San Francisco claim wins in Hamburg court on earthquake losses
San Francisco policyholders triumph as the Hamburg court orders North German Fire Insurance to pay earthquake losses from last year. The ruling rejects the policy clause ambiguity and also requires Trans Atlantic to reimburse English reinsurers for already settled losses. San Francisco lawyers led by Mr Sutro secured the victory after traveling to Germany.
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Hamburg
San Francisco
Trans-Atlantic Fire Insurance Company
Trans-Atlantic Company
Sutro
Germany
Colorado Shuts Inquiry Into Guggenheim Senate Purchase
In Colorado the upper house tabled a resolution to form a committee to probe Linton Guggenheim’s alleged purchase of a U S Senate seat. Senator Crowley denied motives were partisan as debate ended with 18 Republicans and 11 Democrats voting to table, followed by expunging the matter from records.
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Colorado
J. H. Crawley
Linton Guggenheim
United States
Guggenheim
Crowley
Fred Parks
Woman Found Dead in Hotel Whitcomb Poison Result
Chicago police say the woman found dead at the Hotel Whitcomb was poisoned. She checked in with a man who signed the register as M. Friedman and wife, then disappeared before discovery. Authorities believe the couple traveled from an unknown place and have yet to locate him.
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Chicago
Whitcomb
M. Friedman
Hicago
Fire at Germit factory kills twenty in Geispolsheim
A disastrous blaze at the Hubert company factory in Geispolsheim near Strassburg Friday morning burned sixteen girls and four youths aged 16 to 18 to death. A basket of celluloid scrips ignited by a spark exploded in a room with forty workers, the fire spreading rapidly and cutting off exits.
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Geispolsheim
Strassburg
Germany
Hubert Company
Canadian Bank Looter Held for Trial in Ontario Bank Heist
Ches McGill of Toronto Ontario, former manager of the wrecked Ontario bank, was held for trial on a charge of stealing 126000 dollars from bank funds alleged to have been left in speculation in New York. He was again admitted to bail.
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Ches
McGill
Toronto
Ont
Ontario
New York
French Submarine Algerian Sinks at Cherbourg Moorings
The submarine boat Algerian sank at her moorings in Cherbourg France on Thursday night with no one aboard. Divers recovered the wreck lying on its starboard side at the harbor bottom.
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Cherbourg
France
Sioux City Live Stock Quotes and Flour Shipment Note
Friday market quotes show Butcher steers at 5.20 and Top hogs at 6.35. A Stockton flour shipment of 300 tons, 12,000 sacks, was sent Thursday to the steamer Coptic in San Francisco for famine relief headed to Natignad Crass donors.
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Sioux City
Stockton
Cal
San Francisco
Murder Victim Cullen Draped In Public Tragedy
In Charles City Iowa a mob dragged a man from jail and executed him on a bridge in a public street. Judge Kelly urged the grand jury to pursue the killers without fear or favor, stressing the mob act as a crime far graver than Cullen’s alleged murder. The autopsy noted brain degeneration and adhesions in Cullen, suggesting his fate might have differed if treated in a asylum.
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Verdi
James Cul
Lyric City
stepSoni
Cullen
Kelly
Grand Jury
Oon
Charles City
Floyd County
Iowa
James Cullen
Mob Hangs Man After Fury Over Monster Crime
A mob in Floyd county hanged a man to a bridge at 11 pm on Wednesday after his alleged crime. Crowds gathered with doctors lawyers merchants and workers sharing the aim to avenge a mother and her son. Sheriff Schermerhorn urged lawful dispersal but the crowd remained determined. Public indignation surged as the body swung over the ice covered river.
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Floyd ‘Cbinty
Cullen
W. W.schermerhorn
Wanley Yor 2 Cent Park Urges Indiana Law Passage
Governor of Indiana urges passage of remedial insurance legislation and a suite of reforms. He cites three state officers ousted for misappropriation, $189 460 recovered, lawsuits totaling $126 594 against former officers, and calls for stricter public funds depository rules and stronger official accountability. He also backs private bank supervision and broader powers for the railroad commission with a move to elect US senators by popular vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
J. Frank Haney
Publc
State Railroad Commission
United Staes
Hangman Pavloff Killed in St Petersburg Garden
Lieut. Gen Vladimir Pavloff known as Hangman Pavloff in radical circles was shot dead Wednesday morning in the garden of the military court building. The assassin, in uniform, was pursued through crowded streets after firing about forty shots from two revolvers, killing a policeman and wounding a boy before capture.
