Two Trains Collide Wreck Near Bloomdale Ohio
In a two train wreck near Bloomdale Ohio two freight trains and a fast passenger train No 7 on the B and O line collided after a freight halted for water. No one was killed though fifteen were injured and several workers were trapped beneath debris and steam. Telescoped cars and extensive wreckage followed as the navy reported renewed fighting in Santo Domingo with several officers and men killed.
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Bloomdale
Ohio
Burlington
Akron
Colo
George H. Sherwood
Brush
Cincinnati Man Arrested After Fatal Hit and Run
W Tarbell a wealthy young resident of Cincinnati Ohio struck and killed Mary Johns a wandering woman camping at Carthage suburb. The woman had a baby at the time but the child was spared. Tarbell was arrested and charged with manslaughter.
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W. Tarbell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peples Corner
Walnut Hills
Mary Johns
Carthage
Tarbell
Paris coal mine explosion claims many workers
In Courriere district Pas de Calais a mine disaster leaves only a fraction of the 1705 miners who descended to work. An estimated 1,24 remain buried as galleries have collapsed and rescue efforts falter.
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Paris
Courriere
Pas de Calais
Bethune
Evansville Wedding at Gas Stack Draws 10000 Crowd
George P. Lenfers and Miss Ora J Williams wed atop the Evansville gas company smoke stack 224 feet above ground as crowds of more than 10,000 lined the streets and rooftops to witness the ceremony.
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George P. Lenfers
Miss Ora J
Williams
Evansville
Ind
Operators Establish Publicity Bureau In Anthracite Talks
A publicity bureau was set up in New York by seven anthracite operators to issue information on progress in negotiations with miners. The bureau aims to report developments between the miners and operators.
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New York
Pennsylvani a railroad crash kills Italian workers
An engine running light on the Pennsylvania railroad near Radebaugh Pennsylvania crashed into a work train carrying seventy five Italian laborers building a new pipeline. Four men died and thirty five were injured in the collision.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Radebaugh
Race clash erupts in Wilmer Alabama violence claims lives
In Wilmer Alabama a race related disturbance turned deadly with several white and Black residents killed. The lumber town near Mobile saw ongoing clashes resulting in multiple fatalities and unanswered questions about the motives and outcomes.
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Wilmer
Ala
Mobile
Miners Killed in Tarvis Gallery Collapse
A gallery staging collapse at Earls mine in Raible district Tarvis kills forty miners and one engineer. Rescue teams search the debris as officials begin investigations into cause and safety failures.
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Vienna
Earls Mine
Raible
Tarvis
Doctor Haugh Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Dr. Oliver C. Haugh was convicted of first degree murder by a Dayton Ohio jury after nearly three hours of deliberation.
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Dr. Haugh
Oliver C. Haugh
Dayton
Ohio
Avalanche Buries Huts as Norwegian Rescue Counts
Dispatch from Trondhjem Norway reports a Loreton islands snow avalanche burying fishermen huts. Rescuers extract twenty one dead and thirty nine injured in the disaster.
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Trondhjem
Norway
Loreton Islands
Court Commutes Mrs Tolla Sentence to Seven and a Half Years
The New Jersey court of pardons met at Prenton NJ and after a brief session commuted Mrs Tolla’s death sentence to seven and a half years. Her execution had been scheduled for March 12. This marks the first time a death sentence was reduced to less than life imprisonment.
Billboards Bloom for Religion in Denver Rivalry Surges
Churches across Colorado intensify outdoor advertising for services with elaborate posters and stickers inspired by Billy Sunday campaigns. Denver's YMCA mobilizes a $200000 fundraising push in one month using campaign style headquarters and hourly updates while Sunday schools imitate collegiate rivalries in cheers.
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Colorado
Denver
Christian F. Reisner
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Billy Sunday
Sunday
Colorado Springs
Denver Young Men’s Christian Association
Ivens on Trial for Murder in Chicago
Chicago youth Richard Glines Ivens, 24, is on trial before Judge Smith for the murder of Mrs. Franklin Hollister. The case centers on a Jan. 12 attack behind a Belden Avenue barn. defense objects to admitting Ivens’s confession, claim it was extorted by police. Hollister’s husband testified he last saw his wife alive Jan. 12 and identified her body the following day.
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Chicago
Wesley Methodist Church
Ivens
Franklin C. Hollister
Steel Trust Opposes Strike Endangering Coal Supply
President Corey of United States Steel Corp urged granting an advance to coal miners to avert a strike. He spoke with Pittsburg Coal Co President Robbins and warned that steel mills must avoid any coal shortage. George J. Gould also urged operators in the West and South to prevent a strike, with a Pittsburg meeting of bituminous operators held.
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Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg Coal Company
Robbins
Steel Trust
George J. Gould
Pittsburg
Disbanding of Central California Raisin Growers Company
The Central California Raisin Growers Company dissolved at Fresno. Also notes fire damage to Equitable Life Assurance Society building in Memphis causing $200000 loss. President Roosevelt may speak at the Travelers Protective Association convention in Buffalo next June on The American Drummer. Frederick W. Seward, 70, injured by auto in New York. Toledo school board president Watts claims bribery attempts by publisher agents over school book purchases.
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Central California Raisin Growers’ Company
Fresno
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Memphis
Roosevelt
Travelers’ Protective Association
Buffalo
Frederick W. Seward
Garfield
New York
Watts
Toledo, Ohio
Battle on Jolo ends in heavy Moro losses
Major General Leonard Wood reports a two day action at Mount Dajo near Jolo involving naval detachment and constabulary against Moros. Fifteen enlisted men killed and thirty two naval casualties. Moros suffered 800 killed. Wounded include Ensign Cooke Jr and Coxswain Gilmore. All Moro defenders killed. six hundred bodies found.
