Bennington Boiler Explosion Wrecks U S Navy Ship
A boiler blast aboard the Bennington in San Diego harbor tears through the ship at 10 30 am Friday. Thirty nine crew dead, dozens hospitalized with severe scalds and burns as bodies lie in morgues and wreckage blocks access to the boiler room. The disaster leaves the vessel beached and the bay scene filled with grim casualties and rescuers.
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Hale
United States
Bennington
San Diego
Cal
City Morgues
San Diego Bay
San Diego City
Davis & Anderson
Johnson & Connell
Woolman & Bradley
Agnew Hospital
Commercial Wharf
Rush for Work as Chicago Strikers Seek Old Jobs
Chicago teamsters who Thursday ended a long strike surged back to former jobs on Friday, besieging employers at their firms. Employers reported only a few vacancies, with 1,400 to 1,500 of more than 4,000 quitting expected to be reinstated soon. Coal teamsters and truck drivers did not join the rush, while most strikers at department stores filed reinstatement applications.
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Chicago
Millionaire inventor killed in Los Angeles crash
M T Hancock a noted plow inventor and manufacturer died late Thursday night after his car collided with a buggy in Los Angeles Cal His wife son and daughter were seriously injured He had faced police court for driving beyond the speed limit The report notes a fortune for Iowa girl Pearl Martin and a large estate left by Mrs Jan Martin of Nevada Ind
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Los Angeles
M. T. Hancock
Cal
Iowa
Jan Martin
Nevada
Pearl Martin
Iowa Railroads Show Net Increase Despite Lower Earnings
The Iowa railroad system reports 1905 gross earnings of 57,303,845 with operating expenses at 42,051,273, yielding a net rise from 1904. Taxes paid totaled 2,141,863, while per mile figures show 1905 gross 5,855 and net 1,006. The report notes earnings declines from 1904 but a higher net due to lower costs.
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Iowa
Davidson
State Executive Council
Milroads
Strike Ends as Unions Vote to Return to Work
Employers and unions moved to halt the walkout after most unions had not yet voted, council says further effort would be futile. Lumber teamsters vote to resume work, department store and express drivers follow, with expected reinstatements near 60 percent and about 100 express drivers likely rehired. Express companies oppose reinstatement for strikers, while other small unions plan to vote on ending the strike.
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Seless
Ranka
Railway Express
Express
Teamsters’ Union
Tragedy in Heat Ravages New York Tenements
Distressing incidents in New York include the killing of an infant by a distressed young woman driven insane by heat. Several deaths occurred as people fell from fire escapes while fleeing stifling crowded tenements. The city morgue stored 150 bodies in cold storage with a faulty refrigerating system, resorting to ice and potter's field burials.
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York
Brooklyn
Bank Goes Under as City National Bank Closes Doors
The City National Bank of Kansas City failed to open on Thursday, tied to the First National Bank of Topeka collapse. C J Devlin of Topeka held notes exceeding 100000, while American National Bank KC faced about 200000 of Devlin paper. Other Kansas City banks shunned a run, a banker said.
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Kansas City
JUDGE HOOKER CLEARED, Legislature Finds Re Is Not Guilty
Albany dispatch reports the legislature defeated a concurrent resolution seeking removal of Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker. The judiciary committee presented the measure accusing him of corrupt unlawful and immoral acts, but 46 votes against removal secured his clearance.
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Albany
Supreme Court
Warren B. Hooker
Committee On Judiciary
Justice Hooker
Loan Not Found Mystery in Equitable Transaction
A New York dispatch reports no record of a 685000 loan at the Merchants Trust Company allegedly carried in the name of President James W. Alexander and Comptroller Thomas D. Jordan for five or six years. State Bank Examiner Judson announced the finding after Horace C. Deming testified before Superintendent Hendricks.
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Equitable
New York Dispatch
Mercantile Trust Company
Horace C. Deming
Hendricks
James W. Alexander
Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Society
State Bank
Judson
Interstate Fair Sioux City Show Promises to be Better Than that Year
Secretary I J Wiriek of the Interstate Live Stock Fair announces Sioux City events from Sept 11 to 16 will spend more on free attractions premiums and good races than prior fairs. Last year’s profits funded grounds improvements and purses totaling 12000 for races and 20000 for displays. Six top free attractions will parade daily before the grand stand. The fair joined the grand circuit, guaranteeing races rivaling any state fair. Railroads offer a round trip fare for the week.
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Sioux City
I. J. Wiriek
United States
Widow Huntington Paid $10000 For Book Subscription
A New York special reports that district attorney investigators will examine the Town Topics Books firm records regarding the book Facts and Fancies sold by subscription. Assistant DA Invotel found entry details but was refused access to some pages. It is noted that while the book’s regular price was 1500 dollars, some subscribers paid more, including Mrs Collis P Huntington widow of the railroad promoter.
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Huntington
New York
Invotel
Town Topics
Fraud order stands against bank and Lewis in St. Louis
Federal Judge McPherson upheld the fraud order issued by Postmaster General Cortelyou, denying the bank and Lewis an injunction to restrain postmaster Wyman from stamping mail as fraudulent. Wyman will resume stamping bills of mail addressed to the People's United States Bank and E G Lewis and return it to senders.
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People's Bank At
St. Louis
McPherson
Cortelyou
People’s United States Bank
E. G. Lewis
Wyman
Lewis
Powers Case Cleared as Legal Scrutiny Clears Court
The Caleb Powers case notes that Jaller Ploeger and two deputies along with citizens were dismissed from a study in Cincinnati after the court found Mayor Helmbold illegal in attempting to designate where federal prisoners should be incarcerated. Assistant Secretary Willett N. Kaya assumes broad control of the Bureau of Statistics in Washington with Wilson’s authorization to cleanse the bureau of the stigma left by the cotton leak scandal.
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Charles Johnson
Andrew Schwendeman
Alex Smith
Waterloo
Caldwell
Johnson
Caleb Powers
Jaller Ploeger
Newport, iKy
Stydy
Cincinnati
Helmbold
Erates
Ilegal
Secretary of Agriculture
Willett N. Kaya
Bureau of’ Statistics
Washington
Fragmented Notes From a Storm Affects Local Ground Game
A damaged line of OCR text references a storm event affecting a local game or activity. Mentions include Roy McAloon James McAloon from Dubuque county, a Captain A BR of Altoona, and Mitchellville. No clear dates or definitive outcomes are provided.
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Clara
Caskee
St. Frans
Beal
Roy McAloon
James McAloon
Dubuque
Bolt of Fightn
A. BR
Altoona
Bnd
Mitchellville
Altoo
Deel
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