Million Dollar Salt Plant Fire Destroys Blake Calumet Complex
A massive fire at the International Salt Company plant along the Calumet River destroyed buildings covering about sixteen acres and 400,000 tons of salt. Docks, boats, and 150 freight cars were wrecked, with additional losses to nearby grain elevators and rail cars. Estimated total losses near 1.25 million dollars, with 800 thousand attributed to the International Salt Company. Firefighters fought the blaze after two watchmen spotted flames. boats sank before water crews could reach them.
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REO
Tonal Salt Company
Iago
Calumet River
International ‘Salt’ Company
the. Salt . Company
Calumet
Tire M
Penvey
Lake’ Bhore and
Michigan Southern Railroad Company
Franchise Case Struck Down By State Supreme Court
A damaged excerpt reports the state Supreme Court invalidating the last legislature’s fifty year franchise for Cincinnati Street Railway. The ruling constrains the railroad company, leaving it without rights. The case moves to the Supreme Court for further action.
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Cincinnati ‘Street ‘Railway
Cally
Iran
Rail accidents kill nearly a thousand in three months
Washington dispatches show that the Interstate Commerce Commission issued a bulletin for the three months ended December 31, 1962, detailing rail crash tolls. Train accidents caused 266 deaths and 2,788 injuries, with other incidents involving workers and passengers raising totals to 938 killed and 11,873 injured. Damage to cars engines and roadbed reached 2,466,050 dollars.
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Washington
Interstate, Commerce ‘Commission
Manchuria Crisis Discussed by Moscow and Beijing
In St Petersburg Russia presses to annex Manchuria arguing that three provinces must join the empire as tensions with Japan and other powers rise. Peking flatly refuses to concede Russia’s demands, signaling a decisive dispute over Manchuria.
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Russia
Assayin
Japan
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Russian Empire
China
Fifty Million Profit Reported for Steel Syndicate
New York report states members of the original United States steel syndicate invested 25 million dollars and faced a 175 million obligation. They received dissolution notice and a final profit share near 50 million dollars, about 200 percent. They had already recovered 12 percent of their cash, and an additional 20 percent dividend was declared.
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Steel
New York
United States Steel Syndicate
Plague Spreads to Manila Area in Luzon
A Manila advisory warns cholera threatens Luzon as Camarines outbreak appears to spread northward. In Manila, ten bubonic plague cases have been reported since January. A New Yorker, Leopold Wertheimer, a wealthy dry goods merchant, was shot three times at his home Tuesday and lies in critical condition amid mystery over the motive.
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Philippines
Manila
Luzon
Camarines
New York
Leopold ‘Wertheimer
Eleven Dead in Night Wreck Near Buffalo Kansas
A northbound Missouri Coal train collided with a work train near Manana Buffalo Kansas Sunday night. Eleven workers, mostly Greeks and Italians with one American Peter Fry, were killed and twenty five injured. The wreck occurred as the work train backed into town. the heavy freight engine stayed on its track. Doctors and townspeople aided the injured until Coffeyville and Tulsa physicians arrived. The dead and injured were taken to Coffeyville, and the scene resembled a battlefield for hours.
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Manana
Buffalo
Kan
Here
Peter Fry
Aurgoona
Coffeyville
Tus
Defies the Bear China Refuses Russia Manchuria Demands
China sends formal refusal to Russia over Manchuria evacuation. Beijing notes protest against two Russia proposals seen as antagonistic to American interests. Paris reports Washington feeling on US response while safeguarding commercial interests.
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China
Russia
London
Foreign Office
Washington
United States
Manchuria
Jain
Whitecaps attack in Indiana injure three, warrants planned
At 1 a m Sunday thirty eight masked assailants stormed a house on East Ninth Street Bloomington. WhiteMiss Re Secca Stephens aged 18 and Ida Stephens aged 16 and Joe Shively a 50 year old Black man were whipped with barbed wire and switches. Shively struck in the eye with brass knuckles. authorities plan warrants for arrest.
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Bloomington
Ind
Hoke
East Ninth Street
Re- Secca
Ida “Stephens
Joe Shively
Mugithori
Personal crisis reports reflect tragic self sacrifice and broken ties
A Bridgeport report states Miss Hawkins killed herself by taking laudanum after leaving a letter claiming innocence and responsibility for a separation between a husband and wife. The note implies her act aimed to reunite the couple, while officials discuss department appointments and other legal matters.
