Earthquake Rips Mexico and Chicago Names Woman as School Head
Reports from Mexico describe a severe earthquake spanning over 1000 square miles with fourteen deaths and many injuries. Acapulco partially destroyed and Chilpancingo reportedly wiped out. In Chicago, Mrs. Hla Flagg Young is named head of the public schools, the first woman to hold the post.
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Mexico
Central Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
Querato
Qoaxacin
Acaputco
Guerrero
C. Perries
Chilpancingo
Mexico City
Chicago
Hla Flagg Young
Chicago Normal School
Board of Education
Farmer Severely Injured After Falling Into Threshing Machine
Thomas Melton a farmer on Edward Bishop's Kansas Illinois farm fell while aiding operation of a thrashing machine. His right leg was torn below the knee and his left foot badly mangled. doctors feared amputation. Melton, a middle aged man with a large family, was working atop the machine when the accident occurred.
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Thomas Melton
Edward Bishop
Kansas
Melton
Thief Steals $23,000 in Bonds From Louisville Coffee Firm
A burglar entered the Louisville Coffee Company offices in Louisville Kentucky and made off with bonds and stocks valued at 23000 belonging to Cr W White the company president. The safe was open and no cash was taken.
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Louisville Coffee Company
Louisville
Cr. W. White
Six Injured in Wreck on Milwaukee Road Near Caplainville
A wreck on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line near Caplainville Wisconsin injured Harrison S. Green a Milwaukee attorney with a shoulder injury and head cut. Charles W. Hamilton of Milwaukee suffered shoulder injuries and four others had minor injuries from the overturning of two parlor cars.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Caplainville
Wis
Harrison S. Green
Milwaukee
Charles W. Hamilton
Nordica Weds George W Young in London
American singer Mme Nordica married George W Young a New York banker at Kings Weigh House church in Grosvenor Square London. The ceremony drew a small circle of friends noted in American and English society. President's Yacht Sylph rescues twenty of twenty nine from Saco river near Biddeford Maine. two presumed drowned.
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Mme
Nordica
London
George W. Young
New York
Kings Weigh House Church
Grosvenor Square
President
Sylph
Saco River
Biddeford
Boy Shoots Playmate Fatally in Indiana Incident
Seven year old Fred Sydle of Kenan na Indiana picked up a loaded shotgun and pointed it at four year old Thomas Frain. The weapon discharged killing the child. Authorities investigate the tragic accident and custody of the weapon is in question.
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Fred Sydle
Kenanna
Ind
Thomas Frain
Hotel Burns at Harrod Ohio Fire Drains Central Hotel
A blaze at Harrod ten miles from Lima destroyed the Central Hotel and for a time threatened the business district. Fire department fought the flames but the hotel suffered heavy damage and authorities began investigations into the cause.
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Harrod
Ohio
Lima
Spain in uproar as Alfonso faces martial law and riots
Riots surge across Catalonia Madrid and Barcelona as King Alfonso declares martial law and suspends constitutional guarantees. Troops and Bourbon princes move to Barcelona while Barcelona cities burn and clashes leave many dead and wounded.
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Catalonia
Spain
Madrid
Morocco
Alfonso
Barcelona
Charles of Bourbon
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria
Toilers in Death Club Rumor Shocks Cleveland
Report says a suicide pact group of disheartened factory workers formed in Cleveland to end their lives to escape daily torments. Miss Rebecca Boseckiek, 18, was found dead in Gordon Park. relatives fear another girl, a companion of Bosechek, may follow. The group reportedly included six girls four young men and a couple.
Uncle Sam Cuts Phone Bill for Public Health Officials
The Comptroller of the Treasury in Washington states that the cost of furnishing telephones to Public Health Service and Marine Hospital Service officers on exclusive duty in alien examination cannot be paid this fiscal year from the immigration regulation appropriation.
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Uncle Sam
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Comptroller of the Treasury
Washington
U. S. Destroyers Head to Alaska for Northern Maneuvers
Six torpedo boat destroyers based in Puget Sound recently met in Seattle and set out on a long cruise to Alaska. The ships Whipple Truxton Hull Paul Jones Perry and Hopkins will acquaint officers and crews with northern waters and provide maneuvering practice.
