Vanderbilts victory in vast Chicago railway deal frontier
Chicago June 21 final steps to close a 70.6 million dollar railway coup the Vanderbilts organized to secure liens and control outer belt lines. The plan includes leases of Chicago Belt routes and connections to the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railway and the Chicago Indiana and Southern line to extend toward the Gulf Coast and future Panama Canal traffic.
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Chicago
New York
Saya
Record-Herald
Vanderbilts
William H. Newman
New York Central Lines
Chicago Junction Railway Company
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railway Company
John A. Spoor
Belt Road
Chicago, Indiana
Panama Canal
New York Central Nnes
Appalling Accident Kills Five in Italy Nobility Linked
Five men die when a high speed automobile crashes into a rock near Cainello 107 miles from Naples. Among the dead is Primo Pescara an Italian nobleman related to the Spanish royal house. The Italian aristocracy mourns his death.
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Naples
Cainello
Roof Falls on Firemen in West End Fire
At Atlanta on June 21 a porch collapse at a burning West End residence injured six firemen. G. W. Waites suffered a spine wrench and is said to be fatally hurt. Clifford A. Smith is badly hurt. Five men were on the roof and three beneath when the porch gave way.
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G. W. Waites
Atlanta
West End
Clifford A. Smith
bungling hang ends fourteen minutes after start
Willis McClelland, a Black man, was hanged in the county jail yard for the murder of Michael McGovern. He confessed after previously denying involvement. The execution reportedly bungled and took about fourteen minutes.
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Mobile
Willis McClelland
Michael McGovern
McClelland
Steamer Crystal Stream Burns on Washademoak Lake
Three crewmen died in a June 21 blaze aboard the steamer Crystal Stream which burned to the water line on Washademoak lake. The men were trapped in their bunks as flames cut off escape.
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St. Jons
N. B
Washademoak Lake
WANTS TO WED. TEXAS MAN SURRENDERS FOR MURDER CHARGE
W. D. Statum of Texas traveled to Pinckney City to stand trial for a murder from five years ago. He said he would marry a Texas woman after being vindicated. He was admitted to 1500 dollars bond.
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Birmingham
W. D. Statum
Texas
Watts
Pinckney City
Persian Revolt Crushed
Teheran reports the revolt in the country has been crushed with authorities claiming the uprising is ended. The June 21 dispatch notes the suppression by security forces and stability returning to the capital.
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Teheran
Oklahoma City Chosen for Homeopathy Meeting Site
The American Institute of Homeopathy in annual session at Jamestown Exposition selects Oklahoma City as the next meeting location.
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Oklahoma City
Norfolk
American Institute of Homeopathy
Jamestown
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C. —. Bullock & CO
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
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Friend-In-Need Society
Joe.b. Reed
ISVS
Loel DE
E. Rohde
M. H. James
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Xenia
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilberforce College
J. B. Foraker
Brownsville
Senator Foraker
Wilberforce
Mc.Kinley
Roosevelt
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Cuba
Philippines
Blocksom
Garlington
Ile
Puicone
J. May
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Main and
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Texas State Bottlers Association
Rove
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S.H. Dunlap
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Gerson Paper
Haswell
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