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Hawkins
Haaband
Bridgeport
Fire devastates Columbus U clothing district. one firefighter dies
A Sunday morning blaze wiped out the Brunson and Union Clothing buildings at High and Long Streets and damaged the Nicholas block, causing about 600000 in losses. Daniel Lewis of engine company No. 11 perished when trapped under a collapsing wall. heroic escape of Philip Nation from his fourth floor apartment adds to the drama of the fire.
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Colmbus
Brunson
Union Clothing
Nicholas
Daniel Lewis
No. 11
Htis
Yesene
Philip Nation
Drunson Building
Flamee
Desperate Man Arrested in St Louis Shootout
A St Louis incident reports Frank Schnorbus, a saloon keeper, resisting arrest with a revolver. One policeman was shot, two badly bitten, and a fourth dislocated. Schnorbus opened fire as officers attempted to restrain him. He was taken to the city hospital.
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St. Louis
Frank Schuorbus
Schnorbus
Strugel Schnorbus
Restraining Lines Sought in Junction Rail Case
Six railroad routes including Alton, St Paul, Santa Fe, Burlington, Missouri Pacific, Rock Island, Wabash and Great Western are tied to a discrimination suit in Junction. Judge Grosselp presided in Chicago last Friday over similar cases. Lieut. Gov. John A. Lee resigns as assistant executive of Missouri citing retirement from political life.
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Junction
Kanana City
Phillips
Alton
St. Paul
Santa, Fe
Burlington
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Lee
St. Louis
John A. Lee
Missouri
My. Lee
Two Inhuman Boys Arrested for Abusive Violence
A Kansas City special reports Alexander Stephens aged 16 and Thomas Stephens aged 14 were arrested on Friday at the Humane Society’s instigation for horsewhipping their mother and striking her with their fists after she corrected them. Nine persons hurt in a separate incident involve a New York and Queens County Electric Railroad trolley accident in North Beach Jersey. A London special notes William H. Vanderbilt married Mrs. Lewis M. Rutherford here on Saturday afternoon and they departed for France.
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Kansas City
Alexander
Thomas Stephens
The
Humane Society
New York
New York and Queens County Electric Railroad
North Beach
L. J
W. K. Vanderbilt
London
William Ix. Vanderbilt
Lewis M. Tutherford
France
Grace Molden Sues for 10000 Damages in Sioux City Rail Injury
Little Grace Molden, age six, sues Illinois Central Railroad for 10000 damages in district court for injuries suffered January 20 1903 when struck by a coal car at First and Virginia streets Sioux City. Her father Edward J Molden seeks 1095 against the same railroad. Allegations claim no brakeman or warning bell and improper crossing safety. Grace will be dependent for life and 1500 has been raised for the Grace Molden fund. Both suits set for the May term of district court.
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Sioux City
Little Grace Molden
Illinois, Central Railroad Company
District Court
Edward J.molden
Illinois Central Company
Hanford Produce ‘Company
First
Virginia Streets
Ilinoig Central Company
Hanford Company
Grace Molden
Plow Ends Death Mystery in Sioux City
A 33 year old murder mystery was solved when Sol Roberts skeleton was unearthed by a farmer near Sioux City. The bones match the March 1870 disappearance and fit the tale of Roberts and a German girl murdered by a homesteader who then sold his property. The skeleton was found near the employer’s former property.
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Sioux City
Sol Roberts
Roberts
Dubuque Policeman Fired For Refusing Arrest
Dubuque Mayor Berg dismissed Policeman Tyler for refusing to name two men who were friends of the officer and allegedly stole goods from a northern city resident. The man described the suspects and urged arrest, but Tyler declined. Authorities indicated the pair were well known locals.
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Dubuque
Tyler
Berg
Acquitted Frank Brown narrowly escapes mob intent
Muscatine report says Frank Brown, a negro charged with attempt to murder Harry Holzhauer, was acquitted due to lack of convicting testimony after a mob of about 1500 men threatened lynching two days earlier. The case arose from the prior Saturday night incident.
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Muscatine
Frank Brown
Harry Holzhauer
B. P. Ingham
Brown
Holzhauer
Man Hangs Self to Escape Lynching Mob in Minnesota
William Totin gen, 26, of Champlin, Minnesota, employed as a grader for the Newton and Northwestern Railroad, was found in a barn stall near Frazer tying a hay wire to a beam and hanging himself as a mob threatened to lynch him. The coroner ruled ginicide and the body was sent to Minnesota.
