Train Plunged Into Hudson River Near New Hamburg
The Pacific express No. 7 of the New York Central and Hudson River line plunged into the Hudson after hitting a landslide washed onto the tracks by heavy rains. Fireman Mills died. Engineer Edward Wells was fatally injured. Fifteen passengers seriously hurt and many more lightly hurt. The four car wreckage included two day coaches and a baggage mail combo.
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Hudson River
Pacific Express
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Tiudsen River
New Hamburg
Mills
Edward Wells
Bronx
N.Y
Robbery Suspected After Cannonsburg Family Tragedy
Samuel Pearse discovers his wife and two children dead and a third child dying from bullet wounds at his home three miles north of Cannonsburg Pennsylvania. Indications point to robbery as the motive and an earlier fire set in a bedroom was thwarted by Pearse. A coroner and police were alerted as a posse hunted a strange negro seen near the Pearse residence.
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Samuel Pearse
Washington County
Cannonsburg
Pearse
Tragedy In Chicago: Four Year Old Burned To Death In Fire
The body of Mrs. Ernestine Voss four years old was found burned in the ruins of her Chicago home. Police have arrested her husband John dL Voss who is held pending coroner inquest. Postmortem reveals fifteen pellets near the backbone. Neighbors say frequent money related quarrels.
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Ernestine Voss
Chicago
John dL. Voss
Voss
Leather Company floor collapse injures two on St Louis site
A partial collapse of the third floor at the American Oak Leather Company on Noble and Charles streets in St. Louis trapped two workers on the lower floors. The two injured employees were the only ones in the path of falling leather and debris.
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American Oak Leather Company
Noble St. Charles Street
St. Louis Ma
Threeettar
Three Cent Fare Fix Scheduled for October on Fulton Road
Mayor Johnson of Cleveland announces October date for Municipal Praction Company to operate the three cent fire car on the Fulton road line to the public square despite an injunction. A Tangier dispatch reports a Mulaya engagement with heavy losses and rebels paraded with heads on bayonets as trophies.
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Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Municipal
Fulton Road
Purblic Square
Tangier
Morrocco
Mulaya
Grand Jury Returns Three Indictments on Sugar Rebating
A federal grand jury in New York reportedly returned three indictments following an inquiry into alleged rebating involving the American Sugar Refining Company. The action points to possible violations of competition and antitrust laws.
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United States Court of New York
American Sugar Refining Courypany
Bandits Loot Linden Station In Robbery
Seven masked men entered the Monon station at Linden Indiana bound the operator and blew the safe with dynamite securing about $500 before escaping. A separate Kingston Tennessee report notes a negress gave birth to six children all alive at last accounts.
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Monon
Linden
Ind
Kingston
Williams County
Tenn
Black man dies in related incident in Louisville case
Cornelius Johnson, identified as a Black man, died in a related incident in Louisville Kentucky tied to the serious case involving Conrad Kaiser, a white saloonkeeper, from a year ago.
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Cornelius Johnson
Louisville
Conrad Kaiser
Fire destroys courthouse and stores in Maryville Tenn
A blaze in Maryville Tennessee leveled the county courthouse, Harper's department store and warehouse and several other buildings. Loss was about 125000 dollars with partial insurance. The fire began in Harper's store after being struck by lightning.
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Harper's Department
Maryville
Tenn
Harper’s Store
Wreck on St. Louis & San Francisco Train Kills Two Injures Thirty
A collision near Springfield Missouri involving the St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train No 1 bound for St Louis injured thirty people with two fatalities. The crash was blamed on a defective split switch.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Springfield
Russia dissolves parliament as crisis grips empire
Russia shatters parliamentary rule with ukases dissolving the Duma and setting a March 4, 1907 convening date. Kiev province placed under martial law as Nicholas capitulates to grand dukes and faces looming dictatorship amid mounting revolutionary pressure.
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Russia
Kiev
Peterhof
Trepoff
Nicholas
Russell Sage Dies Aged Financier of Wall Street
Russell Sage died Sunday at his summer home in Lawrence, Long Island, after a final decline. He planned a 90th birthday on August 4, welcomed by old residents and friends who knew him as Uncle Rusco. The fortune estimates range from 75 to 100 million, with charity rumors circulating despite unclear confirmation. He passed peacefully with his wife and several medical and religious attendants nearby.
