Fire destroys Brickwell's Island Women's Wing in New York harbor
Convicts and prison staff form a rescue line as a blaze tears through the women’s wing of Brickwell’s Island Reformatory. Fire departments respond with seven engines, but 50 year old woodwork burns, with an estimated loss of 50,000 dollars.
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Brickwell's Island Reformatory
Pire
Santa Fe
Wreckern
Near
Reading
Kan
Conviets
Blackwell's Island
New York ‘Harbor
Ufe-daving
Lowonten
Ewing
Wreckers Ditch Train I 85,000 Reward For Capture
Santa Fe railway officials announce an $85,000 reward for capture after wreckers derailed the Santa Fe No 17 west of Reading Kansas at Badger Creek bridge five miles west, killing two men and injuring several. The cause was removal of rails plates and ties, engine baggage express cars and two coaches derailed, one express car overturned and burned, cremating the messenger.
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Santa Fe Railway
Santa Se Trata No 17
Badger Creek Bridge
Reading
Kun
Robbers Kill Brother and Loot Farm Near Darlington
Two thieves shot Hugh McCoy aged five at a farm home two miles from Darlington Pennsylvania killing him instantly. Brother Robert McGoy fought the burglars, escaped, and raised alarm. While absent, the intruders looted the house and took about $200 in cash.
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Warmier
Hugh McCoy
Darlington
Robert McGoy
Lurigdurs
Chicago Jewelry Theft Confession Ties Red Pepper Attack
A Chicago case links Beeney and Jones to the robbery of Bartlett Grazier Carrington, with Beeney confessing involvement in stealing jewelry worth 1785 and 5000 from Moore Evans, and naming a plot to plant the red pepper blinded messenger. He also confessed about planning the bank-to-firm package handoff at the Corn Exchange bank. The alleged conspirators coordinated a bag grab as a trusted broker’s messenger approached closing.
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Mensehger
Chicago
Constan Beaney
Doy
Moore &Evans ‘Company
Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington
Beeney
Tokophi Jones
Besney
Jones
Beetley
Corn Exchange Bank
Olica
Bartlett, Grazier & Carrington
Jonea Thun
Bank Loot Bought Millinery and Friends Venture
Oliver I. Sherwood, former Southport National Bank cashier, serving years of a ten year sentence for misusing 200000 of bank funds, disclosed in a creditor action that he had an accomplice in wrecking the bank. He described financing friends to own New York City millinery stores and converting bank securities to cash to support himself in high living.
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Sherwood
New York City
Four Die in Lorain Theater Fire
Four people died and a dozen residents were rescued after a blaze destroyed the Overbeck theater in Lorain Ohio. The victims included James Dwyer janitor Mrs Howard Marsh and two Marsh children. Firefighters using ladders and a volunteer named John Shultz saved others, with property loss listed at 50000 dollars.
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Lorain
Hope
Ohio
James Dwyer
Howard Marsh
Marsh
Playhouse
John Shultz
Supreme Court Orders Milwau kee Brewery to Refund $5000
The Iowa Supreme Court rules in John Hamilton v. Chilts Brewing Co. that Milwaukee brewery must repay $5,000 for beer shipped to Hamilton in Linn County. The shipment violated the liquor law, and buyers may recover amounts paid for the liquor.
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State Supreme Court
Milwaukee Company
Town Supreme Court
John Hamilton
the &Chlits Brewing Company of
Milwaukee
Hamilton
Linn County
Cuba Seeks New Treaty Commission Leader
In Havana a drive to revive a commercial treaty with the United States is underway. The government favors Rafael Fernandez De Castro, noted sugar planter, as president of the proposing commission. De Castro is a vocal supporter of ratifying the Anglo Cuban treaty before the Senate.
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Cuba
Havana
United States
Rafael Fernandez de Castro
Senor de Castro
Senate
Anti Foreign Riots in Shanghai Kill Thirty and Injure Foreigners
Anti foreign riots among Shanghai coolie laborers leave thirty dead and several Europeans injured amid anti American boycott tensions. The German consul and American fire consul are among those attacked as distrust of foreigners grows. W Bourke Cochran condemns large insurers for their confessed actions.
