Scenic Railway Crash In New York Kills Four
A crowded Bowery to Coney Island scenic railway cars jumped the track plunging 60 feet. At least four people died and about a dozen were seriously hurt as ten occupants were thrown from the cars and two cars toppled with several pinned beneath wreckage. The diver in charge escaped injury and called the crash unavoidable. Loyola College receives 130000 donation from Michael Cudahy for a science hall announced at commencement by Rev Burrows.
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New York City
Bowery
Coney Island
Loyola College
Loyola University of Chicago
Michael Cudahy
Chicago
Alexander J. Burrows
S. J
Loyola University
Girl Killed in Auto Accident Near Huntington
Miss Cloe Schafer aged 14 of near Huntington Indiana was killed when a pin dropped from the steering gear of an auto driven by Russell Dray causing the car to overturn. Seven other youths were seriously injured as the rapid vehicle whirled over. The Schafer girl suffered a fractured skull and died within minutes.
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Cloe Schafer
Huntington
Ind
Russell Dray
James Dray
Plumtree
Schafer
Cleveland Police Chief Fred Kohler Reinstated After Acquittal
Fred Kohler, the Cleveland Ohio police chief famed as the golden rule leader and praised by former President Roosevelt as a top police executive, was acquitted of gross immorality and habitual drunkenness by the civil service commission and reinstated by Mayor Baehr an hour later.
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Fred Kohler
Cleveland
Ohio
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Baehr
No Trace of Wendling Ends San Antonio Search
Chief Elis of Nouston Texas and Chief Carney return to Houston from San Antonio after two days seeking Joseph Wendling wanted in Louisville for Alma Kellner's murder. They deem the ranch report near San Antonio untrue and Carney will proceed back to Louisville.
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Wendling
Elis
Nouston
Tex
Carney
Houston
San Antonio
Joseph Wendling
Louisville
Alma Kellner
Freight Trains Collide Killing Two at Curve
A head on collision between two freight trains on the Somerset and Cambria branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Paint Creek and Southville Pa killed two men and injured ten others.
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Paint Creek
Southville
Somerset & Cambria
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Tragic Fire Claims Two Taylor Boys in Iredell
In Iredell Texas two young brothers ages two and four died after their clothing ignited while playing with matches. The incident occurred as they attempted to start a fire and were fatally burned.
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J. O. Taylor
Iredell
Texas
Injured jockey dies after Sheephead Bay fall
Ernest Huppe, a steeplechase jockey, died from injuries sustained when he was thrown in a race at Sheephead Bay New York. The accident occurred during the event and his death was attributed to those injuries.
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Ernest Huppe
Sheephead Bay
N. Y
First Census Figures For District Of Columbia
The 13th decennial census returns show District of Columbia population at 331 069. In other news the French freighter Lacrochelle sank after colliding with the Yews off Skerries Ireland, with ten French crewmen drowned. William Krug, VP and GM of Fred Krug Brewing Co Omaha, was killed in an auto wreck.
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District of Columbia
Larocchelle
Bordeaux
Liverpool
Eng
Yews
Skerries
Ireland
William Krug
Fred Krug Brewing Company
Omaha
Neh
MISSOURI SUITS SEEK OUSTER OF PACKERS
Missouri Attorney General Elliott W. Major launches ouster actions against five meat packing firms in the Missouri Supreme Court at Jefferson City. The Armour Packing Company Morris and Company Swift and Company Hammond Packing Company and the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company face quo warranto filings alleging anti trust violations and a conspiracy to dominate Missouri business. The petitions seek removal of corporate rights license forfeiture confiscation or fines. The defendants allegedly conspired in 1909 to fix prices for livestock poultry dairy and dressed meats and by products.
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Elliott W. Major
Missouri
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Armour Packing Company
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Hammond Packing Company
St. Louis
Armour, Swift and Morris
Hammond
National Packing Company
Patten Indicted in Cotton Market Conspiracy Case
James A. Patten and seven others were indicted in New York by a special Federal grand jury for conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. The defendants allegedly formed a pool to corner and arbitrarily fix cotton prices. Indicted are Patten Scales Hayne Brown Rothschild Herman Thompson Kittle. Bail set for the first five. bench warrants issued for the remaining three. Patten, known as a corn and wheat speculator and the so called cotton king, and Hayne Brown are noted cotton operators. Scales is a Texas leader in the same field.
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James A. Patten
New York
Eugene B. Scales
Frank B. Hayne
William P. Brown
New Orleans
Texas
Mine Deaths Are on Decrease Despite Big Coal Output
Coal mine fatalities in the United States fell to 2412 in 1909 from 2450 in 1908, despite the Cherry mine disaster and a 10 percent rise in total coal mined. Edward W. Parker of the US Geological Survey compiled the figures from state mine inspectors, with future statistics to be handled by the new Bureau of Mines.
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Cherry Mine
United States
Edward W. Parker
Division of Mineral Resources
United States Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Governors to Meet in Kentucky for National Conference
The National Conference of Governors, a regular event since the Roosevelt era, will convene in Frankfort on November 29 to discuss conservation prison reform and other topics. The second session will be in Louisville on November 30 with likely attendance by President Taft and ex President Roosevelt. Governor Wilson of Kentucky will issue the official call.
