Train collision kills and injures many near Enderlin North Dakota
A Soo Line passenger train bound for St Paul struck a stationary freight engine near Enderlin ND, killing 17 or more and injuring 7 others. The disaster sent passengers and crew into chaos as local doctors, Hotel Hill hospital staff, and nearby towns aided the wounded. Officials blamed gross negligence by the freight crew.
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Ind
Hill 5
Tom Valley City
Shel
Kimins
Roosevelt criticized for dismissing colored troops in debate
The article reports a Senate debate criticizing President Roosevelt for dismissing black infantry troops after a raid. Senator Foraker, joined by Lodge and Scott, calls for a full senate committee investigation and notes a resolution is before the Senate for action.
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Roosevelt
Ile
Lodge
Tuiter Scott
Ohio
Senate
Foraker
Aiting Committee
Brownsville
Scott
Senate Military Committee
House
Land Men Convicted in Nebraska Land Deal Case
Four defendants tied to the 400000 acre Spader ranch scheme were found guilty on thirty six counts in federal court. Bartlett Richards and Will G. Comstock, C. C. Jameson, and Aquilla Triplett faced charges of conspiring to defraud the government and perjury. Trial ran from Nov. 19 with all testimony for the government. No defense witnesses testified.
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Omaha
Federal District Court
Bartlett Richards
Will G. Comstock
C. c. Jameson
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Spader
Aquilla Triplett
Cherry
Sheridan
Box Butte
Neb
Kinkaid
Lynching of Henry Davis in Annapolis Jail Break
A mob of about twenty five to thirty men broke into the Annapolis jail at dawn, abducted Henry Davis alias Chambers, who had confessed to a recent assault on Mrs. John Reid near Iglehart's station, and hanged him.
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Annapolis
Henry Davis
John Reid
Iglehart
Davis
Chambers
Bishop McCabe Dies After A Apo plexy in New York
Bishop Charles C. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal church died in a New York hospital at 6 20 am after being stricken with apoplexy while returning to Philadelphia His widow and niece were at his bedside He was born October 11 1836 in Athens Ohio served as chaplain in the 122nd Ohio Infantry captured at Winchester and held in Libby prison He later led the Missionary Society and raised funds and was named chancellor of the American University in Washington on December 10 1902
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New York
Charles C. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Ohio Conference of the
Methodist Church
Ohio Infantry
Winchester
Libby
McCabe
General Conference of the
Portsmouth
Board of Church Extension
Methodist Missionary Society
American University At
Washington
Victory for Standard Oil in Probate Court
In Findlay Ohio Judge W S Duncan ruled the probate court lacked jurisdiction in a case against Standard Oil. Prosecutor David had charged violations of state anti trust laws via probate court to speed action, but the judge threw out the verdict and dismissed the probate court case.
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Common Pleas Court
Probate Court
Duncan
Pope to Reject New Law and Ban Parish Services
Paris reports from a high clerical source that the pope will reject the government’s religious law and at an opportune time forbid parish priests from continuing services in churches, prompting private worship. The Vatican would have no alternative policy and must justify actions to the faithful as persecution.
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Paris
Associated Press
Vatican
Russian Count Ignameff Murdered in Tver Hall
Count Alexis Ignatieff former governor general of Kiev Volhynia and Podolia and council member was shot six times in the refreshment room of a nobles' assembly hall in Tver. The assassin attempted suicide but was captured. Ignatieff aided liberal reforms but allied with Trepoff in suppressive policy.
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Tver
Russia
Alexis Ignatieff
Council of the Empire
Kiev
Volhynia
Podolia
Nobles’ Assembly
Alexis Pavelich Ignatieff
Chevalier Guards
Count Ignatieff
Irkutsk
Ignatieff
Snatieff
Moscow
Trepoff
Interior Durnovo
Count Witte
Miners Dead and Injured in Carlyle Coal Shaft Accident
A Breese Trenton Coal Mining cage failed in the shaft near Carlyle Illinois killing at least one miner and seriously injuring another while five others are believed dead after a descent mishap. The incident happened as the day shift cage of six men dropped 300 feet of a 400 foot shaft.
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St. Louis
Trenton Coal Mining Company
Carlyle
Desperate attempt to assassinate Judge Cutting in Chicago
In Chicago on December 21 Frank F. Ellerbrock fired at Probate Judge Charles S. Cutting as he passed a hallway. The judge turned and struck the attacker, then wrestled him to the ground and restrained him near a steam radiator, ending the assault.
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Chicago
Charles S. Cutting
Frank F. Ellerbrock
Judge Cutting
Criminal Court
Elterbrock
Ellerbrock
Wells Fargo box stolen in Reno after night train arrival
A Decil A Wells Fargo express box containing about $30000 was stolen from the company's elliesher after the Tonopah night train. Messenger Edward Crofton continued to San Francisco. In Rock Island yards Gilliland and an unknown man died in a car fire caused by an oil stove ignition.
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Reno
Nev
Wells Fargo & Co
Tonopah
Edward Crofton
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Gilliland
Rock Island
Northboro
Marlin
Insurgents Foe Encounter Ends With Casualties
A Gaines province patrol with Cuban rural guards faced five mounted insurgents. Two insurgents were killed and two captured, while the fifth escaped. The Dec 24 dispatch reports no guards harmed.
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Havana
Gaines
Governor Halts Patrick’s Execution in Rice Murder Case
Albany New York December 21 Albert T Patrick is saved from the death chair by Governor Higgins who commuted the sentence to life imprisonment The governor cites dissenting Court of Appeals opinions in his brief memo and questions Patrick’s sanity after years in Sing Sing awaiting death.
