Doomed Duquesne limited wreck roars through Laurel Run
A Baltimore and Ohio Duquesne limited passenger train crashed near Laurel Run two miles west of Dawson, killing about 63 people and injuring more than 30. Engine Thornley, division engineer Heaton, and fireman Cook among the dead, many victims burned in the smoking car as the engine tore into timber and plunged into the Youghiogheny river. A baggage master, Thomas Baum, crawled from wreckage to flag another train and prevent further loss. Rescue crews and physicians rushed to Connellsville with a relief train as track sections were torn up and the disaster scene overwhelmed witnesses.
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Pittsburg
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Laurel Run
Dawson
Youghiogheny River
Thornley
Thomas J. Baum
Hazelwood
Baum
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Duquesne Limited
Connellsville
Sims
Irwin
Fight in Chicago to finish as police guard funerals
In Chicago the six day strike between livery drivers and undertakers over open shop plans disrupts funerals. Police pledge fullest protection. injunctions may restrain picketing. large funerals planned with many carriages and a strong police presence.
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Chicago
Evanston
Rose Hill Cemetery
Thomas Farnsworth
Murdered by a Thief Near Snohomish
Everett Washington December 28 report that John H. Hots living near Snohomish was shot through the heart last night by a chicken thief he was lying in wait for. The killer escaped and no clue to his identity is known.
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Everett, Wash
John H. Hots
Snohomish
Montana forger Thurlow Parker escapes on train
Thurlow W Parker alias Brown known as Jim the Penman, a 20 year old forger, escaped from Portland detectives en route to Portland from Helena. He was shackled with leg irons and dressed in night clothes when he slipped away during a porter’s sleep on the Oregon Railway train at Umatilla station. Parker, son of Deer Lodge moneyed parents, forged over goods in Portland six weeks ago and was tracked by Detective Joe Days.
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Portland
Ore
Thurlow W. Parker
Brown
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Umatilla Station
Joe Day
Pullman Palace
Parker
Deer Lodge
Mont
Helena
Detective Day
Helena Jail Prisoner Held Over WW Days
Special Dispatch from Helena reports Parker, an inmate of the city jail, remained in custody for about WW days awaiting decision on his case and action by Portland authorities. He faced alleged forged checks across Helena Bozeman Missoula and other towns. Detective Joe Day of Portland transported the prisoner to Portland via Butte, then to the coast after a stopover in Butte.
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Standard
Helena
Parker
Helena City
Portland
Bozeman
Missoula
Montana
Joe Day
Butte
Coast
Court orders ignored in supreme court show cause
Legal note states that any injunction would be disregarded and the order to show cause in the supreme court may be ignored. The wording implies decisive action against enforcement pending further proceedings. No additional parties or dates are specified in the fragment.
Heinze Faces injunction action over Minnie Healey mine
In Helena on December 23 Judge McHatton presided as Heinze argued that an injunction against him would not bind the Hypoka Mining Company which operates the Minnie Healey mine. He questioned the injunctions effect and attacked supporting affidavits while presenting deeds and patents tracing transfers to Hypoka and others. He testified the contested portion had no relation to the Heinze Finlen dispute and noted the companys unprofessional operations.
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F. A. Heinze
Minne Healey
J. J. McHatton
Hypoka Mining Company
McHatton
Minnie Healey
Heinze
Jorge McHatton
Otto
Stanley Gifford
United States
Devlins
John D. AllNlport
May Miller
F. Aug. Heinze
Court of the Fifth Judicial District
John D. Allport
Vie
Supreme Court
F. Aug. Fleinze
Oo. C. Heinze
Miles Finlen
Mr. Heinze
0. C. Heinze
Mr. Shores
Hypoka Company
K. H. Wilson
Hypoka
Sais Gravelle Told of Scheme Trial of Alleged Railroad Dynamiter
Sais Gravelle testified about a plot to blow up railroad property as the trial of the alleged dynamiter proceeded. The proceedings centered on Gravelle and other witnesses detailing the plan, participants, and suspected targets.
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Sais Gravelle
Gravelle confession ties him to dynamite outrages
Isaac Gravelle’s trial hears John Reardon testify Gravelle confessed to planning the dynamite attacks and prints threatening letters to Bert Coty, the jury foreman, and to the Northern Pacific. Witnesses identify evidence from Gravelle’s jail, including letters and boot prints, as part of the case. defense rebuttal expected.
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John Reardon
Gra
Bert Coty
The
Northern Pacific
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Connellsville, Pa
William Thornley
S. G. Heaton
Thomas Cook
Herbert Holmes
Emmerton
Jesse Hines
Tarboro
N. C
Union News Company
Charles Lindford
Confluence, Pa
Edwards
Cumberland
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Hannock
Richard Duckett
Baltimore
Edison Goldsmith
Connells
W. AH. Hancock
J. W. Bromley
North Braddock
Annie R. Greenwood
Pittsbore
Thomas J. Dom
Helgth
M. Martin
Hancock
J. A. Allfurter
Renston
W. Va
Henry Davies
Rockwood
W. FE. Linford
East McKeesport
William Edwards
Thomas T. Tippler
Philadelphia
Harry Devlin
W. H. Stoddard
FE. P. Reyers
Somerset
John K. Powers
South Cumberland
J. W. Altman
Aaron Verg
East Pitt
Sam
Sonny
O'Neil
Liverymen and Undertakers’ Association
Livery Drivers’ Union
Circuit
North Side
Montana Forger
Thurlow
W. Parker
Jim
Penman
Mhatton
Hear
Nection With Company
the Standard
Railroad Dynamiter
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McFetridge
Gravelle
Jones
Reardon
McCann
Charles Verona
Great Falls
Frank Latta
Rocky Mountains
Blossburg
Priest's Pass
Columbia Gardens
Myron
Myron Shanks
Dan Boyle
Priest's Pass House
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