Tragic Chicago Stock Yards Fire Claims 24 Firemen
A massive blaze at Nelson Morris & Co. packing plant in Chicago’s Union Stock Yards killed 24 firemen including Fire Marshal James Horan and officers of the department. Dozens more injured as ammonia blasts and collapsing walls trapped crews on the loading platform.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris & Co
Union
James Horan
William J. Burroughs
Dennis Boyle
P. E. Collins
James D. Fitzgerald
Chicago Fire Department
Horan
Burroughs
Lieut
Fitzgerald
Morris Plant
Tragic Philadelphia Factory Fire Kills Dozens
A blaze at the D Friedlander leather goods factory on North Bodine Street, Philadelphia, killed at least 23 workers and injured many more. Debris from collapsing walls trapped numerous firemen and police as crews attempted rescues amid the deadly collapse.
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Philadelphia
D. Friedlander
Bodine Street
Lorimer Battle Over Senate Seat Opens With Reports
The Senate privileges and elections committee filed a majority report upholding Lorimer’s seat after an inquiry into bribery charges. Senator Burrows read the report and Senator Frazier asked to file a minority report later. Senator Beveridge reserved the right to file a minority report.
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Lorimer
Ynois
United States
Senate
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Burrows
Michigan
Frazier
Tennessee
Illinois
Beveridge
Indiamato
Train Crash Kills 16 on Pennsylvania Line
A head on collision between Pennsylvania train No. 15 from New York to Chicago and an express near Nevada Ohio killed 16 and critically injured 12. Among the dead were two engineers C C Craig and C C Miller, and baggage men George E Horton Frank Keane. four Fort Wayne men perished.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Nevada
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Ind
C. C. Craig
C. C. Miller
George E. Horton
Frank Keane
William A. Dowler
Frierdstein
Battle at La Junta Ends with Rebel Victory
Diaz's Mexican army loses 50 men while 1,000 federal troops surrender after raising a white flag leaving 150 able bodied men. La Junta, a town on the Mexico Northwestern and Orient rail, lies near San Andreas reports. Telegraphs cut. railway workers dispatch the news of the engagement.
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Diaz
la Junta
Mexico Northwestern
San Andreas
Chihuahua
Cincinnati Fire Ravages Multiple Firms Cause 2 Million Loss
A blaze in Cincinnati destroyed the Krippendorf O Neil eight story shoe plant and spread to adjacent structures. Four men died and seventeen were injured, mostly firemen, with losses estimated at two million dollars. The Sycamore Street Stables building and the Victor Safe and Lock plant were wiped out. The United States Leather Goods plant sustained heavy damage.
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Cincinnati
Krippendorf-O’neil Company
Sycamore Street Stables Company
Victor Safe and Lock
Island Sinks into Sea in Costa Rica Lagoon
About seventy families and an estimated 150 to 170 residents disappeared when their island home sank in the Ilopanog Lagoon near Salavador Costa Rica. The island vanished beneath the lagoon waters taking most inhabitants with it.
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Ilopanog Lagoon
Salvadore
Costa Rica
English Spies Sentenced in Leipsiz Fortifications Case
At Leipsiz in Germany Lieutenant Brandon and Captain Trench confessed to sketching German fortifications at Borkrum and were each sentenced to four years as spies. They will serve their term in a German fortress.
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Leipsiz
Germany
Brandon
Trench
Borkrum
New York Shaken by Terrific Blast
A double explosion of gas and dynamite at the New York Central power house near Grand Central killed twelve people and injured thirty. The blast damaged nearby buildings, toppled windows, and disrupted traffic as responders worked amid fires and collapsed walls.
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New York City
New York Central Railroad
Mary D. Polk
East Fortieth Street
Frank Kelly
Central Office
James Ryan
Patrick Jordan
Thomas Stage
C. McMorrow
E. B. Livermore
House of Fire Company No
Lexington Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Duffy
Babies’ Hospital
Bible Teachers’ Training School
Power House
New York Central
Ines
290 Miners Entombed in Bolton Colliery Disaster
An explosion at the Little Hulton colliery in Bolton entombed 299 miners. Cages jammed and ventilation disrupted delaying rescues. A lone boy escaped to the surface. total deaths unknown. Bolton, a manufacturing center near Manchester, has about 200,000 residents.
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Little Hulton Company
Bolton
England
Nanchester
Fort Wayne Urged as Weather Bureau Site
Willis L. Moore chief of the weather service urges a Fort Wayne Indiana weather bureau with two bureaus planned one at Port Wayne and the other at Dayton Representative Cline welcomes Fort Wayne as the chosen site and will push $24,000 for a site and building plus $6,000 for the first year’s maintenance.