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Russell Sage
Swmmer
Lawrence
L. I
Rusgo
Sage
Sege
Joseph J. Stocum
Theodore Janeway
New York
Carl EB. Seluiuck
Robert Gibetteh
Mrr. Brage
Shenandoah
N.Y
Trenry
Erovery
Tras
Soaimenih
Tinslut Save
Rensselaer County
Wall Street
Margaret Slocum
Grant & Ward
French and Russian Upheavals Paralleled in 18th Century Context
The text notes parallels between French and Russian unrest, citing rising poverty, high taxes, and lack of political voice. It mentions Necker’s dismissal, Louis XVI and family retreat to Versailles, calls for royal action, and peasant movements demanding liberty. It also references Prince Mirsky and resignations affecting reforms as Tsarist officials depart to Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof.
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Necker
France
Grand Dukes
Douma
Prince Mirsky
Nicholis el
Tsarskoe Selo
Peterhof
St. Petersburg
Czar
Russia Restores Autocracy as Parliament Dissolved
The article reports imperial edicts returning Russia to autocracy, dissolving the parliament, and delaying new elections. It notes potential universal suffrage changes, fears of peasant dominance, and possible unrest. mentions clashes at Narva Gate and the Viborg gathered outlaw parliament plans. It also lists unrelated events including a mine fire in Scranton and Interparliamentary Union news.
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Nicholas
Russia
J. Petersburg
Finland
Viborg
Gulf of
Finhnd
Sweden
Sibley
Old Forge
Scranton
The
Interparliamentary Union
Representative Bartholdt
Missouri
Riots and Cossack Attacks Amid Anti-Jewish Violence
Reports describe anti Jewish outbreaks in Odessa with Cossacks looting houses and shops while troops shot at Jews defending property on Srednaia street. Mutiny at Warsaw Officers Club leaves two officers dead and six wounded as artillery mutineers burn the club. Narva gate meetings see troops refuse to disperse crowds.
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Odessa
Srednaia
Warsaw
Artillery Corps
Narva
Viborgski
Neva
Citizens Stand Up for Your Rights in Russia Manifesto
The text details a Viborg meeting where Russian parliamentarians dissolve the government and urge land reform, expropriation of church and crown lands, and removal of ministers. It warns of seven months without representation as the government aims to quash the popular movement.
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Viborg
Russia
Gov
Revolt Echoes Across Russia as Parliament Felled
Across interior Russia revolts flare as martial law tightens. Sebastopol residents flee inland while troops and garrisons waver toward the people. In Warsaw and Odessa, proclamations urge refusal of taxes and recruitment as mass protests unfold.
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Warsaw
Sebastopol
Odessa
Russia
Trepoff
M. Pobiedonostseff
Holy Synod
Orloff
Baltic
Peter Gov
Alcohol fuel research for small gas engines study
The Department of Agriculture enlists Prof. Charles E. Locke of Columbia University to review data on using alcohol in small gas engines and to conduct experiments on producing alcohol from grain and potatoes.
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Department of Agriculture
Charles E. Locke
Columbia University
Professors to Get Pensions from Carnegie Foundation
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announces forty six colleges to receive gifts for deserving professors. Institutions with formal denominational ties or requiring trustees to join a church are omitted along with state or municipal colleges below the trustees' academic standard.
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Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Ice Trust and reform chatter in early American courts
A cynical roundup notes French justice, Russian unrest, and New York chorus girls crowding courts while Lige Dowie wanders. It observes the Ice Trust losing ground, Pittsburgh divorce cases drawing muckrake attention, and Cincinnati indicting a Laundry Trust as calls rise to save funds and invest in Panama canal bonds. It also mentions Dowie missing Lyman J. Gage, a Bulldog’s odd fortune, and cheaper armor plate amid mosquito bites.
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Russia
New York
Lige Dowie
Ice Trust
Central America
Trust Busters
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Dowie
Lyman J. Gage
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D. McCallum
Breford Inlet
Anglesea
Ned
Thenrys. Ludlin
Lereford Inlet
Sugar Trust
Bandits
Monon Station
Parliament
Trepofe
Doma
Nesty
Finhend
Nicholos
Nicolas II
Nestor of
Louis XVII
Versailles
Paris
Louis XVI
Siberia
Moscow
John W. Bates
Maria Winne
Narva Gate
Russele Sage
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