Artist Pell Confesses Murder Attempt in Eight Year Pursuit
Chicago reports artist A M Pell confessed to police that he tried to kill Annie Stonesand at her home after years of persistent wooing. Stonesand, then 15, rejected Pell who dyed his hair to seem younger and followed her to her job at the W C Tutckle Paper Co. Pell returned from Paris and A M Pell pressed for marriage on Ashland Avenue and Lake Street before the attack.
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Chicago
A. M. Pell
Annie Stonesand
Whipple Street
Pell
State Street
W. C. Tutckle Paper Company
Carroll Avenue
Union Park
Paris
Man threatens girl then assaults with revolver, vanishes
Late Friday night a man named Pell went to a girl’s home and dragged her onto the porch striking her with a revolver butt and leaving her unconscious. A letter to police claims love and murder, with Pell missing and likely alive near Union Park, his sanity in doubt. Nearby, William Weight attacked his three sons with an iron poker, injuring the oldest. Army officials reviewed land for a Des Moines area post site after a board inspection.
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Pell
Tell
Miss Stonesand
West Lake Street
Union Park
Chicago
Amherst, Wis
William Weight
Asane
Des Moines
Board of Inspection
War Department
Fisk Named Sober Successor at Phillips-Andover
Madison report states Professor George C. Fisk of Phillips-Andover academy and Harvard graduate is appointed successor to the late Professor Sober who died last September. Green Bay note adds Ed Freeman a leading stock broker shot himself Saturday likely to die, with money matters cited as the cause. His parents reside in Danville, Illinois.
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Madison, Wis
George C. Fisk
Phillips-Andover Academy
Harvard University
Sober
Green Bay
Wis
Ed Freeman
Danville
Emperor William honors Portuguese queen for lifesaving act
Emperor William awards the Queen of Portugal a life saving medal after she rescued a German marine from drowning. President McKinley has sent twenty dollars to the fund for the Saxton victims who fired on Canton last week.
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Emperor William
Portugal
McKinley
Canton
Foreman Hopes to Prove Paris Murderer Is His Brother
Thomas J. Owens of Atlas engine works suspects John Owens, slated for execution in Paris Illinois next Friday, may be his long lost brother. After reading a newspaper description, he sought Sheriff Myers for details and possible clemency from the governor of Illinois if kinship is proven.
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Indianapolis
Thomas J. Owens
Atlas Engine Works
John Owens
Paris
Ills
Owens
Ico
James Hogue
Urs
Sheriff Myers
Young Owens
Thomas Owens
Tlinols
Giant thieving plot uncovered by Iowa railroad detectives
Northwestern railway detectives in Grinnell Iowa claim a vast seven year theft scheme plunders cars yards and stations across much of the state. They tie two penitentiary defendants to the gang and arrest another man as the fence as they push toward exposing a major criminal operation.
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Grinnell
Northwestern Railway
Iowa
State Center
Towa
Cummings Eyes Grand Rapids Interurban Consolidation Plan
J J Cummings of the Chicago Street Railway company, owner of an electric suburban line between Chicago and Hammond Ind, arrives to discuss merging interests with Grand Rapids Holland Interurban and extending to Hammond with rail connections to Chicago. Possibilities include lines to Saugatuck and Benton Harbor. Marvin Kuhns, a prisoner escapee, is said to be hiding near Long Swamp Indiana after escaping from Ohio prison. A reward of 100 is offered by the Thrse Thief Detective association for Kuhns arrest on a horse and buggy theft charge.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
J. J. Cummings
Chicago Street Railway Company
Chicago
Hammond
Ind
Saugatuck
Benton Harbor
Columbia City
Marvin Kuhns
Ohio
Long Swamp
Plots Against Officials Stir Sioux City Race Tension
Friends alert Police Judge Munger and Officer Carlson of a planned plot to kill them amid rising hostility toward the colored quarter. Disreputable locals have been jailed or ordered out of town. Carlson patrols the Soudan area as threats loom.
