Revolt in Portugal as mobs clash with troops
Rioters in three northern towns of Portugal clash with government forces. Six hundred shot, about 100 killed as mobs shout Down with absolutism. Army mutiny spreads, troops fire on civilians, and martial law spreads through large cities. King Carlos plans escape aboard a royal yacht manned by English sailors.
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Portugal
Opor
War Department
Carlos
Braga
Villa Real
Vianna de Castello
Bomb Terror Strikes Tiflis Erivan Square Killing and Injuries
An outbreak of terrorist bombs in Erivan square Tiflis Trans Caucasia kills and wounds many. Ten bombs shatter nearby houses as police and troops struggle to respond. Casualty figures are incomplete as victims were blown to fragments. The attack marks growing Russian revolutionary violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiflis
Erivan Square
Trans-Caucasia
Russian Empire
Baku
Caspian Sea
Oiviets
Grivan Square
Churchill declines NH Governor bid as La Follette possible favorite son
Winston Churchill announces he will not run for Governor of New Hampshire this year. Wisconsin Republicans discuss presenting Senator La Follette as Wisconsin’s favorite son for the national convention. New York Mayor election recount bills pass with Gov. Hughes signing them amid claims of a public scandal over the canvass. Hearst’s attorney signals a statewide recount. The Supreme Court will oversee. Senator Daniel urges choosing the right candidate regardless of region. A major public utilities reform bill signs into law, expanding state control over most public service corporations.
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Winston Churchill
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
New York
McClellan
Hughes
William R. Hearst
Hearst
Daniel
South Virginia
New England
West
North
South
Gov
Underground garden plan brews in coal mine near Boonville
Col Frank B Posey reveals an underground garden in an abandoned coal mine near Boonville Indiana. He used an acetylene lamp to light beds and grew tulips carnations and vegetables. He plans a large scale mine garden truck to supply his table and neighbors next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Frank B. Posey
Boopville
Ind
Col. Posey
W. Z. Bennett
Boonville
Yankeetown
Ting
Misie Col
Posey
Mr. Posey
Longest steel bridge planned for New Hell Gate span
Plans submitted to the municipal art commission outline a three mile long steel viaduct connecting New York with Long Island and the Pennsylvania system. The Hell Gate arch will measure 1 000 feet, with 200 foot towers and four noiseless tracks 140 feet above the water, using about eighty thousand tons of steel.
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Hell Gate
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
East River
Municipal Art Commission
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Bronx
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Labor Unions Grow and Wages Rise Across Regions
Reports show new unions forming in Red Wing and Mexico, with Britain and England discussing wage boards and a 5 percent pay increase for English and Welsh coal workers. The Brooklyn silver workers win a nine hour day, and London area wages rise as foundries cut time. The Journeymen Stone Cutters date back to 1834, and Washington readies a Carriage and Wagon Workers base. Immigration bills threaten certain national groups in British Columbia.
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Red Wing
Minn
San Francisco
Kansas City
Labor Temple Association
Women’s Trade Union League
Great Britain
Brooklyn Silver Workers
Gloucester
England
Journeymen Stone Cutters
Newark
N. J
International Union of Carriage and Wagon Workers of America
Washington, D. C
Horseshoers’ Union of
Boston
British Columbia
United States
Canada
Wales
American Federation of Labor
Mexico
Republic
Oil King Summoned for Heart to Heart With Judge Landis
Invitations bearing the U S District Court seal summon John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil officers to Chicago for testimony in the case against the company. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis seeks details on Indiana holdings and holding company relations as fines loom for railway concessions.