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Jolo
Wood
Leonard Wood
Division of the
Philippines
Sulu Islands
Mount Dajo
I. D. Cooke, Jr
United States
Pampanga
Gilmore
Constabulary
John R. White
Tyree Rivers
Gordon
Wilie T. Conway
Sixth Infantry
Joseph W. Duncan
Fire damages three stores and hotel in Upton Ky
A blaze in Upton Kentucky damaged three stores and a hotel with losses estimated at 25000 dollars. The Bardwell Kentucky roller mill of Slegle Brothers also burned, suffering 25000 dollars in damage. In Lincoln New Hampshire the J K Henry & Sons paper mill was destroyed with an estimated loss of 150000 dollars. The New York Central Federated Union agreed to honor the arbitration agreement with the Building Trades Employers Association.
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Upton
Slegle Brothers
Bardwell
J. K. Henry & Sons
Lincoln
N. H
New York Central Federated Union
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Congress Debates Statehood and Senate Tariffs
The Senate passed bills on statehood for Oklahoma and on education and a revenue cutter service, while House actions included the Indian appropriation and a broad naturalization bill. Debates covered railroad rates, Indian affairs, and immigration, with adjournments and ongoing negotiations on five civilized tribes.
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Senate
District of Columbia
Revenue Cutter Service
Knox
Nelson
House
Shackelford
Missouri
Congress
Alaska
Mr. Scott
Clapp
Messrs
Derkins
Spooner
Burke
Mr. Kline
Brantley
Haughen
Iowa
Gardner
Mass
Gaines
Tenn
Ienry Clay
Oklahoma Territory Statehood Fight Shifts to House
The Senate approved a modified statehood bill making Oklahoma and Indian Territory a single state to be named Oklahoma, excluding Arizona and New Mexico. The measure goes back to the House as insurgent allies seek concurrence without further committee delay.
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Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Flouse
Arizona
New Mexico
Columbia River
House
United States
Indahoma Union
Shawner
Okla
Congress
Committee On
Cost of living at thirty year high says Dun records
The Dun Mercantile Agency reports the cost of living has reached its highest level in thirty years. Commodity prices per consumption average 104 204 versus 101 930 last year, with building materials driving the rise. Meats generally up while some foods decline. dairy and garden products fall modestly, butter up a cent.
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Dun Mercantile Agency
Dun
Supreme Court Reverses Commission On Freight Pooling
The Supreme Court rules that joint tariffs for railroad freight are lawful. A California citrus growers group challenged pooling by Southern Pacific and Atchison lines, alleging shared routes and fixed joint rates. The decision allows routing discretion, ends rebates, and holds involved railroads not competing under the law.
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Supreme Court
California Citrus Fruit Growers’ Association
Southern Pacific
Atchison Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission
Cannon on State Powers Protest at Union League Club
Speaker Cannon assailed the federal push to legislate evils States can remedy. He cited Gov. Dawson of West Virginia and urged states to act, calling them sovereign and capable of enforcing rights. He noted 3,500 bills in Congress that would take a decade to pass.
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Cannon
Philadelphia Union League Club
Gov
Dawson
West Virginia
Tillman
Congress
Endowment Gifts and Personal Affairs Highlight News Notes
An endowment of 125000 dollars to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art is announced by George A. Hearn. J I Harbison remarried his divorced wife in Youngstown Ohio after a past murder acquittal involving W V Bergman whom he found in his wife's room. Robert J Thompson of Chicago secretary of the Lafayette memorial commission writes to Washington fixing October 19 for the dedication of the Paris e monument.
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New York Metropolitan
Panama Canal Lock Plan Is Favored By President
President Roosevelt transmits the canal commission report to Congress asserting the lock canal with a summit level of 85 feet will cost about 139.7 million dollars and take eight and a half years to complete. The report notes a rock canal option with differing costs and times, while engineers split on it and Taft supports the lock plan.
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Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Congress
Canal Commission
Stevens
Rock Canal
Board of Consulting Engineers
Admiral Endicott
Taft
Suez Canal
Sault Ste. Marie
Cromwell Testimony Before Senate Panels on Panama Affairs
William Nelson Cromwell, prominent New York lawyer, testified before the Senate committee on inter oceanic canals about his ties to the French canal company and the American enterprise. He denied that any portion of the 40 million dollars for French rights flowed to his firm and said he had acted as legal adviser to Panama since 1904 and had received about 200 thousand dollars from the Panama company.
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Morgan Quizzel Cromswell
William Nelson Cromwell
New York
Panama Republic
Panama Canal
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Cromwell
Republic of Panama
Morgan
Senate
New Panama Company
Missouri Supreme Court orders testimony by foreign company officers
The Missouri Supreme Court holds officers of foreign corporations doing business in the state must testify when required and cannot withhold books and papers. Judge Gildersleeve of New York plans to follow the ruling against H. H. Rogers and other Standard Oil witnesses, who may face jail for contempt if they refuse. The decision extends to compel any officers to provide witnesses in any future prosecutions, including those who have evaded process servers such as John D. Rockefeller.
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Supreme Court of Missouri
Gildersleeve
New York
Missouri
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Rogers
John D. Rockefeller
Oil Trust
War on Mileage Hold-Up Targets Pennsylvania Railroad
Secretary of Internal Affairs Brown leads Pennsylvania against the railroad practice of charging a $30 cash deposit for 1,000 mile tickets with a $10 refund on stub return. The policy is challenged as unconstitutional on several grounds and Attorney General Carson is ordered to file suit immediately.
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Brown
State of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carson
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