Train wreck at Camp Douglas kills four, injures twenty six
Four people died when passenger train No 10 of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha plunged into the Lemonweir River near Camp Douglas owing to a washed out bridge. Twenty six were injured, six seriously, as cars including sleepers were swept downstream. Relief trains and doctors rushed to aid. survivors escaped from sleeping cars in nightwear as the wreck shocked nearby towns.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Leywonweir
Ralph Thompson
Abraham
Lee
Lemonweir
Wet Il
Court Must Decide Sunstroke Case In Indianapolis
A suit filed in Marion circuit court seeks $1,400 from a New York insurance company. Erickson Elsey, a bookkeeper, claims a sunstroke on a public streetcar qualifies for accident coverage and prompts the legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Mable
Marion Circuit Court
Erickson Elsey
New York
Death in Cloudburst Triggers Death Toll Rises
Pittsburg Sept 6 heavy rains yesterday across West Virginia western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio have left thirty six dead and many missing. Ten foreigners were added to the fatalities late last night amid continuing flood dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Senator Stephenson Stricken in Wisconsin woods
A dispatch reports U S Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin was stricken with heart disease in the northern woods near Escanaba Michigan. A special train with doctors was sent to assist him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Stephenson
Milwaukee
Wis
Escanaba
Mich
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Another Dive Victim Found Near West Hammond Dive
In West Hammond Illinois on September 2 a second divers victim was found near the former dive run by Henry Fess. W B Jones of Hammond Indiana was recovered near the site suggesting a tar party may occur before week’s end.
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West Hammond
W. B. Jones
Hammond
Ind
Henry Fess
Escaped the Rebels Arrives in Tucson
F M Cur thy and Kurt Cunningham survived a harrowing chase in rebel infected northern Mexico and reached Tucson yesterday. In Memphis a man believed to be Lon Calis fired a shotgun as police posted guards at Massey Station, wounding thres hen and causing narrow escapes.
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Tucson
Ariz
F. M. Curthy
Kurt Cunningham
Mexico
Memphis
Tenn
Thresshen
Massey Station
Lon Calis
Convict Ball Game Ends in Big Meadow Victory
In Comstock New York on September 2 Great Meadow prison team defeated a rival squad of inmates by a score of 15 to 4. The match highlighted prison athletics as the Great Meadow lineup dominated from start to finish.
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Comstock
N. Y
Great Meadow
Acore
Wool Chief Held as a Dynamiter in Lawrence Case
William M. Wood of Boston president of the American Woolen company was arrested on an indictment charging conspiracy to distribute dynamite during the Lawrence strike. He surrendered with $6,000 cash bail and faces arraignment in Superior Court. The case follows the suicide of mill builder E. W. Pitman after admitting involvement. Dennis Collina of Cambridge remains jailed on dynamite charges with $1,500 bail.
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Boston
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Lawrence
Wood
Superior Court
Suffolk County
Hoe
Andover
Devonshire Street
E. W. Pitman
Pelletier
Grand Jury
Simmona
Pitman
Dennis Collina
Cambridge
Three Die, Thirty Hurt As Train Hits Trolley Car
Illinois Central suburban express strikes a trolley at Parkway near La Grange, trapping thirty passengers and injuring thirty with three fatalities. Five women rushed to School Central hospital. rescue teams remove buried riders as men pry apart wreckage. Anna McGuire among the injured.
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Chicago
Parkway
Slhoois Central Hospital
la Grange
Illinois Central
Anna McGuire
High Church Leader Bishop C. C. Grafton Dies
Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton of Fond du Lac Wisconsin died after a week long illness. He will lie in state in the cathedral with his staff in the open coffin until burial. A grand funeral will be held with clergy and laity nationwide in attendance. Born in Boston April 32 1830 he was a leading high churchman in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Grafton
United States
Charles Chapman Grafton
Boston
City of 150000 Faces Extinction by Volcano
Guadalajara Mexico faces possible destruction from a slumbering volcano. Seven observatory scientists report earthquakes and fissures in the city streets, noting a crater 300 feet beneath the surface and predicting eruption within a year. They urge relocation to Juanacatlan forty miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalajara
Mexico
Republic
National Observatory
Mexico City
Juanacatlan
Santiago
State Palace
Wilson Talks To Farmers In Campaign Kickoff
Governor Woodrow Wilson spoke to farmers at a Pennsylvania State Grange gathering in Williams Grove on August 31. He framed his tariff plank as key to broader economic reform benefiting farmers and all Americans, arguing markets must expand and imports opened to curb rising domestic prices.
