Tragic Pere Marquette Collision Claims 32 Die 100 Injured
A head on crash between an excursion train carrying nearly 1000 Pere Marquette shop workers from Ionia and a local freight at Ashburn Crossing near Salem results in 32 deaths and about 100 injuries. Trump pins blame on the freight conductor for not yielding. The wreckage fills a narrow, debris strewn defile as cranes race to recover victims.
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Detroit
Pere Marquette Road
Pere Marquette
Ionia
Ashburn Crossing
Salem
Searleily
Trump
Plymouth
January Free in Kansas City After Pardon Petition
William January alias Charles W. Anderson was released from Fort Leavenworth last week after a 50 000 signature petition for his pardon reached President Roosevelt. He had served about two years of an eleven year sentence for robbing a post office and later built a business career in Kansas City as Anderson. He plans to restore citizenship and may seek a legal name change to Anderson to protect his wife and child.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
William January
Charles W. Anderson
Roosevelt
Anderson
Kansas City
January
Department of Justice
Juana Quesada Cubas Joan of Arc Dies at 70
New York reports from Havana announce the death of Senora Juana Quesada at age 70. A noted Cuban figure, she aided countrymen in the Ten Years' War under General Maximo Gomez and again joined the 1895 1898 uprising for Cuba libre despite advancing age.
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New York
Havana
Senora Juana Quesada
Joan of Arc
Senora Quesada
Camaguey
Spain
Maximo Gomez
Cuba Libre
Alfonso to the Rescue. Madrid Cable
The King sprang from his carriage to save an artilleryman who fell from a horse near Segovia as the royal procession moved through artillery maneuvers. The king pulled the man from danger before the horse could strike.
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Madrid
Segovia
Plumber Victor Dehuton Seeks Bride Seizure Case
Mlle Piedallu daughter of a millionaire at L isle Adam elopes with plumber Victor Dehuton after repairs at her father's chateau. The couple fled to Ostend. the father and Dr Francois pursued then seized the girl in an automobile. Dehuton lodges charge of sequestration against the father.
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Paris
Mlle. Piedallu
L’isle-Adam
Victor Dehuton
Ostend
Francois
Dehuton
Third in Strength London Cable Reveals Naval Comparisons
A parliamentary return dated June 1 shows Great Britain holding 57 battleships with 18 obsolete, the United States 18 with four obsolete, France 20 with six obsolete, Germany 26 with nine obsolete, and Japan 11 with two obsolete. In cruisers Great Britain has 32, the United States 12, France 18, Germany 6, and Japan 10.
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London
Great Britain
United States
France
Germany
Japan
Red lemonade blamed for heat prostrations at Elks parade
Dr. W Burnell O'Denatt of the relief corps reported to police that red lemonade sold along the parade route caused many heat prostrations during the Philadelphia Special parade. The illness left people unable to resist the heat and collapse.
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Philadelphia
W. Burnell O'Denatt
Relief Corps of Physicians
Indiana Gravel Road Craze Faces Budget Strain
Indiana counties push for dozens of small gravel roads under a 1905 amended law. Fifty petitioners must pass rural routes, threatening county bankruptcies as Clinton Madison Howard Hamilton Putnam report hundreds of miles and costs between 400 000 and 500 000 per county. Citizens broadly back the road expansion while critics warn of fiscal peril.
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Indianapolis
Legisature
Indiana
Clinton County
Madison County
Howard County
Hamilton County
Putnam County
Sayings of Christ Found in Egyptian Papyri
London Cable reports two archaeological finds in Egypt of high interest. Natives recovered about a dozen sixth century Greek papyri near a Coptic monastery at Eofu. The rolls contain twenty five leaves of apocryphal Christ sayings in a Coptic translation, plus fragments of the Gospels of Matthew Mark and Luke in Greek.
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London
Egypt
Christ
Eofu
National Gallery
Paris
Berlin
St. Mathew
Mark
Luke
Pope Pius Sees Visions Before Syllabus Decree
A Pope Pius household member recounts that the pope hesitated on publishing the modernism syllabus until a miraculous Virgin apparition blessed him and signaled guidance. He then rose, signed the decree, and finalized the action.
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Rome
Pius
abdication in Korea signals rise of Japanese control
The Seoul Crown Prince and court circles report Japan’s influence has driven Korea’s Emperor to abdicate. Ministers resign as Japan may install a new convention limiting royal power with the Japanese resident general’s consent. Analysts see this as the end of Korea as an independent state under growing Japanese dominance.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Portsmouth
Russia
China
Stnesmen
Catalog houses face organized war by western merchants
Chicago reports a grand clash as 560000 Western retail merchants unite to curb mail order giants. The Home Trade League of America plans a nationwide campaign backed by state and local associations in Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan Kansas and Minnesota to protect home merchants from catalogue competition.
