Misinterpreted signals cause Crooksville wreck at crossing
A Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley passenger train and a Zanesville and Western freight train colliding at Crooksville crossing led to one death and many injuries. Michael Gordon, 19, of Junction City, died. Others from Junction City and Lancaster suffered serious or minor injuries as about twenty passengers were hurt.
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Crooksville
Ohio
Cinginnat & Muskingum Valley
Zanesville & Western
Michael Gordon
Junction City
Edward Wolfe
D. Bartley
Lancaster
Roy Creiglow
Aanesville and Western
Sac Oone
Dowie Plans Flight From Debts to Australia
John Alexander Dowie prepares to leave Chicago on January 1 to sail for Australia to join his wife and son. Receivers control Zion City and creditors hold notes totaling $100,000, part of a $145,000 judgment. A law firm rep for Samuel Stevenson says Dowie cannot depart without a special federal order by Receiver Edge Kolisaat, prompting concern among followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Australia
Dowie
Eastman
Samuel Stevenson
Edge Kolisaat
Amons Dowie
Reform of Second Class Mail Privileges Progress
Third Assistant Postmaster General Edwin Madden reports the reform of second class mailing abuses is advancing toward completion in two years. Over thirty publications remain in court over second class privileges, with rulings expected in coming months and a path to finish the reform thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin ©. Madden
Madden
Fire damages Friendenwald Printing and Frank and Adler’s store
A blaze in the bindery of Friendenwald Printing caused about 100000 dollars in damage to the building and to Frank and Adler’s wholesale show store at the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore streets in Baltimore Maryland. Fire mainly damaged the water soaked Frank and Adler’s loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendenwald Printing Company
Frank & Adter
Eutaw and
Baltimore Streets
Baltimore
Frank
Fire hits Hubbard Shovel Works in Pittshire
A major blaze almost destroys the Hubbard Shovel company in Pittsburg, Butler street. J. W. Hubbard, president, says the loss may reach about 500000 dollars with scant insurance. The plant, among the largest shovel makers in the country, employed nearly 1000 workers across five acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Hubbard Shovel Works
Butler Street
Pittshire
J. W.hubbard
Hubbard Shovel Company
Fatal Fight Over Slot Machine in Frankfort Kr
Irvine Crumbaugh a bartender shot and killed Dudley Williamson after a dispute over a penny change near a slot machine in Frankfort Kentucky. Williamson received two bullet wounds including the heart and jugular vein.
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Frankfort
Kry
Irvine Crumbaugh
Dudley Williamson
Williamson
Tragic double shooting ends in suicide in Camden
Delaware Thompson of Westchester Pennsylvania killed Addie Hecker of Lititz at George Lewis home in Camden New Jersey then shot himself. Authorities cite the woman’s refusal of marriage as the motive, noting they had once been engaged.
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Delaware Thompson
Westchester
Addie Hecker
Lititz
George Lewis
Camden
J. Thompson
Thompson
Explosion at Conemaugh Powder Works Kills One
Alfred Deatty died and four others injured in a Seward Pennsylvania blast at Conemaugh Powder Works. Victims suffered severe burns with risk of death. Officials suspect friction in the coming room triggered the explosion. the building was partially wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Deatty
Conemaugh
Seward
Rutgers Students Suspended Over Campus Kidnap Scene
Rutgers College in Brunswick New Jersey suspended twenty two upperclassmen for a fortnight after a campus incident in which John Mergen of New York was kidnapped and forced to expose himself. Mergen is seriously ill from exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutgers College
Brunswick
N. J
John Mergen
New York
Bergen
Emperor William Speech Varies as Throat Ailment Returns
The London Daily Mail reports fears of a recrudescence in Emperor William's throat trouble and warns it may be weeks before the emperor regains voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
London Daily Mail
Mitchell Bill Proposes $260 Subsistence for Rural Carriers
Senator Mitchell introduces a bill to raise rural free delivery wages. Each carrier would receive a $260 annual subsistence allowance in addition to statutory salary.
