Murder at Garrett Ind Housekeeper shot by employer
Edward Black a B and O railroad worker killed his housekeeper Mrs Maggs Cannon at Garrett Indiana after a dispute when ordered to leave the house she refused. Black was later arrested. Also noted are embezzlement charges against Clifford Hixton and a Chicago bank experiment with 24 hour operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Black
B. & QO. Nailroad Company
Maggfe Cannon
Garrett
Ind
Edward ©. Reed
Willam J. Sincoke
Richmond
Heed
Imvoke
Tecumseh Tract
Lafayette
Fire destroys Italian Hungarian exhibits at Milan exposition
A blaze ravaged the decorative arts section at the Milan international exposition destroying Italian and Hungarian exhibits and the architecture pavilion. Damages are estimated at 800000 dollars. Several firefighters and carbineers were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Hungary
Milan
Murderer Hanged at Charleston Jail Yard
William A. Marcus died on the gallows in Charleston South Carolina jail yard for the murder of his bigame wife Maggie Marcus on Sullivan's Island near Charleston last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Marcus
Charleston
S.C
Andrew L. Davenport
Newport News
William Thomas
Paryenpory
Trainmen Killed in Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg Wreck near Harmony
Three trainmen died in a freight wreck on the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg line near Harmony Pennsylvania when the train ran into an open switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Harmony
Jail Escape and Ferry Disaster Reported in Separate Incidents
Thomas Toole escaped Newcastle county jail by digging through brick walls while under death sentence for murder of his brother in law Le roy Barber. A Berlin dispatch says a ferry on the Vistula near Wilnaowo sank with thirty drowned passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Toole
Leroy Barber
Newcastle
Berlin
Germany
Vistula
Wilnaowo
Tragic Accident Claims Vincennes Boy
Five year old Frank Eaton Jr. of Vincennes Indiana fell into a pot of boiling water after a mishap with his mother and died from the injuries. The incident was reported as a fatal accident with immediate medical attention provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Eaton
Vincennes
Ind
Rear Admiral Train Dies in Asia Station
Che Fon reports Rear Admiral Charles J. Train commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet died there of uraemia. The funeral details and succession follow in official notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Fon
Charles J. Train
United States Asiatic Feet
Uraemia
Detroit Clerk Dies After Forty-Nine Day Fast
James B. Postlethwaite of the Michigan Central Railway Company in Detroit died in a hospital after fasting forty nine days for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Postlethwaite
Michigan Central Railway Company
Detroit
Mich
Tragic buggy collision near Muncie kills Sanford McKinney
A traction car struck a buggy at a road crossing near Muncie Indiana. Sanford Lou McKinney 45 a Muncie resident was killed instantly and Frank Young sustained serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie-Portland
Sanford Lou McKinney
Frank Young
Muncie
Ind
McKinney
Young
Train Wrecked by Landslide Near Poughkeepsie
The Pacific Express on the New York Central was wrecked near Poughkeepsie after striking a landslide. Many passengers injured and the engine fell into the Hudson River. one reman was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Express
New York Central
Poughkeepsie
Hudson
New Orleans Health Officer Proposes Minnows to Fight Mosquitoes
Dr. Quittman Johnke city health officer advocates using top minnows in stagnant pools to destroy yellow fever mosquitoes and curb breeding. He plans to request government funding to provide the minnows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quittman Johnke
New Orleans
Death by own action of Eli A. Gage in Seattle lodging
