Kansas Freight Rate Cut Announced by Railroad Board
A federal court in Topeka tests the state statute creating the State Board of Railroad Commissioners as authorities announce a nationwide freight reduction. The agreement cuts rates by 1 mill per ton mile, saving Kansas shippers 400 000 to 600 000 annually, with grain and products cut by seven percent. applies to Missouri, Chicago, and western points.
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Topeka
Voard
Dyli,, Traffie Glie
Union, Pacific
Rock Island
Santa Se Vais
Ralinsad
Thyrtict
Kanoas
Missouri
Chita
Westamn
Woman with Trachoma Probity Admitted Deportation Likely
Immigration Commissioner Watchorn of New York says Mrs Goldie Weissberg, from Russia with two children who arrived in December, suffered trachoma and probably would be deported. He notes her condition could be cured easily and will use discretion while awaiting developments as the husband works to care for wife and children.
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Ndbent Watchorn
New Yark
Goldie ‘Wetnsberg
Russia
Quabanit
Albany
Watchorn
Ailee
York Press
Yori Tribune
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
McCarthys
Boston
New York
Flevald
Rice
Mormon Church
Philadelphia Record
Marc Corell
Philadelphia Anquirer
New York Herald
North Pole
Arctic Circle
Ledger
New York Evening Sun
Honolulu
Kapohakimoleva
Washington
Nevada
American
Pittsburg
Panama Zone
Mark Preas
Jénden
Boni de Castellane
Boai
Caruso
New, York
New York Press
Ciy
Golog” Tor
North American
Bonaparte
Halmesange Famidea
Iker
Three Killed in Pine Top County Fight Sparks Violence
A deadly brawl at a Pine Top country dance in Hinett county Wy left Harrison Stone Walter Hagks and Walter Thomas dead and several others wounded. The long running feud between the Stone and Thomas families flared up as intoxication fueled the confrontation. Authorities report the clash followed years of petty quarrels and heavy drinking.
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Pine Top
Hinett County
Harrison ‘Stone
Walted
Hagks
Walter
Thomas
Hattis
Rocky Country
United States
Strickland
Dawson
Tulsa
St. T
Train Kills Four Boys in Newark
Four Newark youths Wimer Dunn Clarence Bennett William B Casey and William Ben died when a coupling pin failed on a Lehigh Valley train at South Plainfield New Jersey causing a freight car to roll back. The boys, standing on the train, were struck by the moving car and killed.
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Wimer Dunn
Clarence Bennett
William Ben
Newark
N. Y
Wells
South Plainiitd
Stecking
Slreedy
Leligh
Valley
Hyer
Rock Island Passenger Trains Crash Kills, Injures Many
Report of a collision between two Chicago trains five miles west of Alta Vista Kansas results in thirty dead and numerous injuries. Most bodies cremated as wreckage caught fire while authorities investigate causes and identify victims.
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Rock Island
Rock Island Railway
Chicago
Alta Vista
Kan
Murder at 1818 Olive Street Leaves Mystery on Town
Police report a fatal hatchet attack on Thomas Fanning, aged about 60, found at his home in a single dwelling. A nephew, Ham Taunigin, was briefly held, then released after giving a straight story. The chest contained $2,700 and a gold watch, with Fanning reportedly keeping $18,000 deposited in a local bank. Neighbors say he lived alone since December 21 after his wife’s death. property valued around $82,000 last year, possibly $100,000 now. The undertaker noted the murder likely occurred at least 24 hours before discovery.
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Thomas’ Fanning
Olive Atrdot
Kanna Ulty
Ham Taunigin
Lanongali
uJocal Banikion
Dee. F. Phos. Fanning
Mystery Murder Adds to Local Death Toll near Chm Wrage
Mary Anderson, wife of Henry Anderson, was shot in bed beside a 0 month old child in a home near Cambridge TI Shothy. The case, linked to eight murders in the area over the past year, suggests motives beyond burglary and features a missing $17, an open jewel box with a gold watch, and a wallet with $105 left undisturbed. The killer remains at large, offering no clear confession.