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Paviloff
St. Petersburg
Vladimir Pavloff
Pavioff
Frisco Faces Fuel Famine Amid Coal Shortage
San Francisco confronts a looming fuel crisis with only about seven days of coal and fuel in bunkers and retailers. The shortage threatens serious disruption if relief does not arrive, with impacts felt across nearby cities and the bay area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Californina
San Francisco
Bay
Earth Shocks Felt in Christiania Norway
Two severe earthquake shocks were felt at Christiania at 1 30 Thursday morning with thunder like rumbling. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Norway
Church is Hanged in Warrenton for Foster Parents Murder
William E. Church was hanged at Warrenton Missouri on Thursday morning for the murder of his foster parents. He was strangled to death and expressed regret for his crime.
Duse Out of Danger After Pneumonia Illness
Actress Eleonora Duse, who had been ill in Genoa with pneumonia, is now declared out of danger by her physicians.
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Duse
Eleonora Duse
Genoa
Extension for Homesteaders on Montana Lands Approved
President approves bill extending the time for homesteaders to establish residence on lands formerly part of a raw Indian reservation in Montana. The note mentions car shortages and complaints about transportation impacting the northwest region, as discussed before the Inter state Commerce Commission.
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Raw Indian Reservation
Montana
Riots in Rio Blanco and Santa Rosa Kill Thirteen
Thirty killed in Mexican strike riots at Rio Blanco and Santa Rosa, most victims strikers gunned by soldiers. Property losses reach $1,000,000. An exhorting woman urged workers to resume the strike, while M Gareth owner of the mills escaped hidden in a sack. Authorities report control of the situation and no immediate trouble expected.
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Orizaba
Mexico
Rio Blanco
Santa Rosa
M. Gareth
Grand Jury to Hear Terra Cotta Wreck Personnel
Coroner's jury in Washington prepares for action on the Terra Cotta wreck case. Names include Harry H. Hildebrand engineer of No. 2120 Frank F Hoffmier conductor P F Dent dispatcher William B McCauley division operator B L Vermillion engineer J W Kelly Jr conductor George W Nagle trainmaster and William Dutrow telegraph operator. All except Dent were arrested and present at the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harry H. Hildebrand
Frank F. Hoffmier
P. F. Dent
Balimore
William B. McCauley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. L. Vermillion
George W. Nagle
J. W. Kelly, Jr
Baltimore and Ohio
William Dutrow
Silver Springs
Dent
McCauley
Eight Hour Day Secured in Printing Trade Pact
After talks between the United Typothetae of America and the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union, a five year renewal was reached. The eight hour day is granted starting January 1, 1909, in a compromise on the principal issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Typothetae of America
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
Typothetae
Bolt Strikes House In Storm At Aurora NL
During a fierce storm early Tuesday a lightning bolt struck the home of Mrs. Kate Schmidt in Aurora NL demolishing it. She and her son, both injured, narrowly escaped death. The woman is described as a cripple.
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Iwo
Kate Schmidt
Aurora
Flood Loss Reported in Southwest Indiana Corners
In the far southwest corner of Indiana where the Otto and Wabash rivers join, lowlands flood with extensive damage. Acres of Browning wheat destroyed and many livestock losses reported.
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Indiana
Otto
Wabash
Embezzler William Co ander's Sentence Reduced
The sentence of William Co under son, an assistant paying teller at First National Bank in Kansas City Missouri, was cut by Judge Wofford from four years to two years and nine months.
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William Co, Ander‘son
First National Bank
Kansas City
Wofford
Steamers Ground in Dense Fog Off Connecticut Coast
In a dense fog two steamers grounded on Fisher Island off the Connecticut coast on Wednesday. They are visible from shore as heavy seas push them toward pounding to pieces. a vigilant lookout reports damage and indicates the investigation may follow.
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Fisher Island
Connecticut
Conductor narrowly escapes shooting on Northwestern line
In Webster County near Lotryille and Lotryville on the Des Moines to Sioux City route, conductors Hicky and Burley survived gunfire incidents on their trains. A pistol crack shattered a coach window as Conductor Hicky stood in the aisle, nearly fatally struck. a prior attack on Conductor Burley near Tama is referenced. railroad officials probe motive and pattern of attacks along the line.
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Frank
Maines
Webster City
Northwestern
Lotryille
Webster County
Hickette
Lohrville
Hicky
John W. Burley
Burley
Tama
Des Moines
Sioux City
Hawarden
Fugitive is captured and brought to Creston
Brakeman Ed Owens of Creston, after escaping since December 21, is arrested at Chadwick Nebraska and returned to Creston to face charges as one of three men who slugged farmer W. S. Smock and his son on Creston streets. Officer Hixline escorted him back, following agitation by the Business Men's club urging rewards for conviction.
