Riots Sweep Philadelphia As Cars Are Set Ablaze
Rioting erupts citywide after Philadelphia Rapid Transit attempts service. Cars are burned or wrecked, police flood streets, 3,000 officers sworn in, 35 arrests. Two women shot, 13 year old Viola Beavan among the injured.
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Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Reyburn
Clay
Central Labor Union
Carmen
Mill
Kensington
Mary Devlin
West Philadelphia
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Transit Company
New York
Eighth
Dauphin Streets
Viola Beavan
George Feltsaup
Freight Train Run Wild Crashes into Passenger Car
A wild freight train of six miles down a mountain grade near Mountain Junction collided with Great Northern passenger No. 287 in the local yards. Two engines and eleven cars formed the freight, injuring three crew members and destroying the dining car Chewah. All crew jumped to safety as flames and wreckage followed.
President Diaz Faces Mexican Crisis As Pressure Rises
Mexico's chief executive, President Diaz, confronts growing political and economic strain amid calls for reform and stability. Officials cite challenges to governance while opposition voices demand accountability and change.
London Ministry Completes as Asquith Clears Vote
London February 21 The ministry is completed with William edgedgwood Benn and Ernest Josephes named junior Lords of the Treasury Samuel Montague becomes India undersecretary and Cecil William Noaks named assistant postmaster general Orton replaces Sir Henry Norman in the treasury side by elections still required for junior Lords but expected to pass with easy majorities The king’s speech will focus on finance and House relations rather than foreign affairs.
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London
Hier Asquith
Willia Edgwood Benn
Ernest Josephes
the Treasury
Samuel Montague
Secre of India
Cecil William No
Orton
Henry Norman
War on Taft Fueled by Morgan Guggenheim Interests
Washington reports say Wall Street big business plans a campaign to discredit Taft and aid a Democrat win in 1912. A Morgan Guggenheim representative testified on Alaska coal lands and Cunningham claims, seen as a blow to Taft and Ballinger, signaling a broader effort to shift power in the next election. Governor Harmon of Ohio is named as a potential Democratic backer.
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Washington
Wall Street
Taft
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Senate Committee On Territories
Alaska
Cunningham
Ballinger
Louis R. Glavis
Morgan-Guggenheim
Glavis
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
White House
George W. Perkins
Europe
Judson Harmon
Ohio
President Diaz a Very Sick Man
City of Mexico reports President Diaz is very ill and unlikely to recover due to age. The loss of his leadership alarms Mexican statesmen who fear instability and possible U.S. intervention if he dies. The illness is linked to fatigue from a recent trip to meet President Taft in El Paso.
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City of
Mexico
Diaz
Taft
el Paso
United States
Cuba
Washington
Boy Shot and Killed in Marinette Incident
In Menominee on February 21 Gustav Everson aged eleven was shot and killed in Marinette by Ernest Sundine fifteen after Sundine and a companion played with a rifle Sundine aimed to scare the boy and the weapon discharged striking his heart in the street
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Menominee, Mich
Gustave Everson
Marinette
Ernest Sundine
Sundine
Tragic accidental shooting near Hibbing claims Hibbing man
Isaac Serman a 49 year old resident of Hibbing died in a woods accident ten miles north of Duluth when a 22 caliber rifle discharged after he tripped on a root. The bullet entered his chin and head, ending his life.
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Duluth
Isaac Serman
Hibbing
Wall Collapse Kills Four Firemen in Fredericktown Blaze
Four volunteer firefighters died when a wall collapsed during a fire in Fredericktown Missouri on February 21. Two buildings were destroyed with an estimated loss of $50,000, and three white men and one black man perished in the incident.
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Fredericktown
Shows Great Improvement for Senator Tillman
Washington newspaper report notes favorable signs in Senator Tillman's health. Initial paralysis and speech loss have abated, with improvement started. He recognized one physician by name and spoke two words. He greeted Dr White, confirming memory and progress toward full recovery.
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Washington
Tillman
Mr. Tillman
Dr. White
Ben Hoff Bauer Killed in Billings NP Yard Accident
Ben Hoff Bauer switchman died instantly in the Northern Pacific yards of Billings Montana between two freight cars. The fatality occurred February 12 and the accident is under local inquiry.
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Billings
Mont
Ben Hoffbauer
Northern Pacific
Thirteen Convicted in Faked Money Ring
Lupo known as The Wolf and Giuseppe Morrello head counterfeit rings in America. Six confederates sentenced to federal prison at Atlanta with terms from fifteen to thirty years and fines up to $1,000 each. Total penalties amount to 150 years and $7,600. Lupo wept during mercy plea. Calicchio, Morrello, and others sobbed or fainted as sentences pronounced.
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New York
Lupo
the Wolf
America
Giuseppe Morrello
Atlanta
Italy
Calicchio
Morrello
Taft to push four administration bills at present session
White House announces Taft will demand only four measures this session. Republican leaders welcome relief as legislators aim to pass interstate commerce reforms land withdrawal and conservation bills. Senate action on the postal savings bank bill is expected this week with early committee clearance.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
House
Capitol
Postal Savings Bank
Trouble Looms in Cairo as Militia Ordered In
White citizens furious over alleged insulting gestures at funeral attendees for Alexander Halliday killed in the jail attack. Shelbyville Illinois National Guard Company H ordered to Cairo. Adjutant General Dickson and Sheriff Nellis confirmed. Militia patrols, threatened pursesnatch suspect, and tension over Sheriff Nellis and Halliday's body. Ministers urge lawful action.
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Cairo
Shelbyville
Ilinois National Guard
Dickson
Nellis
Alexander Halliday
Halliday
Mounds Lil
John Pratt
Sheriff Nellis
Deneen
Theater Collapse Traps 500 in Patton Basement
Five hundred attendees fled a small Patton theater when a car collapsed as a fire broke out. One person died and many were injured, some fatally, as rescuers fought flames and water streams in the basement amid the debris.
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Johnstown
Patton
One Killed and Many Hurt in Newcastle Streetcar Wreck
A streetcar on a Newcastle hill derailed and plunged 150 feet down a bank. One man died and twenty others were injured. the conductor was the only person not severely hurt.
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Newcastle
Fort Madison Penitentiary Fire Destroys Warden’s House
Des Moines reports a major fire at the Fort Madison state penitentiary with the warden’s house roof burned off. Guards fought to prevent sparks from igniting the cell house as flames raged and crews worked to contain the blaze.
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Des Moines
Fort Madison
Case Baffles The Police In Mysterious Poison Death
New York police probe the death of Miss Lucille Clark in the Hotel Grenoble after a nurse described a powerful little known poison that attacks from toes to heart. Coroner doctors search for a name, suspecting a foreign origin or rare toxin.
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New York
Lucille Clark
Grenoble
Miss Clark
Trolley Car Struck by Freight Train in Sharon Crossing
A trolley car was struck by a backing freight train at State street crossing in Sharon Pennsylvania due to signal miscommunication. Twenty people were cut or bruised, some with internal injuries, but all are expected to recover.
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Sharon
State Street
Erie Road
Unknown Man Cremated Near Soo Railroad Line
An unknown man seeking shelter from bitter cold burned to death in an abandoned surveyor's shanty along the Soo railroad line from Bemidji to Thief River Falls in Crookston Minnesota.
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Crookston
Minn
New Soo
Bemidji
Thief River Falls
Farmer George Adair Takes Own Life in Barn Near Carbon
George Adair a farmer living near Carbon Iowa hanged himself in his barn on February 21. Authorities have not released a cause for the death and the case remains under investigation.
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Carbon
George Adair
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