Fire destroys $100000 plant in Chicago area
A major blaze at the Standard Sash and Door Company plant at 6815 Center Avenue in Chicago caused extensive damage. Two men, Victor Altman and Joseph Brown, were arrested near the scene on suspicion of arson as explosions and a basement fire fueled by stored paint threatened nearby vehicles and homes. One man likely fatally injured and two more seriously hurt.
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Standard Sash and Poor Company
Center Avenue
Chicago
Victor Altman Andoseph Brown
Bones of Old Hero Moved to Kingston for Final Interment
The body of George Clinton former major general in the Revolutionary army first governor of New York and former vice president was moved from Congressional Cemetery Washington to New York on its way to Kingston for final interment. It was escorted from the cemetery to Union Station by military patriotic civic and commercial groups and descendants of Governor Clinton.
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Congressional
Washington, D. C
George Clinton
New York
United States
Kingston
N. Y
Union Station
State of
Clinton
Miser Farley Dies From Gas Asphyxiation in Indianapolis
Thomas Farley a pioneer saw manufacturer and longtime member of Masonic and Odd Fellows orders was found dead in his Indianapolis home from gas asphyxiation. The house reeked of gas from several burners. An old safe allegedly contained between 18000 and 60000 dollars with cash payments noted. Farley reportedly paid bills in cash and kept money in the safe.
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Miser
Masonic
Odd Fellows
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Farley
Hogs Uncover Arm Bone at Gunness Farm Pond
Hogs wallowing in the pond at the edge of the Gunness private cemetery near La Porte Indiana unearthed a human arm bone. Sheriff Smutzer believes more bodies lie under the pond mud and a shore sweep with long rakes will seek concealed remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunness Charnel Farm
Laporte
Ind
Admiral Crowninshield Dies After Hospital Stay
Admiral A. S. Crowninshield of the U S Navy retired died at Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia on Wednesday after about a month there. An operation was performed for a nose affliction.
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Crowninshield
A. S. Crowninshield
U. Ss. N
Episcopal Hospital
Philadelphia
Tornado near Wichita Leaves Deaths and Destruction
A tornado near Wichita Kansas kills ten people and injures twelve. The storm also destroys hundreds of cattle and vast acres of crops, leaving ruin and desolation in its wake.
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Kansas
Wichita
Prince de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould Wed in Hoboken
Reported nuptials claim a Hoboken civil ceremony occurred at Meyers Hotel on April 9 or 10 before the couple set sail for Europe. Observers say Prince de Sagan and Mme Gould were married privately with close aides sworn to secrecy awaiting a later religious service.
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Hoboken
N. J
Prince de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Europe
St. Paul
Mme. Gould
Hey
Frederick der Grosse
Meyers
Hobok
One Mile of Idle LocoM IVES
One mile of idle railroad engines was photographed in the yard of the New York Central lines at Elkhart Indiana by company orders. The locomotives numbered 120 and cost nearly one million dollars. The company plans to exhibit the photographs before the Interstate Commerce Commission and in meetings with the Merchants Association and other groups seeking reduced rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Elkhart
Ind
Interstate Railroad Commission
Merchants’ Association
Double Drowning Feared After Two Youths Vanish
The body of Joseph North was found near the Tyrie river in Minnesota indicating death by drowning. Authorities fear the loss of Alfred Kitson, North’s companion, who disappeared a month earlier in a rowboat crossing the lake.
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Joseph North
Tyrie River
Minnesota
North
Alfred Kitson
Comanion
Dake
Kitson
Commodore Kitson
J.T. T
Wilson
North Woods
Gagged Union Treasurer Attacked in Austin Chicago
Temes Durbin treasurer of a street car workers union in Austin Chicago was attacked within 2000 feet of his home by three armed men. They overpowered him and tied him to a fence before taking from him dues collected from union members.
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Temes Durbin
Uving
Austin
Chicago
Wea
Tutin
Gareedd
Dis
Great Battleship Michigan Ready for Government Accountability
The Belaware river waters witness Tanched Prestay the great steed as Michigan, sister ship to South Carolin, completes overhaul and is slated to be turned over to the government in about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belaware River
Michigan
Carolin
Riders Destroy Tobacco Beds In Kentucky County
In Marion County Kentucky BoC farmer White’s tobacco beds were swept and destroyed by riders. A bundle of switches lay by the beds and a note told him not to raise tobacco. Soldiers are stationed in the county and will likely pursue further action.
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Boc
White
Manlison
Witters
Hoheta Fuvestjende
Slayer Intended Death by Own Action in Newark Case
Erne Terwitizer admits he struck his wife to death in Newark and planned to kill Sigel afterward but lacked the courage to complete the second act. He states his intent and describes repeated quarrels that led to the killings.
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Slayer
Erne Terwitizer
Newark
Sigel
Pie
Yale to Acquire Blount Legacy Through Archibald Blount Will
The will of Archibald Plenry Blount, who died recently, leaves the testator’s estate to Yale University. The document has been verified through a probate process in London after prior confirmation.