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Mary Anderson
Cambridge
Shothy
Chm
Wrage
Til
Mary Dersen
Henry Ander
Anderson
Magoon Denies Saying Cuba Needs Permanent Peace
Gov. Magoon of Cuba rejects a report claiming his dispatch to War Secretary Taft signaled Cuban inability to maintain peace. He calls the reference unjustifiable and says troops to Santa Clara were a precaution for practice marches amid local dorers. Twelve killed by Yaquis near Valencia, Mexico. one American and eleven Mexicans slain in an atrocity attributed to over 100 attacking warriors.
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Magoon
Cuba
Taft
Santa Clara
Santa Cora
Valencia
Guyamas
Mexico
Japanese Trader Ties California Potato Prices
California pays tribute to Kipya Shima of Stockton who has cornered the potato market. He and the Japanese firms he controls stand to reap about one million dollars in crop sales with Shima personally clearing around a quarter of a million.
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California
Kipya Shima
Stockton
Shima
Grand Jury Indicts Two In New York Life Case
A grand jury indicts George W Perkins, partner of J P organ, and Charles Bairchild, former president of the New York Security and Dust Company, on multiple counts of forgery connected to the affairs of the New York Life Insurance Company.
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George ‘W."perkins
J. Porgan
Charles 8.Airchild
New York Security and ‘Dust Company
Skx
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Srand
Millions Starving in China Crisis Deepens
Refugees flood across famine stricken regions as crop failure leaves millions without food. Reports describe vast numbers wandering the countryside in search of relief while officials scramble to coordinate aid efforts amid mounting distress across China.
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China
Train wreck near Washington kills many and injures others
A collision involving a locomotive and cars near Washington killed about fifty people and left one hundred injured. Bodies lay along the tracks as residents were transported back to the capital after a holiday. The crash sparked scenes described as horrific.
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Itty
Washington
Methodist Bishop A Coke Smith Dies in North Carolina
Bishop A Coke Smith of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died at Asheville North Carolina. He was elected bishop at the general conference in Dalton four years ago. Ploutiey was the cause of the death. Also reported is a fatal wreck in Kentucky on the Louisville and Atlantic Railroad forty miles from Richmond. Eight people were seriously injured and twenty four others shaken. The wreck was caused by a broken flange on the pony trucks of the engine.
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Dord
A. Coke Smith
Methodist Epiecopeal Church
South
Agheville
N. C
Mr. Smith
Dalton
Ploutiey
Kentucky
Louisville and Atlantic
Richmond
Petition for American protectorate in Cuba gains support
Remedios, Cuba's wealthy district, led by 200 native Cubans, seeks Washington backing to establish a protectorate. Funds and 600 signatories from Olengofo and other areas pour in as partitions for similar efforts spread. A weekly paper will argue for this solution to ease the island's turmoil and curb the looming republic.
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Washington
Remedios
Cuba
Olenfuegos
Columbia Company absorbs two Cleveland gas firms
The Columbia Company takes control of the Cleveland gas interests by absorbing the Cleveland Gas Light and Coke Company and the People's Gas Light Company. New York figures A. B. White and Charles M. Lieb sign for the syndicate. Henry L. Dougherty will oversee Cleveland operations as the Cincinnati subsite gains gas property control. The deal totals about $6. Ohio liquor law case cited in Cincinnati. Governor Hughes urges reforms including recounts and stricter railroad and party laws in New York.
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Columbia Company
Ohio City
Cleveland
Cleveland, Gas Light and Coka Company
People’s Gas Light Company
A. 8. White
Charles M. Lieb
New York
Henry L. Dougherty
Cincinnati
Subticate
Hughes
Gov. Hughes
William TR. Hearst
New York City
Newport
Tenn
Los Angeles
Cal
Yellowstone Park
Georgia
State Supreme Court
Boston
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachuve
Boatom Antoresta
30 Hurt in Runaway Trolley Wreck in Cincinnati
A chaotic five block run of a runaway electric car on Waren avenue in Cincinnati injured at least thirty, one later dying. The vehicle struck a telegraph pole and overturned, passengers hurled into mud as bystanders watched amid a chaotic scene.
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Waren Avenue Hell
Cincinnati
Bank teller Anderson faces theft charges in Missouri case
The court heard that William Anderson a bank teller in Kirksville admitted to stealing about $1,000 from a bank while his wife and daughter attended the trial. He was arrested in Austin Texas after confessing to taking funds and using most of the money. his home was deeded to cover the loss.
