North Collinwood Fire Claims Hundreds Of Children
A Cleveland report recounts the North Collinwood school disaster, a two story red brick building caught by a basement furnace fire. The tragedy killed 164 children in hours, with 137 identified and 27 bodies unrecovered or unrecognizable. Fire department delays and locked rear doors worsened the panic as volunteers and Lake Shore railroad workers aided rescues and morgue setup.
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Cleveland
North Collinwood
Cleveland, O
Collinwood
Lake Shore
Anarchist Attacks Chicago Police Chief in Home Invasion
Chief of Police George M. Shippy, his son Harry, and Mrs Shippy faced an anarchist at 31 Linsen Court in Chicago. A violent struggle ended when the chief fired his revolver, killing the assailant identified as Tomerus Averbuch, a Russian immigrant. Georgietta Shippy aided during the confrontation.
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Fed
Chicago
George M. Shippy
Harry
James Foley
Menacsima
Linsen Court
Hariman and Astor Re elected to Illinois Central Board
The Illinois Central stockholders’ meeting ended with four directors elected. Harriman and John Jacob Astor were reelected, A. G. Hackstaff filled an unexpired term, and Joseph F. Titus was chosen to replace Stuyvesant Fish, with J Ogden Armour slated to join once transfer of Armour stock is completed.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Joseph F. Titus
Stuyvesant Fish
Titus
Harahan
J. Ogden Armour
Mr. Titus
Mr. Armour
Minnesota Democrats Endorse Johnson For President Nomination
The Minnesota Democratic state committee, after a bitter fight, endorsed Governor John A. Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination and urged his name be placed in the Denver national convention. The move signals formal entry of Johnson into the race.
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St. Paul
Democratic State Committee of
Minnesota
John A. Johnson
Denver
Senator Redfield Proctor Dies in Vermont Lineage
United States Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died in Champlain New York after a brief grippe illness. His son Governor Fletcher Proctor of Vermont was at his bedside. Proctor was seventy seven years old.
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Washington
Mar
United States
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
the Champlain
Fletcher Proctor
Senator Proctor
Diplomatic Tensions Rise Over Tatsu Maru Seizure
Reports from Pekin and Tokyo detail China seizing the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru near Macao on arms smuggling charges. Japan demands release and punishment of officials, while Saionji and Hayashi weigh options as Yuan Shi Kai consults Canton authorities, with a decision possibly by March 10 or 11.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Tokio Foreign Office
Chinese Foreign Board
Kanto
Tsin-Min-Tun-Fukumen
Macao Harbor
Canton
Saionji
Hayashi
China apologizes over Tatsu Maru flag incident
A London dispatch reports China apologized to Japan for hauling down the Japanese flag on the steamship Tatsu Maru after seizure. Beijing promised to punish responsible officers and to reply later on the seizure of arms.
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London
China
Japan
Prussian Self-Reported Suicides Rise in 1906
Berlin reports 1906 suicide statistics show 7,298 total deaths by self harm. Of these 5,584 were men and 1,714 women, highlighting a stark gender split in Prussia's personal crisis reports.
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Berlin
Prussia
Priest Killer on Trial in Denver Court
Giuseppe Alia, accused of shooting Father Leo Heinrichs during mass at St Elizabeth's Catholic church on February 23, stood trial in the criminal court at ten this morning. Medical experts report Alia is sane despite public belief of insanity, following his varying statements about the incident.
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Denver
Col
Giuseppe Alia
Father Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Alia
International congress for child welfare in Washington
An international congress for the welfare of the child will be held under the auspices of the National Mothers' congress in Washington this week.
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Mothers’ Congress
Washington
The Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Market listings from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo and Toledo show wheat corn oats and hay prices as well as cattle hogs sheep and lamb values. Notable figures include Indianapolis wheat at 98c to 1.00 per bushel and New York lambs at 5.50 to 17.60 per hundredweight.
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Indianapoliis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Senator Alli g0n Extends Record With 35th Senate Year
Senator Alli g0n turns seventy-nine yesterday and receives greetings from colleagues. Today he completes his thirty-fifth year in the senate, a record, after forty-three years in congress.
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Congress
Washington
German Captain Surrenders to Death Rather Than Trial
Allenstein East Prussia March 3 Captain Von Geeben who killed Major Von Schoenbeck on Christmas night and has been awaiting court martial has committed suicide. The tragedy ends a case that drew strong attention in military circles.
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Allenstein
East Prussia
von Geeben
von Schoenbeck
Fire yields San Francisco permits total reaching ninety-seven million
Brief items note that since 1906 a building permit value of 97 million dollars has been issued in San Francisco. Other notes report a Chihuahua bank robbery of 200000 pesos, a Harriman daughter’s marriage to Robert Gerry, three men killed in a Jersey City chemical plant incident, Mrs. Schumann-Heink seeking U.S. naturalization, and a February 29 public debt cash balance of 900,421,746.