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Yale
Blount
Archibald Plenry Ttount
Yéng Ag
Testator
Yale University
Rescuers Take Over Sleath Milligan After Bankruptcy
Creditors assume control of Sleath and Milligan Manufacturing Company of Chicago from bankruptcy court. The firm will reorganize and resume operations, taking over liabilities to stabilize the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleath & Milligan Manufacturing Company of
Chicago
Rabies Patient Wes. Marsh Dies After Inoculation
Inoculated with rabies germ, Wes. Marsh, a wealthy New Yorker, died of hydrophobia and underwent autopsy conducted by a hydrophobia specialist who was performing the post mortem. He had received rabies treatment himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Wes. Marsh
Favorite Commedian Dyiley Dies in Chicago Pneumonia
Peter I. Dyiley a famed comedian who entertained audiences for thirty years died of pneumonia in his apartments at the Auditorium annex Chicago. He was widely beloved and regarded as one of the era’s best known comic performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter I. Dyiley
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Coal Miners Scale Signed in Kansas City Meeting
Representatives of western coal operators and miners met in Kansas City and formally signed the two year working scale and agreement governing conditions in the mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seutiy Western
Kansas City
Five Million Dollar Divorce Settlement Reached
Mrs. Vanderbilt receives a $5,000,000 cash settlement from her husband as a compromise in the divorce case.
Road Sued as Trust by Government Over Railroad Control
United States District Attorney French sues the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company in Boston federal court alleging a restraint of trade and monopoly under Sherman Act sections 11 and 2. The petition claims the New Haven controls about 500 of 600 miles in Connecticut 400 of 500 in Rhode Island and about 600 in Massachusetts and controls 35 percent of the Boston and Maine railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States
French
United States Circuit Court
Boston
New York
New Haven
Hartford Railroad Company
New Haven Company
Connecticut
Ithode Island
Husband Confesses Murder in Newark Ohio
Ernst Terwilliger admits strangling his wife in their Newark home after quarrel over money. Police guard crowded jail as angry citizens threaten violence. Terwilliger, drinking that night, says he grabbed his wife by the throat and killed her. she was 18 and described as attractive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Ernst Terwilliger
Ohio
Terwiliger
Double's Crime Gets Man One and a Half Years
J C White a New York City man aged W1 years was released from the State penitentiary of Pennsylvania after serving a year and a half of a five year sentence for forgery committed by another man his double. The crime occurred in Greensburg and the real offender is alleged to be James Riley. White was pardoned thanks to Detective Tra L Batery who obtained evidence he was in Michigan during the time of the swindler’s operation.
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J.C. White
New York City
State Penitentiary of
Pennsylvania
White
Coreensburg
Anat
James Riley
New Yorker
Tra L. Batery
Michigan
Swincher
Greensburg
Lamphere Indicted in Ganness House Fire and Murders
A grand jury investigating the Ganness house near Laporte Indiana returned three indictments. Lamphere faces arson for setting fire to Mrs. Ganness home on April 28. He is charged as principal and accessory after the fact in the murder of Andrew Telzelein of Aberdeen Maryland and in the murders of Mrs Gunness and her three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamphere
Ray Lamphere
Ganness
Laporte
Ind
Eth
Andrew Telzelein
Aberdeen
M. D
Woman Poisoner Found Guilty in Kansas City Case
Mrs. Sarah Moracek aged 4S was found guilty in Kansas City Kansas of poisoning Ruth Miller a 4d year old girl who died after eating poisoned candy mailed to the child’s 14 year old sister amidst a personal grudge. She faces a life imprisonment sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Moracek
Kansas City
Kan
Ruth Miller
Miller
Miners Troubles End as Strike Is Settled
Thirty five thousand coal miners in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas members of the United Mine Workers return to work after a prolonged strike that began March 1. Prices and conditions will stay the same as last year with a few minor points yet to be settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
United Mine Workers
Cleveland Banks in Merger Announcement
The Citeens' Savings and Trust Company and the Commercial Savings and Trust Company formerly the Dime Savings Bank merged in Cleveland. The combined deposits total about 49000 dollars.
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Cleveland Banks
Citeens’ Savings and Trust Company
Commerscial Savings and Trust Company
Dime Savings Bank
Cleveland
Night raid blamed for death of farmer X. Bo Haselipp
Shelby County farmer X. Bo Haselipp was found dead from a gunshot near the Franklin County line. Authorities believe four suspected night rider raids may be connected to the killing.
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X. Bo Haselipp
Shelby County
Franklin County
Court Finds Thaw Insane in Poughkeepsie Decision
In Poughkeepsie New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Morschauser held Harry K Thaw remains insane and not a fit person to be at large. The ruling states Thaw is still mentally unfit under the court’s custody standards.
