Three killed as train crashes into trolley car
Chicago and Alton freight plows into a grade crossing trolley in Kedzie Avenue, killing Mrs. J. E. Brown aged 85, her two month old baby, and sister Miss Katherine O'Brien. Thirty passengers were aboard as the car overturned and disintegrated. eighteen others injured, some fatally.
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Mire
J. E. Brown
Kathering O’brien
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
Kedsie Avenue
Katherine O'Brien
Missing Chaplain Found Shot Near Jacksonville Ft Harrison
Indianapolis dispatch reports John Dallam, chaplain of the Twenty third regiment at Fort Harrison, found dead near Jacksonville with a gunshot wound to the head. First reports suggested several fatalities as a nitroglycerin factory exploded in Pulsa Oklahoma, shaking the town and causing heavy property damage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jacksonville
Ill
John Dallam
Twenty-third Regiment
Ft. In
Harrison
Pulsa
Oklo
Wage Increase for Boston Cotton Mills Workers
Cotton mill owners in Boston Mass announcing a wage raise of ten percent for New England operatives totaling about one hundred thousand workers. The move was originally planned as a five percent increase and follows earlier wage discussions.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Bandit Killings Stir Portland Hunt for Highwayman
A bandit murdered two motorists and wounded a third after holding up a car party near Portland. Police and posses across the region search for the highwayman as the chauffeur resisted a halt and the assailant opened fire.
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Portland
Two Killed in Fight at Dunsmore Pennsylvania
A din during celebration at Dunsmore left two men dead and a woman wounded. Both victims were workmen attending the gathering, with no indication the shooting related to a strike. Senator Robert Love Taylor, once known as "Fiddling Bob," has died after gallbladder operation.
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Geranton
Dunsmore
Soine
Senator Taylor
Waahington
Robert Love Taylor
United States
Alleged forger a jal death by own action
John Geer six, confined in the county jail, charged with forgery, reportedly swallowed arsenic and died in his cell. His home was said to be in New York state. Kas man and wife killed by tank explosion in a sod house near Gemotlehed. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Miller perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrinburg
John Geer
Conntail
New York State
J. R. Miller
Mystery Fire Destroys Elgin Businesses. Guards Aid
A fire of mysterious origin in Elgin Illinois caused over 150000 dollars in damage to dry goods tailors milliner fruit and candy and a bank. National Guardsmen moved four lines of hose and helped avert a stampede at the Grand theater as lights failed and water flooded conduits. The Cohien store and several others were heavily damaged with minor losses noted. An official cause could not be determined due to complete destruction of the scene.
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Elgin
Empire Theater
Isaac Cohien & Co
Lethin Brothers
Ivy Wallace
Elgin Fruit and Candy Company
First National Bank of
Cohien
Troops Patrol Utica Textile Strike As Tensions Rise
Utica authorities deploy three state militia companies to guard mills and streets amid a foreigner dominated strike for higher wages and better conditions. The sheriff warns the situation is beyond control and orders mobilization of Utica and Mohawk detachments. Several minor riots flare then are quickly suppressed with about a dozen arrests including a woman charged after pepper spray attack on a deputy.
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Utica
N. Y
New York Mills
Hia
Woman Accused Of Bigamy Sentenced In Allentown Trial
In Allentown Pennsylvania criminal court Mrs Jennie Schweyer twenty three years old faced a bigamy charge after claiming she never married. Her lawyer said she had been kicked by a horse and was mentally unbalanced. The judge deemed her untruthful and jailed her for a year.
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Allentown
Jennie Schweyer
Arraign Morley in Prisoner Slayer Case
Nebraska authorities arraigned Charles Morley on charges of being an accessory to the murder of Asher Hellmann and the murder of Warden Delahunty at the state prison. Morley pleaded not guilty as Hartford Reed faced related charges for supplying a knife used in the Deputy Warden Davis killing as two other convicts fled the prison.
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Nebraska
Morley
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Morley
Asher Hellmann
Delahunty
Hartford Reed
Albert Prince
Davis
Parachute Jump Ends in Fall at Bankers' Trust Building
Frank Law, a parachute jumper, leaped from the thirtieth or thirty-first floor of the Bankers' Trust building in New York. He landed in the sub treasury enclosure, suffering injuries as a large crowd watched.
