Liners Stranded Off Boston Harbor After 14 Hours Adrift
The steamer Devontan from Liverpool ran aground near Boston Harbor after a fourteen hour drift. Strong surf hindered tug efforts but Patience managed to reach the vessel. Devontan, with four cabin passengers and no cargo, was damaged little and held at quarantine after partial refloating. The ship departed Liverpool with four cabin passengers and a claimed value of $1,000,000.
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Leyland Line
Devontan
Liverpool
Selimto Beach
Toston
Patience
Pat Crowe Acquitted by Omaha Jury After Deliberations
Pat Crowe is acquitted in Omaha Nebraska of robbing Milwaukee Packard Milwaed A. Cudahy via kidnaping his son. The judge rebukes the jury for their action and refused to let Crowe thank them after a fifteen hour verdict. Citizens express indignation as Crowe’s criminal history is noted.
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Omaha
Mat Crows
Noeb
Milwaed
A. Cudahy
Omahm Packer
Crowe
Council Blais
Pat Crowe
Chicago
Farmhouse Fire Near Summit City Kills Two Children
A blaze at the Joseph Rodis farmhouse three miles from Summit City Michigan claimed the lives of two children and badly burned a third. Rodis was away gathering wood when the fire started and the mother, tending the barn, returned to rescue a two year old drawn in the kitchen but could not save the other two children aged years and 10 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit City
Mich
Joseph Rodis
Ma. Rodis
Girl carried on engine pilot dies in Ohio crash
In Kile Ohio two teen girls Maude Kile and Georgian Robinson were struck while crossing Ohio Central tracks in a buggy. Maude died instantly and Georgian died from injuries after being carried about a half mile on the engine pilot. Both were 17 years old en route to Plaza City high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kile
Ohio
Maude Kile
Georgian Robinson
Three Burglars Battle in Chicago Robbery Shootout
Three burglars fought with revolvers during a raid on A. W. Lewis store at 819 Division Street. A man named Adolph Clark, shot in a arm, was captured with a gold watch found in his possession. Other robbers fled north, leaving two large bundles of silk. Clark’s wound was not serious. silk recovered and returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lobdell
North Avenue
Clark
Cha
Gravestone costs fortune at Centreville monument
In a centenarian cemetery owned by Taylor Methodist Episcopal church at Centreville a towering granite monument marks the grave of James S. McCutcheon. The bachelor farmer left 35000 dollars to build the shaft and a surrounding wall, aiming to outdo neighbors and deny heirs a share.
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Pitts
Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church
Centreville
Stote
Pennsylvania
James S. McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Heightened Interest in Crowe Kidnapping Trial At Omaha
In Omaha the Crowe kidnapping case nears peak as the state seeks to introduce a letter claimed to be Crowe’s confession signed by him and allegedly received by Eddie Cudahy Sr. The defense objects while a jury is excused to argue the letter’s admissibility. In Portland additional tragedy reports a blaze at Morrison Street Bridge area causing four deaths and major injuries with about 50 000 dollars in damage.
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Omaha
Uea
Pat Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Cudahy
Father Murphy
Vailin
Crowe
Mr. Cudahy
Fortland
Ore
Morrison Street
Wilmette River
Portland
Lake Superior Season Closes With Bon Ami Last Voyage
The Bon Ami of Chicago cleared from Duluth for Chicago Friday signaling the end of Lake Superior navigation for the season that began in March of last year. The steamer will return to Two Harbors to tie up and is expected to resume service in about six weeks. In California, two trapped miners, Fomo Sobath and Gero Buvoich, were rescued after more than 100 hours in an App mine tunnel near Quartz, with water at hand, extremely weak but in good condition otherwise.
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Lake Superior
Bon Ami
Chicago
Duluth
Bon Am
Fomo Sobath
Gero Buvoich
App
Quartz
Cal
Prominent grain broker in South Orange commits suicide
Charles C. Cameron a grain broker and New York representative of McNeynolds Co of Chicago, socially prominent in South Orange New Jersey, died by self inflicted gunshot wound to the forehead. The McNeynolds firm recently failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McHeynolds
Charles C. Cameron
South Orange
N. J
Cameron
New York
McNeynolds & Co
Chicago
Turks Fight Servians in Old Servia Clash Near Villages
Turkish troops attacked two Servian bands near Nikujan Dragomanzi and Chelopek. Turkish casualties reached forty killed or wounded while Servians suffered eighteen killed or wounded.
