Elevator Fall Kills Two in Chicago Building
A passenger elevator at 202 Jackson Boulevard Chicago fell nine stories after a cable parted. Two men died and seven were hurt as the car plummeted, trapping many women employees from Edenheimer Stevie & Company. Jacob Scrammack, 46, identified among the dead, and elevator conductor Leo Considine, 21, arrested for the crash.
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Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Edenheimer, Stevie & Company
Jacob Scrammack
Leo Considine
Five Die As Freight Hits Trolley In Waterbury
A New York, New Haven & Hartford freight train struck a trolley car carrying twenty five workers bound for Oakville pin factories at West Main Street crossing. Five people were killed and six injured, including three women, in the Waterbury accident.
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Waterbury
Conn
West Main Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Pin
Oakville
Factory Fire Destroys Hickson Bedstead Works
Fire swept the Hickson Bedstead Company plant in Muncie Indiana destroying the iron bedsteads factory. The fire left 125 workers idle after the plant had resumed operations for about ten days following a lengthy shutdown. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars and insured.
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Hickson Bedstead Company
Muncie
Ind
Sixty Men Entombed in Mine Explosion at Fayette City
Reports say between fifty and sixty miners are entombed at the Naomi mine, United Coal Company, Fayette City Pennsylvania after an explosion released black damp. Rescue efforts center on clearing tons of rock and coal that blocked the entrance.
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Naomi
United Coal Company
Fayette City
Fire at Laporte Flour Mill Wrecked by Suspected Arson
A three story flour mill owned by F. Lorig & Son in Laporte Indiana was destroyed by a fire believed incendiary. Loss estimated at $20 000 with $16 000 insured. A man was seen fleeing the mill shortly before the blaze.
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Laporte
F. Lorig & Son
Ind
Kentucky Feud Battle Leaves Two Dead on Beaver Creek
In a feud between the Miller and Jones factions on Beaver Creek near Whitesburg Kentucky John Miller a reputed Miller leader was killed and Andy and Merrill Jones were mortally wounded the two factions clashed at the left fork of the creek.
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Kentucky
Miller
Jones
Beaver Creek
Whitesburg
John Miller
Andy
Merrill Jones
Muncie Mayor Guthrie improves in Battle Creek sanitarium
Word from Muncie Indiana says Mayor Lon Guthrie, under treatment for nervous prostration, has shown improvement and hopes rise that his recovery will not be long delayed. Jamestown Exposition ends as President Tucker turns off lights after closing exercises.
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Muncie
Lon Guthrie
Battle Creek
Mich
Tucker
Fire Rips Through Houston Center. $750,000 Loss
A major blaze swept a central Houston area destroying property valued at 750000 dollars. The fire broke out at the rear of the Frank Dunn jewelry store and pawnshop.
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Houston
Texas
Frank Dunn
Fire destroys C. W. Fisher Furniture store in Milwaukee
A blaze gutted the C. W. Fisher Furniture Company on Second Street Milwaukee causing an estimated 80 000 to 100 000 dollars in damage from smoke and water.
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Milwaukee
C. W. Fisher Furniture Company
Second Street
Wis
Highwaymen Rob Safe in Nevada
Robbers at the We Tonopah Goldfield Bullfrog railroad freight depot in Goldfield Nevada overpowered the watchman and blew open the safe securing all it contained. The incident highlights ongoing theft risks on regional rail facilities in Nevada.
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Nevada
We Tonopah, Goldfield & Bullfrog Railroad
Goldfield
Pedestrian Weston Completes 1234 Mile Walk To Chicago
Edward Payson Weston, age 69, finished a 1234 mile trek from Portland Maine to Chicago in 24 days 19 hours 15 minutes The feat surpasses his 40 year old record by a full day after accounting for four Sundays he rested His longest daily distance was not provided in the readable text
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Illinois
Frank McCoy
Joel McCoy
Edward Ford
Ford
Bloomington
Edward Payson
Portland
Chicago
Edward Payson Weston
Weston
Tventy
Weston zigzags to maintain speed on arduous journey
The narrative notes a 95 and 3-10 mile trip with a former 82 mile best day. Weston’s stride resembles a shuffle and a dog trot explanation, a deliberate light efficiency to ease leg strain. He moves with minimal effort, leaning forward, zigzagging, and sometimes seeming driven by his weight.
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Weston
TRY IT ON THE DOG
Dr. Warvey Wiley argues refrigerated meat may become unsafe after long cold storage. Tissues are measured and remeasured, with odor guiding soundness tests. A taste and odor comparison with fresh beef precedes feeding to the department dog to gauge health risks.
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Warvey W. Wiley
Uncle Sam
Dr. Wiley
Tce
Congress
Oklahoma railroads to cut coal rates by sixty percent
The Oklahoma corporation commission notified railroads that a 60 percent reduction in coal rates will take effect January 2. Fire destroyed the Louis Lipp Company plumbing plant at Winton Place near Cincinnati with losses around $80,000. A separate blaze razed Sulzer's Harlem River Park on East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street in New York, with losses about $800,000.
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Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Louis Lipp Company
Winton Place
Cincinnati
Sulzer
Harlem River Park
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
New York
Kurdish Raiders Ravage Armenian Regions Across Asia Minor
Constantinople reports Kurdish tribes under Ibraham Pasha conduct raids across Irae rum Bitlis Van Kharput and Diarbekir. Sixteen villages burned last month and eight in Sert district. Hunger grows as food and fuel scarce while Armenians and Muslims alike suffer, spurting calls for autonomy and removal of Ibraham Pasha.