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Roosevelt
Frankfort
Louisville
Union
Taft
Willson
Kentucky
Fowl Bite Said to Cause Rabies in Woman
Mrs. Gertrude Crompton of Philadelphia died after a rooster bite, a physician reports rabies developed from fowl bites for the first time in medical annals.
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Gertrude Crompton
Philadelphia
Senate Approves Postal Savings Bank Bill
After nearly thirty years of effort a postal savings bank system is approved in a 44 to 25 Senate vote. The act designates post offices as savings depository sites with a $1 minimum and $500 maximum per account, 2 percent interest, and monthly deposits limited to $100. Married women may hold accounts independently. Deposits may be placed in nearby banks at no less than 2.25 percent interest.
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Senate
First Woman Sews on Machine Turns Eighty in Conn
Elizabeth M Kilbourn of Winsted celebrates her eightieth birthday. She was a New Hartford teacher when Elias Howe lived there and visited his workshop to test the first sewing machine. Kilbourn became the first woman to operate the device after stitching a cloth sample.
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Winsted
Conn
Elizabeth M. Kilbourn
New Hartford
Howe
State of Nevada rises from prairie to high speed era
A clipped essayish note hints at a carmine patch on the map becoming the State of Nevada as a symbol of progress from quiet plains to rapid machine age. It mentions Christmas shopping looming and Tennessee politics in a tangential, humorous tone.
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Tennessee
Mr. Halley
Mevada
Schoonato
Standing of the Clubs in the Pennant Race
The今日 standings show the lead in the baseball pennant race with teams jockeying for position in the league table. Teams strive for early advantage as the season progresses, with key matchups shaping the standings and near-term implications for postseason hopes.
Harmon Urged for President by Ohio Democrats
Judson Harmon was renominated for Governor of Ohio by the Democratic State convention at Dayton. In his address he attacked the tariff and the Payne Aldrich bill while the platform endorsed Harmon for President in 1912 and urged a full Democratic ticket amid a hostile legislature and Republican officials.
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Judson Harmon
Ohio
Dayton
Harmon
Bees Sting Horses to Death Near Potomac
A team of horses driven by George Law on the Virginia side of the Potomac near Washington was attacked by honey bees. They plunged into twenty hives, releasing about 80 000 bees that stung the horses to death. Law fled, pursued by the swarm, and was badly stung with serious injuries reported.
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Virginia
Potomac River
Washington
George Law
Governor Hughes Vetoes Large NY Appropriation Cut
Governor Hughes announced a sweeping reduction in New York State expenditures totaling 4,713,747 dollars from the appropriation bill on the eve of an extraordinary legislative session. The move halves the proposed spending in the state budget and signals a sharp clash with legislative leaders.
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Hughes
New York
Pellagra parasite theory from Italian gnat researcher
Dr Louis Sambon reports to an English pellagra investigation committee that pellagra is caused by a parasite carried by the simium lorans gnat, which breeds in running streams.
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Louis Sambon
Italy
Browne Prosecution Closes In High Drama Court
The State closes its case in the Browne bribery trial in Chicago after a tense session. Key witnesses describe payments to urge Browne’s vote for Lorimer, including $850 at the Briggs House and $1,000 portions to others. The Southern Hotel register and a supposed jackpot fund are cited but later stricken.
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Browne
Chicago
Wayman
Lee O’neil Browne
Charles A. White
Briggs House
Lorimer
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Link
Southern Hotel
St. Louis
White
Wilson
Global headlines from the era span telephony to politics
The item surveys world affairs including Japan surpassing 200 telephone exchanges, Turkish sultan’s anniversary pardons, Vienna denial of German purchase pact, England’s record low birth rate, Paris’ vast modernization plan, Paris court ruling on voting rights for the mentally challenged, Canadian Pacific dust reduction funds, and railway gravel projects between Fort William and Winnipeg.
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England
Paris
Court of Appeals
Fort William
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Airship Deutschland Opens Regular Passenger Line
The Deutschland, Count Zeppelin’s airship, carried twenty passengers on its first scheduled trip from Friedrichshafen to Duesseldorf, a 30 mile stretch, in nine hours at an average 33 mph. The voyage, with directors aboard, followed Stuttgart Mannheim and Cologne, and tickets ranged 25 to 50 dollars. The craft seats 44,000 pounds lift, with 3 motors of 330 hp, and aims for 700 mile continuous trips with on-board restaurant service.
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Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Duesseldorf
Germany
Stuttgart
Hamburg-American Teamship Company
German Airship Stock Company
Zeppelin
Mannheim
Cologne
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Weds Eleanor Butler Alexander
The ceremony at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York united Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Eleanor Butler Alexander in a high society wedding. Rev Dr Henry M Sanders and Rev Gordon Russell officiated as guests filled the packed church. The couple leaves for a California honeymoon after a grand reception hosted by C B Alexander and Mrs Alexander.
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Eleanor Butler Alexander
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Henry M. Sanders
Gordon Russell
Cranford
N. J
Henry Addison Alexander
C. B. Alexander
California
Theodora Roosevelt, Jr
Miss Alexander
Statehood Measure Signed for Arizona and New Mexico
President Taft signed the bill admitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood at 1 49 pm on Monday. Two pens were used, a solid gold pen for “Approved William H.” and an eagle feather pen for “Taft” with notes of June 20, 1910. Officials and delegates exchanged souvenirs and congratulated each other.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Statehood
Taft
William H
Hitchcock
Andrews
White House
Norton
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