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Chicago
Home Trade League of America
Monadnock
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Kansas
Minnesota
Hau Murder Trial Moves Ahead in Berlin Court
Karl Hau, once a professor at George Washington University, stands trial in Berlin for the murder of his mother in law Mrs. Moliter on November 6, 1906 in Baden Baden. He fled to London after the crime and later returned to Germany where he was arrested.
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Berlin
Cable
Karl Hau
George Washington University of Washington
Inlaw
Moliter
Baden-Baden
Inlaw Hau
London
Germany
Frisco's New Mayor
Edward R. Taylor physician lawyer dean Hastings Law College and UC elected San Francisco mayor by Board of Supervisors succeeding Eugene Schmitz convicted of extortion and sentenced to five years in prison.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Edward R. Taylor
Hastings Law College
University of California
Board of Supervisors
Taylor
Eugene Schmitz
Auto Victims Rise in Massachusetts in 26 Days
Nine pedestrians died and thirty four were injured in Massachusetts auto accidents over the last twenty six days. There were ninety two collisions in that period. Investigations show operators blamed in thirteen of sixteen cases.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Safe Roads Automobile Association
The
Association
Outrage Attacks Farm Machinery and Farmer Flogged in Kentucky
Reports from Hopkinsville detail a dynamite attack destroying a thrashing machine on Dr. Ward's Oak Grove farm injuring John Garrett with a broken leg and James Brown with arm and face wounds. Separately 25 masked men abducted Nathan Hester from his home and flogged him with a rawhide before releasing him. His wife fainted and he is a former association member warned to quit tobacco and wheat.
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Hopkinsville
John Fields
Dr. Ward
Oak Grove
John Garrett
James Brown
Fields
Nathan Hester
Trigg County
Hester
Association
Drama Overly Stressed Pastor Faces Charges in Nebraska
In Lincoln Nebraska Dr W P Ferguson a prominent minister and educator at East and West faces charges of gross misconduct with parishioner Mrs A E Cross. A Methodist jury from the Nebraska Conference found a majority guilty while Ferguson contends against the results and plans civil action for slander.
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Lincoln, Neb
W. P. Ferguson
University Place
A. E. Cross
Cross
Dr. Ferguson
Ferguson
Nebraska
Chicago
King Edward and Teddy
Whitelaw Reid the American ambassador spoke at a London lunch on behalf of a bazaar for the Duke of Connaught's Soldiers Home. He toasted King Edward and President Roosevelt, calling them peacemakers whose lives are key to world peace and noting that preparation for war is the greatest security for peace.
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London
Duke of Connaught
Whitelaw Reid
Edward
Roosevelt
Army and Navy Union votes to restore army canteen
Washington special reports the convention voted in favor of restoring the army canteen. The resolution urges Congress to confront the issue squarely and fairly, resisting theories from outsiders lacking real army and navy life experience.
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Washington, D. C
Convention of the Army and Navy Union
Congress
President Corey Returns From Honeymoon Steamship Savoie
New York reports President William E. Corey of United States Steel Corporation has re entered the city aboard the steamship Savoie after his European honeymoon with actress Mabelle Gilman.
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New York
Wm E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Europe
Mabelle Gilman
Savoie
Woman Teacher Severely Harmed in Anhui Plot Incident
Shanghai cable reports a woman teacher at a girls seminary is severely harmed on charges of complicity in a revolutionary plot tied to the Governor of Anhui on July 6. The item notes political turmoil and violent consequences for local educators.
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Shanghai
Anhui
Strange social mystery unfolds in Quaker City estate case
In Philadelphia a report claims Mrs. Sarah Hendrickson left the Waln homestead in Waln Ford New Jersey to John Wilson a black servant before her death. The 250000 dollar estate includes portraits jewels silver and lands with Wilson and an elder English housekeeper managing the property amid family ties to Penn era Quakers. Detective details note a $10000 debt alleged and Camden lawyer John Meirs drafted the deed under aunt’s instruction.
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Philadelphia
Sarah Wain Hendrickson
John Wilson
Waln
Waln Ford
Monmouth County
New Jersey
Hendrickson
Wilson
Ellen Richardson
Richardson
Banks Ordered to Close All Branches by State Auditor
Acting on an Attorney General opinion James Hingham, State Auditor Billheimer refuses to recognize branch state and private banks. Banks with established branches must close. examples include Valparaiso’s State Bank branch in Wanatah Covington Bank in Cates and Perryville and Brownstown State Bank branches.
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Indianapolis
James Hingham
Billheimer
State Bank of
Valparaiso
Wanatah
Covington Bank
Cates
Perryville
Brownstown
Jingo Newspaper Seized Over War Prediction
The Red newspaper in St. Petersburg is confiscated for printing a dispatch forecasting war between Russia and China. A war correspondent claimed hostility in Manchuria and said China was building an army and navy and improving transport links in preparation for conflict.
