Kalamazoo Fire Waits All Night to Save City Block
Telegraphic items report Kalamazoo Michigan lost three-quarters of eight million dollars in a fire that destroyed much of the Burdick Hotel and the business district. Five firemen were injured, sixteen guests homeless, thirty-five others escaped, with a combined response from Kalamazoo Battle Creek and Grand Rapids.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Burdick
Michigan
Battle Creek
Grand Rapids
County
Edward Daum
Lancaster
Vance
Newark
Lake Steamer Sunk Near Buffalo Harbor in Storm
In a winter gale on Lake Erie the freighter W. C. Richardson of Cleveland foundered half a mile from Buffalo harbor while sailing from Duluth to Buffalo with flax seed. Five crew members died, fourteen were rescued by the propeller William A. Pine. Cargo valued at 400000 dollars was fully insured.
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Lake
Lake Erie
W. C. Richardson
Cleveland
Duluth
Buffalo
William A. Pine
Waverly Shoals
Sugar Steamer Johanna Sinks Off Santo Domingo
The British ship Johanna carrying sugar from Iloilo to Philadelphia sank at sea off Santo Domingo. Captain Nickerson reports the vessel lost with twenty five crew members aboard. their fate is not stated.
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Johanna
IloHo
Philippine Islands
Philadelphia
Santo Domingo
Nickerson
Fire at Vincennes University Causes 3000 Dollar Loss
A blaze at Old Vincennes University in Vincennes Indiana damaged the campus as the three story annex to the historic building burned. The institution recently marked its 103rd anniversary and is noted as the oldest college in the northwest territory.
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Old Vincennes University
Vincennes
Ind.) University
Northwest Territory
Farm Hand Frozen to Death Near Marion Ohio
Harvey Trush a farm hand aged 50 was found frozen to death in a hut near Prospect a village close to Marion Ohio authorities said. The death was reported as a probable accident in harsh winter conditions.
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Harvey Trush
Prospect
Marion
Ohio
Assault on Louis Lanvermeyer on Mt Tabor Road
Louis Lanvermeyer, a prominent farmer on Mt. Tabor, was assaulted by unknown ruffians returning from Aurora, breaking his nose with a rock. A separate incident notes a Tell City fire damaged North High School roof from a defective flue. 500 children evacuated during a fire drill, and the day dismissed.
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Louis Lanvermeyer
Mt. Tabor
Aurora
North High School
Tell City
Ind
Congress Opens Busy Session With Brief Adjourning For Deaths
The Sixty-first Congress convened with full houses and a wave of bills deposited for reception. Deaths of Senator Johnson and Representatives Lassiter and DeArmond prompted adjournments in respect. New members Thompson, McCredie, and Moxley sworn in as sessions began amid early planning talks and a Sulzer resolution urging use of armed forces to restore order in Nicaragua.
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Washington
Sixty-first Congress
Sherman
Senate
Cannon
Congress
Johnson
North Dakota
Lassiter
Virginia
DeArmond
Missouri
Fountain L. Thompson
W. W. McCredie
W. J. Moxley
Illinois
Capitol
Sulzer
New York
House
Nicaragua
United Og
George P Sheldon Reported Dying After Disclosures
State official charging George P. Sheldon president of Phenix Fire Insurance Co with misapplication of funds forgery of reports and wash sales. Loss to the company pegged at 1 million dollars. Sheldon reportedly dying at home from dropsy and general breakdown.
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Hotchkiss
George P. Sheldon
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Insurance Department
New York County
Sheldon
Dr Cook Hidden in Sanitarium Near New York
Reports say Arctic explorer Dr Frederick A Cook is secluded at a sanitarium near White Plains New York where worn statesmen and actors seek recuperation A man resembling Cook has been seen riding away at dawn and returning on foot at night Officials say if he is there they are unaware of his presence
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
White Plains
N. Y
Cook
Deputy Sheriff Shot Defying Striking Mob at Steel Plant
Deputy Sheriff Conway Crowley was shot and badly wounded near the Colonial Steel Company plant at Monongahela near Pittsburgh after he ordered a black flag removed and a foreign mob defied police. A striker had placed the black flag on a pole after removing the American flag and gathered around it challenging officers.
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Pennnsylvania
Colonial Steel Company of
Monaco
Pittsburg
Conway Crowley
Cherry Miners Inquest Probes Rescue Efforts
Testimony at a coroner's inquest into the Cherry mine disaster focuses on alleged delays in rescue efforts and claims that the mining company failed to provide adequate protection for miners at work.
