Five Die in Philadelphia Factory Fire
Five girls perished in a six story Schrack & Sherwood factory in Philadelphia while a fireman Jos Toner was killed. About twenty women worked on the fifth floor when the blaze started and most escaped with aid from police and firemen. A number remained unaccounted for and believed to be in the ruins. Switch Cleaner Inherits Millions From switch cleaner on an electric railroad to a millionaire Michael Beyer of Michigan City Indiana learned he was one of ten heirs to a 20 million dollar estate left by Joseph Nicerowsky who died in Germany.
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Schrack & Sherwood
Philadelphia
Jos. Toner
Michael Beyer
Michigan City
Ind
Posen
Prussia
Beyer
Joseph Nicerowsky
Germany
Muncie Doctor Dies Under Freight Train Wheels
Dr. John C. Ross a prominent Muncie Indiana physician was killed at the Elm Street crossing by a westbound EB&W freight train. His son Dr. Nelson B. Ross recently began a life sentence in Michigan City Prison for the murder of Daniel Linder a traction conductor.
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Muncie
John C. Ross
Ind
Elm Street
Nelson B. Ross
Michigian City
Lfe
Daniel Linder
Girl Declared Dead Turns Up Alive in St Louis
Miss Nellie Burns aged 19 was declared legally dead last week by the St. Louis Circuit Court. She appeared at an insurance office days ago and was identified by her foster mother Annie Bosse who had not seen her since October 18, 1898 when the girl was kidnapped.
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Nellie Burns
St. Louis
Annie Bosse
Fire sweeps Peoria stores causing heavy loss
A blaze beginning at the Model Clothing Company on South Adams Street in Peoria damaged the store interior and spread to J Schradzski & Co next door. Fire was checked after extensive water damage with losses estimated at 100000 dollars, partly insured.
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Peoria
Illinois
Model Clothing Company
South Adams Street
Peoria, Jr
J. Schradzski & Co
Ship's Crew Lost as Governor Ames Founders Off Cape Hatteras
The five masted schooner Governor Ames carrying railroad ties ran aground and broke apart off Wimble Shoals twenty five miles north of Cape Hatteras while sailing from Brunswick Georgia to New York. The captain his wife and twelve crew members were all killed or drowned.
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Governor Ames
Brunswick
New York
Wimble Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Two Killed by Boiler Explosion at Ohio Plant
David Hinds and Daniel Abraham both 21 and single were instantly killed when a boiler at the Royal plant of Robison Clay Product Company in New Philadelphia Ohio blew up. Eight other men escaped death miraculously. No cause for the explosion is known.
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David Hinds
Daniel Abraham
Royal
Robison Clay Product Company
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Accuser of Senator Platt Freed on Bail
Mae C. Wood of New York charged with perjury and forgery in a divorce suit against United States Senator Thomas C. Platt has been released from the Tombs on $1,000 bail.
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Platt
Mae C. Wood
New York
Thomas C. Platt
United States
Mine Explosion Kills Two at Lisbon Ohio Gilmore Mine
Two miners William Keen and George Greenwall were killed by a dynamite explosion at a Gilmore Company mine in Lisbon Ohio. Gas ignited from the blast and the mine was wrecked. Separately a Southern railway fast mail train No. 37 from New York to New Orleans derailed at Chimble Ga eighteen miles north of Atlanta resulting in four cars off track and two trainmen injured.
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William Keen
George Greenwall
Gilmore Company
Lisbon
Ohio
Southern Railway
New York
New Orleans
Chimble
Atlainta
Boy Loses Leg Under Train in Evansville Tragedy
Emil Auder twelve year old falls under an Illinois Central train at Evansville Indiana and loses his right leg. He is expected to die from injuries.
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Emil Auder
Illinois Central
Evansville
Ind
King Leopold III Dies. Albert Named New Belgian Ruler
King Leopold III died suddenly from embolism at 2 47 am in his royal residence. Crown passes to Prince Albert, born 1875, who married Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria in 1900. Albert, a popular royal, governs Belgium with a life of travel and public affairs. Leopold I had led since 1865 and fostered colonization and trade.
