Gov Peabody Orders Prisoners Released
Cripple Creek Colo September 25 After telephonic talks between Gov Peabody and Adjutant General Bell Brig Gen John Chase commanding first brigade National Guard Colorado is ordered to release the prisoners as commanded by Judge Leeds Fourth Judicial District Teller County Colo Within minutes Sherman Parker Charles Campbell H R Rafferty and H W B McKinley were freed from the guard house and escorted to their homes in Independence and Altman greeted by large crowds of union miners
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Peabody
Sherman Bell
John Chase
National Guard
Colorado
Leeds
Fourth Judicial District
Teller County
Sherman Parker
Charles Campbell
H. R. Rafferty
Hf. W. B McKinley
Independence
Altman
Indignation Over Delay of American Mails in London
London officials protest a dispute between the post office and the London and Northwestern railroad over payment for transporting Atlantic mails. Mails by the Umbria and Etruria were delayed or left at the pier as railroad and postal authorities clashed over liability and extra charges, causing hundreds of mail bags to be delayed.
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London
London and Northwestern Railroad
Liverpool
Queenstown
Umbria
Etruria
President and wife take a horseback ride at Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay September 25 The President and Mrs Roosevelt rode a long horseback ride through the village on the way to Sayville. They paused for bows from friends and kept to themselves with no visitors at Laramore Hill during the stay.
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Oyster Bay
Saramore Hill
Sayville
Laramore Hill
Powerful Argument on Boundary Line
London reports David T. Watson of Pittsburg argued the 1825 treaty before the Alaskan boundary commission. Alexander Berg urged to hear his case, but was denied. Watson contended a coast mountain chain and questioned Britain’s claim while Chief Justice Alverstone praised his powerful argument.
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London
David T. Watson
Pittsburg
Mr. Watson
Tord Alverstone
Iowan Eats His Own Moustache in Presenting Case
Sioux City cigar maker J. J. Snyder suffered appendicitis after biting off his moustache and swallowing the hair. He was hospitalized for surgery, and doctors found hairs in the appendix that matched his moustache. Snyder later admitted a habit of biting moustache ends.
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Chicago
Sioux City
Iowa
J. J. Snyder
Snyder
Surgeon Dropped Dead During Operation in Emporia
Dr Charles Gardiner a renowned western physician collapsed and died of heart failure while performing a minor operation at a patient s home in Emporia Kansas He faltered as he sought to stop bleeding and died on the floor leaving the patient bleeding without another doctor present
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Emporia
Kan
Rays
Charles Gardiner
West
Ife
Gardiner
Lipton Made Honorary Member of Bay City Bachelors Club
Bay City reports the Bachelors' club has elected Sir Thomas Lipton to honorary membership. Lipton replies with thanks and promises to uphold the club's primary qualifications for membership.
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Bay City
Midh
Bachelors’ Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
Chicago
Thomas Has
Bachelors’ Association
San Fernando Treasurer Tompkins Sentenced for Forgery
Manila reports Dean Tompkins, the defaulting San Fernando treasurer recently convicted of forgery, receiving a 17 year prison term. His trial on remaining charges is scheduled for December 1.
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Manila
Dean Tompkins
San Fernando
Jis
Dee
Ist
Shamrock I Sold for Freighting Use by New Owner
New owner plans to convert Shamrock I, Sir Thomas Lipton's old America's Cup challenger, into a freighting schooner. The vessel, remodeled after transfer to a Brooklyn firm dealing in metal, will operate between New York and American ports carrying metal cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Lipton
Brookly
Sera Mrtal
Amerian Porte
Balkan tensions and Greek-Turkish naval standoff update
Reports from Constantinople and nearby areas describe the Ottoman Porte seeking U S naval withdrawal to advance talks with Turkey while Washington resists. Leishman plans a conference with Tewfik Pasha as Bulgaria reportedly demands urgent reforms. London officials warn Britain will not support resistance to Macedonia reforms.
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Constantinople
Porte
Beirut
United States
Turkey
Leishman
Tewfik Pasha
Balkans
Bulgaria
Milner Declines Colonial Office Offer
London reports Lord Milner now in Carlsbad has declined the colonial office after being offered it. Pressures to reconsider rise as Mr. Broderick takes India secretaryship and a new cabinet composition awaits possible changes.
