Bandit Robs Missouri Pacific Train in Kansas
A lone bandit boarded Missouri Pacific Train No. 1 near Osage City Kansas, robbed the conductor and news agent at gunpoint, forced money into a sack, and fled when a porter rang the alarm. A New Orleans bandit, identified as Howard E Edwards, lies severely injured with a skull fracture after clashing with an engineer who knocked him unconscious with a brass torch. The Edwards case is linked to a spree of rail robberies and may lead to arrests of three accomplices.
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Osage City
Kan
Missouri Pacific
New Orleans
New York Limited
Louisville & Nashville
Charity Hospital
Howard E. Edwards
Jupiter
Mia
Edwards
Cincinnati
Baer
Bishop Grafton Will Probate Records Estate At One Thousand
The will of Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton of the Protestant Episcopal Church, filed for probate in Fond du Lac Wisconsin, lists $1,000 in personal property with no real estate. His theological library goes to the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity and his vestments to Bishop Weller and the Cathedral chapter.
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Yond du Lac
Wis
Charles Chaptan Grafton
Protestant Episcopal Church
Eb. T. Rogers
United States
Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity
Weller
Meyer denies resignation rumor over health
Secretary of the Navy Meyer said in Heston on Sept. 6 that he has no intention to resign from the cabinet. He insisted the health issue is improved and dismissed reports of a looming departure as entirely false.
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Heston
Meyer
Aviator Bud Mars Injured in County Fair Crash
Bud Mars, aviator, is hospitalized at Olean General with dangerous injuries after his bi plane dipped from a half mile track and crashed into a fence during a county fair flight in Olean New York on September 6.
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Mars
Olean
N. Y
Bud" Mars
Olean General Hospital
Whip Rebel Convicts Punished at Michigan Prison
At Jackson Michigan on September 6 nine of sixty two rebellious convicts were flogged in the bull pen. The spectacle drew spectators and left three men fainting as guards continued the punishment with a giant slated for 30 lashes showing defiance during the process.
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Jackson, Mich
Simpson
Death of Gen Arthur MacArthur at Wisconsin reunion
Gen Arthur MacArthur retired former army commander in chief died suddenly at the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin reunion in Milwaukee from acute indigestion. Heat and illness contributed to his collapse as he spoke, then lost consciousness and died within minutes.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Arthur MacArthur
Army
Twenty-ninth Wisconsin
Fear of dentist pain kills 15 year old in York
Anna Henry fifteen from York Virginia dies after fainting as gas for tooth extraction ends her life. Her parents Eli and Mrs Henry were present at the procedure and the tooth was to be removed after her reluctance to endure the pain.
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York
Anna Henry
Eli Henry
Baden Wins Charter Oak 2:14 Trotting Classic in Hartford
The Brown stallion Baden won the Charter Oak 2:14 trot at Charter Oak Park earning $5,000 of the $10,000 purse. Owner and driver A. D. Renney of Jersey City received a floral horseshoe, with congratulatory ovations for Baden’s victory amid rain and a large crowd. Esther W. and Walter Cox noted for notable performances, while Eather W. claimed third heat honors with fast times.
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Hartford
Conn
Baden
Charter Oak
Charter Oak Park
Son
Bingara
A. D. Renney
Jersey City
Walter Cox
Esther W
New Hampshire
Rodney
Eather W
Chicago traction strike ends in single arbitration board
In Chicago the walkout threat subsided as surface company heads and union leaders, after four hours, met in Mayor Harrison's office and accepted the unions demand for a single board of arbitrators. Negotiations resumed to arbitrate differences between employers and workers.
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Chicago
Harrison
Indictments Hit Clinton County Officials and Contractors
Thirty one indictments against three Clinton county officials two former officials and three contractors and supply men have been returned by the grand jury which has investigated the Clinton county courthouse scandal since April.
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Clinton
Clinton County
Reaper cuts off girl's foot in North Dakota field
In Sentinel Butte area near Fargo three year old Myrtle Day daughter of farmer Charles Day was in a wheat field when a reaper operated by her brother cut her down. Both feet were severed and she died shortly after from injuries.
