Wreck off Long Teland. Seattle deaths. Taft speech notes
Iowa reports a schooner Waz lost near Long Teland with five or six men missing. W. J. Seeley, once a bane examiner of Ottawa UI, found dead in Seattle beside his murdered wife and daughter. New York City wastes 20 million yearly due to short hours and weak municipal bosses. Taft addressed African American listeners in Augusta urging self-work on race issues. Illinois officials Deneen Gay and others took oath in Springfield. Federal court upholds Waters Plow case ruling $1,023,900 against Water Power Co. and more.
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Bane
Ottawa
Seattle
Wash
New York City
Calimata
Taft
Gay
Deneen
Illinois
Springfield
Federal Supreme Court
Texas
Luther Laflin Mills
Cook County
Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
Willett
New York
House
Bailey Mande
Senate
Clindia Legiaviture
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Alabama Weapon Length Ruling Prompts Court Review
The Alabama Supreme Court upholds a state weapon rule banning pistols under twenty four inches. Senator Burkett of Nebraska introduces a 7 resolution in Congress urging appointments for Jewish servicemen. President Roosevelt invites tennis star Conrad A. Young of Omaha on his African farming expedition. Young has not accepted.
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Nubbins
News
Alabama Supreme Court
Benator Burkett
Nebraska
Congress
Caylainy
Roosevelt
Conrad A. Young
Omaha
Mr. Young
Lake Michigan crib fire kills hundreds near Chicago
A large fire at an off shore inter mediate crib 1.5 miles from 71st street Chicago used in a water tunnel project caused 50 to 60 deaths and many injuries. Seventy workers slept or worked aboard when the powder explosion started the blaze. Crowds on shore watched as ambulances arrived but could not reach the trapped laborers amid flames and ice. Three tons of dynamite stored inside raised additional danger as the fire grew.
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Than &Ncore
Lake Michigan
71St Street
Chicago
George W. Jackson
Conway
Standard Reported Plan to Control Heinil Stores
The article reports a plan by Standard Off inter eats to gain control of a large portion of the retail grocery trade. An entailed denial from a key corporation heads offshore the involved party, with Philadelphia as the starting point where Acme Real Company's store chain is said to be negotiating. The plan would then expand to other major cities once Philadelphia is completed.
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Standard
Philadelphia
Acme ‘Rea Company
California Gov vows no anti Japanese bill passage
Governor Gillett stated after a president Roosevelt protest that no anti Japanese measures will be enacted in California. He stressed federal and Japanese efforts to curb immigration and urged the legislature to heed federal wishes, noting the issue concerns national policy and the state will not pass such laws.
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United States Senate
Oregon
George KE. Chamberlain
United States
Venezuela
Caracas
Roosevelt
Gillett
California
Gilett
Hains Not Guilty in Annis Cass Murder Case
A Queens jury acquits captain Peter C. Hains Jr. in a murder trial after a 22 hour ballot, marking a second acquittal for T. J. Jenkins Hains. District officials doubt further trials, noting public vengeance over lawful process and framing risk.
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Annis Cass
Plushing
Thornton Jenking Haines
Peter CG. Hains, Jr
Edward W. Hannigan
Hampton Ronda
District Attorney's
Queens County
Capt. Hains
Darrin
Six Deaths in One Family in Somerville Case
Bodies of William and Mary Kelleher were exhumed in Somerville as part of an inquiry into a series of deaths in the Kelleher household. Arsenic found in the remains of Katherine Kelleher, 12, raises suspicions. Mary Kelleher, mother, awaits trial on arson charges connected to a Deg 11 fire at her employer’s home.
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Mary Kelleher
Somerville
Katherine Kelleher
Mrs. Kelleher
Deg
Bey Hourehold
Earthquake fright turns to coal mine collapse near Snydertown
In Snydertown near Latrobe Pennsylvania the area was unnerved by reports of an earthquake. Rumbling shook Derry Township as road sections caved in and houses damaged. Officials later ruled the tremor caused by a collapsing abandoned coal mine rather than a quake, easing public panic.
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Pennsylvania
Snydertown
Latrobe
Derry Township
Iroquois Theater Disaster Settlement Reached
After years of litigation, the George A Fuller Construction Company agreed to pay about 30,000 to heirs of 35 people killed or injured in the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago. Each case received a $750 settlement, as attorney Charles C. Spencer moved to dismiss the cases in Circuit and Superior Courts.
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Chicago
George A. Fuller Construction Company
Heira
Construction Company
Charles C. Spencer
Duke of Abruzzi Resigns Over Marriage Request
A Turin dispatch reports the Duke of the Abruzzi will resign from the navy and renounce honors to wed Miss Katherine Elkins, but the king refuses the resignation. Queen and other officers sought the king’s consent aboard the Regina Vena at Messina and were arrested by Admiral Mirabello. Many senior officers vow to resign in sympathy.
