Rail collision kills three in Newcastle and injures four
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train and a Pittsburgh and Lake Erie train collided after one derailed at an open switch near Gardners Avenue. Three men died James A Smith James Gannon and David Cunningham. Four others were seriously injured including J W Crass Robert M Clark William Carnahan and James M Ellis.
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Newcastle
Baltimore & Ohio
Gardner Avenue
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Pittsburgh
James A. Smith
James Gannon
Piltsmore & Ohio
David Cunningham
J. 8. Crass
Alegheny
Robert M. Clark
William Carnahan
Sandy Lake
Shenango Valley Hospital
James M. Ellis
Chicago Junction
Maltimore & Ohio
Club Woman Is Accused Of Murder In Chicago Case
Mrs Rene E Morrow a club woman and author was held to the grand jury in Chicago on forty thousand dollar bonds charged with murdering her husband found shot dead on his porch in December A roomer testified he had usurped Morrow s rights as a husband In Pittsburg Rev W D McFarland former head of the academic department of Pittsburg High School is being hunted in connection with the death of Elele Dodd Coe 28 his former secretary An ante mortem statement implicates McFarland and Rollin McFon nell and a coroner s jury found peritonitis was induced by malpractice
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Chicago
Ill
Rene E. Morrow
Morrow
Pittsburg
W. D. McFarland
Pittsburg High School
Elele Dodd Coe
McFarland
Rollin Mcfonnell
Questinghouse Employe
Great Strike Martial Law In Mills Riot
Lawrence Massachusetts January 15 eight companies of militia including the field battery placed the mill district under martial law after a day of rioting tied to a strike by fifteen thousand operatives in cotton and woolen mills. Fifteen thousand more were idle as machinery stopped and strikers attacked mills. One boy likely fatally injured when militia charged with bayonets. thirty five rioters arrested and several defenders treated for bullet wounds.
Union Pacific Retires 150 Workers in Two Days
Cheyenne workers face large layoffs as Union Pacific trims staff across divisions to meet changing business conditions. Company says routine retrenchment, while critics link cuts to making room for returning strikers. Over 50 laid off in car repairing, 73 more retired, plus shop workers and extra lists affected. Shortage of business cited.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Cheyenne
Crane's Fortune Largely Bequeathed to Charity
Chicago June 15. More than two miles of the Rich ard T. Crane Iron Master estate is bequeathed to charity by a will filed today. The estate amounts to ten million dollars and the provision directs most of the fortune to charitable causes.
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Chicago
Richard T. Crane
Employers' Liability Law Upheld by Court
Washington D C January 15 the supreme court today unanimously upheld the employers liability law enacted by congress in 2008 replacing a prior act ruled unconstitutional The decision marks a milestone in labor legislation abolishing the fellow servant doctrine and holding employers liable for employee injuries across interstate work The ruling frees employees from contributory negligence in many cases and limits employer risk in various circumstances
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Congress
Wwan
Itiberateo
Ascumiing Riek
Uncle Sam to Send 13 000 Soldiers to Hawaiian Islands
Washington reports a massive mobilization as 13,000 troops with full war gear are ordered to Hawaii. Maj. Gen. Carter testified that 5,000 Japanese soldiers lurk in Hawaii to seize the islands on Tokyo’s signal. The plan includes 9,000 regulars plus cavalry and artillery, the largest peacetime movement except in war.
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Uncle Sam
Hawaiian Islands
Washington
Japan
United States
Bob Evans
Pacific
Hampton Roads
Japan@t
William J. Carter
House Committee On Military Affairs
Hawaii
Tokio
Bomb aimed at Premier in Pekin kills four
A bomb targeting Premier Yuan Shi-kai's carriage in Pekin killed two soldiers and two horses. Abdication plans appear delayed as Manchus seek pension guarantees and terms from the Republic. Reports say Sun Yat Sen may gain financial aid in exchange for bonds. Imperial forces retreat toward Sai Pu ahead of republican moves.
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Pekin
China
Yuan Sul Kal
Sun Yat Sen
Sai Pu
Shun’ Si
Bhan Bi
Nanking
Yuale Parde Pwust
Ranchman Fatally Shot in Ambush Near Hillgrove
Fort Morgan Calo residents report ranchman D HM Arnold an 85 year old Washington County resident and Hillgrove area rancher was fatally shot at his ranch house after dawn. Authorities suspect a single unknown attacker linked to earlier threats but no motive or suspect has been identified.
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Hawaiian
Honolulu
Thirty-fourth Infantry
Fort Sneeling
St. Paul
Panama
Fort Morgan
Calo
Dam
D. HM
Arnold
Washington County
Hillrove
Tan
Richeson Had Another Fiancée in Salt Lake City
Boston date shows Rev Clarence V T Richeson wrote to Miss Patsy Felts of Salt Lake City after Miss Mion Linnell died from poison. He planned to seek a Western church and Marry Violet Edmands, while Miss Felts had loaned him money and denied engagement years earlier.
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Boston
Mion Avis Linnell
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Brook Mine
Violet Edmands
Jatsey Felts
Salt Lake City
Richeson
Ming Hdmlands
Patsey Felts
Alt Lake City
Missouri
National Old Trails Road Proposed in Congress
A bill by Representative Bourland of Missouri proposes creating an ocean to national old trails road linking Braddock road Cumberland road National Pike Boones Lick Road Santa Fe Trail Kearney's Road the Oregon Trail and other historic highways. The article notes Taft's open discussion of arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France and the senate vote to admit public debates to the congressional record.
