Escape from prison rattles Missouri line riders
Three trusted convicts escaped from Missouri State Penitentiary near Jefferson City and rode sixty miles toward St. Louis aboard the blind baggage end of a Missouri Pacific train. Passengers panicked as they travelled with the trio in prison garb until Conductor J B Wheeler and crew forced them off at Kent. The escapees Henry Grimm Samuel Thompson and John Sigginbotham were close to release, each with only a short time left to serve.
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Jefferson City
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
J. B. Wheeler
Kent
Henry Grimm
Samuel Thompson
John Sigginbotham
Woman shields a wife in Zimmerman's shooting at Owatonna
Mrs Quam, wife of H Quann, was struck by a bullet fired by Fred Zimmerman at the Quann home on Rice Lake road near Owatonna Minnesota. Zimmerman, who had quarreled with his wife, was arrested after the incident described as a possible deadly shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinn
Zimmerman
Owatonna
Minn
Quann
Rice Lake Road
Fred Zimmerman
Quam
Talks for Week. Ohio Man Cannot Stop Even to Sleep and Doctors Are Puzzled
Ohio farmer John Fish near Nor rinsburg has talked nonstop for seven days with no sleep. Physicians have consulted but cannot halt the chatter though he remains coherent and seemingly sane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
John Fish
Norrinsburg
Tre
Twelve Killed by Yaquis near Valencia Mexico
In a running clash near Dawson Oklahoma a deputy US marshal Strickland was shot and left for dead. The Yaqui attack killed twelve, including one American, eleven Mexicans, with over 100 warriors in the party as authorities pursued the assailants who were captured and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Guyamas
Mexico
Rocky Country
United States
Strickland
Dawson
Tulsa
T.T
Tragedy at Washington Train Wreck Claims Fifty
Fifty persons were killed and 100 injured when a locomotive hauling empty cars struck a local train returning residents to the capital after a holiday. Bodies lay along the track as rescue and relief efforts followed the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prisoner Perishes in Fire at Jacksonville Jail
The city jail in Jacksonville Alabama burned the other night and Richard Walker the sole inmate was cremated. Walker had been jailed for beating his brother and wife whom he drove from home. Unclear who started the jail fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ala
Richard Walker
Walker
Postmaster General urges pay raise and more leave
Postmaster General Hitchcock in his annual report urged raising postal employee salaries and doubling annual leave to protect service efficiency. Methodist Bishop A Coke Smith of the Methodist Episcopal church south died in Asheville North Carolina. He was elected bishop at the Dallas general conference four years ago. Pleurisy caused death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
A. Coke Smith
Methodist Episcopal
South
Asheville
N. C
Dual murder suspected over hidden treasure in Chicago
Police suspect a double murder linked to a hidden treasure after two partners in a coal business, Robert Widgren and Herman Oldberg, were found dead from gas in their Chicago office at 170 Elm Street. The door and window were locked from inside. a monkey wrench and open gas pipe framed the scene. Albert Oberg discovered the bodies and reported the incident, smelling gas before his brief exit. Neither man had evident motive or witnesses, and both were unmarried.
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170
Elm Street
Chicago
Robert Widgren
Herman Oldberg
Widgren
Albert Oberg
Investors Seek Klondike Stampedes Around Dawson
Investors flood Klondike mining as New York capital enters. Since last May over 1000 claims have been staked within fifty miles of Dawson. Hydraulic and dredge methods revive idle ground, with Guggenheims taking over 250 Bonanza Creek claims valued around five million dollars.
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Dawson
Klondike
New York
Guggenheims
Bonanza Creek
Year’s record in life saving service report
General Superintendent Kimball presents the life saving service annual report. It records 849 marine disasters in U S waters, 5 320 lives endangered, 49 vessels and 29 lives lost, 811 persons rescued, and property saved valued at 12 266 100 against 2 775 040 lost.
