Meier murderers arrested in Michigan linked to potato gag
Chicago police identify two Chicago suspects as Mat Smith and Sigmund Brock in the Meier murder case. The old man’s body was found bound with a potato forced down his throat, in a ransacked home where $18,500 lay in a safety deposit box. Detectives traced the pair to Buchanan Michigan and South Bend Indiana before their arrest.
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Chicago
Martin Meier
West Fifty-seventh Street
Meier
Buchanan
Mich
Stephen Malone
Mat” Smith
Sigmund Brock
Fred W. Eldredge
Condell
Smith
Meyer
Ripley
Brock
Englewood
Miser
Insepetor Hunt
William Cramer
Glendora
Cramer
Baroda
Stevensville
South Bend
Ind
William Taylor
Taylor
Rush Street
Malone
Smith and
State Street
Bridewell
Brodie
Michigan
New York
South America
Bosnian Gunman Aimed at Former King Milan in Austria
In Semlin Austria on July 8 Gjura Knezevic a Bosnian reputedly attempted to assassinate former King Milan. He had accomplices and after failing to shoot himself he leapt into the River Save but was pulled out by rescuers near Belgrade where the Danube joins.
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Semlin
Austria
Milan
Gjura Knezevic
Knezevic
Danube
Belgrade
Serum Trials on Yellow Fever Patients at Swinburne Island
Dr Doty and assistant treated two yellow fever patients from the McClellan at Swinburne Island. Miss Clendennin shows mild improvement, while Oscar Leckey received three subcutaneous injections. Leckey’s condition improved with a drop in temperature from very high to about two degrees after treatment.
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New York
Doty
Swinburne Island
United States
McClellan
Santiago
Cuba
Clendennin
Paul Clendennin
Oscar F. Leckey
Leckey
Fatal shooting after love affair ends in La Salle Illinois
Charles Salzman lies at his home near Hollowayville with a fatal bullet wound after a shooting at Seatonville. Miss Kate Herbetsheimer is wounded at her father's farm near Princeton. The lovers quarreled over marriage when Herbetsheimer fired from her revolver and Salzman fired back, wounding her in the neck and side.
Feud Turns Fatal in Salix Farm Range
Longstanding feud between Camerer and Johnson families in rural Salix Iowa ends in murder. Albert Johnson shoots Camerer after Camerer fires through a window at the Johnsons during supper. Camerer had been drinking. The incident marks the first fatality in the dispute.
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Sioux City
John Camerer
Chris Johnson
Salix
Camerer
Johnson
Albert
Gas Tax Decision and Election Controversy Highlight July Dispatches
Reports from Washington Joliet Des Moines and New Richmond detail a mix of court rulings tax rulings and disaster relics. The interial revenue bureau finds natural and artificial gas subject to the gross receipts tax while redefining pipeline terms. Judge Marshall rules Richard Barr the Republican won the Joliet city attorney race over Edward Purkhiser with a $2000 bond set for Purkhiser to protect Barrs salary. Walter O Clark wins damages from Edward Dicks over milk from a rented cow amid tuberculosis concerns. New Richmond relics from the cyclone are sent to the State Historical Society including a fork driven into a telegraph pole and a bolt through a tree.
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Washington
Williams
Intertrial Revenue Bureau
Joliet
Marshall
Barr- Purkhiser
Richard Barr
Edward G. Purkhiser
Council
Barr
Purkhiser
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Walter O. Clark
Edward Dicks
Clark
New Richmond
State Historical Society
Madison
C. G. Libby
Two Ways Out of War Agreed Upon in the Committee
The third committee at Huis Ten Bosch discussed mediation and arbitration provisions for a pacific settlement convention. It plans recess until July 14 to allow governments to issue final instructions, with Articles 1 and 2 outlining peace efforts and mediation by friendly powers.
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the Hague
Huis Ten Bosch
Comite D’examine
Arbitration articles outline permanent court at The Hague
The text details a permanent international arbitration court with a Hague bureau and a secretary general. It outlines access for urgent recourse, jurisdiction unless special arbitration is agreed, and staff rules. Each signatory power appoints up to four arbitrators for six years from a competence list.
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Court of Arbitration
Hague
Fate turns on a joke as groom-to-be dies in planned fright
James Dailey, who planned to marry Mrs. Josie Cary, fatally wounded himself with a revolver he believed loaded with blanks. Dailey and groomsman William Riley visited the furnished apartment to finish final touches when a shot rang out. Police later recovered three blank cartridges and one live round, confirming a fatal misjudgment in a grim prank.
