Blast kills 20 as Brooklyn trench caves in
Brooklyn news reports a gas main explosion on Gold and Front streets causing a 40 foot trench collapse. About 20 workers and bystanders are thought dead, with several survivors crawling through a sewer to escape. Fire and water crews battle gas, while an alleged gas company employee faces homicide suspicion. In nearby Brownsville a mine blast kills one and injures five.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Gold and
Front Streets
Stoop
Gold
East River
Samuel Trout
Gold Street
Trout
Charles Schiffmeyer
Schiffmeyer
City Water Department
Gas Company
Brownsville
Simpson
Eugene Campbell
Uniiontown
Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
Henry J. Schrifogel alias Ducky Holmes was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a city jury. Defense counsel moved for a new trial in criminal court.
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Washington
Henry J. Schrifogel
Ducky” Holmes
Two Die in Auto Plunge at Torrence Avenue
Chicago reports a chauffeur party in a car plunged over the Calumet River embankment at Torrence Avenue. Eight occupants were thrown into the water. two women died before rescue, six others saved. The car bore number 15456, registered to Frank H. Keane and Martin B. Madden, Junior Steamfitters' union agents. Names include Atkins Margaret. Meyer Joseph. Wickam George C.. Anderson Peter. Quinlan Tom. Quinlan David.
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Chicago
Calumet River
Torrence Avenue
Frank H. Keane
Clark Street
Keane
Martin B. Madden
Madden
Powers & Gilbert
Steamfitters’ Union
Atkins
Margaret
Armour Avenue
Meyer
Joseph
George C. Wickam
Peter Anderson
Tom Quinlan
David Quinlan
Wickham
Anderson
Chun Regient Says Imperial Orders Demand Obedience
Prince Chun, regent for the emperor, issues a stern edict asserting authority from the late Dowager Empress and demanding strict obedience from all imperial clansmen. It states disobedience by princes and officials will be met without leniency to fulfill the late empress's command and calm the people.
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Peking
Prince Chun
Yehonala
Grand Council
Westinghouse interests reorganized and planned reorganization proceeds
The readjustment committee announces the plan effective from this date. Stockholders will meet in Pittsburg next Tuesday to elect a new board and handle actions to complete the reorganization. Paul Cravath indicates seeking termination of receivership and issuance of new securities to restore the company.
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New York
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg
Paul D. Cravath
Robbers Loot $6,000 in Attica Ohio Safe Job
Robbers held citizens at bay and blew open the Renninger & Silcox safe, securing about $6,000 in cash before escaping. A portion of the safe was blown through a wall into the Meyers hotel, landing near a sleeping guest. Citizens surrounded the store as robbers fired upon them during the heist.
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Attica
Renninger & Silcox
Meyers Hotel
Fort Scott bank closed. Bradley named receiver
Washington Nov 21. Comptroller Murray appointed James D Bradley bank examiner as receiver of the First National Bank of Fort Scott Kaw following a two day run on the bank. The bank’s capital is 100000 and surplus 25000 per latest report.
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Washington
Murray
James D. Bradley
First National Bank of
Fort Scott
Kaw
Hornaday
Rockefeller Cross-Examination Reveals Rebates and Earnings
New York November hearings feature John D Rockefeller as Frank Kellogg questions pre 1882 shipping routes and railroad rebates. Rockefeller defends vast profits while noting 1907 earnings around 80 million and 40 percent dividends. He asserts risk does not hinge on profits, citing longstanding readiness against fires in oil business.
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New York
Custom House
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Frank G. Kellogg
Rockefeller
Ferris
Standard Oil
Kellogg
Seaboard
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Transfer Company
United Pipe Line Company
Mr. Kellogg
Mr. Rockefeller
John G. Milburn
Lamphere At Bat Says Woman Lives
Laporte Ind Nov 21 Ray Lamphere on trial for life in La Porte circuit court began his innings as the state finished its presentation. Worden planned to prove Mrs Gunness may be alive and that her death was faked to frame Lamphere while the defense sought to discredit identification of bodies and emphasize poisoning as the cause. The state rested after cross examining Deputy Sheriff Anstiss and the defense weighed placing Lamphere on the stand.
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Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Attorney Worden
Worden
Rey Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Anstiss
Lamphere
Tobacco deal in Louisville marks largest pack in Kentucky history
In Louisville on November 21, the American Tobacco Company agreed to purchase nearly 80 million pounds of Burley tobacco from the Burley Tobacco Society for the 1906 crop at 203 cents per pound and 17 cents for the 1907 crop, a deal valued around 14 million dollars. The sale, seen as ending night riding in central and eastern Kentucky, excludes the Dark district and western Kentucky and Tennessee crops.
