Chicago Chief of Police Survives Knife Attack at Home
George M. Shippy, Chicago police chief, was stabbed in the right side while his son Harry, 19, was fatally shot in the left lung and driver James Foley wounded. An anarchist assailant, killed by the thief who returned fire, was linked to a broader plot as Mrs. Shippy and daughter Georgia, 22, witnessed the events.
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Harry
James Foley
Shippy
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Feley
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Busse
Schuettler
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Kellar
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Charles Lewis
Kersey
Colo
Greeley
Tri-State Literary Society
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Indianapolis
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Miss Hoggatt
Captain Hoggatt
Petersburg
Tri-State
North Manchester High School
Fahn Haas
Logansport
Anarchist Attacks Chief Shippy. Son and Driver Wounded
An assailant believed to be a Sicilian or Jewish man attacked Chief Shippy at his home. He stabbed the chief, wounded the driver Foley, and fatally shot Harry Shippy, while the chief and Foley returned fire, killing the attacker. Authorities suspect anarchist plotting. In Lisbon, troops dispersed a 20,000-strong crowd after the Portuguese sovereigns died.
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Lisbon
Fire damages Cincinnati millinery firms amid losses
A blaze in Cincinnati caused about 90000 dollars in damage. Principal losers included the H Stratemayer Company wholesale millinery M F Lawrence Electrical Company C Celawaert the Queen Manufacturing Company and the Longworth estate.
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Cincinnati
H. Stratemayer Company
M. F. Lawrence Electrical Company
C. Celawaert
Queen Manufacturing Company
Longworth Estate
Tragic North Collinwood School Fire Claims Many Young Lives
A deadly fire at the North Collinwood public school in Ohio trapped 160 to 170 children ages 6 to 15 as exits failed. Limited to inward opening doors and a single rear escape, the blaze caused a chaotic rush that left a vast heap of casualties, with teachers guiding students through a doomed drill.
Building fires and inspectors blamed after tragic school blaze
Chief State Factory Inspector John H. Morgan travels to Collinwood to inspect a 1901 school building that burned 160 children were in danger as the structure had not been inspected by the State Fire Inspector. Officials say inspector coverage is inadequate and doors of many public buildings swing inward. Fire drill at Central High School in Grand Rapids saved 1,200 pupils in two and a half minutes. Holocausts of history recount major fires and disasters from 1811 to 1908 with high death tolls.
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Collinwood
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Plumbus
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Cleveland
Central High School
Indiana
Coal City
Old Salem
United Brethren
Salem Church
Edward Beck
Petersburg
Safe Blow ers Rob Mount Crab Bank Ohio
Four or five robbers forced a rear window at Mount Crab Bank Ohio 40 miles east of Cincinnati on the Norfolk and Western railroad and blew the vault with nitro glycerin, stealing 3000 dollars in currency and securities. The explosion woke guests at the Brown Hotel across the street before the bandits fled toward Fayetteville in a buggy.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Brown Hotel
Fayetteville
Boys Home Dormitory Fire Near Detroit
The D Arcambal Home for Boys in Clarenceville, a Detroit suburb, suffered a Thursday night dormitory fire. All thirty six boys were evacuated safely. Superintendent Lane leaped from an upper window but escaped serious injury.
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Detroit
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General Herman Lieb Dies At Chicago
Brigadier General Herman Lieb Civil War veteran and leading Chicago German community figure died on Thursday. He served as a general during the Civil War and was a prominent civic presence in Chicago Illinois.
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Herman Lieb
Chicago
Ill
Fireman to Guard Each Pittsburgh School
As a result of the Cleveland school disaster Alderman Sweeney of Pittsburgh Pa prepares an ordinance requiring a fireman stationed in every school building from 9 AM to 4 PM daily. It notes that theaters already have a special fireman on guard and that his presence serves as a precaution and boosts public confidence.
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Cleveland
Alderman Sweeney
Pittsburg
Fire Threatened Piqua Memorial Hospital in Ohio
Fire endangered Piqua Memorial Hospital as firemen moved patients and nurses by windows. Neighbors quickly converted homes into improvised wards to care for patients. The hospital was saved. A separate dispatch reports Sturgeon Bay WI principal school building burned Thursday with an estimated loss of 66 000 dollars.