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Williams Grove
Woodrow Wilson
Pennsylvania
Woman With Knives Arrested As Taft Elevator Entry Attempt
In Columbus on August 31 a woman named Carolyn Beers of Greenville tried to enter the hotel elevator with President Taft. She declared she would give him a sacred knife and was found in possession of two pocket knives after detectives stopped her. One blade was three inches. She carried about $200 in cash.
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Columbus
Taft
Southen Hotel
Carolyn Beers
Greenville
Johnson
Homer
City
SLAIN DEFENDING HIS HOME IN MEXICO
William Jackson Stevens, an American colonist at Pacheco Chihuahua, was killed defending his home and family from bandit rebels. His Mormon wife and children were present in the battle. their fate was not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Chihuahua
Mex
William Jackson Stevens
Pacheco
Stevens
United States
Potter killed by doctor in Seattle death case
New York sculptor Louis Potter died Wednesday in Seattle after his treatment for a skin disease by a Chinese physician. Coroner J C Snyder stated Potter had consumed six bottles of a black fluid whose nature was not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seattle
Wash
Louis Potter
J. C. Snyder
Snyder
Potter
18th Holdup on Rockefeller Estate in Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown Sept 3. The thirteenth holdup on the Rockefeller estate at Pocantico hills within a month occurred Friday when a seamater was robbed at gunpoint by two Italians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D
Tarrytown
N. Y
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Musselman Wins Michigan Governor Primary by 6303
Musselman, the Republican candidate for governor, secured a 6,303 vote majority in the Michigan primary after county clerks reported totals. Grand Rapids notes the statewide tally as of September 3 with Musselman leading in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musselman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Amos
Three Men Die in Railroad Wreck at Pittsburg
Three men were killed and one fatally injured when a Pennsylvania railroad train bound from Pittsburg to Cleveland collided with a work train. Several others were slightly hurt as the accident occurred Friday. In Rutherford New Jersey a mother Mrs Emilio Debaro and six of her seven children perished in a Friday home fire.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland
Rutherford
N. J
Emilio Debaro
Marines Restore Peace Efforts in Nicaragua Report
Washington dispatches report that a claim of fifty American marines killed in Nicaragua is false. Taft recalls the California as troops plan to move 1200 infantry to Nicaragua while marines patrol Corinto and the railroad to Managua. Rebels offer to repair lines and allow travel, aiming to restore order and protect Americans.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Panama
Corinto
State
Navy
Taft
California
Tenth Infantry
Managua
Weitzel
Johnson
Francisco Vaca
United States
Denver
LAWYERS FLAY COURT RECALL AT ABA SESSION
Milwaukee August convention ends with sharp critique of recall of judges and judicial reform rhetoric. The American Bar Association opposes recall and court delays, forming committees to speed procedures. Frank B. Kellogg of St Paul was elected president, with new directors William H. Burges, William H. Staak, John H Voorhees, and S S Gregory named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
Milwaukee
Association
Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
Minn
William H. Burges
Texas
William H. Staak
Pennsylvania
John H. Voorhees
South Dakota
S. S. Gregory
Illinois
NOYES DIED AFTER ALLEGED POLICE STRIKE
Washington August 30 Thomas Noyes millionaire publisher and president of the Washington American League club died a week after being struck and knocked down on August 17 by Charles W Mundie a member of the Washington police force An affidavit by Charles Simbly Noyes valet of 13 years supports the claim Mundie has left Washington with a statement saying Noyes fell from a street car
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Noyen
Washington American League Baseball Club
Charles W. Mundie
Charles Simbly
Noyes
Mundie
Lakeland Safe In Port After Sault Ste. Marie Passage
The Lakeland, earlier reported sunk off Whiteflak Point, passed Sault Ste. Marie shortly before noon Friday and proceeded to Port Huron without any incident. No injuries or damages were noted, the ship's status confirmed by the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Lakeland
Whiteflak Point
Sao
Port Huron
Civil War Nine ty-fourth Regiment Reunion Held in Bloomington
Two hundred survivors of the Ninety-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry gathered in Bloomington Illinois for an annual reunion on August 31. The late John McNulta of Chicago served as colonel.