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Albany
N. Y
Albert T. Patrick
Higgins
William Marsh Rice
New York City
Court of Appeals
Patrick
Sing Sine
Captain Macklin May Recover After Shooting at Ellison
Captain Edgar Macklin of Company C Twenty-fifth infantry was shot at Ellison Oklahoma. He is conscious and expected to recover. A suspect, a recently discharged negro soldier, remains at large with bloodhounds on the trail. Captain Macklin identifies the shooter as a negro and cites no motive. In Steubenville a bakery fire from an overheated stove caused three fatalities: Mrs Ira Hillman Katherine Hillman and Elizabeth McCoy.
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Elkeno
Okla
Edgar
Macklin
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Atallis
Roosevelt
Samuel Bartell
Oklahoma City
Steubenville, O
Ira Hillman
Tve
Katherine Hillman
Elizabeth McCoy
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets on Dec 24
Minneapolis reports wheat futures and cash bids with May and July prices. Cattle ranges show good to prime steers up to 6.25 and hogs trading near 6.10, with sheep and lamb values also listed. Chicago markets reflect mixed wheat and corn futures, oats up, and cattle prices across several categories.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Park
C. Frings
Nine Men Killed in Soo Wreck at Enderlin North Dakota
A southbound Soo train struck a switch engine at Enderlin ND early Sunday, killing nine men and injuring thirty seven others, most in the smoking car. Names of the dead include Backus Bergen and Satterhure, with others from Velva Anamoose Medicine Hat Sheldon Starbuck and Kenmare, among locations. The accident demolished both engines and telescoped the smoking car.
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Enderlin
Charles Backus
Bergen
Wd Volkering
John Satterhure
Anamoose
N.C
Tony Glenn
WH Rosen
Independent shippers seek state and federal control in Valley City
At the meeting in Valley City forty seven interested parties and thirty two elevators attended as shippers denounced alleged discrimination in favor of large elevators. They resolved on reciprocal demurrage law and urged legislature to memorialize Congress for federal control. A permanent organization formed with A J Kildahl as president and officers Majors Hope Thompson Modne Walter Thompson.
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Valley City
Congress
A J. Kildahl
Maza
Oo. J
Burglary Hit Strauss Jewelry in Bismarck
Last week the first burglary in Bismarck in years struck Strauss Jewelry, with $250 in goods taken after a rear window break in the show windows. An attempted entry at J noon Cook Co. was thwarted as thieves were frightened away before reaching the safe.
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Bismarck
Strauss
J.on. Cook & Co
Robberies Reported as Wafeblowers Operate in Steele County
Word from Shar on Steele County reports wafeblowers in town. Two safes blown with little money taken. Hauven and Jorecucon store safe opened but empty except $60 taken from cash register. Depot safe also blew with no saleable goods lost. Frank Strangier found frozen and died near his home south of Alice. Dahlyquist guilty of violating prohibitions over Kindred hotel operations. Addison merchant N N Brewer store and stock destroyed by fire. loss estimated at 15000 with full insurance.
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Sharon
Steele County
Wafeblowers
Hauven & Jorecucon
Frank
Strangler
Shelton
Alice
Strangier
J. P. Dahlyquist
Fargo Board of Education
State Bhoard of
Kindred
Defendent
N.N. Brewer
Addison
Wealthy Roman prelate Adams dies in Rome
A sprawling European and international news roundup reports the death of Mer. Adams a wealthy Roman prelate in Rome. It notes financial and political shifts including rate changes at the Imperial Bank of Germany and salary moves at Lehigh Valley Railroad.
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Mer. Adams
Lame
Imperial Bank of Germany
Andrew Jackson
Knoxville
Fritz Sontag
Grand Pacific Hotel Company
Chicago
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Transportation Department
John T. Walker
New York City
Secret Service
United States
Tiger Tampered Rubber Factory Tale
In Malay Peninsula near Perak a rubber plant owner faced labor shortages and tiger menace. He rubbed trees with valerian to lure tigers into scratching the bark so coolies could collect the sap without tapping. The clever ploy left the tigers appearing friendly while workers gathered latex.
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Perak
Malay Peninsula
Septeli
Valerian
Sweet confession on the street turns tense over perfume theft
A girl boasts of trying perfumes while a man nearby scolds them for potential arrest. The companion condemns the act and questions how much the shop would lose if everyone behaved similarly. Read as a sharp street exchange from a New York press clipping.
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New York
Preas
Clock Confusion Stuns Child in Parlor Visit
In Harper's Weekly style a mother misses the clock striking all afternoon. Rita checks the hall and reports the pendulum appears to be moving only the pendulum is stationary and wagging its tall, prompting a curious moment.
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Mawmna
Rita
Harper'a Weekly
After Dinner Orator Quips On Public Speaking
An after dinner speaker jokes about being called unexpectedly to speak and recalls a morning version of the speech while his wife chides him from the other end of the table to finish.
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John
Nature's thrifty rule drives every living kind
Emerson notes nature acts with efficiency, urging each creature to do its own work to secure sustenance. The general idea compares natural processes to fort building, suggesting a direct path to ends.
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Bia
Emerson
Chance and Accident in 19th Century Reflections
A fragmentary note cites Colton on humility from chance and accident guiding discoveries. It recalls a Ron of Erin seeking excuse from a committee due to an unexpected departure, illustrating humorous or ironic civic circumstance.
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Colton
Ron
Erin
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