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Thaw
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Supreme Court
Joseph Morschauser
Harry K. Thaw
Boys' Bodies Found in Chicago Springs Lure Death Toll Grows
The drowned bodies of Ralph McCabe and Chester McCormick were found, initially feared to be victims of kidnapers. This raises Chicago's spring death toll to seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McCabe
Chester McCormick
Spring
Chicago
Collision on Germantown Avenue Kills Three in Philadelphia Suburb
A trolley car crash on Germantown Avenue near Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia suburb, caused three deaths and two dozen injuries. Emergency crews reported five fatally injured and forty five seriously hurt as the collision disrupted traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Germantown Avenue
Chestnut Ill
Thaw Withdraws Annulment Suit Claiming Coercion
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw withdraws her annulment action against her husband claiming she was an unwilling party to the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Thaw
Portugal Royal Household Sued Over Unpaid Bills
Lisbon tradespeople sue Dowager Queen Maria Tia and the Duke of Oporto as creditors flood Lisbon papers with suits. Courts already awarded 210 to a butcher in unpaid meat bills. state funds blocked while civil list awaits accounting for late king Carlos. Political figures face regicide plot revelations and accusations of foreknowledge.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Royal Household
Maria Tia
Oporto
Carlos
Senor Carvalho
Franco
Alfonso Costa
Luciano Castro
Progressists
Senor Vilhenn
Regenerationists
Exile for Many Undesirables in Colorado Jails
Immigration Agent Louis Adama investigates penal institutions across Colorado to deport foreigners deemed undesirable. Authorities expect up to fifty inmates, ranging from murder to vagrancy, to be sent out as soon as federal approval is granted. In Denver jails nearly fifty foreigners are held on one charge, with others statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Protective son shoots father to stop abuse at Niagara Falls
Norman White, 13, told police his mother faced ongoing abuse by his father. After buying a revolver with his savings, he confronted the abuser and fired, four shots missing before the final bullet pierced the father's lung. The man died within hours.
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Niagara Falls
Norman White
White
Norman
Ind
Many Children Injured in Philadelphia and Reading Line Crash
Seventeen children aged up to 14 were injured and several killed when a mixed group boarded a truck on the Philadelphia and Reading branch to Lincoln Colliery in Schuylkill County West End. The truck sped down a steep grade and collided with a car at the grade’s foot, both vehicles demolished.
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Philadelphia and
Reading
Lincoln
Schuylkill County
Fire Disturbs Worshipers at Minneapolis Church
Fire at Hennepin Avenue M E Church in Minneapolis broke out over the heads of the worshipers, burning the roof less than thirty minutes after the benediction. A chandelier weighing several hundred pounds crashed as the flames spread, causing about 10 000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin Avenue M. E
Minneapolis
Minister Rufus R Fletcher Dies by Suicide in Mo
Reverend Rufus R Fletcher a Methodist minister living in St Joseph and recently at Fairport Missouri died by swallowing carbolic acid. He had two daughters on stage and faced domestic troubles, authorities report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus R. Fletcher
St. Joseph
Fairport, Mo
Fourteen Drown in Red River Refuge Island Flood
Fourteen people seeking shelter on an island formed by the Red river between its new and old channels near Colbert Oklahoma were drowned when floodwaters overwhelmed their refuge. Local authorities report the disaster and search efforts continue for missing remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
Colbert
Okla
Nevada Governor Sparks Dies at Reno Ranch
Gov. John Sparks of Nevada dies at his ranch near Reno Friday morning after months of illness. His term would have expired December 31, 1910, leaving the state to face a new leadership transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
John Sparks
Reno
Sparks
Dun's Review of Trade for Chicago District
Chicago shows slow recovery with growing confidence and steadier business. Weather eases, construction and outdoor work rise, iron and steel demand improves, pig iron absorption broader, finished steel shapes strong. Factory output up. more farm implement, foundry, and wood products jobs. building materials and leather trades healthy. bank clearings 227,430,1382, down 0.7% from 1907. failures 23 in district, liabilities over 5,000: seven cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun
New York Business Conditions Mixed In May Report
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes overall crops in better shape than a week ago and a firmer wholesale tone in dry goods and cotton goods. Retail trade shows improvement in some areas, with large auctions and cut-price sales in New York Chicago and St Louis. U S weekly business failures total 284, up from 281 last week and higher than prior years. Canada shows 30 failures for the week.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Nationwide Commodity Prices For Cattle Hogs Wheat And More
Chicago cattle range 4.00 to 7.20, hogs 4.00 to 85.50, sheep 3.00 to 5.00, wheat No 2 1.01 to 1.02, corn No 2 Tbe to Tie, oats standard. Prices vary by city including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo with multiple grains and livestock values listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ste
S. Cincinnati
Ste To
Detroit
New York
Toledo
Drouth Affects Texas Cattle. Iowa Ranch Bought for Stock Farm
Drouth in parts of Texas has caused the loss of hundreds of cattle. Illinois teachers will soon be required to include agriculture in their instruction. Western states plan a national corn exposition in December at Omaha. Two Illinois businessmen bought a 625 acre Iowa ranch at $25 per acre for use as a stock farm. The Southern Cotton Association and Farmers' Union arrange to hold remaining cotton crops to boost prices.
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Drouth
Texas
Uinois
Omaha
Neb
Illinois
Iowa
Southern Cotton 4 Association
Farmers’ Union
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Massillon State Hospital
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Beach City
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Helie
Anna
Ives
Oklahoma House
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King
State Tax Commission
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Jenny Potts
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