Brakeman as Hero Horror Shocks New England
A Boston and Maine freight train collided head on with a Quebec express carrying excursionists near White River Junction Vermont. Twenty five killed or maimed. Brakeman Frank Ryan, hurled from his car, and farmer Benjamin Briges heroically aided victims. The wreck disrupted the Concord division. the conductor faced a delayed siding due to dispatch confusion.
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White River Junction
Boston & Maine Road
Frank Ryan
The
Express
Montreal
Ryan
Montreal Express
Benjamin Briges
Concord
Navy adopts new armor piercing explosive using picrate
Washington reports that the Navy Department has adopted a high explosive for armor piercing shells. The new charge, based on picrate of ammonia, shows greater damage in tests at Indian Proving Grounds and resembles the Japanese Shimose. The development comes from the Shot Ordnance Board after years of testing ordnance materials.
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Washington
Navy Department
Shot Ordnance Board
Indian Proving Grounds
Leader of Outlaws Shot in Sonora Stronghold
Federio Lopez, leader of a gang of Mexican outlaws blamed for murder and robbery across Sonora, was killed during a quarrel over a stolen division of money from a mining camp. Mexican authorities expect the gang's extermination to follow soon.
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el Paso
Texas
Federio Lopez
Sonora
China Turns to United States as Sole Friend
Letters from an informed American traveler in Manchuria and northern China say China seeks U S support against Japan and European powers. The London Cable notes that America is viewed as a key ally amid looming territorial threats.
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London
America
Japan
Manchuria
China
Voliva Elected General Overseer for Life at Zion City
Wilbur Glenn Voliva was formally elected general overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion for life by the General Ecclesiastical Conference in Zion City. The 1,262 vote was pronounced unanimous.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church In
Zion
General Ecclesiastical Conference
Zion City
Prince Chavadse Slain In Bushety District
Prince Chavadse of the Council of the Empire was assassinated in the Bushety district. The princess was wounded in the same incident.
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Prince Chavadse
St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Bushety
Measured Young Women Scandal in New York Secret Service
A New York architect using the title Captain Marshall advertised for attractive young women to be measured for the United States Secret Service. About a hundred women responded at the Hotel Marlborough. A landlady alerted Chief Wilkie after a guest feared the practice was illegitimate. the captain was arrested and released after promising to stop.
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New York
Wilkie
New York World’s Largest Office Building and Terminal
IY UNDER ME ROOK BUILDING HOLDS WORLD'S RECORD as the largest office building and greatest terminal station. New York's skyscraper will host two world records, a vast office complex and a major railroad passenger terminal, with 39 avenues and 22 intersecting streets. The Hudson Company's terminal may house more people than several cities, with projections of 182 million passengers yearly and capacities for Grand Central and other stations. The structure uses hollow terra cotta blocks over a massive steel frame, heat treated to 2000 degrees to resist fire, a design choice inspired by lessons from San Francisco.
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New York
Hudson Company
Portsmouth
N. H
Helena
Mont
Middletown
Conn
Arizona
Idaho
New Mexico
Nevada
Grand Central Station
Pennsylvania
Broad Street
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Mystery Catacombs Found Near Lisbon Linked to Crimes
Lisbon authorities uncover eight partly decomposed bodies in suburban catacombs used by desperadoes. The discovery follows a round-up of suspects after a wave of crimes and disappearances. Police believe victims were robbed and killed, their remains hidden in hidden tunnels.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Grafting Critic Lilley Calls grafting Only Death Crime
Sterbury Connecticut special representative George L Lilley a House naval affairs member who faced criticism over his stance on Charleston harbor published an open letter declaring grafting the only crime worthy of death while murder would receive secondary consideration highlighting his hard line against corruption.
Oklahoma Census Gain Reported Population Increase
The Census Bureau reports Oklahoma and Indian Territory total population at 1 408 732 a rise of 78 percent since 1900 and larger than any state at admission time West Virginia ranking next.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
West Virginia
Chilean marksman misses apple and causes riot
Juan Espinosa, a Chilean marksman at a Rio de Janeiro circus, failed to shoot an apple from a man’s head and killed the apple bearer instead. The crowd rushed Espinosa and he narrowly escaped lynching.
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Rio Janeiro
Juan Espinosa
Espinosa
Indicted Farmer Faces Charge For Firearm Discharge
Joe Ruxer, a farmer from Owensboro Kentucky, has been indicted for firing a pistol at an automobile carrying Mrs J C W Beckham wife of the state governor and a group of companions during a motor trip. The incident occurred near Owensboro and prompted the indictment.
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Owensboro
Joe Ruxer
J.C. W. Beckham
Bubonic Plague Deaths Rise in San Francisco
San Francisco reports two more bubonic plague deaths bringing the city total to 13 fatalities since May 27 and 24 cases overall. The victims include a Chinese merchant and a Greek.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Lusitania Sets New Ocean Race Record at 25 Knots
News reports the Lusitania, turbine driven, surpasses prior Cunard and Deutschland records in fastest westward Atlantic crossing. It averages 23.86 knots, covering five days two hours thirty minutes, with the Lucania and Deutschland surpassed in speed and overall travel time. A fog delay of 90 minutes is noted.