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Abruzsi
Ravk
Mixw Elkins
Turin
Petit Parisien
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Regina Vena
Messina
Mirabello
Marine
Penitentiary Terms Given to Fraudulent Voters in St Louis
Andrew White pleaded guilty in St Louis to fraudulent registration and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. He is the thirteenth voter convicted of fraud in the last registration.
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Praud
Andrew White
St. Louis
Train Killy Billionaire J D Wood of Balt Lake
J D Wood a Balt Lake mine owner and perhaps the Wests largest sheep owner was killed by a Union Pacific train. Stig thought Mr Wood was walking in the yard and failed to hear the approaching train.
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Billonaire
J. D. Wood
Balt Lake
Millionaira
Union Pacific
Stig
Mr. Wood
Mine owners exonerated in Bluefield mine death
A coroner's jury ruled that the sixty five miners died through no fault of the Parahontas Consolidated Colliery Company in the Lick Branch colliery. The death followed an explosion in room 21 caused by an overcharged shot of gunpowder.
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Lick Branch
Bluefield
W. Va
Parahontas Consolidated Colliery Company
Artist Earle Placed Under Supervision After Mental Decline
Ferdinand Pinney Harle, the artist, hid his wife and younger son to marry his love Miss Julia Kuttner. He arrived at Dr Carlos MacDonald's sanitarium in Central Valley last Tuesday night. Earle was placed under supervision with reports of acute paranoia pending official diagnosis.
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Ferdinand Pinney Harle
Julia
Kuttner
Carlos MacDonald
Central Valley
Earle
Idle watchmaker ends life to feed family
H Berger of Pittsburgh, 35, a watchmaker out of work, drank carbolic acid after leaving his wife instructions to obtain $1,000 life insurance, hoping to provide for his family. He left a note detailing how to gain possession of the policy.
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H. Berger
Ittaburg
Berger
Jekyll Hy ds in Real Late Detoetivea Arrest Doctor and Gatn Canfeanlon
Police in Chicago corner a robber duo led by Dr Paul Trotter a physician by day and highwayman by night He confessed to seven robberies but gave few details saying funds were scarce He was captured in a raid at Laflin street The gang included Harry Burger and Harry J Carney both tied to separate robberies with one wounded in a switchman battle
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Dev
Chicago
Paul Trotter
Desplaines Street
Trotter
Laflin Street
Harry Barger
Harry J. Carney
Alliance
Ohio
Che Mon
Opium Kills 500000 A Year Says Reform Bureau Rep
In Cleveland Rev. A S Gregg of the International Reform Bureau cites letters from Dr W W Thwing detailing opium use in Chinese provinces Kueichau Yunnan Szechuan Anhwei with 580000 population and 0 to 80 percent usage. He notes opium profits reach about 200000 dollars annually and cites the Shanghai conference called by President Roosevelt.
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Rev
A. S. Gregg
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Shanghai
W. W. Thwing
Reform Bureau
China
Thwing
Kueichau
Yunnan
Chuan
Anhwei
King Manuel of Portugal Faces Imminent Death
Report states the young Portuguese king Manuel is gravely ill with lung trouble and fears assassination. With no direct heir if he dies unmarried, the throne could fall to his uncle the Duke of Oporto who refuses the crown, risking monarchy, revolt, and republican threats.
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Manel
Portugal
Duke
Oporto
Manuel
Missing American Express cashier and funds in Boston
Boston police issued a general alarm for Walter I. Gallagher after a cashier for the American Express Company disappeared with $5,000 in cash and two collectors, taking receipts from the Court Square office and never reaching the main office.
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American Express Company
Boston
Walter I. Gallagher
Court Square
Baseball Opening Nears as 2005 Season Looms
A.S. baseball circuit plans to begin in mid April. Abe Attell knocked out Bill Mackey in the eighth round in New Orleans. Montreal Thunderers beat Edmonton 7 to 6 in Stanley hockey challenge. Stanley and Menominee join Chippewa Valley Baseball League next season, eight-team league forming. Emeryville track saw Robert Harrington win aboard Ein at 80 to 1. Booger Red won the five furlong race at Oakland defeating older rivals.
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Abe Attell
Bill Mackey
Cleveland
Thunderers
Montreal
Edmonton
Stanley Hockey Club
Stanley
Menominee
Wis
Emeryville
Robert Harrington
Ein
Booger Red
Oakland
Telegraph Operator Wins 1200 Damages for Blacklist
James W. O'Brien, a 24 year telegraph operator, sued Western Union for blacklist. A Seattle jury verdict in Judge Wilson R. Gay's court orders Western Union to pay $1,200 damages. O'Brien had led press information during the 1900 telegraph strike and was discharged by United Press in December 1907 at Bellingham.
