Panorama of World News and Local Crimes Briefs
A sweeping panorama reports a Cook County commissioner stabbed at a political meeting in Chicago amid ward clashes. Also notable, a Trenton shepherd dog saved a drowning boy on a bridge, and a chilling sequence in Michigan sees Carl Kokesinski kill his son and others before suicide. Vallonia bank robbers escape with a small amount. a second Vallonia robbery follows.
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John V. Kopf
Chicago
Cook County
Thirteenth
Kopf
George Roberta
Robert
Happy
Vallonia
Ind
Wallonia
Hunsnackers’ Savings
Black man attacked by mob in Indiana woods
John Scott, a Black man, was mobbed by angry workers near West Baden in a quarrel aftermath. Scott struck John Waltz, foreman of a Southern Indiana railroad gang, then escaped into the woods near Jasper where the assault occurred.
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John Scott
John Waltz
West Baden
Ind
Waltz
Scott
Jasper
Albion Buggy Factory Fire Destroys J G Atwood Plant
A major fire in Albion Indiana wiped out the J G Atwood buggy factory, the town's chief manufacturing plant, causing an estimated loss of 25000 dollars with about 18000 dollars insured. The blaze started near the Bb and C Railroad stock yards and spread to them as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Ind
J. G. Atwood
Bb. & C. Railroad Company
Wreck and Fire Cause Panic on Long Island Rail
A crowded passenger train on the Long Island railroad crashed into a broken apart freight train at Newton, L I. Fire broke out among wrecked cars causing panic and injuring nearly twenty people as passengers fled the scene.
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Long Island
Newton
L.I
Panhandle Trains Wrecked and Jealousy Murder Tale
Reports describe a Pennsylvania freight wreck near Tro gansport Indiana after a culvert washout injuring engineer Spencer and fireman Irton. A passenger train wreck near Kenneth left no injuries. A St Joseph packing house worker killed a cook at Memorial Home for the Aged in a jealous shooting then killed himself. A 16 year old Eaton Ohio hunter was fatally shot two miles northeast of Angola by a peer during a hunting outing.
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Carl Kokesinski
Chicago
Eddie
Max
Frank Dabrowski
Hathe Kokoginski
Joseph Smith
Robinson Township
Grand Haven
Mich
Jellow
Panhandle
Murt
Pennsylvania
Trimmer
Trogansport
Ind
Spencer
Iirton
Kenneth
John Lewis
St. Joseph, Mo
Mattie Shance
Memorial Home For the
William Searfoost
Isaac Searfoost
Eaton
Ohio
Lloyd Westerveld
John Westerveld
Angola
Jersey Central Flyer Wrecked Near Penn Junction
A Scranton dispatch reports the Jersey Central flyer wrecked at Stoney Creek three miles above Penn junction sixty five miles south of Scranton. The engineer and fireman are killed and nine passengers injured. Also a report from Santiago Chile notes excitement in the gold fields near the Straits of Magellan, described as a second Klondike.
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Scranton
Stoney Creek
Penn [Aven Junction
South America
Santiago
Chile
Straits of Magellan
President Roosevelt Football Reform Platform Outlined
Dr. J Wiliam White of the University of Pennsylvania presents Theodore Roosevelt's football reform platform at the White House following a coaches conference. The plan calls for a simple uniform eligibility code, strict punishment for brutality and rough play, wide umpire latitude, and college presidents holding officials to account to ensure clean, fair play across teams and schools.
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J. Wiliam White
University of Pennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt
White
Wiite House
Amelia
Nator Bom de Strdent
Amuateur
Mies
Gene Tlemen
Jetter
Renawal
Eaveh College
Mass train wreck near Baker's Bridge kills eighteen
A rear end collision between an express from Boston to Montreal and an accommodation train on the Boston and Maine lines at Baker's Bridge Mass. left eighteen dead and many injured or burned. Thick weather blocked signals, wreckage caught fire, and nearby villagers aided survivors.
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Baker's Bridge
Lincoln
Mass
Pitchburg
Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston
Montreal
Rutland
Marlboro
Baker's Bridge Station
Joel
Baker’s Bridge Station
Coinage of Dollar At An End Says Mint Report
Director of the Mint Roberts announces in his annual report that all silver bullion purchased under the acts of 1878 and 1890 is now gone and coinage of the silver dollar is at an end unless new legislation is passed. The report notes total coinage of 189,097,828 pieces for the year with domestic output at 152,422,302 pieces.
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Roberts
United States
Philippine Islands
Panama
Costa Rica
San Salvador
Chronicle of rulers and events from distant times
A garbled compilation lists rulers, battles, treaties, births and deaths from various years and places. It mentions Henry VI, Agincourt, Mary Queen of Scots, Virginia's charter, the Nile inundation, Ghent treaty, Lookout Mountain, and Panama, among many others, with scattered dates and names.
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Mauritius Tiberius
Tome
Knights Templar
Bngland
Henry Vo
London
Agincourt
Perkin Wuiarbeck
Sveteh
Solway Moss
Henry VI
France
Tohn Manx
Mary Queen of Scots
Louis XIII
Anne of Austria
Virginia
Tern
New Traven
Conn
Province of
Maine
Massachusetts
Hunde
Gounty
Yorkshire
Philip Veo
Spain
Porta Belo
Admiral Vernon
Robert Livingston
Isaac Watts
Fort Duquesne
Pittsburg
Robert Clive
Hina
Vwsi
Bush
New York City
Stanislaas of
Pohand
Catherine of
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Brasil
Camden
S. C
New England
Herat
Faraday
Royal Society
Claantessa of Lovelace
Byron
Grand Opera House
St. Louis
B. Bulwer Lytton
Sicily
Portland
Washington
Thomas TH. Ismay
White Star Line
Brave Bill" Anthony
Samuel Hl. Elbert
Colorado
United States
Panama
Frederick Alfred Krupp
Germany
Republic of Panama
Chicago
Secretary Wilson Reports Record Farm Values for 1905
Secretary Wilson announces that U S farms produced crops worth 6 415 billion dollars in 1905 with corn at 2 708 billion bushels and total farm wealth rising to 6 155 billion dollars over five years. He notes a leak scandal and argues farm wealth growth lifts bank deposits and rural investment.
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Wilson
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department
North Central States
Late Sig. Tamagno’s Fortune and a Comical Chancellor
The article notes Sig. Tamagno’s large fortune surpassing most singers except Jean de Reszke and states his only daughter inherited over $1,000,000. It also recalls Sir Michael Hicks-Beach as exchequer chancellor with a quirky habit of striking the pavement with his umbrella on his walks to Downing Street.
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Sig. Tamagno
Jean de Reszke
Michael Hicks-Beach
Downing Street
Industrial conditions in Chicago show steady production and strong demand
The Chicago district reports steady output at high volume while raw and finished materials remain tight. Forward orders surge and plant expansions are planned as heavy outdoor work strains labor and materials, with strong activity in lumber, iron and steel, machinery, leather, and packers. Wholesale holiday trade burns bright amid favorable weather and improving metal markets.
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Chicago
Dau
Canada
Bradstreet
Commodity price survey across major markets
Chicago Cattle common to prime and hogs prime heavy lead a broad roll of farm prices. Prices for sheep, wheat, corn, oats, rye, hay, butter, eggs, potatoes, and pork products appear for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York with ranges and grades. Notable figures include corn No 2 at 44c to 4c and wheat No 2 red around 91c to 92c.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
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