Murder at Buffalo Business Leader Burdick Shot?
Edwin L. Burdick, head of Burdick Co and Buffalo Envelope Co, was murdered at his Ashland Avenue home in Buffalo. The scene showed a crushed head, brains and blood on walls, no weapon found, and clothing left in disarray. Suspicion centers on a Elmwood District woman. police pursue several leads as detectives collect evidence and await confirmation.
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Edwin L. Burdick
BE. L. Burdick,&, Co
Buffalo
Ashland Avenue
Burdick
Elmwood
Egypt Rich in Gold English Mining Confident
Egypt’s ancient gold wealth is highlighted by an Egyptologist praising the Nile region as the California of the East. Early mining evidence shows extensive output, with Theban tablets revealing Akita mines and miners’ settlements. The government grants large tracts for prospecting and development.
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California
East
Land of
The
Nile
Tel-el
Egypt
Babylonia
Pharoah
Ausyria
Cappadocia
Typrin
Thebes
Christ
Akita
The Plot That Failed and Niagara's Clear Waters
A humorous anecdote about Joseph Jefferson refusing a ticket order, noting his autograph habit, followed by a discussion of Niagara Falls water’s consistent emerald blue green tint. The Niagara analysis cites J C Russell and describes how upper Laurentian streams stain but Niagara’s water remains unusually colored and non corrosive.
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Joseph Jeffersoxt
Askirie
Joseph Jefferson
Maiane
Jefferson
Niagara
Bodley
J. C. Russell
North America
Wevery
St. Lawrence
Upper
Laurentian Lakes
Falls
St. Lawreate
Chance leads to arrest of detective's murderers
A damaged note found in Stanton Missouri linked George Collins to the Hartford gang. The paper bore the names George Collins and La Plant and prompted Pinkerton agents to pursue William Rudolph known as the Missouri Kid and Collins also called Fred Lewis in a nationwide chase ending in Hartford Connecticut. The murder victim was a bank robber shot during a masked robbery and the gang fled on horses after threatening a farmer, leaving $200 in gold to cover the animals.
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George Collins
Stanton
Hartford
William Rudolph
Pinkerton Agency
Canada
Collins
Charles
Schumacher
Callins
la Plant
Conn
Pinkerton detective involved in Union bank robbery case
Schumacher of the St Louis Pinkerton bureau led deputies to arrest Rudolph and Collins after a farm house stakeout near Stanton Missouri. The pair were linked to the December bank robbery at Union with $110,000 in securities and $15,000 in cash. Joseph Schumacher, Chicago Pinkerton superintendent and brother of the slain detective, recounted past agency violence.
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Schumacher
St Louis
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Stanton
Rudolph
Union
Joseph Schumacher
Chicago
Pinkerton Agency
Collins
Pinkerton
Man
James
Northfield
Mrs Squiers Popular Wife of American Minister to Cuba
Mrs Herbert G Squiers, wife of the US minister to Cuba, has a prominent social role in Havana keeping high hospitality for visiting Americans. She is a New Yorker who was in Pekin during the Boxer uprising and helped defend the legation. In New Zealand the state runs an Insurance Department with assets over 16 million and premiums rising as endowment insurance dominates demand.
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Cuba
Herbert G. Squiers
United States
Squiers
New York
Pekin
Legation
New Zealand
He Insurance
Tthe
Von Lenbach Portraiture Principle Emphasizes Head Unity
The famed painter Von Lenbach insisted that portraiture center on the head as the expression of the soul. He argued that background, dress, and form should be stripped to prevent distraction, ensuring the head stands out in undisturbed unity.
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von Lenbach
March Cosmoyolitan
Proved Old Gentleman Wrong Violinist son tops state court appointee
David C. Robinson of Elmira, NY, who loves music, once faced his father Governor Lucius Robinson who doubted a musician could become a good lawyer. The governor appointed Samuel Hand to the New York Court of Appeals, and at the celebratory dinner the son declared that the appointee is one of the best amateur violinists in the state.
