Paris Flood Disaster Strikes City and Provinces
Paris endures the greatest flood in its history with 10 million dollars in damages and 26 000 idle workers. Typhoid fears rise as water supplies fail and flooding disrupts traffic and essential services across the city and surrounding areas.
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Paris
Ligne Metropolitaine
Paria
Austerlitz
Seine
Dres
Ivry
Ile-de-La-Cite
Auteuil
Pont de L’alma
Charenton
Auteuiel
Murderer Confesses In Rochester Case
Navy orders issued to Portsmouth navy yard commanding officer after a deserter from Rochester, James Hall, confesses to the murder of Anna Catherias Schumacher during a quarrel in a cannery city on August 1 last year.
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Washington
Jan
Navy Department
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
CTE
Rochester
James Hall
Rim
Anna
Catherias
Schumacher
Hoff on Trial for Murder in River Bridge Case
Edward Hoff faced a criminal court trial Monday over allegations he killed his wife by throwing her from a bridge into White River near Broad Ripple. Prosecutors accuse Hoff of murder in the fatal act.
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Edward Hoff
Criminal
Hoff
White River
Broad Ripple
Butler class visits courts to witness prison and workhouse sentences
Sociology students from Butler University watched in court as Mrs. Maggie Lutz was sentenced to 190 days in women’s prison and fined 800 dollars for harboring runaway Girls from the Industrial school. Judge Stubbs discussed possible suspension. The group also heard James E. Kent sentenced to 180 days in the workhouse for neglecting his children and attended the Moff murder trial opening.
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Butler University
Maggie Lutz
Stubbs
Lutz
James E. Kent
Criminal Court
Police Foiled by Five-Cent Show Hold Up Gag
Des Moines police responded to a call of a hold up at a W Washington Street five-cent theater. A man advertising a traveling show staged a fake hold up to draw a crowd, while the theater’s own title reads Holds Up Everybody He Meets. Police found no crime and filed a report of nothing doing.
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W. Washington Street
Desi
Schwab
E.cycle
Schilangan
Todd
Bally Ho
Schlangan
Train Robbery Echoes Through Eureka Area
One of four armed robbers of a Missouri Pacific train near Eureka is believed jailed in a Mattoon boxcar with a sheriff's posse heading there. Crews provided by a bandit's sweetheart aided the hunt after a hacker witnessed the holdup.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Eureka
Mattoon
Cr. O. Ames
Missouri Pacific Railway
Secret Service
Millionaire Van Norden robbed at Waldorf as purse theft leads to arrest
Two women identified as Margaret Williams aged 24 and Bessie Roberts aged 40 were arrested in New York on charges of stealing 26000 dollars from Warner Van Norden a millionaire director with the Van Norden Trust. Van Norden says he picked up a dropped purse at the Waldorf Astoria and the second woman bumped him while the cash wallet was taken from his back pocket.
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New York
Margaret Williams
Bessie Roberts
Warner van Norden
van Norden Trust Company
van Norden
Waldorf-Astoria
McCaffery
Roberts
Wiliams
Mayor to review arrest warrants for saloon keepers
Nine saloonkeepers arrested Sunday for liquor law violations face summons before Mayor Shank this week. The mayor warned there will be no tolerance and hinted licenses may be revoked. Readouts list the arrested: Michael J. Duffieey, Fred Gunner, Patrick Shine, W F Matthias, Mike Garvey, William Munce, Samuel Gelman, Mike Sweeney, John Beyersdorfer. Garvey case involves a Nicholson law technicality as his license is in the name of a deceased owner Seymour Denton.
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Shank
Michael J. Duffeey
Madison Avenue
Fred Gunner
Patrick Shine
Ohio Street
W. F. Matthias
E. Washington Street
Mike Garvey
W. Washington Street
Williama Munce
Samuel Gelman
Washington Street
Mike Sweeney
S. Warman Avenue
John Beyersdorfer
Michigan Street
Lcense
Seymour Denton
Cali Eve Pawarl Litees
Doomed Canadian Pacific Train Disaster In Canada
The Canadian Pacific train plunged through a bridge into the Spanish River near Webbwood killing 81 people and injuring 46. Divers retrieved 18 bodies from the first class day coach as divers continued the search.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Canadian Pacific
Spanish River
Webbwood
Charles Carey
D. A. Mundy
B. J. Walt
Montana
Houde
Sault Ste. Marie
Armour declares high food prices driven by natural laws
Chicago January statements from J Ogden Armour head of Armour & Co and Armour Grain claim current food prices reflect supply and demand. He predicts heavy snow will yield large crops and lower prices for corn wheat and meat, arguing prices would stay high even removing market factors and urging increased production to lower prices.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Armour Grain Company
Thief Puzzles Police At Hoffman Home
Detectives Simon and Asch struggle to identify the thief who entered the servant girl’s room at Mrs. George W. Hoffman’s residence 2226 North na street Surigny. The culprit remains at large with reports of guilt and suspected arrest but no charges filed yet.
