Trains collide in Canton leaving two dead
The Pennsylvania Limited crashed into a Wheeling & Lake Erie freight at the Canton yard junction, derailing both engines and several cars. Engineer John Ray and Fireman George Nichols died, while the limited’s crew survived with bruises. Wheeling & Lake Erie crews blame the Limited engineer for ignoring the block signal.
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Pennsylvania Limited
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Canton
Ohio
John Ray
George Nichols
Limited
Tank car blast shakes Fremont Ohio town
A Standard Oil tank car filled with crude petroleum in the Lake Shore yards at Fremont exploded, shattering windows and causing damage. Will Battig, working at the tank, was hurled 200 feet, his clothes burned and he fatally injured after dropping a lit mintch into the tank.
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Lake Shore
Fremont
Ohio
Will Battig
Mutiny at Oakley Prison Farm Leads to Guard's Death
Convicts at Oakley prison farm in Hinds County Mississippi kill guard J M Buckley by throat cutting and injure Sergeant Dodds then barricade themselves in the building as authorities move to quell the mutiny. Governor Vardaman and the Jackson military company dispatch on a special train to scene.
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Oakley Prison Farm
Hinds County
Miss
J. M. Buckley
Dodds
Vardaman
Jackson Military Company
Ada train collision kills Miss Meyers and injures companion
Miss Mabel Meyers was killed and her companion J W Harper seriously injured when struck by a Pennsylvania train at Ada Ohio while crossing Main street in a buggy. The horse and buggy were destroyed.
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Mabel Meyers
J. W. Harper
Ada
Ohio
Main Street
Bomb Aimed at Russian Colonel Wounds Gendarmerie Chief
A bomb thrown at Colonel Plotta, commander of the Radom gendarmerie in Poland, severed his leg. A student from a technical school was arrested in connection with the attack.
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Radom
Russian
Poland
Plotta
Conrad Tuppen Found Guilty in Bank Embezzlement Trial
Conrad Tuppen was found guilty by a jury of accepting funds after Tess Smith Bank of Peoria Illinois became insolvent. The bank failed for about half a million dollars.
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Conrad Tuppen
Tess Smith
Peoria
Ill
Tuppen
Longworths In Automobile Crash Near Washington
Representative and Mrs Nicholas Longworth were occupants of an automobile that crashed into a Chevy Chase station platform near Washington. They sustained only a severe shaking with no injuries and the car sustained minor damage.
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Longworths
Nicholas Longworth
Chevy Chase
Washington
Car Shops Burned in Avondale blaze
Fire destroyed the Central Indiana coal railroad shops at Avondale Indiana. Loss estimated around 30000 dollars. Offices and front store room along with two locomotives were ruined.
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Indiana
Avondale
Ind
Muncie
Brazil
Tragic Fire Claims Three Tobert Children near Cowiche
A house belonging to rancher Lawrence Tobert near Cowiche Washington was destroyed by fire killing three children Hugh Nellie and Alice Tobert. The blaze left the Tobert family in shock with investigators assessing the cause and extent of the blaze.
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Lawrence Tobert
Cowiche
Wash
Hugh
Nellie
Alice Tobert
Robbers Loot Interstate Bank Safe in Drexel Heist
Robbers wrecked the safe at the Interstate Bank in Drexel Missouri and escaped with contents estimated near five thousand dollars in currency. Police pursue leads as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drexel, Mo
Three Men Die In Hoboken Hotel Gas Asphyxiation
Three men were found dead from gas asphyxiation in a Hoboken New Jersey Amsterdam hotel. Police say the trio were discovered in a room and appear to have died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. The identities and exact circumstances remain under investigation.
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Amsterdam
Hoboken
N. J
Standard Oil to raise wages for low earners
The Standard Oil Company of New York announced a 10 percent wage increase for employees earning under $100 monthly, effective January 1. The move raises pay for workers previously paid low wages and reflects company policy changes.
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Standard Oil Company of
New York
Four Killed in Texas Railroad Collision Near Donaldsonville
Four persons died and two were seriously injured in a head on crash between a passenger and a freight train at a long curve near Donaldsonville on the Texas and Pacific railroad.
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Donaldsonville
Dun
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Lakes Toll Drops Yet Remains High in Season
The season saw 126 lives lost navigating the great lakes, down from 215 in 1905 but among the decade’s worst. Georgian Bay led fatalities with 36, Erie 27, Michigan 25, Ontario 7, with causes ranging from foundering to machinery accidents and drownings, prompting calls for tighter licensing.