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Kimball
Life Saving Service
Hie
United States
Attack on Physician's Wife Sparks Race Riots in Oklahoma
In El Reno a white mob threatens lynching after a Black Twenty-fifth Infantry soldier assaulted Mrs. T. Clifford and her sister Mrs. S. H. Clarke. The attacker grabbed Clifford and dragged her into the street claiming the sidewalk was his. Police reported the soldier fled before aid arrived.
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Hurley
Ffth Infantry
el Reno
Okla
T. Clifford
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownville
Texas
Clifford
S. H. Clarke
Explosion and Fire Threaten $2,000,000 Northwestern Plant
An explosion and fire at the Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Co plant in Evanston Illinois killed one man and seriously injured three others. The blaze caused about 25,000 dollars in damage. Dense smoke from a 12,000 gallon tar tank added a dramatic element to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Company
Evanston
Young Parricide Escapes Conviction in Spokane
In Spokane Washington Sidney Sloane aged 18 was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of his father James W Sloane a pioneer Spokane merchant. Robbery was the motive and it is likely the youth will be sent to the insane asylum.
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Young Parricide
Spokane
Wash
Sidney Sloane
James W. Sloane
Fire damages multiple Wilmington shops in deadly blaze
A major fire in Wilmington, Delaware damaged the Wilmington Candy Company building owned by the Ferris estate along with Louis Jacoby's dry goods store and Schagrin's millinery shop. A dozen nearby places flooded as flames spread. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Wilmington
Delaware
Wilmington Candy Company
Ferris Estate
Louis Jacoby
Schagrin's
Del
Oil Proceedings Declared Illegal by Ohio Judge
In Windsay Ohio Judge Duncan ruled that all proceedings in Hancock County Probate Court regarding the Standard Oil Company were illegal. He said the cases belonged in the Common Pleas Court and that Probate Court lacked jurisdiction under the Valentine law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsay
Ohio
Duncan
Hancock County
Standard Oil Company
Common Pleas Court
Probate
Saloonkeeper Fights Back In Pawnee Hold Up
Fred Springer, a Pawnee saloonkeeper, repelled an attempted hold up by two men. One gunman is dead and the other gravely wounded, while Springer suffered severe bruises but survived the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Springler
Springler
Pawnee
Okla
Phelps Stokes Withdraws Support Over Real Estate Classes
J G Phelps Stokes withdraws backing from the West Side YMC A New York due to the association teaching real estate and stock investments calling such instruction un Christlike and unworthy of Christian service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stokes
J. G. Phelps Stokes
West Side Young Men's Christian Association of New York
Alarm at Cuban Upset Sparks U S Concern
Washington officials fear the Cuban election next month could trigger a new revolt and pressure to annex the island, raising alarms over potential upheaval and U S policy responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Embezzling Banker Anderson Sentenced to Four Years
William O Anderson former assistant teller at First National Bank Kansas City pleaded guilty to embezzling 9000 dollars and received a four year penitentiary term. His attorney noted a late remorseful return and attempt to repay. Anderson disappeared December 1 and was captured in Austin Texas. Most funds were recovered and he deeded his home to the surety to cover excess spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Anderson
First National Bank of
Kansas City
Anderson
Kansas Town
Texas
Judge Wofford
Austin
Tex
the Surety Company
Magoon Denies Cuba Disorder Claim Dispatched Troops Justified
Governor Magoon refutes a reported claim that Cubans cannot maintain order and says Santa Clara troop dispatches were precautionary. The report tied to Taft’s war department dispatch, Magoon calls the insinuation unjustifiable and notes need for practice marches amid sugar plantation labor concentration. Columbus Traction merges with Central Market assets. Columbus Railway and Light to operate streetcar lines. Grand Jury indicts George W. Perkins and Charles S. Fairchild on forgery counts in New York Insurance Company affairs.
