Panorama of the World and News in brief
Balloon accident at Dublin Indiana injures three and kills a spectator while Prof Stiles Thompson the aeronaut escapes with minor injuries. Sailors recount a shipwreck off South Carolina with eight seamen two survivors from Antigua. A violent feud in Ohio ends with a man dead and others wounded after a pistol and brick confrontation.
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Dublin
Ind
Stiles Thompson
Martinsville
Thompson
Herman Jones
Cambridge City
Nettie Smith
John Ferguson
Milton
Prof
Sailora
North Atlantic
Vanname
South Carolina
Stillman Kelley
Boston
Mass
William Thomas
William G. Warner
Antigua
British West Indies
Explosion Wrecks First Presbyterian Church in McKees Rocks
The First Presbyterian church in McKees Rocks Pennsylvania was blown up by a natural gas leak. Janitor David Leader was burned but survived. Loss estimated around 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian
McKees Rocks
Pittsburg
David Leader
Tightening grip in Korea with Japan’s stricter rule
Japanese policy toward Korea tightens as the Anglo-Japanese treaty signals Japan will assert control. Tokyo officials say a Korean government will be swept away, ministers abroad recalled, and Manchurian troops possibly housed in Korea to avert uprisings. Hurlbut cites famine as peasants lose lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Hermit Kingdom
Tokio
Korea
Jiji
Tokyo
Seoul
Yokohama
Hurlbut
Korean Review
Brave Woman Captures Burglar In Chicago Home
Mrs J S Rogers wife of a saloon keeper at 353 West Forty seventh street Chicago nabbed a burglar who broke in by a window and held him at gunpoint until police arrived He was identified as John Needham 32 who said he entered by mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Rogers
West Forty-seventh Street
Chicago
John Needham
Rogers
Murderers Cremate Victims to Hide Evidence
Phillip P. Ross and his wife were murdered for their money and cremated in their Kerrstown area home to conceal the crime. Ross, who operated a saloon two miles from Kerrstown, kept cash there and cashed neighbors’ checks. The couple’s charred remains were found in the burning building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip P. Ross
Kerrstown
Wash
Ross
Hudson River steamer John McCausland burns near Kingston
The John McCausland a passenger and freight boat traveling Kingston to Glasco was destroyed by fire on the Hudson river six miles north of Kingston. Captain Frank Heese beached the vessel and the crew escaped by swimming ashore after fire started under the boiler. Six miles north of Kingston Tivoli trip cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCausland
Kingston
N. Y
Glasco
Hudson River
Tivoli
Frank Heese
Ratify Treaty With Norway In Swedish Parliament
The Swedish parliament unanimously adopted the government bill to ratify the Karlstad treaty with Norway. The lower house had no debate and Senate criticism centered on concerns of excessive consideration for Norway by Swedish delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Karlstad
Senate
Clear Biddle gang linked to multiple crimes in confession
Pittsburgh police receive confession from James M Brown via warden James B Smith alleging that Brown and two companions murdered Mount Washington grocer Thomas Kahney and robbed and killed a man while fleeing a previous crime. Brown claims involvement of Peter Neidermeier and James Martin, with the Biddles implicated by testimony. Dorman’s prior testimony is cited as pivotal. Police puzzled by the letter’s details and evolving guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Wallace
Kate Soffel
Butler County
Kahney Brown
Peter Neidermeier
Chicago
Martin
Biddles
Walter Dorman
First Wireless Wreck Report From Campania at Sea
A Campania distress message off Nantucket reports ten steerage passengers seriously injured and eighteen more hurt after a huge sea swept the forward steerage deck during a gale off the Grand Banks. Cunard Line agent Vernon J. Brown arranged medical aid as soon as the ship reached quarantine. Captain Pritchard’s report notes the disaster occurred last Wednesday amid heavy northwest seas.
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Campania
New York
Campanila
Nantucket
Vernon J. Brown
Cunard Line
Pritchard
Grand Banks
Hancock Kin Arrested for Murder in Hyattaville
Winfield Scott Hancock 43, nephew of General Winfield Scott Trancock, is held on murder charges in Hyattaville Ma. The victim Ermn Smallwood a domestic in the Hancock household died after an operation. Hancock denies guilt claiming the woman left home Monday then returned Thursday and died that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Trancock
Hyattaville
Ermn Smallwood
Hancock
Stable boy slain at Elm Ridge track during quarrel
Bert Amos of Sioux City Iowa was killed at Elm Ridge race track in Kansas City after an altercation with Thomas Irnn of Paducah Kentucky. The assailant struck Amos with an oak bar fracturing his skull while Lynn in charge of Hume's racing string became enraged.
