Daring Philadelphia Robbery at Fairmount Park Office
A sensational early morning heist at Fairmount Park Transportation Company offices in Philadelphia. Twelve masked men overpowered a watchman and two employees, forced open the safe, and fled with about $3,000 plus. Victims were gagged and bound with copper wire and wooden plugs. discovery came when staff arrived at 2 o'clock. Police and detectives statewide pursue leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Transportation Company
Fairmount Park
French Cabinet Crisis Deepens Over Dreyfus Affair
Paris coverage notes the cabinet crisis intensifying as Dreyfus supporters demand punishment of the army leadership by exile to Devil's Island. Me line seeks to prolong the stalemate to oust Louhet and seize the presidency with a military cabinet to shield the staff and bar Dreyfus from restoration.
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Paris
Dreyfusites
Devil's Island
Dreyfus
M. Meline
Louhet
Meline
Explosion Destroys Part Of Jaska House In Allegheny
An oil lamp exploded in Michael Jaska’s home on Weightly street Allegheny Pa causing a fire that burned six family members and injured the father mother and four children. The infant died likely from injuries while the others were hospitalized but expected to recover. Perez Das Marinas Captured by Gen Wheaton in Manila as troops enter without opposition, small rebel groups offer brief resistance. The town sits in swamp surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Jaska
Weeghtly Street
Allegheny
Perez Das Marinas
Manila
Wheaton
Fire at Allen Brothers Building Injures Eleven Firemen
A blaze in Omaha seriously damages the five story Allen Brothers wholesale grocers building. Eleven firemen are injured and one is believed to be fatally hurt as a magazine explosion occurs while they move the powder magazine to safety.
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Omaha
Allen Brothers
Watson Reaches Manila Amid Warship Welcome
Rear Admiral John Watson arrived in Manila aboard the United States transport Zafiro from Hong Kong and raised his flag on the cruiser Baltimore. The commanders of all the warships met the admiral upon his arrival.
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Watson
Manila
John (. Watson
United States
Zafiro
Hong Long
Baltimore
Death of a Noted Mason in New York Hospital
Simon Fry 46, Grand Commander of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, died after an appendicitis operation at a New York hospital.
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Simon Fry
United States
New York City
Numerous Deaths and Events Highlight Midweek News
Rear Admiral Pierce Créthy died at 76 from diabetes in Washington. Commander John H. Stevenson died at Brooklyn navy yard aged 66. Julia Woodford aged 50 died in Brooklyn. Keystone paper mill Philadelphia fire loss $70,000. Maryland Democrats set Baltimore August 2 for governor convention. Gen. E. F. Wiles died in Windsor at 73. Fayette County judge Mestrezat nominated for Pennsylvania Supreme Court. A Chester A. Arthur statue unveiled in NYC. G A R pension meeting scheduled in Washington July 11. Franklin statue unveiled in Philadelphia with Miss Margaret Hartman Bache. Bella Anderson alias Carrie Jones pleaded guilty to kidnapping Marion Clark. Drexel Morgan option on Lehigh Valley stock exercised at $25 and $27.50. Public test proclaims liquid steam on New York Central as successful. Barrow sentenced for Marion Clark kidnapping. Carrie Jones sentenced to four years. Body identification near Hay Ridge ties to three sailors. Miss Ella Bouyer of Wanamaker's Philadelphia fought thief. officer helped. Pittsburgh four-day conference leads to wage increases for 25,000 iron and steel workers. Samuel Rosenth al Jr. advances 150 clothing establishments toward American Clothing Manufacturing Company with $10 million capital.