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Magoon
Cuba
Taft
Santa Clara
Columbus Car Lines
Columbus Traction Company
Central Market Company
Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Railway and Light Company
George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan
Charles 8. Fairchild
New York Security and Trust Company
New York
Ale Eee
Oldest Newsboy Newsboy Joseph Dust Injured In St Louis Fall
Joseph E Dust aged 91 known as the world s oldest newsboy slipped on a street in St Louis while selling papers and was taken to a hospital He had previously walked 285 miles to Kansas City then back and he claims to be a grand nephew of Robert Burns
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World
Joseph E. Dust
St. Louis
Kansas City
Robert Burns
Woman Falls Over Niagara Falls Near Maid of Park
A woman believed to be Mary Hagen of Buffalo went over Niagara Falls from the American side. She entered the river a few hundred feet from the falls, leaving a cape and handbag in the park. The purse held $1.62 and a return ticket to Buffalo.
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Niagara Falls
Mary Hagen
Buffalo
Niagara
Increase of Stock Blocked by Court Action
An injunction to stop Great Northern Railroad Company James J Hill and officers from the 110 4 million stock increase was sought at St Paul by Attorney General Young alleging legal violation Hicks Star of Freak Show Miner Hicks famed for entombment of fifteen days has joined N J Schmidt of Berkeley earning 500 per week for a year
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Great Northern Railroad Company
James J. Hill
Road
St. Paul
Young
Hicks
Miner Hicks
N. J. Schmidt
Berkeley
Hill Announces July 1 Retirement From Active Business
James J. Hill says he will retire from active business on July 1 and be succeeded by his son in control of the enterprises in which he has been a leading figure.
Mississippi Race War claim shocks small towns
Thirteen men were killed and others injured in a race war near Wahalak Scootia and surrounding Mississippi countryside. Authorities report confrontation involved local mobs amid tense racial strife with multiple fatalities and injuries across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahalak
Scootia
Miss
Field Manager Dies at Home in Chicago
James E. Holden, general manager for Marshall Field & Co., died at his home in Chicago after an illness of several months. He was a longtime executive in retail circles and him leaves a noted career in department store leadership.
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James E. Holden
Tp Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Col Mann Acquitted and Cassatt Dead Shock Nation
Col Mann Acquitted by New York jury of perjury charges. Col W D Mann editor of Tony Topics acquitted. Alexander J Cassatt president of the Pennsylvania Railroad dies suddenly of heart disease, prompting national reaction.
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Col. Mann
Col
W. D. Mann
Tony Topics
Cassatt
Alexander J. Cassatt
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bur n to Death in Riverdale Home
Mrs Alice McWithey and her two daughters Elean 6 and Elizabeth 4 perished in a Jersey house fire at Pompton Lakes Riverdale. Neighbors suggest burglars or a fallen lamp may have started the blaze as the father Louis I McWithey, head of the International Silver Company, found only charred remains after rushing from a busy holiday period.
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Alice McWithey
Elen
Elizabeth
Riverdale
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Louis I. McWithy
International Silver Company
New York City
McWithy
McWithey
Jersey
Steel Cell Defeats Mob in Bent County Jail Standoff
Enraged farmers and townspeople in Las Animas Bent County Colo stormed the jail to lynch Lawrence Leberg a tramp and former convict who killed Henry Lanvenmeyer by crushing his skull with a club then slitting his throat and attempting to scalp him A steel cell confined Leberg preventing mob rhetoric and taking the law into their own hands while the sheriff pleaded for justice
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Las Animas
Bent
Colo
Lawrence Leberg
Seberg
House Creek
Henry Lanvenmeyer
Lanvenmeyer
Leberg
Pardon Expected for Slayer of Four in 1886
Erie Kansas reports William B. Sell, a life-term inmate at Lansing for twenty years, is to be pardoned shortly. He murdered his father J W Sell, mother, and two siblings on March 8 1886 at their farm northwest of Erie. The act involved hatchet blows and throat slashing in their bed.
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Erie
Kan
William B. Sell
Lansing
Sell
J. W. Sell
Millions of Chinese Starving Seek Relief from Europe and America
A Chinese famine relief appeal requests 1 250 000 dollars to help central China where up to ten million people face starvation this winter. Reported conditions describe naked refugees along roadsides and tracts from Hunan, with the famine feared to rival the catastrophe of thirty years ago. Texas Jews Colony Plan Supported by Schiff and Rothschilds aims to settle Jewish emigrants near Galveston with matching funds.
