Frances First Official Beheading In Fifteen Years In Paris
A public beheading at 4:30 am outside Sante prison in Paris drew immense crowds as officials kept spectators back. Parricide suspect Duchemín, 23, who stabbed his mother in 1908 and finished her with a mutilation, was executed for robbery. The man appeared barefoot with a black veil and crude cape before the blade, and the crowd dispersed quickly after the act.
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Sante
Paris
France
Fallierra
DuchemIn
Mystery in Death at Boston Lodging House
Nurse Ethel White aged 265 was found dead in a Boston lodging house under peculiar circumstances. William Smith reported the death to police, saying he found her on the doorstep and allowed her to stay in his room. He returned to find her dead with a fractured skull and a deep head wound. the room was in disorder. Smith was detained pending the coroner's jury.
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Ethel White
Boston
William Smith
Smith
Tragic End of 13 Year Old Clara in Morrisburg
Clara, 13, daughter of GW Uraithwaite a Morrisburg Oil hotel keeper, hanged herself on Wednesday night from a tree near her home. Reports say she had previously received a whipping from her stepmother. The tree was chosen so her father would see her body on his way home.
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Clara
GW. Uraithwaite
Morrisburg
Oil
General Johnston Held for Assault by Grand Jury
Gen Johnstone and Gen P P Johnston adjutant general of the Kentucky state guard were Wednesday held to the grand jury for assault. Johnston resented an editorial nickname General Pea cock BP Johnston in print.
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P. P. Johnston
Kentucky State Guard
Johnston
Peacock
Major coal land deal forms in Pittsburgh region
Confirmation that Jones & Laughlin Steel will acquire more than 6500 acres of coal lands from the Pittsburg Buffalo company of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The transaction strengthens J&L Steel’s resource base and ties to local energy interests.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Pittsburg, Buffalo Company
Pittsburg
Heavy Rains Cause Bridges Washed Away Near Rome Georgia
Five days of near nonstop rain in Georgia lead to sudden rise of Silver Creek near Rome washing away two bridges. Emergency repairs possible as roads remain impassable in affected area. Local officials urge caution and monitor for further flooding.
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Silver Creek
Rome
Sioux City Live Stock Prices and Vehicle Prices Advance
Sioux City market quotes: top beeves six dollars twenty five cents and lap hogs seven dollars sixty cents. Vehicle prices to advance ten percent due to higher material and labor costs following a Chicago meeting of wholesale vehicle manufacturers.
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Sloux City
Sioux City
Chicago
Cattle Die in Large Numbers Around Midland
Reports from Fort Worth advise that cattle are dying by scores around Midland Texas due to a peculiar epidemic. The notice highlights the rapid loss of livestock and alerts readers to the agricultural threat in the region.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Midland
Woman fires at lawyer in Waldorf Astoria amid hotel incident
Mary A. Castle, 35, of San Francisco, a insurance agent and Neville Castice wife, shot at William J. Craig in the Waldorf Astoria New York. The bullet struck a fountain pen and wounded nothing. Craig planned to press charges as Castle claimed he caused her trouble and betrayal.
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New York
Fr Lawyer
Waldorf-Astoria
Mary A. Castle
William J. Craig
Lawyear
Craig
Rocky Mountain Club
Henry Scott
Fort Morgan
Mobile
Ala
Frederick Dean
New Submarine Fleet Planned by Navy Dept
The Navy Department outlines a defensive flotilla of submarine torpedo boats based at Cavite in the Philippines. Two vessels are present now with eight planned, including Moccasin and Adder on voyage to Manila aboard the Caesar, and Grampus and Pike headed from San Francisco. A dozen boats will form the Atlantic coast fleet, with Dixie chosen as mother ship to replace the Yankton.
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Navy Department
United States Naval Station
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Mocccasin
Adder
Philippines
Boston
Manilla
Suez Canal
Grampus
Pike
San Francisco
Atlantic Coast
Dixie
Yankton
Stolen Children Case Reported In St Louis
Joseph Rocano was taken to police headquarters in St Louis by detectives amid the kidnapping of Grace Viviano aged 3 and Alfonso Viviano aged 6. A $25,000 ransom demand arrived by special delivery four hours after the children were taken Monday noon from their home. Samuel Turrisi was observed near Bocana's home with the children and claimed a man who visited was a cousin. Despite all night searches, no trace of Turrisi was found. The two suspects housed with Turrisi were released Tuesday. the children are said to be second cousins.