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Sioux City
Munger
Carlson
Soudan
Great Northern opens three mile cascade tunnel
The famous cascade tunnel in St Paul was opened to traffic yesterday with the first trains running through it. Engineers completed the three mile tunnel from both ends and met within a fraction of an inch, a feat hailed as remarkable engineering.
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St. Paul
Cascade
Great Northern Railway
Sartoris Nichols Engagement Reported in Washington
Washington December 17 A tacit engagement is acknowledged by both families between Miss Vivian Sartoris elder daughter of Nellie Grant Sartoris and Timothy Nichols son of Mr and Mrs Gilman Nichols of New York City Miss Sartoris is noted as one of Washington many belles and Nichols a popular clubman The notice reflects social circles in the capital.
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Washington
Vivian Sartoris
Timothy Nichols
New York City
Miss Sartoris
Nellie Grant-Sartoris
Nichols
Gilman Nichols
Robbery targets Adams county clerk office and rail pact petitions
Portage Wisconsin December 17 thieves raided the Adams county clerk at Friendship stealing petitions in support of the Princeton and Wisconsin River rail road proposal. Many signatures are alleged forged and the forgers aimed to hide the crime. Also December 17 Cassopolis Michigan reports a headless male body found along the Michigan Central Airline with the head at Dailey Station four miles away. The body showed drag marks from a freight train and remained unidentified due to lack of clothing.
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Portage
Wis
Adams County
Friendship
Wisconsin River
Cassopolis
Mich
Michigan Central
Dailey Station
Burglar Suspect Crellette Freed After Jail Stay
Port Huron Michigan December 17 William Crellette arrested at Lapeer for burglarizing two Crayling stores. previously held in county jail awaiting trial for obtaining goods under false pretenses at Smiths Creek. He was released three weeks ago, believed punished enough.
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Port Huron
Mich
William Crellette
Lapeer
Crayling
Smith’s Creek
Horse on Alfred Forkner Farm Euthanized After Decline
Chesterfield Ind December 17 A horse aged about forty years known as Old Bit died on the Alfred Forkner farm. Foaled there he was owned by James Forkner who passed away thirty years ago. The animal did light work until about a year ago and, becoming wholly helpless, was shot to end its suffering.
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Chesterfield
Ind
Horge
Alfred Forkner
James Forkner
Newfoundland Rail Blocked by Heavy Snow
Snow halted railway traffic in Newfoundland causing transit disruptions across the island. An official estimate cites an unusual crop impact in New South Wales with a projected 17,000,000 bushels for thin aca kon. The report notes export plans and a royal table at stake valued around $100,000 in hashes.
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Newfoundland
New South Wales
Brabant's Horse Routed in Zastron Defile During War
Brabant's Horse loses 4 KIA 16 WIA and 120 captured near Zastron in the Orange River Colony. Kitchener dispatches from Pretoria notes 3816 Magaliesberg prisoners released. Scheeper's nek action yields British losses and Boer resistance. Reports of Majuba explanations and peace overtures circulate from Standerton to The Hague.
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Aliwal
Cape Colony
Brabant
Zastron
Orange River Colony
Pront
London
Kitchener
Pretoria
Magaliesberg
Debate Over Surrender At Magaliesburg Sparks Government Crackdown
London reports say new war office officials will punish gross mis management after the Magaliesburg surrender, while Lib/eral MPs face scorn for pro Boer stance. At a Friday pro Boer meeting Leonard Courtney presided as Kitchener, Steyn and De Wet drew fierce cheers. The Pall Mall Gazette calls for Coventry for Courtney Bryne Roberts and Lloyd George. Campbell Bannerman faces criticism for tacit tolerance of anti English sentiment.
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London
Magaliesburg
War Office
Leonard Courtney
Kitchener
Gillain
Butcher
Steyn
DeWet
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Courtney
Bryne-Roberts
Lloyd-George
Coventry
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Commons
Chicago
Transvaal
Gardher Bamas
United States
Kimberley
Bouth Aries
Chosen Friends Is Dead and New Order Arises
Indianapolis reports that the Standard Fraternal association will replace the defunct Chosen Friends. A meeting will endorse plans by new officers led by Joseph Clark Jr and W F P Gibson. Rates for members are set with level and step options. new member acceptance ends at age 74.
