Trolley Crash on Main Street Sends Passengers to Panic
A north bound Mulberry street car and a Mt Auburn line car collided near Orchard street shortly after 6 pm. A wrecked lumber wagon blocking the south bound track caused the crash. No serious injuries occurred due to crew presence and quick action, though passengers were frightened.
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Mulberry
Main Street
Orchard Street
Broadway
Zoo
Franklin Street
Main
Mulberry Street
Five Die as Army Train Crashes into Passenger Coach
A rear-end collision near Lansingburg depot on the Boston & Maine line killed five passengers and injured many as a military special carrying the Fourteenth Cavalry to Cuba slammed into a Boston Albany passenger train. Troops assisted in rescues while martial law was declared. The honeymoon tragedy involved J W Dacey and his wife. Engineer Holleran surrendered to police.
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Commercial Tribune
Lansingburg
N. Y
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Albany
Troy Depot
Fourteenth United States Cavalry
Ft. Ethan Allen
Newport News
Cuba
the Leonard Hospital
J. W. Dacey
Arlington
Mass
Thomas Holleran
Special
Troy
F. A. Brown
Mechanicsville
J. Collins
Hardie
Palma Intervenes Cuba Aids U S Vessel Request
Secret correspondence from 1906 reveals Cuba's Palma government pressed the United States for warships to quell the insurrection. Letters show Palma planned to resign with the vice president and cabinet ready to leave office, while Steinhardt and Bacon discussed secrecy and the timing of intervention.
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Steinhardt
Havana
Bacon
State Department
Palma
United States
Cuba
Roosevelt
Cienfuegos
Congress
President
Department of State
Washington
Radical change in banking law recommended
The Special Currency Commission of the New York Chamber of Commerce backs either a government controlled central bank of issue or an expanded note issue privilege for National banks. It argues for a flexible monetary system to ease seasonal credit strains, noting harvest season cash needs force banks to surrender reserves, raising interest rates.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
United States
Special Currency Commission
New York Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
John Claflin
Congress
Central Bank of Issue
La Follette to Testify on Yellow Dog Funds Hearing
Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin will testify before the Minnesota State Railroad and Warehouse Commission hearing on commodity rates. The senator is asked about alleged railroad contributions described as yellow dog funds used to influence his political downfall. Attorneys charged President Marvin Hughitt of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad paid $50,000 of company funds to a campaign fund.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Paul
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
Government calls for contract army surgeons in Cincinnati
Surgeon General R M O Reilly requests about twenty five contract army surgeons to be enlisted in or near Cincinnati. Dr C A L Reed to submit physicians list. total nationwide need around five thousand. Selected include Steven Sharp Theodore Range and H Lanham of Cincinnati. Telegrams urged immediate report. aim to form reserve medical corps per AMA recommendations.
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Cincinnati
R. M. O'Reilly
Medical Department of
The
Army
C. A. L. Reed
Steven Sharp
M.D
Covington
Theodore Range
H. €. Lanham
Washington
Smith
O’reilly
Reed
American Medical Association
Earthquake Records Two Hour Effect Across Regions
Sydney and Perth seismographs logged a two hour quake Tuesday noon. Government astronomers suspect a disturbance somewhere eclipsing San Francisco. The Daily Mail notes a similar record from John Milne's Isle of Wight observatory.
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San Francisco
the Daily Mail
John Ymilne
Isle of Wight
Emigrant Steamer Charterhouse Founders Off Hainan
The emigrant steamer Charterhouse, en route between Hoihow and Hongkong, foundered off Hainan Head on September 30. Captain Clifton and sixty passengers were lost. The Kohsichang rescued a raft from the Charterhouse with Engineer Wowse, twenty three crew members, and two women after forty three hours at sea.
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Charterhouse
Hoihow
Hainan Head
Clifton
Uioya
Kohsichang
Wowse
Funeral for Charlotte Rose Schmidlapp at Kirchheim Home
The funeral of Charlotte Rose Schmidlapp was held yesterday at her father’s Kirchheim home with a short Unitarian sermon by Rev. George A. Thayer. Relatives and a few intimate friends attended as floral tributes poured in from Paris and distant supporters. Pallbearers included Russell Wilson, Edward Koehler, Julius Koehler, Lee A. Ault, Herman J. Groesbeck, and William P. Hunt.
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Charlotte Rose Schmidlapp
Kirchheim
Spring Grove
George A. Thayer
Unitarian Church
Corinne Moore Lawson
Charlotte, Lincoln
David Davis
Mr. Varilla
Paris
Panama
Board Is Moved to Tears by Damaged Warnings and Losses
Superintendent Neave presents two grave notices to the Service Board. A repair wagon was rear ended by Warsaw Avenue Car No. 15 on September 28 at the Eighth Street Viaduct. the driver was thrown, wagon pole broken, damages to be discussed with the traction company. The second message notes the deaths of Gray Horse No. 19 of lockjaw on June 10 and Sorrel-Gelding No. 252 of pneumonia on June 12, filed for life insurance records.
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Neave
Keefe
Warsaw Avenue
Marx
Eighth Street
Traction Company
Senate
Roosevelt Speaks At Harrisburg Capitol Dedication
President Roosevelt visits Harrisburg in rain to dedicate the new State Capitol at a cost of 13 million dollars. He is greeted by Governor Pennypacker and Mayor Gross, receives gold medals, and delivers a keynote address praising Pennsylvania's historic role in American history.
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Commercial Tribune
Harrisburg
Roosevelt
Marrisburg
York
Washington
United States
Penrose and
Knox
Pennsylvania
National Capital
State Capitol
Railridad
Capitol
Pennypacker
Gross
John K. Dillingham
Society of Friends
Philadelphia
William A. Stone
Capitol Building Commission
Keystone
France
Foraker Becomes Ohio Leader as Roosevelt Reconciles
Senator Joseph Foraker sails to Cincinnati for a Republican rally and gains White House recognition as Ohio party leader. Roosevelt’s invitation and the Lewis appointment change mark a shift in relations after a contentious quarrel over railroad rates and spelling reforms.
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Foraker
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Mine explosion at Pocahontas Coal Co. kills nineteen, traps dozens
Special Dispatch reports that at West Fork Mines of Pocahontas Collieries Company nineteen men are known dead and between thirty and forty are entombed after an explosion. Rescue efforts continue as possible survivors are accounted for amid worsening conditions.
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Commercial Tribune
Pocahontas, Va
West Fork
Pocahontas Colleries Company
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