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New York
Lusitania
Germany
Cunard
Eddystone Light
Sandy Hook
Sioux divorce suit and cross-petition filed in Pine Ridge
John Mason a full blooded Sioux of the Sioux reservation sues Mary Mason for divorce alleging she wastes his money on dress and neglects home duties. Mary files a cross petition denying the charges and accuses him of flirting and cruelty.
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Pine Ridge
N. D
John Mason
Mary
Victims of Uprising Read in St. Petersburg Cable
The Slovo prints figures by Dr Zhan koff on the dramatic epidemic revolution toll. It lists 47 020 total victims, 19 144 killed, 2 381 death sentences carried out, 1 350 prisoners killed by own hand, and 21 305 wounded.
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St. Petersburg
The
Slovo
Zhankoff
Auto Wreck Kills Prince Vivie In Italy
Prince Vivie schi of Vienna residing in Florence was killed in an auto wreck in Forli Italy. His high speed car struck a house corner while trying to avoid a collision with another vehicle.
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Forli
Italy
Prince Vivieschi
Vienna
Florence
Insane Ripper Escapes from Berlin Prison Ward
Lolsky, held on suspicion of murdering several schoolgirls, escaped from the observation ward of the prison hospital. The escape sparked consternation and fear of new crimes.
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Berlin
Lolsky
Longworth for Mayor in Cincinnati Special
Congressman Nick Longworth as the Republican candidate leads Cincinnati’s mayoral race program with momentum.
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Longworth
Cincinnati
Nick Longworth
Rich vein of gold found near Sitka Alaska
Brigadier General George F. Elliott reports a quartz vein on an island forty five miles from Sitka yields leaf gold. Indians saw gold, a local churchman-relayed tip led to a company mining and transporting ninety tons of ore to Sitka in canoes, yielding over sixteen thousand dollars after freight. The island is now heavily staked.
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Washington
Klondike
Sitka
Alaska
George F. Elliott
United States Marine Corps
Northwest
Eliott
Elliott
Indiana Battleship Narrowly Escapes Fire. Crew Heroism Praised
Washington Special reports a coal bunker fire near Ammunitions on the Indiana threatened a catastrophic explosion. Lt Cmdr J L Sticht Gunner L C Hull and eight seamen removed ammunition from two hot magazines, despite burns, preventing destruction of the battleship. The fire was caused by spontaneous coal combustion and was finally controlled as temperatures dropped.
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Washington
J. L. Sticht
L. C. Hull
C. L. Rowe
C. Bartunick
J. L. Gratton
H. A. Linderman
E. J. Cross
C. Sheppard
C. W. Leisegang
L. Octer
Indiana
Navy Department
Wedding Eve Tragedy: Homer C. Casey Dies By Own Hand
In Bloomfield Indiana a traveling salesman Homer C. Casey of Angelsville killed himself on a country road after bidding farewell to his fiancée Miss Anna Stone. They planned to wed next day. Casey returned from Indianapolis with a wedding ring and suit left at the Stone home. His body was found in his buggy with a bullet hole in the left temple and a note reading I have a pain in the heart that will cause me to lose my reason and will yet cause my death Good by.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Homer C. Casey
Angelsvile
Anna Stone
Casey
Miss Stone
Indianapolis
Stone
Angelsville
Champion Tipper in Chicago
Chicago Special Scout Bob Johnson from Death Valley California travels to New York on a mission to distribute shekels from a car. He arrives in Chicago amid a blaze of glory after a 16 000 dollar Los Angeles to Chicago trip. He tips sleeping car porters dining car waiters and a bellboy at the Auditorium hotel and a truckman for fast service, totaling 100 dollar tips in several instances.
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Chicago
Bob” Johnson
Death Valley
Cal
New York
Los Angeles
Princess Cecilie’s Chef Studies American Cooking
Crown Princess Cecilie of Germany admires American cooking and has sent her chef Albert Neumann to study its mysteries. Neumann, a passenger on a recently arrived steamer, is the focus of this culinary exchange.
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New York
Cecilie
Germany
Albert Neumann
Americans Big Spenders in London Exhibit Massive Outlay
A London paper estimates Americans spent 7.5 million dollars in London this year. The American Express Company’s general agent says the figure likely understates actual expenditures.
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London
American Express Company
Paris Women Protest Clemency for Murderer Soleillant
In Paris a large, largely orderly demonstration erupted Sunday against President Fallieres clemency for Soleillant, the man condemned for the murder of a twelve year old girl. Thousands gathered at Place St Amboise and other sites, shouting death to Soleillant and down with Fallieres, as police dispersed violent factions and arrests followed.
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Paris
Soleillant
Fallieres
France
St. Ambroise
Martha Erberding
Marriage for life a crime warned by scientist in lecture
Prof Edgar Larkin, noted astronomer, told the San Francisco Sociological Society that marriage for life is a 95 percent crime and must be abolished to prevent the Anglo Saxon race from being wiped out. He cited letters from educated American women supporting his view. Alpine accidents claim heavy toll with eighty killed and twenty two injured this season, surpassing the 1906 record.
