Starch Plant Blast Kills and Injures Dozens in Illinois
An explosion at the Corn Products Company starch plant in Waukegan Illinois wrecked a two story starch house and injured 27 workers with several feared dead. Most victims were Polish Lithuanian or Austrian on company payroll.
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Waugekan
Corn Produce Company
Edward Conrad
Lake County
Charles Elbert
Corn Products Company
Waukegan
Ebert
Oakwood Cemetery
Martin Slater
Perola
Ill
Slater
Pekin, Jil
Notorious swindler Moted Swindier jailed in Paris
Paris reports Charles Wells alias Lucien Rivere James Burns and Deville known as the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo was sentenced to five years in prison and a 6000 franc fine for fraud. Arrested in Falmouth after a bucket shop swindle in Paris he allegedly profited about 1 000 600 francs from victims. Wells claimed daily interest of one percent on deposits and later captained a grand steam yacht before trial. He is credited with multiple Monte Carlo bank breaks.
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Moted
Wells
Falmouth
Monte Carlo
Four Rosenthal informers released head west to Texas
Bridgie Webber Harry Vallon Jack Rose and Sam Bechepps the four informers in the Rosenthal case freed in New York were reported to be aboard the Lake Supre mites bound for Texas as they moved westward.
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Albany
N. Y
Bridgie Webber
Harry Vallon
Jack Rose
Sam Bechepps
Rosenthal
New York
Texas
New York National League President John B. Biwali Dies
Nov 26 report states John B. Biwali, president of a New York National League team, died after years of illness. The article notes a long struggle with health and mentions a fatal incident involving a fire and an auto party.
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Dohin J. Brush
Taimatans
John BF ‘Biwali
New York
Joeetazin
Mediation Talk Between Austria and Russia Emerges
London dispatches report rumors of German mediation through Emperor William after talks with Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Emperor Francis Joseph. Berlin notes disturbances in Budapest amid socialist antiwar meetings as Austria mobilizes toward the Serbian frontier and tension with Russia escalates.
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London
England
Constantinople
Tchatalja
Daily Express
Berlin
Germany
Budapest
Vienna
Daily Telegraph
Franz Ferdinand
Vienn
William
Schoenbrunn
Francis Joseph
Aster
Marshal von Schetumaa
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Vor Moltke
Emperor William
Archduke Frans Ferdinand
Austria
Russia
Svert
Europe
Servia
Railroads Indicted for Rebates in 1908 Case
Federal grand jury returned true bills against Lake Shore Michigan Southern Big Four and Chicago Indiana Southern railroads charging violation of the Antitrust Act by paying rebates. O Gara Coal Co faces a geostate bill for receiving rebates and Thomas O Gara named in an indictment withheld pending other actions. Indictments stem from a $60 000 payment by railroads to the coal company in late 1908 with no proper government accounting.
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New York Central
Chicago
Agein
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Big Four
Chicago, Indiana & Southern
Federal Grand Jury
O'Gara Coal Company
Thomas O'Gara
Coal Corporation
Grand
Coal Company
Allen clan leader Sidna Allen found guilty of second degree murder
Sidna Allen, head of the Allen clan, was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the Carroll county courthouse shooting that killed five, including Judge Thornton Masalo. The jury set the penalty at 15 years. Wes Edwards, her nephew, captured in Des Moines last September, awaits trial.
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Bury
Wytheville
Sidna Allen
Allen
Carroll County
Hilleville
Thornton Masalo
Wesley Ekdwards
Elén
Des Moines
Revals
Prairie Fire Destroys Vast Stretch of Range
A prairie fire swept through a wide section of country on November 8, 1936, driven by strong winds. The blaze, reportedly covering about 100 miles, burned stubble and brush and destroyed multiple tracts of land.
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Pral
Nationwide postal crackdown nets 178 arrests in drug related mail schemes
Chicago reports reveal a country wide sweep arresting 178 individuals including physicians and druggists for using the mail to promote illegal medical practices and drug distribution. Ten Chicago defendants faced U S Commissioner Foote in bonds of 3000 each as cases move before grand juries across the nation.
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Chicago
Enetry
Postal Départment
United States
Foote
Gompers Re elected AFL President
Samuel Gompers was re elected president of the American Federation of Labor by a large majority in Rochester New York. The vote totaled 11 974 for Gompers and 5 474 for Max Hayes of the International Typographical Union.
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Hayes
Rochester
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Max Hayes
International Typographical Union
Gompers
Longtime official re-elected as Gom pers faces first opposition in decade
In an unexpected break from a decade of unopposed rule, Gom pers secured a first challenge this year while all other officers were re-elected. The ballot results show Gom pers retaining office after ten years of consecutive wins.
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Gompers
Steel Workers Strike At Steel Corp Plants For Pay Rise
About 1 000 trainmen in the Homestead Edgar Thomson and Carrie furnaces plants walked out on Monday demanding 70 cents more per day. Company officers warned that the three large plants may close, risking idling 20 000 workers. The men vow to press for their raise or ignite a large strike.
