Great Loss of Life as Hurricane Ravages Florida and Cuba
A devastating hurricane sweeping from Venezuela to Florida caused massive losses of life. Elliott Key, near Miami, suffered severe tidal waves sweeping a 250-person settlement into the sea. The St Lucie steamer, menaced by the surge, aided refugees while other coastal towns including Havana and Matanzas reported widespread damage. The storm disrupted shipping, changed coastlines, and left many survivors in critical condition. The report notes high winds up to 120 mph and extensive destruction in the Bahamas and San Salvador.
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Venemela
Atlantic Ocean
Ife
Florida
Ellott Key
Elliott
Key
Fee
Elliott Island
Bahama Islands
Stermer
Cuba
Provceen
Havana
Plank del Rilo
Republic of San Salvador
Jaya
Pennsylvania Treasurer Probes Capitol Spending
State Treasurer Berry questions Governor Pennypacker and Auditor Snyder over the authority to authorize a nine million dollar cap it ol spending on capitol trimmings and furnishings after completion. He asserts that two to four million may have been spent in excess of the original four million appropriation and expects court action if bills are refused.
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Capitol
Berry
Pennsylvania
State Capitol
Gov. Pennypacker
Snyder
Pennypacker
Lin
O. K
Market and Fulton Banks Lead Clearing House Clerk Election
A national clearing house report for the year ending September shows transactions totaling 107.72 billion and year end balances of 3.83 billion. Alexander Gilbert of Market and Fulton national banks elected president. Albert H. Wiggin named secretary. William J. Gilpin re elected manager.
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Fepoig
Néw—work Clearing House
Alexander Gilbert
Fulton National Bank
Albert H. Wiggin
Jkase National Bank
William J. Gilpin
Krupp Heiress Bertha Krupp Weds In Grand Essen Ceremony
Kaiser Wilhelm attended the civil and church rites at a chapel built for the event in Essen. The bride Bertha Krupp, heir to the Krupp fortune, wed German noble Gaston von Bolen in a ceremony graced by royalty and workers from Krupp industries. The Kaiser saluted the bride and toasted the couple after a simple wedding banquet at the Krupp mansion.
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Kaisertung
Essen
Germany
Bion
Bertha Krupp
Bolen
Halzbach
Kaiser- William
Krupp Industries
Krupp
Kaiser Wilhelm
Mme. Krupp
Baron Krupp
Bertha
Mrs Jefferson Davis Dies in New York Hotel Saints
Widow of Confederate President Jefferson Davis passes after illness at the Hotel Saint in New York surrounded by her surviving daughter and relatives. A Natchez, Mississippi native born in 1826, she spent summers at the Adirondacks and accompanied Davis to Washington after their 1845 marriage.
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Paxsex Amy
New York
Jeffer
Won Davis
Hotel Saints
Jefferson Davis
Bride Pays Tribute At Krupp Ancestor Bust
A bride visits the Krupp works in Germany to wreath the bronze bust of her forefather the first Krupp at the old smithy. The couple started their honeymoon. the wedding cost $250 and reflected frugal, simple plans amid Krupp plant life. Mrs Davis, wife of political figure, supported her husband through Civil War years and authored works on Jefferson Davis.
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Krupp
Jefferson Davie
San Francisco Disaster Claims Paid by Connecticut Firms
Six large Connecticut fire insurance companies have paid 15 952 745 on account of San Francisco disaster claims.
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San Francisco
Connecticut
New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Plans Overhead Electrification
The annual report shows net earnings of 3,612,812 dollars and details a shift to single phase alternating current with overhead conductors to avoid the third rail. A contract has been awarded for electrification of a 21 mile track section. Mayfield woolen mills at Louisville are mentioned in the same fragment.
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Neve _Slaten
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Disappearance Rumor Hits Warrensville Village Pastor
The Rev H A Pickard vanishes after a church fundraiser film show. Alleged missing items include a deacon's overcoat a daughter's watch and about $50 in church funds. He had recently preached the sermon that led to a church call to the vacant pulpit.