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Et Francisco
San Francisco Sociological Society
Edgar Larkin
United States
Boy Charged by Bees Near Death in Ridgeway
Oscar Tropp seven year old son of Charles W Tropp of Ridgeway is near death after being stung by a swarm of bumblebees. His body swelled to three times normal size and poison spread through his system.
Brooklyn Man Avenges Father by Killing Suspect in NY
James Besfin of Brooklyn, released two weeks earlier from Elmira Reformatory after fifteen months for killing Michael Machintino, was shot and killed by Joseph Machintino, son of the man Besfin stabbed over a year prior.
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New York
Elmira Reformatory
Michael Machintino
James Besfin
Brooklyn
Joseph Machintine
Berlin government endorses armored motor car program
The Saxon war ministry accepts delivery of an armored car able to resist rifle fire and carry a machine gun with space for ten men. Several similar vehicles are under construction.
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Berlin
Bandits murder American in Mexican city
A telegram from Dwight Furness United States consul at Guanajuato reports the murder of George Rose an American in Guanajuato Mexico by Mexican bandits and the wounding of his wife.
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Laporte
Ind
Dwight Furness
Furnessville
United States
Guana Juato
Mexico
George Rose
Joplin News Herald Press Damaged by Dynamite
A dynamite explosion wrecked the pressroom and composing room of the Joplin News Herald, an afternoon Republican paper. The incident follows the newspaper's crusade against the city council and police department.
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Joplin
Kentucky's youngest editor leads Somerset Times in Pulaski
Cecil Williams, aged 18, is named Kentucky's youngest editor. Though not eligible to vote, he wields greater influence in Pulaski County where his Somerset Times is published.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Cecil Willims
Pulaski County
Somerset Times
Thousand Go to Siberia
Telegram from Riazan reports large numbers headed to Siberia via St. Petersburg Cable line with many pacecon units passing through since the start of the journey.
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Siberia
St. Petersburg
Riazan
Secretary Taft Sails for Far East on Special Mission
Secretary Taft sails aboard the Minnesota from Seattle with Mrs Taft and an entourage including Brig Gen Clarence Edwards and George Long. The itinerary includes Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Moscow, Berlin, and New York with tentative dates through December.
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Seattle
Wash
Taft
Minnesota
Philippines
Charles
Clarence Edwards
Insular Bureau
Carpenter
George Long
War Office
Japan
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Hong Kong
McClellan
Manilla
Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Berlin
New York
Canals Come High Washington Special
The Panama Canal cost the American government 84,449,000 dollars to December 31, 1906, per audited expenditures published. Major items include 50,000,000 paid to the French company and Panama for property rights and franchises, 3,449,088 for materials, 1,124,230 for administration, 4,381,089 for government and sanitation, 9,729,554 for construction and engineering, and 12,138,852 for plant including tracks machinery and waterworks.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Panama
New York Crime Wave Compared to Nineveh by Evangelist
Rev. William Wilkinson of Minneapolis told Old Trinity Church New York that crime this summer shows the city’s wickedness resembles Nineveh. He warned the Republic will be doomed if the people ignore God’s guidance and follow the worst evangelists.
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New York
Old Trinity Church
William Wilkinson
Minneapolis
Rich Convict in Madhouse Paroled to Government Asylum
Louis A. Gourdain a millionaire convict from New Orleans famed for attempts to break into the Federal penitentiary is en route to the government asylum for the insane in Washington. He will serve the balance of a five year sentence for using the mails for lottery purposes.
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Atlanta
Louis A. Gourdain
New Orleans
United States
Federal Penitentiary
Government Asylum For the
Washington
Auto Upset 342 Carts In Pekin Paris Race
Paris correspondent for Le Matin traveling with De Dion-Bouton cars in the Pekin to Paris race reports 342 carts upset between Pekin and the Ural mountains. He notes victims blessed themselves and prayed as they were passed.
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Paris
Matin
de Dion-Bouton
Berlin
Pekin
Ural Mountains
Two Brigands Executed in Manila
Governor General Smith refused to intervene in the executions of Macario Sakay and Julian Da vaga, former ladrone chiefs. Both confessed to brigandage as Manila presses and American papers debated light versus extreme penalties.
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Manila
Smith
Macario Sakay
Julian Davaga
No Land North of Alaska Polar Expedition Discloses No New Continent
The Anglo-American polar expedition that lost the Duchess of Bedford reported to the American Geographical Society that soundings showed no land north of Alaska.
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New York
Duchess of Bedford
Alaska
The
American Geographical Society
Fortune to Yale in Croesus Bequest from Lord Blount
Archibald Frey Blount lord of the manor of Orleton Herefordshire died in London on June 17 leaving an estate of 467570 dollars and bequeathing 400000 dollars to Yale University in his will reported from London.
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Yale
London
Archibald Frey Blount
Orleton
Herefordshire
Yale University
Blount
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