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Europe
le ‘Lowa Mara
China
America
Shanghai
Hunan
Texas
Galveston
Jacob H. Schiff
London
Paris
Berlin
Accident at Ashtabula Trolley Car Collision
A Buffalo Pittsburg flyer struck a trolley on the Ashtabula Rapid Transit line at the Lake Street grade crossing near the Lake Shore railroad. The street car was demolished, 17 year old Leonard Newbold was killed and several others injured.
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Ashtabula
Buffalo-Pittsburg Flyer
Lake Street
Lake Shore Railroad
Leonard Newbold
Killed Man After Saloon Battle in Columbus
Henry Herb an iron worker was shot and killed by Constable E J Jeffries in a South Columbus saloon. Witnesses say the constable acted in self defense after Herb disorderly and later attacked him. Earlier the constable had been asked to quiet Herb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Herb
E. J. Jeffries
South Columbus
Ohio
Herb
India Calls for Home Rule in Calcutta Congress
In Calcutta the National Congress of India backed a speaker's call for home rule, arguing the people should seek parity with the Boers whom they aided in conquest. The session cheered the proposal as a national aim and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
National Congress of India
Calcutta
Despondent Contractor Hangs Self Near Minnehaha Falls
Peder Medjo, a Minneapolis contractor, despondent over his wife’s death a year earlier, choked himself with a small rope in the timber a mile and a half from Minnehaha Falls. A Jamaica sailboat overturn near Montego Bay left sixteen drowned among twenty five aboard.
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Peder Medjo
Minneapolis
Minnehaha Falls
Montego Bay
Jamaica
Trains Crash in Fog near Washington D C
A rear end collision at Terra Cotta on the Baltimore and Ohio line killed 38 and injured at least fifty as the Frederick local crowded with Sunday travelers was struck by a fast through train in dense fog. Engineer Hildebrandt failed to see a red signal and the impact occurred at 6 39 p m. Surviving passengers aided the injured while a relief train rushed nurses and surgeons from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terra Cotta
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington, D. C
Frederick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hildebrandt
Tacoma Park
Washington
United States
D. W. Baker
Brookland
Senator Proctor
Vermont
Ford Theater
District of Columbia
Progress of the Canadian West in 1906 rail growth
The Canadian West leads in 1906 with 11,000 miles of rail in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. 189,064 people found homes in the West this year including 57,706 Americans. Construction boosts circulation and opens new agricultural districts, with future population shifting west of the Great Lakes. A dream-affected patient in Marion Indiana regains use of a long-disabled leg after dreaming of robbers.
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Great Lakes
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Canadian Statesman
After Election Fatigue Sets in Says Free Press
The Detroit Free Press quotes a remark that successful candidates will be tired after the election, yet less so than those who lose. The exchange hints at lingering political strain as results come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Houston Pest Says Card Playing Hurting Business
A local pest control firm warns that card playing activities are harming its livelihood. The owner, Phen UH, urges ending the business distraction and focusing on core services to recover customer trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Guarantee on Postum Cereal and partner products
Postum Cereal Co Ltd guarantees that all Postum Cereal Grape Nuts and Elijahs Mania sold by any jobber or retailer comply with the National Pure Food Law of 1906. The notice asserts goods are pure not misbranded and includes statements of truth on package ingredients. Dated Battle Creek Mich December 12 1906 and sworn December 15 1906.
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Elijah
Congress
BenyaMine
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Ashton
Illinois
Missouri Penitentiary
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Kinya Shima
Stockton
Shima
Elias Jobes
Maple Grove
Miaon
Clyde King
Jobes
King
General Electric and Lower Company of
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Loup
Han
George Patterson
Alice Clark
Fla
James Harris
Ont
Steel Cell
Mob
Arica
Chile
Tacna
Howard Ness
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Kitty
Newport
Tenn
Los Angeles
Cal
Yellowstone Park
Georgia
State Supreme Court
Boston
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
George Gilpin
Marion
Ind
Gilpin
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
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