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Bloomington
Ill
Ninety-fourth Regiment
Lnofa Volunteer Infantry
John McNulta
Chicago
Aviator Seriously Hurt In Pittsburg Flight Plunge
Wayneburg Pa Aug 31 Aviator Joseph Stevenson of Pittsburg fell Thursday at fair grounds badly injured as six thousand spectators watched Stevenson's biplane plunge over 100 feet after his engine failed.
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Wayneburg
Joseph Stevenson
Pittsburg
Fair Grounds
Stevenson
Balloon tragedy as boy falls from 2000 feet
Ches ter Betts fourteen year old dangles from a balloon rope at a Michigan fair. Rope slips, he falls 2000 feet to the ground as the crowd gasps. Balloonist Abner Amshill from Lansing struggles to pull him to safety but the boy is fatally injured in the plunge. Parents watch in horror as the tragedy unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mich
Chester Betts
Abner Amshill
Lansing
Britain Urges Free Canal in Panama Bill Protest
Great Britain lodges a second protest with the State Department over Panama canal legislation focusing on free passage for American coastwise ships. The note signals Britain may seek arbitration at The Hague if no satisfactory agreement is reached after considering the bill and Taft’s message.
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Panama
State Department
Washington
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Hague
United States
Taft
Congress
General Booth Buried at Abney Park London
Body of Salvation Army founder General William Booth was interred in Abney Park cemetery after funeral services at Olympia. The rites followed Army tradition with solemnity and fervor, drawing about thirty four thousand attendees, many in blue coats and red insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Abney
London
Olympia
William Hovath
Abney Park
Guardian for Astor Baby in Probate Proceeding
Rich infant John Jacob Astor is named as heir in the Astor will. Egerton L Winthrop Jr is special guardian chosen to represent the son born to Mrs Madeleine Force Astor. Proceedings set for September 4 in surrogate's court after the will’s initial probate. Dr Edwin B Cragin delivered the notice to Mrs Astor’s attending physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich
New York
Egerton L Winthrop, Jr
John Jacob Astor
Winthrop
Madeleine Talmage Force Astor
Astor
Edwin B. Cragin
Millionaire dies in game at New York Athletic Club
Ezra K Bartlett, who rose from a Kentucky farm to become a multi millionaire in Arizona, died after a handball fall at the New York Athletic Club. He had suffered months from acute indigestion and ignored his doctor's warnings after a hearty meal on the court.
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New York
Ezra K. Bartlett
Loulaville
Arizona
New York Athletic Club
Stephenson Has Slight Cold From Fishing Camp
Escanaba Mich Sept 3 Reports from United States Senator Isaac Stephenson s fishing camp say the senator is suffering from a slight cold and the condition is not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson
Escanaba
Mich
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Millionaire Giles in dipping vat found dead
Albuquerque reports the body of Luna a millionaire banker and sheep owner and sixteen year Republican national committeeman for New Mexico was found in a dipping vat at his ranch in a mystery that shocks the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles
Albuquerque
N. M
Boloman Luna
New Mexico
Geysers and Wildlife Highlight Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park draws growing vacation crowds as the government safeguards its wonders. Old Faithful is described as a towering water fountain, erupting about every seventy minutes with dramatic color and sound. Visitors may fish for trout while wildlife, including deer and bears, roam the area and hotels offer excellent accommodations with guides available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Fort Yellowstone
Yellowstone
Mangoes grown in Florida sent to President Taft
Washington reports the bureau of plant introduction raised East Indian mangoes in Florida from a tree gifted to David Fairchild in India years ago by an Indian prince. Taft was presented with the fine basket, and Fairchild believes a U.S. mango could become a commercial success.
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Washington
Taft
United States
Bureau of Plant Introduction
Florida
David Fairchild
India
Fairchild
Prohibit Klaging at Depots Geneva Switserland
The Society for Protection of Young Girls Travel ’ong Alone issues order prohibiting kisaing on the railroad platform at Sarnem.
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Geneva
Switserland
Society For Protection of Young Girls
Ong
Sarnem
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