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China
Shanghai
Attempt on Life of Loubet Reported in Paris Journal
The Paris Journal reports an infernal machine found on a train carrying President Loubet during a Marly shooting party. The device was a cylindrical can-like object with a fuse attached, apparently expended.
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Loubetp
Paris Journal
Loubet
Marly
Fourteen Indictments Return in Federal Case at Kansas City
Fourteen indictments were issued by the Federal grand jury in Kansas City against packing houses railroads and individuals accused of violating the interstate commerce law and the Elklis amendment by giving and accepting rebates Indicted Man is a Reformer State Senator Smith indicted in Kansas for conspiracy related to land fraud cases declared to have led the fight against the Standard Oil Company in the Legislature
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Federal Grand Jury
Kansas City
Smith
Kangas
Standard of Company
Bank Robbery At Suffield Ends In Theft Of Securities
Bank burglars attacked a bank in Suffield Connecticut, injuring a watchman before forcing open a bank safe and escaping with securities valued at fifty thousand dollars. The loot consists of registered securities deemed valueless by the thieves.
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Suffield
Conn
Disease Epidemic Strikes University of Oregon Students
Smallpox sweeps campus as dozens fall ill and some seize in illness. A separate report notes Peter Wilson of Kearney, Nebraska accidentally hanged himself while at play, nearly dying before being cut down.
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University of Oregon
Gelf
Peter Wilson
Kearney
Neb
Explosion Blasts New York Digging Pit Near Altman Building
A dynamite blast at a cutting operation near the Altman building on Forty fourth Street and West Broadway injured many workers. Eighty men were present. three men died and seven others were hurt as rock, timber, and debris flew. Supervisors Jacob Metzger and Rank Anderson were arrested for criminal negligence.
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Saven
Wfth
Avenna
Thirty-fourth Street
New ‘York
Altman
Jacob Metzger
Post & McCord
Rank Anderson
O'Rourke Construction Company
Waylaid and poisoned Kansas farmer dies after foul act
Clarence Albright, a Kingman area farmer, died after being forced to take poison. His parents and physicians report strychnine poisoning with the coroner's jury expected to reveal details. The wife was away when the night incident occurred, and Albright called his family minutes before dying.
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Kansas
Clarence Albright
Kingman
Kan
Albright
Prisoners Help Fight Fire at DC Reform School
The Washington Reform School outside Washington burned the main building housing 800 boys, with an estimated loss of $50,000. No lives were lost as guards, police reserves, and prisoners aided in evacuating and actively fighting the blaze. officials believe none escaped.
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Washington Reform School
Reform School
District of Columbia
Washington
Gems Imported Reach 37 Million at New York Port
Import data shows diamonds and precious stones totaling 37 million dollars at New York Port this year. The year’s growth outpaced prior annual increases and surpasses the 1904 record by about 11 million.
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New York
Gene
Queer Matrimonial Affair in Omaha and Blair
Misa Nora Whitlock, a well known Omaha girl, wed Willard Lecters of Lingoln Monday, just as the day was set for her marriage to William Netman of Blair. Neuman and his best man traveled to Omaha for the wedding but received a telegram announcing her marriage to the other man.
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Misa Nora Whitlock
Omaha
Willard ‘Lecters
Lingoln
Willian Netman
Blair
Neuman
Beaumont Tragedy Involves Youth Slaying Three Officials
In Beaumont Texas a fatal incident occurred as Henry Powell an 11 year old Black boy fatally injures deputy constable Elisha Perit and motorman Bryan Merritt and misses a deputy sheriff Red Tevis who fatally wounds Powell.