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Cherry
Cherry Mine
William Medcalf Dies Noted Engineer and Steel Leader
William Medcalf 71 longtime president of Braeburn Steel Co and of Pittsburg Homeopathic Hospital died at his home after a brief illness. A noted engineer and author on steel manufacturing he held prominent positions in industry and medicine.
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William Medcalf
Braeburn Steel Company
Homeopathic Hospital of
Pittsburg
Tragic House Fire Kills Mother and Three Children in Cornelisville
Myrtie J. Johnson five years old died in a fatal blaze that consumed a Cornelisville home. Her mother and two younger brothers also perished in the fire. The tragedy occurred as the family suffered losses in the early morning blaze.
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Myrtie J. Johnson
Cornelisville
Wife accused of murder by poisoning in St Louis
Mrs Dora E Doxey charged with first degree murder in the death of William J Erder. White arsenic alleged to have been placed in his food by his bigamous wife, per a Warren report analyzing organs after Erder's death.
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W. J Erder
William J. Erder
St. Louis
Dora E. Doxey
William H. Warren
Medical Department of
Washington University
Erder
Lisle
Rate
Ruef Released on Health Bail in San Francisco
Abraham Ruef is ordered released from custody on a $300,000 bail after three court appointed physicians reported his ill health. He has been in county jail since November 13, with his prior bail forfeited the day Prosecutor Heney was shot. Ruef awaits time served on a fourteen year sentence for bribing a supervisor to vote for a trolley franchise.
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Cabaniss
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
Francis J. Heney
United Railroads
Connellsville Fire Kills Mother and Two Sons. Daughter Cremated
Myrtle J. Johnson, 55, cremated after a house fire in Connellsville Pennsylvania killed her mother and two young brothers. The blaze consumed the family home, details show authorities investigating the cause.
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Myrtle J. Johnson
Connellsville
Chicago capitalists back plan for 250000 dollar speedway
Local Chicago capitalists are reported to back a company to build a 250000 dollar motor speedway in Chicago. Other notes include Kentucky tobacco crop projections near 400000000 pounds and snowbound corn losses in S D regions. President Taft opened Spokane national apple show with a congratulatory message to Howard Elliott.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Taft
White House
Washington
D. C
Spokane
Wash
United States
Howard Elliott
Calhoun Named Minister to China by State Department
The State Department in Washington announces the appointment of William J. Calhoun of Chicago as minister to China. Calhoun has accepted the post, and the Chinese government has indicated its pleasure in receiving him. Born in Pittsburgh in 1848, Calhoun’s background and credentials tie him to the incoming mission.
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State Department
Washington, D. C
William J. Calhoun
Chicago
China
Calhoun
Chiese
Pittsburg
1848
Cal
Calhoun shaped Illinois and national politics across decades
Illinois and national political figure Calhoun played a pivotal role from backing McKinley in 1896 to influencing Illinois' delegation. He nearly pursued the Republican Governor nomination in 1900 and served on the Interstate Commerce Commission until 1900. In 1905 he led a Venezuela mission whose report underpins Monroe doctrine actions.
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Houn
Illinois
McKinley
Ilinois
Calhoun
Danville
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Venezuela
America
Fifteen Umatilla Citizens Pay Fines in Federal Case
Fifteen residents of Umatilla County Oregon paid total fines of 345000 in Portland Federal Court on a government land fraud plea. Col J H Raley led the group with a 10009 fine. other defendants included stockmen ranchers and business professionals.
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Umatilla County
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Col
J. H. Raley
Bridgeport Mills End Five Month Strike Resumes
After five months a group of four mills in Bridgeport Ohio of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company reopen with former workers returning voluntarily. The dispute centered on the firm’s open shop policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Bridgeport
Ohio
Fire at Jacksonville warehouse causes large loss
A blaze originating in the wholesale grocery warehouse of Flynn-Haywris Bullard Company and the Co w Bartleson Company in Jacksonville caused an estimated loss of about 75000 dollars. Fire department investigators and local authorities are assessing damages and cause.
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Jacksonville
Fig
Flynn-Hayw ris-Bullard Company
Co. W. Bartleson Company
Body of Auto Victim Found in Chicago River
The body of Max Cohen was recovered from the Chicago River near the Loomis street bridge. He is believed to have died trying to save Miss Beatrice Sharbo, who was in the car with chauffeur Ernest Camp when the vehicle plunged into the river on November 7 at the Jackson boulevard bridge.
