Fire Tragedy and Fork Attack At Industrial Site
A fall in a steel plant injured fireman Eddie Eddings, whose skull was crushed by a pole and a live wire severed his throat. In a carpenter shop 200 workers face about $5 loss each with no insurance. A clash at an academy workshop led to James Cassidy fatally injuring Thomas with a pitchfork after a quarrel over pay. Cassidy was arrested.
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Nter
Eddie Eddings
Nn Academy
Thomas
James Cassidy
Patrdons
Academy
Bach
Cassidy
Auto Kills Negro in Washington Street Crash
A touring car belonging to Joseph Leiter struck and killed a fourteen year old African American boy, Samuel West, near Columbia Heights in Washington. Chauffeur Carlos H. Raymond was arrested and the Leiter party remained at the precinct as arrangements were made for transport to the Leiter residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Leiter
Washington
Mr. Leiter
Levi Z Leiter
Franklin Remington
New York
Samuel West
Leiter
Remington
Carlos H. Raymond
Tenth Precinct
Raymond
Fifty Negroes Fight in Kansas City Brawl
On Tuesday night fifty African Americans clashed using clubs knives and stones. A patrolman M Larabee and bystander James Hully white bartender James C Maricol were injured. Larabee was knocked down by S R Johnson who was about to strike him with a baseball bat before Hully struck Johnson. Maricol suffered a severe head wound. A separate Jacksonville Florida note reports Arthur Bothwick and Albert Decker, newlyweds, missing after a boat trip for Christmas decorations and an overturned sailboat found by searchers.
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Kansas City
M. Larabee
S. R. Johnson
Larabee
Johnson
James Hully
James C. Maricol
Bvunc
Jacksonville
Fla
Arthur Bothwick
Albert Decker
Ignatieff Interred In Impressive St. Petersburg Funeral
The body of General Count Alexis Ignatieff, assassinated at Tver on December 22, was buried at Alexander Nevsky monastery in St. Petersburg. Grand Dukes Michael, Nicholas, Sergei Michalevitch and nearly the whole imperial family attended, with guards units forming a stately escort as wreaths were sent by the emperor and empress.
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St. Petersburg
Alexis Ignatieff
Tver
Alexander Nevsky
Michaeil Nicholas
Sergius, Michalevitch
Chevalier
Pavlosky Regiment
Snowbound Britain Struggles with Shipwrecks and Sinking Vessel
London reports two inches of snow crippling mail and rail service as coast pilots rescue crews from wrecked schooners in blinding storm. The steamer Hazeldine sank after hitting a rock near Cloughey with lifeboats saving the crew. Another rescue at Dungeness followed the Ringleader wreck off England’s southeast coast.
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London
Hazeldine
Cloughey
Ringleader
Dungeness
BERESFORD DEATH REPORTED IN RAIL WRECK
The State Department was advised by Henry B. Dyke of a Soo Line wreck on December 23 that Delaval J. Beresford brother of Lord Charles Beresford died. The department asked the British envoy to inform relatives and arrange disposition of the body. Secretary Root notified embassy officials who cabled England for instructions.
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State Department
Washington
Henry B. Dyke
Soo Line
Minneapolis
Delaval J. Beresford
Lord Charles Beresford
Root
England
Robbery in boarding house on Ross and Lamar
In Dallas on December 26 Mrs. W. B. Wilson a widow was seized by a negro while in bed in her room at a boarding house corner Ross Avenue and Lamar Street. A boarder heard cries and helped police arrest the assailant.
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Dallas
Silk
Ross Avenue
Lamar Street
W. B. Wilson
Saloon stabbing leads to arrest and local incidents across states
Reports from Fort Sill and Houston detail a fatal stabbing amid a saloon brawl involving Private Howard of Troop cavalry. Other items include a man dying after a fight near Jewett Texas, a gas death in New York, a Memphis suicide, a fatal wagon accident in Alva Oklahoma, hog die offs in Canadian county, a Paris Texas death, land sale in Kaufman County, a Houston shooting, congested Muskogee post office, a Tulsa robbery arrest, charitable donations in Greenville Texas, and printers’ death in New Orleans as well as ongoing Southern Pacific firemen strike with arbitration talks underway.
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Ed Hancock
Jewett
Tex
New York
Neil Florence
Anna Lane
Memphis
Alva
Okla
Will Haltom
Canadian County
Oklahoma
S. Kinneare
Paris
Benton McMillan
Whitewright
Kaufman County
Tony Pagio
Houston
Muskogee
Tulsa
I. T
Greenvile
Typographical Union
Peniel
Reuben F. Gray
South
New Orleans
Dallas News
Grand Master Hanrahan Likely to Lead Southern Pacific Strike
Peoria Illinois December 26 at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen offices officials said no public statements were available about the Southern Pacific strike. Grand Master John J Hanrahan is expected to leave for a time to personally direct the action likely by late next week. Hanrahan is in Galesburg for several days and has directed that no statement be issued at present.
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Hanrahan
Peoria
Ill
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
John J. Hanrahan
Galesburg
Money recovered from bank teller scamars in Texas
A Kansas City report states between $8,000 and $9,000, taken by W. C. Anderson, ex First National Bank teller, was recovered in Austin, Texas. The amount plus what he turned over at arrest could reimburse the surety company for $10,000. The finder kept the money in a locked box not in a bank.
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Kansas City
Austin
Tex
W. C. Anderson
First National Bank of Kansas
Railroad Commission Orders Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio to Accept Freight
Austin reports the railroad must accept all freight offered for shipment despite a strike. The commission learned the line planned to refuse even cattle shipments. Rumors circle about reappointment of local officials Worsham and Williams.
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Railroad Commission
Austin
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio
Worsham
Insane Asylum
Williams
The
Deaf and Dumb Institute
Four Christmas Presents From Husband End in Tragedy
Houston report from Willow Station near the International railway describes a birth where Mrs. Henry Metzler gave birth to two boys and two girls. One girl died eight hours after birth while the other three children survived in seemingly good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Texas
Houston
Willow Station
Here
Henry Metzler
Woman Hatchet Attack Leaves Husband Injured in Dementia
In Luce Dale Mississippi Mrs David Courtney attacked her husband with a hatchet in a demented state, injuring him over an eye. She then tried to cut her throat but was stopped by her children. the husband is in a dangerous condition.
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Mobile
David Courtney
Lucedale
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Hasweun’s Book Store
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Beresford
John Witman
Sohn Wittmar
Stev“Son
Bryan Street
Nat'l Bank
Fort Sill
Oklo
Ba Northup
Howard
Trook ‘Centrim Cavalry
Holdier
Southern Pacific
Shea
Department of Commerce and Labor
Fay
Atlantic Division
Harriman
FOLEY
Foley & Company
M. H. James
Bohanon Hack Line
Burt Norwood
W. C. Bohanon
H. D. Evans
Hack
J. W. Batts
Taliaferr Building
Court House
Brazos County
Carson SE Iiss
W. W Watkins
Bryan, Texas
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
Bryan
Texas
Rhon
W. C. Fountain
Ord’s Saloon
S. H. Franklin
Postoffice Drugstore
King
Monroe Edge
W. H. Lawrence
Haswell’s
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
James’ Drug Store
N. Jametta
Sivan
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