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United States District Court
Kenesaw M
Oliva
John Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Indiana
Chicago and Alton Railway
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
John D. Rockefeller
Chicago
Standard Oil
United States
Millville
Ohio
Logansport
Ind
Chicago Law School
Northwestern University Law College
Landis
Walter Q. Gresham
Cleveland
Holmes Sold Reports in Crop-Stats Conspiracy Trial
Louis C. Van Riper, a New York mining stock operator and principal witness, testified in Washington that Edwin 8. Holmes aided by F A Peckham and Moses Haas conspired to profit from advance crop reports. Van Riper said Holmes disclosed early access to statistics, earned about 55000 selling such data to Theodore H. Price, and that about 5200000 in profits were shared as a Peckham Mercer brokerage was formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Edwin 8. Holmes
Washington
F. A. Peckham
Moses Haas
New York
Louis C. van Riper
van Riper
Peckham
Theodore H. Price
Peckham & Mercer
Stock Exchange
Lightning Claims Three in City and Surrounding Areas
An electrical storm drenched New York City and nearby regions, killing three people, injuring several, and sparking many fires and damage. In a separate incident at Zanesville Ohio, Charles Adams shot and killed his close friend Robert Musgrove amid fears of a pursuing mob.
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Isemer
New York City
Charles Adams
Robert Musgrove
Zanesville
Ohio
Wealthy Illinois farmer dies after gas traps rescuers
Illlinois state news reports a series of tragedies and public notes from across the state. Wealthy farmer William Glaze died from gas while trying to recover John Marshall’s body from a 50 foot well. Fellow rescuers Frank Holdredge and Joseph Milner suffered near drowning and collapse before rescue.
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William G. An
John Marshall
Frank Holdredse
Glaze
Holdredge
Joseph Milner
Marshall
Pana
Anna Senriot
Margaret’ Kennedy
Rock Hiver
Rock Island
William Rich
John Chandler
Kentucky
Uluils
Wabash
Carmi
George Robinson
Edwin G. Gooley
Chicago
Henry Harmes
Banfield
Kankakee
T. A. French
French
Walter Margworth
Effingham
Werrick
Bloomington
W. A. Hart
Care
Mich
Frank McConnell
East Brady
Manteno
McConnell
San Francisco
Cal
Locusts Drive Birds From Alton Hollow Woods
Seventeen year locusts swarm Hop Hollow near Alton driving all song birds from the woods. Crows were killed first day and bluejays eventually fled. Locusts, swelling daily, occupy the popular picnic ground disrupting recreation in the area.
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Alton
Golden Wedding of Captain J H Hersman and Belle Curry
Captain and Mrs J H Hersman celebrate fifty years of marriage in Mount Sterling near their lifelong home. The ceremony linked to the railroad era in Brown County with Mrs Phoebe Allen present as the sole surviving guest from the period beside two younger Heisman descendants.
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J. H. Hersman
Belle Curry
Moun Sterling
Hers
Brown County
Phoebe Allen
Mount Sterling
Heisman
Merchant shoots self after quarrel with wife
Mr Jon Merchant shoots himself following a domestic dispute with his wife Mrs Walters in Madison. The death ends a career as a local merchant amid reported financial stress. Neighbor Amanda Delaplaine is cited as a sister Shannon who was previously acquitted in another homicide case.
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Jon Merchant
Min Walters
Amanda
Delaplaine
Shannon
Leonard Shannon
Edwardsville
Walters
Bankers Honor W C Tubbs At Kewanee Meeting
W C Tubbs of Monmouth elected president at the Kinoige Bankers Association annual meeting in Kewanee. A H Norris of Princeton named secretary treasurer. Executive committee includes P Greenwall Rock Island Charles Seaton Abbot W N Calhoun Kewanee L P McMillan L A Merrill A J Dickinson Morrison G N Rayburn Roseville H J McAllister Henderson.
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Monmouth
Kewanee
W. A. Heath
Hibernian Banking Association of Chicago
Kinoige Bankers’ Association
W. C. Tubbs
A. H. Norris
Princeton
P. Greenwall
Rock Island
Charles Seaton
Abctor
W. N. Calhoun
L. P. McMillan
L. A. Merrill
A. J. Dickinson
Morrison
G. N. Rayburn
Roseville
H. J. McAllister
Henderson
BEGINS INSURANCE QUEST Illinois Exams Fraternal Societies
The State insurance department will examine all fraternal beneficiary societies in the state within two years under a new law. Superintendent Potter plans to review 184 companies active in Illinois, of which 44 are foreign bodies. The law allows accepting examination reports from the state where outside companies are organized.
