Fifteen Slain by Cossacks After Turbulent Uprising
Report of violent events in Lodz Russian Poland where Cossack patrols killed fifteen workers and wounded over thirty at Kuttner’s spinning mills after terrorists attacked a mail wagon. Robbery at Vistula railroad office in Warsaw yielded $5,000, with two guards and bystanders killed. Eleven conspirators in Tsarskoe-Selo czar assassination plot arrested in Finland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuttner
Lodz
Russian Poland
Lonkowa
Vistula
Warsaw
Tsarskoe-Selo
Terrloki
Finland
Nicholas
Pelace
Illinois boy saves sister in river hero tale headline
Roy Lehreiner, 15, of Fast Alton, swam 200 feet to rescue his unconscious sister Alice, 11, from Wood River. He dragged her to shore despite exhaustion, proven by the family of former Marshal Albert Schreiber of East Alton. Also reported: city leaders ban dice gambling in Sterling, banding saloons closed in Urbana and Champaign, gasoline car trials, and a bank robbery in Yates City.
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Yer
Alice
Roy Lehreiner
Alton
Wood River
John
Streem
Roy
Albert Schreiber
East Alton
John L. Janssen
Sterling
Ernest Peine
Fairbury
Martine Canbine
London
England
Bloomington
Harmon
Knapp Island
George Rayhill
Pana
Scott County
Indiana
Illinois
King & Applegate
Atlanta
Urbana
Champaign
Missouri
Chicago and Alton
Strang
Kewanee
Samuel Bradbury
Citizens’ Party
William T. Pierce
Citizens’ Labor Party
Bradbury
St Louis gardener claims Peoria defaulter is his father
Augustus Dougherty aged 81 of 8447 Newby Street St Louis believes he has found his father N C Dougherty Peoria banker and national educational officer who fled to Canada twenty years ago After a troubled family history including abandonment and an NY Juvenile asylum Augustus recalls a luxurious home and has chased the clue through memories and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lonia
Peoria
Augustus Dougherty
Newby Street
St. Louis
William
New York
Canada
N. ©. Dougherty
Illinois
Alexander Peck
Vandalia
Augustus
Fred Lang
Hoffman
N. C. Dougherty
Cousin of W. J. Bryan Files Bankruptcy in East St. Louis
Thomas R Marshall once cashier of Salem National Bank and relative of W. J. Bryan has filed for bankruptcy in the U S court at East St Louis. Liabilities are cited at 300000 with creditors nationwide. The Chicago National Bank trustees hold notes totaling 56000 via First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. Creditors include W. J. Bryan owed 6000.
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J. R. Walsh
Thomas
Marshall
Salem National Bank
W. J. Bryan
Ilinois
Chicago National Bank
John R. Walsh
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Financial Institution
Kane Is Found Not Guilty In Police Chief Murder Trial
Peter Kane, chief of police of Lemont, was found not guilty by a Chicago jury in Judge Kavanagh's court of the murder of Jacob Tokowiak on April 26, 1005. Kane testified that he confronted Tokowiak and alleged that Tokowiak and his companions attacked him, forcing him to shoot in self defense after resisting arrest.