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Great Lakes
Great Lake
J. N. Jones
Georgian Bay
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Detroit-St. Clair Rivers
Lake Suton
Soo Passage
Rockefeller Income Reported At Sixty Million For Year
Henry H. Rogers and John D. Archbold stated in a meeting that John D. Rockefeller’s income for the year 1906 would reach 60 million dollars. They calculated Rockefeller earns about 16,383.02 daily 6840.08 hourly and 114 per minute as his fortune grows with each tick of the clock.
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John D. Rockefeller
Henry H. Rogers
John ID. Rocckefeller
Henry UT. Rogers
John TD
Archbold
Mr. Rogers
Rockefeller
Mr. Archbold
Mr. Rockefeller
Woman Kills Ranchman After Attentions Claim
Miss Merle Clark, 21, was arrested and charged with killing rancher John Leonard, 26 miles from North Platte Nebraska. Friends say Leonard harassed her with threats to marry him. Clark, from the East, lived on her uncle's ranch near Leonard's. she refused to discuss the affair and is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Clark
John Leonard
North Platt
Neb
Miss Clark
Leonard
Bishop C. C. McCabe Stricken in New York
Bishop C. C. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal Church was suddenly stricken with apoplexy in New York City while en route to Chicago. He was taken to a hospital and early reports said he was resting easily and not in immediate danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
America
New York City
Chicago
Town Asks for Coal Supply Amid Famine Telegrams
Telegrams from the Commercial Club of Glenburn North Carolina report a coal famine in the area. Farmers and townspeople lack fuel as twenty five cars are needed at once. A special train will deliver a fuel supply.
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Minneapolis
Commercial Club
Glenburn
N. C
Police uncover stockpiled weapons plan in student lodgings
St. Petersburg officers raid a student named Karkasni pur ungorenr Suipyap's lodgings and seize rifles revolvers bombs and a powerful explosive. Authorities say the stash included plans to barricade the city amid an anticipated armed uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Karkasnipur
Suipyap
Jonos
Planus
Roosevelt Abandons Spelling Reform Campaign
President Roosevelt halts push for simplified spelling in official duties due to House opposition and will rescind the order to the public printer calling for the change.
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Roosevelt
House
Mine Union Chief Blasts Government Injunction Power
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America told the National Civic Federation that government by injunction undermines labor rights and that the workingman has lost confidence in the Federal judiciary.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
National Civic Federation
Ohio Railway Raises Wages for Hocking Valley Workers
The Hocking Valley company boosts pay for trainmen and switchmen from 4 to 7 percent. About 1,000 employees are affected, with the increase to take effect January 1.
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Ohio Railway
Hocking Valley Company
Rebating Fines Hit Sugar Refining and Brooklyn Co
In New York the United States Circuit Court levied fines totaling 150000 dollars against the American Sugar Refining Company and the Brooklyn Cooperative Company for rebating. A separate item reports Mary McAtee, 23, shooting her father Rev John Quincy McAtee a Lutheran minister, with his condition described as probably fatally wounded.
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Henry
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
United States
New York
Mary McaAtee
John Quincy McAtee
Philadelphia Minister Involved in Fatal Domestic Shooting
A minister, Rev. Mr. McAtee, was shot at his Philadelphia home after a quarrel with his wife. The dispute allegedly involved the minister attempting to push Mrs. McAtee down cellar stairs, leading to the fatal incident.
Citizens in Kansas City elect new mayor Dr George M Gray
Dr. George M Gray, leader of the Citizens ticket, is elected mayor of Kansas City Kansas becoming the fifth mayor in a year and a half. Ex mayor Rose is ousted twice by state authorities over prohibition and court rulings.
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George M. Gray
Citizens
Kansas City
Kan
Rose
J. E. Laughlin
Dr. Gray
Unions Lead 2500 GE Workers Walkout in Schenectady
Nearly 2,500 General Electric employees in Schenectady New York walk out after the company refuses to reinstate three union members two discharged for inefficiency and foreman trouble and one who sought reemployment after resignation. The falling out pits Industrial Workers of the World against the AFL majority at the 4000 employee plant. The AFL federation volunteers to fill I W W posts. A large crowd gathers at the GE employment office seeking work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Workers of World
Federation Aids Company
General Electric Works
Schenectady
N. Y
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
A. F P. of L
Confessed Bank Robberies by Chicago Man
Joseph S. Kearns former Chicago clerk and journalist captured at Great Bend Kansas confessed to robbing the Midland National Bank at Newton Kansas on November 13 locking six inside including clerks and customers in the vault and escaping with 1800 dollars. He sent part of the money to his mother and sisters in Ann Arbor Michigan and spent funds in Chicago and New York hotels and a gambling house. He likely will be surrendered to Newton officials for prosecution.
