Jury Blames Knickerbocker Directors in Slocum Disaster
A New York jury finds Knickerbocker Steamboat Company directors and officers criminally responsible for the General Slocum tragedy. Bass omitted details: Bail set at 5000 for Barnaby and Atkinson. Lundberg and Flanigan held on manslaughter charges. The inquiry reveals failures in lifeboats and life preservers and calls for reform in maritime inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lundberg
United States Steamboat
Awihinagan
Lundberg
Department of Commerce and Labor
Berry
Knickerbocker Stormboat Company
Inxpactor
Mate Flanigan
Manskiighter
Barnaby
Atkinson
Cant van Sebniek
Lebanon Hospital
General Slocum
Schnttzberger
ITD
St. Mark's Church
O’gorman
Merry Ant
Albertson
Steamboat Company
Dumont
United States Steamboat Inspection Service
Harbor
New York
Ife
John A. Pease
Ango
Michael McGaxn
National Educators Meet in St Louis For 43rd NEA Convention
The National Educational Association opened its forty third annual convention at the St. Louis World's Fairgrounds. Festival Hall seated about 2 500 as thousands more gathered in surrounding halls. President John W. Cook welcomed delegates from across the United States and abroad, with speeches by W J Currington Missouri superintendent and Louis Soldan of St Louis.
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National Association
St. Louis
National Educational Association
World's Fairgrounds
Festival Hall
United States
John W. Cook
Ulinois State Normal School
DeKalb
W. J. Currington
M. Woodward
Convention Seates at St Louis Coliseum for Democratic Meet
The Democratic National Convention will use the St Louis Coliseum with a fixed capacity of 10 840 including delegates alternates press reps officials and public. Delegates numbered 050 sit in front of the platform with 050 alternates behind. Prominent guests and party leaders occupy the platform area with 484 seats, boxes seat 420, general tickets cover balcony and gallery. Each National Committee member receives one box and ten general tickets. Delegates receive one ticket and three general tickets, alternates one ticket, 352 working newspaper men and 350 additional reporters are provided.
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St. Louis Coliseum
National Committee
Day of Death: nationwide toll of Sunday tragedies
A Sunday record details numerous fatalities and injuries across the United States from accidents and storms. Among the incidents, a speeding electric car struck a couple in Aurora, Illinois, killing them and igniting the car. a yacht capsized off Brooklyn with five drowned and eight rescued. Jamaica Bay saw drownings and East New York suffered partial building collapse with injuries and a lightning strike amid wreckage.
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United States
Slementa
Infani
Atlantic
George H. Dixon
la Grange
Aurora, Bigit
Plames
Tive
47Th Street
Brooklyn
Bilsie
Jkadle
New York
Jamaica Bay
Call Convention Opens as James K. Jones Leads St Louis Event
Ex Senator James K. Jones to call the St Louis convention to order as chair of the national Democratic committee. He faces rivals in Missouri politics with Gos Tie and ex Governor Fe Marke. Jones once led Bryan campaigns and now practices law in Washington.
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James K. Jones
St. Louis
James IK. Jones
National Democratic Committee
RK. Jones
Congress
Clarke
Jones
Senate
Washington, D. C
Bryan
Gorman
Isthmian Erngl Commission
Faite
How Conventions Nominate and the Evolution of the Unit Rule
A historical overview of party conventions, the unit rule, and the shift from state minority voting to majority control. It notes 19th century reforms in both Democratic and Republican practices, two thirds versus majority rules, and the move to electors by popular vote dates. It references Van Buren’s 1844 bid, Jam es K. Poll, and evolving election timing from 1845 law.
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Govarns
New York
Gen Grant
Cleveland
Martin van Buren
van Buren
Jamce K. Poll
Congress
South Carolina
Port Arthur tensions and lecture platform chatter
The piece reflects on wartime mood with references to Port Arthur, Morocco travel, and a possible lecture career for Perdicaris. It notes women aiding defense at Port Arthur, jokes about Attacks and melodramas, and cites a judge sentencing a man for tossing a mattress as a humorous aside in St. Louis.
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Lenda Morac
Lyne
Starling Dunham
John Wilson
Dunn
Eudora
Mias
Wilson
Tiny
Chabeste
Perdicaris
Matt
Oyster Bay
Europatkin
Morocco
Rassulo
Port Arthur
Dowle
St Lowia
Chicago
Perdicaria
Pordicaria
Ratsuli
St. Louis
Young women meet on trolley in strange baby count
Two young looking women board a trolley and exchange playful bragging about their many children. Passengers eavesdrop as the pair reveal they run separate private schools for children, turning the scene into a curious misread moment.