Eli A. Gage son of former Secretary Lyman J. Gage is described as having shot himself in a room of the Tourist Hotel in Seattle. He had recently fled Chicago, drifted through the West, and faced heavy drinking. He worked for the North American Trading and Transportation Company and had money troubles after depositing funds in Seattle banks. The note cites heavy drinking and long travel as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli A. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman 2. Gage
Chiscago
Red Helm
Seattle
J. W. Goret
Greystone
Gage
Mir
Weare
Ife
Alaska
Circle City
P. B. Weare
J. J. Healy
Se Ila Lee
Chicago
West
Northwestern Steamship Company
Labor Leaders Rally For Union Support In March Bill Push
The American Federation of Labor executive council releases a nationwide campaign urging action for labor legislation. It criticizes Congress for catering to large corporations and calls on unions to back labor candidates and the March bill of grievances. Gompers Connell Morrison are named as the coordinating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Hikor
United States
Congress
Tle
Strowmart Inn to Open for Working Girls in Abingdon Square
A new hotel for self supporting women aged 21 to 35 will open at Abingdon Square New York offering room and board for four dollars with breakfast and dinner. Transients may obtain a few rooms while sewing washing and ironing spaces plus a library and reception rooms are free. W T L Martin backs the project asserting it will be financially successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon Square
New York
Mills
W. TL
Martin
Drownings in Lake George and Fire At Marsville Oil Warehouse
Sophia and Corinne Viddian of Brooke lyn N Y drowned while boating on Lake George. The Franco American Oil Company warehouse at Marsvilles burned injuring six. Ferdinand Von Saar a noted author and Reichsrat member shot himself and died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Corinne Viddian
Brookelyn
N. Y
Lake George
Marsvilles
Ferdinand von Saar
Reichsrath
Terek
Spain
Russia
Russian mutinies shake Cronstadt Sveaborg and Pamyat Azova
Mutinies surge across Cronstadt and Sveaborg end in surrender while the cruiser Pamyat Azova mutinies off the Estonian coast. Loyal sailors quell the revolt. martial law,several killed and wounded. government troops retake forts and secure passes as strikes ripple toward St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cronstadt
Sveaborg
Pamyat Azova
Esthenian
St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Count Heyden
Mexander Guchkoff
Prince Nicholas Looff
Daai Vinogradoff
Koni
Long history of Nihilist revolts and Russian unrest
A historical timeline recounts Nihilist uprisings and assassinations from 1863 to 1905, noting revolts in Finland, anti government riots, famine, strikes, and calls for a legislative assembly by tsarist officials. The text then shifts to Minnesota railroad hearings, detailing an order demanding production of all statistical records by railroads, aimed at Great Northern and potentially others, and sparking debate over state access to company records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor Aler
Finland
Migor Sipisgin
Casete
Cay
Zemastyost
Besimadia
Ours
Tia
S .Ee
Russia
Poland
Legislative Assembly
Douma Assy
Minnesota
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
State Capitol
Great Northern Railroad
Severance
Staples
Caniro
Staknes
Baltimore Railway Merger Plans Earn Board Approval
The United Electric Railways of Baltimore board approved merging the region's transit and lighting companies. The consolidated entity will issue 5 percent thirty year bonds to replace the 4 percent income bonds of joining companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United Electric Railways of
Surveyors plan canal linking Lake Superior to Hudson Bay
Two survey parties from Winnipeg were sent north and south to mark lines for a canal connecting Lake Superior with Hudson Bay. Employed by James J. Hill of the Great Northern, the project aims to tap virgin Canadian territory. The line will reach Lake Winnipeg this year with Port Arthur as the southern terminus unless a Rainey River route via the Lake of the Woods is found. Rainey River likely too swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainey River