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Pierce Créthy
Washington, D. C
John H. Stevenson
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Julia Evelyn Capen Woodford
Brooklyn
Spain
Keystone
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Maryland
E. F. Wiles
Seventy-eighth Regiment
Ohio Volunteers
Windsor
N. Y
S. L. Mestrezat
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Chester A. Arthur
United States
Madison Square
New York
W. C. Johnson
Grand Army of the Republic
Benjamin Franklin
Justus C. Strawbridge
Margaret Hartman Bache
Franklin
Bella Anderson
Carrie Jones
Supreme Court
Marion Clark
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Putnam
New York Central Railroad
George Beauregard Barrow
Arthur Clark
Hay Ridge
Thomas Clark
Coney Island
Ella Bouyer
John Wanamaker
Beaver
Tuttle
Pittsburg
Samuel Rosenthal, Jr
New Jersey
American Clothing Manufacturing Company
Notable 1910s Briefs From Across The Nation
Obituaries report Richard P. Western dying in Lebanon Missouri after a 32 hour sleep. A Sioux City groom and Mexico Missouri bride Janet McWinnies wed. Cleveland car strikers sparked riots injuring several non union workers. American Seed Trade Association in Cincinnati elected Alexander Rodgers of Chicago as president. Minnesota Odd Fellows Home cornerstone laid at Northfield. Eleven firemen injured as Allep Bros wholesale grocery burned at Quaha causing 100000 dollars loss. Los Angeles man Hurle Hanchette killed wife then wounded himself. Chicago youth Eusson Lee 16 arrested in Washington state on his father’s complaint. Ohio Republican committee selects Gal Charles Dick of Akron to run state campaign. Toledo meeting sets price raise of 2 dollars per dozen for metal wheels and children's wagons. Miners Bank Creede Colorado and Hooper Monte Vista banks seen tighter under President DL Maben. William M. Stuart of Detroit named head of manufacturers division at the census bureau. Building housing kitchen and bakery section described in incomplete item.
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Richard P. Bland
Lebanon
Liert
Eagon
Sioux City
Iowa
Janet Mecwninles
Mexico
Cleveland
American Seed Trade Association
Cincinnati
Alexander Rodgers
Chicago
Minnesota
Odd Yellows’ Home
Northfield
Allep Bros
Quaha
Los Angeles
Cal
Hurle Hanchette
Eusson Lee
Washington
Walter J. Lee
Ohio
Republican State Central Committee
Charles Dick
Akron
Toledo
Creede
Colo
Hooper and
Monte Vista
DL. J. Maben
Creede Bank
Multiple incidents shake early 1900s America in brief
Reports recount a Whittier reform school blaze causing $20000 loss with no insurance. A Dayton inmate Abraham Herchberg leapt to death. Ohio State University elects William Orley Thompson as president. Fatalities occur at a San Rafael powder plant. A gospel tent mob raids a Laporte service. California fruit cannery combine forms statewide options. Toledo docks resume after a wage strike. Xenia enacts prisoner releases over workhouse funds. Wisconsin warns cities for New Richmond relief. $500000 needed. Nursery men elect officers. insolvency filing in San Francisco. Klondike investments cited in Magee case. Colum bus penitentiary ptomaine illness injures guards and prisoners. Fred Schatz killed by wife in Rocky Ridge.
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Ing
State Reform School
Whittier
Cal
Abraham Herchberg
Dayton
Ohio
State Hospital
Columbus
William Orley Thompson
Miami University
Ohio State University
United States Smokeless Powder Company
San Rafael
Edward Secumbe
John Secumbe
James Morrissey
M. Hollenbeck
Laporte
Ind
Holyites
San Francisco
Ho¢eking Valley
Toledo
Xenia
Workhouse
Scofield
Wisconsin
New Richmond
American Association of Nurserymen
Chicago
W. J. Peters
Troy
N. Y
D. S. Lake
Shenandoah
Iowa
G. D. Leader
Rochester
C. L. Yates
John A. Magee
United States District Court
Klondike
Humbold
Ohio Penitentiary
Fred Schatz
Rocky Ridge
Schatz
Community notes of crime and disaster across several states
Reports from multiple towns describe indictments for moonshine trafficking in Parkersburg. shootings in Rock House and Manchester. a New Orleans builder killing his wife and himself. a man shooting another near Pineville. a suspected courthouse yard killing in Manchester. a memorial tablet unveiling in Fort Thomas. elopement and marriage in Missouri. a train accident death in Winchester. and Brackett Texas drowning and flood damage with substantial property loss and no major fatalities.
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John P. Shannon
Elberton
Knights of Honor
Parkersburg
W. Va
Madge Gordon
Rock House
John Moore
Chris Craft
William Maggard
Craft
William Hi. Fischer
New Orleans
William Bingham
John Riddle
Pineville
James Howard
Tom Baker
Court House
Manchester
Baker
Ihen
Nelson A. Miles
Thomas
Sixth Infantry
United States
Frederick Brown
Edith Vaughn
Columbia
Mexico
Winchester
Samuel Ruppard
H. P. Rogers
Ronceverte
Brackett
Texas
Pioneer abdominal surgeon Dr Lawson dies in London at 51
Obituary notes the death of Dr Lawson the pioneer of abdominal surgery in London at age 51. The report mentions other world items including South African gold exports, a US transport ship returning from Manila via Colombo, and various colonial-era political moves.
