Platt denies marriage to Mae Wood amid breach of promise claims
New York reports Senator Platt formally denied marrying Mae C Wood, who sues for divorce claiming a 1901 marriage. He argued she sought money via threats of breach of promise and extortion, citing letters from her lawyers and prior Omaha suits dismissed as notoriety ploys.
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New York
United States
Platt
Mae C.wood
Aber
O'Flaherty and Fulton
Richmond
Theater
Mae C. Wood
Agenta
O'Flaherty
Fulton
Omaha
Three I League Averages Highlight Rock Island Victory
The Three I Base Ball league official averages issued Friday show Rock Island with the pennant at 0.652 while Peoria leads club batting at .234 and fielding at .961. Wilson of Rock Island tops batting at .314 and Swadina of Peoria leads at .292 with first base. Millionaire Herbert R Morton of Atia is fatally injured in Vancouver after a fall at the opera house. Ambassador Tower asks Roosevelt for permission to retire from the diplomatic service next spring.
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Bloomington
Ill
Rock Island
Peoria
Felding
Wilson
Swadina
Vancouver
B. C
Herbert R. Morton
Atia
Vancouver Opera House
Tower
Berlin
Ambassador Tower
President Roosevelt
Borah Acquitted Sparks Boise Celebration Night
Senator William E B Borah was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud the government in a timber case. Citizens cheered as bells rang and a brass band played Hall to the Chief. Borah thanked supporters amid a celebratory procession to the Idaho Hotel.
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Boise
Idaho
United States
William EB. Borah
Idaho Hotel
Senator Borah
Davenport post office superintendent dies after arrest in mail theft case
James H. Farrand, Davenport post office delivery superintendent, was arrested Friday for opening registered mail. After being bound over to the federal grand jury, Farrand was found dead in bed fromchloroform suffocation, ending the case linked to long standing mail thefts.
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Davenport
James H. Farrand
Farrand
Federal Grand Jury
Railroads Seek Permanent Halt on South Dakota Fare Cut
Leading railroads operating in South Dakota filed a united action in a United States court at Stout Falls to block the state railroad commissioners from enforcing a new rate cut from three to two and one half cents per mile starting October 15. A temporary restraining order holds until a hearing with Judge Carl on October 29 for a permanent injunction.
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Stout Falls
South Dakota
United States
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Carl
Novel Cruise in a Yacht Draws Elite Guests
New York reports Col. Robert M. Thompson invites fifteen friends, including Lord Brassy and Admiral Sir Charles Beresford, for a nine month around the world voyage aboard the 8000 ton Mineola costing about half a million dollars. Also in Pittsburg a Polish priest Ludwig Brzegzi el receives twenty year sentence for murder.
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New York
Robert M. Thompson
Mineola
Col. Thompson
Lord Brassy
Charles Beresford
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