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Binghampton
N. Y
James Dailey
Dailey
Josie Cary
William Riley
Riley
Moore
Murder of Hewitt by Penfield man shocks Huston township
The murder of Ezekiel Hewitt at Harman's Penfield store is detailed. Hewitt, angry over a non delivered bill, was struck with a two pound weight and died instantly. Harman, a Penfield school board member, was arrested and jailed. Hewitt leaves seven sons, including Earl Hewitt, a state college athlete.
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Harman
Hewitt
Clearfield
Huston Township
Earl Hewitt
Penfield
Remarkable aged Wisconsin man dies at 107
John Allen of Warrens Wisconsin dies of old age and is said to be at least 107 years old. The death appears in the local obituary column with the note of his extraordinary longevity.
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John Allen
Warrens
Wis
Major Heatwole
Santiago de Cuba
Howell
Jacob Schiff
New York
Harvard Semitic Museum
Eau Claire
Bryan and Bryanite dinner rally for Democratic platform
About 1,000 people attended a Columbus Democratic club dinner with Colonel William Jennings Bryan as chief guest. Speakers praised Bryan and denounced imperialism and the Philippine war, endorsing free silver and the popular election of U S senators while condemning trusts.
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Bryan
Pree Silver
Columbus
Young Men's Democratic Club of Columbus
Allen G. Thurman
William Jennings Bryan
C. T. Callahan
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
Judge Tarvin
Kentucky
Allen W. Thurman
Tryon
Colonel Bryan
Christopher T. Callahan
George Red Williams
Ohio Association of Democratic Clubs
Eri. B. Finley
Bucyrus
Charles L. Swain
Cincinnati
Board of Trade
Chicago
Philippines
United States
Basher and McLean Talk Nomination Prospects
H Basher of Blackhawk County Iowa may accept a governor nomination if the party supports him though he says he is not actively campaigning. Basher backs local option on liquor, opposes train expansion, is anti trust and supported Bryan but favors no hard line for gold men. John R McLean says he would accept Ohio Democrats nomination if offered and asked by friends, but will say more only if urged.
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Sioux City
H. Basher
Iowa
Blackhawk
Basher
Bryan
Washington
John R. McLean
Ohio
Baseball Scores From Yesterday League Games
Yesterday's league results show Boston 8 over New York 5 in Boston. Brooklyn topped Philadelphia 9 to 7. Pittsburg defeated Chicago 7 to 6. Washington beat Baltimore 8 to 4 in ten innings. Louisville triumphed over Cincinnati 6 to 3. St Louis on wet grounds. Western League saw Minneapolis 5 over Indianapolis 4. Milwaukee 4 over Buffalo 0. St Paul outlasted Detroit 6 to 4 in eleven innings. Kansas City 13 over Columbus 4.
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Chicago
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Minneapolis- Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Buffalo
St. Paul
Detroit
Kansas City
Columbus
Labor idle at Sylvan Steel mill as wage dispute simmers
In Moline Illinois 350 workers idle as Sylvan Steel now part of Republic Iron and Steel dispute the coming year’s wage scale and push for Amalgamated Association terms. Company reply anticipated daily. Des Moines Iowa July 8. A Des Moines Northwestern and Platte River conference of United Evangelical church education committee votes to locate the college for the middle west at Lamars Iowa ending a long struggle.
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Moline
Sylvan Steel Mill
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Des Moines
Northwestern
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Chas. H. Keck
Casnimen
Prank Stewart
O. M. Keck
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Orrick
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Dor. J. R. Burroughs
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washinton, LA
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H.C. Hull
Physicians and Surgeons
Washington Nat'l Bank
Fast Mate Street
P. W. McElwain
Os Alors
Washington Lowa
Marsh W. Bailey
Cerice
City Mall
Iown
J. Walson
Attorney At Law
CPP Lior
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Temple Building
Washington, Towa
W.W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's
Washington, Lowa
Wrank Rogers
SH. Bashor
John Fa
Candy Kitchen
Naples
Schneider
West Delong's Grocery
T. T. Keeley
Washington Street
H. Sanford
Speak
T. J. Dempsey
Side Square
National Bank
H. Young
W K. Jererey
Ge Onsh
He Anderon
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T Cash
Washington County Savings Bank
Cotobero
Jan. Keox
A. Wurrs
Cashier, Co
A. Keowx
M. Keox
Ass't Cash
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
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L. D. Robinson
Frank Stewart
J.F. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crail’s
Towa
Ices
Moline Mill
Wder
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