Crises in France and University of Michigan Initiation
France faces a political crisis as the cabinet resigns after clashes in the Chamber of Deputies and President Faure may appoint Alexandre Ribot to form a new government. A Paris mob targets a shop owned by a Jew, while Socialist vigilance condemns military and clerical action. In Michigan, a freshman is subjected to a brutal initiation on a railroad side track, leaving him conscious as a train passes. Dr. Nancy Guilford faces extradition for murder complicity, with Detective Cronan set to transport her to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Univerasity of Michigan
University of Michigan
Michigan Central
London
Nancy Guilford
Emma Gill
Wilson
Mutiny Aboard the New Orleans Enflames Philadelphia Run
The crew of the New Orleans mutinied against Capt Folger accusing him of starvation and denying shore liberty. Petty officers and enlisted men have requested discharge and wholesale desertions are expected upon reaching New York. Folger refuses to talk and an investigation is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Folger
New York
Two Found Dead at Youngstown Steel Furnace
Michael Timlin and Philip Vergallito, top tillers, suffocated by gas in the Youngstown Ohio Steel Company furnace. No cause is known as the machinery functioned perfectly. The pair were found dead atop the furnace by night shift workers. In Marquette Michigan an attempted dynamite blast aimed at James Pendill and his family failed to cause injury as the house exploded but Pendill and kin escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Timlin
Philip Vergallito
Youngstown, Ohio
Marquette
Mich
James Pendill
Pendill
Kentucky terror killed bill Turner shot at Middleboro
Wild Bill Turner a noted mountain character who ran a moonshine saloon on the Kentucky Tennessee line was shot and killed by Will Cooma at Middleboro Kentucky Turner had a fortune from his illegal trade and is said to have killed several men this sixth project killed in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Wild Bill” Turner
Will Cooma
Middleboro
Turner
Tennessee
Ie Jis
November and notable events from Fort Wayne to Manila
Fort Wayne listings show attractions at Masonic Temple along with daily November events from the Wabash to Hogan's Alley. A Dallas cottage fire injures David Wesson and his 12 year old daughter as Mrs. Wesson survives a fall, while insurgents withdraw in Manila and Hiram S. Maxim faces a bigamy case collapse involving Nellie Malcolm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
David Wesson
Hiram
Maxim
Helen Leighton
Nellie Malcolm
Whey
Storm Rips South Texas Homes and Kills Passenger
A furious southern Texas storm demolishes houses in Deer Park Passadena Rosenberg and Arcola. C. E. Adams and his guests survive, but A J Cook dies when a guest room collapses. John Stout’s home is wrecked and residents flee in nightwear. Missouri City freight cars derail the California Limited, killing engineer George Johnson and injuring two crew.
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Freght
Texas
Deer Park
C. E. Adams
Adams
A. J. Cook
Passardena
John Stout
Rosenberg
Arcola
Missouri City
California Limited
George Johnson
Five Lives Lost in California Hotel Fire
Fire at Roberts hotel in Clairville Plumas County California at 4 am trapped five occupants. Victims listed as P Pedrina Carson Barney Mrs Carnada Florence Roberta age 7 and an unidentified woman. Mrs Roberts escaped by jumping from a second story window with severe injuries. All other tenants escaped with only the clothes on their backs. Cause of blaze undetermined.
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Queata
California
Clairville
Plumas County
P. Pedrina
Carson Barney
Hanged at Midnight First Yellow Medicine execution
Joe Ott the First, a wife murderer in Yellow Medicine County, was hanged in Granite Falls jail yard at 1 27 a m. The drop broke his neck and life ended eight minutes later. Ott, who beat his wife to death on May 1 1808, was known for violence and cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ott
Yellow Medicine County
Granite Falls
Miun
Ott
Billy
Terrible dynamite blast maims three Duluth workers
Three men Henry Scherf of Sault Ste. Marie and John Stevenson and Michael Vail of Duluth were mangled by a dynamite blast while wrecking an old hull on a Government canal project. The explosion hurled them twenty five feet, tearing bodies and engines apart, as a small engine and boiler were reduced to pieces. The incident follows reports on vast unappropriated public land and a late surge in mineral entries signaling a mining revival since 1897.
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Duluth
Minn
Henry Scherf
Sault Ste. Marie
John Stevenson
Michael Vail
Government Canal
Scherf
General Land Office
Washington
United States
Alaska
Episcopal Council Divides On Remarriage And Bible Standard
In Washington the House of Bishops rejected remarriage proposals 31 to 24, keeping existing canons. Deputies discussed a standard Bible and moved to enshrine a constitutional provision. the 1812 edition adopted in 1823 remains the church standard. In Urbana, Ohio, a $5,000 lynching damages case advances as the circuit court upholds the law as constitutional, with the appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopalian Council
Washington
House of Bishops
Lurein
Fulton
Philadelphia
Ihs
Urbana
Ohio
Circuit Court
Ben Church
Champaign County
Click Mitchell
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Whiteley Shops Sold to Superior Drill Company
The large shops at Springfield Ohio, formerly Amos Whiteley and Co harvester manufacturers, once in receivership four years ago, were sold to the Superior Drill Company for 40700 dollars. The shops cost five hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteley Mervester
Springfield
Ohio
Amos Whiteley & Co
Harvester
Superior Drill Company
Explorer Peary Faces Bitter Winter Ahead at Labrador
Captain Bartlett of the Windward reports an early and severe winter along the Labrador coast. Peary’s ship carried eighteen months of provisions and may remain frozen in through spring. The Windward pushed north beyond typical whaler routes, with rescue plans foreshadowed for next spring if returning voyage stalls.