Chicago Trade Strong as Summer Advances and Production Expands
A Chicago business outlook notes midsummer activity at peak levels across leading industries. Iron and steel show strength with high prices, machinery and electrical goods sustain forward work, and building continues headway. Crop prospects remain hopeful amid strong raw materials and rising bank clearings and deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bistom
Hoe Mead
Tos
Duu
New York
Tyere Tiessaiser
United States
Canada
Eighrteen
Bradstreet
Obituary and Crime Roundup from Early 20th Century News
Reports of Prince Eugene Morar killed near Munich in an auto overturn. Fire destroys Washington Frow ing Company plant in Finlexville Pa with $50 loss. W Baldwin Jobson, leading Washington coal dealer, found dead from heart failure. Ambassador Reid pays Barnet hospital £150 in lieu of fine for chauffeur. Harry Spayd of Ohio Indiana gang jailed four years. US army transport Lo gan brings soldiers and saloon passengers from the Philippines to San Francisco. Lee Lindel and Henry Wilkes arrested in Columbia Tennessee for post office money theft amounting to thousands. Southern Pacific to implement new pay and schedule, twelve and a half miles per hour and eight hours work. Judge Gantenberg of Portland Ore. sentences Charles Bock to six years. William Lee executed for assault near Chad Maryland to outwit mob. DC Supreme Court begins to secure $25 000 government bonds from alleged fraud in Gaypor contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Eugene Morar
Munich
Bavaria
Washington Frowing Company
Finlexville
W. Baldwin Jobson
Washington
Ambassador Reid
Barnet
England
Harry Spayd
Ohio
Indiana
United States Army
Logan
San Francisco
Philippines
Islands
Lee Lindel
Henry Wilkes
Columbia
Tenon
Columbia Post Office
Southern Pacific
Gantenberg
Portland
Ore
Charles Bock
Jlars’ Union
William Lee
Brown
Smith’s Island
Chad
Supreme Court of the Dist of Columbia
u-Gaypor
Railroad rate commission to adopt uniform bookkeeping system
The Interstate Commerce Commission may require a standard accounting method for all railroads. Prof. Adams of the University of Michigan and state statisticians are invited to help devise the system. Aiming for July 1 implementation and a government-aligned fiscal year for roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Weary
Adams
Theniversity of Michigan
Theri Pier
Minor Note Roy Ferguson Dies by Own Action in Sioux Falls
News item notes Roy Ferguson of Canby Minnesota died by his own hand at Sioux Falls 8S. 1). The report mentions a Brooklyn New York plan for a 5000 cathedral in Notre Dame de Rouen style and references a Joseph Jerome in Georgia addressing Roosevelt criticism of a federal judge. It warns lithographers may strike over hours, and that the Rhode Island battleship was only slightly damaged after a collision at Norfolk with two guns and mounts hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
New York
Georgia
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Norfolk
Shutting Out Women in Chicago Office Jobs
A disrupted historical note details a push to segregate women from office work in Chicago firms. It cites the Chicago and Northwestern Railway and other companies arguing women lack reliability and mental stamina for advancement, with references to pensions and stenography as barriers.
Hoosier Happenings and Local Incidents Recap
Joseph Renner named postmaster at Lagro in Walas county replacing the deceased L H Curnutt. Carl Cassoway, 24, killed instantly near Princeton by a wagon load of stone. Sixty sixth Indiana Infantry to hold a West Baden reunion August 18. A Hartford City boy, 6, drowned at Lake James near Angola. Joseph Burris, 65, killed after falling from a wreck train near Brownville. Lewis Koontz, railroad foreman, killed near Ligonier. Rushville settlers plan a reunion August 3 with Judge Robinson and Congressman Watson as speakers. The G R and F depot safe at Lagran ge robbed of about $100 after station agent bound and gagged. A switch caused two South Bend cars