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Washington, D. C
Representative Bourland
Missouri
Taft
France
Senate
House defeats bid to bring up railroad valuation bill
Washington January 15 The House Democrats blocked attempts to bring up the railroad physical valuation bill, stalling a key legislative measure.
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Washington, D. C
House Democrate
Revere House Fire Claims Dozens In Houston Mass
The Revere House, a famed Houston Massachusetts hotel, burned rapidly on January 15. Firefighters and police faced heavy smoke as guests were evacuated. numerous victims were reported missing or believed to be trapped inside despite rescue efforts.
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Houston
Mass
Revere House
Sax
Freman
Poole
Amoke
Deni
Shorotook Used by Criminals Under Scrutiny
Indianapolis grand jury heard telegraph wood letters sped through Ping code for dynamite plots. Ortie McManigal's confession tied Ping to the plan to blow the Cleveland viaduct. McManigal said Ping paid him and that the man identified as Ping inspired the scheme.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Viadueta
Federal Grand Jury
Ortle McManigal
McMonigal
Ing
Ping
Cleveland
Beanie Ping
Violet Buehler Arrested in New York for Robbery
New York on January 8 Violet Buehler aged fifteen from Chicago was arrested here today for a robbery tied to her romantic pursuit of a man named Jack Clune. Authorities note she traveled from Chicago in December seeking adventure and wealth.
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New York
Violet Buehler
Chicago
Walter
Jack Clune
New French Cabinet Formed as Poincare Announces Ministers
Paris January 15 Premier Raymond Poincare outlines the new French cabinet. Names include Raymond Poincare as premier and foreign affairs minister, Aristide Briand justice minister, Leon Bourgeois labor minister, Alexander Mitler war minister, Theophile Delcassé marine minister, L L Klotz finance minister, Jules Steeg interior minister, Jean Dupuy public works minister, M Le Brun colonies minister, M Gulshau public instruction minister, Bernand David commerce minister. Under secretaries listed for interior and finance, posts and telegraphs, beaux arts. Commentators call it the strongest cabinet since the third republic’s founding.
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Paris
Raymond
Poincase
Raymond Poincase
Aristotle Briand
Leon Bourgeois
Alexander Mitlerand
L. L. Klotz
Interior
Jules Steeg
Jean du
Trial In Chicago Meat Prices Rise After Panic
The January Chicago trial focused on meat price factors since the 1907 panic. Evidence showed Morris & Company and other packers stopped crediting the beef account with hides value, obscuring true pricing and profit slips.
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Chicago
Hooka of Morris & Company
Train derailment injures twelve near Eagle Lake
East Bernard Texas January reports twelve people injured when an Eastbound Southern Pacific passenger train derailed at Eagle Lake. Coaches plunged down a ten foot embankment. Injured include A. B. Martin of Las Cruces and Mrs D A Din of BL Paavo among others.
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East Bernard
Tex
Jan. Sh
Southern Pacific
Eagle Lake
Martin
Las Cruces
Mra
D. A. Din
Paavo
Government proposed telegraph takeover faces White House clash
Postmaster General Hitchcock plans to recommend government ownership and postal operation of national telegraph lines to Congress. President Taft summoned him to the White House amid reports of a sharp rebuke. Senators see potential fallout between Hitchcock and the White House and alignments with the Roosevelt camp. The idea echoes Wanamaker's 1888 proposal and early 1890s congressional hearings.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Congress
Postal Service
White House
Taft
Hitchcck
John Wanamaker
Harrison
Congressional
Woman receives life for murder in Golden case
Golden Colorado January 15 Mrs Angelina Garramone was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for the murder of Mrs Mario Laguardila. Mrs Concomi Forgione and her daughter Stella were fined one dollar and sentenced to one day in jail as accessories after the fact.
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Golden
Colo
Concomi Forgione
Stella
Mario Laguardila
Angelina Garramone
National Cattle Leader Robert Edmondson Dies
Col Robert Edmondson president of the Hereford Cattle Breeders National association died at his ranch near Claude Texas today.
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Kansas City, Mo
Robert Edmondson
The
Hereford Cattle Breeders’ National Association
Claude
Texas
Prosecutor In Fresno Alleges Gompers Case Ties
In a California Building and Trades report dated January 15, A. Trethmoe claims government prosecutor Oscar Lawler tried in Los Angeles last month to warn Tyletmoe and other leaders to shield Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, from prosecution in the McNamara dynamiting case.
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Fresno
Calif
California Building and Trades
A. Trehmoe
Oscar Lawler
Los Angeles
Tyletmoe
Lhe
Samuel Gompers
American Eed of Labor
McNamara
Lawler
Tretmoe Ie
Lorimer Bootblack Recites Life Story on Senate Probe
Lorimer, a former bootblack, testifies before a committee recounting a hard life acting as laborer and car conductor. He describes supporting a widowed mother and five brothers, later becoming a contractor and financier, and reflects on political loyalties amid 1920s party contests.
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Washington, D
Olan
Leorines
Cauoy
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