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Max Cohen
Francee
Chicago
Loomis Street
Ernest Camp
Jackson Boulevard
Cohen
Beatrice Sharbo
Shapiro
Fire sweeps Baltimore wholesale district causing million-dollar loss
A major blaze swept Baltimore's wholesale district near Lombard and Sharp streets on Thursday night. The fire inflicted at least 1 million dollars in damages and five firemen were seriously injured. Firefighters brought the flames under control by 9 o'clock, and officials said the 1904 catastrophe's key factors were absent this time, avoiding calls for aid from sister cities.
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Baltimore
Lombard and
Sharp Streets
Bryan's World Tour Sets Course Through Americas to Scotland
The piece notes William J. Bryan visiting Ariama to see his son, then traveling to Texas to tend Gulf Coast property, sailing to Panama for a personal Panama Canal inspection, and planning a South America tour before returning for a June Scotland engagement. It quotes Bryan on potential senatorial nomination. It also mentions Justice Brewer on women's suffrage, Cannon's anger at Pearson’s charges, sugar trust probes, ship subsidy importance, and Shaw's Philadelphia address.
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William J. Bryan
Ariama
Texas
Gulf Coast
Panama
Big Ditch
South America
Scotland
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
Ladies’ World
Looming Railroad Strike Threatens Nationwide Shutdown
Authorities warn the United States faces the greatest railroad strike in history as engineers firemen and trainmen demand a 10 percent wage hike. Organizers say over a million workers could strike, potentially tying up more than 150000 miles of track and crippling commerce unless a deal is reached.
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United States
New York
Brotherhood of Railroad
Two Women Highway Robbers Strike in Cincinnati
In a morning attack on Nora McDonald a Cincinnati stenographer, two women, described as the gentler sex, accosted her to ask for directions then pinioned her arms. One thief searched McDonald and stole $25 before the pair fled the scene.
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Nora McDonald
Cincinnati
Miss McDonald
Woman struck by masked assailant at door in burn threat
Mrs George Mann answered a door ring at night and faced a masked woman who threw vitriol into her face shouting I burn your eyes out The attack left her with deep burns though physicians saved her eyes The husband reported threatening letters promising his wife death
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Belfenmine
George Mann
Wealthy Man Gustave Johnson Found Dead in Dayton Rails
Gustav Johnson a wealthy store owner and gravel contractor was found dead near the Big Four and Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroads in Dayton Ohio. A small hole in the forehead resembled a bullet wound but there were no other signs of violence.
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Gustave Johnson
Big Four
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Ohio
Fortune in Grip Owner Threatened Suicide in Ohio
St. Louis lawyer H. Desainted Piednoir carried two valises with about $450,000 in negotiable papers, left a New York train at Bellefontaine Ohio and announced at the station he would kill himself. police took him into custody.
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Desaented
H. 4
Piednoir
St. Louis
New York
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Peppermint Promises Longevity Says John Kipp
John Kipp of Washington New Jersey claims longevity comes from peppermint candy. He celebrated his 103rd birthday and attributes health to the peppermint regimen.
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John Kipp
Washington, N. J
Arrests in Zinda Murder Case in Milwaukee
Karl Wodciechowski and Adam Pietrszak were brought from Blaney Michigan to Milwaukee as suspects in the Hattie Zinda murder case. Both disappeared from Milwaukee around the time of the crime.
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Karl Wodciechowski
Adam Pietrszak
Milwaukee
Blaney, Mich
Hattie Zinda
Indiana Tobacco Growers Pool Formed in Indiana
Indiana tobacco growers form the Indiana Tobacco Growers' Association pool and open a Dale warehouse. The pool offers prices from three to fourteen dollars for Burley tobacco and four to eight fifty for dark tobacco.
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Indiana Tobacco Pool
Tobacco Growers of
Indiana
Indiana Tobacco Growers’ Association
Dale
Ohio Governor Orders Troops to Bridgeport In Strike Riot
Governor Harmon dispatches 21 companies of Ohio state troops to Bridgeport to quell a riot at the Aetna mill of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company. A mob of 700 men fired on guards. Sheriff Amrine calls up citizens as deputies. Martial law imposed on Bridgeport and Martins Ferry amid ongoing open shop strike.