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Errshot
Hinack
It Pays to Read Newspapers, Cox Wisconsin
Rank M. Russell of this place suffered kidney disease so bad he could not walk. He tried various remedies until reading about Dodd's Kidney Pills in a newspaper. He took two boxes and recovered enough to work all day, able to walk across the floor again. The case is described as remarkable in Chippewa County and praises the new remedy.
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Cox
Wis
M. Ruswell
Dodd
Bright
Mr. Russell
Chippewa County
Wiscoustt
One More Crash to Come
A traveling man seeks lodging at Monticello hotel despite a nervous tenant in the next room. He hides quietly and tries to undress. a noisy shoe drops, prompting a suspenseful wake. The nervous resident orders him to drop the remaining shoe, ending the tale with comic tension.
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Monticello
Norge
Two Steps The Last One Helps the First
A Georgian recounts quitting coffee for Postum to cure nervous headaches. He reports three days to easing symptoms and five months of weight gain after switching, praising Postum’s blood restoring effects and referencing The Road to Wellville.
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Howe
Wellville
Obvject of Charity Vanishing in London Society
Antoinette MacKinley known as the Binger and a beloved London society figure is described as a generous hostess who welcomed outcasts and sang ballads to crowds. Her son Kenneth brings a one legged, one eyed, armless crossing sweeper into the home, prompting her to insist he be admitted with passion.
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London
Antoinette MacKinley
Binger
Antoinette Sterling MacKinley
Motter
Ber House
Stanhope Place
Gleever
Kenneth
Awell
Mumsey
Mile
Roduce
Nusey
Munmsey
Kenneth MacKinley
Contralta
What's in a Name in the Picture of Deny and Denny
A garbled dialogue mocks mispronounced names and national labels with a playful but unclear reference to a Russian figure. The fragment hints at a satirical or cartoon caption style, mentioning Larry, Denny, and a general, but provides no coherent event or context.
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Larry
Deny
Denny—Shure
Arval Gowant Phoy
Gineral Kuroputkin
Denny
Public Schools in Russia Detailed Statistics by Public Education
Public Schools in Russia show 84544 schools with 40121 under Public Education, 2588 under Holy Synod, rest under other departments. Pupils total 9,359,?6. 8,201,006 boys and 1,208,902 girls with 172,000 teachers. Maintenance exceeds $26 million and city school tax averages $0.50 per pupil, village schools $5.00.
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Russia
Social Service
Rusaim
Empire
Minister of Public Education
Holy Synod
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promotes Comfort in Shoes
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot Ease a powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and claims to cure corns bunions swollen bore mat callous aching sweating feet and growing nails. Allen's Foot Ease maker advertises new or tight shoes away sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c sample mailed Allen 8 Cluuted Lo Roy N.
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Allen
Lo Roy
The Installment Collector Questioned Aid for Exposition Power
An obscure exchange questions a mistress's involvement as a comic aside in a narrative about Corltas engines. The Philadelphia centennial exhibit used a 800 horsepower unit, while a Br Louis installation touted 8 000 horsepower.
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Philadelphia
Br. Louis
Five hundred Russian families to settle near Amayiilo
Five hundred Russian families are to settle near Amayiilo Lexus on the Inte of the Rock Island Road. They, the Ttursiing hive, contracted for the land and are expected to arrive in New York early in June. A Grease girl offered gifts of flowers to Peitho to be fluent in speech and pleasant in utterances. Two hofttey of Pixo'n Gure for Con phaption cured me of a terrible cough. Fred Zermann, 209 Box avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1001. Intuence in the exhalation of charne ten-W, AL, Saylor, Mxn. Winslow's Boorsixe Arror for Obsidren j moftem the wane, reduces inflammation, cured Wind dolls, 2 centw a bottle.
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Amayiilo
Lexus
Rock Island Road
Ttursiing
New York
Peitho
Fred Zermann
Box Avenue
Buffalo
N. Y
Mxn
Winslow
Burglars Joke Detective Scene Reads Mock Trial
Fragmentary dialogue shows a burglar provoking a detective with threats and defiance. The thief insists on defending himself and leaving a weapon behind as the pursuer closes in, hinting at a comical clash over a knife and pursuit.
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Lim
Sebastian's Bus iness Openings Data Spark Southwest Settlement Plans
Passenger traffic manager Sebastian has gathered extensive data on Oklahoma, Cadlaw Territory, and New Mexico business openings. He can answer settlers' questions, detailing land values, farm prospects, and the business requirements of towns along the Rock Island line.
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Trafic
Sebsian
Oklahomak
Cadlaw Territory
New Mexico
Sebastian
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