Trolley Cars in Collision and Other World News
Trolley cars collided near a Westport suburb injuring thirty five and killing William Stembler as one car failed brakes at a steep grade. Also reported is a Cincinnati brokerage firm failure tied to German bank losses and a wild sewer-dwelling woman case in Richmond. Four people died when struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Louisville Canton line.
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William Stembler
Westport
Uhadtimore
Ce Western Maryland Railroad
Stumer
Tragic losses at sea and inland homicide reported
Calais dispatch notes the barque Cousens Rennis vanished eighty days after leaving St Servan with 28 fishermen bound for Newfoundland. Families mourn the missing crew as fears of a sea disaster grow. In California Edwin Stephens of Marin County killed his wife and three of his five children before taking his own life, age 65. Two others, Charles Young and his wife, drowned near Laporte, Indiana, when their boat sank on the Falien river. bodies recovered. Young was 2 and his wife 18 weeks pregnant?
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Calais
Cousens Rennis
St. Servan
Iro
New Foundland
California
Edwin Stephens
Kass Valley
Marin County
Cal
Stephens
Laporte
Charles Young
Falien
Ind
Young
Fire Destroys Mansfield Ohio Brass Works Plant
A disastrous blaze at the Ohio Brass Works in Mansfield destroyed five buildings and caused a loss of 150000 dollars. The fire started in the foundry and left 300 workers idle until the plant is rebuilt. Insurance fully covers the damage.
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Mansfield
Ohio Brass Works
Ohio
Disaster in India: Lightning Hits Earthquake Victims
A Lahore dispatch reports lightning struck several temporary huts at Mandi during a thunderstorm. The huts housed victims of recent earthquakes. Twenty three deaths have been reported.
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India
Lahore
Mandi
Burglars Blow Safe at Goshen Harness Works
Burglars used dynamite to blow open the safe at B. F. Hattell harness works in Goshen Indiana and carried away a considerable sum of money. The incident occurred at the Goshen shop and police began an investigation.
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Goshen
B. F. Hattell
Ind
Two Years More for Machen in Postal Fraud Case
Ex postal employee August W. Machen pleads guilty to an additional indictment with Crawford and Lareng for conspiracy in purchasing Jetter carriers satchels and way. He is sentenced to two more years, with other indictments to follow. He asks the court to allow no explanatory statement, citing family and counsel.
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August W. Machen
Washington
Crawford
Lareng
Way
Machon
Phrenology Shakeup Rumors At Union Pacific
Phrenologists to study bumps on workers heads across Union Pacific lines in a plan to match personnel to jobs. Executives seek to reassess roles such as ticket sellers and engineers based on cranial development. Some doubt origin of order while rail line aims to improve performance without firing staff.
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Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
Omala
Beco Me Qaniet
BKYW
Harriman
Union Pacific
Wytagerald
Wealthy San Francisco donor seeks refuge in her own charity
Mrs Marie Lie Wolf a longtime San Francisco philanthropist and founder of the San Francisco Ladies Relief and Protection Society plans to enter the home she established. Once valued at about 1 million, half her fortune supported benevolence, the other half vanished to a trusted son or guardian. She is the widow of Captain S I Wolf, commander of the ill fated Brother Jonathan which sank in 1865 with 500 lives.
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Marie Lie Wolf
San Francisco
Woman Kills Peeper in McArthur Ohio Farm Family Feud
Prominent farmer and miller M. Specht was shot by Mrs. Emmalynn, formerly of Columbus, late Tuesday night on a neighbor’s lawn. She was arrested the next day charged with murder after claiming she fired on a prowler and hid in her house. Specht’s body lay on the lawn, a single bullet through the head, as families of the two women, cousins, had long stood on good terms.
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McAptur
Ohio
Specht
Democratic Executive Committee
Vinton County
Emmalynn
Columbus
Flynn
Spec
Wilkes-Barre Fire Causes $300,000 Loss
A pair of blazes at the Isaac Long dry goods store in the Welles building in Wilkes-Barre Pa caused about 300000 in damage. The first floor fire was thought sparked by crossed electric wires and a short circuit ignited in the basement after water aided the flames. A second fire in the basement wrecked the building about an hour later.
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Wilkesbarre
Issac Long Dry Goods
Welles Building
Xperta
Ohio River and Lake Erie Ship Canal Project Advances
Pittsburgh capitalists form the Ohio River and Lake Erie Ship Canal Company with an initial capital of 2,025,000 planned to grow to 80,000,000. The company seeks to connect the Ohio River with Lake Erie. In Canton, the Canton State Bank closes amid disclosures of mismanagement and missing assets, with 80,000,000 in liabilities reported by the Goldfield Bank and Trust Company.