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Reaper
Fargo
N. D
Myrtle
Charles Day
Sentinel Butte
N.D
Taft Arrives in New York for Deep Water Convention
President Taft, injured but mobile, arrives from Washington and is wheeled from the train to a waiting car. He boards the yacht Mayflower at Brooklyn to sail to New London where he will speak at the deep waterways convention. Charles P Taft Charles D Hilles and George E Sheldon greet him at the station.
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New York
Taft
Washington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New London
Conn
Charles P. Taft
Charles D. Hilles
National Republican Committee
George Ed. Sheldon
Sandy Hook
Washington Navy Yard
Bay
Brooklyn Yard
Taft Kinsman Reinstated in Postal Mailing Division
Harry Dernard Taft, a kinsman of President Taft, is placed in the post office mailing division at about $840 yearly after civil service restrictions led to his removal from customs. Taft, native of Whitney Point, NY, says he earned his rise and never sought presidential help, though he is proud of the relation.
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Chicago
Harry Dernard Taft
Taft
Customs Service
Post Office
John ©. Ames
Customs
Postal Department
United States
Whitney Point
Binghamton, N. Y
Court Blames Packers in Poisoned Pork Suit
In New York a federal judge overruled Armour & Co in Sophia Ketterer v. Armour. The court held the packer is responsible for damages from trichinae infected pork, rejecting the manufacturer’s duty argument that liability rests only with the middle man and retailer.
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New York
Armour & Co
Sophia Ketterer
Noyes
United States District Court
Wiley's Accuser Resigns Amid Wiley Board Charges
Dr. P. F. Dunlap, associate chemist under Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, resigns from the Bureau of Chemistry to take a Chicago commercial post. He was a member of the pure food board and helped publicize charges of irregularity against Wiley. Will Bequeaths $100000 to Charity. Nathan Herrmann, known as the heap of the New York cotton exchange, dies leaving an estate over $1,008,000 with about $100,000 to charity.
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Washington
PF. L. Dunlap
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau
Chicago
Doctor Dunlap
Pure Food Board
Doctor Wiley
New York
Nathan Herrmann
New York Cotton Exchange
Huge Realty Collapse in Berlin Reported
Berlin September 6 one of the city's largest realty and building concerns with liabilities over 60 million marks about 12.5 million dollars is said to be in trouble due to overexpansion. The Tageblatt notes receivership has been applied for but not yet approved.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Zapata Seizes Rail Lines Threatening Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata orders trains halted on the Cuernavaca line and moves 1500 men from Guerrero toward Vera Cruz after rebels seize towns and threaten the port. Mexican federal troops reinforce the frontier as reports say gunfire and executions ripple through military barracks.
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Washington
War Department
Steever
el Paso
Teenth Cavalry
Clark, Tex
Big Bend
Schuyler
Fort Huachuca
Cananea
Nacarazari
Zapata
Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Mexico
National Railways of
National Railways
Zapatistas
Vera Cruz
Eufemio Zapata
Guerrero
Pedro Garabsy
Leas
Third Artillery
Cuartel of
Federal
Santiago
Pablo Ortega
Kaiser Wilhelm in Switzerland on health visit
Kaiser Wilhelm arrived in Berne and spent the day in the Swiss capital with the mayor, federal officials, and the supreme court justices. He attended an official dinner and proceeded to Interlaken, part of a trip previously canceled due to illness, now signaling continued good health.
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Berne
Switzerland
Kabal Wilhelm
Zurich
Mannedver Field
Swiss Federal Oil
Justices of the Supreme
Interlaken
Gomez Receives Taft Reply in Havana
President Gomes received Taft's reply but the Cuban government withheld public release. The message's formal tone and lack of cordiality reportedly disappointed the observer set by the U S. The report notes the uneven diplomacy reflected in the communication.
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Havana
Tafts
Gomes
Republic
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