Courrieres Mine Disaster Shocks France
A Courrières mine explosion in Pas de Calais France kills about 1160 workers entombing many as galleries collapse and wooden props burn. Crowds gather around shaft mouths while rescue efforts extend for hours with an interior blaze turning the mine into a furnace. France registers shock at the continental mining tragedy.
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Pas-de-Calais
France
GCOO
Courrierez
Calais
Iie
Faltieres
Gautier
Interior Duchief
Springfield faces renewed anti Negro riots and aftermath
Readable segments recount Springfield Ohio calming after mob violence against African Americans. Militia restored order, fires burned Negro homes, and officials, workers, and citizens reflect on past brutality and ongoing concerns. Military presence and public safety efforts noted.
Cannon on State Powers Sparks Federalism Clash
Speaker Cannon sharply condemned calls for federal remedy to state problems at the Philadelphia Union League Club. He argued states possess the power to address evils within their borders and criticized reliance on Congress to enact 1,500 proposed bills rather than using state authority.
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Cannon
Philadelphia Union League Club
Jie
Gov
Dawson
West Virginia
Tillman
Congress
Supreme Court Reverses Commerce Commission on Rail Pooling
The Supreme Court reversed the Commerce Commission ruling on freight pooling by railroads in a Citrus growers case against Southern Pacific and Atchison lines. It upheld joint tariffs and routing choices for shipments beyond their lines, while saying the plan curbed rebates and ended active competition among participating roads.
Supreme Court rules trusts must testify against themselves
The Supreme Court declares corporations cannot claim privilege against self incrimination. Corporate officials may be granted immunity as individuals but must produce evidence to convict the corporations. The rulings affect four cases on the paper and tobacco trusts and require books and papers to be produced in government actions. Justice Brown wrote on the tobacco trust and Justice Meekenna on the paper trust with interlocking opinions.
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Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Tobacco Trust
Paper Trust
Justice Brown
Justice MehKenna
Panel Trust
Meekenna
Col Mann Indicted for Perjury in Libel Case
Col William T. A. Mann of New York editor of Town Topics indicted for perjury by the grand jury over charges tied to the Norman Waprood Collier's Weekly criminal libel trial. He was held in 500 bail and has long been a publisher and editor, founder of Smart Set.
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William T. Alton Mann
New York
Town Topics
Norman Waprood
Collier's Weekly
Mann
Tot
Tle
Smart Set
Ma. Moun Prin
Civil War veteran and inventor from Sandusky dies
The obituary notes a Ohio born engineer 1839 who made a fortune from army accoutrements and the boudoir car later sold to Pullman. He served with Michigan regiments, settled in Alabama, and became Mobile’s first postwar Democrat elected to Congress though not seated. He joined the Loyal Legion and belonged to several New York clubs.
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Cipally
Pullman Company
Sandusky
Ohio
Michigan
Alabama
Mobile
Pei Mas
The
Loyal Legion
Olds
New York City
Notable Figures Pass In Review Of Public Life
John Morley after visiting the President at the White House remarked on a blend of St George and St Vitus. Gen. Bates becomes the first bachelor to head the general staff for a month. Admiral Dewey remains a familiar, sprightly presence in Washington. John Temple Graves plans a centenary celebration for Gen. Lee in Atlanta. Senor Desha gifts a Mexican idol to Carnegie Museum. Richard Ashurst newly made Philadelphia postmaster was born in Naples and is a Penn Law graduate. The Dalai Lama was astonished by Calcutta crowd size. Rev. W. J. Fitzpatrick, long vacationless, will soon depart for the Holy Land via Rome.
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White House
St. George
St. Vitus
John C. Bates
Admiral Dewey
Washington
John Temple Graves
Atlanta
Fa.) News
Robert J. Lee
Senor
Theodore Desha
Vera Crag
Mexico
Carnegio Museum
Dpotsburg
Richard ©. Ashurst
Philadelphia
Naples
University of Pennsylvania
Tibet
Calcutta
Tie
W. 1. Fitzpatrick
Lost
Hope Pius X
Indiana towns seek federal harbor funding for Indian Harbor
Merchants and city officials from Tam mond East Chicago and Indiana Harbor told the Chicago harbor and river board that the War Department should appropriate funds to deepen the outer harbor and build a breakwater at Indian harbor. They cited prior spending and potential $2 million investment in blast furnaces if ore could be shipped by boat from Duluth and Escanaba.
