Record of the Week on Crime and Industry Fertile Grounds
Industrial Commission submits its final report to Congress covering agriculture mining and transportation with recommendations to revive strengthen federal rail oversight and empower the Interstate Commerce Commission. A Cheyenne Wyoming tale details two stallions fighting to death on a Union Pacific train leaving one dead and $1500 horse value.
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Industrial Commission
Congress
Commission
Senate Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cullum Hill
England
Union Pacific
Four Children Cremated In Maryland Fire
A farm house near Cumberland Maryland burned destroying the home of William Robertson. Four children Pearl Owen Eve and Joseph perished in the blaze escaping only in night clothes from a second story window. The parents and remaining family survived.
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Wm. Robertson
Cumberland
Mil
Maryland
Potominc River
Robertson
Pearl
Owen
Eve
Joseph
Sampsons Brief Filed in Admiral Dispute Over Santiago Victory
Adm Sampson's counsel Theall filed with the President a long brief arguing against Schley's claim that Schley commanded the Santiago battle and earned the victory credit. Also reported are a Topeka divorce case a wife killed by her husband and a suicide attempt, the Bulgarian minister assassin, a Lafayette gas explosion death, and General Funston's improving condition after surgery.
Collision High in the Air Kills Brakeman on 65 Foot Trestle
A Colorado Midland passenger train and a freight train collided on a trestle sixty five feet high near Buena Vista Colorado. Rear brakeman Owen McCarthy was killed as the locomotive derailed into the creek. Engineer Peck and the fireman escaped by staying aboard the engine.
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Colorado Midland
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Buena Vista
Colo
Owen McCarthy
Peck
Wen McCarthy
Father Kidnaps Child From Grandmother in Omaha
A six year old girl was abducted by Edvards a Kearney Ned from her Omaha grandmother Mes Dodder. The abduction occurred as the girl was removed from a street car in Council Bluffs where the father helped her off. He was later arrested and will return to Omaha for habeas corpus proceedings.
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Omaha
Evards
Kearney
Ned
Mes. Dodder
Connec
Bluffs
Vodder
Ono
Mvards
Council Bluffs
Yards
Silent divo rce case unlocks long lost life in Newberry
Bathsheba Perrin Wisner O Neill vxs Aaron Wisner reveals a 16 year old Canadian marriage, eight years of mourning, a second marriage to Alexander O Neill, and a move to Newberry. Wisner, alive after twenty years, affects the divorce and unnamed wedding plans as the widow nears her 53rd birthday.
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Newberry
Mich
Moree
Bathsheba Perrin Wisner O'Neill
Aaron Wisner
Miss Perrin
Wisner
Canada
Alexander O'Neil
O'Neil
Indians Accused of Murder in Arizona Ruin
Remains of rancher A T Vailoa were found in the charred ruins of his house in Aravaipa Canyon eighty five miles from Tucson Arizona. Authorities suspect Apache Indians burned the dwelling after looting it and killing Vailoa during a period of unrest in the region.
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Arizona
A. T. Vailoa
Aravapai Canyon
Cucson
Ariz
Vail
Large Indian grazing lands leased on Standing Rock Reserve
The Interior Department will lease 1 240 280 acres on the Standing Rock Indian reservation in the Dakotas to W. I. Walker and Mr. Lemon, leaving rest for the Indians. plans include fencing near the Grand River that critics say would ruin grazing lands. Missouri girl 8 ft 1 in tall to wed Montana cowboy Edward Beaupre. Miss Hila Murray of Missouri and Beaupre plan a Helena wedding. Beaupre is 8 feet tall, 367 pounds, with size 22 shoes.
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Standing Rock Reservation
Standing Rock
Dakotas
Interior Department
W. I. Walker
Rock Island
Lemon
South Dakota
Grand River
Department
Missouri
United States
Helena
Mont
Hila Murray
Edward Beaupre
Miss Murray
Beaupre
Parham Leads Quest to Recover Ark in Holy Land
The Rev. C P Parham, West leader of the Gift of Tongues group, will head an expedition to the Holy Land to recover the ark of the covenant. He claims a decade of study on the subject and carries a Hebrew manuscript that allegedly names the mountain and directions for locating the ark.
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C. P. Parham
Holy Land
Charles P. Parham
Gift of Tongues
Ele
Ore Dock To Be Largest In World At Allouez Bay
Eastern Minnesota Great Northern plans to extend the ore dock at Allouez Bay Superior by 610 feet adding 100 pockets and 20 000 gross tons of capacity for a total of 100 000 gross tons making it the largest ore shipping structure globally and the highest at seventy two feet above water. Bugamist Kills Herself in Ohio a 25 year old wife who had a bigamous marriage died by poison in front of her child. Waterbury Fire Burns City Blocks Fire devastates twenty business blocks and thirty tenements causing over 2 500 000 in losses. militia called to restore order. Cephalonia Will Benefit From Will of M Vagnano 500 000 to be invested in London and Westminster Bank with yearly interest to Greece to aid poverty. Lockout 6 500 Woolen Workers In Olneyville Mills Shut Down as 150 weavers strike. over 6 500 workers idle.
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Head of Lakes
Allouez Bay
Superior
Bugamist
Mary Abert Mills
Hamilton
Ohio
Harry O'Brien
Oxford Water Works
Connecticut City
Waterbury
M. Vagnano
Cephalonia
London and Westminster Bank
Greece
Wages Raised by Pittsburg Glass Company
The J. O. Cunningham Glass Company at Pittsburg announced a 10 percent wage increase for all unskilled workers, independent of the glass industry combines.
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J. O. Cunningham Glass Company
Pittsburg
American Window Glass Company
Congress Debates Oleo Margarine Tax and Philippine Tariff
Congress debates a 10 cent per pound oleomargarine tax amid contention over protecting legitimate butter imitation goods. Senate and House quarrel over salaries and other measures as the Philippine tariff bill and defense provisions prompt partisan clashes and adjourn for the day.
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Committee On Agriculture
Senate
Carmack
Dem
Tenn
Beveridge
Ind
Tillman
Stewart
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