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Simon and
Asch
George W. Hoffman
N.na Street
Surigny
Wien
Taggart Eye Injury Survives Shot Incident
Indiana political leader Thomas Taggart narrowly avoids eye loss after a birdshot hit near his right eye. He declined immediate surgery, underwent X rays, and was told vision remained intact. The slug embedded in the nose will be removed with little trouble as Norton, the shooter, mourns the accident.
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Thomas Taggart
Natchex
Taggart
Indiana
W.W. H. Norton
French Lick
Mr. Taggart
Indianapolis
Mr. Norton
Auto crash kills J H Harvey at plant entrance
J H Harvey aged, of 1836 Lockwood street, was fatally injured Monday when struck by a test car driven by Leslie Giffins exiting the Overland Automobile Company's plant at Drover street and Oliver avenue. He suffered a five inch scalp wound and internal injuries. Investigating officers Golinisch and Bastin found no clear blame. Harvey died at City hospital.
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J.H. Harvey
Leslie Giffins
Overland Automobile Company
Drover Street
Oliver Avenue
Giffins
Harvey
Golnisch and
Bastin
West Street
City Hospital
Lockwood Street
Trainmen Escape as Freight Wreck Ties Edgewood Crossing
An eastbound freight from Indianapolis to Cincinnati derailed at Edgewood crossing near Hamilton Ohio. The switch engine stalled with 17 cars on main line. freight No 97 could not stop and collided, destroying ten cars and damaging fifteen. Engineers C M Hill and Stanley Mitchell survived with injuries and were treated at Mercy hospital.
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Hamilton. O
Chicago
C. M. Hill
Stanley Mitchell
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Hill
Mercy Hospital
Four Trainmen Die In Cincinnati Wreck At Five MPH
The bodies of four trainmen from Indianapolis were brought home after a Big Four engine derailed near Cincinnati on Saturday. Conductor John Stradtlander engineer Fred Murphy John Stickle and fireman Goldie were killed. Fifteen passengers were injured, none seriously. The wreck was attributed to part of the engine dropping from the track.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
John Stradtlander
Hoyt Avenue
Fred “Murphy
Bradshaw Street
John Stickle
Lexington Avenue
W. Goldie
S. State Street
Postcard Deal Ends in Arrest of Two Men
Marion Ware an artist for a postcard firm in the Majestic building tried to sell 3000 cards to a street dealer. Carl Broich manager reported the scheme and Ware was arrested on Friday night. Chester Murray implicated after detectives questioned him. Murray admitted guilt recalling a prior embezzlement arrest. Cases set for Tuesday afternoon.
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Marion Ware
Majestic
S. Illinois Street
Chester Murray
Carl Broich
Ware
Ulery and
Samuels
Broich
Illinois Street
Murray
Tuxedo Street
Simon and
Asch
Central Labor Union to Elect Officers Tonight
The Central Labor Union will elect officers Monday night with voting from 7 to 9 PM. Election officers John Hughes Albert Miller and Joh New will recount votes. Candidates include Joseph Obergfell and Charles Koster for president, L Barth and Z F Carrigan for recording secretary, Lum ley and John F Phompson seeking organizer posts, plus three trustees and four sergeant at arms amid a large field.
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Central Labor Union
John Hughes
Albert Miller
Joh New
Joseph Obergfell
Brewery Workers
Charles Koster
L ¥. Barth
Z. F. Carrigan
Mr. Lumley
John F Phompson
Organiger
Mitchell to Cheer Miners at Convention in Tomlinson Hall
John Mitchell former UMW president and Civic Federation wage advocate addressed miners during a convention at Tomlinson hall. He defended the Civic Federation, urged unity, and offered free services while urging delegates to promote wage agreements and better union solidarity.
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Lewis
Civic Federation
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Mine Workers
Tomlinson Hall
Mitchell
Duncan McDonald
Wiliam Green
John P. White
William Morgan
Ohio
Morgan
P. J. Gorman
Gorman
International Executive Board
John Hays Hammond
Federation
Hammond
United States Steel Corporation
Lake Carriers’ Employers’ Association
Civic Association
New York City
van Cleave
Kirby
Post
Labor
Receiver Appointed in Miller-Willlime Printing Case
Kaward Dildein filed in superior court to appoint a receiver for Miller-Willlime Printing Co at 14 B Market Street. He seeks 9 percent interest and alleges substantial indebtedness by the company.
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Kaward Dildein
Euit
Miller-Willlime Printing Company
Market Streat
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