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Pittsburg
Steel Corporation
Homestead
Edgar Thomson
Carrie
Steel Company
Honestead
U. S. Official Indicted in New Orleans Vote Fraud Case
Indictments returned against Arthur H. Brown United States commissioner G Prudhomme and eight others for false certification of votes as part of a broad grand jury probe into New Orleans election frauds. The development raises total city indictments to twenty six as the inquiry proceeds.
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A. H. Brown
New Orleans
Grand Jury
Arthur H. Brown
United States
G. Prudhomme
Palaque
Grand
Fire destroys Branewick Home for Idiots and Epileptics
A Sunday blaze at the Branewick Home for Idiots Epileptics and Feeble minded Children in Amityville Long Island killed Fritz Mondary 30 of New York City and left several inmates unaccounted for. Eight hundred residents were evacuated with rescues recorded as staff tried to remove the endangered. The fire threatened nearby Long Island Home and London hall prompting extra staff and local volunteers to assist in rounds.
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New York
Branewick
Amityville
L.L
Long Island
London Hall
Fritz Mondary
New York City
Canary
Ffteen
Louden Hall
Tell Court Schrank Insane Man Ordered to Asylum
Milwaukee November 26 John Schrank who shot Theodore Roosevelt in September was ordered committed to the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh Judge A C Backus The commission of alienists reported unanimously that Schrank is insane They found grandiose delusions and that he cannot confer intelligently with counsel on his defense
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Roosevelt
Milwaukee
John Schrank
Theodore Roggsavelt
Oshkosh
A. C. Backus
Schrank
Halt to Woodmen Rate Rise by Court Injunction
Judge in Bangamon circuit grants perpetual injunction stopping the Modern Woodmen head camp from enforcing January 191% rates. Officers are barred from declaring delinquencies for members who refuse the increased assessments. The broad injunction covers the United States and Canada as the society is an Illinois corporation.
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Inoreass
Springfield
Chicago
Robert Hiir
Bangamom
Heag
Ilisola Corporation
United States
Canada
Great Northern Officials Die in Auto Crash
Howard James director of purchases and Samuel B. Plechner purchasing agent of the Great Northern railroad were killed when their car overturned near St. Paul Minnesota on Sunday. The crash occurred as they were traveling to attend a meeting.
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Great Northern
Paul
Mins
Howard James
Great Northern Railroad
Samuel B. Plechner
Dynamite Plot Tales Highlight McNamara and McManigal
McManigal recounts a second assassination attempt by James S. McNamara near Comaver Wisconsin and a San Francisco laborer Olaf A. Tvaltsioe. Joseph Schwartz of Chicago faces obstruction charges after taunting a key witness Cornalius L. Crawley in a dynamite country case. Schwartz testified he would not tell the truth if he did not want to. McManigal also described finding his daughter amid sticks of dynamite thawing on a Chicago kitchen radiator.
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Maras
Los Angeles
Olaf A. Tvaltsioe
San Francisco
McManigal
James 5. McNamara
Comaver
Wis
Joseph Schwartz
Chicago
Cornalius L. Crawley
Monica
United States
Robert J. Foster
Crawley
Schwartz
Schwarts
Federal Grand Jury
Ortie B. McManigal
Senator Isidor Rayner Dies After Long Illness
Senator Isidor Rayner of Maryland died of neuritis after a five year illness. He sought active political work into the Democratic campaign, debated in Baltimore with Rourke Cochran, and his career included serving as Maryland attorney general in 1888 and as U.S. senator after 1899. Born Baltimore April 11, 1850.
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Congress
Washington
Isidor Rayner
Maryland
Senator Rayner
Rourke Cochran
Baltimore
William J. Bryan
United States Senate
Diplomats Meet Princess at Private Ottawa Reception
A private reception for the senate preceded a general reception by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught in Ottawa. 1,260 guests from across Canada attended the later event where U S consuls at Montreal and Ottawa and their wives were presented along with consular representatives from Germany Italy Belgium Austria Hungary Japan China and other nations.
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Generela
Thoes
T Patricia
Ottawa
Ont
Fire Damp Kills 24 Miners in Alale District Shaft
A fire damp explosion trapped workers in a shaft in Alale District. Twenty four miners died, and rescue teams recovered bodies as officials investigated causes and safety measures.
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Alale
Eaptogion
University museum lands premier South Pacific relics
The University of Pennsylvania museum is active in acquiring South Pacific artifacts as private collections move to continental auctions. Director Gordon secured a premier New Zealand collection in London, enhancing the museum’s standing. Wellington’s New Zealand museum has requested catalogs of the relics for the new seum redeployment.
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Erate
Cook
Mont Part
University Museum
London
University of Pennsylvania
New Zealand
Gordon
Gorda
Cy Gordon
Wellington
Rei
South
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