal roads as illegal restraint. Paris reports a general strike by the French Miners Federation beginning tomorrow with 42,000 already on strike in northern coal fields and 5,000 near Stetene.
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Wilkesbarrr
Mitchell
Buffalo
Yeterday
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Frank H. Thompson
Paris
The
French Miners Federation
Stetene
Three Women Claim Waif in Open Court in Chicago
A habeas corpus hearing in Judge Chytarus's court reveals a tangled custody dispute over ten year old Bessie Comfort. Three claimants including Frank Comfort and Mrs Hummel present evidence while deaconess Carrie Osborn recounts how the child, found after seven years, was acquired for two dollars and a canary by Mrs Schwarz, with Tenie Blake identified as the biological aunt. The matter is taken under advisement.
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Chicago
Free Methodist Church
West Side
May Street
Tenie
Blake
Tenie Blake
Little Bessie Comfort
Chytalus
Samuel Girard
New York City
New York
Carrie
Frank Comfort
Midway at St Louis Show Faces Liberal Standards
The Midway at St Louis Show is urged to maintain moderate controls to meet expectations of the lady managers. Officials stress decorum and organization to ensure the event aligns with acceptable standards for a major exhibition.
Midway at St Louis Exposition Sets Wholesome Dance Policy
Miss Helen M Gould leads clean show policy at the World’s Fair Midway. The board of lady managers unanimously adopts a resolution prohibiting indecent dances and improper exhibits. The plan bars the roochie-goochie dance and vows strict oversight of concession performances to protect the fair’s reputation. Miss Gould invites the board to her New York home on November 17 for the next meeting.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Exposition
Helen M. Gould
Gould
Exposition Company
Midway
Fire at Beaumont Causes Heavy Oil Field Loss
Beaumont Texas October reports place last night fire losses between 100000 and 250000 dollars. Thomas Cowley Brice and Co. employee was fatally burned atop a derrick, the sole injury in the latest tallies.
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Beaumont
Tex
Thomas Cowley
Brice & Co
Irrigation Congress Debates Merger With Mississippi Group
Colorado Springs delegates discuss a proposed merger with the Trans Mississippi Commercial congress at the National Irrigation congress. Support grows for uniting the irrigation and commercial irrigation interests. Congressman Tawney Stevens Morris and Heatwole spoke on irrigation benefits at the morning session.
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Colorado
Colo
National Irrigation Congress
Trans- Mississsippi Comercial Congress
Tawney, Stevens
Morris
Heatwole
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Metal and Money Market
Grand Army Veterans
Kron
Welhelm Gollides
London
Kron Prinz Welhelm
Southampton
Robert Ingham
Irrigation Congress
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