to wreck. one passenger, William, injured. Joseph Rudecap, 51, dies after ten days illness from a neck carbuncle. funeral requires a large casket. A smith shop yard destroyed by fire. A $7.50 and $500 factory-related note appears. railroad station damage noted. A head on collision near Rushville kills Taylor Keith. several crew injured. Fourteen passengers escape death on a Northern Indiana interurban at Elk Hart Main street crossing. Lake Shore passenger train grazes, glass shattered. motorman avoids collision. Sheriff Sourbier of Marion County reports Cigarette Baker, sought for bribery, living in a Canadian village far from the border. Effort to lure Baker into the United States fails. a death log and skull injury are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Renner
Lagro
Walas County
L. H. Curnutt
Carl Cassoway
Princeton
Sixty-sixth
Indiana Infantry
West Baden
Heller
Hartford City
Lake James
Angola
Joseph Burris
Lagrange
Southern Michigan Railway Company
South Bend
Williamea
Joseph Rudecap
Artecson
Indiana
Elkhart
Lake Shore
Sourbier
Marion County
Baker
Indianapolis
Peath
James Iding
Harding
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Galveston, Ind
AM _E. THURSTON
F. Q. F. M. Wthaz
Panorama OF the World
Henry Tnussel
Albany
Pillsbury Company
Insurance
Belcher
William H. Belcher
Paterson
N. J
Trenton
Manchester Building and Loan Association
Clifford
Hixton
Union Trast Company
Pittsburg
Iton
Samara
Rear Admiral
Train
Minnowsa
Yellow Jack
UNIFE
Philadelphia
Pugin
Pennsylvania Society For the Protection of Children
Coplin
Bureau of Health and Charities
Abbott
Bureau of Health
Society
S. Weir Mitchell
A. ©. Abbott
George W. Dougherty
F. H. Dercum
W. W. Hawke
Alfred Gordon
Shooter
Wife
Programme For
Trades Unionists
Southern Pacific Company
J. Vatarus Bonnette
Salt Air Railway
Salt Lake City
Milwaukee
Santa Barbara
Stillwater
Minn
Stella Brennan
Sveaberg
Prouble
Reval
Diedsingfors
Sveahors
E- Viko
Gulf
Miteh Imaportiners
Riga
Eitan
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Uelsingfors
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Black Sea
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Welock
Woo
Cromstadt
Sveabourg
Tts
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Jawas
Peterhof
Tsarskoe Selo
Alexander
Japan
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Interfr
von Vpiehve
Zemstros
Yee Mirsky
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Manahan
Chiergo Catile
Stanedirrd
Prain
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Sheen
Cincinnati
Fair Co
Compton
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Standard
Pennsylvania
Pittsboro
Standard Oh
Intersare Commerce Commission
Dennett Eani
Slerkooo
Seerenly
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Iain Dace
Owen Loa
Waest
South
Lee Eneuth
Riley
Kane
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Tex
Robinson
Nebo Fars
George Sowder
Carnegie Steel Works
Pittsbureg
William Patei
Memphis
Mississippi
Brooks’ Landing
Miss
Henry Kraft
Michael Maxson
American Library Association
St Newbury Street
Doston
George J. Jackson
Tiashand
Fort Worth
Texas
Los Angeles
Thomas Reid
Martin Krafee
Worcester
Mass
Ignatz Krewzyp
Scranton, Pa
Moe
Ann Golden
Ann van Valeo
Richard Davies
Mark Smith
L. C. Cowan
Tucson
Ariz
Congresso
el Senado
Hermosillo
Mexico
Roy Ferguson
Canby Minn
Sioux Falls
Brooklyn
Notre Dame de Rouen
Chieng
Mathifes
Iseirth
Fenaabeon
Barber Asphaltrinos Duder
Cousy Weestsaror
Ater
Chisago
Taoa
Aoman
Lipsess
Tess
Bac
Ao Botum
Tess Methoads
Tina
Gorks
Vaverica
Ford
Om von Leary
Hoosier
Robert Schneider
Frederick Schneider
Columbia City
Dawson Youtz
William Kepping
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Knox County
Keppong
Wabash
Newton Butler
Sational Military Soldiers
Marion
John Snrdeg
Gio Home
Butler
Snyder
Smith Uabbard Liber Conienivat
Waba
Passenier
Medane
Fushville
Taylor Keith
Westport
Lig Four
Heineor Kaseines
Crabbs- Reynolds-Taylor Company
Wabash River
Central Union Telephone Company
Vere
August Hartman
Qsgo.1
Yackey
Cambridge City
Owen Dickson
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