Wreck on the Pennsylvania. collisions and crimes reported
A rear end collision near Menlo Park New Jersey killed one, injured twelve as the western express No 6 collided with a Philadelphia local. Other reports include a Pittsbury tunnel explosion that left one dying and three injured, a Washington state shooting suicide, a striking miner at St Lukes Hospital, ship collisions near Charleston, and a Swiss general strike.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railway
Menlo Park
N. J
Western Express
S’hiladelphia
Courtney Sylvester
Jersey City
Mount Washington
Castle Street
Pittsbury
Southside Hospital
Leonard Darksdale
John Williams
Samuel Jackson
Henry Camp
Churteston
D. C
Jackson Villa
New York
Jacksonville
Charleston
O Kelly Freed After Twenty Years For Ford Slayer Kill
Edward O Kelly, slayer of Bob Ford who betrayed Jesse James, is released from Canyon City prison after serving twenty years of a life sentence commuted for good behavior. He is taken by prison van to Pueblo and has not spoken on the 1891 Creede dance hall shooting.
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O'Kelly
Edward O'Kelly
Bob” Ford
Jesse James
Canyon City
Coto
Pueblo
O’kelly
Ford
Burkhardt
Tord
Baker Dies Fighting Oven Fire at Chicago Bakery
August Meyera, a baker at 250 West Van Buren Chicago, perished after remaining to battle an overheated oven. Firefighters found Meyers’ body in the basement as smoke spread through the bakery below proprietor Chris Haas. The flames proved fatal despite rescue attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Meyera
van Buren Street
Chicago
Chris Haas
Meyers
Cowboy and employer clash as elopement ends in wedding
William Clark and Myrtle Shawberg eloped near Hyannis Nebraska. Shawberg fired at the groom, a bullet struck the bridegroom in the hip. A doctor attended the wound while a preacher married the couple after the shooting. The bridegroom fainted during the ceremony and Shawberg was expelled at the ceremony’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elowers
Willian Clark
Myrtle Shawberg
Hyannis
Neb
Shawberg
Clark
Iyannis
Farmer Slain for Money in Wisconsin Barn Death
The body of Herman Schroeder, a Greenville Wisconsin farmer, was found in the barn of his stepfather Karl Ludwig. Schroeder had drawn money in Appleton and spent it, later found with $16.03 and a bottle of strychnine on him. Authorities suspect murder for the cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Schroeder
Greenville
Wis
Karl Ludwig
Schroeder
Appleton
Murder Plot and Confession in Dawson City Killings
Peter Fournier confesses to murder for money in Dawson City B C detailing a scheme with Label and others to kill three greenhorns. The trio Constantin Beaudoin Bouthillette were slain after a boat trip with $260- plus a gold watch taken, including payments for transporting the victims.
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Dawson City
B. C
Peter Fournier
Fournier
Label
Beaudoin
Bouthillette
Constantin
White Horse
Dawson
Steward
Aho
Wrong X Ray Misleads Cleveland Man
Frank Buchner, ex street commissioner and contractor, woke with a sore throat and neck lump. An X ray wrongly located his missing lower teeth in his stomach. during surgery no teeth were found and the plate was later found under the bed by a sister-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buchner
Cleveland
Buetner
Torn church tower rescue ends grim search for missing woman
Maggie Lynch a West Atchison seamstress disappeared fifteen days earlier is found in the Sacred Heart Church tower after two weeks with no food or drink. She claims she hid to protect others and showed signs of insanity but is expected to recover.
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Maggie Lynch
Sacred Heart Church
West Atchison, Kan
Miss Lynch
Coal Prospects Along the Yukon River Reported
Geological survey investigations this summer found good coal along the Yukon river for 1800 miles with veins near the stream. Four mines were in operation two Canadian Yukon and two American near Noatlo producing steam coal. Yukon coal is used by steamers replacing expensive wood and frost preserves burning quality despite depths over 100 feet. Indiana Supreme Court upholds 1901 medical practice law declaring licenses required and disallowing faith healing.
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Geological Survey
Yukon River
Canadian
Yukon
Noatlo
Indiana Supreme Court
Lawrence County
George Parks
State Board of Examination and Registration
Oil Fails in Naval Tests Against Coal for Steam
A board of naval engineers reports that fourteen oil burners tested on a 2,000 horsepower boiler in Washington failed to produce steam as efficiently as coal. Coal remains superior for naval use even if oil costs $14 per barrel.
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Eig
Board of Naval Engineers
Washington
Moody
Boy shoots companion in startled home accident
Otto Luhr, 16, accidentally shoots Nicholas Fiedler, 18, in Luhr home dining room while examining a revolver. Fiedler dies at St Elizabeth hospital. Luhr surrenders claiming accident in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Luhr
Nicholas Fiedler
Chicago
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Luhr
Fiedler
Labor Leaders Refuse to End Coal Strike Amid White House Talks
Mitchell rejects Roosevelt plan to resume mining and says unions will strike until Shamokin convention demands are met. 260 of 800 unions report support for continuing action as cabinet official says Roosevelt will take the issue to Congress with a new commission headed by Carroll D. Wright.
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Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
New York
Con
Roosevelt
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Carroll D. Wright
Washington
Congress
Michell
Coal Barons in Danger Speech by Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers warns that coal barons have reached the limit and strikes by Pennsylvania miners threaten broader aims. He compares miners' fight to veterans of the Grand Army and predicts a victory with wide impact beyond the workers themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
Washington
Grand Army
Pennsylvania
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de Gribune
Denver, Indiana
William Dougherty
Government Printing Office
Amelia Fisher
Young Ladies
Fourth Street
Miss Fisher
Government
Vougherty
Green County
District of Columbia
St. Luake’s Hospital
South Bethlehem
Frank Wilson
Isis
Caneva
Switzerland
Swiss National Committee
Tropyis
Geneva
Injurenciata
Moore & Handley Hardware Company
Birmingham
Ala
Faseline
Cmestica
Victoria
3. C
Gyonmaru
China
Chenshaw
Iluanan
Toledo, Ohio
Miss Kent
Pittsburg and Western Raiload Company
Allegheny
Bob Ford
Denver
Charles Boykin
Belfast
Londonderry
Dublin
Cork
Waterford
Galway
Ireland
Bravo Juan
Itunehi
Sonora
Mexico
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Brooklyn
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Boston
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Cincinnati
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Galva, IL
Freman
Sands
Galesburg
C. BR. Johnson
Henry Somerset
England
London
Winston Churchill
Republican Representative
Cornish
N. H
House of Representatives
Cespedes, Agramonte
Maceo
Garcia
Guam
Greenhorns
Pion
Merchants’ Exchange
Hassalo
Cypromene
Columbia River
Coffin Rock
Kalama
Wash
W. I. Daykin
Charles A. Kohl
Bragg
Hongkong
Edward B. Bragg
Havana
William A. Rublee
Havanna
Virginia Postoffice
Tazewell
Toledo Hospital
Toledo
Ohio
R. M. Snyder
Beaumont
Boy
Ogden Falls
N. Y
Hudson Valley Railway
Gill
National Guard
Federation of Labor
Roosevelt Haus
New Carnegie Library
Mankato, Minn
Gus Luistrom
Caslin
Nev
Luistrom
Jessie Morrison
Supreme Court
Topeka
Kan
Clara Wiley Castle
Miss Morrison
Zola
Emile Zola
Paris
Dreyfus
Anatole France
Charles Elbert
Brandon
Jackson
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Turkey
Die Information of
Vienna
Constantinople
Ias
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