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Louisville
American Tobacco Company
Burley Tobacco Society
Kentucky
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Association
Tennessee
Cabinet Slate Not Made Up Declared by Taft
Hot Springs Va Nov 21 President elect Taft said no cabinet is made up or slated and no offers have been made to anyone. His remarks followed a Minneapolis report that Frank Kellogg had been invited to be attorney general. Taft also met Senator Scott of West Virginia who urged business leaders to see Taft’s qualities and determination for an upward business trend.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Minneapolis
Frank B. Kellogg
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Scott
Slavs Consider Purchase of Wright Plane Rights
In St. Petersburg on November 21 negotiations are under way to sell the Russian rights in the Wright aeroplane to the Russian government for military use. The talks are led by Vincent, Hart O. Berg’s representative in the city, acting as Wright brothers’ business manager.
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St. Petersburg
Mr. Vincent
Hart O. Berg
Wright Brothers
Fire Claims Four At Crystal Ice Plant In Mt. Carmel
A storage building at the Crystal Ice Company in Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania burned Friday. Local residents Adam Counsellor his wife and child and Monroe Snyder were believed killed as they slept inside the quarters. Authorities searched the ruins but could not yet reach the remains.
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Mt. Carmel
Crystal Ice Company
Adam Counsellor
Monroe Snyder
Fletcher Admits Guilt in Scaffold Hangings
In Charlotte North Carolina Lewis Fletcher was hanged for the September murder of George Boyd. Fletcher, a Black man, confessed his guilt prior to execution, joining Boyd in death.
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Charlotte
N. C
Lewis Fletcher
George Boyd
Fletcher
Weston Assigned to California Command in San Francisco
Nov 21 reports Maj. Gen. John F. Weston now commanding Philippine forces is named to head the Department of California with headquarters in San Francisco, replacing Brig. Gen. Fred A. Smith who will take other duties. Maj. Gen. W. F. Duvall will succeed Weston in the Philippine command.
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Weston
California
Washington
John F. Weston
Philippine Forces
Department of California
San Francisco
Fred A. Smith
W. F. Duvall
Philippine Command
Heney Improves After Illness in San Francisco
Francis K. Heney had a comfortable night and shows ongoing improvement in his condition as reported from San Francisco on November 21.
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Fleney
San Francisco
Francis K. Heney
Missouri lieutenant governor race decided by two votes
Jacob F. Gme lich won the Missouri lieutenant governor seat over Democrat William Painter by just two votes. The victory came as reported from Jefferson City in a special dispatch to the Post-Dispatch.
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St. Louis
Jacob F. Gmelich
William Painter
Missouri
Post-Dispatch
Jefferson City
Gompers Victory Endorsees Roosevelt Conservation Efforts
Denver Nov 21 There was no doubt at the American Federation of Labor convention that Gompers retained full control as his report was adopted. Officers will be reelected today and a committee to study industrial education was named. A resolution praising President Roosevelt for natural resources conservation was unanimously adopted. A federation building in Washington was approved.
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Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Daniel Keefe
Executive Council
Roosevelt
Conservation of Natural Resources
Federation
Washington, D. C
Explosion wrecks trench in Gold Street Brooklyn
An underground gas blast in a deep trench on Gold street Brooklyn buried and likely killed about twenty workers fifty feet below the surface. Debris, water from broken mains, and escaping gas caused panic and further fatalities including a woman and three children who were nearby when the sidewalk collapsed into the trench.
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Brooklyn
New York
Gold Street
Grand Rapids Color Line Test at Veterinary College
In Grand Rapids Michigan on November 21 thirty four junior students walked out of a class when two colored students arrived to resume studies. The two colored men were previously denied admission this year prompting court action by Judge Perkins who mandated the college to admit them as the college is a quasi public institution. The junior class was suspended along with the two colored students until next Tuesday after the incident.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Stolen Jewelry Case Valued at Forty Thousand Dollars
A sample case carrying $40,000 in jewels belonging to Charles I. Harts horn, traveling salesman for a Newark jewelry house, was stolen from the Henshaw hotel sidewalk in Omaha. The case, weighing 200 pounds, was recovered at Hamburg, Indiana, and porter Charles Leonard of the Omaha hotel was arrested in St. Joseph, Missouri on suspicion. Leonard was employed to check baggage.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles I. Hartshorn
Newark
N. J
Henshaw Hotel
Hamburg
Charles ‘Leonard
St. Joseph Mo
Leonard
Mine Explosion Claims One Life In Benton Illinois
In Benton Illinois on November 21 a mine explosion at the Benton Coal Company killed one man and seriously injured three others. The blast did not disrupt the entire mine and news of the accident reached officials four hours after it happened.
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Benton, Ill
Benton Coal Company
Forest Fires Ravage Southern Illinois and Indiana
Information from Grayville and Carmi Illinois reports forest fires burning for thirty six hours in southern Illinois. Thousands of acres of timberlands are burned and nearby farms have fought the blaze for a day. Dense smoke cloaks towns across southern Indiana and Illinois.
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Chun
Westinghouse Company
Kansas Bank
John D
Magnate
Pennsylvania
Rockefellers
Star Witnesses
Indianapolis News
State
American Company
Natural Resources Conservation
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