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Mitchell
Five Train Wrecks in Ohio Reported Fatal Accidents
A day of deadly crashes across Ohio leaves three dead and several injured. A head on collision between a hand car and a freight train at Sargents on the Norfolk and Western road kills three. In Portsmouth fog, a yard engine wrecks while colliding with a commuter train, injuring several. President Monserrat and 15 Pennsylvania Road officials suffer minor to serious injuries in a McArthur collision with a caboose. A rear end wreck near North Bend claims one death and one serious injury. A Dayton and Western Traction collision near Eaton kills Dr. Clarence W. Lehman and fatally injures Motorman Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargents
Norfolk and Western Road
Portsmouth
Norfolk and Western Railway
Ti Any
Cain
Monserrat
Trecking Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania Road
McArthur
Eaton
Clarence W. Lehman
Young
Mafia raid nets fifteen alleged members in Philadelphia
Police raided a Carpenter street tenement in Philadelphia arresting fifteen alleged Mata members after merchants warned of intimidation and blackmail. Each suspect carried two revolvers and a sti letto with a stash of ammunition found. one admitted Mafia ties to New York Baltimore and Pittsburgh conspiracies awaiting $100 bail on weapons, conspiracy, and threats charges.
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Philadelphia
Carpenter Street
Mata
P Istols Amon
Mafia
Comimunichtiun
Sindler
New York
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Hey
Attacks Conductor After Fare Refusal On Chicago Trolley
A Chicago trolley conductor, Robert Rogers, shot Burke, Omer Ro Burke, after a scuffle when Burke refused to pay his fare. Burke, secretary of the steam drivers' union, is hospitalized at Mercy. Union men surrounded the scene as the revolver fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer Ro Burke
Steam Hiivers’ Union
Chicago
Burke
Mercy Hospital
Robert Rogers
Rogers
Lynching at Belcher La Involves Black Participants
A white man was murdered at Belcher Louisiana and three Black men were lynched by a 3200 strong crowd that included many Black bystanders who aided in locating the suspects. The incident reflects mob violence and inter-racial tensions of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belcher
Britain buys Chilean battleships for nine million
The battleship Libertad is on speed trials on the Clyde and the battleship Constitution is under construction in England. Both have been sold by the Chilean government to the British government for 9 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Libertad
Clyde
England
Three Die in Tug Idlewild Collision in New York Harbor
Eleven crewmen aboard the Idlewild faced disaster when the tug collided with the Hercules in New York harbor. Three sailors drowned while the rest escaped as the Idlewild sank within a minute of impact.
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Hercules
New York Harbor
Blood Rain Seen Near Salerno Amid Severe Weather
A reported blood rain omen appeared near Salerno as Italy faced extreme storms. Witnesses described red droplets falling with the downpour, adding fear to already perilous weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Salerno
Red Rain Stains Said to Stem from Desert Sand
Reports describe rain turning a red stain on surfaces, traced to Saharan sand carried by winds across the sea after a severe sandstorm. The desert dust mixes with rain as it falls, leaving a bloodlike residue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Death of W. M. Springer Statesman and Jurist
Congressmmit William Melwendree Springer, longtime Illinois lawyer and Democrat leader, died in Washington after a two week illness. He served twenty years in the U S House, chaired key committees on ways and means and banking, and had earlier been a printer and editor before politics. He was born in Sullivan County, Indiana, and married Rebecca Luter in 1859.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
Congressmmit Willian Melwendree Springer
Washington
Springer
Chicago
Tile
Ann Springer
Sullivan County
Padiana
Wayou
See
Mlinois College
Jacksonville
Mus
University of Indiani
Studving
Asoite
Rebecca Luter
Stz
Hitness
Congress
Illinois
House of Representatives
James L Blair Indicted for Forgery in St Louis
James L Blair former counsel for the St Louis exposition is indicted on two forgery counts. Each alleges Blair filed forged deeds of trust securing about 412 000 to Michael O Laughlin and wife Johanna Meyer and to Otto L Mersman for 660 600 with the St Louis Trust Company as the agent. Blair posted bond of 5000 to answer the indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
James L. Blair
Johanna
Louis A. Meyer
Spruce
Banker George D Wood of Colfax Ends His Life
George D Wood president of the Bank of Colfax and director of several Iowa banks shot himself at home in Colfax, dying at 43. Reports say domestic trouble, following a year after his marriage to a nurse, led to the tragedy though his finances were reported as solid with over $250000 in assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Wood