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David C. Robinson
Elmira
N. Y
Muasle
Gov
Lucius Robinson
Robinson
Samuel Hand
Court of Appeals
New York State
Senator Fulton of Oregon Seen as Able Man in Long Campaign
Charles William Fulton recently elected United States senator from Oregon has long stood in state public life since moving from Nebraska in 1875. He served four terms as state senator and won his seat fairly in a forty day battle, noted as eloquent and a strong debater. Also mentioned is Lawrence McAlpin of Philadelphia celebrating his hundredth birthday and recalling his rail work on the Madison and Indianapolis line, with details of his large brood and missing children.
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Charles William Fulton
Charles William . Fulton
United States
Oregon
Nebraska
Fulton
Lawrence McAlpin
Philadelphia
Ireland
Madison and Indianapolis
Canada
Two Senators Chosen by Delaware Republicans
James Frank Alec, elected United States senator from Delaware for the term ending 1907, presides over the Bay State Gas company of Delaware and the Staten Island Brick company. His political and business ties with J Edward Addicks began in 1899. He is forty six, born in Dover, still runs a jewelry and watchmaking shop inherited from his father. Louis Heisler Ball, also a Delaware Republican, represents the regular Republican party in Congress for the term ending 1905 after election in 1900 following two years as state treasurer. He was born in Milltown, Delaware, forty two years old, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania medical department in 1885.
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James Frank Alec
United States
Delaware
Bay State Gas Company
Staten Island Brick Company
Hia
Ith
J. Edward Addicks
Rudficks
Delaward
State Senate
Union Republican
Dover
Louis Heisler Ball
Addicks
Milltown
Del
University of Pennsylvania
Queen of Carnival Bore Honors Royally
The Mardi Gras of 1903 in New Orleans featured Miss Mary Ingersoll Mings as queen. Her wealth and status highlighted a spectacle that surpassed prior efforts and drew high society into the post parade glow.
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King
New Orleans
St Anthony
Perhnpa
Mary Ingersoll Mings
Miss Mings
C. H. Mings
Career of Count Hoyos Sets Austrian Diplomatic Tone
The Austrian diplomat Count Frederick Hoyos arrives in the capital as the young secretary of the Austrian embassy. Born in Washington to an Austrian minister and English mother Miss Whitehead, he has lived in Vienna and Pekin recently. He is 26, fluent in English, and brother to Princess Bismarck.
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Frederick Hoyos
Vienna
Pekin
China
Miss Whitehead
Hungary
Count Hoyos
Bismarck
Europe
Elizabeth
Washington
Austria
Debtor Mercy From Spencer Man Receipts For All
Joseph Qirouard of Spencer Massachusetts announces he will issue receipts in full to all debtors who apply and prove inability to pay any amount, from $10 to $1,000, aiming to ease burdens. A Verdi gift to the world plans a Rome asylum for aged musicians with separate male and female quarters and a Verd museum.
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Joseph Qirouard
Spencer, Mags
Mr. Girouard
Verdi
Rome
Canadian Horses Trade Fueled Local Business Rise
A local merchant built a thriving business by importing Canadian horses, accumulating about 10,900 in revenue during a single career phase, illustrating a period of notable growth in the region's equine trade.
Will is Missed at Capital as Justice Shiras Retires
The retirement of Mrs. Shiras from the Supreme Bench causes regret among Washington friends. A skilled whist player, she is devoted to the great card game and leaves a prominent arc in capital society.
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Capital
Cpartura of Justice
Shiras
Washington
Supreme Bench
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Buffalo Puzzles Police
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FE L. Burcck
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Uipyco
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Lendisige
Eng
Heh Mining Engineers
Pope Coollina
Mrs. Squiers
Soquel
New
G. Fulton
James Frank Allee
Lors Hba
Pary Ingersoll Mings
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