Editor Samuel E Morse Dies in Fall at Sentinel Building
Samuel B Morse editor and proprietor of the Indianapolis Sentinel fell from a third story window in the Sentinel building on South Illinois Street. He was alone and theories on the cause vary from dizziness to an attempted window adjustment. Remains were buried at Fort Wayne. The issue also reports an attack at Vernon Indiana where Bushfield family homes were burned after a mob forced them to move south. Other items note annexation talk in Vancouver and Alaskan boundary award fallout, a divorce for Peter K Soles, a fatal train wreck in Texas, and various sensational notices from Manila to Prussia.
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Samuel E. Morse
Samuel B. Morse
Edito
Indianapolis Sentinal
Sentinel
Morss
St. Mix
Fort Wayne, Ltd
Verson
Bushfield
Vernon
Ind
Lou Bushfield
van Please
El Dorado’s Wrecked Crew Endures 600 Mile Trek
Captain Ferry and forty seven crewmen from the steamer El Dorado sailed from Ottawa toward Montreal after surviving a shipwreck at Hudson Bay. The 850 ton vessel struck an uncharted rock and sank. the men walked forty two days through northern Canada, enduring extreme hunger and cold, but all survived.
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Canada
Ferry
Liverpool
Ottawa
Ont
Montreal
Hudson Bay
Pent Kort George
Alainst
Heir
Leaders of mutiny guilty in Fort Leavenworth prison case
Five leaders of the Fort Leavenworth Kaw prison mutiny of November 1902 were found guilty of murder in the United States Circuit Court in Leavenworth and sentenced to life terms. Defendants Mullins Barnes Thompson Robinson Clark were named. Waldrope guard killed after a deadly escape battle with guards and pursuers.
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Guarda
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Waldrope
United Mes
Leavenworth
Gilbert Mullins
Turner Barnes
Frank Thompson
Tred Robinson
Robert Clark
Mullins
Robinson
Outine
Waldrupe
Courts Adjourn to Save Crops in Kansas District
Judge Judze in Stockton Kansas suspends court to let farmers tend their corn and wheat, arguing saving a year’s earnings outweighs petty legal matters. The district sits amid the Northwest Great Belt. he aims to protect farmers before resuming trials.
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Kanga Judze
Judee C. W Mith
Stockton
Kan
Kausas
Bituminous Coal Operators Pursue Output Curtailment
Bituminous coal operators in Pennsylvania and West Virginia plan to reduce production to curb overabundance and stabilize prices. Trade groups report voluntary limits as a response to oversupply, though some say past measures failed and stronger actions may follow in key markets.
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Feremost
Pennsylvania Nulam
West Virginia
York Sterald
Persia
New York
Superior Post Office Robbery and Other City News
A flood of brief items reports a Superior post office vault entry without explosives, stamps stolen, and a separate note on local industry plans in Omaha and Kansas City. Other items cover a man killed by guards during a mental hospital incident, China surrender terms, acting delays in New York, and a Pittsburgh bank closure.
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Ps.aou
Allee
Girl Ends Life in Church with Poison Confession
An 18 year old, Miss Easy Batard a Nebraska University student, drank poison in a church confessional triggering a priest to administer absolution. Worshipers heard the confession and she later died. The item blends with other brief notes on robberies, fires, and world events.
Land graft ring over Pacific slope exposed
Portland Oregon reports government uncovering a land graft ring on the Pacific slope. The scheme allegedly used dynamites and bribery to loot lands and influence reserve boundaries. Center figures named include William Burns of Treasury secret service and A B Pugh assistant attorney general in the Interior Department, who were in Portland gathering evidence.
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Portland Oregorian
Rovernment
Pacific
Washington
San Eo
William J.urns
Secret Service
Treasury Department
A. Be. Pugh
Interior Department
Portland
WAR VETERAN VICTIM OF MOB IN ATHENS INDIANA
Isaac Moore a Civil War veteran aged 105 was abducted from his bed at midnight by masked men in Athens Indiana. The mob broke in burned the door bound his hands and hanged him from a joist then whipped him with switches causing extensive wounds and at least 100 cuts and bruises. He claims a rib was broken and the attackers included six other men present during the assault.
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Indiana
Isaac Moore
Athens
Ind
Moore
Spies Reveal Secret Movements in South American Waters
War Department reports from agents in Washington describe private diplo matic history notes on German and British fleet movements along the northern coast of South America. The officers’ accounts suggest warships surveyed coasts beyond mere crisis duties, with locations chosen for.
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South American
War Department
Washington
Venezuela
Colombia
Department
South America
Army
Navy Department
Stiv
Barbora
Bank Robbery Spree Hits South Dakota and Iowa Posts
Robbers stole 7500 dollars, including 5000 from Bank of Viborg and 2500 from Linn Grove Iowa post office. Citizens saw armed thieves on streets, a marshal was paid to stand down, and four suspects were later arrested after plans to hit another bank.