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Constantinople
Iraerum
Bitlis
Van
Kharput
Diarbekir
Ibrahwmn Pasha
Kurdistan
Jezireh-Ybu-Omiur
Sert
Asia Minor
Ibraham Pasha
Porte
Aleppo
Ibraham
The New Chinatown Rises From Earthquake Ruins
San Francisco rebuilds Chinatown on the old site under Nob Hill near the financial district. Chinese property owners funded rapid reconstruction with funds from home and abroad, bypassing banks, while authorities demand legal building standards and improved health conditions.
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San Francisco
Nob Hill
Financial District
Chinatown
Telegraph Hill
Mission District
Water Front
Market Street
New York
China
Greater Pittsburg Consolidation Cleared by Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court sustained the lower court and upheld the Pittsburg Allegheny consolidation. The merged city covers 38 square miles with about 550000 residents and aims for sixth largest American city by population, contending with Boston and Baltimore.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Supreme Court
Moody
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Boston
Baltimore
Conscription or Higher Pay Urged by Army Official
Major General F C Ainsworth, adjutant general, urges conscription or substantial pay increases to bolster U S Army enlistments in his annual report. He notes recruiting efforts fail to fill losses and insists Congress must choose between compulsion or higher soldier pay to sustain the armed forces.
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United States Army
F. C. Ainsworth
War Department
Ainsworth
Europe
Congress
Avery
Mexicans Arm Yaquis Against Maya Rebels in Sonora
The Mexican war department under President Diaz orders Yaqui Indians, deported to Quintana Roo, to form military companies and fight Maya rebels who have long resisted federal authority in Sonora and Quintana Roo. The plan aims to leverage reported mutual hostility between Yaquis and Mayas to quell the uprising.
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Mexican War Department
Diaz
Sonora
Quintana Roo
Yucatan
Inland waterways plan eyed for national navigation revival
In Washington the inland waterways commission discussed a plan to restore navigation on the Mississippi and other waterways. It advances a preliminary report to the President, cites declines in water transport and railroad alternatives, and prioritizes the lakes to the gulf channel initiative after two Mississippi River field trips.
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Inland Waterways Commission
Washington
Mississippi River
Lakes
Gulf” Channel
Commission
Miners Congress Opens in Joplin Missouri News Notes
Gov Folk opened the Miners Congress in Joplin Missouri where officials urged creating two Mines Departments in the national cabinet. The Aero Club of New England formed in Boston with thirty seven members. The Albgt Theater in Berlin New Hampshire burned interior losses estimated at one hundred thousand dollars.
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Gov. Folk
Miners’ Congress
Joplin
The
Aero Club of
New England
Boston
Albgt
Berlin
N. H
Department of Mines
Turn of Immigration Tide Strains European Steamships
Paris streets see hundreds of destitute aliens from Italy and Lithuania wandering on the edge of starvation as European labor leaders warn the influx will deepen hardship. New York exports surge with 30,000 steerage travelers last week and an expected 50,000 this week as steamship capacity fills to February.
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Europe
French Labor Bureau
Nicholas Martin
Paris
Ministry of Works
New York Harbor
New York
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN AND NATIONWIDE HEALTH Plan
A committee led by Charles C. Burlingham warns that one third of U S pupils lag due to physical defects such as hearing vision malnutrition. The report calls for universal physical exams parent notification and enforcement of health tenement and child labor laws with school hygiene departments to prevent defects.
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Charles C. Burlingham
Board of Education of
New York City
United States
New York
Boards of Education
Saturn Rings Debate Draws on Astronomers Views
Prof Percival Lowell argues knots in Saturn rings signal falling rings. Prof Simon Newcomb in Washington counters, noting Struve proposed this theory long ago and that viewing angles now hide individual rings. Newcomb supports Clerks Maxwell’s idea that small satellites cluster and separate. Prof Brashear of Pittsburgh aligns with Newcomb.
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Prof. Brashear
Pittsburg
Newcomb
Henry Farman Narrowly Missed 50,000 Franc Aeroplane Prize
Henry Farman nearly won the Deutsch Archdeacon prize at Paris for a machine flying one kilometer in a closed circle without touching the ground. He made several flights and in the final run the craft briefly touched wheels at the turning point but completed the circle successfully.
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Henry Farman
Paris
Farnan
Financial outlook shows gradual recovery in credit and demand
Progress toward restoring cash payments appears. Interior replies signal readiness to act early, with monetary conditions improving. Trade remains quiet but steadier. liquidation and currency shipments rise to move crops. Failures in Chicago district total 23 with 13 above $5,000 liabilities.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
Financial tone improves as markets show strength
New York reports a broad improvement in financial conditions with stronger security markets and looser money, the currency premium near the vanishing point. Trade is quiet nationwide due to holidays and mild weather, while collections stay weak and banking remains restrictive despite some easing. Business failures: US week to Nov 28 total 250, Canadian week 46.
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United States
Bradstreet
Nationwide grain and livestock price report in brief
A comprehensive market summary lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with grain figures for wheat corn oats rye barley and related commodities. Prices show wide ranges by grade and region reflecting typical midweek market variation.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Batesville, Ind
B, McCallum
F. Oak
Edward P. Weston
Wiley
Armenia
Erzerum
Betlis
Draibeker
Mexico
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