Eighteen Die in Philadelphia Church Panic Tragedy
A Sunday fire in St. Pauls Colored Baptist Church on South Street near Girard Avenue caused a deadly stampede on a narrow stairway. Eighteen people, mainly women and children, died in the crush while fifty were injured as worshipers fled after smoke appeared from a crack near the pulpit. The pastor urged calm, but panic overwhelmed the congregation as rescue began after fire department and police arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Colored Baptist Church
Sth Street
Girard Avenue
Philadelphia
IE. W. Johnson
Hle
Labor unrest and union growth sweep across early 1900s
The unnamed 1906 era report highlights Perkasie and Pogelsville cigarmakers and cement workers expanding unions, with Amalgamated associations reporting record membership. It notes rising farm land values, wage settlements in Pittsburgh and New York City carpentry, increased Reading Railway wages, a slate strike in Poultney and West Pawlet, and a broad steel plant revival after a brief holiday shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkasie
Bucks County
United States
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Pogelsville
Yuhitel Mine Workers
California
Morea
Hazleton
Kewanee
America
Building Trades
Pittsburg
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
New York City
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Master Carpenters’ Association
Carpenters
Reading
Philadelphia
Reading Railway
Poultney
West Pawlet
Granville
N. Y
Amalgamated Journal
Escaped in Petticoats Reemerges in Asheville Jail Case
Tittle Dil Etoward rests in Asheville N C as the man at center of the Ben Tess murder case seven years ago. Tess was shot dead. Etoward, then jailed for the crime, allegedly escaped when guards released a visitor carrying a baby who wore his clothes. Now he has been found at home and a reward remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tittle Dil Etoward
Asheville
N.C
Ben Tess
Iloward
Steward
Hone
William Peters Hepburn
Jits
Conztress
Treasury
Tharrison
D Tephur
Wellsville
Ohio
Liter
Cavalryuian
Indicted Woman in Newark Forgery Case and Sufrage Hearing Fixed
Telegraphic briefs report in Newark Ohio the wife of ex cashier Lingenfelter indicted for forgery. Reb 15 set by the House judiciary committee for a hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing woman suffrage. The freighter E D Carling bound for E F D Carter of Erie was successfully launched at American Ship Company yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Ohio
Lingenfelter
Nouse Committee On Judiciary
E. D. Carling
FE. D. Carter
Erie
American Ship Company
Corn tasseling trial and schoolbook aid programs cited
In Boone County Iowa over fifty pupils tested tasseling corn as seed for next year. State Superintendent Dayhoff orders school boards to pay for books for children whose families cannot afford them. Cities like Boston Chicago New York and Philadelphia show high public school burdens. Butte Montana pays the highest female teacher salaries excluding principals. New York City operates a twenty two room school on a recreation pier slated to become a recreation center after July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County
Iowa
Dayhoff
Kansas
Boston
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Butte
Mont
New York City
Chaffee’s Retirement Capped by Heroic Pekin Action
Lieut. Gen. Chaffee who retires next spring rose from cavalry private to Army chief. He earned praise for leading U S troops to Pekin relief with a firm ultimatum that moved the allied column. The public lauds his steadfast service, leadership, and lasting honor to the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
United States Army
Chaifwee
LD Wim
United States Legation
Pekin
United States
Great Grand Children to Claim Mills Legacy
Lebanon Circuit Court under Judge Artman orders no distribution of funds from the William I. Mills estate until all potential future great grandchildren are born and can be accounted for. John T. Lindley, executor, faced a novel probate dispute over bequests to grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shure
Circuit Court
Lebanon
John T. Lindley
William IL. Mills
Mills
Artman
Fatal acetylene plant explosion near Richmond
Mrs. John W. Cook dies after an acetylene gas explosion at the Cook home three miles east of Richmond. Four others injured include Frank 17 Tessie 14 Carl 8 and Mrs. Della Burgoyne of New Paris. The blast wrecked the house, pinning Mrs. Cook under a stove. Frank escapes with minor injuries. Property loss estimated at 45000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Cook
Cook Boame
Richmond
Cook
Frank
Tessie
Carl
S.o
Della Durgoyne
New Paris
Olura
Frank Cook
New Indiana Road Planned By Chicago Line Promoters
John B. Carter reveals plans for a railroad across Indiana from Chicago to Evansville with branches to Crown Point Telleston Lafayette and other towns. The project aims to tap coal and stone fields and would include a main line linking Chicago and Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Liauapolis
Evansville
John B. Carter
Carter Construction Company
Tadiana
Bedford Murder Suspect Nabbed After Elopement Flight
William Barnes, accused in the Bedford murder of teacher Sara Schaeter, was arrested in Colorado after fleeing Indianapolis with a woman identified as his accomplice. The woman’s husband allegedly aided the case by providing key information leading to the arrest. Barnes denies knowledge of the crime and refuses to reveal his whereabouts on the night of the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
William Barnes
Rio Grande
Burnheim
Cosaack
Saral Schaeter
Bedford School
William Aninadel
Thadianapolis
Barnes
Tve
Anunadel-Barnes
Two Lawyers Found Guilty in Disbarment Case
Jury verdict finds Laporte Mayor Leninel Darrow and South Bend attorney John We. Patriot guilty of professional conduct charges. Worden is acquitted on a separate larceny and perjury count involving Rose Darwek. A separate case notes a girl, daughter of William Jordi, accidentally shot herself near Plamier while playing with a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leninel Darrow
Laporte
John We
Patriot
South Bend
Porniea Wy
Stetina Tata
Miehtzan City
Ghit
Willian Jordi
Plamier
Sherrick Arrested in Embezzlement Indictments
State Auditor Davis Sherrick was arrested amid multiple indictments claiming embezzlement and misappropriation. Bond set at 100 dollars. figures and names linked to Pek Oo case surface as details emerge from court filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Sherrick
Joggeer
Child Drowns in Elkhart and Other Local Tragedies
Within Our Borders reports Lydia stencil four vedar old was found drowned in on oeistera at Elkhart by the Mrother. son Mr. Tierren aged 66 and Margaret Quigley aged 15 in Windsor Michigan were worried im Pere EHinute. Eight horses and thirty four head of cattle burned to death on dered Eberherde farm near South Pend. Hunting near Evansville John Goodwin accidentally shot and killed his companion Thomas Medlin aged 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Stencil
Elkhart
Mrother
Mr. Tierren
Masgaret Quigley
Windsor
Pere
Dered Eberherde
South Pend
Evansville
John Goodwin
Thomas Medlin
Fallieres Elected President of France on First Ballot
Clement Armand Fallieres won the French presidency with 449 votes to 371 for Doumer on the first ballot. The assembly, meeting in Versailles, had 400 voting members present due to vacancies. Fallieres, a longtime senate leader and jurist, is described as a stern Republican with broad support from socialist and radical factions.