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South Dakota
Bank of
Viborg
3. D
Linn Grove
Iowa
Citizens’ National Bank
Woonsweet, & C
Washington Springs
Alaskan boundary award confirms American position
The published forecast of the Alaskan boundary arbitration largely supports the United States view of the 1825 treaty. The commission sets the Portland Canal under British control, redraws the boundary west of Portland Channel, and strengthens U S dominance while sidelining Canadian claims. The decision, praised for fair inquiry, may ease Anglo American tensions and widen friendly ties despite Canadian disappointment.
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Great Britain
United States
Board of Arbitration
Alverstone
England
Canada
Alaska
America
Portland Canal
Dyen
Skaguay
Lynn Canaso Glacier
Commission
Portland Channel
Merrill May Retire From Active Methodist Work
Bishop Stephen M. Merrill, 78, senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, may retire from active work and become an advisory bishop. A native of Jefferson County Ohio, he entered the ministry in 1816 and was made a bishop in 1845, renowned for religious writings and public service.
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Stephen M. Merrill
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ling
Episcopal Committee
General Conference
Merrill
Jefferson County
Ohio
Boston widows outnumber peers in national study
Boston reports higher widow rates than Chicago Philadelphia New York and other cities. Prof Prinzing cites poverty illness and legal trouble as harsher for young widows and urges direct state support for widowed and children rather than indirect hospital systems.
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Rhelz
Boston
L'Rot
Friedrich Priezing
Tunis
America
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Prinzing
Prinsing
Nine Die In Bridge Crane Crash On Monongahela River
Nine men were killed and many injured when an overweight traveler crane broke on the new Wabash bridge over the Monongahela River. The crane and a bridge section fell onto a barge loaded with steel, sinking it. Rescue efforts were aided by the U.S. steamship BH A Woodrow and local workers across from the bridge.
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Kilia
Mina Hing
Wabash
Monongahela River
Pittsburg
Mononeoblela River
Ehosa
United States
BH. A. Woodrue
John O. Watson
Fragmented 1920s Daily Text Mixed With Names and Claims
The fragmentary text mentions Bulgaria tired of living near a slaughterhouse, Chicago marbles, King Edward, a Strenuous nephew, crop losses, compulsory prohibition, and Uncle Sam. It references Spain relations, Postoffice storage issues, and education casualty from cane rushes and color runs, with a jumble of names and events.
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Bulgaria
Chicago
Edward
Sam
Hayth
Trade Review Reflects Mixed Activity Across Sectors
A R G Dun report notes contraction in pig iron and securities but overall trade holds steady with full production in many branches. Harvests look encouraging, farm work advances, October buying remains strong in retail and jobbing sectors. Grain shipments up, wheat market tight, livestock and hogs show mixed to weaker prices, bank clearings up over last year.
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R. G. Dun & Cols
New York
Tweeny Review of Trade
Baye
Taciii
Epemhearth
International Trade and Harvest Notes From Major U S Cities
Telegraphic reports from across the United States and Canada indicate money for mercantile use easing in Boston and Philadelphia while Pittsburgh and St Louis see improving conditions. Intankers expect continued demand for heavy winter grain as wheat harvest yields strong prices per bushel.
Livestock and grain prices across markets flash at once
Prices for cattle sheep and hogs vary by market from Detroit to Buffalo to New York. Wheat corn oats rye and butter show wide ranges with No 2 grades dominant. Local notes indicate shipping costs and prime to fair quality levels across regions and commodities.
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Minninn
Detroit
Darley
Toledo
New York
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Alaskan Boundary Commission
Peter K. Soles
Allegheny County
Kate
Fort Worth
Texas
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Sacramento Mountain
I Aline
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Andranes
Manila
Amos Cattaringa
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Prussia
Indianapolis
Indiana Coal Traction Company
Plainfeld
Terre Haute
Rockville
Jane
Tho
Mananic Temple Theatre
Fort Wayne
van Dyke & Eaton Co
Davidson Stock Co
Joseph Jefferson
Aylsworth & Co
Fredericksburg
St. Joseph's Catholic
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Neb
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Anzer
Mareshal Sloan
Bryan
W.ed. Bryan
Hint Ing
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Mack
Aberdeen
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Maali
A. B. Bell
Denver
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phiadelphia
Gordon Allen
Benjamin Aylor
Webb City
Aylor
Prosperity
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Peter Elliott
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Offiers
St. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum
Alfred A. Buck
Ansistant
State Bank
Mapleton
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Missouri Pacific
Langley
Kanng
Aix
Fife
William Carthew
California
Superior Post Office
Independent Packing Company
Omaha
FLOW
Ebbite
Flato Live Stock Commission Company
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A. Maitland
Can
Sepeeior
Thomas Viardey
Chiesge
Artonvile
Lil
Wiebate
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Russia
Hina B
Rusmanopaly
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York
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Louis
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Clayton
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Dowie
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Maden
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Jacob Baer
United States Bicet Corporation
Roosevelt
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Eanaptape
Bishop Meriull
Sh Lee Je
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