Fireproof Theater Myth Shattered at Iroquois Inquiry
Coroner sessions in Chicago reveal absence of fire fighting gear and locked exits at the Iroquois theater. Eddie Foy testifies he believed the venue was fireproof and had no fire orders, as theater owners and staff face a thorough investigation into the disaster that killed 19 lives.
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Chicago
Traeger
Eddie Foy
Mr. Bluebeard, Jr
Buckley
Foy
Blue Beard Company
Cleveland
Carlton
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Philadelphia
Howver
Alexander. Johnston
George We ‘Stetson
Massachusetts
Emma Schweitzler
Josephine Petrey
Elvira Pinedo
Ella M. Churcher
Wisconsin Seeks Share of Receipts From Riot Baseball Game
The Wisconsin athletic board told Graduate Manager C. H. Kilpatrick to cut all athletic ties with Illinois unless Illinois pays Wisconsin its share of gate receipts from the baseball game that ended in a riot at Champaign last spring. Severing relations could cancel the annual spring track meet and disrupt the intercollegiate baseball league.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
C. H. Kilpatrick
University of Ilinois
Wisconsin
Champaign
Alderman Kinney to Face Bribery Trial in Water Deal
Judge Newham overruled Kinney bribery motion and ordered the trial to proceed in Grand Rapids. The information accuses Alderman Malachi Kinney of accepting a bribe to aid a Lake Michigan water contract, contending the contract may be invalid and the charge unclear.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Newham
Malachi Kinney
Lake Michigan
Kinney
Banjo Rivalry Ends in Slaying in East St. Louis
Alonzo Nesby of St Louis called at Madison Waters home in East St Louis and after a request to play a tune Nesby shot Waters point blank. The motive given is a love feud over the same woman.
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Stain
East St. Louis
Ill
Alonzo
Nesby
St. Louis
Madison Waters
Waters
Engineer Held Responsible for Newville Wreck Verdict
Coroner's jury finds Engineer James Shanabrough responsible for the Cumberland Valley railroad wreck near Newville on New Year's Day. Three people were killed and nearly twenty injured in the crash.
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Chambersburg
James Shanabrough
Newville
Artist Louise Coz Declines $200 Prize
New York woman artist Louise Coz refused to accept a $200 prize awarded for a picture exhibition at the Fine Arts Building. The Academy of Design officials reported the surprise decision.
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New York
Louise Coz
Academy of Design
Keifer Files for Seventh District Congress Nomination
General J Warren Keifer veteran of three wars and former speaker of the house announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Ohio Seventh district. The announcement comes from Springfield on January 9.
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Keifer
Springfield
J. Warren Keifer
House
Congress
Lynch Threatens to Lynch Firebug in New York
A crowd shouted Lynch him as they tried to seize Policeman Kelcher James Anderson who had placed a prisoner in custody over suspicions he had set fire to a six story double tenement house.
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New York
Missionary Boat Capsizes in Congo River Junction
The steamer Lopsley of the American Presbyterian Church capsized opposite Kwamouth at the Congo and Kassi Mifoni river junction in the Congo State. Rescue and casualty details not provided.
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London
Lopsley
American Presbyterian Church
Kwamouth
Congo and
Kassi Mifoni
Congo State
Justice For Filipinos Sailed to Japan via Manila
Honolulu reports Sixto Lopez a well known Filipino sailed on the Nippon Maru bound for Japan via Manila. He expressed belief that Filipinos will ultimately obtain justice.
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Honolulu
Sixto Lopez
Japan
Manila
Train wreck kills many as two cars crash head on
In Willard Kansas seventeen people die and twenty four are wounded when the Rock Island California and Mexico express collides with a stock train. Engineer misread orders and failed to wait for the freight at Willard causing a high speed impact. Most fatalities occur in the smoker and second coach as rescuers later free survivors.
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Topeka
Kas
Rock Island Railway
Willard
Eas
Here
Gale Fuller
Brockton
James Griffin
Claremont
Tot Harvaille
Harvaille
Ben Harvaille
Mary Harvaille
Chillicothe
J. H. Hill
Greensburn
Mary Kaiser
E. E. Meyer
Buffalo
N. Y
W. S. Martin
Benjamin
Tragic Homeward Return Ends in Kalamazoo Death
A. G. Boone of Vicksburg returned home from a long disappearance of over twenty years and died after alighting from a train in Kalamazoo Michigan. His wife and nearly all relatives had died while he was away, with hope of his return fading long ago. Death attributed to excitement and his “gaustizer” disorder at the depot.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Boone
Vicksburg
Exciteme
Iowa State Capitol Fire Threatens Destruction
The north wing of Iowa's statehouse burned on Monday causing about half a million dollars in damage. Gov. Cummins led the response, directing firefighters and moving records to safety as 100,000 volumes were saved. The origin remains under investigation with candles or electrical fault suspected.
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Des’ Moines
Iowa
Cummins
Barnett
Omaha
Legislative Hall
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Improvement Commission
Capitol
Newcomb
United. States
Charred Dreams and a Failing Marriage
A wife and novelist husband debate divorce after a loveless marriage. He notes lack of incentive and brutality in his writing while she endures seeking relief, revealing emotional strain, bruising, and lingering attachment amid a tense, formal drawing room scene.
A Rulers Visit and the Mayor’s Silver Plate Keys
A historical anecdote recalls a French king Henry IV entering a southern city where the mayor, a wine merchant, could not find the city keys. He instead presented the keys on a silver plate from his cellar, suggesting they might serve as keys.
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Henry IV
France
Miajesty
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