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St. Petersburg
Red
Russia
China
Manchuria
Telegraphers Strike Settled in San Francisco
Telegraph companies and union officials reached an agreement settling the walkout. Striking operators returned to work Monday and will be reinstated. Wages will be addressed at a later date.
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San Francisco
Famine Spreads in Jamaica as Drought Worsens
In eastern Jamaica the eight months drought devastates crops and cattle. Hundreds suffer hunger, subsist on mangoes, and die from hunger and thirst awaiting relief until October rains. Kingston reports growing famine with no relief in sight.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Lynchers to Be Prosecuted in Oklahoma
For the first time in Oklahoma history the government will prosecute lynchers. United States Marshal Abernathy and two assistant US attorneys are in Osage to secure evidence against mob members who changed the negro Frank Bailey for assaulting brakeman Frank Kelly.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
Abernathy
Osage
Frank Bailey
Frank Kelly
Egg Burst Destroys Warsaw Woman’s Sight
In Warsaw Indiana a spoiled egg exploded in Mrs. Edward Burk’s hand southeast of the city. The contents struck her face and destroyed the sight of one eye. The incident is reported as a local accident with no further details available.
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Warsaw
Ind
Edward Burk
Mrs Roberts in Centralia Births 19 Pound Baby
Mrs Joe Roberts of Centralia has given birth to a child weighing 19 pounds. She previously bore a child weighing 18 pounds two years ago.
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Centralia
Joe Roberts
Prince Wilhelm to Coma Norfolk Arrival
Elaborate preparations by the Jamestown Exposition Company await Prince Wilhelm second son of Crown Prince Gustave and grandson of King Oscar of Sweden at Hampton Roads aboard the Swedish Cruiser Fylgi August 8.
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Prince Wilhelm
Coma
Norfolk
Jamestown Exposition Company
Prince Gustave
Oscar
Sweden
Hampton Roads
Fylgi
Sweden's July Snowstorm Shocks Stockholm Region
Snow blankets Karungi in July, the first-known seasonal snowfall for the area this time of year. Local observers report several inches of dense snow piling up, disrupting travel and signaling unusual weather for midsummer conditions.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Karungi
Hoke Smith's Sacrifice on Prohibition Bill
Atlanta special notes Governor Hoke Smith will lose 60000 if he signs the prohibition bill while pledging support for State-wide liquor ban. The Piedmont Hotel faces 40000 in lost rent as its lease fixes annual rent at 70000 if prohibition closes its bar.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Piedmont Hotel
Piedmont
Beveridge to Wed in Berlin on August 7
The marriage of Senator Albert J. Beveridge and Miss Catherine Eddy of Chicago will take place August 7 at the American Embassy in Berlin. Miss Eddy's brother, Spencer F. Eddy, serves as secretary of the embassy.
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Berlin
Albert J. Beveridge
Catherine Eddy
Chicago
District Attorney declines list of election fund contributors
In New York a preliminary examination of District Attorney Jerome opened in the Supreme Court over libel suits. Jerome refused to reveal campaign donors, citing needing court orders and contributor consent, mentioning about 93 000 dollars raised and a request to disclose names by Howard S. Gans and Mr. Hearst. He defended his practice of not seeking indictments himself.
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New York
Jerome
William R. Hearst
Supreme Court
Howard S. Gans
Shearn
Mr. Jerome
Hearst
Grand Jury
Camden
James H. Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Union Pacific
Georgia Battleship Explosion Findings Report Flare Back Cause
The naval court of inquiry in the Georgia explosion case rules the accident resulted from a flare back. When the breech of the eight inch gun was opened after discharge burning material and gas were driven into the turret and the next powder charge.
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Washington
Naval Court of Inquiry
Georgia
Black Slayer Henry White Dies by Electric Chair
Henry White, a Black man convicted of murdering Marshal Basore of Franklin Ohio in October 1906, was electrocuted in the annex of the Ohio Penitentiary last Friday in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Henry White
Marshal Basore
Franklin Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Mrs Longworth Climbs Tall Yellowstone Tree Stunt
St Paul special reports Mrs Nicholas Longworth formerly Alice Roosevelt climbed a substantial tree in Yellowstone Park. She reached the top to demonstrate she is her father’s daughter and to “stump” her husband in a playful publicity stunt.
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Longworth
St. Paul Minn
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
Poisoner Found Guilty in Uzral Family Murder
Chicago Special reports Herman Billik a fortune teller found guilty of murdering five Uzral family members. The verdict declares death as the punishment. Local authorities say the case closed after a high profile trial.
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Chicago
Herman Billik
Uzral
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