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Indianapolis
Chosen Friends
New Order
Joseph Clark, Jr
W. F P. Gibson
Market Street Railway Company
San Francisco
National
Fraternal Congress
Oswald Ottendorfer Dies in New York Editor of Staats Zeitung
Oswald Ottendorfer, editor of The Staats Zeitung, died at his New York home. Born February 26, 1825 in Zewittan Austria, he fled revolution, became a laborer, later a naturalized citizen, and a Democratic party figure. He and his wife founded the Old People’s Home in Astoria and endowed a German dispensary. He funded institutions in his Austrian hometown including an orphanage and hospital.
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New York
Oswald Ottendorfer
Staats Zachung
Ile
Zewittan
Austria
Democratic Party
Staats Zeitung
United States
Old People's Home
Astoria
Second Avenue
Tie
John Bull Now Objects to Demands in Peking
Wanta a modification of the demands made soon Ah Sin in Peking. London sep 17 definite instructions supplementing Saturday's communication have been received by Sir Ernest Mason Satow. The British minister demands a modification of a point in the joint note considered important by the foreign envoys. This will cause further delay as ministers must contact their governments again. The nature of Britain’s objection is not stated but the new demand will add diplomatic steps.
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Peking
London
Ernest Mason Satow
Great Britain
Congress Passes War Revenue Reduction Bill in Short Session
Washington reports the House met in executive session on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. It passed the war revenue reduction bill despite an opposition bid to amend to lower revenue by at least 70 million and add an income tax designed to dodge a Supreme Court ruling. The amendment on taxing express receipts failed 125 to 189 as the pension appropriation bill of 145,145,250 was swiftly enacted in thirteen minutes.
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Washington, DC
Supreme Court
Porter Former McKinley Aide Dies After Prolonged Illness
Putnam Connecticut December 17 John Addison Porter former private secretary to President McKinley died yesterday at his home after several weeks of illness. He had been stricken with a malignant disease and an operation two months earlier failed to halt the illness fully. He passed away at New Haven where he was taken for treatment.
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Putnam, Conn
John Addison Porter
McKinley
Tie
New Haven
Conn
Strikers Seek Sympathetic Tie-Up Amid O R T Strife
Yardmaster Thomas Peters reports union leaders disavow sympathy action for the O R T operators, while President Dolphin calls such a move a pipe dream. In Wichita opinions split on a nationwide sympathy strike, with local operators optimistic yet constrained by current conditions and no mass return of workers.
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Wichita
Kas
Thomas Peters
Newburg
Associated Press
Santa Fe Railway
Switchmen’s and
Train Men's Union
Switchmen’s
The
Plainmen'’s Union
Dolphin
Topeka
O. R.T
Kansas City
Federation of Labor Elects Officers and Adjourns
The twentieth annual American Federation of Labor convention adjourned in Scranton after electing officers led by Samuel Gompers as president and naming a slate of officers from across major cities. Delegates passed technical resolutions and many boycotts against nonunion labor, while a separate report covered bicycle race results at Madison Square Garden with substantial prize money.
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Federation of Labor
Scranton
Louisville
Dee
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
Washington
John B. Lennon
Bloomington
James Duncan
Boston
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
James O'Connell
Max Morris
Denver
New York
Madison Square Garden
Elkes and
McFarland
Pierce
McEachern
8Imar
Gougoltz
Mad Thug Robbery Attempt at Hour-Mile Tavern
A stranger demanded money from Erect Weinburg at Racine Wisconsin's Hour-Mile tavern. Weinburg refused and chased the assailant away. The invader threatened a night return and killings. A deputy sheriff arrested the man after a struggle that damaged an electric car and required force. The assailant refused to reveal name or residence.
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Racine
Wis
Dec
Weinburg
Ile
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Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
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Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Lowa
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