Night Train Wreck Near Lincoln Mass Kills Sixteen
A rear end collision at Baker Bridge station on the Fitchburg main line left sixteen dead and twenty five injured. The Montreal express rammed the local train in a deep cut after Baker Bridge, with fire consuming woodwork and victims. Firemen and rescuers aided the wrecked passengers as signals and weather are cited as factors.
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Lincoln
Mass
Baker Bridge
Fitchburg
Boston and Maine Railroad
Lincoln Station
Charles E. Barnard
Conyers
Montreal
Boston
Concord
Fire Department of
Conor Gauthier
Baker Highway
Sailors seize offices in Mytilene amid ultimatum
Eight ships of the combined fleet arrive in Mytilene. Admiral Ritter von Jedina with the Austrian consul presents an ultimatum to the governor. By afternoon 400 sailors land and seize the customs and telegraph offices. Situation described as quiet by press dispatch.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Mytilene
Ritter von Jedina
Government House
Nine Men Killed in Keystone Powder Works Blast
An explosion at the Keystone powder works in Emporium Pennsylvania destroyed the mixing house and a packing building. It killed nine men including James Joyce John Butler James Campbell John Hamilton Thomas Welch James Murphy Frank Harrings John Osale and Wi. Several others were injured.
Mrs Francis Harrison Killed in New York Auto Crash
Mrs Francis Burton Harrison wife of the Democratic nominee for New York lieutenant governor was killed in a Long Island City auto accident. L I Scott of San Francisco and others were injured as the car veered and toppled after a steering gear break. Harrison was among three siblings who shared her father Charles Crocker’s fortune of 12 to 15 million dollars.
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New York
Francis Burton Harrison
Long Island City
L. I. Scott
San Francisco
Harrison
Charles B. Crocker
New Haven
Mutiny Threat in Black Sea Fleet Holds Odessa in Tense Stand
Dispatch from Vice Admiral Chouknin reports mutineers from the Kniaz Potemkin losing control as sailors and Brest regiment troops shoot themselves in Lazareff barracks. He plans a fresh assault once troops arrive, fearing artillerymen may join. Several officers killed. Chouknin also thwarted mutineers by breaking gunlocks to prevent a fleet seizure.
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Odessa
Kaulbars
Chouknin
Black Sea
Kniaz Potemkine
Brest
Lazareff
Sebastopol
Enthusiastic Welcome for Norway's King Haakon VII and Queen Maud
New King Haakon VII and Queen Maud entered Christiania amid snow and fog. Crowds cheered as municipalities and foreign ministers greeted them in a pavilion at the quayside. The royal party then rode to the castle with Crown Prince Olaf amid lavish decorations and festive streets.
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Christiania
Haakon VII
Queen Maud
Olaf
Droebak
Supreme Court upholds Rogers death sentence
Washington November 28 the Supreme Court affirms the Vermont district court ruling in Mrs Mary Mabel Rogers murder case. The decision shifts execution responsibility to state authorities and leaves Dec 8 as the scheduled date unless governor or state courts act. The court finds it lacking jurisdiction on all raised points.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court of Vermont
Mary Mabel Rogers
Vermont
Lawson Secures Large Proxy Support in Insurance Firms
Boston November 25 Thomas W Lawson reports heavy proxy support giving him absolute control of New York Life and Mutual Life Insurance. He says Harriman seeks railway employer influence while railway workers support him and he will escalate if needed. No proxy figures are provided.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
New York Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Lawson
Harriman
Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia Removed from Office
President Roosevelt removed William Leib, assistant United States treasurer at Philadelphia, for constant and persistent violations of the civil service law while in office. The action was announced from Washington on November 27.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William §. Leib
United States
Philadelphia
Mrs Cassie Chadwick Seeks Reappearance on Witness Stand
Cleveland on November 28 Mrs Cassie Chadwick expressed a wish to testify again in bankruptcy proceedings. She wrote a letter to the Referees indicating her desire to take the stand and answer questions about the case.
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Cleveland
Cassie
Chadwick
Reteres
Cation
The
Fenera
Convicts in Mutiny at Missouri State Penitentiary
Four convicts tried to break from the Jefferson City prison in a battle with weapons and nitroglycerin at the gate. Two guards were killed and two convicts shot with one dying of wounds. two officers injured. Authorities fear a planned larger uprising and warn of armed inmates.
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Jefferson City
State Penitentiary
John Clay
E. Allison
Commissary Department
Hiram Blake
R. E. Lee
Harry Vaughn
St. Louis
Obituary and philanthropic actions in early 20th century notes
William Tod Otto former Indiana district court judge and Lincoln associate dies in Philadelphia at eighty nine. Rothschild and Schiff each send fifty thousand dollars to aid Jews in St Petersburg after disturbances. Roosevelt signals support for single statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Henry G Goll former Milwaukee First National Bank associate cashier faces postponed trial to January term.
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William Tod Otto
Indiana
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Lord Rothschild
London
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Congress
Indian Territory
Henry G. Goll
Milwaukee First National Bank
G. Bigelow
Iowa farmer arrested for murder of wife and five children
William Mc Williams, a prominent farmer from Oelwein Iowa, is jailed on suspicion of killing his wife Mrs McWilliams and six children aged from one and a half to eighteen. The bodies were found in the farm home kitchen with the mother struck by a hammer and hacked with a knife. A dairyman found the scene after visiting for milk and the case suggests the children were killed sequentially after the mother.
