Horrible Crime in Arizona Hold Ups Reported
A ranch owner J W Dooley in Naco was knocked unconscious and robbed by highwaymen who dragged him along railroad tracks. He survived a train pass that ripped a hundred feet, was found by crew, and hospitalized in Bisbee with severe injuries including amputations. he later regained consciousness and recounted the attack.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Naco
Ariz
J. W. Dooley
Dooley
Bisbee
Friars in the Philippines Refused to Sell Lands
New York reports negotiations between the Vatican and the United States Government over land held by friars in the Philippines have been called off. Monsignor Guidi, sent to Manila, is recalled to Rome as the Vatican shifts to direct handling through Rome or Washington.
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New York
Philippine Islands
Vatican
United States
Pius X
Rome
Guidi
Manila
Monsignor Guidi
Pontifical Secretary of State
Washington
Italy
Jews Insulted at Cooper Union Meeting
In New York on October 1 a crowd of about three thousand Jews gathered at Cooper Union for Yom Kippur services but found the hall rented to the Free Society, an anarchist group. Speakers profaned the name of God and ridiculed Jewish beliefs, provoking protests and a mass exodus as police offered minimal help. The event marked the first such gathering in ten years.
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New York
Cooper Union
Free Society
Temple of Jerusalem
Governmental Jurisdiction of Marriages Proposed
Chicago October 1 Dr George Howard University of Chicago lecturer outlines a three volume plan in A History of Matrimonial Institutions endorsing district registrars to license record and supervise all civil and religious marriages nationwide He argues divorce roots lie in social structure and education and urges uniform laws to reform and regulate marriage and family He laments lack of appreciation for marriage functions likening it to animal breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Howard
University of Chicago
Department of Apelsey
Leland Stanford University
Howard
University of Chicago Press
United States
Indians Seek Reservation Through Congressional Act
United States Commissioner J.W. James in Anaconda heard extensive testimony from Rocky Boy tribe members who want the tribe united in Montana and request Congress to grant them a reservation.
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Butte
Mont
United States
Anaconda
Congress
Convent Sued for 810000 in Ontario Court Case
Miss Mary Arener sues the Sacred Heart convent in London Ontario claiming 810,000 damages. The suit stems from her probationary entry into U S homes, confinement in a Long Pine asylum, and release she signed to return to Milwaukee after receiving 300 dollars.
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London
Ont
Assize Court
Mary Arener
Sacred Heart
United States
Omaha
St. Charles
Cies
Shawan
The
Advent
Aflerward
Meure
Indictments in Butte District Spotlight Federal Cases
Thirteen indictments were returned by the federal grand jury in Butte Montana with three held at nublication. Offenses include unlawful timber cutting on public lands selling whiskey to Indians one murder case and embezzlement of postoffice funds.
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Brite, Mont
Federal Grand Jury
Hazing Punished As Naval Academy Quieted
Annapolis October 1 Captain Brownson supervises an investigation into hazing by upperclassmen awaiting exams. The Chesapeake Bay ship is prepared for further incidents, and all third class members signing pledges may face confinement if hazing continues. New Orleans October 1 A L Noel shoots Rabbo during a family dispute.
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Annapolis
Brownson
Naval Academy
Chesapeake
Academy
Three Brothers Executed in the Electric Chair at Clinton
Willis Frederick and Burton Van Wormer were executed in the Clinton prison electric chair for the 1901 Greendale murder of Peter Hallenbeck. The triple sentence, carried out in 15 minutes 30 seconds, followed formal religious rites and a tightly controlled process with Father Belanger and Father Charbonneau present.