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Pickard
Ith Iettera
Wealth Haul Found in Carmi Gypsy Camp During Raid
Sheriff Grissom with sixty four deputies uncovered over fifty thousand dollars in gold and currency plus a 25000 credit certificate in a Carmi gypsy camp while searching for a 1000 recovery. The raid aimed to recover Gus Mitchell's claimed stolen funds.
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Sherif
Carmi
Sam Whitle
Gus Mitchell
Mitchell
Grissom
First National Bank of Chicago
Chicago
Fire Sweeps Lake Bluff Suburb in Rapid Blaze
A large fire started at the Bluff lodge hotel in Lake Bluff spreading to nearby homes. Winds drove flames through the southeastern residential block, prompting calls to Lake Forest and Waukegan for aid. The hotel, several houses, and two other properties were destroyed with total damage around 17000. hotel damage 5000 and Dr Parkhurst from three houses valued at 6000 plus two more properties valued at 1500 each.
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Ngreec
Chicago
Lake Bluff
Bluff Lodge
Lake Forest
Waukegan
F. A. West
Bomeos
Withers
M. M. Parkhurst
Emil Nelson
Louis Miller
Girls Flee Farm Drudgery Plea for Better Conditions
Mrs. Ella H. Darley told the National Farmers Congress in Rock Island that farm girls leave the countryside for city life due to drudgery. Congress backed creating a separate dairy bureau, reciprocity treaties, and aid for country roads, and urged outlawing stock futures dealing and telegraph stock quotation circulation.
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Darley
National Congress
Farmers’ National Congress
Rock Island
Ella H. Darley
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Farmer Heroic Escape From Mil an Train Wreck
Morris Herbrandt of Edington was knocked from a wagon as a train struck the rig near Milan. He clung to the engine smoke stack after being hurled about twenty feet into the air, saving himself from being ground under the wheels though he suffered a bad shake and cuts.
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Morris Herbrandt
Edington
Milan
Herbrandt
Mrs Yates Fractures Hip in Jacksonville Accident
Mrs Catherine Yates, mother of a former governor, suffered a fracture of her left hip in a fall near Jacksonville. The injury, linked to her advanced age, is considered serious as she was preparing to retire.
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Yates
Jacksonville
Catherine Yates
Dehorning Fluid Misused Fatal to Farmer
Fred Krammier a 55 year old wealthy Kewaunee County farmer drank a large quantity of cattle dehorning liquid by mistake. The acid can be read as having a severe effect on the stomach and intestines and he is reported in critical condition.
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Tin
Tuan Shir Kai
Europe
America
Fred Krammier
Kewanee
Multiple Local News Items Highlight St Louis Area Incidents
A wide range of brief notices covers accidents and crimes including a football injury, a guilty plea for speeding, a fatal choking incident, a headless body found near Andalusia, and a dress suitcase with unidentified contents. Other items report arrests in Illinois communities, a monkey burial dispute, a railroad-rights dispute, a major elevator collapse in Alton, a bank safe robbery in Iola, and church and court updates with local officials and leaders named.
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Beer
Princeton-university
Oscar
Mungon
Sterling
Chali Se-Sterling
Lam Cand
Heard
James 8
Cat
Normal
Si-O
Tatter
M.—G- Dartér
Sixth—regiment
National Guard
Mabel
D.-O
Hanna
Monmouth
oHugene
W. J., Malone
Lampardville
Déa
William B. Wright
Effingham
N. W. Branson
Petersburg
Supreme Court
State Board of Law ,Examiners
Gertrude Bradbury
Samuel Bradbury
Kewanee
Harry S. White
Paymastern Tube Company
First Baptist
Barbed Wire Pioneer Joseph Glidden Dies at 110
Joseph F Glidden, DeKalb resident and inventor of the barbed wire fence, died at his home. Born January 18, 1813 in New Hampshire, he moved to Illinois in 1842 and perfected the barbed wire fastening with I L Ellwood. He served as DeKalb sheriff, county supervisor, and state legislator and helped locate the northern Illinois normal school in DeKalb.