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Joseph S. Kearns
Chicago
Great Bend
Kan
Midland National Bank
Newton
Ixan
Kearns
Ann Arbor
Mich
New York
Mrs Bradley Held in Coroner Hearing Over Senator Brown’s Death
Coroner’s inquest in Washington finds Mrs Mary Bradley fired the fatal shot in Senator Arthur G Brown’s hotel Raleigh room. Grand jury to hear charges against Mrs Anna M Bradley as alleged slaver.
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Anna M. Bradley
Arthur G. Brown
Utah
Washington
Mary Bradley
Raleigh
Chicago Youth Guilty in Glasgow Train Robberies
Jesse Clyde Rumsey of Chicago pled guilty to two charges for the Alten-Burlington train robbery near Glasgow Missouri on November 25 and a Rock Island Limited theft on November 8. He received ten years for each count and was sentenced to twenty years in total.
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Jesse Clyde Rumsey
Chicago
Rock Tsland Limited
Glasgow
Tie
Counterfeiting Case Sentences Man to Ten Years
Federal court in Denver under Judge Robert I. Lewis imposes ten years and a 500 dollar fine on Dr James DPD Myeleston, son of President Eggleston of Pacific Express, for counterfeiting and making photo negatives of a ten dollar bill.
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Denver
Robert I. Lewis
James Dpd
Myeleston
President Eggleston
Pacific Express Company
House votes 20 percent salary rise for top officials
The House approved a 20 percent salary increase for the Vice President Speaker and cabinet members but defeated a similar raise for members of Congress in a 106 to 355 vote. The Senate is expected to approve the latter proposal.
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House
Vicw
TSS
Congress
Senate
Touse
Flood victims found near McCays Tennessee
The bodies of Charles Headrick and his 4 year old son were recovered from the river below McCays after a flood on November 1. The boy's body was strapped to his father's back, confirming their deaths.
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Charles Headrick
McCays
Tenn
French Law On Injustice Draws Catholic Outcry
Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore denounces the French separation law as a tremendous injustice to the Roman Catholic Church and appeals for American sympathy amid the crisis.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
America
Young Kentucky Couple Granted Marriage License
Martin Vice, 15, and Annie Trouseman, 14, received consent from both sets of parents to wed in Owingsville Kentucky. The bride is described as small for her age and the groom as still in primary school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Martin Vice
Annie Trouseman
Owingsville
Peoria Leader Surrenders in Forgery Swindle Case
Dan F. Baum a Peoria leader and son of a former pension commissioner surrendered to authorities and confessed to forging documents in a scheme that defrauded near friends of about $12,000.
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Peoria
Dan F. Baum
Peoria, Tr
Hartje Divorce Denied. Custody Granted to Wife in Pittsburg
Judge Robert Fraser refused the divorce for millionaire paper manufacturer Hartje in Pittsburg. Mrs Hartje gains custody of the children pending further order. Court notes alimony not awarded. Hartje to pay court costs and plans an appeal. Spurious love letters and the coachman’s alleged robbery are addressed by the judge. Mrs Hartje vows to continue the suit for alimony and expenses totaling 380000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Robert 8. Fraser
Pittsburg
Hartje
Iartje
Madine
Sartje
Trian
Frisco World’s Fair Plan Tied to Pacific Discovery
Fifteen citizens form the Pacific Ocean Exposition Company to stage a mammoth 1913 fair commemorating Balboa’s 400th Pacific discovery and the Panama Canal completion. The organizers, capitalized at 5 million dollars, aim to celebrate both milestones with a world’s fair in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Bonds Likely Not Needed for Gary Plant by J S Stav es
The United States Steel Corporation plans for a Gary Indiana steel city project with a rumored 1907 cost of 60 million. Officials say construction is the key topic at a finance committee meeting and cite 100 million in cash and securities to argue against issuing bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Bold Escape Uses Butter To Slide From Jail
Reevinald Hasbrook, a Trenton youth who ran away twice, escaped from Central police station cells by undressing and greasing his body with breakfast butter, wriggling through small door openings. The court released him into his father's custody, the father citing threats of punishment for a prank as motive.
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Hasbrook
Trenton
N. J
Central
Head of Coal Combine Guilty
BE. S. Vowell president of the Omaha Coal Exchange was found guilty of maintaining a trust with seventy nine members after two days of jury deliberation. The case will be appealed.
