Morrice Village Wins Judgment in $2000 Bond Suit
In Owosso Circuit Court Judge Smith awarded the village of Morrice a $2000 judgment plus interest against Sutton and Mackey over a 2,000 grant for a grist mill and electric lighting. The decision, seen as state wide in significance, may go to the Michigan Supreme Court.
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Owosso
Smith
Morrice
Sutton & Mackey
John T. McCurdy
Hon
T. E. Barkworth
Jack
Supreme Court
Inchigan
Devastating Pa Wreck of Paquesne Limited Kills Sixty Three
The Duquesne Limited wrecked near Connellsville Pennsylvania at 7 30 pm on a Wednesday night when freight timbers shifted under a westbound freight train. Sixty three people died most burned or roasted in the smoker car and seventy five injured. Baggagemaster Thomas J Baum heroically signaled an oncoming train by lighting a coat sleeve. The blaze and wreckage left the Youghiogheny river strewn with mangled cars and bodies while thieves plundered the dead.
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Paquesne Limited
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Connellsville
Youghiogheny
Thomas J. Baum
Hazlewood
Baum
Thinsen
Laurel Run
Thornley
Youghiegheny
Amd
Tittsburg and Lake Erie
Youghiogheny River
Army officer claims 15 cents a day can feed soldiers
Major William Bean of Omaha argues 15 cents daily suffices to nourish able bodied laborers and troops. He feeds ten men on planned fare with meals under five cents each, inviting public scrutiny as a test. The feast includes roast beef, gravy, potatoes, bacon, beans, tomatoes, pickles, bread and seasonings. Beans says the idea aims to ease costs for families reliant on labor wages amid debate over military sustenance.
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Army
United States Army
William IL. Bean
Omaha
Department of Missouri
Commissary Department
Maj
Major Bean
Grant to Command the Department of the Lakes
Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, is named to command the Department of the Lakes. Born 1850 in St. Louis, West Point graduate, he held key posts in the Philippine campaign and later the district of San Juan. He also served as minister to Austria and police commissioner of New York City.
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Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the Lakes
Philippine Islands
Ulysses S. Grant
St. Louis
West Point
United States
Austria
New York City
New York Volunteers
San Juan
Philippines
Cavite
Luzon
Panama Is Invasion Report From Isthmus Coast
Reports from Colon state about 100 Colombian troops landed on the Isle of Pines near Cape Tiburn at the western entrance to the Gulf of Darien. US naval forces, including Mayflower and Bancroft, maneuver near Colón as Nashville returns from Bocas del Toro. A French steamer confirms 200 Colombian troops at Isla Hin as on the Atlantic side of the isthmus.
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New Republic
Colon
Isle of Pines
Cape Tiburn
Gulf of Darien
Panama
Mayflower
Bancroft
Nombre de Dios
Nashville
Bocas del Terro
Coghlan
Prairie
Paul Jones
Preble
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Independence
Darien
Colombia
Cartagena
Isla Hinas
Isthmus
Nine Die As Meteor Fast Train Wrecks In Kansas
The Meteor, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway express from Fort Worth to Kansas City, derailed after a freight crew left a switch open at Godfrey, Kansas. Nine were killed and over twenty injured as the train, behind schedule, plunged into an embankment. the sleeper remained upright while the other cars overturned and scattered.
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Frisco Road
Kansas
St. Louis
San Francisco
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Godfrey
Fort Scott
Kan
Panama crisis dominates White House dispatches
Washington correspondence reports Panama dominates federal offices as administration officials scramble to assess war risk. Debates in Congress over Panama treaty and war status intertwine with military moves to the isthmus. Brig. Gen. Elliott to take command. marines poised, while Senate battles shape party unity and the treaty’s fate.
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Washington
Panama
White House
State Department
War Department
Navy Department
Capitol
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Senate
Daniel
Virginia
Morgan
Congress
Navy
Colombia
Colon
Isthmus
Elliott
Canal Strip
Honor
Gorman
Antti-Administration
Crime wave in Chicago reports eight murders and 114 robberies in sixty days
A Chicago crime record shows eight murders and 114 holdups and burglaries in the last sixty days. Citizens form protective committees as fear rises after a night of widespread violence. Notable incidents include the murder of James A. Fullenwider of Standard Oil and an attack on Charles F. Bigelow, with other robberies plaguing the city and surrounding areas.
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Chicago
van Dine
Niedermeier
Roeski
Indiana
James A. Fullenwider
Standard Oil Company
Albin Fox
Rockford
Ill
Northwestern Railroad
Fox
Ile
Winnegett de Sante
Maywood
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King
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William Wilson
Frank Harris
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Lion Department
Menominee
St. Johns
Henry Barego
Greenville
William Robinson
Leonidas
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Milford
Michigan Central Railroad
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Torpinabee
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John Snyder
Romer
M. J. Carpenter
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
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Morenci
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