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Oelwein
William McWilliams
Schandein Will Sustained in Milwaukee Probate
Judge Carpen ter sustained the will of Mrs. Lizette Schandein and admitted the instrument to probate. The document names Mrs. Jacob Heyl as chief beneficiary of a $7,000,000 estate, while Mrs. Ella Frank and Emil Schandein receive only small allowances after contestors alleged undue influence by Heyl.
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Milwaukee
Carpenter
Lizette Schandein
Jacob Heyl
Ella Frank
Emil Schandein
Frank
Floods Weave Disaster Across Italy From Rivers to Rome
Flooding cascades through central Italy with Campagna Romana submerged and Rome neighborhoods under water. The Basilica of St Paul is ringed by floodwaters and boats are used to reach it. The Tiber surged forty five feet at a location and threatens embankments, recalling 1900 inundation fears.
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Rome
Italy
Campdigna Romana
St. Paul’s
Tiber
Dougherty Pleads Guilty to Forgery Charges in Illinois
Newton C Dougherty former superintendent of schools in Peoria Illinois pleaded guilty to five forgery counts before Judge Worthington. He received concurrent sentences of one to fourteen years on each count and will be sent to Joliet penitentiary immediately.
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Newton C. Dougherty
Peoria, Ill
Navy
Worthington
Joliet Peniten
Nobility Urges Four Regiments to Guard Estates
Novocherkassk Russia November 25 The province's nobility has urgently requested the dispatch to reg yocherkassk of four regiments of troops to protect their estates as the peasantry unrest grows.
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Novocherkassk
Russia
Regyocherkassk
Artist Charles Ward Rhodes Found Dead in Buffalo Room
The Buffalo society artist Charles Ward Rhodes was discovered in his room after suffering insomnia and ingesting cyanide of potassium. George Flynn, 24, son of Reno County district court clerk R H Flynn, was shot fatally at his home near Laredo. Russian POWs from Port Arthur await home departure with 5000 leaving Kobe and 2000 Yokohama midmonth. Navy says a San Juan wireless operator read signals from New York station about 1400 miles away.
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Charles Ward Rhodes
Buffalo Society
George Flynn
R. H. Flynn
Reno County
Kan
Laredo
Port Arthur
Kobe
Yokohama
Navy Department
San Juan
Porto Rico
New York
Neighbors Named Root Confidential Clerk In Washington
Secretary Root selects H F Neighbors of New York as his confidential clerk. The article notes other contemporary items including deaths and disputes: Colonel Samuel F Scott former postmaster of Kansas City dies at 56, John Dixon found dead in a Kansas City hotel, Dr Amourette Beecher dies at 83 in Santa Barbara, the Countess de Szilassy granted a divorce in Detroit, and a boxing draw in Los Angeles with Willie Fitzgerald knocking out Fred Landers in Colma Cal. Also mentions Eddie Hanlon Aurelio Herrera 20 round draw, Edna Wallace Hopper seriously ill, Andrew Carnegie donating 10000 dollars for Jewish relief, Horace Ankenny leading a patent medicine crusade, and U S Steel buying Durango iron ore mountain in Mexico.
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H. F. Neighbors
New York
Root
Samuel F. Scott
Kansas City
Kagosh
Japan
John Dixon
United States
William A. Clark
Montana
Amourette Beecher
David Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Santa Barbara
Cal
Countess de Szilassy
Louisa May Hecker
Detroit
Gyula Hope Joseph de Szilassy
Eddie Hanlon
Aurelio Herrera
Los Angeles
C al
Colma
Willie Fitzgerald
Fred Landers
Edna Wallace Hopper
New York City
Andrew Carnegie
Russia
Multiple deaths and legal ruling noted in late 19th century items
The report lists various items including the US Supreme Court upholding an anti gambling statute, a London relief fund rising to 355000 with 50000 from Jacob Schiff, a Brooklyn factory fire injuring seven causing about 50000 in damage, a priest attacked in Bradenville, the death of architect Stephen Vaughn Shipman, inventor Robert Whitehead, a currency comptroller audit on banks, Henry Faxon’s death, Rev. Bunlop Moore’s death, and a Chicago mother’s homicide attempt on her son, with incomplete details.
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Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Jacob H. Schiff
New York Relief Committee
London
Leonard and Meserole Streets
Brooklyn
St. Rose’s Catholic Church
Bradenville
Father Shea
John Ravonski
Unusual Features Follow Sioux Native Man Death at Ranch Tragedy
A Sioux Indian named Frank King died after an accidental self inflicted gunshot at a ranch gathering in Lyman County. King, celebrating a horse race win, fired a six shooter pressed to his forehead. the shot entered between the eyes, killing him the next morning.
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John Dillon
Lyman County
Dillon's
Frank King
King
Sioux City man shoots wife then kills self
E H Darrow of Lead South Dakota aged sixty shot and killed his son's wife Lillian Darrow of Sioux Falls twenty five and then shot himself while driving back from a hotel to a railway station at Sioux City Iowa. The dead woman formerly Miss Lilian Morrison a school teacher of Sioux Falls. A letter found on her person unsigned apparently from her husband indicated trouble but undying love.
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Sioux City
E. H. Darrow
Lead
Lillian Darrow
Sioux Falls
Lilian Morrison
Sioux Halls
W. E. Darrow
Belle Fourche
Ughter
Reward Offered for Firebug in Geddes Fires
City council and local businessmen have posted a standing reward of 400 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for a series of five fires in Geddes with several buildings destroyed.
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Geddes
Disappearance of Day County Farmer Spooks Community
Friends and relatives express deep concern for J. K. Anderson a Day County farmer who vanished from his home on October fb raising fears and questions about his whereabouts and safety.
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J. K. Anderson
P Craae
Ite
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Dak, Ave
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