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Piqua Memorial Hospital
Piqua
Ohio
Sturgeon Bay
Bay
Wis
Hartje acquitted in Pittsburg trial for conspiracy
Hartje, millionaire. Augustus Hartje. John L. Welshons. and Clifford Hoge, a coachman, were acquitted in Pittsburgh after jurors received instructions to render a verdict and assign costs to the county. The ruling marks Hartje’s first victory since the lengthy divorce suit began three years ago.
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Hartje
Augustus Hartje
John L. Welshons
Clifford Hoge
Mary Scott Hartje
Pittsburg
Machinery Shearing Record Shatters World Total Near Phoenix Arn
F Him sheared 325 sheep in nine hours breaking the world machinery shearing record near Phoenix Arn. J Bowdle followed with 309. The plant with thirty shearers also set a world mark by cutting 6 572 sheep in nine hours. Dr Wilson L Gill proposes an international school correspondence plan to foster peace.
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Arn
F. Him
J. Bowdle
Wilson L. Gill
American Patriotic League
War on Anarchy Pushes Chicago Police to Action
Federal state and city officials unite to quash anarchist activity after Lazarus Averbuch, a youth linked to nihilists, kills Chief George M. Shippy. Authorities say Averbuch planned to murder the chief at a meeting of anarchists and was connected to plans against Mayor Busse and Detective Captain O Bri en. Roosevelt commends Shippy and promises reward if possible.
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Lazarus Averbuch
George M. Shippy
Haymarket Square
Averbuch
Chief Shippy
Olga Averbuch
Washburne Avenue
Busse
P. D. O'Brien
Detective Bureau
Peceu
Haymarket
Roosevelt
Denver Auditorium Ready By June For National Convention
Denver prepares to host the Democratic national convention with a fireproof auditorium costing $550000 and seating 12500, larger than Madison Square Garden. Officials expect record attendance, low railroad rates, and hotel price assurances to attract delegates, with substantial city and state funding for hospitality.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Colorado
Stolen Indiana Seed and Flour At Reed Mill Pierceton
The Reed mill at Pierceton reports the theft of seed and flour valued at 150 dollars. Local officers are on the trail of the thieves as community alerts rise over the break in.
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Pierceton
Notable 1900s Headlines from Global Tensions and Figures
Reports cover Ernest Coquelin in a private sanitarium due to Napoleon delusion, 5000 Russian troops mobilizing across five nations, Venezuela’s high court upholding a 200000 penalty against New York Bermuda Asphalt, Finland’s Gov Gen resigning as Gen Bekmann assumes power, Admiral Evans’ fleet passing Valparaiso with the Chilean squadron, Baron Takahira returning as ambassador and commenting on peaceful ties, three Americans striking it rich with a Mexican diamond claim, a Lisbon brief on the boy king at Cintra, deadly rioting after Rome death anniversary, Austria plans a Salonica railroad widening Balkan tensions, Serbia protests and seeks Russian help amid Austrian maneuvering.
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Callao
Peru
Kogoro Takahira
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Rome
Supreme Court upholds Elkins law rebate conviction
The Supreme Court rules the Great Northern railway conviction and a $15 000 fine for 20 cent per hundred rebates on oats shipments from Minneapolis to Seattle valid despite acts occurring in 1905 before Hepburn. Indictments postdate Hepburn, decision affects many appeals and blocks undoing penalties by repeal. The ruling is unanimous and holds repeal does not excuse penalties unless explicitly stated.
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Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
Seattle
Standard Oil Company
Scientist Detects Water on Mars via Spectra
Prof. Slipher of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff photographs comparison spectra of Mars and the Moon. The results indicate water vapor in the Martian atmosphere, pointing to possible water presence on Mars.
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Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Arn
Moon
Martian
Canal Diggers Quartet Sail For Isthmus Panama
A group of four women musicians sailing under government contract and the Y M C A will perform in the canal zone. They plan to be away about four weeks. Raids Not Aimed at Trust. The American Tobacco Company denies that the Kentucky night riders raids target the tobacco trust and cites rising prices and growers' gains as proof.
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