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Beaumont
Texas
Bryan Merritt
Elisha Perit
Henry Powell
Red Tevis
Hoboken Woman Wins Suit Over Love Gifts Payment
Justice Hugh Simons of Hoboken grants judgment for Mrs. Lizzie Cargo against Miss Sarah Me Vicker, 23, for $40.75. Cargo says her son Newman, 14, spent wages on the young woman, who must repay the amount.
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Hugh Simons
Hoboken
Lizzie Cargo
Sarah MeVicker
Tragedy in Chicago: Husband shoots wife then tries suicide
At 1015 North Leavitt Street Chicago August Rublewicz shot his wife Mrs Vine Rublewicz in front of their home after a quarrel over finances. He then fired twice at himself and likely will die. Their estrangement centered on money matters.
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Vine Rublewicz
North
Leavitt Street
Chicago
August
Governor Follette Resigns to Seek Senate Seat
Wisconsin Governor Ian Follette resigns from the governorship on the final day of the Madison legislature session to take a United States Senate seat, effective January 19.
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la Follette
Senate
Ian Follette
Wisconsin
Madison
United States Senate
Bloodshed in Russia and Courland rioting reported
Report describes soldiers flee with about 120 persons at Krasyno jarak Ruasi and several hundred wounded. Mob attacks in Lukum Courland alledge hundreds looted and troops retaliated killing or wounding many peasants in a broader outbreak of violence.
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Russia
Krasynojarak
Ruasi
Lukum
Courland
Three Chicago Banks Fail. Ton Walsh Banks Seized
The Chicago National, Home Savings and Equitable company banks in Chicago were placed in equitation after an investigation. The local clearing house guaranteed payment in full, while the事件 hints at bank turmoil and enforcement actions impacting local financial institutions.
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Chicago
Ton R. Walsh
Chicago National, Home Savings and Equitable Company
Jocal Clearing House
Marine Losses Hit Great Lakes Shipping This Season
Seventy big vessels on the Great Lakes were destroyed by storms and other causes this season. Total losses to shipping reached 4,025,000 dollars with cargo losses of 750,000 dollars. Marine insurers warn of higher rates next season as the disaster wipes out profits from prior years. Total casualties reported this year stood at 740, up from 430 last year, with 817 vessels lost or damaged at store, 187 in collisions, 232 disabled and leaking, 21 foundered, and 83 destroyed by fire. Shipyards rush to capacity as new, large ships are being built despite the setback.
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Great Lakes
Shipping Sa
Gene
Astore
Plot to Slay Roosevelt At Louisiana Depot Letter
A mysterious letter found at Shreveport Union depot describes a 32 member gang plotting to rob a Minden bank with dynamite, murder a man called Judge Hall, and chloroform J. W. Atkins of Shreveport. The note mentions six women and threatens to target Teddy before fleeing to Europe. Police have detained several suspects as they investigate the case.
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Louisiana
Union Depot
Shreveport
Libble Merritt
Minden
Hall
J. W. Atkins
North
Louwisiung
Teddy
Europe
Tar and Feather Prophet Ends Kansas Sojourn
A masked mob tarred and feathered George Hoffman, an itinerant missionary who called himself the true Prophet of Christ, near Perth Kansas after two months in the area. He had preached the world would end in five years and induced a boarder to surrender all his property for the cause before neighbors forced him to leave. Hoffman then walked all night to Renfrow Oklahoma Territory, seeking safety.
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Kansas
George Hoffman
Christ
Perth
Kan
Hoffman
Huffman
Renfrow
O. T
Kansas Senator Indicted in Landmark Land Fraud Probe
Six indictments issued by a federal grand jury accuse State Senator P. Dumont Smith and his law partner Roscoe Wilson of conspiring to influence a former government land fraud investigator in Kansas. The charges center on seeking to sway federal officers in ongoing land fraud cases.
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Federal Grand Jury
Kansas
P. Dumont Smith
Smith
Man Acquitted of Colfax Murder Plagued by Whispered Accusations
Respected resident who was freed after being found not guilty in the Colfax murder of Orville Hayden reports being tormented by strange whispers accusing him. He proclaims innocence and seeks imprisonment in Omaha as doctors note a remarkable psychologic condition.
