Two Train Robbers Trailed by Posse in Colorado
In a Colorado siege, two Union Pacific robbers who held up a Denver bound train were cornered near Goodland Kansas. One was killed, another barricaded in a house as a posse of about fifty men closed in with Winchesters. a deputy and a hotel owner were seriously wounded.
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Denver
Col
Deuel
Union Pacific
Goodland
Kan
South Wall
William Walker
Kansas
Here
Colorado
J. Briggs
Commercial Hotel
George Cullins
Hugo
BE. Bartholomew
Alleged Lover Commits Cowardly Crime in Nashville Ill
Albert Ferriss, son of a farmer near Nashville, is jailed on attempted murder charges after shooting Miss Margaret Lewis, 20, who was fleeing his threats to force marriage. Ferriss claims the pistol discharged accidentally while he says he was joking. The incident follows seven prior rejections and Ferriss's despondent behavior.
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Nashville
Ill
Albert Ferriss
Margaret Lewis
Ferriss
Lewis
Refusa
Miss Lewis
Pursuit Ends in Hooded House Siege and Robber Deaths
A posse pursued robbers to a sod house on the open plain where a siege ensued for ten minutes. Riggs and Cullins were wounded as the robbers fired back. the lone attacker escaped, then died in the smoke. Sheriff Walker pressed the house and both robbers were killed, one inside the barricaded door. Other items report local police corruption complaints, a death by possible suicide in Brazil Indiana, rural free delivery orders, and commodity quotes.
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Goodland
Denver
Hugo
Walker
J. B. Riggs
George Cullins
E. C. Biddison
Bartholomew Place
Riggs
Cullins
Sheriff's Posse
Nineteenth Saengerbund Festival Opens in Arlington
The nineteenth annual festival of the northwestern Saengerbund opened at Arlington Iowa last night. Announcements of the population of fiiease are declared at the census of ce be pure grees work.
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Saengerbund
Arlington
Fiiease
Foreign dispatches from Peking report Chinese moves and relief plans
The Aug 11 to Aug 10 dispatches note Li Hun Chang named minister plenipotentiary to seek peace and 12,000 Chinese troops marching toward Peking. Washington states the goal is to press on to relieve the besieged garrison at Peking and secure cooperative action from China in stopping bombardment.
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Chicago
Ohio
Texas
St. Louis Grain
Brussels
Foreign Office
de Cartier
BE. de Cartier de Marchienne
Peking
Shanghai
Li Hun Chang
St. Petersburg
Hu. Nan
Hu-Pei
Tien-Tsin
Washington
Conger
State Department
Canton
United States
China
Ah Sin
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Yamen
Meyers
Dr. Lippitt
Root
Atlee
No Nation Has Asked for Chinese Escort
Washington shows little hope that any dispatches from Minister Conger reach Peking as eight powers in the British legation await word. Secretary Root notes no evidence dispatches reached Conger, while Chaffee and Remey provide no new military updates. Russian columns trap a Chinese force at Hai Chau, forcing retreat with guns abandoned.
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Peking
Conger
State Department
Root
Department of State
Chaffee
Remey
Yang-T’'sun
St. Petersburg
Hai-Chau
Fitzsimmons Stuns Ruhlin in Sixth Round Showdown
In Madison Square Garden Fitzsimmons, now an American citizen, defeats Gus Ruhlin of Ohio by knockout in the sixth round after a fierce bout. The blow sequence includes a body shot and a decisive jaw swing that floor Ruhlin, who fails to rise in time. The Time of round is given as two minutes and ten seconds.
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New York
Bob Fitssimmons
Australia
Gus Ruhlin
Akron Giant
Twentieth Century Club
Madison Square Garden
Mitzsimmons
Witzsimmons
Ruhlin
Fitz
Gus
Whitecaps in Iowa feud forces postmaster to flee
Anonymous threats from the Caldwell Grinstead feud drove Hastie assistant postmaster from his home in Des Moines. Sheriff Mattern refused to intervene, deeming the threats unlikely to be carried out. The victim, a Grinstead faction member, had endured multiple outrages including a brutal beating and other terror.
