Telegraph Tales Of Events Of Interest And Tragedy
A dispatch from Rome reports Father Santiago Puya of the Dominicans in the Philippines expressing satisfaction at a Vatican proposal to discuss friars land in Manila. He notes Americans and Filipinos may clash over independence as the war wanes. Other items include fourteen drowned after a whaleboat capsize off Star Island, a Milan arrest of an anarchist aimed at King Victor Emmanuel, a wife who killed her husband and his brother believing them burglars, a fatal boiler explosion on a Clover Leaf locomotive, a Swedish duel scare, a lightning death in Millstadt Illinois, and Mississippi River flooding in Illinois with high waters near St. Louis and Alton. Also, Judge W D Crew's nomination for Supreme Court on the Republican ticket.
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America
Rome
Father Santiago Puya
Philippines
Associated Press
Taft
Vatican
Cardinal Rampolla
Manila
Father Paya
Spain
Milan
Italy
London Daily Telegraph
Turin
Waterson
N.l
Tonetti
Paterson
Victor Emmanuel
Bra
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Inoculated Girl Is Dead After Arsenic Dose Death Mystery
Imma H. King died at a farm house near Lake Hopatcong five miles from Dover New Jersey. Dr G E Barney of Brooklyn had inoculated her a year earlier with tuberculosis germs. Authorities investigate death, noting self-administered arsenic use and claims the treatment did not cause the demise.
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Imma H. King
G. E. Barney
Brooklyn
Alfred Shuman
Lake Hopatcong
Dover
N.J
Wes
Miss King
Jealous suitor shoots 16 year old girl in Tarn ton N A
Carl Mortally wounds Misa Lillie Lane in Tren ton N A after she refuses to speak to suitor Charles McCormack who fires four shots wounding her hand and breast two bullets enter her hand and breast and a fourth misses The injured girl is in precarious condition McCormack jailed after attempted escape as William Widman pursues him with a shotgun He claims a divorce though wife and child live with him The girl daughter of Horatio Lane of Groveville was about to board a trolley car
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Carl
Misa Lillie Lane
Trenton
N.a
Charles McCormack
McCormack
Miss Lane
Loratio Lane
Groveville
sWe
William Widman
Indiana Man Strung Up In Torture Plot Tale
Reports from Royal Center Ind describe a shocking incident where an unnamed man was dragged from his bed by twelve masked assailants, bound to a telegraph pole, and hanged with varnish smeared on the face. A threatening pledge led to the assailants fleeing as officers neared, and the victim Kane was later found in a dire condition.
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Indiana
Royal Center
Ind
Dobu Kane
Kane
Bravery of Chicago Deaf Mute in Steel Plant Murder Fire
The charred body of James Devlin with a crushed skull was found among steel blooms at Pennsylvania Steel Company yards in Steelton, Pennsylvania. The car housing the body had been set ablaze three times previously, extinguished by yardmen. Coroner Krause suspects murder and arson to hide the crime. Devlin had resided in Steelton for about three months.
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Cor
Chicago
James Devlin
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
Krause
Devlin
Woman Referee Reduces Damages in Marriage Contract Case
Miss Evelyn Stedeker sought $50,000 after Alvin K Crocker refused to marry. Judge Wise ruled the heartache was mild and set damages at $1.50, noting zones of affection and Crocker’s age, status, and finances. The case drew wide notice due to Crocker’s prominence as a 65 year old married bankrupt mining engineer.
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Miss 8. Wise
New York
Mix Evelyn Stedeker
Alvin K. Crocker
Rescuer Dies After Fire Save At 2343 Cottage Grove
A crippled deaf man named Robert Hayes died at Mercy Hospital after saving others from a blaze at 2343 Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago. He was trapped on the third floor but aided by two policemen. his heroism likely saved Edward Dillon and his family.
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Robert Hayes
Anne
Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Hayes
Edward Dillon
Dillon
Hold Up Train in Colorado Robbery Targets Tourists
Bandits halted a westbound Denver and Rio Grande passenger train near Mill Switch at Chester on Marshall Pass, robbing fifty or more East Coast tourists and blowing open two safes with dynamite. They seized valuables, stuffing them into two gunny sacks as they fled the scene at 8:50 p.m., amid the line’s busy mountain-town traffic.
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Colorado
Marshall Pass
Colo
Denver and
Rio Grande
Mill Switch
Chester
Gunnison
Lake City
Ouray
Telluride
Murderous farmer faces charges after axe attack
James Conover, 60, a Mason area farmer, killed his wife by clubbing her brain to jelly then chased his son with an ax striking a head wound. The son escaped. Conover claimed he killed his wife, then planned the same for his son. He wrapped the body and laid it in the best room. He has a history of insanity and was released recently from Dayton asylum.
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James Conover
Mason
Ohio
Conover
Dayton
Texas woman regains memory after Galveston trip
Miss Ada Barker of New York was taken to the State insane asylum at Terrell Texas by El Paso County sheriff in a demented condition. She recalls leaving New York in May for the Galveston carnival then suffered a blank period until recently. She carried money and has written relatives about her whereabouts. Doctors diagnose double consciousness of recurrent dementia.
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Miss Barker
Terrell
Texas
Ada Barker
State Insane Asylum
Vox
el Paso
New York
Galveston
Big Lumber Deal Forms 8 Million Dollar Corp in Chicago
The Missouri Trust Company and EE Lebdell Co arrange as fiscal agents for the American Lumber Company a new 8 million dollar firm to oversee an 800000 acre timber tract in New Mexico. Directors include A Lyes Lansing Mich AL Chapman George Warding and EL Crepin Chicago Witkin Booth Ann Arbor W E Sawyer East Orange and F A Roethesbisberger Quincy. Fire breaks out at Jennings ka storage tanks igniting oil and halting work as crews build levees to protect Conlee town.
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AL T. Chapman
George Warding
EL. E. Crepin
Chicago
Witkin J. Booth
Ann Arbor
W. E. Sawyer
East Orange
N. J
F. A. Roethesbisberger
Quincy
Louisiana
Jennings Qin Company
Jennings
Conlee
Illinois Wrecks In Narrow Christiana Harbor
The United States battleship Illinois ran ashore on a rock in the Christiana harbor, punching holes in its hull. It was freed later and continued toward the harbor.
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Christiana
Norway
United States
Hllinois
Arent $. Crowninshield
End of Chicago Freight Handlers Strike Ends
The Chicago freight handlers ended their strike at noon Wednesday after a mass meeting to return to the yards. President Curran blasted Teamsters President Young and accused officers of the union of failing the workers. The decision to resume work came after talks with the State board of arbitration and railroad officials who pledged to reinstate strikers and arrange wages as needed.
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Curran
President Young
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Aldready
Iill
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Job
State Board
Wis
Chicago Board of Arbitration
Corn Deal Closes Amid Sharp Market Drop
Chicago dispatch reports Harris, Gates & Co settled for millions of bushels of July corn, sending prices tumbling from near 85 to around 80 cents. Gates reportedly earned about 3.75 million dollars on the trades, after earlier declaring confidence and wagering on corn rising to 90 cents.
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Chicago
Harris, Gates & Co
Gates
Saventa
Chicago Dispatch
Samuel Scotten
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