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Harmon
Ohio
Bridgeport
Aetna
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Amline
Amrine
Martin’s Ferry
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers
Morgan Buys Control Of Equitable Life Insurance
Pierpont Morgan gains control of the Equitable Life Insurance Society with 472 million dollars in assets. The announcement, made in New York, follows the purchase of the majority stock from Thomas F. Ryan, who had acquired it from Hyde interests after four years of insurance scandals. The deal signals a shift in influence from insurers to bankers in major financial power dynamics.
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Pierpont Morgan
Equitable Life Insurance Society
New York
Wall Street
Thomas F. Ryan
Hyde
Lynchers to escape in Illinois murder case
State's Attorney Alexander Wilson says Arthur Alexander, the man linked to the Anna Pelley murder in Cairo Illinois, will not face trial this term as public sentiment runs against him. No indictments are expected for those who aided his escape.
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Alexander Wilson
Arthur Alexander
Anna Pelley
Cairo
Urbana
Circuit Court
Bishop Goodsell Dies After Operation in New York
Bishop Daniel Ayers Goodsell of the Methodist Episcopal Church and head of the Rock River Conf erence covering northern Illinois died at his New York City home Sunday morning after an operation for a carbuncle.
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Goodsell
Daniel Ayers Goodsell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rock River Conference
Illinois
New York City
Wife Fatally Stabbed in Detroit. Husband Charged
Mrs. Frank M. Dickerson aged 49 was found stabbed to death in a store doorway and flat building in Detroit. Her husband, charged with her murder, is said to be suffering probable fatal wounds and is in danger to personal safety. The couple reportedly separated four months earlier amid alleged cruelty.
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Frank M. Dickerson
Detroit
Blizzard Rages Across Eastern Montana and Northern Wyoming
A severe blizzard battered eastern Montana and northern Wyoming on Thursday and Friday. Wyoming stockmen fear heavy losses as the storm forces evacuation of 500 school children from Matinee and Sheridan to prevent them from getting lost.
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Montana
Wyoming
Matinee and
Sheridan
Northwest Washington Flood Losses Double as Waters Recede
As floodwaters retreat in north west Washington, losses are estimated to be almost doubled. The Ska Git Valley will be cut off for months, with forty miles of railway needing relocation and new construction to reconnect the region.
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Washington
Skagit Valley
Plot to Assassinate Emperor Rumor Sparks Arrests
An anarchist weekly claims arrests at Breslau during Emperor William in Breslau were due to a plot to assassinate the Emperor. The report identifies a ringleader named Noack and frames the events around Cardinal Kopp’s visit.
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Kaizer
The
Freie Arbeiter
Breslau
William
Cardinal Kopp
Noack
Water Cut Off Strikes 45000 Springfield Residents
A water famine forced several plants in Springfield Massachusetts including the United States arsenal to suspend operations. Five thousand workers lost jobs and the water supply to 45 000 people was shut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
United States Arsenal
Dead Man Found Gagged in Abandoned Canton Shop
A man about 25 was found dead in an empty shop on East Second Street Canton Ohio. The body showed a gag in the mouth a cloth tied over the eyes and a bruise on the forehead suggesting a club assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Second Street
Canton
Ohio
Defeat Halts Merger Plans Between Firms
The Standard Oil decision in federal courts is said to alter the proposed copper merger and may cause delays in its execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Dun & Co Weekly Review Signals Mixed Trade Outlook
R G Dun & Co notes overall progress in trade but warns of temporary drawbacks and rising defaults. Banks show deposits recovering, discounts hold near 5 to 5.5 percent, wholesale dry goods report solid clearance sales, and bank clearings exceed 1908 while 1907 figures rise. Local failures number thirty in the district, with seven over 5,000 dollars last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Re of
Chicago
Jeral Yi
Easi
Fire wrecks Coliseum in San Francisco
All Around the Globe reports the Coliseum amusement hall in San Francisco destroyed by fire with losses of 100000 dollars. In Gresley Colorado, Senator Guggenheim announced a 50000 dollar donation for a new building for the Colorado State Normal School. Samuel and Simon Perlin were arrested in New Haven charged with stealing 12000 dollars in diamonds from J Rosenkranz of Los Angeles.
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Coliseum
San Francisco
Gresley
Colo
Guggenheim
Colorado State Normal School
Samuel
Simon Perlin
New Haven
Conn
J. Rosenkranz
Los Angeles
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