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Peary
Frezsy Beas
William Bartlett
Lieut. Peary
Turnavick
St. John
N. B
Labrador
Sherard
Osborne Bord
Bartlett
Walter Baine Greene
The
Hope
Ile
Industrial Situation Favorable High Foreign Demand for Wheat
Bradstreet reports strong foreign demand for wheat flour and cereal products. Prices rise across cereals lard pork cotton print cloth and raw sugar with broad employment. iron and steel steady. Wheat shipments total 4,485,583 bushels this week, exports since July 1 61,210,880 bushels, up from last year. Corn exports 2,807,191 bushels for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet's
Lovers quarrel ends in double tragedy at Omaha studio
A Chicago photographer John Melchert killed his lover Lillian Morris then took his own life in the parlor of a downtown Omaha photographer's studio. They were posing for a portrait when he shot her before turning the pistol on himself. Morris worked as a saleswoman and the couple, longtime lovers, had quarrels fueled by jealousy.
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Omaha
Neb
John Melchert
Lillian Morris
Melchert
West
Madison Street
Chicago
Miss Morris
Five Men Killed in Wreck Near Fort Worth
Laborers on the Chicago Rock Island and Texas were killed or injured when a bulk wheat car parted on a steep grade near Fort Worth. Victims named are John Dogherty Louis Miller William O’Brien William Scanlan Patrick Joyce. Wounded: James Kelly John L. Lee William Smith.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Texas
Fort Worth
Rush Springs
John Dogherty
Louis Miller
William O'Brien
William Scanlan
Patrick Joyce
James Kelly
John L. Lee
William Smith
Mysterious Death in Omaha Public Library
A unidentified Russian nobleman burglar, hiding in the Omaha Public Library to rob the Byron Reed collection, killed himself when faced with capture. The body shows no identification and suggests a man of prominence and culture with no clear clues to his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nab
Byron Reed
Indian War Ended. Sixth Army Reserve Orders Countermanded
Col. Thomas F. Barr acting commander of the department of the lakes issued orders countermanding the readiness for field service by the Fourth and Seventeenth Infantry regiments. Gen. Bacon telegram says the Indian trouble is about ended by the surrender of men wanted and the services of the Seventeenth and Fourth Infantry will not be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Minnesota
Thomas F. Barr
Department of the Lakes
Bacon
Madrid Sees a New Licht and Cuban Bond Syndicate
Madrid marks a formed Anglo-American bond buying syndicate as a hopeful sign for Cuba. It suggests a favorable deal is near and expects the big Havana cannon to pass into American hands. In Alaska, St Michael’s holds amid winter plans for about 300 transport workers with US troops distributed across Yukon posts.
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Madrid
Havana
Fort Yukon
Richardson
Eagle Cry
E. 8
Walker
St. Michael's
Galvin Bay
Kotzebue Sound
French Missionary Massacre Reported in Peking Dispatch
French minister Delcusse read a cable from M Gerard describing a massacre or burning of a French missionary and several Chinese Catholics in a Paklung chapel by a riotous mob. Gerard demanded reparation from the Chinese government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G’an
M. Delcusse
Peking
M. Gerard
Paklung
Global Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains Across Regions
The markets report prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with varied commodities. Grains show No 2 red No 2 white No 2 mixed prices for wheat corn oats rye and related staples across markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
G&e
New York
United States Demands Rapid Cuban Evacuation
An official dispatch to Madrid states Spanish sovereignty in Cuba ends with the new year. All Spanish troops must depart by Jan 1, otherwise the American army will regulate remaining forces. The cabinet rejected extending evacuation to Feb 1 and will assume civil control and customs on Dec 1.
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Cuba
Madrid
McKinley
Long
Alger
Hay
Griggs
Paris
United States
Blanco
Spain
Philippines
Guam
Ladrones
Merritt Married in Quiet London Ceremony
Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt United States Army wed Miss Laura Williams of Chicago in London on Monday. Plans had called for a church ceremony at St Andrew's with staff and nobility present, but Miss Williams illness led to a private, low profile marriage at the Savoy Hotel in her mother's apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Merritt
United States Army
Laura Williams
Chicago
London
St. Andrew’s Church
Miss Williams
Savoy Hotel
Supreme Court rules Joint Traffic Association illegal
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 3 decision, reversed lower court findings to declare the Joint Traffic Association a restraint on trade and commerce. The ruling upholds anti trust law constitutionality and affects its member railways formed November 10, 1905 by 31 lines. The decision signals the organization must cease its current business or restructure entirely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Gray
Shiras
White
Joint Traffic Association
Kansas City Live Stock Association
Trafc
Ilegal
Pullman Company Hit by Supreme Court Ruling
The Pullman Police Car Company was found to exceed its charter by buying real estate and building in Pullman. The court also ruled it cannot own stock in the Pullman Iron and Steel Company or operate rental property, though it may care for its passengers.
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Pullman Police Car Company
Mlingis Supreme Court
Real
Pullman
Pullman Tron and Steel Company
Pullman Iron and Steel Company
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Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Digby Bull
Hen Ifor
Hogan's Alley
Shenendoah
Henry Miller
Manila Special
Galoocan
Manila
Isouth Texas
Midnicht
Transvaal
Zoutpansberg
Opera
Abercrombie
Copper River
Archer
Tonsina River
John Stewart
Bosworth
Judson Dynamite and Powder Works
North Berkeley
Cal
Thomas Roach
Peter Anderson
Crowns H Maes
W. HH. P. Lee
Mexico, Mo
Malvern
Thomas C. Gaughan
Presbyterian Hospital
William
Mississip
Ampersville
Miss
Newark
David Miller
Merritt IS
Married
Merritt and
Wis Bride
Pullman Company
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