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DeKalb
Joseph F.glidden
DeKalb County
Mr. Glidden
Charleston
N. H
New York
Joseph F. Glidsen
Illinois
Rose
Glidden
I. L. Ellwood
State Faces Alleged $Millions Losses in Tax Errors
Springfield hearings heard claims that the Illinois State Board of Equalization over thirty years mis assessed railroad companies, omitting debt from capital stock and franchise values. Judge Fleming and J. M. Duffy, representing Col. J. Hamilton Lewis, urged higher assessments to address alleged legal violations and improper tax treatment.
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Board of Equalization
Fleming
State
United States Supreme Courts
Hold Seven for Fatal Bout in Tin Salle Fight
Seven Chicago pugilists and figures connected with a Tin Salle bout on July 4 were indicted for manslaughter in the death of Eadie Greenberg after blows from Eddie Tancel. Grand jury heard medical testimony and coroner verdict while witnesses recounted the fight.
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Chicago Pugiliat
Greenberg
Prize_ pt
Tin Salle
Eadie Greenberg
Eddie Tancel
Chicago
Seconda
Father shoots son then kills himself in Chicago home
Vincenzo Raymundi an 88 year old language teacher in Chicago shot his 11 year old son Joseph and then killed himself at home near a stove in the dining room. Mrs Raymundi said he had been of unsound mind and believed he was followed by the Black Hand Society.
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George Hoff
Howard Wideck
Westervelt
Huff
Wideck
Glino Barham
Hilarry—Davis
Spilltown
Davis -Boy
Barham
Gibson City
Kovwanee Light and Power Company
Lodemann Heat and Power Company
St. Louis
Edwardsville
Litchfield and
Vincenzo Raymundi
Chicago
Joseph
Raymundi
Hens Unsafe in Pike County Sparks Push for Hen Theft Law
Pike County supervisors urge the Illinois Legislature to make chicken stealing a penitentiary offense due to rampant raiding of hen roosts. They argue the state’s hen crop exceeds its wheat crop and about a quarter of chicks are stolen yearly. The Society of Supervisors Clerks and Commissioners of Illinois adopted the resolution at its Waukegan convention.
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Pike County
Society of Supervisors, Clerks and Commissioners of
Illinoia
Waukegan
New Station Planned by Chicago and Northwestern
The Chicago and Northwestern railway will build a 5 million dollar passenger depot and modern terminal in Chicago bounded by West Madison Wells Street Canal and Clinton Streets. Wells Street depot and yards will be dedicated to freight. Completion is expected in two years. The railroad handles 45 000 passengers daily and about 300 trains enter the depot.
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Northwestern Railway
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
West Madison
Pts. Canal and
Clinton Streets
Chicago
Wells Street
Northwestern Road
Tragic Accidental Gun Incident Kills 15-Year-Old Girl
In Willisville a girl named Lena Nifemy, 15, dies when a gun discharged accidentally in the hands of Dea Derrington. The report notes a devastating head wound and references the victim's mother Kim and family present at the scene.
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Lena Nifemy
Willisville
Dea Derrington
Kim 0in-Bi
Lexy
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Lawrence F. Flick
Henry Phipps Institute
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Jefferson-Davis
Fraulein Krupp
Toledo
United States
Taylor
Machinists’ Association
Pope-Toledo
I Iducé
sSompany
National Metal Trades Tecotition
Trenton
N. J
National Association of Retail Druggists
Atlanta
Charles F. Mann
Detroit
Preal- Bente
Epa
Ye Wadi Ait Sas
Ailsin
Snd
Aie Oak
United
International Protective and Beneficial Association of
Canada
International Federation -of-Edthographers-of-urope
Fraulein Krufp
Mayfield Woolen Mills
Louisville
Wralth
Sparks Milling Company
Alton
J. N. Fender
Iola
Fred
Marquis
Rock -Island-in
Presbyterian Synod
East St. Louis
Wilson
Mattoon
Harmon Johnson
Charles Me ‘Robbe
Belleville
Thomas Watkins
Thomas Jefferson Dollar Bill Club
Watkins
George Miller
Putah
Miller
A. J. Stillman
Joliet
G. ©. Moore
Champaign
Woman's Union
Clissold
Women's Union
Miste
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