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Coal Combine
BE. S. Vowell
Omaha Coal Exchange
Angie Birdsong Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Mississippi
Mrs. Angie Birdsong was found guilty in Flnglehurst Mississippi of manslaughter for the killing of Dr. Thomas Butler. The jury recommended mercy. The minimum penalty is a fine of five hundred dollars.
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Angie Birdsong
Flnglehurst
Miss
Thomas Butler
King Oscar Faces Health Anxiety Again
Reports from royal circles indicate King Oscar shows slight indisposition for days with heart weakness and an irregular pulse. Medical staff monitor his condition closely as the monarchy awaits further updates.
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Oscar
King Oscar
Tie
Albanian tribesmen clash in Macedonia mountain pass tragedy
In a fierce three hour battle near Gjakovica Macedonia about 2 000 Albanian tribesmen fought in a mountain pass leaving 35 men fatally hurt outright and hundreds injured as authorities scrambled for control and aid.
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Gjakovica
Macedonia
Four Hurt in Trolley Collision Near Mount Washington Tunnel
Four persons were injured in a collision between Mount Lebanon and Knoxville trolley cars at the south end of the Mount Washington tunnel near Pittsburgh. The accident was blamed on slippery rails.
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Mount Lebanon
Knoxville
Mount Washington Tunnel
Pittsburg
Chicago man pleads not guilty to two Glasgow train robberies
In Marshall Missouri Jesse Clyde Rumsey of Chicago faces charges for alleged robbery of the Rock Island limited on November 8 and the Alton Burlington passenger train on November 25 near Glasgow Missouri. He pleaded not guilty in court.
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Marshall
Jesse Clyde Rumsey
Chicago
Rock Island Limited
Alton-Burlington
Glasgow
Boy Killed in Theater Balcony Ambush in Chicago
A boy died after an umbrella struck him during an attack at the Majestic Theater in Chicago. Police say a man angered by applause used the umbrella as a weapon in the gallery, triggering a fatal confrontation.
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Majestic Theater
Chicago
Swiss elects Muller as new Swiss Confederation president
M. Edouard Muller, vice president of the federal council, has been elected president of the Swiss confederation in succession to S. M. L. Forrer. The change marks a new leadership step in Swiss government this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Edouard Muller
Federal Council
S. M. L. Forrer
Congressional Proceedings Highlight Early 20th Century Lawmaking
The Senate and House debated and advanced numerous bills, including pension measures, a child labor bill for the District of Columbia, and the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Discussions covered Nobel prizes, Mormonism, orthography, and salaries for Congress and cabinet officers.
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Senate
Brownsville
Texas
District of Columbia
House
Clark
Missouri
Gillett
Massachusetts
Livingston
Georgia
Macon
Arkansas
Sheppard
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Burrows
Boutell
Sinois
Roosevelt
Davnes
Tennessee
Congress
Senate Ratifies Guatemala Patent Treaty
The Senate approved a patent treaty with Guatemala. Representative Patterson, governor elect of Tennessee, has resigned from Congress. Representative Lacey proposes a Civil War veterans pension of 120 dollars monthly. Durand discussed Congo atrocities with Secretary Root, signaling possible British action. Warrick’s death sentence appeal was dismissed in court. Navy chief Capps endorses government shipbuilding equal to private yards in annual report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Guatemala
Patterson
Tennessee
Congress
Lacey
Town
Treary Mortimer Durand
Root
Congo
Great Britain
Albert T. Warrick
William March Rice
New York
Supreme Court
W. L. Capps
Construction Bureau of the Navy
Business activity remains strong amid freight car scarcity
Dun's Review notes sustained strength in commercial operations with production and distribution uninterrupted. Rail earnings hit record levels while freight-car shortages hinder prompt forwarding, and lake navigation ends. Christmas demand boosts retail and wholesale orders, with solid activity in textiles, footwear, hardware, and furnishings. failures in Chicago district decline from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun
Holiday trade and rail freight concerns in New York
New York reports strong overall holiday trade with demand for high grade goods and uneven retail activity across regions. Notes say coal and railcar shortages persist, with railways diverting rolling stock from grain to higher revenue freights and payments delayed by car shortages. Bradstreet's notes US weekly business failures rise to 220, with Canada at 31 this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
United States
Bradstreet
Market Prices Across U.S. Cattle, Hogs, Hops, Wheat
A regional price roundup lists cattle hogs and sheep values in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Grains and products include wheat corn oats rye and butter with varying No. 2 grades and regional quotes.
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Chicago
Butler
Choice Creamery
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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Work OF Congress
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