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Nebraska
Creston
Ed Owens
Chadwick
Neb
W. 8. Smock
Cromwell
Owens
Hxline
Business Men's Club
Board of Supervisors
Wesley Pioneer Killed by Milwaukee Train
A. J. Kennedy of Kossuth County was struck and killed by Milwaukee Train No. 8 near Wesley, ten miles west of Britt. He, the first settler of Wesley township, was walking to town along the track to avoid muddy roads and was killed instantly just inside the yard limits. Survived by a large family, his death is noted among northern Town residents.
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A. J. Kennedy
Kossuth County
Milwaukee
Wesley
Britt
Mr. Kennedy
Wesley Township
Two Women Hurt At Fire At Cross Farm Near Cambridge
During the blaze at the Cross farm residence near Cambridge two women were badly injured. Mrs. Cross suffered severe burns on head and shoulders while rescuing property. Mrs. John Pressnal was thrown from a rig as a team fled the flames and suffered bruises and possible internal injuries, though no bones were broken.
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John Cross
John Pressnall
Cross Farm
Cambridge
Railroad Commission Elects New Officers in Des Moines
The railroad commission organized in Des Moines by electing N. 8. Ketch um chairman. Dwight Lewis was re elected secretary and Tom Boylen re elected chief clerk. Clarence Ladd of Estherville was elected stenographer. The commission set Feb. 9 for hearing stockmen petition for lower stock rates.
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Railroad Commission
Des Moines
N. 8
Ketchum
Dwight Lewis
Tom Boylen
Clarence Ladd
Estherville
Union Transfer Implement Co in bankruptcy case filed in Council Bluffs
Schedules show liabilities of 215667 dollars and assets of 86623 dollars. The firm operated in implement jobbing and was burned out December 11 with insurance totaling 60500 dollars. F F Everest has been appointed receiver for the concern.
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Council Bluffs
Union Transfer Implement Company
F. F. Everest
Elevator Fire Destroys Granville Elevator and Grain
A spontaneous combustion fire obliterated the Cannon and Haase elevator at Granville destroying 40,000 bushels of grain. Losses totaled about 20,000 dollars with 20,000 dollars covered by insurance. Owners are George Haase of Granville and Charles Cannon of Paullina. The elevator is to be rebuilt. An appeal for Crofford. Attorney M L Temple argued the second appeal of Dr J W Crofford of Lamount before the supreme court Wednesday. Crofford was convicted of murdering Maud Stone who died from the crime. Postmaster Carmody Reappointed at Mapleton. Charles E Carmody has held the office eight years. Take Out Slot Machines at Marshalltown cited as being removed. Report notes no action yet by the county attorney Joe H Egermayer.
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Cannon & Haase
Granville
George Haase
Charles Cannon
Paullina
Crofford
M. L. Temple
J. W. Crofford
Lamount
Supreme Court
Maud Stone
Marshalltown
Joe H. Egermayer
Aniimad
Mt Ngeimayey
Mrs A F Brown Poisoned By Mistaken Bottle
Mrs A F Brown of Mason City mistook a bottle of horse medicine for cough remedy and ingested a large dose. She collapsed into convulsions, her husband arriving to find her writhing in distress. Emetics were given and physicians sent for as medical staff worked through hours of treatment.
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A. F. Brown
Mason City
Ee ‘Ater
Brown
DIES DURING HER FAREWELL AT DENISON RECEPTION
While the Denison Methodist Home Missionary society hosted a farewell for Mrs. W. E. Cole and her family, she fainted during a song after receiving silver spoons and died around midnight. she had long suffered from apoplexy.
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Methodist Home Missionary Society
Denison
W. EB. Cole
Missouri
Storm Lake man fined for illegal fishing and paraphernalia loss
George Fettis Jr was fined 169 dollars and costs at Storm Lake for unlawfully taking fish. Deputies Green and Brees arrested him after investigation. Two genies and other illegal paraphernalia were destroyed. Local groups including the Commercial club vow stricter fish protection for better fishing ahead.
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Storm Lake
George Fettis, Jr
Green
Brees
Fettis
Commercial Club
Big Electric Line Franchise Moves In Iowa
Big Electric Line in Birmingham has approved a franchise for the Fairfield and Memphis interurban with work to start after Fairfield votes on January 22. Plans consider extending north to Cedar Rapids and farther to Mexico, creating an electric line nearly across Iowa toward St. Louis. Ida Grove seeks hog buyers as Ida Grove business owners raise funds to hire buyers after rivals exit.
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Birmingham
Fairfield
Memphis
Cedar Rapids
Mexico
Iowa
St. Louis
Ida Grove
Chicago Packers
Bride's Kiss to Pay Fee for First Marriage License
A Grundy county clerk offers a novel stipulation by Clerk Blough Iowa Falls that the first marriage license fee may be paid with a kiss from the bride. The note appears amid a jumble of unrelated items including escapes from Mitchellville Industrial School and various local incidents.
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Blough
Grundy County
Iowa Falls
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