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U. S&s
Alaska
Puget Sound
Seattle
Whipple
Truxton
Hull
Paul Jones
Perry
Hopkins
General Biscuit Firm Forms Rival to National Cracker Trust
A Hartford Connecticut company called the General Circuit Company with $6,000,000 capital organized under Connecticut law plans to compete with the National Biscuit Company. Officers named include President John B Summerfield, Vice President Arthur N Taylor, and Secretary Treasurer Henry M Haviland, with Summerfield linked to several Brooklyn and city ventures.
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National Biscuit Company
Cracker Trust
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
General Ciscuit Company
John B. Summerfield
John B. Summerfield & Co
Wall Street
Arthur N. Taylor
Brooklyn
Henry M. Haviland
Summerfield
City National Bank
Miners’ Smelting Company
W. H. Beard Dredging Company
Honesty Brings Reward for Honest Brakeman
A Long Island Railroad brakeman William Robelin returned a lost jewel bag worth about 30000 dollars to railroad officials. Mrs. H Schwab the wife of a New York jeweler claimed the jewels and rewarded Robelin with 100 dollars in cash two suits of clothes and a two week vacation with a lifelong $100 monthly position offer at Maiden Lane.
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William Robelin
Long Island Railroad
H. Schwab
New York
Robelin
Maiden Lane
Schwab
Indian student convicted in Wyllie killing faces death
Madarial Dhinagri, the Indian student who killed Lt Col Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr Lalaca in London, was found guilty in a trial under an hour and sentenced to death. He refused to plead and called the sentence illegal, vowing vengeance when India gains power. Publisher A F Hossley of the Indian Sociologist received four months for incendiary articles.
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Madarial Dhinagri
William Hutt Curzon Wyllie
Lalaca
London
England
India
Dhinagri
A. F. Hossley
The
Indian Sociologist
Balloon race prize offered for Zurich championship cup
A $2,500 cash prize posted by James Gordon Bennett will go to the winner of the international balloon races in Zurich next October. Mrs. H C Schneiter of St. Louis begins a 1650 mile pedestrian journey to Boston with her husband, planning about 35 miles daily over 45 days.
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James Gordon Bennett
Zurich
Switzerland
H. C. Schneiter
St. Louis
Boston
Wabash Train Wreck Near Orrick Kills Six, Hurts Fifty
Six dead and more than fifty injured after Wabash passenger train No. 4 plunges from track into the Missouri River near Orrick Missouri a wreck blamed on river currents undermining the track. Engine baggage mail cars and cars follow into the water as chair car passengers suffer many injuries including broken bones with some fatalities likely to rise.
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Yiremnan
St. Louis
Orrick
Kansas City
Indianapolis liquor-king killed in Little Rock courtroom
Nathaniel Parker Willis of Indianapolis, wealthy owner of a liquor cure, was shot in the Chancery Court room in Little Rock during a suit over custody of his child. W. Y. Ellis of Pine Bluff Ark fired the fatal shot after Willis had obtained a divorce years earlier and pursued custody. Willis died almost instantly in his mother’s arms as she ran to him. The incident followed a dispute with his divorced wife, who had remarried Ellis.
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Indianapolis
United States
Jeff Davis
W. Y. Ellis
Pine Bluff
Ark
Nathaniel
Parker Willis
Chancery Court Room
Little Rock
Willis
Ellis
White House mistress Elizabeth Dandridge dies at 86
Elizabeth Dandridge also known as Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge, daughter of President Zachary Taylor, died in Winchester Virginia at age 86. She was a sister of Jefferson Davis’s first wife and of the wife of Army Surgeon General Wood. Betty Taylor served as White House mistress during General Taylor’s presidency.
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Elizabeth Dandridge
Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge
Zachary Taylor
United States
White House
Winchester
Dandridge
Jefferson Davis
Wood
Army
General Taylor
Betty Taylor
Standings of the American League Clubs
The American League standings show Detroit leading with 59 wins and 38 losses, Chicago 43 46, Philadelphia 54 37, New York 41 49, Boston 52 42, St. Louis 39 60, Cleveland 48 42, and Washington 26 64.