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Willia
Anderson
Foline Raylog
Tellar
Imrat
NATO
Kungas
Guy
Kaigua
Bank of Filtls
Texas
Yous
Austin
Andérson
Dyer
Rurety Company
Three Negro Convicts Escape Prison Guards on Train
Three convicts in prison garb escaped from a Missouri penitentiary power house near Jefferson City and rode sixty miles toward St. Louis on a Missouri Pacific train. They boarded the baggage end and menaced passengers, then were driven off at Sikent. The men were Henry Grimm Samuel Thompson and John Hige ginbotham, all near sentence completions.
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Gard
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
J. B. Wheeler
Perrstant
Woman shields a wife in Owatonna shooting
Mrs Quinn was shot at the Quam home near Rica Lake road east of Owatonna Mina by Fred Zimmerman after a quarrel with his wife. Zimmerman was arrested as the incident, which may prove fatal, is being investigated.
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Himuelf
Fred Zimmerman
Afes
Quam
Ovwitenna
Minn
Quinn
Zimmerman
Owatonna
Mina
H. C. Quamn
Rica Lake Road
Quann
Mia
Zimmerman Tod
Tales of Week Confusing Oddities and Tragedies
A jumble of brief items reports John Fish of Nan tinsburg Ohio suffering seven days of nonstop talking with no sleep, multiple doctors baffled by the case. Other notes cover Roy Swartzer confessing to complicity in the Oregon Short Line wreck at Peterson Utah, Mary Hagen seen going over Niagara Falls, James McCrea named president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a deadly storm wreck near Arbroath Scotland, and Col W D Mann’s acquittal in Town Topics.
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Ohig
John Fish
Nantinsburg
Ohio
Roy Swartzer
Peterson
Utab
McFeely
Confessail
Niagara Falls
Mary Hagen
Buffalo
Niagara
Trains Crash in Fog Kills Dozens in DC Area
In dense fog a rear train failed to heed a red signal and collided with the Frederic local at Tacdma Park, Washington. About sixty miles per hour impact killed and injured many, with survivors aiding the injured as a relief train and doctors rushed to Brookland and then Washington.
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Ttn
Ice
Ad Olio
Baltimore and Ohio
Aldebrandt
Tacdma Park
Washington
Verra Cotta
Prohibition era blurbs spark quoted climbers and reforms
A mosaic of commentary from New York and Philadelphia papers critiques prohibition, politics, and social trends. It notes bribery suspicions, mayoral races, and trust activity while listing scandals, claims, and reformist quips tied to Roosevelt, Bonaparte, and various editors across major cities.
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Towa
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State Commission
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Nojd Peninsula
Busreh
Turkey
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Bo, Doath
Imeus Joka
Uife
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Borton
Busnness
Frederick 8. Camp
Ae Ponemana
Norwich
Conn
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Police
St. Petersburg
Wax Ahat Anil
Institute of Experimental Medicine
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McKee
Rocka
Pittaburg
Killa
Tramilton
Allen Stainer
Warn
Rensle Wright
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Eity
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Als
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Walker
New Republic
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McDonald
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Saginaw
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Hill
India
Christian Endeavor Union
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Ceylon
Elias Jobes
Amaple Grove
Clyde King
Jobes
King
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
North Dakota
George Mitchell, Jr
John
George Mitchell, Sr
Granville
N. D
Tenbel
Lil
Zion’s
Wilbur Glenn Votm
Zion City
Dowle
Zion ‘Tabernacle
Charles M. Floyd
Ascaph
Joseph B. Dust
Kansas City
Robert Burne
Pennsylvania
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Inca Weat
Pensylvania - Railroad Company
A. J. Cessatt
Arbroath
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Scotland
James
J. Hii
Cassatt
Alexander J. Cassatt
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ol. Mann
Col. W. D. Mann
Near
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D. W. Baker
Bla Heet
Brookland
Boon
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Senator Proctor
Ford
District of Columbia
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Terra Cotta
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Jefferson
jJefferes
Washington Harald
Brooklyn
New York World
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