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New York
Frank Law
Bankers’ Trust
Child killed by gust of wind shatters glass in Lincoln
Lincoln Neb Stevens, three year old daughter of Jogeth Kopp, was killed at play when a gust of wind blew a pane of glass from a grocery window in front of which she stood. The tragedy underscores dangers of falling glass in public doorways and windows.
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Lincoln, Neb
Stevens
Jogeth Kopp
Ashe
Passengers Saved From Burning Steamer Ontario
A group of 22 passengers from the Ontario steamer of the Merchants and Traders line were brought to Boston from New London after the ship ran ashore at Montauk Point. Of 32 aboard, 22 were in first and second class and ten in steerage. Passengers describe calm among most, with steerage panic due to language, while wireless operator Herbert Ingalls and Chief Engineer Disney stayed at their posts, aiding safety. A passenger believes the fire began before departure from Baltimore, possibly from a smoldering cigarette.
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Boston
Ontario
Merchants and Traders’ Line
Montauk Point
L. L
New London
H. W. Sanborn
Dover
N. H
Herbert Ingalls
Lynn
Mags
Ingalls
Disney
Baltimore
D. C. Cannon
Grant to abandon command after health breakdown
Major General Frederick Dent Grant, commander of the eastern division, will not return to Governors Island to resume command. The big house in the northeast part of the island, which has served as General Grant's home, has been...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick Dent Grant
Governor's Island
Health of General Grant in doubt amid reports of cancer
Veterans and army acquaintances discuss General Grant's condition after a breakdown in health. Some claim throat cancer, the disease that killed Ulysses S. Grant, but close associates deny this diagnosis. Moved to dismantle and prepare for removal, the general's status remains uncertain.
Death of Dr Isaac Kaufmann Munk Publisher of Literary Digest
Dr Isaac Kaufmann Munk died at his Montclair New Jersey home after heart failure following an attack of acute indigestion He was 73 and served as clergyman editor publisher and investigator of spiritualism He led Funk and Wagnalls publishers of the Standard Dictionary and the Literary Digest and was known in psychical research circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Isaac Kaufmann Munk
Montclair
N. J
Funk
Funk & Waegnalls Company
Literary Digest
Cavalier to Wed Again in Paris Opera Union
The Paris Journal reports Mme. Lina Cavalieri, former Mrs. Robert Winthrop Chandler, will marry Lucien Muratore tenor of the Paris Opera. They plan a joint engagement to sing an opera in America after the wedding.
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Paris
Lucien Muratore
Paris Journal
Mme
Lina Cavalieri
Robert Winthrop Chanler
New York
Paris Opera
America
Theater Panic Tragedy Kills Seven in Avesnes France
Seven women and children die in a concert hall fire panic in Avesnes France. Fifteen more women and children are injured as flames surge through the parish venue, the town reports an outbreak of fire after a panic rush toward the doors.
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Avesnes
Francve
Parish
Iowa Divorcee Kills Ex Husband in Home Shooting
In Des Moines North Dew area, Wylie Pratt was fatally shot by his former wife inside his residence. The suspect surrendered to police claiming self defense and awaits further investigation. The incident prompts ongoing homicide case inquiries.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Wylie Pratt
Dew Moines
Flood Devastates Arkansas Town and Flooded Delta Lands
Flooding from the Mississippi river drives hundreds from Modoc and Wyanoke Arkansas. Helena levee breach leaves Modoc deserted as water fills the area. Memphis reports thousands displaced with refugees reaching riverboats for aid while congress reallocates 350000 dollars for Ohio valley floods to ease Cairo and other routes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cairo
New Madrid
Mississippi
Yazoo and
Delta
Louisiana
Arkansas
Greenville
Miss
Helena
Ark
Modoc
Kate Adams
Kunolla
Wyanoke
Crump
Phillips County
Washington, D. C
Mound City
Shawneetown
Ciinois
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Ohio River
Magazine Writer I8 SLAIN IN NEW YORK CITY
Walter Snyder editor of the Sporting Times was stabbed to death in his St Nicholas Avenue apartment by a woman who called herself Miss Carnes. She initially claimed suicide but later confessed under third degree questioning saying the death was accidental. Police note conflicting stories.