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American League
Detroit
Chicago
Philadela
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Wash’gton
National akaGl E
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Bank Clerk Vanishes With Loot From Tipton Institution
Noah R. Marker assistant cashier at First National Bank of Tipton Indiana reportedly fled after gathering 50 000 to 60 000 in cash. He set a time lock for 9 am Monday and left a note saying he took funds to cover expenses. Marker 35 has wife and two children and was a former mayoral candidate.
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First National Bank of
Tipton
Ind
Indiana
Noah R. Marker
Marker
William Marker
Noah Marker
Mysterious New Island Reported Near Gambier Group
Captain Quatrevaux of the French ship Thiers reports a newly formed islet off the Gambier Islands in the Pacific. He describes uncanny conditions as a swell pulled the ship toward rocks while the landmass, likely volcanic rock, appeared at coordinates about 24.25° S 128.90° W.
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Gambier Group
Quatrevaux
Thiers
San Francisco
Newcastle
Australia
Pacific
Quatravaux
Despondent fugitive surrenders closes forgery case in KC
William Nilsson, a deteriorated fugitive, walked into Kansas City police headquarters and confessed to a two year old forgery in Janesville Wisconsin. He said his wife was dying and his baby had died in a street car crash in California. He claimed he fled to Germany before returning to the United States.
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California
William Nilsson
Kansas City
Janesville
Wis
Nilsson
Germany
Harrisburg mother drowns child then hangs herself
In Harrisburg Arkansas Mrs BE H Bailey mother of five drowned her two year old son in a barrel of rain water in the back yard and then hanged herself on the back porch with a rope. Her body found at sunrise by her husband. She had been ill and mentally disturbed for weeks. She was 45.
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Harrisburg
Ark
BE. H. Bailey
Bailey
Local Hero Drowns After Saving Woman in River
James H. Walker aged 25 drowned in the Little Tennessee river while saving Mrs. F. D. Christian of Sydney Ohio. He was overcome and sank after aiding the woman to safety.
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Saver Wowan
James H. Walker
Little
Tennessee
F. D. Christian
Sydney
Ohio
Women Lead In Civic Ideals And Labor Movement
Prof. Charles Zueblin spoke at Chautauqua about American focus on trivial matters. He warned newspapers reflect public taste and urged informed opinion on labor unions and women’s economic independence. He predicted rising labor organization driven by factory pressures and societal change.
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Miss Taft
Mr. Taft
Chautauqua
N. Y
Charles Zuehblin
Zuehblin
Supreme Court
Zueblin
Organization of Labor
Forgeries in Looted Bank Hit Tipton Bank
William H. Marker, cashier at First National Bank of Tipton Indiana, resigns after defalcations of over 100000. His brother Noah R. Marker, missing assistant cashier, is under charge. Bank examiners find many bad notes and forged signatures among funds. Shortage expected around 110000, possibly higher.
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Defaulier
William H. Marker
First National Bank of
Tipton
Ind
Noah R. Marker
Miller Weir
National Bank Examiner
Wyoming Lands Designated Under Enlarged Homestead Act
Acting Secretary Pierce designates about 908000 acres in Wyoming under the enlarged homestead act. The total designated in the state reaches 11584080 acres. the land noted is not suitable for irrigation.
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Wyoming
Contractors Guilty in Boston Conspiracy Trial
Michael J. Mitchell former city purchasing agent and Thomas J F Maher contractor were found guilty by a Boston Superior Court jury of conspiracy to defraud the city of 13500 by signing contracts for excessive flagstones. Sentence deferred.
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Michael J. Mitchell
Thomas JF. Maher
Superior Court
Boston
Mayor Markbreit Dies After Illness in Cincinnati
Col. Leopold Markbreit former mayor and journalist dies after long illness. He served about nineteen months as Cincinnati's chief executive and will be succeeded by Vice Mayor John Galvin.
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Markbreit
Leopold Markbreit
Cincinnati
John Galvin
Minister's Death By Drowning In Kentucky Creek
The Rev. Joseph Bennett, a Baptist minister, drowned himself in Otter Creek in Hardin County Kentucky. A note found with his effects says he was unsuccessful in honest business ventures and believed it best to get out of the way.
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Joseph Bennett
Otter Creek
Hardin County
Kentucky
Bennett
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