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Old Servia
Vilages
Nikujan
Dragomanzi
Chelopek
Chicago Train Wreck at Chapmansboro Injures Ten
The Nashville and Chicago Limited on the IlMinola Contra left the track at Chapmansboro. All cars except the sleeper rolled down the embankment. An obstruction on the track is believed to have caused the wreck. Eight passengers and two trainmen were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nashville and
Chicago Limited
IlMinola
Chapmansboro
Wisconsin Sailors Win Praise in Tokio Mission
The U S legation in Tokio reports a letter from the state department praising the Wisconsin crew. The note commends their conduct and decries any drunken or disorderly behavior. The report highlights disciplined service aboard the battleship Wisconsin during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
State Department
Washington
United States Legation
Lokio
Okio
Train Crashes Trolley Car in Chicago Killing Three
A Pennsylvania passenger train collided with a trolley car at One Hundred and eighth arrest in Chicago, crushing it and killing three persons while injuring eight. The accident follows earlier reports of rising foreign sentiment and tensions. A gas ordinance faced a mayoral veto but passed by the Chicago City Council 57 to 10 with three absentees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Dunne
Robbers Break In During Dark Haired Manburglary
In a late night break in at Beaver Street, robbers entered via a first floor panel and seized a small safe containing about 400 dollars in cash and postage stamps. Dickerson and Harry Trewin woke on the second floor. Irwin fought back and a masked robber fired a blank shot injuring Dickerson in the foot as the trio pursued the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arma
Dickerson
Harry
Trewin
Irwin
Ohio House Passes Billion Hazing Law and Other News
The Ohio House passed a bill making hazing in schools and colleges a misdemeanor with fines up to 200 dollars or jail time plus both. Reports include a telegraph lineman attempting suicide with a screwdriver, Geronimo being dethroned by the Apache tribe, a Missouri Pacific train wreck near Gasconade injuring five, and Gov Pattison vowing strict Sunday law enforcement including possible militia action against unlawful baseball.
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Ohio House
Ohio
Lonesome Man Perishes in Kiln at Illinois PianoFactory
In St Charles Illinois a 25 year old Russian man known locally as the lonesome man entered a dry kiln at a piano factory to keep warm and was roasted to death. A fatal gas explosion later injured two workers and a third person in the city water department bore beneath Polk and Clark streets Chicago. The blast, caused by sewer gas, occurred about seventy five feet underground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cahalis Pranctitis
St. Charles
Ill
Texas
City Water Department
Polk and Clark Arrests
Chicago
Chicago Bank Placed Under Receiver Amid Charges
The Bank of America organized in Chicago in December and led by former Judge Abner Smith is placed in receivership amid grave charges against Mr. Smith and others.
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Bank of America
Chicago
Instituton
F. E. Creelman Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Chicago Bank
Abner Smith
Powder Mill Explosion Near Shamokin Pa Kills Worker
The Connell powder mills near Shamokin Pa blew up from an unknown cause, killing Henry Fetter, an employee of Trevorten, and seriously burning Superintendent Robert Kidd. Estimated plant loss stands at $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connell Powder Mills
Shamokin
Henry Fetter
Trevorten
Robert Kidd
Shamoki
New York Faces Large City Debt Report
Herman A. Metz, Comptroller of New York City, notes substantial funded indebtedness and cites the city’s issuance of 42,007,000 revenue bonds or tax anticipation debt as part of financing in anticipation of tax collections.
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New York
Herman A. Metz
New York City
Street Railway Plant Burned in Poughkeepsie Fire
Fire destroyed the entire plant and equipment of the Poughkeepsie City and Wappingers Fully Electric Railway Company in Poughkeepsie New York. Twenty two electric cars burned. Loss reportedly 150000 dollars with about 80000 dollars insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie City and
Wappinger's
Fully Electric Railway Company
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Bryan Resigns as Trustee Amid College Realignment
William J. Bryan resigns from a college trusteeship in Illinois amid a realignment tied to Carnegie funding. He accuses plutocrats of throttling economic truth as gifts are requested.