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Getter
Joseph Rocano
St. Louis
Grace Viviano
Alfonso Viviano
Samuel Turrisi
Bocana
Trocana
Earch Car Une
Turrisi
Chhildren
Emperor Nicholas Visits England on Royal Yacht
The Russian Emperor Nicholas I arrives at Spithead aboard his Standart as King Edward and the royal family greet him. Crowds line the shore while bunting decorates the towns. The two monarchs dine with Queen Alexandra on the Victoria and Albert, ending a spectacular state visit.
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Czar
Findsh
Nicholas
England
Edward
Victoria and Albert
Standart
Spithead
Eward
King Edward
Prince of Wales
John Fisher
Reginald McKenna
Admiralty
Cowes
Alexandria
Lynched On Eve Of Triat Accused Murderer At Platte City
George Johnson white who murdered John W Moore near Platte City Missouri on June 20 was lynched at Platte City at 2 AM Monday. After the killing Johnson was kept in Kansas City for safety but returned to Platte City Sunday afternoon. About 2 AM two men moved a third man to the jail to pose as a prisoner. The sheriff was overpowered and fifty men gathered to batter down the cell door. Johnson was taken to a tree opposite the jail and strung up, remaining there until 6:30 AM. Corporal Crabtree Trial Slayer of Capt Raymond to Be Courtmartialed after Fort Des Moines meeting US District Attorney Temple and Col West. Proceedings await War Department approval. Some favored state or federal court trial amid strong army sentiment.
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Platte City
George Johnson
John W. Moore
Johnson
Kansas City
Corporal Crabtree
Raymond
Fort Des Moines
United States
M. L. Temple
Col
Frank West
Army Post
Lisle Crabtree
J. C. Raymond
War Department
Crabtree
Wreck on Big Four Causes Severe Shake Up
A Big Four passenger train derailed after an open switch at Bettefontaine Ohio on Monday crashing into a restaurant. Many passengers were shaken but none seriously hurt while Owen Meredith an express messenger was probably fatally injured as the building was demolished.
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Owen Meredith
Bettefontaine
Gift of $50,000 to Franklin Institute settlement
Thomas Swope a retired real estate owner announced a gift of 50000 dollars to the Franklin Institute social settlement in Kansas City He said he wished to see a settlement named after the Hult house in Chicago established there.
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Kansas City
Hult
Chicago
Thomas Swope
The
Franklin Institute
Reservoir Break Ends Farmland Irrigation Threat
The Empire reservoir, 28 miles west of Fort Morgan Colorado, with over 4,000,000 cable feet of water, ruptured its retaining wall Monday. The flood threatens nearby counter and irrigation for about 40,000 acres. loss of life is feared.
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Empire Reservoir
Fort Morgan
Colo
Jewelry valued at 3500 found in Detroit home
Jewelry valued at 3500 was found in Detroit Michigan on Monday in the home of Frank Rosbach who was arrested last week in Cleveland on a charge of stealing 700 worth of jewelry from W A Sturgeon and Co Carmichael bill for statewide prohibition passed by the house 76 to 19 Michigan
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Rosbach
Cleveland
W. A. Sturgeon & Co
Ijrys
Alabama
Carmichael
House
Kentucky National Guard adjutant general targets misnaming editor
Adjt. Gen. P B Johnston of the Kentucky National Guard protested after a Louisville socialist weekly referred to him as Gen Peacock B Johnston. The piece attacked his authority and hinted at a dynastic claim by a deceased figure, while the paper still faced scrutiny over its editorial stance.
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P. B. Johnston
Kentucky National Guard
Denny H. Goode
Louisville
Peacock B. Johnston
Fire destroys Haileybury restaurant near Cobalt Ont
A blaze early Friday at a Chinese restaurant on Haileybury road near Cobalt Ontario caused about 100000 in losses. Three thousand people were left homeless and the entire business section north of the square was wiped out.
