Vessel Owen Believed Sunk With 19 Onboard Off Apostle Islands
Chicago dispatch reports the steel steamer Ira H Owen with nineteen aboard is presumed lost after distress signals were seen near Outer Island in Lake Superior. The wreckage and life preservers bearing the ship name were found twelve miles east of Michigan Island. Captain Mulligan and Captain Honner led a veteran crew on the 1888 Cleveland built vessel, insured for $100,000 with barley cargo.
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Chicago
Owen
Outer Island
Lake Superior
Joseph Mulligan
Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas Honner
Maggerty
H Buchanan
J. B. Alger
B. N. Hook
J Jacobson
Kh. Montray
McKay
J Knudzon
Island
Apostle Group
HH. B. Nye
Ashland
Wis
M. K. Chamberlain
William Siemens
Chamberlain
Michigan Island
S. S
Ira H. Owen
J. J. Keith
Duluth
Honner
Mulligan
Cleveland
Harsh voyage tale of burned steamer crew rescue
Milwaukee reports the Harlem bringing seventeen crew members from the burned steamer Charles Parnell off Squaw Island after a frantic cold ordeal in lifeboats on Thanksgiving day. Green Bay notes the Alcona and barges Commodore and Samuel J. Tilden reached port after a sixteen day rough passage from Erie following distress and loss reports.
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Milwaukee
Harlem
Western Transit Line
Charles Parnell
Squaw Island
Lake Michigan
Green Bay
Wis
Alcona
Commodore
Samuel J. Tilden
Erie
Tidal Wave Damages Waukegan Shipping and Dock Property
A seven foot tidal wave from Lake Michigan struck Waukegan Illinois causing severe damage to shipping and dock facilities. The steamer Tioga rammed a pier, a hole opened in its hull, and two harbor tugs sustained minor damage. The incident occurred December 2 as waves swept through forty miles north of Chicago.
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Waukegan
Chicago
Here
Lake Michigan
Tioga
Roberts resigns from imperial defense panel for universal training
London officials announce Field Marshal Lord Roberts has resigned from the committee for imperial defense to lead nationwide work organizing proposals for universal military training.
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London
Lord Roberts
Committee For Imperial Defense
Death of Royal Aide in Seoul Shocks Korea
Dec 2 in Seoul reports death by self-inflicted action of Min Yung Whan, aide to the emperor and cousin of the late queen, noted as a former Korean minister to the United States. The tragedy comes amid royal circles and international ties.
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Seoul
Korea
Min Yung Whan
Uni
Courage Amid the Lake Superior Storm
Duluth reports heroism aboard the steamer Umbria as Captain C M Seph and crew fought the gale to regain control after the wheel was disabled. In six minutes they rejoined the after deck and steadied the vessel, saving the ship from wreck with thirty six hours of endurance amid flying debris and raging seas.
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Duluth
Dee
America
Umbria
C. M. Seph
Legiathan
Dwre
Lake Superior
Fr. B. Nye
Haw
Alva Keller
Sturtevant
Buffalo
Iowa Man Confesses in Independence Murder Case
Independence December 2 William S McWilliams confessed to the murder last week of his wife and five children whose mutilated bodies were found, ending a grisly family tragedy that shocked the region. The confession details emerged as investigators linked the family to a sequence of disturbing events and sought motive amid mounting evidence.
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Independence
William S. McWilliams
Indictments Accuse Bank President of Mail Fraud Schemes
Two federal indictments allege RE G Lewis president of the People's United States Bank and publisher of several magazines used the mails to solicit stock and collect deposits. A second count charges conspiracy to defraud the government of postage for the Lewis Publishing company. I J Cabot and W E Miller are named in the related charges. A fraud order had previously targeted the bank.
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St. Louis
Federal Grand
RE. G. Lewis
People's United States Bank
Woman's Magazine
Woman's Farm Journal
Lewis Publishing Company
I. J. Cabot
W. E. Miller
The
People’s United States Bank
United States District Attorney
Lewis
Fatal fire on Middle river pullboat claims nine lives
Mobile December 2 A pullboat on the Middle river burned during the day killing nine men. Sidney Wheat the negro steward survived, awake due to illness, escaping as the vessel collapsed. Stewart & Butt owners say the boat had no steam for three days and cannot explain the blaze.
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Mobile
Ala
Middle River
Sidney Wheat
Wheat
Stewart & Butt
Escape convict hanged at Folsom Prison in 1908 murder
Sacramento December 2 report states Harry Eldridge a noted leader among Folsom prison convicts who fled July 27, 1908 and was convicted of murdering Guard William Potter was hanged at the prison during the day.
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Sacramento
Cal
Harry Eldridge
Folsom
William Potter
Big Nine protests high football prices and sets 50 cent cap
Chicago December 2 Representatives from Chicago Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Northwestern Illinois Purdue Iowa and other Big Nine schools met to protest high admission prices for intercollegiate football games and passed a resolution capping prices at 50 cents. The conference organized for the year elected officers and announced the next track meet will be at Northwestern on June 2 A Wisconsin professor pushed a new rule requiring athletes to have sufficient credits to attend the college of arts and letters, with certificates of study and course records.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Illinois
Purdue
Indiana
Iowa
H. J. Barton
Ulmets
Big Nine
Frederick 8. Jones
Barton
C. F. Waldo
Northwestern University
T. S. Adams
College of Literature and Arts
Couple Dead in Carbonic Gas Poisoning Case
In Buffalo on December 2 Thomas Dancey and his wife were found dead in their home. Their 15 year old daughter was unconscious but revived and is expected to recover. Medical Examiner Danser ruled carbonic gas poisoning as the cause. A young girl discovering the scene alerted authorities.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas Dancey
Danser
Dancey
Albanians Capture Cannons Near Livash in European Turkey
Dispatch from Salonica dated December 2 reports Albanians attacked troops at Livash and captured several cannons. Theus Pasha reportedly moved to Liuma with troops as European powers plan to seize financial control of Macedonia, provoking furious reactions.
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Salonica
Turkey
Livash
Theus Pasha
Liuma
Macedonia
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Hart, Schaffner and
Marx
Nathan & Fischer Clothing
Dr. Reeds
George Hirsh
Heroes OF the Inland Seas
McWilliams
Big Nine Conference
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