Robbers on Burlington Train Kill Guard Then Escape
Omaha report says a gun battle near Council Bluffs ended with Express Messenger Baxter killing one robber as the other fled into a cornfield. The slain man, possibly a railroad worker, is unidentified. sheriffs pursue the surviving robber.
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Express
Charles Baxter
Union Pacific
Mosquito Creek
Baxter
Baxter's Account Tells of 1894 Roy's Branch Train Hold Up
Express messenger Charles B Baxter describes his actions during the January 18 1894 Burlington train hold up near Roy's Branch and his deadly shot at the robber. Other reports recount conductor W H McGee's view of the incident and the robber's body near Council Bluffs. A separate item notes family tragedy in Racine and a knife accident in Sheboygan.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Charles
Baxter
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Roy's Branch
Here
Donnelly
Frank Holman
Frank
Kansas City
W. H. McGee
Union Pacific
Couneil Bluffs
Omaha
Mosquito Creek
Freshmen and sophomores ducked in Madison lake
About fifty students from the freshman and sophomore classes at the university were swept into the lake during a midweek disturbance in Madison Wisconsin on October 5. Police and campus staff aided in the rescue as onlookers watched.
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Mendota
Birge
Madison, Wis
Lake
Threat to Use Force as Mine Strike March Ends
In Shenandoah and Shamokin area tension flared over the North Franklin colliery strike as 3000 Marchers and 600 state pickers headed toward Treverton to halt work. Deputy trains dispatched from Schuylkill to secure the scene were halted by union leaders Hartline and Fahey urging workers to return home.
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Shenandoah
Gobin
Shamokin
Mount Carmel
Treverton
Northumberland County
North Franklin
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Schulykill County
Fahey
Commerce
Hartline
Fort Franklin
Secretary of State Seeks Affidavits From Corporations
Springfield Illinois reports 2000 notices sent by the Secretary of State demanding affidavits that corporations are not connected with trusts. Return within 30 days or face court action. First offense fine range is 500 to 2000 dollars.
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Springfield
Ill
Secretary of State
Rose
Root defeats Creedon in short knockout at Convention Hall
Jack Root of Chicago knocked out Dan Creedon of Australia in one round before 5,000 at Convention Hall. The bout finished in two minutes and thirty four seconds when Root landed a decisive right to Creedon’s jaw.
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Kansas City
Jack Root
Chicago
Dan Creedon
Australia
Convention Hall
Root
Creedon
Mid-Road Populist ticket nominated at Yankton conference
A state and congressional Mid-Road Populist ticket was nominated yesterday at a conference in Yankton with delegates and proxies representing all parts of the state. Chairman Barker of the national committee attended and spoke. Fort Dodge Presbyterians plan 50,000 endowment for Buena Vista College at Storm Lake with several hundred dollars pledged. Bay City man survives after 2000 volt shock at power house and is reported alive.
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Yankton
Barker
National Committee
Fort Dodge
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Bay City
Mich
Harry Fitch
Bay County Electric Railway Company
League Scores at Base Ball Chicago Oct 5
League clubs saw New York 4 Philadelphia 5 in Philadelphia and Brooklyn 7 Boston 8 in Boston. Cincinnati 2 St. Louis 1 in Cincinnati.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Melba to Sing for Galveston in London Concert
Mme Melba promised to perform at Galveston entertainment and will be in her sole London appearance before the American tour. Also noted: Cleveland Councilman J. R. O'Donnell jailed on bribe charge. Philippine lepers count near 30,000. boxing notes on McGovern Corbett retirement. McKinley to Washington trip. Barnbon Wisconsin couple Turney wed in 1846.
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Mme Melba
Galveston
London
Mme. Melba
J. R. O'Donnell
Cleveland
Philippines
Terry McGovern
Harris
Jim Corbett
McKinley
Washington
Turney
Barn
Bryan to the Clubs Then Takes Train for Lebanon
The National Association of Democratic Clubs held a large convention in Indianapolis with about 5,000 attendees. William Jennings Bryan spoke to a packed hall after Adlai Stevenson and James Sovereign addressed labor and imperialism issues. Bryan departed for Lebanon, Indiana, to continue his Indiana tour, while the convention adjourned with Hearst reelected and coal miner sympathy resolutions approved.