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Cincinnati
Firny
Holzman & Co
Union Trust Building
Ohio
New York Stock Exchange
Lipman & Javi
Alfred Halaman
Ile
Reserve
German National Bank
Union Trust Company Bank
Crncinnal Banks
Kansas Debars Pullman
Kansas Charter Board
Pullman Company
Pulmuin Company
WII
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Pitsburg
Te Company
Ohio River and
Lake Erie Ship Canal Company
Tfarrisburg
Canton
Canton State Bank
Buik
Mc Faire
Herey
We. Ta. Davis
Corwin WB. Bachtel
Goldfeld Bank and Trust Company
da Goldfiell
Loans Wreck Bank by Trustees in New York
The Merchants' Trust Company squandered funds on securities from nearly worthless firms. The bank’s assets were placed under receivership in New York, with Douglas Robinson and the New York Trust Company as receivers.
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Merchants’ Trust Company
New York
Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
New York Trust Company
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Inheritance Tax Ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court affirms the direct inheritance tax in Tustetter v. State of Ohio, upholding the county circuit court decision. It states the tax is valid but cannot be applied retroactively.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Durke County Circuit Court
Tustetter
State of
Ohio
Supreme Court
Mormons Buy Land for Birthplace Shrine in Salt Lake City
The Mormon trustees in Salt Lake City purchased forty acres of land in South Reyadron VI to construct a shrine on the site of Joseph Smith's birthplace, planning a cottage on the property. Mary A Livermore Dies in Massachusetts at 72 after a long illness. Siegfried Roebling, Brooklyn Bridge grandson, goes missing in Asheville at age 14. Taft urges tariff or tax reform to curb deficits in Ohio. D 8 Berry shot dead in Savanna office doorway. motive unclear. UK Parliament adjourns after disorder as opposition presses for declaration from Balfour. President Roosevelt to address immigration rise before Congress.
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Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
South Reyadron
Joseph Smith
Presbyterian Assembly Votes for Union With Cumberland Presbytery
The Presbyterian general assembly at Winona Lake Indiana votes without dissent to unite with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. A committee of 21 to work out details coordinates with Cumberland officials. Dr Z Wilbur Chapman predicts a nationwide religious fervor. Other reports touch on Mormonism, evangelistic work, and church leadership appointments.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Cumberland Hody
Winona Lake
Ind
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Vanter
Cumberlain d
Denver
Pacific Coast
Union
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
Fresno
Drs.Pempleton
Wigginton
Judge Beard
American Baptist Publication Society
St. Louie
Smoot
United States Senate
Congress
Nashville
HL. Dinkmeyer
Miambra
Orphans’ Home Board
World’s Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Washington
Conference On Civil Government
General Synod of the Reformed Chore
Allentown
Anti-Saloon League
Ladianapolis
United Brethren Conference
Popeka
Matthews
Bishop Mills
Bishop Weekly
Carter
Bishop Bell
President Roosevelt Faces Immigrant Influx Challenge
A Washington correspondent reports President Roosevelt plans to bring immigration issues before Congress and the nation. He cites looming record arrivals of steerage passengers and views the influx as a major national problem with vast implications for labor and population.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Europe
United States
Union
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Prominent Lawyer Shot in Savanna Office
Former Illinois State Senator Daniel Berry, a major figure in Illinois politics, was killed by a behind attack at the door of his Savanna office in the Opera House block. Three shots were fired with one striking the head, another the arm, a third lodged in the door. The motive remains unknown amid a potential scandal for two Savanna families.
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Savanna
Ill
Berry
Illinois
Daniel 8
Ilinois
Opera House
Trade notes show mixed signals amid strikes and weather
The piece reports Chicago influenced trade with ongoing teamsters' strikes and adverse weather yet notes improved deliveries and reduced delayed freight. It cites earnings held steady for western railroads, grain marketing down, store sales solid, and rising mercantile defaults with limited collection issues. Wheat and corn exports and year-to-date totals are provided, alongside weekly and yearly comparisons from Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
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Chicago
Jte
Dan
New York
Fnions
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Commodity price roundup across major markets
The report lists live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices from Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and Madison data for No 2 wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and pork. Prices range with cattle roughly $3.00 to $8.50, hogs $3.00 to $6.25, sheep $2.50 to $5.75, wheat $0.97 to $1.11, corn 50c to 86c, oats 30c to 84c, rye 78c to 80c, and butter/eggs noted near market levels.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
Lamba
Ito
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