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Leopold
Belgium
de Page
Prince Albert
Philippe
Flanders
Elizabeth of
Bavaria
Prince Leopold
Prince Charles
Marie Jose
Prince Alvert
Leopold I
England
Europe
Brussels
Leopold II and His Controversial Legacy Across Europe
The text outlines Leopold II of Belgium’s marriages and children, including Archduchess Marie of Austria and Princess Louise, Stephanie, and Clementine. It notes his morganatic second marriage to Baroness Vaughn, his alleged romantic exploits, and his creation of the Congo State, with mention of vast wealth and disputed abuses in Africa.
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Marie of
Austria
Duke of Brabant
Louise
Prince Philip of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Stephanie
Rudolph
Europe
Clementine
Leopold
Vaughn
Leonold
Cora Pearl
Congo
Africa
Free
Christendom
Grocers Face Anti Trust Probe In New York
United States District Attorney Wise investigates high food prices after complaints from large wholesalers. Manufacturers are summoned to explain contracts that allegedly restrain trade and keep consumer prices high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Attorney’s Office
New York
Wise
Nine Frozen Men Found Aboard Yawl From Ferry No 4
The Commodore Perry crew, under Captain Gerry Driscoll, recovered nine frozen bodies from a half sunken yawl marked Bessemer and Marquette No 4. The yawl carried nine of the 32 men aboard the ferry No 2 that left Conneaut Ohio and likely foundered in Lake Erie. The Erie Pennsylvania fisheries boat brought the remains to Erie with flags at half mast.
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State Fisheries
Perry
Gerry Driscoll
Erie
Bessemer and Marquette
Conneaut
Ohio
Lake Erie
Two Die in Flyer Wreck at Chicago Evanston Boundary
The Chicago and Northwestern flyer No 5 the 11 30 a m limited between Chicago and Milwaukee derailed at Howard Avenue near the city Evanston boundary. Two immigrants were killed and eight or more passengers injured when the train left the rails. The wreck occurred just inside Chicago limits after the locomotive pulled a rail from the track.
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Chicago and Northwestern Flyer
Chicago
Milwaukee
Howard Avenue
Boundary Line
Evanston
Smithereens
Duke of Abruzzi Promoted to Rear Admiral in Rome
Reports from Rome say the Duke of Abruzzi has been promoted to rear admiral. Aimed at modernizing Osaka, improvements are expected to help create a new city. Japanese insurance firms paid losses promptly aided by a $15,000,000 foreign loan.
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Rome
Duke of
Abruzzi
Osaka
Five Drown Sledding Family in Ohio River Tragedy
A hole in the ice on the Cuyahoga River at Kent Ohio drowned five members of the Cormanie family Frank 33 and his children Florence 9 Helen 7 Mabel 4 Russell 2 A mother and infant survived after a sled ride turned fatal for a family of seven. A neighbor found the scene and helped uncover the tragedy.
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Cuyahoga River
Kent
Frank Cormanie
Florence
Helen
Mabel
Russell
Cormaiie
Fourteen Massachusetts Cities Vote Day Again in local elections
License questions dominated polls in fourteen MA cities. Worcester moved to wet by 3720 votes, dropping from 185, a fifteen city dry lead of 8925 to 2197. Salem returned to no license by 500, defeating Mayor John Hurley by Arthur Howard who ran a jailline campaign and edited his paper from jail amid libel action.
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Massachusetts
Worcester
Salem
John Ff. Hurley
Arthur Howard
Howard
Ruinous Storm Brings Joy to Coal Regions
Eastern Pennsylvania coal fields celebrate drought relief as a severe storm ends months of mine idleness. Wind and rain caused property damage and power outages, but thousands of miners will return to full operation as water returns to collieries.
