Denver inquest verdict links two switchmen to Colorado depot fire
Coroners jury in Boulder finds Frank Kiser and J W Reeves responsible for starting a fire that killed four and caused extensive damage. Reeves and Kiser face wilful murder charges. neither was present at the inquest. Witnesses mention Reeves blaming Kiser and both men evading responsibility while officials probe Harvey Pool’s role. Families of Reeves and Kiser resist, while town repairs damage as depot plans advance.
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Boulder
Colo
Frank Kiser
J. W. Weves
Reeves
Kiser
George Wo Teal
George F. Fonds
Denver
Harvey Pool
J. W. Reeves
New Jersey
Mre Kiser
Heeves
Moon
St. Gertrude’s Academy
Sisters of the Catholic Church
Colorado and Southern Road
Ninth
Walnut Streets
George Fo Ponda
Fire aftermath and legal actions unfold in Boulder
After Monday morning’s fire at the old Kilton works in Boulder, the city council ordered oil tanks removed beyond city limits. Continental Oil Company representative Mr. Keeping argued the tanks are not a threat due to safety devices. Jail inmates J W Reeves and Frank Hiser, who confessed to starting the depot fire, remain incommunicado and unrepresented, with indications they will plead guilty. RD Woodward of Boulder seeks the $1 reward for arrest information and has hired a Denver attorney to pursue it in court.
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Kilton Works
Keeping
Continental Oil Company
Denver
Bartell
Poulder
J. W. Reeves
Frank Heiser
Colorado and Southern
Boulder
Kiser
Reeves
RD. Woodward
Five Men Die In Elevator Cage Crash At Johnstown
Five miners are dead and a half dozen injured after an elevator cage overturned at the Sherman adaft tipple near Johnstown Pennsylvania. The cage fell six hundred feet to the shaft bottom with several men surviving as miracles.
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Pittsburg
Tully
Sherman Adaft
Johnstown
Harriman denies interview claiming railroads stay private
K H Harriman telegraphed the Associated Press from San Francisco denying an Sparks Nevada interview in which he was said to want to own all U S railroads and that he wished to control or manage them for the government.
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New York
K. H. Harriman
Associated Press Today
San Prandsco
Sparks
Nev
United States
Plague Outbreak Reported in San Francisco
The Marine Hospital Service reports bubonic plague in San Francisco with one fatality. The notice came from the sanatorium in the Golden Gate district.
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San Francisco
Washington
Marine Hospital Servicer
Golden Cate
Newspaper Man Owens Dies by Laudanum Poisioning
Cincinnati reports Joh F Owens a renowned newspaper writer and traveler killed himself with laudanum after a crisis sparked by his obsession with Mrs Bonnie Tucker former wife of a city politician. Owens deserted his wife over the affair.
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Cineinnati
Joh
F. Owens
Bonnie Tucker
Canal Commission Buys Steam Shovels For Panama Canal
The Canal Commission awards a contract to furnish fourteen new steam shovels to speed excavation on the Panama Canal. Existing fleet includes sixty shovels at work with the new units to boost loading and digging capacity by about sixty percent.
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Canal Commission
Washington
Panama Canal
Ikthuian Canal Commission
Moors menace beleaguered town near Casa Blanca
Tangier Aug 17 Moors gather for a grand attack on the French and Spanish camps at Casa Blanca. About 20 000 horsemen prepare for a bloody battle as General Drude strengthens defenses. Foreigners flee as moorish violence escalates across Moroccan coast towns.
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Tangie
Casa Blanca
Drude
Globe
Mehediah Tea
Casa Blanes
Morocco
Raisall
Cald
Harry MacLean
Paris faces Morocco crisis as Europe trembles
The Paris dispatch notes Morocco's turmoil stirs public opinion and alarms Germany. The French government pursues a cautious stance toward Berlin while awaiting Edward VII and the Kaiser’s meeting. France fears entente strains with England and the prospect of Berlin and London realignments behind Paris.
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Paris
Morocco
Germany
Berlin
Edward
France
England
M. Judet
Moroccans hold casualties and fears over MacLean
Wireless from Casa Blanca reports Mazagan situation remains alarming. Dailies say prisoners released, European status in Morocco unsettled. No confirmation of Sir Harry Maclean’s release as of August 12.
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Taneler
Casa Blanca
Mazagan
Morocco
Caid
Harry Maclean
MacLean
Casa Blanes
Komias
Moors threaten siege of Casa Blanca to French camp
Moors surrounding Casa Blanca send message to General Drude threatening extermination of his troops and destruction of the town if he does not surrender at once. The French commander ignored the ultimatum and the stand remains tense with an anticipated attack possibly tonight or tomorrow.