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London
Lord Milner
South Africa
Carlsbad
Broderick
India
Duke of Marlborough
Mint Employee Accused Of Gold Dust Theft
William P. Hundley a weighing clerk at the San Francisco mint was charged by a Secret Service agent with stealing 200 dollars in gold dust. The dust arrived with two miners and was hidden by Hundley in a saloon near the mint before being recovered. His resignation was accepted and prosecution expected.
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San Francisco
William P. Hundley
United States Mint
Secret Service
Burns
Hundley
Mint
ROW OVER NICKEL ENDS IN DEATH
F. E. Bailey of New Rochelle, an employee of the New Haven Railway, is fatally injured after a dispute over a nickel on the Third Avenue Line. Bailey fell from elevated structures at Fourteenth Street following a confrontation with a gate man who claimed Bailey entered the wrong way and refused to buy a ticket. The gate man says Bailey pushed him, Bailey fled, and injuries from the fall led to his death.
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New York
F. E. Bailey
New Rochelle
New Haven Railway
Aley
Third Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Bailey
Ile
Tailey
Hazing Policy Backed at Annapolis Navy Yard
Secretary Moody and Captain Brownson discussed hazing at the Naval Academy in Washington. Brownson, after a vacation, reported no hazing exists at Annapolis and pledged a renewed vigorous policy when midshipmen return. The secretary affirmed department support if hazing recurs.
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Washington
sAnnapolis
Navy Department
Moody
Brownson
Academy
Annapolis
Thownson
Ruth Bryan W H Leavitt to Wed in Fairview Home
Miss Ruth Bryan and W H Leavitt of Newport will marry Saturday October 3 at 7 30 pm at Fairview the Bryan home in Lincoln Nebraska The Rev Dr Swearingen of the First Presbyterian Church is expected to perform the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Ruth Bryan
W.H. Leavitt
Newport
Fairview
Bryan
Swearingen
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. Bryan
North Jersey street railway strike ends quickly
Newark N J Sept 25 The employees who struck last night returned to work today. The company signed no agreement but promised to consider changing the present objectionable split run system. All Public Service Corporation lines were in full working order today.
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Newark
N. J
North Jersey Street Railway
Public Service Corporation
Campaigning Killed Him in Denver
Attorney Allan B. Seaman was found dead in his bed at 131 Sherman Avenue. The cause is listed as heart disease, with the recent charter campaign against adoption blamed for the stress and exhaustion that contributed to the fatal stroke.
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Denver
Allan B. Seaman
Sherman Avenue
Seaman
Bigamy Suspect Dunbar Sought by Police Across Cities
John D. E. Dunbar, a figure in horse racing, faces warrants for bigamy and grand larceny. He allegedly married in Jersey City to Marie Lovell and defrauded Mrs. Lovell of $10,000 in a staged real estate deal. Investigations span Jersey City, Saratoga, Flushing, Boston, and onward to the West as police hunt.
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New York
Jersey City
Boston
John D. E. Dunbar
Dunbar
William Lovell
Marie
Flushing
L. A
Lovell
Lovells
Jerasy City
New Jersey
Grand Jury
Wall Street Unease Triggers Heavy Early Liquidation
Declines deepen in New York stocks with United States Steel hitting new low records as common shares slip to 16 1 8 after 4 000 shares sold. Market steadies later on support from strong quarters and short covering amid rumors of investor cooperation. Conversion syndicate sale denial follows.
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New York
United States
Evening Post
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Mrs. Davis Not Out of Danger
Buffalo dispatch says Mrs. Jefferson Davis remains seriously ill at the Castle Inn but is holding her own. Drs Roawell Park and Allen Jones summoned. Mrs. Davis’s daughter Mr Hayes of New York has been telegraphed to come.
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Buffalo
Charles G. Stockton
Jefferson Davis
Castle Inn
Dra
Roawell Park
Allen Jones
Pueblo Poisoning Victim Improving in Denver Hospital
Miss Lulu Long, one of three vaudeville artists poisoned in Pueblo by eating chicken sandwiches, is reported to be much better at St Anthony's hospital. Doctors say plominine rather than arsenic poisoning is likely. Trapeze performer LiAiglon, suspected by the Long sisters, is located in San Francisco and may return to Pueblo if needed. Police are handling the case.