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Lad
Bert Amos
Sioux City
Iowa
Elm Ridge Race Track
Kansas City
Thomas Irnn
Paducah
Lynn
O. F. Hume
St. Louis
Amos
Atmos
Portland Fair Closes Lewry and Clark Exposition
The Lewry and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland Oregon closed on Saturday with officers and stockholders day. Emblems and exhibit palaces remain to be wrecked as the state buildings begin to be torn down. in a few months only memory will remain of the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Satuday
Mountain News Briefs In Brief Escape and Suspected Attacks
Husband steals and assaults wife in Chicago with their young son in his arms as he flees. A miner in Coaldale Pa is stabbed to death by an unknown assailant. In Lorain Ohio four prisoners escape by cutting through a ten inch wall with suspected outside help.
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Chicago
Victor la Forme
Alice
Albert
Coaldale
Michael Starrie
Lorain
Ohio
First women chosen for New York Hall of Fame tablets
Marla Mitchell, a scientist, joins Mary Lyon and Emma Willard as the inaugural women to be honored with name tablets in the New York hall of fame. Birhenry Irving, famed English actor, dies suddenly in Bradford England after a performance ending with syncope.
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Marla Mitchell
Mary Lyon
Emma Willard
New York
Bir Henory Irving
Bradford
England
Clever Detective Work Sparks Lima Bank Robbery Arrest
In Lima Ohio detectives used information from Thomas Wilkins’s ex wife, now a Probate Office clerk, to implicate Elijah Bowsher and Wilkins in the American National Bank robbery. Prosecutor Klinger cited Kalb and Michael as innocent after Mrs Wilkins revealed the meeting and robbery details to a grand jury. Bowsher and Wilkins have remained largely silent.
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American National Bank
Lima
Ohio
Elijah Bowsher
Thomas Wilkins
Wilkins
Miller
Michael
Kalb
Brothers in deadly battle in Middleport ends in bloodshed
In Middleport a dramatic clash among O. H. Myers former police chief of Pomeroy and his brothers John and Arthur left spectator William Hong mortally wounded. John and O. H. were hit, Arthur fled across the river. The scrap began over a farm crop and escalated to a night of gunfire with two revolvers each and a brick. Hang, the livery stable owner, was killed by a shot fired during the melee.
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If. Myers
Pomeroy
Ohio
John
Arthur
Little Rock
Hannibal
Middleport
William Haag
John A. Myers
O. H. Myers
C. H
John A
Oho
William Hong
Dewey's Youth Emphasis Shocks Navy Officers
Admiral Dewey criticizes established age limits, urging younger commanders to lead ships. Older officers protest, noting Dewey’s own age during Manila Bay victory and warning of national peril if youth is not prioritized. The piece also reports a scandal figure, George Morton, leaving a Missouri Kansas Texas rail role amid a resignation and replacement.
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Admiral Dewey
George Dewey
Dewey
Manila Bay
George Morton
Lillian Sprague
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
George
New York
Morton
Priests Plan Cotton Deal in Texas for Ireland Trade
Priests James Phelan of Kansas City and John Phelan of Marcus Iowa travel to Dallas to purchase about 55000 acres in San Patricio county for cotton farming. The aim is to supply Irish mills and revive Ireland's manufacturing. Police Keep Quorum. five councilmen and the mayor guard the chamber to block three others from breaking quorum during a contract with Omaha Gas.
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Cotton Deal
James Phelan
Kansas City
John Phelan
Marcus
Itowa
Dallas
Texas
San Patricio County
Ireland
Inha
Omaha Gas Company
Football Kills Forty Five and More Deaths Reported
A canvasa cites forty five deaths and hundreds of serious injuries from football in the past five years due to heavy mass plays. Wilbur F Studebaker, longtime Chicago clubman, dies in New York from Brights disease. Henry Cunningham Row donates twenty thousand dollars to Newark New York for a gymnasium and social hall open Sundays for public discussions. Dr William B Fletcher defends cigarettes in Indianapolis speech.
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Roosevelt
Wilbur F. Studebaker
Wilbur I. Studebaker
Peter E. Studebaker
South Bend
Ynd
Chicago
Bright
Mr. Studebaker
New York
Newark
Henry Cunningham Row
Evanston, Ill
N. Y
McCurdy Defends Life Insurance As Beneficent Mission
In a legislative hearing, Richard A. McCurdy of Mutual of New York argued life insurance is a philanthropic mission not a profit system. He dismissed claims of excessive commissions and said salary raises were decided by a trusteeship, not by him alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. McCurdy
the Mutual of New York
Legislative Investigating Committee
McCurdy
Widows’ and Orphans’ Life Insurance Company
Charlies C. Raymond
C. H. Raymond & Co
Mutual
New York City
Raymond & Co
Metropolitan
Hughes
New York
Mr. McCurdy
Committee On
Mr. Hughes
Board of Trustees
Confiscated Funds Alleged From Wisconsin Life Policies
Insurance Commissioner Host reports that 37 old-line life companies in Wisconsin confiscated about 14 million dollars in 1903 04, claiming reserves released on surrendered and lapsed policies totaled 51.7 million while only 37.8 million actually paid to policyholders.
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Wisconsin
Host
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