Sixty Die in Chicago Lake Crib Fire
A massive blaze at the Seventy first Street crib used by George W. Jackson for a water tunnel project killed about 60 workers and injured many more. Ninety men were on the structure when the fire started from a powder magazine, with communications cut and icy waters preventing escape. Rescue attempts were hampered, and officials blamed a lack of precautionary measures and inspection of the wooden frame.
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Chicago
Seventy-first Street
George W. Jackson
Crib
T. T. Morford
Wells Street Bridge
Lake Michigan
Sewer and Tunnel Miners’ Association
Ewing Street
Joseph D’andrea
D’ Andrea
Taft Heads to Panama Canal With Engineers Panel
President Elect Taft embarked toward the Panama Canal aboard the Montana amid gun salutes. He travels with a consulting engineers group including Arthur P. Davis John R. Freeman Allen Hazen Isham Randolph James Dix Schuyler and Frederic P. Stearns to evaluate canal work and advise Roosevelt on continuing the lock digging plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Montana
Taft
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Arthur P. Davis
United States Reclamation Service
John R. Freeman
Providence
R. I
Allen Hazen
New York
Isham Randolph
Chicago
James Dix Schuyler
Los Angeles
Cal
Frederic P. Stearns
Boston
Four Men Die in Avalanche at Camp Bird Mine
Four men died and more than a score narrowly escaped death as an avalanche buried the Camp Bird mine near Ouray Colorado. The avalanche swept over the mine setting off a rescue operation and raising concerns about mining safety in the region.
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Camp Bird
Ouray
Coto
White House Conference Presses Preservation of the Home
At the White House conference on the care of dependent children President Roosevelt opened the meeting urging home preservation as vital for the nation’s future. He said aid to poverty should come from government and private charity, and named Homer Folks to chair. Catholic and charitable leaders argued for family unity and state oversight of child care agencies.
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Roosevelt
White House
Homer Folks
State Probation Commission of
New York
Michael J. Scanlan
New York Catholic Home Bureau
Ernest P. Bicknell
Conference Charities and Correction
James F. Jackson
Associated Charities
Cleveland
Wiley May Quit Bureau Over Benzoate Findings
A referee board ruling on benzoate of soda in foods challenges Dr. Wiley head of the agriculture department bureau of chemistry. The panel says Wiley's poison squad conclusions on benzoate risk are wrong and implies his resignation may follow.
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Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Dr. Wiley
New Maine at Havana Marks Anniversary of Warship Arrival
On the eleventh anniversary of the Maine's 1898 mission the new Maine and the modern Mississippi entered Havana harbor for General Jose Miguel Gomez's inauguration and the new Cuban government. The ships anchored near the sunken battleship's wreck as crowds gathered along the waterfront to view the ceremony.
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Maine
Cuban
Havana Harbor
Jose Miguel Gomez
Union League Club Elects New Officers in Chicago Ballot
The Union League club in Chicago elected Justice Jesse Holdom as president and named William Holabird, William B. Biddie as vice presidents along with F. L. Hankey as treasurer and Walter D. Herrick as secretary in the annual balloting.
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Union League Club
Chicago
Justice Jesse Holdom
William Holabird
William B. Biddie
F. L. Hankey
Walter D. Herrick
Alton Fine Upheld for Railroad Rebates to Packers
The Chicago and Alton Railway Company must pay a $60,000 fine for granting rebates to Kansas City Packers. The U.S. Supreme Court denied the company’s petition for a rehearing of the case.
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Chicago and Alton Railway Company
Kansas City
Supreme Court of the United States
Newfoundland Fisheries Arbitration Reached With Hague
Secretary Root signs agreement with British Canadian and Newfoundland governments to submit the Newfoundland fisheries question to The Hague court for arbitration.
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Secretary Root
Newfoundland
Hague Court For Arbitration
Baltic Collision Drama Shows Blame on Wheelman
After the Republic and Florida crash near Nantucket Shoals three dead and many injured were flown to New York aboard the Baltic. Survivors praised Captain Sealby of the Republic while conflicting accounts blamed a wheel error or frightful drop of the helm on the Florida.
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Republic
Florida
Nantucket Shoals
New York
Baltic
Seneca
Nantucket Youth Shoals
Rospin
Jack Binns the Hero in Transatlantic Disaster
The Washington House heard Rep Boutell honor John R. Binns the Marconi operator aboard the reform liner Republic who stayed at his post when the ship collided with the Florida. Boutell praised Binns as a silent hero embodying quiet courage in danger and urged public admiration.
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House of Representatives
Washington
John R. Binns
Marconi
Republic
Florida
Boutell
Illinois
House
Binns
Jack’ Binns
Cathedral Cornerstone Laid in Denver Church
The cornerstone of the new $500 000 cathedral of St. John the Evangelist was laid in Denver with hundreds of parishioners and clergy from Denver and other cities witnessing the ceremony.
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Denver
St. John the Evangelist
Scott's Emulsion Promoted for Family Health
An advertisement urges households to keep Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites for colds, robust children, frail parents, and lung ailments, claiming it builds strength and is the standard remedy. Readers are invited to send paper name, address, and four cents for a world atlas.
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J. B. Kooser & CO
Miet
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Kodol
E. E. de Witt & Co
Tsale
C. A. Gamble
Uns.e NY
Sunset Magazine
Woman's Home
Compan
San Francisco, California
Lake Crib
Canal
Salis
Charleston
New Maine
Havana
Union League
Alton
Supreme Court
Hague Court
Jack
Congress
Scott
J. W. Adams
John Allan
Depot
Ames
C.R. Quade
G. A. Brugger
U. S. Spring
West Main St
Mutual
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