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Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Board of Engineers On
War Department
Indianaarbor
J. B. Maling
Duluth
Escanaba
L. A. Block
Inland Steel Company
Tragedy at Noblesville as Mrs Lutz Fires at Husband
In Noblesville, Mrs. Fred Lutz shot at her drunken husband four times, injuring him critically. She says he beat and kicked her. she fled, fired five times, and then reported the incident to Sheriff Teworth. The wounded man was taken to his father’s home. Mrs. Lutz, daughter of farmer Thomas Leyi.
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Fred Lutz
L Lutz
Noblesville
Collision at Gallatin and Sixth Leaves Two Dead
A street car struck an automobile in Marion at Gallatin and Sixth streets. Two occupants died. three others were injured including Mrs. W C Reynolds 65 with hip arm and collar bone fractures and likely death, Mrs. Ida Grawell with collar bone and arm injuries, and Miss Louise Reynolds with minor injuries. Mary Reynolds escaped harm.
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Sixth Streets
Marion
W. C. Reynolds
Jeft
Ida Grawell
Louise Reynolds
Sfarry Reynolds
Man Charged With Poisoning Father in Law Near Newcastle
Frank Thurman is arrested on murder charges for poisoning Reuben Bailey near New Castle and assaulting Bailey’s sister, Metita. Sheriff Burr says additional evidence strengthens the case against the suspect and will go before the grand jury. Bailey’s death follows multiple poisonings within the family.
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Frank Thurman
Reuben Bailey
New Castle
Metita Bailey
Burr
Bailey
Death Baptism Follows Immersion In Goshen
John Replogie aged 70 died in Goshen shortly after baptism in a German Baptist church rite performed at home in a large tank. He expressed hope to survive only a few hours and was immersed before death occurred. Terre Haute council bars officers from using evasive signaling to issue orders saying no more “wink” orders to police.
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John Replogie
Goshen
Replogie
Ife
Terre Haute
Police Board
Kanzleiter
Kidnaped Child Returned to Indianapolis
Pauline Skillman a 3 year old abducted by her father Paul Skillman in September arrived in Indianapolis from San Francisco this day. She was met by her overjoyed mother as the father faced a kidnapping charge. Elwood Fair and Driving Park Association elected officers led by N J Leisure as president and Frank Leisure as superintendent.
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Pauline Skillman
Paul Skillman
Moisevelt
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Elwood Fair and Driving Park Association
N. J. Leisure
FP. M. Uarbit
KE. C. Welfority
BF. OE. Dellority
Frank Leisure
High Wedding atop Evansville Smokestack Draws 15000
Miss Ora D Williams and George P Lenfers wed atop a new smokestack B22 feet high the tallest Evansville point to win a prize. An estimated 15 000 people watched the ceremony from below and surrounding streets.
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Ora D. Williams
George P. Lenfers
Evansville
Baby Cremated in Riley County House Fire
A stove explosion in Orlando Reese residence in Riley destroyed the home and killed their baby. Parents were at a barn and failed to rescue the child before flames spread. In Pike County Cora Solomon, 15, burned to death while helping her father burn brush in a field.
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Orlando Reese
Riley
Pike County
Cora
Solomon
Indiana Democrats set June date for Strate convention
Mrs George O Neil burned to death in Francisco by gasoline stove explosion. Mrs Sarah Rumbly mother of late Walter Q Gresham died at her home near Lanesville aged YS. widow of two, mother of eight. Mrs Ida Kinnemen wife of La Fayette Kinnemen of Sandborn died in convulsions. their newborn child also died. Husband arrested after poison bottle found in room.
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Indiana Democratic State Central Committee
Indianapolis
George O'Neil
Francisco
Sarah Rumbly
Walter Q. Gresham
Lanesville
Ida Kinnemen
la Fayette Kinnemen
Sandborn
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