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Peoria
Edward J. Leen
Thomas J. Horan
Fred Peters
Frank P. Watson
Peoria County
Quincy
Hamilton
Pearl
Pike County
Homer F. Aspinwall
Freeport
Jane Clingman
Dakota Village
Aspinwall
John GC
Royal Knitting Company
Mount Vernon
Nashville (Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Ie National Hosiery and Yarn Company
Withers
Marquette Cement Company of
la Salle
Illinois
Chicago
Felix B. Tait
Tait Manufacturing Company
Decatur
Henry May Wilson
Springfield
Tait Company
Thomas Pritchard
Lesser
Pritchard
Adams
Linton
Ind
Rock Island
Tate
General Assembly
State Insurance Department
Potter
Raum Taken to Joliet for Indeterminate Forgery Sentence
Daniel F. Raum son of Gen Green B Raum ex commissioner of pensions and former Peoria attorney has begun an indeterminate term at Joliet penitentiary after conviction for forgery and embezzlement He was escorted by Chief Deputy Sheriff Rhoades and his attorney W T Whiting Mrs Baum plans to reside at Joliet to comfort her husband while pursuing a possible release.
Tolono School Board Seeks Dancing Pledge from Teachers
Tolono school board asks teachers to pledge not to dance during contract terms. So far no one will sign with only occasional socials and weekly band concerts offered as substitutes.
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Tolono
Oil Boom Rises Around Bethalto Bets on Gas and Oil
The Standard Oil Company plans a refinery east of Alton, triggering strong oil excitement in Madison County. In Bethalto locals secure options on farms near Thomas Brown’s land where a historic gas flow was reported, with drilling likely within two weeks. Prospects extend to Jersey Calhoun and Macoupin counties as prospectors buy rights.
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Bethalia
Standard Oil Company
Alton
Madison County
Wood River
Caseyville
Madison
Bethalto
Thomas Brown
Jersey
Calhoun
Macoupin
Exoneration Claim Ties Joliet Convict to Train Robbery
Harry Vaughan, hanged in Missouri, swore that Kline, held in Joliet, was not involved in the Illinois Central train robbery near Chicago in August 1904. Vaughan said Morris and others planned the robbery and Kline was brought to St Louis for identification, urging his release.
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Missouri
Kline
Harry Vaughan
Jefferson City
Joliet
Illinois Central
Chicago
Morris
St. Louis
Vaughan
Illinois
Find Much Gold On Gypsies Alleged in Springfield
A gypsy band arrested by deputy sheriffs yielded thousands in gold coin from belts and wagons. Denominations ranged from five to twenty dollars, with one sack possibly over ten thousand. Hundreds in silver and paper money were found. the group had camped near the city a week earlier and faced petty depredations. The women had fortune telling. men stayed near the camp until captured after chicken theft complaints. The band departed after promises to leave the community, with no prosecution due to lack of direct evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Caoad
Disputed Marriages Rule Narrowly Invalidated in Illinois
Judge McEwen of Chicago ruled that marriages within a year after a divorce remain valid if conducted in another state, even as Illinois law bans such unions. The Norman P. Cummings case questions legislative intent and risks broad precedent affecting numerous couples and children.
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Illinois
McEwen
Chicago
Norman P. Cummings
Mic’gan
Millionaire Wears Wife's Kimono in Parading Bet
Peter A. Weast of Peoria walked eight blocks through downtown in his wife's kimono and slippers to win a $1 wager with James Brown. The stunt ended at a cleaning establishment. Illinois Central tax case moves forward after auditor consent. In Mattoon a man, Southern, was jailed one night for giving tobacco to a minor. case later dismissed after jury disagreement.
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Peter A. Weast
Peoria
James Brown
Ilinois Central
McCullough
Stead
Illinois Central
the Central
la Salle County
Tra Southern
Mattoon
George Wright
John Wright
Southern
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Cat
Ics
OIL King
Eller
Illinois State News
Tio
Livh
Cook
Bankers Honor
Raum
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