Colfax
Towa
George TD. Wood
Bank of Colfax
Tra, Mingo
Baxter
Iowa
Wood
Peace Treaty Report Shapes Between Japan and Russia
Paris publishes details of a treaty said to have been arranged between Japan and Russia with Tokyo resisting finalizing negotiations. Irene reports Japan secured on IWwerea claims while Russia gains rights in Manchuria. Britain and France aided in the settlement. A separate item notes St Pauls German Lutheran Church in Port Wayne destroyed by fire, with $75,000 loss and $12,000 insurance. rebuilt immediately after fifteen years since construction and current payoff completed.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa
Onit
Japan
Russia
Paris
Tokio
Irene
Iwwerea
Hussia
Manchuria
Britain
St. Pauls Geran Lurker Churely
Port Wayne
St. Pauls
Miller Refuses Aid. Forced Sale Announced at Rye Farm
James B. Miller brother in law of Jay Gould declines to help Isabel I. Miller as receiver posts notices for the forced sale of the Rye farm on the old Joseph Jefferson homestead in Slohokus New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Miller
Jay Gould
Isabel IE. Miller
Joseph Jefferson
Slohokus
N. J
Widow of Frederick Douglass Dies in Washington
Plelen Douglass widow of the renowned Frederick Douglass died in Washington at 65. The article notes she was his second wife and a white woman. Meanwhile a devastating fire in Hays City Kansas destroyed Yosts mill and elevator, the post office, and several business buildings, estimated loss about 200000 with light insurance and suspected incendiary origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Douglass
Plelen Douglass
Washington
Douglass
Iintire Bloc
Hays City
Kan
Yost
Chicago Man Killed at B9th Street Station
Frederick C. Drews of the Chicago and Great Lakes Dredging and Dock Company was killed by a Illinois Central train at the B9th Street station in Chicago. Five Routsa Hotel Guests
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Chicago
Frederick C. Drews
Chicago and Great Lakes Dredging and Dock Company
Ilinois Central
B9th Street
Routsa Hotel
Detroit
Bank Robbery at Fairview Seizes $800 in Cash
Robbers entered the Bank of Fairview in South Dakota and escaped with $800. Separately, Panama and other nations signed a canal treaty in Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Bank of
Panama
Open deer hunting season records highest fatalities yet
The 1903 open deer season yielded unprecedented mortality with twenty deaths and numerous injuries. Excluded are deaths during non deer hunts and late season rabbinical games. Michigan's new hunter liability law appears to deter rather than aid prosecutions as hunting remains perilous and multiple fatalities may be added from wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ims
TNH
Peewee
Michigan
Robbers Loot Indiana Lumber Office in West Side Break-in
Two men on St. Clair street Indianapolis early Tuesday forced entry at the Michigan Lumber Company office. They damaged a safe, fled with a small steel cash box containing about 87 dollars, and fired shots into the air. Local property damage ran into hundreds of dollars.
Kidnapping Threats Foiled by Ohio Posse
Armed citizens in Hudson Ohio surround a gunfight with blackmailers who threatened to kidnap the rich widow Mrs. Jacob Niebel's only son for 1500 dollars. The raiders fled after opening fire, four men arriving by wagon, one wounded. posse pursued on foot all night without capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hundson
Ohio
Ludson
Jacob Niebel
Receivers Appointed for Dowie Zion City Holdings
Judge Wohlsaat of the Federal Court in Chicago named Ifred M. Blount and A. D. Currier as receivers in bankruptcy for Zion City's industries and John Alexander Dowie holdings. Claims exceed $70,000. Dowie contends he can satisfy creditors and leave $25,006,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowie
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Ifred M. Blount
A. D. Currier
Wohlsaat
Federal Court
Chicago
Wede Son of a Senator and a Rochester Society Event
Notable Rochester social scene centers on Captain William Mitchell of the signal corps marrying Caroline Stoddard daughter of the state charities official Levi Wilcox pastor Levi Wilcox died in his barn and his friend Adam Lohman perished when attempting to move the body both deaths linked to heart disease and a separate legal case reports fifteen suits by US District Attorney James S Young against Elsworth Coal Company alleging alien contract labor law violations in coal mining in Elswhich Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
Willian Mitchell
Signal Corps of the Army
Caroline Stoddard
State Commissier of Charities, Jr
Enrich
W. Stoddard
Mitchell
United States
John L. Mitchell
Wisconsin
Lindley
N.Y. Rey
Levi Wilcox
Free Methodist Church
Adam Lohman
Praetipes
Elsworth Coal Company
James S. Young
Pittsburg
Elsworth
Child In Ithaca Wins Pardon For Theft Case
A letter from 9-year-old son to Governor Odell secures a pardon for Charles D. Norris of Ithaca New York. Norris was serving a five year term for stealing $70,000 worth of valuables from the Denman Thompson Theatrical Company in 1901.