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Dannemora
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Olell
Willis
Frederick
Burton van Wormer
Clinton Prison
Peter Hallenbeck
Greendale
Father Belanger
Sept. L
van Wormer
Nash
Burton
Murphy
Willis van Wormer
Fathera Belanger
Charbonneau
Clinton
Harvey Bruce
Kinderhook
Columbia County
Peter Hollenbeck
Wormers
Hallenbeck House
Mr.Hallenbeck
Mrr. Hallenbeck
Surton “van Wormer
Mr. Hallenbeck
Hallenbeck
Supreme Court
Gov
Odell
Justin Alden Chester
Albany
Starver Thnee
van Wormers
Howard
Unc
O'Brien
Hallenback
Oman
Allen Mooney
Abeed
Rancom
Deyo
George A. Hallenbeck
Willis V. Wormer
Father Charbonneau
Ransom
Spitska
McDonald
Impeachment Move Prompted by Governor Peabody Action
Colorado Springs Federated Trades Council adopts resolutions urging Colorado citizens to demand Governor Peabody’s impeachment for sending the militia to Cripple Creek during a time of peace. A committee to arrange a city meeting will coordinate action. The group denounces the militia as composed of inexperienced youths of low character.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Talks Fading for B and O Strike Fallout
Baltimore officials and a union committee ended talks with the railroad refusing to reinstate two discharged workers and debating a twelve hour rule for engineers and firemen. An appeal to Vice President Potter is planned if no amicable settlement is reached. In Portland a jail inmate identifies a wounded robber as Jim Connors and recalls the 1897 Cassidy and Curry trio jail break near Billings, Montana.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Potter
Portland
Ore
Oscar Stone
Jim Connors
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Roberta
Brone Gaya Connors
Roberts
Butch? Cassidy
Kid Curry
Billings
Mont
Fiend Outrages and Murders a Child in Brantford
The nine year old Irene Cole, daughter of Peter Cole of Massey-Harris, was found murdered on the river bank after being outraged and strangled. Her clothing was torn and bloodstained, and a man seen roaming the neighborhood is suspected as authorities and residents hunt for the killer amid lynching threats.
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Brantford
Ont
Irene Cole
Peter Cole
Massey-Harris Company
Cleveland declines Southern tour invitation to Arkansas college
Former President Grover Cleveland informs Isaac Fisher, principal of Pine Bluffs branch Normal College, that reports of a planned Southern trip are baseless. He adds he would enjoy visiting the school if such a trip occurred, but states he has no such intention.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Branch Normal College
Colored
Grover Cleveland
Isaac Fisher
South
State of
Arkansas
Gould roads consolidation west of Pittsburg planned
Attorneys allied with Gould interests draft plans to merge the Gould lines west of Pittsburg excluding the Ann Arbor and lines west of St Louis. The proposed group would include Wheeling and Lake Erie, Pittsburg Carnegie and Western, its two subsidiaries, and Wabash. Stockholders of Wabash to vote next. President Ramsey of Wabash and George J. Gould in conference. Plan envisions rearranging road finances and ending the building syndicate.
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New York
Gould
Gould Lines
Pittsburg
Ann Arbor
St. Louis
New York Herald
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Carnegie and Western
Wabash
Ramsey
The
George J. Gould
Japan Prepares for War with Russia by Sending Troops
Reliable reports state Japan will dispatch two regiments to Corea, a move viewed as a major step affecting Russo Japanese relations and raising war risk. China resists signing terms for Manchuria evacuation, while Japan’s war spirit appears to have strengthened in the latest forties and tensions rise.
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Corea
Russia
Manchuria
Paris
Japan
China
Canadian Soo Now an Orderly Town
Sault Ste. Marie Mich September October street car employees in the American and Canadian Soo will be paid today by the Consolidated Lake Superior company controlling the traction system. Receipts cover lines likely enough to pay the men. Canadian Sea is quiet. Col. Buchanan in command reports about 250 soldiers to depart for Toronto today, leaving nearly 250 on guard. He expects to quell any disturbance, now thought unlikely.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Jines
Soo
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Canadian
Col. Buchanan
Toronto
Trainmen Are Killed in Missouri Headon Collision
A west plains West Plains Mo dispatch reports a head on collision between a northbound Frisco passenger train and a southbound freight No. 51 near Koshkonong Missouri about 18 miles east of Kansas City. Three trainmen died Barney McChristian Marion White John Finch and J W Tune injured passenger James Webb slight injuries. The crash victims were taken to Springfield Missouri and both engines were demolished.
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Kansas City
West Plains
Frisco
Koshkonong
Here
Pasenger
Barney McChristian
Marion White
John Finch
J. W. Tune
Tadly
James B. Webb
Springfield
Honest Election League seeks to replace sheriff in grand jury bid
Denver Oct 1 Honest Election league led by W IL Bryant petitions Judge Malone to set aside Sheriff Hamilton Armstrong from selecting a grand jury to probe charter election frauds. Affidavits claim the sheriff failed to prevent frauds and favors opponents of the charter. Armstrong seeks time to file counter affidavits as hearing continues.
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Denver
W. IL. Bryant
Honest Election League
Malone
Hamilton Armstrong
Beleeét
Bryant
Richardson
Heandston Armstrong
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Philippines
Rocky Boy
S.ne
Milwaukee
Brig
New Orleans
Oct
L.A
Rabbo
Albert L. Noel
Nelson, Israel, Jr
Janae Thayer
Boston
Erie County
Niagara Square
Buffalo
Thayers
John Fe
Peabody
Colorado
Baltimore and Ohio
Member of
Butch” Cassidy
Gary
Cleveland
Election League
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