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Willis L. Moore
The
Weather Service
Fort Wayne
Ind
Congress
Port Wayne
Dayton
Charlton Renewal Fight Over Extradition in Italy Case
Hearing in Trenton New Jersey renewed on habeas corpus to block extradition of Porter Charlton to Italy. Porter, in custody, faces a murder confession in Italy. Main issue centers on US Italy treaty and Porter's US citizenship.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Paul Charlton
Porter Charlton
Italy
United States Circuit Court
Porter
United States
Charlton
Another Strike Murder Claims Third Victim in Chicago
A third death in Chicago’s garment workers strike occurred when John Donnelly a teamster was fatally shot at Milton and Chicago avenues while driving a wagon loaded with unfinished garments said to belong to Hart Schaffner and Marx.
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Garment Workers’ Long
Chicago
John Donnelly
Milton
Chicago Avenues
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Indiana anderson court sets January murder trial date
In Anderson the circuit court fixed January 24 for the trial of Frank Rickets charged with murdering his wife and Nettie Britton. Rickets, indicted on two counts of first degree murder, faces trial first for the wife’s death. he declines to speak. Attorney Teegarden represents him. police and relatives discuss possible counsel.
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W. W. Prigg
Lafayette
Granville
Wea
Flo
Fraser
Samuel Bausman
Michael Baugh
Esterline Laboratory Supply Company
Irwin Reppard
Valparaiso
Superior Court
Harry Tuthill
Albert Johnson
Warren
Jacob Walters
Kouts
Porter County
Walters
Brook
William Littlejohn
New County
Corn Club
Littlejohn
Gary
T. Joseph Dunsing
Tom Knotts
Rainey press for Roosevelt railway expense inquiry
Congressman Rainey of Illinois, a Democratic leader, presses Congress to investigate Roosevelt era travel costs. A Southern Railway stockholder claims Roosevelt's transportation might total $75,000 on his White House orders, with another estimate of $120,050 owed to the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Washington
Rainey
Illinois
Roosevelt
Congress
Southern Railway
White House
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Three capital crimes threaten lynching in Granville NC
Nathan Montague commits multiple capital offenses in Hester township Granville county risking death by mob. After assaulting J L Sanders and a granddaughter he killed another Sanders daughter, then set fire to the house burning a grandchild alive. Meanwhile a New Orleans car accident sent one woman to drown and five men to escape death in a canal basin.
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Nathan Montague
North Carolina
Hester Township
Granville County
J. L. Sanders
Sanders
Mary Sanders
New Orleans
Old Canal Basin
Jessie Smith
Claiborne Avenue
Portland
Ore
Carrie Kersh
W. A. Johnson
Jesse Webb
Robert W. Provence
Provence
South Twenty-Third Street
Detroit
Mich
Ron Ellsworth
F. E. Ellsworth
Grand River Avenue
Wichita
Kan
S. Hoasebrook
Sale Planned for St Louis Browns By Highlanders Group
President Frank Farrell says the Browns sale will proceed smoothly as Highlanders Ban Johnson and C A Comis form a special American League committee. They aim to buy out Robert Lee Hedges for 535,600 and pledge 100,000 more for new players if available.
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St. Louis Browns
Frank Farrell
Highlanders
St. Louis
Farrell
Ban Johnson
C. A. Comiskey
American League
Robert Lee Hedges
Hedges
Notable Newsmix From Courtroom to Global Affairs
Mrs. Aileen Christopher freed on bond after aiding prosecution and later paper-supply clash. Baroness Von Zedtwitz, once Eliza Breckenridge, dies in Frankfurt leaving multi‑million estate. Traverse City to study new sewage system with state support. Manchester Ohio votes tied to county prosecutions. Edward D. White becomes ninth chief justice. Chinese child trafficking and famine spark relief appeals. Danville Ill home for veterans flagged for faults. Rockefeller donates $10 million to University of Chicago. Austrian ambassador denies unfavorable New York interview. Temple Iron case enjoined. Chicago safe heist nets $500. Dickinson defers new defense report. Albertis’ banking frauds sentence eight years.
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Aileen Christopher
Chicago
Baroness von Zedtwitz
Mary Elizabeth Caldwell
Louisville
Marquise Monsteirs
Kentucky
Eliza Breckenridge
Traverse City
Mich
Northern Michigan Asylum
Manchester
Ohio
Adams County
Edward D. White
Supreme Court
United States
Harlan
Yang Tse Kiang
China
Danville
Ill
National Home For
Congress
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Martin A. Ryerson
Standard Oil
Washington
Hengelmuller
New York
Taft
White House
Philadelphia
Temple Iron Company
Reading
O. C. Krueger
Armitage Avenue
National Capital
Dickinson
Alberti
Denmark
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