Eight Die As Double Train Wreck Shocks Lake Point
New Orleans dispatch reports a rear collision at Little Woods station on Lake Pontchartrain. Great Northern express plowed into the New Orleans and Northeastern local, killing eight and injuring many as survivors struggled amid flames and wreckage. Willie Attaway, three, of Slidell, died among the victims. Investigators debate warning signals and responsibility between the two railroads.
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Great Northern
Little Woods
Ponchartrain
Lake Shore
Slidell
New Orleana
Great Northern Treine
Hattlesburg
Ertve
Covington
Blackman
Great Northern Express
Willie Attaway
A. Attaway
Thy
Northwestern
Steamer Temiskaming Boiler Blast Kills Three
Three men were killed in the Temiskaming boiler explosion on the Temiskaming steamer near a lake narrows. Captain Jones guided the vessel to shore where the injured were removed. J McBride of Columbus and C Ryan of Ottawa survived, McBride remains missing.
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J. McBride
Columbus
C. Ryan
Ottawa
Ryan
McBride
Democrats Favor Higher Duty on Crude Barytes in Tariff Hearings
Washington Nov 12 Democratic members of the house ways and means committee favored a rise in the duty on crude barytes while Republican members opposed any higher protective tariff on the mineral. Speakers including M. E. Whodles A. G. Nateon S. M. Roane and Charles J. Staples urged the increase citing barytes deposits in North Carolina Alabama Georgia and Tennessee. Representative Pau of North Carolina indicated support could come if mining proves profitable under the tariff.
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Metobera
House
Ways and Means Committee
M. E. Whodles
A. G. Nateon
M. Roane
North Carolina
Charlies J. Staples
Buffalo
N. Y
MeEvers
Alabama
Georgia
Ter Teesee
Pau
Evans
Rhodes
Missouri
William H. Patt
Payne
Longworth and
Bowell
Son of Colonel Watterson Killed in Wall Street Fall
Harvey M. Watterson, 30, lawyer and younger son of Henry Watterson, fell from the nineteenth floor at 37 Wall Street, landing on a nearby ten story roof. Officials ruled death accidental. He was a junior at Wing Russell and Watterson and had run for assembly on the Tammany ticket.
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New York
Harvey MM. Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier Journal
Wall Street
Mr. Watterson
Wing, Russell & Watterson
Watterson
F. R. Bagg
Page
Thomas E. Wing
Louisville
Columbia University Law School
Assembly
Tammany
Upper West Side
Lifesaver Mrs Gardner Rescues Man From Muddy Brook
Boston reports Mrs Jack Gardner a Back Bay art patron in a Venetian marble palace helped a man named Joseph Mullen of Brookline who wandered at night, fell into Muddy Brook, and was rescued after cries for help. The revived man explained he had lost his way in the dark.
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Boston
Jack Gardner
Joseph Mullen
Brookline
Wells Brothers Department Store Destroyed by Fire
Wells Brothers department store in Litchfield Minnesota burned with stock and building losses estimated at 60,000 dollars and 48,000 dollars insured. origin of the fire not known.
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Litchfield
Minn
Wells Brothers’ Company
Testimony in Gunness case features Helgelein kinship links
Andrew Helgelein, brother of the murdered A. Velgete in, travels from Aberdeen to La Porte to testify for the state. Prosecutor Smith plans to read letters from Mrs. Gunness to Helgelein, written in Norwegian, detailing Lamphere’s threats and jealousy over Helgelein’s visit. The letters are cited as strong evidence that Lamphere aided in Gunness’s murder and arson. The trial proceeds with jury panels and political notes interwoven.
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Aberdeen
Leporte
Lamphere
Woodruff Seeks Senate Bid Against Platt
Washington November 12. Woodruff announces he desires the United States Senate seat currently held by Platt. He says he seeks to win and believes he can present a compelling campaign against the incumbent.
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United States
Platt
Nine Die in Cheyenne Train Collision West of City
In Wyoming near Borie eleven miles west of Cheyenne nine people die and four are seriously injured when two freight trains collide on Sherman hill. Engineers and crew named include J C Sechler and John Murphy among the dead alongside three Japanese laborers.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Borie
Here
J. C. Sechler
Martin Christersen
Freman
John Murphy
Clarence Stitt
C. W. Redgers
J. C. Duncan
Sherman Hill
Massa
Morene
Oil Trust Hearing Criticizes Federal Pipeline Rules
In New York on November 12, speakers praised Prairie Oil and Gas, a Standard Oil subsidiary in Oklahoma, while denouncing federal regulations governing oil pipe lines at the hearing session.
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New York
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma
Government suit targets Standard Oil pipeline regulations
In a government case to dissolve the Standard company, counsel attacked the rules for pipeline building under federal law. JR Greenlee of Oklahoma testified the regulations aim to bar Prairie and similar lines, while George W Barnes criticized the interior secretary’s consent as impairing project viability. Greenlee later argued capital refused to fund pipelines due to the rules.
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Standard On Company
Standard
JR. Greenlee
Prairie Company
George W Barnes
Secretary of the Interior
Barnes
Greenlee
Capital
Cavallero Acquitted in Santa Barbara Murder Trial
Mary M. Cavallero was acquitted on the first ballot in Santa Barbara after a brief jury deliberation of under ten minutes. The defense contended she was deceived and abandoned by Walter R. Sproule who had beaten and threatened her.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Mary M. Cavallero
Walter R. Sproule
Miss Cavallero
Sproule
Exciting Reichstag Debate Over Emperor Intervention
Berlin November 12. A long debated Reichstag session ended with a majority rejecting a proposal to address the emperor about preventing personal intervention in foreign policy. Representatives from most parties voiced strong remarks while Chancellor von Bülow faced sharp criticism for his handling of the emperor's interview in the London Daily Telegraph. The government proceeded to vote against the address.
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Berlin
Reichstag
von Buelow
Tondon Daily Telegraph
Price of cotton in cotton planters rally New Orleans
President C. Barrett opened the Farmers Educational and Cooperative union convention in New Orleans declaring planters can lift cotton prices to last year’s levels. He estimated a $150,000,000 gain if prices recover and led delegates in backing a 25 percent crop cut, crop diversification, warehouse expansion, and interstate company formation to combat night riding. Delegates represent about 2,000,000 farmers mainly from Southern states.
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New Orleans
South
C. §. Barrett
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Barrett
New Orleans Coliseum
Farmers’ Union
Night Riders
Diplomat Probes Donaueschingen Siege as Emperor Reads Report
The chancellor faced hostile reception from Socialists amid calls for stronger defense of the foreign office linked to the "Interview." The emperor was said to be getting a full stenographic report from Donaueschingen where he stays with Prince von Fuerstenberg.
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Baron von Kiderlen-Waechter
Foreign Office
Donauesehingen
Prince von Fuerstenberr
Carpenter Peter Rask killed by outward bound car on Western avenue
Minneapolis reports Peter Rask a carpenter was ground into a mass of flesh and bones by a moving car on the Western avenue and Second street line. Police believe he fell asleep on the tracks leading to the fatal accident.
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Minneapolis
Peter Rask
Western Avenue
Second Street
Rask
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