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Des Moines
Hastie
Mattern
Polk County
Caldwell and Grinstead
Grinstead
Window Glass plants to restart. one Pittsburgh plant to close
The American Window Glass officials say all their U S factories will restart by Sept 1 except the Shmson plant in Pittsburgh which will be closed indefinitely. Brunswick Me plans to invest public funds by planting white pine on 1000 acres. An unknown party cut twelve Chicago Telephone lines.
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Pittsburg
American Window Glass Company
Shmson
Brunswick
Chicago Telephone Company
Rae
Insurance Plotters Two Sentenced After Knights Case
Four defendants in the Knights and Ladies of Security conspiracy were found guilty in Judge Brentano's court. Dr. M. N. Sargent drew a $1000 fine and penitentiary time. Delia Mahoney $500. Nora O'Brien $500. James O'Brien $2000. Court adjourned as families sobbed.
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Chicago
Knights and Ladies of Security
Brentano
M. N. Sargent
Delia Mahoney
Nora O'Brien
James O'Brien
Sdba
Nora O'Ren
John Geeting
Regent
Italian Presents Projectile at White House Alarmed Attendants
An Italian man calling himself Professor Angelo Vigguccio arrived at the White House with a satchel containing a tubular brass device described as a projectile. A colored man claimed 5 cents to deliver it, and after questions the satchel was opened but the visitors departed with the device, pursued by secret service. A later note indicates the incident prompted security attention.
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Washington
Robert Mitchell
Angelo Vigguccio
United States
Bob Price
Mitchell
Vigguccio
Felicia
War Department
White House
Baron Fava
Wilkie
Secret Service
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Wakashima
Imperial Nobles’ College
Tokyo
Japan
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England
Stelris
Dastard
Terre Haute
Ind
Anti-Saloon League
Mount
Brazil
William Smith
Alton
Uls
Post Office Department
Flushing
Mich
Aledo
Anola
Ills
Wilton
Wis
West Salem
Alma Enter
Fiano
Davenport
J. C. Wal
St. Louis
East Bo
East Bale
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East Buffalo
N. Y
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Detroit
Chicago Grain and Produce
Li Hung Shang
Europe
Sparta
W. T. Kinsman
Joliet
Great Western Tin Plate Company
Big Trust
First
Wisconsin
Camp Douglas
Governor Scofield
Buffalo
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Whitecaps
Iowa
Driv
Wellcome
la Follette
Madison
Robert M. la Follette
Mayor Haven
Janesville
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
KE. P. Schlatter
Gus A. Bendroth
Republic Iron and Steel Company
American Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Koward
Margaret Sheehan
Ainte
Miss Sheehan
Ter
A.J. Brady
Goeting
Peter
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Krck
Chas. H. Keok
Casammr
Frank Stewart
M. Kbrck
I. M. Sproull
E.R. Powers
Deater
Gordie Howe
Allines
Reavy
Opera House
Tan
Harwood
South Side
Donovan
Johnson
T. M. Reynolds
A. S. Hays
Trustworthness
Cook & Sherman
W. Gev
Nicola
Miksch
Temple — Building
JH. Stewart
Bailey
Keck
Dof
Postofice
Washington, la
Madeira
Tlour
E. G Mason
Nelson
Jewler
H. Knecht
Tondre
Benz
C. Side Square
Klein's Clothing
M. L. Logan
Joseph Pollard
Toledo
Hiananh ¢, Goss
New Bank
Illinois
Lexington
Arthur VW. Serogin
Charles I
Scragin
Agsistant
Alfred B
Beragin
T. J. Dempsey
City
Allen
G. T., Pratt
Optician
Yeon Vue
Poat
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Ostropesny
First National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
Qofesor
City Hall
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Qffior
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Pere Washington
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Rocky Mountain
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