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Casa Blanca
Drude
Pennsylvania Road to Wage War on Tramps
Pittsburg August 17 The Pennsylvania railroad sent circulars to magistrates in territories it serves urging harsh handling of train riding tramps. A nitro glycerine incident yesterday harmed two train crews and exploded at Ridgway Virginia. The hospital report lists five injured including the bomber who was a burglar.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Penneyttani Railroad
Ridgway
Fifty Million Spent to Merge U S Paper Market
A high standing paper maker states the International Paper company is consolidating mills across Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan. He says options cover most mills and within a year the company will control the U S paper market by spending thirty to fifty million dollars to buy plants in the middle west.
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United States
Appleton
Wis
International Paper Company
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Middle West
Engineer Dies As Train Engine Jumps Track Near St Louis
The Iron Mountain passenger train from Little Rock derailed fourteen miles south of St Louis. Engineer Platt was killed and fireman injured. Platt had been chosen pallbearer for fellow engineer Robert Johnson, who died in a boiler explosion the previous Thursday night.
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St. Louis
Little Rock
Platt
Robert Johnson
Graft Trial Witness Convicted of Contempt
Emil Ek Zimmer president of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company was convicted of contempt of court for refusing to answer questions in the first trial of Louis Glass in Judge Lawler's court. Judge Weller postponed sentence until next Wednesday after the defendant’s counsel objected to passing by consent of the prosecution.
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San Francisco
Cal
Emil Ek, Zimmer
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Louis Glass
Lawler
Weller
Baseball scores from a mixed league games listing
American League results show Chicago 0 Washington, Cleveland 6, St Louis 0 and Philadelphia 9. National League notes Philadelphia and St Louis tied 2 games with Philadelphia leading 6 to 0 in the second game. wording suggests a partial box score with incomplete team spellings.
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Philadelphia
St Louis
St Louisa
Disjointed City Entries and Crime Report From Early Times
In Detroit and Chicago area notes, visitors and celebrations are listed with scattered city names and numbers. A Detroit inmate, 12, dances at a Jacob home in Philadelphia. A Baltimore and Ohio station robbery at 1:30 a.m. yields a blown safe and $50 seized from operators Toups and Voops.
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Warsaw
Ind
Baltimene and
Ohio
Pruense
W. A. Toups
Tt. Vooops
Fire destroys Portland business district in Arkansas
A major blaze in Portland Arkansas wiped out the entire business section. Twelve stores and eight residences burned as there was no local fire department available and the fumes burned out after the flames.
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Little Rock
Ark
Portland
Philadelphia Woman Shot by Railroad Worker in Dispute
Agnes Dognan 30 was killed in Philadelphia as Jobo A. Dogan a railroad tagman refused lender money became involved in the shooting. The incident occurred today with authorities investigating motive and circumstances.
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Philadelphia
Agnes Dognan
Jobo A. Dogan
German Shepherd Wasser Killings A Harlem Tragedy
In Harlem New York on Aug 17 George Wasser a German 25 murdered his wife and was shot by his daughter after exchanging fire with her The mother died from her wounds and the father died shortly after The daughter was arrested and accused her father had longtime cruel treatment of the family
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New York
Kether Davis
Daughters of Jacob
George Wasser
Harlem
Wasser
Preparing trouble for Capitol grafters
Harrisburg Pa August 17 Criminal and civil suits against contractors on the new capitol building and former state officials implicated in the scandal will be instituted as soon as papers are prepared. Whether all eighteen persons named by the capitol investigation commission will be prosecuted will be decided by the attorney general.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Capitol Investigation Commission
Secretary Strauss Arrives in San Francisco From Honolulu
Secretary Strauss arrives with Oseir Strauss and W K Ishi aboard the steamers from Honolulu. He examines immigration and labor questions, aid to navigation, and island housing site selections. He finds no hostile sentiment toward Americans among Hawaiians.
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Hawaii
Asia
Labor groups oppose Standard Oil fine in debate
The Federated Trades Council in Milwaukee passes resolutions opposing Judge Landis's large fine on Standard Oil. They argue under current business practices the public bears the cost, and insist government ownership is the only remedy.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Federated Trades Council
Landis
Conductor May Eject Passenger Without Police Aid
In St. Louis a Wyoming street car case decided by Justice Kielber yesterday holds conductor Otto Reineh at 3829 Arsenal Street could eject a passenger without police help. Reineh was fined $4 and costs after a complaint by conductor Otto H. Pink.