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San Francisco
Banco de Minero
Chihuahua
Mex
Ambassador Creel
Cornelia Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Robert Livingston Gerry
Elbridge T. Gerry
M. Calm & Co
Jersey City
Schumann-Heink
Newark
N. J
Presidential nominations and high level talks across the Atlantic
The president nominates Lean der W. Dutro as Memphis postmaster. Blanche Walsh is critically ill in a Memphis sanitarium due to a nervous breakdown. Rear Admiral Evans will command at the grand review in San Francisco. W. S. Rossiter is named public printer to succeed Charles Stillings. King Leopold and Belgium reach agreement on Congo annexation. Venezuela declines to arbitrate ongoing disputes with the United States.
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Leander W. Dutro
Memphis
Tenn
Blanche Walsh
Evans
San Francisco
W. S. Rossiter
New York
Charles Stillings
Massachusetts
Leopold
Congo
Venezuela
Castro
Miller Elected Seattle Mayor in Republican Landslide
John F. Miller, a former Indiaman, wins the Seattle mayoral race as Republicans secure a landslide victory. The report notes February bank incorporations, the Nebraska Populists backing Bryan, a France Russia visit seen as likely, Havana customs receipts, and Kansas Republicans naming Taft delegates.
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John F. Miller
Seattle
Nebraska Populists
Omaha
William J. Bryan
Russia
M. Fallieres
France
Havana
Cuba
Kansas
Chicago
W. H. Taft
Receiver Appointed for Western Maryland Railroad
The Western Maryland railroad has a receiver appointed. The Goldfield local and Western Federation of Miners decide to accept the Tonopah wage scale and end the strike. Deutsche Bank reports total turnover of 22 75 000 000 with net earnings of 8 375 000 for the year. Mrs. Martin Brown is held at Van Wert Ohio over a strychnine poisoning. her husband is jailed for administering the drug. The Interior Secretary names Moses Friedman to head the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle Pennsylvania.
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Western Maryland Railroad
Goldfield
Western Federation of Miners
Deutsche Bank
Martin Brown
VanWert, O
Secretary of the Interior
Moses Friedman
Lawrence
Kan
Carlisle
Senator Gary elected in South Carolina
Weekly business failures total 287 up from 285 last week and 172 in the lake week of 1907. Frank B. Gary becomes United States senator for South Carolina succeeding the late Lattimer. World cotton supply shows 4 655 189 against 4 703 584 prior week. Wheat exports fall 1 290 000 bushels and corn exports drop by about one million. Dun notes improving commercial outlook with growing confidence. Two political prisoners were condemned to death in Moscow after attempting escape.
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Frank B. Gary
United States
South Carolina
Senator Lattimer
Hester
Dun
Moscow
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Cities
Jockey Charles Vandusen dies in Dallas following a career in racing. A Hart Grain Weigher shop fire in Peoria causes 195000 in damages to buildings and stock. Congressman Adolph Meyer, former Confederate adjutant general, dies at his New Orleans home. In Rapid City a quarrel leads Mrs. Charles Barbour to fatally shoot her adopted daughter, Rose Adams, age 17. Argentina’s elections yield a solid government majority of seventy seats in the chamber.
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Charles Jackson Vandusen
Dallas
Tex
Hart Grain Weigher Company
Peoria
Adolph Meyer
New Orleans
Rapid City
Charles 8. Barbour
Rose Adams
Faulty schools many complaints are made
Twenty six complaints against Indiana schoolhouses across the state are set for action by the state board of health. Dr. J N Hurty says most buildings are fire traps and insanitary, assigning broken seating and poor air as causes of child distress and illness.
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Indianapois
State Board of Health
J. N. Hurty
Dr. Hurty
Indiana
Investigators Appointed For County Office Books
Indianapolis March 3 Edward R Parmelee and Charles D Lockhart named to audit books and records of county offices. They will conduct a thorough review to uncover mismanagement and seek indictments for wrongdoing and recovery of misappropriated funds.
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Indianapolis
Edward R. Parmelee
Charles D. Lockhart
Logansport Mayor Found Guilty of Intoxication in Impeachment
Mayor George P. McKee of Logansport Indiana was found guilty of intoxication by the impeachment court but no other action was taken. A council meeting will decide any punishment while public sentiment suggests the impeachment proceedings may end with McKee remaining in office.
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Logansport
Ind
George P. McKee
McKee
Professionals at Work in Oakland City Post Office Heist
In Oakland City Indiana on March 9 a gang blasted the post office safe with nitroglycerine and escaped with a large sum in cash and stamps. The blast damaged the safe but not the building. The same gang was active in Dubois County Thursday night with no clues to their identities.
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Oakland City
Ind
Dubois County
Prospectors Find Gold in Brown County Streams
John King and Perry Miller of Woodsfield Ohio after five years of searching Brown county streams closed on a $10,000 Ohio farm. They claim they realized 10000 from gold found in Brown county as many other prospectors continue to search the streams of the county.
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Brown County
Nashville
Ind
John King
Perry Miller
Woodsfield
Ohio
Rich ard Adams inherits 125000 from German father
Bloomington Indiana March 9 Rich ard Adams a harness shop foreman received word he inherited 125000 pounds sterling after his father died in Germany. He left Germany twenty seven years ago and had no idea of the fortune until now.
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Bloomington
Ind
Richard Adams
Germany
Old Country
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