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Free
Orville Hayden
Colfax
Wash
Bia
Omaha
Double Tragedy Puzzles Police Over West Side Killings
A complex New York case leaves detectives unsure whether Albert Davy and his companion on West Sixty-third Street were killed or committed suicide. Authorities doubt the murderer is clear, weighing the woman or the man as the perpetrator. In Steubenville Ohio, two workers burned, two injured after molten cinders are dumped near railroad shanties, forcing survivors through hot wreckage to avoid further harm.
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Albert Davy
Plasterer’'s Union
West Sixty-third Street
New York
Wade
Joseph O'Serron
Thomas DB
Abban
Steubenville
Ohio
Parda
la Belle
In Defense of Morton Roosevelts Back Paul Morton
President Roosevelt and Attorney General Moody defend Paul Morton in the Banta Fe rebate case. Letters made public say there were no grounds for legal action against the former cabinet member. Three Young Skaters Drowned on Thin Ice at Maumee River. Melvin Kraft 11 Frank Klauser 9 and Charles Harrie 6 died when ice broke.
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Morton
Roosevelt
Moody
Paul Morton
Banta Fe
Maumee
Eledo
Melvin Kraft
Frank Klauser
Charles Harrie
Chicago fireman killed in dramatic plant blaze
A Chicago fireman died in a spectacular blaze at the Charles W. Shouk Lithographic Sugar Company plant at Wood and Park streets. The dramatic incident underscores a deadly industrial fire in the city.
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Chicago
Charles W. Shouk
Fireworks Blast Injures Several in Houston Incident
A lighted cigarette fell from a driver’s lips touching off fireworks in Houston. The resulting pyrotechnic runaway injured several people and caused property damage.
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Houston
Texas
Senate Debates Canal Bond Plan and Insurance Control
The Senate adopted a resolution reattesting the postmaster general for information on whether college periodicals are mailed as second class matter and if favored over similar publications. The Panama Canal bill and related amendments dominated Senate action, while the House debated insurance control and hazing at West Point. The emergency canal appropriation passed the Senate, with conference reports and further sessions outlined.
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Senate
Stone
Ted
Gallinger
Bacon
Messrs
Twniin
Spooner
Money
Hale
Culbersoir
Allison
House
Sherley
Coch Rn
Annopolis
Burton
Kansays
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
West Point
Ned Annapolis
Messia
Aldrich
Eller
Inllinois
Sulzer
Wiliams
Mesare
Foraker
Culberson
Agricultural Department
Cornell City
Solomon River
Alansa
Payne
Ways and
National Capital Notes on Becretary Root meeting
Prince Min, the Korean minister to Prince, met with Secretary Root at the State Department in Washington for a lengthy conference. Representative Sulzer of New York introduced a resolution urging protection of the frigate Constitution and calling for measures to preserve the ship.
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National
Prince Min
Prince
Washington
Root
State Department
Sulzer
New York
Trade notes point to strong year end across industry and retail
Reports from Dun's Review of Trade and Bradstreet's Commercial Record indicate holiday demand remains robust with record prospects for year end. New commitments lag high records yet show satisfactory production, rail and shipbuilding expansion, and growing mercantile activity though weather slows some retail sales. Bank clearings exceed 1904 levels by about 10 percent while retail trade and shipping movements stay steady, aided by easing defaults and improving earnings of western railroads.
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Chicago
Asia
Waostern
Dun
New York
United States
Gunady
Bradstreet
Nineteen City Market Prices For Livestock and Grains
Sanctioned price listings show Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, New York. Cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other commodities quoted with grade and range in cents per unit and dollars per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Andianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
Toledo
Circuit Court orders new trial for bank director Mwining
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia orders a new trial for Albert C Mwining, former director of the First National Bank of Asbury Park, convicted of making false entries while in office. The case notes a six year sentence.
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United States ‘Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Albert C. ‘Mwining
First National Bank of Asbury
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