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St. Louis, Mo
St. Louis Street
Justice Kielber
Wyoming
Train Crew Held for Slaughter
Washington reports a federal grand jury indicted engine driver Henry M Hilderbrand conductor Frank Offiier Ralph Butter brakeman and two others from Mallimere and their team for a passenger train wreck at Terra Cotta D December 34 killing forty three and injuring sixty three warrants issued for the men. The panel blamed the crew for neglecting block signals and traveling at fifty miles an hour in a dense fog.
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Washington
Aug
Mansiaveahter
Federal Grand Jury
Henry MH. Hilderbrand
Offiier
Mevielson
Fiveuin
Ralph Butter
Mallimere
Hbo Speviat
Terra Cotta
D. Clon
Ami
Moran Indicts Boston Officials in City Hall Graft Probe
District Attorney Moran wins first victory as grand jury indicts James H. Doyte and James A. Hatton. Doyte faces charge of promising a gratuity and Hatton for perjury. both plea not guilty and are held on $3,000 bonds awaiting superior court hearing. Indictment ties to a bid to push a $1.599 million loan bill through city council amid alleged promises of support.
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Boston
Mass
John B. Moran
James H. Doyte
James A. Hatton
Doyte
John FP
Fitzgerald
Hatton
City Hall
Atorney
San Francisco
Charles T. Harding
Union Chiefs Claim Companies Must Yield
Chicago August 17 Western Union officials say the telegraphers general strike has little effect in the city noting only seven men cut from returns across twenty states. Commercial Telegraphers union claims the firms are crippled and will yield to striker demands as peacemakers make scant progress. Western Union added twenty five operators to the main office and some strikers sought their old jobs after returning.
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Chicago
Western Union
New York
Naval Heroes Earn High Praise for Selfless Rescue
Acting Secretary Newberry commends Edward Wade Whitehead first class gunner’s mate for risking his life to save a comrade during a landslide at Tutuila Samoa. The record notes Whitehead shielded Sergeant John F. Cox from a collapsing wall until relief arrived on the Adams. Additional officers commended others who helped rescue three people after a launch collision near Chelsea ferry.
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Washington
Newberry
Navy Department
Edward Wade Whitehead
Whitehead
Newperry
Tutuila
Samoa
John F. Cox
United States
Adams
Wabash
Department
Leer
Chelsea
Holland
Rwenszey
M Someries
Dj Brown
Hawkin
Quinn
Brith
M ! Meyer
A. K. Pranessnad FE
Hubbell Mining Village Destroyed by Fire
The village of Hubbell was wiped out by a blaze today. Twenty two dwellings four stores the Bismanck hotel coal shed trestles and coal piles of Calumet Mining Company were destroyed. Loss estimated over 200000.
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Hancork
Mick
Hubbell
Col Piles
Calumet
Bank Cashier Arrested Over 12000 Shortage
New York August 17 Robert Gill cashier at Stapleton National Bank of Brapleton Biazen Island was arrested on charges of being short in his accounts. The director announced the shortage reportedly totals about 822 wooll, Gill was released on bail and has since assisted in examining the accounts.
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New York
Robert Pinkerton
Pinkerton National Detetive
Pinkerton
Iremen
Ceremany
Robert A. Pinkerton
Plymouth
Robert
Gill
Stapleton National Bank
Brapleton
Biazen Island
Wooll
Telegraph Strike Prompts Use of Labor-Saving Machines
In New York Aug 17 striking telegraph operators face looming disruption as Postal and Western Union deploy machines that replace eight and four operators respectively. The gain from automation may push main offices to full machine use soon, leaving skilled operators to smaller offices. The new octuple machines require only a typerwriter operator, with four messages possible simultaneously.
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New York
Postal
Western Union
Howe
Commissioner Neili Returns to Wastilington
Washington Aug 17 Commissioner of Labor Neill arrived from Chicago where he sought to settle the telegraphers strike. He says he is ready to act as mediator if called upon.
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Washington
Neill
Chicago
Western Union War with Railroads Over Telegraph Control
New York August 17 Western Union argues it can compel railroads to handle its messages under contract. Railroads resist after William Brooks notes rail operators may refuse. New York Central confirms contract requires employees to handle commercial telegraph business while remaining neutral in the dispute.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Helgidere Brooks
Brookes
Smith
New York Central Rmailroad Company
Jetter
New York Central
Feht
Comrae
Mattway
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