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Walter Snyder
New York
Sporting Times
Miss Carnes
Snyder
St. Nicholas Avenue
Misa Carnes
Army March on Peking Sparks Warning from Nanking
Alarm grips Beijing as Nanking hints at a southern Chinese army marching toward Peking to enter with the southern cabinet minister at its head. Efforts are said to seek an envoy to reach the minister before troops reach the capital to avert conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Packing Verdict Set Aside Against Kaw Valley District
Kansas City Missouri reports Federal Judge Van Valkersburgh set aside a verdict awarding Fowler Packing $462,800 in damages from the Kaw Valley Drainage District for lands taken to protect bottoms from floods and granted a new trial.
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Kansas City
Fowler Packing Company
Kaw Valley
van Valkersburgh
Stranded Steamer Georgian Prince Floated at High Tide
The Artlfed ship Georgian Prince went ashore on flag island and was refloated at high tide by several tugboats. Local Bristol, R. reports indicate the steamer was positioned near the island before water deepened to allow movement. No injuries are mentioned and the vessel remains under observation.
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Bristol
R. B
Madero Charged by Mexican Rebels in Uproar
Three envoys allied with General Orozco accuse President Madero of betraying oath, misusing funds, endangering travel, and neglecting foreign and domestic interests. They claim the revolution continues Diaz era reforms, noting the treasury dwindled from 32.5 million gold and no evident benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madero
Mexico
Orozco
Madero 1A
Diaz
Menace to coal mine peace over union repair rule
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania union leaders demand all repair work at collieries be performed only by union men. Operators threaten disruption of peace, claiming the policy violates coal strike commission rulings. A split between operators and United Mine Workers appears imminent as picketing targets nonunion access.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers
Coal Strike Commission
Vermilya Murder Jury Deadlocks in Chicago Verdict
After eight hours of deliberation Judge Denia E. Sullivan discharged the jurors in the murder trial of Mrs. Louise Vermilya for arsenic poisoning of Richard T. Smith a railroad conductor. The poll showed 7 to 6 for conviction. A second trial likely within a month. She is suspected in seven other deaths at her home including her son.
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Vermatlya
Chicago
Louise Vermilya
Richard T. Smith
Denia E. Sullivan
Women May Buy Licenses To Keep Excelsior Dry
Excelsior women plan to buy saloon licenses at 1500 dollars each to prevent saloons from operating in Excelsior Minnesota after the village went wet in the recent election. The move aims to keep the town dry despite changes in liquor laws and local governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior
Minn
Minneapolis
Santa Fe House Bribery Report Recommends Unseating Members
A committee voted 9 to 6 to prepare a report adverse to four house members accused of bribery and recommended that they be unseated, marking a decisive step in the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
N. M—Theo
House
Mohammedans Slain in Chinese Province Rampage
London reports violence in Shenusi where anti foreign mobs massacre Muslim residents. Dispatch from Tianjin via news agency notes numerous Mohammedans killed as unrest erupts in the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Shenusi
Tientaln
Why People Go to Canada And News of Canadian Settlement
A discussion extols Americans moving to Canada through government excursions and free or low cost homesteads. It cites favorable crop yields, cheap coal nearby, mild winters, good schools, and profitable dairy and farming prospects as reasons for migration, with a personal letter detailing nine years of success on 160 acres near Battle River. The piece ends by noting social expectations and quoting a Canadian agent.
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Canada
Champ Clark
U. S. Senate
Congress
United States
William Johnston
Alexandria
Minn
Albery
Battle River
Minnesota
Household Remedies and Witty Ad Snippets
A collage of early 20th century patent medicine claims and social quips. Advertisements push Allen’s Foot-Ease and Paxton antiseptic for eyes and teething, Winslow’s Syrup for children, Garfield Tea for health, with satirical lines about wisdom teeth and trust magnates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Lamle Frey
Allen 8
Olmsted
Lacy
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EAGLE
Warren D. Wells
Indiana
Wright
Portsmouth
Seth Nichols
Br. Helene Knabe
Rockingham County
Nichols
Dr. Knabe
Youngstown
Burton
Quakertown
Anan Kurzle
Mike Morris
Iain Kile
France
Vermillion
Bernice Lighteer
New York, Chicago & St. Louis
Russell A. Jewitt
Vermil- Mon ‘River
Roosevelt
Waukesha
Wis
Charles Schomulka
Gore
Wisconsin
National Guardsmen
Utica, N. Y
Arraign Felon
F. D. Grant
Death Takes
DR. I. K. Funk
Cavalier
Great Lake
Wyancke
I8 Slain
Boise
Paxton Toilet Co
Mays
Winslow
Geta
Dean
O. W. Erwin
Third St
Little Falls
Doan
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