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Lemont
Peter Kane
Kavanagh
Chicago
Kane
Jacob Tokowiak
Emma Miller
Mabel Pierce
Tokowiak
Praise Stork Fountain Design in Watseka Park
Citizens of Watseka praise a mammoth stork fountain donated by J. W. Coney and his daughters Mrs. Fred Vennum and Mrs. Elmer Martin for the Woman's Club park. The eight foot tall sculptural centerpiece is expected to curb race suicide and become a premier feature in central Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watseka
J. W. Coney
Woman's Club
Illinois
Commodore Wallace Plans Inland Vessel Line
Commodore Wallace who owns a fleet of fifteen canal boats on the Illinois river aims to form a transportation company with river shippers to run boats now in service between Chicago and St. Louis. He says freight could be cheaper and faster by water than by railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Wallace
Chicago
St. Louis
Illinois River
Church Worker Rescued From Roof Takes Up Collection
Elder Bennett Carter, an aging African Methodist church worker and stonemason in Aurora, was rescued from a roof on former Mayor George W. Alchuler’s building when his ladder blew away. Women saviors raised the ladder and helped him descend then he led a collection to fund new church seats. Some women doubt he caused the fall to collect contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Alchuler
Bennett Carter
African Methodist Church
Aurora
Wicer Carter
Carter
Clinton Woman Refuses Healing After Husband's Suicide
Mrs. H. M. Phelps, a Clinton resident hospitalised in Chicago, relapsed upon reading her husband killed himself to aid her life. She declared she could not recover if his body must be sold to a Chicago medical college, and it was noted his request would be ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. M. Phelps
Clinton
Chicago
Phelps
Chicago Medical College
Coroner Dies At Inquest In Christian County
Coroner W. H. Mull of Christian County collapsed and died beside the corpse after administering an oath to a coroner’s jury impaneled to probe the death of Martin Antonivich. Heart disease listed as the cause. Mull, 75, a longtime Republican figure, is survived by his widow and three children.
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W. H. Mull
Christian County
Christian Eounty
Martin Antonivich
Pana
Mull
Tie
State officials salaries boosted by Senate bill 105
Governor's pay doubles from 6000 to 12000 and Attorney General rises to 10000. Lieutenant Governor increases to 2500, Secretary of State and Auditor to 7500, Treasurer to 10000, Superintendent to 7500. House approved the measure 82 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deneen
Senate
House
Yeas
Hold Cock Fight In River Between Pekin And Havana
State laws deflect between Pekin and Havana as a well attended cock fight occurs on the Illinois River midstream. Defying sheriffs humane agent and federal officers, boats loaded with fowls reached a river landing where fifty fights unfolded and over ten thousand dollars reportedly changed hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Havana
Illinois
Peoria
Storm lifts school building in Grundy Will Kendall counties
A gale swept through Grundy Will and Kendall counties causing heavy property damage. A school at Caton farm housing twenty pupils was lifted from its foundations and swung. no children were injured. The storm moved rapidly, lasting under a minute at each site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Cook
Grundy
Will
Kendall
Caton Farm
Woman Burned to Death in Sterling Home Fire
Mrs. Michael Penderfast, 59, was burned to death when a match set her clothing alight at her Sterling residence. Firefighters arrived too late, and she died within minutes. Four buildings owned by Novelty Works in Sterling were destroyed, with losses estimated at $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Penderfast
Sterling
Novelty
Wisconsin Republicans Name Stephenson Backed by Marinette
Isaac Stephenson won the Wisconsin Republican nomination for United States Senate on the first ballot Thursday night after a tense session with lingering votes. The self-made Marinette executive, worth at least $10 million, is praised for fair play, anti trust stands, and philanthropy to colleges and Marinette churches while nearing 78 years old.
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Wisconsin
Marinette
Isaac Stephenson
United States
Senades
Goldby
Connor
Goldsworthy
Hatten
Stephenson
Boyfieod
Will Bies
Regional and church notices 1910s misc
The Atlantic section of the Council of Jewish Women severs ties with united charities and remains independent. Cleveland plans the national convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America next August. Van Ogden Vogt resigns as secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor to join the Presbyterian board of foreign missions. Sr. Francis E. Clark tours the West Indies Panama and South American republics for Christian Endeavor. Rev. Thomas Spurgeon resigns from Metropolitan Temple London due to ill health, succeeding his father in 1892. Westminster denies a memorial tablet to Herbert Spencer for nonorthodox beliefs. The federal government builds four canal zone structures for YMCA workmen and will add four more soon. Dr. George E B Stokes will oversee part of Dr. Edward M. Taylor’s mission work in New England until Taylor resumes duties.