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Western Union
Western Union Telegraph Company
James W. O'Brien
United Press
Wilson R. Gay
Seattle
O'Brien
Puget Sound American
Bellingham
Wash
Be rea Church Treasurer Robbed At Home
Joseph Washtuck, treasurer of a church society in Be rea Ohio, was beaten and robbed of 275 at his home by two masked men who then fled. Earlier the same pair broke into William Puebtor’s feed store, removing twenty sacks of flour harnesses and blankets before escaping. The thieves escaped. Washtuck had kept the money since Sunday.
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Berea
Ohio
Joseph Washtuck
William Puebtor
Washtuck
Thia
Wanhtuck
Farm condition in Berry will fails daughter wed rule
Chauncey H. Berry's will tied a 315 acre farm to his daughter marrying by age 20. She remained single until 22 and now Mrs. Lanna Cason of Willington, Ohio inherits the entire estate valued at 75000 after the mother died post the will. She questions the need to marry for the farm and states she did not need it then.
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Chauncey H. Berry
Lanna Cason
Willington
Ohio
Wharton Estate Probate Grants $25 Million Allocation
The will of Joseph Wharton, iron master of Philadelphia, recently admitted to probate, leaves a $25 million estate to his widow, three daughters, and grandchildren. Swarthmore College receives $100,000 to complete a dormitory building.
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Joseph Wharton
Philadelphia
Wharton
Swarthmore College
Year in Jailand In Innocent Palsoly Accused of Murder
Palsoly, an innocent friend, was charged with murder and spent a year in a filthy Russian prison before being freed. Adolf Fischer, a naturalized American living at 170 Jefferson Street Chicago, traveled from Libau to New York on the steamer Estonia and hired a lawyer to sue the Russian government for 75 dollars for illegal imprisonment.
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Palsoly
Adolf Fischer
Jefferson Street
Chicago
New York
Libau
Estonia
Warming Bank Robbers Blow Saap Neb Vault
Nobbers wreck Warmers State Bank of Saap Nebraska by dynamite, blasting the wall and vault. The robbers escaped with about $2,000 as the building sustained heavy damage and no witnesses heard the explosion.
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Nobbers
State Bank of Saaap
Neb
Woodbury beauty doctor shoots self amid $350000 suit
Dr J WM Woodbury of Sea Cliff Coney Island fatally shot himself at his home. The act is believed linked to anxiety over a $350,000 damage suit filed against him by contractor Rephen O. muons.
Sloan's Liniment Endorsed For Athletes and Soreness
A historic testimonial extols Sloan's Liniment for muscle stiffness after exercise. It claims quick penetration to the bone, relief from congestion, and pliant muscles. An engineer from Chattanooga to Memphis recounts kneeing soreness from throttle use and keeps a bottle in his grip.
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Sloan
F. Brice
Tuscumbia
Alm.s
Chattanooga
Memphis
Tana
Reserved MP Proposes Handing Flowers Then Makes Amended Plea
A cautious, shy member of the House of Commons courted a young woman publicly for a long period. He once offered a bouquet with the line May I offer you a handiwg of flowers. She replied I move to amend by omitting nil after the word hand. The episode ends with a punchline about the amended proposal.
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Hlouse of Commons
Doan's Kidney Pills Ease Backache and Fatigue
Mrs. Martin Douglings of Kingston New York reports relief from aching back dizzy spells and frequent kidney irregularities after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She states the remedy gave prompt relief and notes it is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Doan
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
French Economy Insight From a Garbage Job
A janitor comments on saving habits in French versus American households. He notes French families waste little, while American households discard substantial food daily, suggesting lessons in thrift from French cooks. The remark appears in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Parle
San Francisco Chronicle
Parson Flatfoot Allegedly Struggles With Sin in Sermon
A Chicago Daily News note presents Parson Flatfoot and Sister Snowball in a rural dialect exchange. The sermon scene hints at religious doubt and fear of becoming a firm infidel amid concerns over a neonated ulcer and mounting worry.
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Parson Flatfoot
Chicago Daily News
Snowball
Bradder
TOY WORK And the Other King Remembering Grape-Nuts on Workdays
An ad copy urges readers to eat Grape-Nuts as daily nourishment for better health and work joy. It contrasts workers pursuing daily bread with those loving their jobs and cites testimonials. It claims Grape-Nuts sustains arch health and brain function, inviting trial and noting a Road to Wellness feature in each package.
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Arch of Health
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