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Pennsylvania
Wealthy cattleman is shot and killed in South Dakota
David G. MacKenzie son of a former National Live Stock Association leader and a wealthy cattleman, was shot by Bud Stephenson a former Matador ranch employee. Stephenson was arrested and held in Selby to avert violence as investigators seek motive. He refuses to discuss the shooting.
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David G. MacKenzie
Murdo MacKenzie
National Live Stock Association
Bud” Stephenson
Matador
Lebeau
S. D
MacKenzie
Stephenson
Selby
Nominations Sent to Senate for Supreme and District Judges
The nominations of Judge Horace H. Lurton of Nashville to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and George H. Carpenter of Chicago to be District Judge, in succession to Judge Bethea, have been sent to the Senate by President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace H. Lurton
Nashville
Tenn
Supreme Court of the United States
Peckham
George H. Carpenter
Chicago
Bethea
Senate
Taft
Zelaya Resigns in Nicaragua as Revolt Overthrows Dictatorship
Jose Santos Zelaya has resigned and handed his letter to Congress in Managua. Revolt and U S warships in Nicaraguan ports sparked the move as crowds demanded change and an end to his rule. Congress is expected to act quickly.
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Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Congress
Managua
United States
Zelaya
Cotton Up 42 Points After Government Crop Outlook
Government estimate for 1909 1910 places cotton at 10 880 000 bales spurring sharp gains in futures at New Orleans and New York. May cotton jumps to 16 cents a record for the year with trading marked by wild scene comparable to the Sully boom of 1904.
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New Orleans
New York
Freight rails and trade volume for the PM rail line
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway ends its independent tariff stance on import traffic and orders 100 miles of 85 pound rails for the Central branch. The Missouri Pacific system line serves Kansas, hauling billions of tons annually with nearly 2.5 million freight cars and 50 thousand locomotives. Foreign trade annually totals about 3 billion and domestic trade about 21 billion dollars.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Puget Sound
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Stubbs
Week in Congress spark inaction and bold protests
More than 380 bills and resolutions were introduced in the Senate amid aggressive statements on Zelaya and murder, while the House saw several measures including a Chicago post office project and contempt of court jury trial proposal. Sessions paused with adjournments and a clash over economy recommendations marked the era.
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Senate
Rayner
Taft
Zelaya
Nicaragua
House
Lundin
Iinois
West Side
Chicago
Mr. Sabath
Illinois
Senate Adopts Esch Bill Provisions Amid Debate on Canal Control
The Senate adjourned after a brief session as the House passed Esch measures requiring railroad monthly reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission and enabling compulsion of uniform equipment. Debate centered on the Panama Canal bill with calls to abolish the Isthmian Canal Commission and centralize control under a director general. Senator Cullem urged Interior Department mining disaster information. District of Columbia appropriation was set at 10,156,475 for 1911.
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Senate
House
Payne
Fitzgerald
New York
Hobson
Alabama
Richardson
McDermott
Illinois
District of Columbia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Mann
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal
Harrison
Roosevelt
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Sterling
Sinois
Parker
New Jersey
Cullom
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
Nebraska
General Land Office
Ballinger
Cunningham Coal Land
Doctors Link Infantile Paralysis To Infectious Cause
Doctors Flexner and Lewis of the Rockefeller Institute report that infantile paralysis is infectious. They say a serum may cure soon. Experiments on monkeys used material from a child's diseased spinal cord. The first monkey fell ill and died after showing spinal toxins identical to those in the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flexner and Lewis
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Fire destroys West Grand Hat and Cap factory in Northumberland
Fire of unknown origin wipes out the West Grand Hat and Cap plant at Northumberland Pennsylvania with losses pegged at 100 aach. Contracts are set for two submarines for the Russian navy to accompany a battleship fleet. In Massachusetts a 17 year old, Winman Knowlton of South Framingham, is believed to have fatally shot his parents while sleep walking and was arrested.
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West Grand
Northumberland
Winman Knowlton
South Framingham
Mass
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Albert
King Leopold OF
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Hina
Northwestern
United St
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Brayor
Dakota
Cotton
Raymer
Depew
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