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Bryan
William J. Bryan
Illnois College of
Jacksonville
Carnegie
Army Rejects German Luger in Favor of Colt 45
The government adopted the 45 caliber automatic Colt pistol as official Army sidearm, rejecting the German Luger after three years of experimentation. The change marks a shift in standard issue equipment for frontline service.
Advance of the Weevil Threatens Southern Cotton
Department of Agriculture official reports the boll weevil's 50 mile eastward advance this year into lowland areas along the Mississippi River. He warns that conditions there favor spread and that the pest threatens all Southern states unless a control measure is found.
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Mississippi River
Thunter
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Mir. Hunter
Mtasiasippi
Louisiana
Misalssippi
Alkats
Baby saves brother in Philadelphia fire tragedy
A two year old, James McGlynn, suffered probable fatal burns after igniting his clothes with matches. His four year old sister Annie tried to smother the blaze with her hands, burning herself and both children. Their mother, alerted by noise, smothered the flames with a rug and rushed the pair to a drug store then to a hospital. The sister cried for her brother, saying she did not mind her own injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McGlynn
Philadelphia
James
Annie
Alster
Springfield man overpays with 1600 dollars for 25 cents suspenders
David Jones, an African American, bought suspenders for 25 cents in Springfield Ohio. A cashier wrapped the money with the item by mistake and handed Jones 1600 dollars. The store later tried to recover the loss, while staff watched trains and depots with no result. Jones returned the money with his wife discovering the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagro
David Jones
Springfield
Ohio
Swoman
Jones
Odd Fellows to Meet in Toronto Next September
The sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will convene in Toronto in September. The executive committee plans to spend 12000 dollars for delegate entertainment and 2000 dollars for prizes in degree work. The piece on coal trust methods outlines how hard and soft coal trusts bind operators and consumers, as no relief petition was sent to Congress by Secretary Crane of the Bituminous Trades League of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Toronto
Congress
Crane
Bituarinous Trades League of Pennsylvania
Grain Stocks Head of the Lakes Rise to 17 760 000
Grain at the head of the lakes totals about 17 760 000 bushels including 1 000 000 in Duluth Superior harbors. Elevator capacity is about half filled with wheat stored mainly on the Duluth side. Ohio Defeats Women’s Suffrage 65 to 50 in Columbus local option vote. Galleries cheered as supporters kissed a speaker. Senate and Pennsylvania Legislature push investigations into coal mine ownership by railroads and a restraint of trade. Copper war ends with Heinze properties in Montana to a trustee. Railroad president Major John Thomas dies in Nashville at 70. Wisconsin crash near Tanleyville kills three. Ship subsidy bill passes Senate 58 to 27 with Republicans in support.
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Duluth-Superior
Stova
Atore U
Duluth
Ohio
Columbus
Senate
Tilman
Uikman
Benatar Lodge
Cannon
Abraham Lincoln
House
Distriet of Columbia
Adama
Pennsylvania
Hepburn
Iowa
Parker
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Philippines
Hawaii
John O. Oates
Chaffee
la Follette
Wisconsin
Washington
Ben
Roosevelt
M. Taigny
D’alfaires
Venezuela
Castro
R. J. Taylor
Bartholdt
Missouri
International Parliamentary Union
Stoosevelt
Taylor
House of Representatives
Treasury
Allen Bonawgelt
Nicholas Gougworth
Destruction of Colombian Coastal Towns Reported
Reports say towns along the Colombian coast between Tumaco and Buenaventura were destroyed by a tidal wave after the June earthquake. The related incident claimed lives including John Keller and his mother Mrs Krederick 8 Keller, both in Saint Paul, with William Williams also noted among the casualties.
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Colombia
Tumaco
Buena Ventura
William Williams
Sl Paul
John Keller
Mra. Krederick
Williams
Congress Debates Trade, Rail Policy and Fortifications
A sprawling congressional session feature covers the Senate and House action on interstate commerce probes into rebates and restraints, railway regulation debates, the pure food bill, anti reb ate measures, fortifications funding, and naval matters. It notes government regulation, ship subsidy discussions, Subic Bay station plans, and the Reed Smoot inquiry status, with political exchanges among Cannon, Tilman, and others.