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Denver
Colo
Lulu Long
Pueblo
St Anthony's Hospital
Li.Aiglon
Long Sisters
San Francisco
Puello Polica
Sheriff Resists Mob as Jail Riot Ends in Lynching
In Lynchburg Tennessee Sheriff George K.R. Davidson faced about twenty five armed men who forced entry to the jail seeking Hallen Small. The sheriff fired but the mob overpowered him and the negro was shot to death in the corridor. Three mob members were captured and one man confessed implicating thirteen others. Small awaited grand jury action on an assault charge.
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Lynchburg
Tenn
George KR. Davidson
Hallen Small
Davidson
Azid
Small
Afra
Eliza Ngeleston
Anthony Comstock's Busy Chicago Day in Cigar Raid
Anthony Comstock arrived from New York in Chicago and led a raid on a cigar store. Authorities confiscated a half ton of books and pictures and detained store owner Charles Wright. Wright allegedly confessed distributing pamphlets objected to by the Society for the Suppression of Vice and was held to the grand jury under $4,000 bond for mail ads and shipping banned materials.
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Chicago
Anthony Comstock
New York
Charles Wright
Stuart and McAfee
Comstock
Wright
Society For the ‘Suppression of Vice
Grand Jury
Express
Promoters Move to Save Lake Superior Company
Francis Clergue and Cornelius Shields arrive in New York with A B Starvey to seek aid to avert Speyer & Co. sale. Harvey expresses optimism that Clergue can save the $117,000,000 Consolidated Lake Superior venture and complete the Sault Ste Marie works. A directors’ meeting is expected Friday to decide the plan and loan arrangements.
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New York
Francis IL Clergue
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Toronto
Cornelius Shields
A. B. Starvey
Liverpool
Dankera
Speyer & Co
Harvey
Great Corporation
Clergue
Sault Ste Marie
James Keffer Hanged at Lander Wyoming
Landers Wyoming September 25 James Keffer murderer of William Warren was hanged in the jail yard Keffer spent his last night singing dancing and telling stories to the death watch The execution drew wide attention as the state is witnessing its first legal hanging Warren a store tender for the Lander Rawlins stage company was shot while asleep and his belongings stolen Keffer claimed five dollars of Warren s money but denied knowledge of the crime Governor Chatterton refused clemency due to prior head injury and insanity claims.
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Carmody
Bruce
Warren
Keffer
Chatterton
Prisoners Named Rudd and Mack Killed by Natives
Manila Sept 25 The escaped U S military prisoners Rudd and Mack from Malagi Island in Laguna de Bay Luzon were killed by natives. Defenders say the killing occurred while natives attempted to seize the fugitives for a reward offered for their arrest and return to authorities.
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Manila
P. L
Rudd
Mack
Malagi Island
Laguna de Bay
Luzon
Messenger strike ends with wage agreement in Chicago
The 400 day messenger boys of the Illinois District Telegraph company ended their strike after accepting a new wage scale. Day messengers will earn 5.40 dollars per week replacing 11 to 12 cents per message and a truck allowance. Night messengers will receive 1 dollar per day, up from 1 dollar per week.
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Chicago
Illinois District Telegraph Company
Priest Is Short In His Accounts In Colorado
Denver report says Father Callahan pastor at Cathedral parish and administrator of the cathedral fund is short about 20000 dollars. The fund totaling 52000 dollars was placed in mining stocks and has suffered depreciation. No suspicion of personal theft. motive believed to be doubling the fund and covering losses through further investment.
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Denver
Denver News
Enya
Father Callahan
Echo of Denvers Late Election Contempt Citations
Denver in wards three and four sees six election judges cited for contempt over an injunction violation. Police Captain Michael Delaney is also cited for advising and abetting the breach. The charter committee alleges watchers were expelled from polling places and wholesale fraud occurred.
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Denver
Johnson
Michael Delaney
Charter Committee
Filipino Arrested in Manila Over Rebel Insurrection Charge
In Manila on September 23, Kalbazs, president of the Nationalist party, was arrested on charges tied to fomenting disturbances in Luzon. He faces rebel lion and insurrection charges against U S authority as authorities describe ongoing guerrilla activity by Ladrones against peaceful natives.
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Manila
Kalbazs
Nationalist Party
Corminador Gomez
Luzon
United States
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