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William Totingen
Champlin
Minn
Newton
Minnesota
Sioux City Man Ends Life by Self Inflicted Wound
Charles I. Rademacher a well known Sioux City bookkeeper and miner for Thornburg Co died Sunday morning from a gunshot wound to the left lung. The motive remains a mystery though pressured by job loss from the company merger. He was active socially and in business and reportedly left his accounts in order.
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Sioux City
Charles I. Rademacher
Charles B. ‘Thornburg & Co
Liddle Ends Life After Personal Crisis
Frank Liddle, a former Northwestern engineer, died Saturday by drinking two ounces of carbolic acid. He undressed, lay in bed, and was found dead half an hour later. Four years earlier he had planned to kill his wife and two children, fatally striking his wife with a meat pounder. The wife survived. the two children escaped. After asylum confinement he was discharged as cured, later started a business, but failed and was recently discharged from the inebriate asylum.
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Northwestern
Perry
Frank Liddle
Second Degree Verdict in Homer Holland Murder Case
Matt Hunter is found guilty of second degree murder for the Homer Holland killing by an Osceola jury. Verdict reached at 2:30 a.m. after a four hour deliberation. jurors voted unanimously for conviction both before and after discussion. Judge Parrish to sentence Wednesday morning with the state seeking life imprisonment.
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Matt Hunter
Homer Holland
Osceola
Hunter
Apparel
Parrish
Waterloo man defends self as highwayman dies on bridge
A midnight tragedy on Fifth Street bridge ends with an unknown highwayman being thrown over the railing after attempting a hold up. The defender is Herman Buttke of 185 Argyle Street, partner in Sibert Buttke, bills parlor and bowling alley on West Fourth Street.
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Cee SS
Waterloo
Fifth Street
Herman Buttke
Argyle Street
Sibert'& Buttke
Billard
Weat Fourth Street
Mysteriously Drowned Woman Found Near Home
A Scribner dispatch reports the body of a farmer's wife, about six miles north, found in a small stream near her home Tuesday. The husband, a district official, was away. She had a headache and is believed to have fallen from a small footbridge into the stream.
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Ashland
A. G. Bentz
Bentz Place
Beritz
Wiliam Paaseh
Des Moines Barber Accused of Endangering Boy in Fire
A Des Moines barber caused a boy to face serious burns after a haircut. The article details how the barber singed the hair and applied oil, then re lit a patch left unfinished, enveloping the boy's head in flames before towels smothered the blaze.
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Des Moines
Gert Kendall
Breen Exonerated in Double Murder Case
Davenport special reports Dan Breen, a famed steamboat mate on the Mississippi River, was declared by a jury to have acted in self defense after killing Christopher and Ellsworth Leonidas on the steamer Dubuque last July. The verdict acquits Breen and quashes two $15,000 damages suits against the Diamond Joe Steamboat Company. Also notes Jesse Pearce, once of Davenport, found dead in Chicago gas suicide leaving a note seeking forgiveness.
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Breen
Davenport
Dan. Breen
Mississippi River
Christopher
Ellsworth Leonidas
Dubuque
Dinasmond
Joe Steamboat Company
Jesse
Pearce
Chicago
Convicted of Stealing Trousers in Marshalltown
Mike Clark was arrested Saturday in Marshalltown and sentenced to thirty days in jail for stealing a pair of trousers from Burroughs clothing store.
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Marshalltown
Mike Clark
Burroughs’ Clothing
Bristow linked to Roosevelt era postal fraud probe
Fragmented note recalls Joseph L Bristow a key figure in early 1900s postal fraud investigations under President Roosevelt and McKinley era ties. It cites his roles as assistant postmaster general, Kansas connections, editor activities, and interactions with several political figures, including milestones from 1897 onward. The passage also mentions Rev William Milburn and other contemporaries in scattered biographical fragments.
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Joseph Titts Bristow
Roosevelt
Feuerth
Postiagter
Bey
Motchewley
Bristow
S. Cee 7
Wilail
Joseph L. Duistow
Gally
Gye Yeate
Wits Retary
Morrill
Thei
Leavis Horn
Kentucky
Kanang
Mettinley
McKinley
Kansan
Tio
Mcttinley
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