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Republic
Loubet
Clement Armand Fallieres
France
M. Loubet
National Assembly
Congress Hall
Royal Palace
Versaillles
Fallieres
M. Doumer
Senate
Combes
Chamber of Deputies
M. Combes
M. Douimer
M. Fallieres
Aristocraacy
M. Trallieres
Mezin
M. FalHeres
Eighty Volumes Carry Signs Against Senator Smoot
Signatures of American women urging Reed Smoot’s removal from the U S Senate fill eighty volumes sent to Washington by the National League of Women’s Organizations. The protest cites allegiance to the Mormon hierarchy, not polygamy, and will be distributed to senators by Senator Burrows as each state’s signatures are presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Smoot
Utah
United States Senate
Washington
National League of Women's Organizations
Senate
Smoot
United States
Burrows
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Fragmented 18th Century History Fragments and Notices
A garbled OCR page lists dates from 1400 to 1866 covering events like Richard II’s death the Madrid treaty and U S milestones. It includes political acts, royal successions, explorations, and legal notices with scattered names, places, and dates, plus a mangled court docket and a provisional public sale notice.
Resolution to investigate White House expulsion at Senate
The Senate discussed a resolution authorizing a five senator committee to probe the expulsion of Mrs Minor Morris from executive offices. The galleries were crowded for the ses sion and the vice president called the chamber to order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luol
Tillman
Yelowing
Senate
White House
Minor Morris
Iron workers union to strike against American Bridge Company
Cleveland executives of the structural iron workers meet tomorrow and are expected to announce a material strike against the American Bridge Company. The other items note a boiler explosion in Taylor Pennsylvania fatally injuring two men, ongoing labor demand in Pittsburg with wage rises likely, a street car collision injuring Senator Gallinger and his wife in Washington, and a Montgomery man fined for passing worthless checks claiming relation to J G Longenecker of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Structural Iron Workers
Cleveland
American Bridge Company
Taylor Silk
Taylor
Patrick Connerton
John Gallagher
Pittsburg
Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Washington
R. C. Longenecker
J. G. Longenecker
Chicago
Montgomery
Ala
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Rush
Chools Grid Colleges
Senor Pedro Alvarado
Mexico
W. OP. Ter Prurs
Pr Warrington
Massachusetts Board of Health
L. E. Wright
Luke I. Wright
Tennessee
Philippines
Japa
David I. Thompson
Brazil
Lloyd Giriscont
Japan
Wright
Ivoch
Uhehe
Cherm East Africs
Jim
James J. Peabody
Colorado
Peabody
Crowolhol Stemmenbere
James Sr. Peabody
Idaho
Winston Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Akippi
Bee County
Texas
Casasius
Parkhurst
Indiana State News
STORK
Indiana Road
Bedford
Forliet State Auditor
John EB. Spahr
Deffersouville
Ellis Carey
Mary Entry
Perkinsville
Mr. Carey
ELECT
Sena
State of Ty
Richard II
England
Madrid
Charles VI
Spain
Francis I
Martin Tarther
Wittenberg
Darlinmene
Savoy
Denmark
Louis Viv
Benjamin Franklinghorn
Tingland
Secothind
Gov. Montgomerie
Pope
Vermont
Sandwich Islands
Capt. Cook
United States of America
American Congress
Natchez
Dro Jenner
Ning
Sicily
Point Petre
Syren
Lexington
Land Sound
Stonington
Frio
Isas
Napoleon Lillie Orsini
Burnside
Hatteras Inter
Canada
Ottawa
Quebec
ASGS
Stanton
Tompkins Square
MNSS
Des Loines
York
London
Stiuntey
Amelia C. Hallane
Jens Mot
Dubnall
John Whitcomb
Jy Siding
John Whit
Cancasia
Bown
Morris
Withitcomb
Whitcomb
Asa i
Jeremiah
Arthur
Teman
Tillima
Tate
Restr
Sipeinia
Thei
J. Tanthrap Athen
Wite Nettle
Lou Strathcona
Willita Sprague
Narragansett
Prederick Toolbrook
Drattieborn
Samuel J. Crawfer
John J. Pettus
Assissippi
William Jolve
Wiliam Thompson
Shelbyville
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