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Lawson
London
South Africa
United States
Hooker
New York
Manila
Colombo
Ceylon
Caroline Lalande
Ladrones
Pelew Jalands
Germany
Javlonicea
Phillips
Sculptor Landrede Dies in Berlin at 62
Gustav Adolf Landrede the Berlin sculptor famed for Beethoven studies and statuettes of Mozart and Hans von Bülow died aged 62. His death follows a career noted for classical sculpture and music portraiture.
Pike’s Peak nugget to represent Colorado at Paris expo
Colorado gold will be shown in Paris as a $1,000,000 Pike’s Peak nugget miniature. May exports data include bread stuffs 19,638,313 dollars and cotton 9,610,617 dollars. The steamer City of Seattle returned from Alaska with 274 passengers, 200 from Dawson carrying dust and nuggets valued up to 800,000 dollars.
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Colorado
Phyllis Rankin
Henry D. Gibba
United States
Seattle
Alaska
Dawson
Ohio Society of California
McKinley
San Francisco
Market Reports From Across Cities on Livestock and Grains
Chicago to Indianapolis to New York show cattle hogs sheep and grain price ranges across multiple markets. Cattle values range from three to six dollars with wheat at No 2 scales and corn oats rye prices varying by city.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Suit to Break a Will Folds After Void Divorce Ruling
The case Hewlett v Hubbard ends when Judge Richter rules the Stark County Indiana divorce granted to Mary E. Hewlett is void for lack of proper publication while Hewlett resided in Michigan. Hewlett, 48, had remarried New Carlisle widow Mrs Haine before challenging the estate of Mary E. Hubbard. The decision collapses the will contest.
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Oliver A. Hewlett
Mary E. Hubbard
Laporte Circuit Court
Richter
Hewlett
Stark County
Berrien County
Michigan
Indiana
Haine
New Carlisle
Benjamin F. Shively
Farmers Duck Deputy in Fish Law Clashes
Oscar Welty, Kokomo, acting deputy after Hildebrandt’s resignation, faced hostility from farmers in Burling ton who defied the May and June no fishing rule. Welty arrested them at Wild Cat creek, but was overpowered and ducked into the water before swearing not to return.
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Oscar Welty
Kokomo
J. J. Hildebrandt
Logansport
Burlington
Welty
Wild Cat Creek
Murder Near Kokomo Farms Shock Rural County
Luther Sampson of the Jonas Parks farm six miles southwest of Kokomo was found shot and with his skull crushed beside his door. He woke at 2 AM to a yard noise, stepped outside to shoo cattle, and a masked intruder struck him with a sandbag then fired a bullet into his heart and fled before being seen by the family.
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Luther Sampson
Jonas Parks
Kokomo
Great oil strike near Hartford City drives 45 barrels an hour
The Standard Oil Company completed the largest Indiana field well in over a year on the Nelson farm in Washington Township. It yields about forty five barrels per hour at eighty cents a barrel, promising strong returns for owners and boosting operations in the district.
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Hartford City
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Nelson Farm
Washington Township
Lightning Strikes Miners Deep Below Shaft
During a heavy electric storm in Center Point two miners named William Bucholtz and Fred Muller were working 125 feet underground when a lightning bolt struck the shaft mouth and followed pipes into the mine. The men were knocked unconscious but recovered. This is reported as the first known case of lightning affecting workers below the earth’s surface.
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Center Point
William Bucholtz
Fred Muller
Farmer Killed by Hogs Near Darlington
Benton Coleman, owner of a large farm near Darlington, disappeared after a bitter quarrel with his wife and was later found dead in the woods. Empty whisky bottles were found nearby and authorities speculate that intoxicated youths may have killed him while he lay in the mud with several hundred dollars on his person.
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Mam
Benton Coleman
Darlington
Coleman
Escapes by Window During Escape Attempt
Prisoner Albert Brewer a Chicago plumber was arrested at Munce on charges by Miss Sarah Smith of Ladoga Deputy Marshal Snodgrass arrived later and Brewer who asked to go to the Madison Hotel to fetch clothing jumped from a third story window and escaped The fragment also includes slang dialogue about a diplomat and a weary man asking about money.
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Albert Brewer
Chicago
Munce
Sarah Smith
Ladoga, Ltd
Snodgrass
Madison Hotel
Brewer
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