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Atlantic
Council of Jewish Women
United Charities
Cleveland
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
van Ogden Vogt
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Francis E. Clark
Christian Endeavor Society
West India
Panama
South American
Thomas Spurgeon
Metropolitan Temple
London
Charles I. Spurgeon
Westminster
Herbert Spencer
Canal Zone
Young Men's Christian Association
Missouri zinc by-product to fuel Korean idol venture
J Kavanaugh travels from Korea to Missouri to obtain tiff a mica like mineral from lead and zinc mines. He plans to ship a carload to Pingyang China to build a factory making glittering Korean idols and seals. A missionary Miss Mary Oglesby aided his plan and introduced him to Kansas City sources. He believes tiff can be profitably exported for weekly shipments if the first lot succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
J. Kavanaugh
Korea
Kansas
Kansas City Star
Kavanaugh
Japan
California
Mary Oglesby
Kansas City
Charley Perry
Fred Harvey
Kansas City Union Depot
Harvey
Perry
Judson Jones
Webb City
Joplin
Galena
Kan
Oiff
Pingyang
Seeing the Elephant and a Royal Interpreter Tale
A Japanese prince aboard a German training ship in tropical waters shows no interest in elephants until an ebony model is shown and explained as an “elephant” by the secretary. The anecdote, told by Lady Broome, ends with a warning about mining stocks on the ground floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Europe
Printdad
Lady Broome
Government House
Timeline of landmark events from 1153 to 1906
A compact chronology spanning centuries includes monarchs and battles, voyages and discoveries, political changes, disasters, and notable anniversaries. It notes Mary Queen of Scots, Columbus voyages, Jamestown’s beginnings, Pontiac’s Detroit blockade, and major 19th century upheavals such as the Indian Mutiny, battles in Mexico, and the 1902 Mont La Soufriere eruption with vast loss of life.
Fires and investigations touch multiple states in brief notice
Sparks from the wires ignited a Barnesboro business blaze causing about 90000 dollars in losses. Gov Folk authorized an immediate probe into alleged Kansas City police corruption. The submarine Lake reached 8.6 knots in trials off Newport. A mob pursued a man accused of assaulting a 12 year old girl in Marion county and he is believed lynched.
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Kansas City
Folk
Lake
Newport
Marion County
South Carolina
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Illinois State News
Alton Boy
A. V. Bossart
Martin Dambold
Nexr Buckley
Burnham Hospital
Yates City
Thomas Vaughan
Greenville
Ruth Lacon
Winthrop Harbor
Rock River Valley
Tindall
DeKalb County
Charles Hughes
Aurora, Elgin
Terminal Transfer Company
Bellwood
Chicago and Alton Limited
St. Lonix
Big Four Railway
Shelbyville
Thomas Nicholson
David J
Carlisle
Nesbit
Columbus
New World
Lauffen
Mary Queen of
Langside
Jamestown
Montrose
Battle of
Auldean
Pontiac
Detroit
Hudson Bay Company
Col
Thomas Blood
Tower of London
Pensacola
Florida
Society of the Cincinnati
Walter Colton
Rutland
John Marshall
Virginia
Georgetown
D. C
Mr. Perceval
Bellingham
Hugh S. Legare
Palo Alto
Mexico
Daniel Webster
Astor Place
Edwin Forrest
Macready
Astor Place Opera House
Jacob Burnet
Quebec
Delhi
Baltimore
Brutys Bluff
Sheridan
Jefferson Davis
Irwinville
Washington
Alabama
Philadelphia
Alexander Tilloch Galt
Dominion
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Damien
Sandwich Islands
Cardinal Martinelli
Itata
San Diego
Cal
Earl of Aberdeen
Carlyle W. Harris
Helen Potts
Sing Sing
Venezuela
China
Chefoo
N. J. Holmes
Turkey
Greece
Volo
United States Supreme Court
Bell Telephone Company
Reading
Mont la Soufriere
St. Vincent's
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Snyder
Okla
Pennsylvania
Barnesboro
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