Nervous Twitches and Pink Pills Offered Hope
Elizabeth Rauisells of Newton Kansas recounts relief from two years of nervous twitching in legs and insomnia after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Her son benefited first, leading her to try them. after initial use she stopped briefly and symptoms returned, then resumed with rapid relief and sustained sleep. The ad promotes Pink Pills for nervousness bloodlessness indigestion headaches lumbago sciatica neuralgia and women’s ailments with address for Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Settoye Hareditey
Br Willan
Ona
Elizabeth Rauisells
East Seveuth Atreat
Newton
Kansas
Toften
Cadet Proves Hardened After Naval Academy Trials
A patriotic citizen remarks that graduates from the American Naval Academy cannot be beaten. A companion jokes that cadets are already beaten during training, so they emerge hardened and able to withstand anything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iknoeka
Naval Academy
Color Woolen Goods Black With Logwood Dye
A historical dye method describes dissolving 4 ozs of logwood extract in three gallons of warm water, adding 2 ozs of blue vitriol and 1 oz copperas. Wet the fabric, simmer in the dye, stir often until dark, wash with soap, rinse and press while damp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Parker
Cyclone Sketch Inspires Portrait Idea for American Girl
A dialogue from Puck notes an artist who sketches a cyclone and plans to use the image as hair in a near portrait of the American girl. The two artists discuss what to do with a cyclone drawing and its artistic use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Notice at depot recalls ford river warning proverb
A fragment from a notice at a small Manchester depot urges passengers to cross by the subway. The quip compares it to an Irish river ford warning once repeated by a judge, noting: when the board is under water the river is impassable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Twenty Years Hence: Jurors in Case Plagued by Spouse Pair
In a courtroom exchange the senior Jair firm partner predicts the jury will fail to convict. He reasons two jurors are husband and wife and will likely disagree, forcing a hung verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jair
Grand jury prejudiced, grafter claims bias in case
The grafter insists the grand jury that indicted him was grossly prejudiced. He alleges bias due to the evidence presented, as reported by the Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
How it Happened at the Lighthouse
A coastal tale hints a mishap near the racks when a young man coaching the lighthouse keeper's daughter caused two items to collide. The incident unfolds from a curious, domestic perspective with lingering questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks
Barks
Postum Coffee Ad Claims Relief from Coffee Addiction
A testimonial from a woman in the Northwest praises Postum Food Coffee as a substitute for coffee. She credits it with ending headaches and grip spells for her husband after reading The Road to Wellville. The ad asserts stronger Postum equals more nourishment while stronger coffee equals more poison. The notice ends with four reasons for switching.
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Northwest
Bays
Wellville
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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F. W. Hughes
Towa
Zies
Boston Harbor
Bdevontin
Pua
Girl
Josephine Ricker
William Sefton
Claude Gregory
Dayton
Michigan
Gregory
Scranton
Orlo Railroad
Ariel
Fhe
Mike Ada Webb
Jamey Webb
Oho
Memonger J. Jennelle
Boguoke
Colummbus
Walte
William ‘I. Cheswell
Boston Fire Department
Treiken
Cheswell
Bicolum
Texaa
Robert Fieldz
General Bates
Wien Cates
John C. Bates
Asona
St. Lois
Japan
England
United States
China
Rob
Shoot Man
Buttie
Hazhrs
Frank de Vold
Kansas City
DeVold
Geronimo
Asa Deluke
Fort Sill
Missouri Pacific
Gasconade Bridge
St. Louis
Pattison
Phoenixville
Max Elkins
Inegross
Elking
Baby
Brother
Ratironda
United States Senate
Eiuzen
Amalgamated
Heinze
Montana
New
Grant Trust
Jon ‘Thomas
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Chicago and Northwestern
Tanleyville
Wis
Wale
Committee On Naval Neutrs
Huying
Spooner
Allison
Gallinger
Elkins
Teyburn
South
Mar. Gillespie
Smith
Town
Committee On Territories
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Payne
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