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Haileybury Road
Cobalt
Ont
Marysville Burns In Railroad Camp Fire
Marysville, a hundred miles north of Fort Worth, Texas, was destroyed by fire Monday night. The town housed quarrym en in Fort Worth and Denver railroad employ, with several bunk houses burned and occupants narrowly escaping.
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Marysville
Fort Worth
Tex
Denver
Land Restored for Entry Near Gillette Wyoming
About 142000 acres in Wyoming near Gillette, once withdrawn for coal classification, were returned to the public domain Monday for entry under general land laws, in line with their character.
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Uncle Sam
Wyoming
Gillette
Receivership Lifted for Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway
Judge Lurton in the United States district court ordered the end of the receivership for the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway. Judson Harmon is relieved as receiver. Also reported: laborer John Gustafson attacked by hoboes in Rochester, robbed of small sum. Charles Brown, Buffalo banker, reportedly died by self-inflicted wound on board the Vaderland near Antwerp. George Lytle posted a $5,000 forfeit to back a boxing bout between Jefferson and a black challenger.
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Lurton
United States Apperate
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Hallway Company
Judson Harmon
John Gustafson
Rochester
Charles Brown
Buffalo
Vaderland
Antwerp
George Lytle
Jackson
Jetiries
Des Moines Councilman Accused Of Assault
Des Moines councilman John L Hamery head of public safety faces assault and battery charges filed by Liquor reformer John B Hammond after a dispute in Hamerys private office Hammond alleges Hamery forcefully pushed him from the room and warned him not to return both reformers known for anti vice work and liquor reforms the case could hinge on the alleged grasp and removal involving the two men in the public safety precincts. Schleswig Fly Fever Epidemic Worsens as Doctors Struggle The Schleswig outbreak linked to flies has produced over thirty cases with severe illness doctors unable to identify other causes. Dr Schulta has set up a temporary hospital with twelve patients and nurses from Omaha aiding exhausted staff.
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John L. Hamery
Des Moines
Department of Public Safety
Justice Coye
John B. Hammond
Uquor Reformer
Trimmer Club
Anti-Cigarette Association
John Griffin
Hamery
Superintendent of Public Safety
Hammond
Red Light
Gambline
Iowa Trimmer Club
Schleswig
Schulta
Omaha
Smooth One Murdoch Nabbed in Multi-City Counterfeit Ring
United States Marshal J A Tracy reports Theodore Murdoch, indicted in Sioux City for passing counterfeit $5 gold pieces, was captured in Milwaukee by Chicago officials who pursued him for making the coins. He received a ten year sentence at Fort Leavenworth. Murdoch, a lone operator, moved from town to town passing about $50 in bogus coins before vanishing.
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United State
J. A. Tracy
Theodore Murdock
Sioux City
Milwaukee
Chicago
Fort Lenvenworth
Kaw
Murdock
Family Row Over a Calf Ends With Arraignment
J A Mott, described as Sioux City’s meancat man, confronted by Korstad who claims Mott slapped his mother when she refused to feed the family calf. Korstad obtained a warrant for Mott’s arrest on a disturbing the peace charge after reporting the incident and alleging two years of idleness and reliance on Mrs. Mott’s washing for support.
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Mott
Sioux City
J. M. Korstad
Korstad
Parole for Mrs Myers in Iowa case linked to appeal
Governor Carroll plans a conditional release for Mrs Anna Myers of Des Moines after evidence suggested temporary aberration at the time of her crime. Parole requires she drop her supreme court appeal and leave Iowa. The governor may also parole Samuel F. Smith of Davenport for mer mayor.
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Gov. Carroll
Fler
Supreme Court
Iowa
Anna Myers
Des Moines
Carroll
Waterloo man wounded by masked highwaymen on park road
Samuel Doren of Waterloo lies in hospital guttering from two bullet wounds to the thigh inflicted by two masked highwaymen Monday night near the park road while he was en route to a small fortune. Geo. W. Oldman of Burlington learns he and sister Myre Ella Woods are heirs to a $10,000 fortune left by their uncle Patrick O'Hara of Cincinnati. Police seek George Williams, a young man who forged twenty checks totaling about 3200, passing them on saloonkeepers.