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Child
Odell
Charles D. Norris
Ithaca
N. Y
Denman Thompson Theatrical Company
Multiple Disasters Reported in November Transit and Accidents
Chicago streetcars elevated trains and railroad runs killed 44 and injured 185 in November. Greenwood Delaware explosion nearly wrecked town killing two and injuring about 100 with houses burned. Rockefeller Gould control of Pennsylvania lines signals railway influence. Dr Cyrus Edson dies in New York after brief illness. British cruiser H M S Plaza priced 1 25 million ran aground on Columbia coast, possible wreck.
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Chicago
Delaware
Greenwood
Del
Cyrus Edson
New York
Be a Man of Sunny Mind and You'll Be Happy
The text urges maintaining hope amid despair and shares advice to stay cheerful. It stresses inner sunshine, avoiding pessimism, and helping others with kind words and encouragement to lead a fuller, happier life. Royal Blue signs the piece.
Beware of cheap baking powders sold by peddlers
The article warns households about peddlers offering low priced baking powders often containing alum or harmful fillers. It cites health dangers linked to alum and reports of adulterants like ground flint, sulphuric acid, and lead salts. Authorities ban alum in foods. consumers should buy reputable cream of tartar brands.
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England
Congress
District of Columbia
Jehmson
Iear
Yale
Sas
Cicero and His Daughter Remembered in Grief
Historical reflections describe Cicero’s deep bond with his daughter Tullia. After her death he withdrew from affairs of state and expressed in a letter how her sweet conversation once eased his burdens and kept him tied to life. Atticus is cited as a mourner to the loss.
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Cicero
Tullia
Brutus
Caesar
Atticus
Power Used in Bicycling in a Fast Race
A French scientist reports experiments showing cyclists exerting two thirds of a horsepower for two minutes and one and a quarter horsepower for six seconds. The work equates to lifting 188 pounds one yard per second, with conservative power estimates. At high speed a cyclist's work over a distance matches two men running the same distance.
Congress Seder Or Seder Or Eolne Congress Seder
The Senate met in session for about thirty minutes on Tuesday then adjourned to Friday after handling private pensions and expulsion petitions against Mr Smoot. House debate centered on tariffs. bills included a Chinese expulsion measure and a Martyrs Day bill. A Panama isthmus resolution and a cotton weevil bill with 250000 dollars were also noted.
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Senate
Smoot
Utah
Cullom
Rep
Ill
House
Payne
Williams
New York
Mississippi
DeArmond
Dem
Miss
Gaines
Tenn
Hepburn
Iowa
Grosvenor
Ohio
Hemenway
Ind
Hunter
Nsy
Nevin
Wachter
Maryland
Abraham Linecoln
Liverwash
California
United States
Vianama
United
Mitchell
Strikes settle in coal region and other early 1900s items
The Snowshoe strike in the soft coal district is settled. A Wy. man shot another man over a girl in a quarrel. Toledo begins a social settlement modeled after Null House. A man killed his wife and two children in Laramie and then shot himself. Kansas bond issues mature and will be refinanced. A national Grange vote supports woman suffrage. Col Robert Sands dies in Mobile after illness. A Saxony Princess may reside in England hinting at reconciliation with the Crown Prince. Mark Twain reportedly working on three books. A detective faces blackmail charges in Springfield. An anti alcohol league aims for large funds. A duel in Kentucky ends with one dead and one wounded. A Minneapolis masked robbery prompts pocket emptying. New York plans a costly workers clubhouse. A soap factory vat blast injures five. A Brooklyn man found insane after a leap from a bridge. A Lutheran pastor resigns amid parish quarrels.
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Toledo
Null House
Chicago
Gus Olsen
Laramie
Wryo
Kansas
National Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
Rochester
N.Y
Robert M. Sands
Mobile
Ann
Louise of Saxony
Ventnor
England
Ernest Gregg
Circleville
Ohio
Shiunghaied
San Erincisco
Mississippi River
Zanesville
Rome
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Italy
J. W. Nortis
Springfield
Gillo
P. A. Baker
Ohio League
R. E. McCandless
George BE. Price
Edmonton
Price
McCandless
Metropole Club
Minneapolis
New York
United States
Joseph Stern & Sons
John S. Pineover
Brooklyn Bridge
Middletown
N. Y
David R. Huber
Trinity Lutheran Church
Windsay, C
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Wilmington
U. S. Reserve
Tie
W. M. Springer
Cripple Creek
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Peabody
Teller County
Indianapolis
Posse
Pennsylvania
H. M. S. Plaza
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