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Indianapolis
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Bryan
Adlai KE. Stevenson
James R. Sovereign
Knights of Labor
Big Four
Lebanon
Ind
Indiana
Bourke Cockran
McMillin
Tennessee
Cockran
Hearst
Max F. Shmson
Marcus Daly
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Anthracite Coil Trust
McKinley
Europe
Eva McDonald Wallish
Washington
Maribach BE. Walker
Chicago
National Women's Bryan League
Massachusetts GOP nominates Crane for governor at Boston convention
The Massachusetts Republican state convention in Boston nominated W. Murray Crane of Dalton for governor with John D. Bates of Boston as lieutenant governor and a full slate of officers. The auditor race required three ballots. Senator Lodge attended and eulogized Hoar while criticizing Bryanism as sectional hatred. Also noted is a mention of Governor Roosevelt’s travel diary entry.
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Boston
Massachusetts
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
John D. Bates
William M. Olin
Edward A. Bradford
M. Knowlton
New Bedford
Henry E. Turner
Malden
Len Roger Wolcott
William Whiting
Holyoke
Lodge
Hoar
Bryan
Presiding elders push five day license rule against quick marriages
The Michigan Methodist Episcopal conference leaders, angered by Sunday summer excursions to St Joseph and the quick marriage business, met in Grand Rapids and urged a law requiring both parties to obtain marriage licenses at least five days before the ceremony to curb haste and impropriety.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
St. Jseph
St. Joseph
Grand Rapids
Crowning of Queen Julia Opens Effingham Street Fair
The Effingham free street fair opened with a large crowd as Miss Julia Austin was crowned carnival queen under the Knights of Pythias. Four thousand people filled the grand stand and later the queen and attendants were paraded through the city as Mattoon and Marshall bands provided music. Weather was ideal and hotel capacity strained.
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Effingham
Julia Austin
Knights of Pythias
Mattoon
Marshall
Dowies Lacemakers Face Alien Labor Law Challenge
Dowie of the Chicago Zion plans to import laceworkers from Nottingham to a Zion near Chicago to dodge the alien contract labor law. Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac protests, citing lacemaking among Oneida and other mission Indians. The American Churchman reports the bishop received satisfactory replies from Washington. Rev S B Dexter of Humboldt Park Baptist advertises for 100 workers to help his fork operation.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Dowie
Chicago
Zion
Nottingham
England
Bishop Grafton
Indian Affairs
Washington
Oneida
Keshena
S. B. Dexter
Humboldt Park Baptist Church
France and Russia present broad China settlement proposal
Washington dispatch reports Franco Russian accord proposing punishment for offenders in China, arms interdiction, indemnity payments, and guarantees for the future. Aims include permanent legation guard at Peking, siege of the Taku forts, and a sea ground link, with the note going to President at Canton. The U S leans these terms are suitable for a final settlement.
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Washington
China
State Department
Germany
United States
Conger
M. Thiebant
Hay
Toen Yesterly
Alt
M. de Wollant
Rance
Tay
Canton
Peking
Taku
United States Replies to German Note on China Edict
The United States responds to Germany's note on the Sept. 25 edict punishing those who harmed foreigners in China. It endorses the edict as an initial step toward peace and order, but urges full punishment for Prince Tuan and Mang Li or Chao Shu Chiao as warranted and seeks assurances that penalties will be carried out.
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Kwang Hsu
Germany
China
Tuan
United States
Prince Tuan
Peking
Mang Li
Chao Shu Chiao
Hannes
Conger
Jones Dies From Battle Wounds In Minnesota Town
Albert Lea a Minn. Oct 5 W H Jones died from wounds received in Tuesday night’s fight with the maniac Hare. Policeman Subby is gravely injured with a bullet through the lungs and may not recover. Hare lies at the point of death and will likely die.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Hare
W. H. Jones
Policeman Subby
Vatican news agency denial echoed by Archbishop Treland
In Switzerland at Sattel a hillside landslide carried an inn and its gardens and outbuildings thirty five feet downslope. The structure including two elm trees stayed intact with no injuries.
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Treland
Vatican
Sattel
Switzerland
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J.T. Anderson
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