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Samuel Doren
Waterloo
Doren
Park Road
Geo. W. Oldman
Burlington
Myre
Ella Woods
Simall
Patrick O'Hara
Cincinnati
George Williams
Wen
Unauthorized telegram case reaches Supreme Court
Former Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw is tied to a dispute with Western Union over an unauthorized telegram. The Bank of Denison says no order existed for a draft of 8972 dollars drawn on EB Barnes and honored by the Commercial Bank of Britt. Britt sues Western Union, seeking recovery for due caution failures. The Supreme Court will hear the case.
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Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bank of Denison
Shaw
Commercial Bank of Britt
Barnes
Western Union
Supreme Court
Fort Dodge Strike Ends With Wage Increase Agreement
A seven day Fort Dodge strike ends as Plymouth and United States Gypsum firms grant 30 cents an hour wage rise, a 6 cent increase, with Acme likely to resume Monday. Non striking miners at other mines will also receive the raise.
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Plymouth
United States
Fort Dodge
Acme
Remarkable Fest Fifty Years of Rider Wedding
A Cantril couple marked their fiftieth anniversary with a humorous incident as 71 year old H Rider mounted the roof and stood on his head on the ridge to declare a prior vow. State officials rejected a bath bill, denying chargeable baths to the state, a 50 cent item on July 21, setting a precedent.
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H. Rider
Cantril
Executive Council
A. Smith
Board of Parole
Ackley Woman Renovates Barn and Joins Woodcraft Field
Miss Emma Leach of Ackley, daughter of L Leach, stands out as possibly the town’s only female carpenter. She excels in cabinet making and wood carving and recently built a barn on her father’s lot near Ackley. Other notes include bounty on woodchucks, a Delaware County farmer killing 36 woodchucks on three acres, a store raid in Dubuque involving Fred McCarthy, Mrs Nancy Kramer’s return to Dubuque on criminal operation charges, Bond set at 1000 dollars for preliminary hearing, Victor E Bender joining Charles H May in publishing a Peoria Herald Transcript, the Overland Limited derailment near Cambridge with no fatalities, and James H Lees noting Woodbury County’s brick clay superiority.
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Emma‘Leach
L. Leach
Ackley
Kramer
Nancy Kramer
Dubuque
Parker Carnival Company
Wisconsin
Henry Stone Dead Ex-speaker of Iowa House
Telegram from Marshalltown reports Henry Stone former speaker of the Iowa House of the 27th General Assembly died in Chicago.
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Marshalltown
Chicago
Henry Stone
Lowa
General Assembly
Business conditions show strength and tariff revision buoyancy
Business conditions assume more strength and the final action upon tariff revision imparts buoyancy to various important branches. Growing crops are favored and larger movements appear in grain and general merchandise. The Chicago market shows gains in lakes shipments, rail earnings, and lumber and leather demand, with 29 failures in Chicago district this week.
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Auust
Funda
Chicago
South
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade
New York Markets Show Cautious Trade Amid Seasonal Factors
In New York markets buyers remain active in lead ing markets and fall trade shows signs of movement but the vacation season tariff bill outlook and rapid price gains foster caution in wholesale lines pending crop outlook. Industrial activity expands with iron and steel loading while coal demand remains meager and coke eases. Shoe trade shows some pickup east and west but leather and hide costs curb activity. US weekly failures reach 223, Canada sees 34, compared with prior weeks and 1908 figures.
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United States
US and regional market prices for cattle hogs and grains
Regional and city price listings show cattle hogs and sheep trading within quoted ranges. Wheat corn oats rye and fats vary by city including Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Cincinnati and New York with No 2 grades and creamery butter eggs and potatoes also listed.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Corp
Detroit
Cincinnati
New York
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Pupe
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Britt Bank
Delaware County
Raffies
Dubuane
Fred McCarthy
Bender
Illinois
Victor E. Bender
Council Blutts
Charles H. May
Herald-‘Transcript
Peoria
Overland Limited
St. Paul
Cambbridge
Woodbury County
James H. Lees
State Geology Department
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