Tragic Streetcar Death Triggers Violent Brooklyn Mob
A 16 year old, Edward Kelly, was fatally run over by a Genera Island street car on Franklin Avenue Brooklyn. Passengers mobbed the motorman George Decker after seeing the mutilated body and dragged him from the car. Police intervened as the crowd beat the man and the father of the victim was among the agitated onlookers.
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New York
Edward Kelly
Géney Island
George Decker
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
John Mitchell Sick With Kidney Disease in Chicago
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America is seriously ill in Chicago. Mrs. Mitchell rushed to his bedside from Spring Valley Illinois. He arrived in Chicago en route to Washington and was taken to Frank Schell’s home on Graves Place. He reportedly suffers from kidney disease worsened by a severe cold and is in intense pain.
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Chicago
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Father claims Horace Marvin is dead in Delaware case
In Dover Delaware on April 9 Dr Marvin father of Horace Marvin a 3 year old missing boy says the boy is dead. Frank H Butler a former farm hand and deckhand on the steamer John P Wilson is jailed charged with murder after detectives theory that a heavy bag in a barn hid the child s body. Caldwell says Butler had loaded bags on a wagon and one bag missing reputedly contained the boy. Butler denies knowledge and awaits trial without bail.
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Marvin
Dover
Del
Horace Marvin
Frank H. Butler
Butler
John P. Wilson
Marvin Farm
Caldwell
Neta
Horeace
Justicet Wood
Water Levels Report In Star Shaft Mine
Water in the Star shaft measured near eight hundred feet while the gauge broke and could not confirm the exact level. Flow from Deadwood creek into the north end tunnel affected readings on the Whitewood side.
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North End
Deadwood Creek
Whitewood
Snow Drops Deep in Mountain Regions Delays Cleanup
Snow continues to pile in mountain districts with several feet of cover and drifts reaching eight to ten feet in places. Engineers race to divert water from the Savage tunnel as a bulkhead and tiling are rushed to manage daily flow of millions of gallons.
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Savage
Tragic Handcar Deaths Near Edgemont
Two Marietta women riding a Burlington handcar near Edgemont were killed when No. 46 freight train struck their car. Mrs Wilson, left by her husband with five children, died after a fall. the other woman, wife of a section foreman, was mangled as the train passed. The engineer warned them but saw only a discarried figure as the car remained on the track.
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Edgemont
Wilson
Burlington
Marietta
Supreme Court rules against insurer in Missouri death action
The Supreme Court today construed Missouri law on death by own action to bar a policy defense by The Aetna Life Insurance Co. The case involved Amanda S. Whiteheld of Kansas City and a $35,000 life policy on James Whitfield. Justice Harlan delivered the opinion reversing the Eighth Circuit. Whitfield, once Kansas City Star sport editor, died April 20, 2001. his widow and son reside in Kansas City.
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Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Amanda S. Whiteheld
Kansas City
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri
Harlan
Circuit Court of Appeals For
Eighth Circuit
James Whitfield
Sporting
Kansas City Star
Western Baseball League
Whitfeld
Union Official Disappears After Drawing Miner Funds
In Duquoin Illinois April 26 the secretary treasurer of the district miners union BP MH Strauhan of Murphyshord vanished Saturday morning in Cairo. Initial murder theories faded as it emerged Strauhan drew 1400 dollars from union funds Friday and later gambled in Cairo, reportedly losing heavily.
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Bank Duquoin
Ill
Strauhan
Murphyshord
Cairo
Strauhun
Alfred Packer Man Eater of Colorado Dies
The body of Alfred Packer known as the Man Eater is interred at Littleton after dying at the Cannery ranch. The 64 year old former army scout who led five men from Salt Lake into San Juan country in 1878 was convicted of murder and served eighteen years in prison before his release. He claimed innocence and admitted eating some flesh to survive.
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San Juan Country
Salt Lake
Denver
Alfred Packer
Deer Creek Canon
Littleton
Packer
Cannelley Ranch
San Juam
Packe
Dutiful Daughter From Texas Seeks Father’s Move From County Hospital
Mrs. Wilhelm from San Antonio arrives by the Burlington to fetch her father J. L. Rugg from Lawrence County Hospital. She plans to move him to her home in Texas to live out his remaining years in comfort, after learning his distressed circumstances. Rugg, once a carpenter in Black Hills life, had relied on county aid recently. He previously resided at Camp Bell House, Leas, per 1908 directory.
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Texas
Wilhelm
Burlington
San Antonio
J. L. Rugg
Lawrence County Hospital
Deadwood
Black Mills
Lead
Campbell House
Leas
Gayville
Rugg
Bishop Hare Undergoes Eye Removal Operation in New York
The Right Reverend W. H. Hare, Episcopal bishop of South Dakota, had his right eye removed in a recent operation at St Luke's Hospital in New York. The procedure, done a week ago to treat a long standing cancerous sore, was reported as very successful via messages received in Sioux Falls.
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New York
Sioux Falls
W. H H. Hare
South Dakota
St Luke's Hospital
All Saints
Bishop Nears Recovery After Nose Cancer Surgery
A message from the bishop reports rapid patient progress and optimism for improved health after operations. Doctors say once effects subside, he will be in better health than in years, following cancer that began as a nose abrasion likely from noseglasses and led to loss of one eye.
Dakota lands open for settlement in Butte County South Dakota
The region offers over 2 000 000 acres of free government lands adjacent to the Grand River country near the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. Soils are black loam with clay subsoil, rainfall 16 20 inches, timber along the Grand River, and underground lignite coal. Homesteads require five years residence with six months constructive residence and eight months actual residence and fifty cents per acre to commute.
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Butte County
South Dakota
Grand River Country
Chicago, Milwaukee and
North Grand River
Postal rules warn of dangerous dogs blocking mail delivery
Postal authorities state that a man who keeps a vicious dog may have mail delivery omitted from his premises. If the carrier will not risk the danger, the dog owner must retrieve mail at the post office.
County Treasurers Limited to One Percent Commissions
Judge Jones rules that county treasurers may retain only 1 percent of city and independent school district taxes, overturning the common 4 percent practice in many South Dakota counties. The Salem suit against McCook County prompted the decision, potentially altering tax collection procedures across multiple counties.
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Sioux Falls
Jones
McCook County
Salem
South Dakota
Evarts Town Bonded In Place Over Moveable Town Real Estate
A Peculiar situation faces Evarts Nebraska or South Dakota like town where residents cannot move brick and frame buildings despite better crossing points seven miles away. Bonded in prosperity, Evarts cannot shift property without bond company approval, causing derelict streets as population shrinks and real estate remains in place.
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Evarts
Mobridge
Labeau
Great Temperance Lesson Quip Sparks Wartime Style Debate
A man taunts a member of the W C T U over christening a ship with champagne. The reply highlights a temperance lesson about first tastes leading to lifelong habit, prompting a comic exchange on virtue and ship naming.
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W. C.T. UV
Blockaded Cars Extend Seven Miles Near Cheyenne
A long line of freight cars blocks seven miles of track near Cheyenne Wyoming stalled on an incomplete section of double track. The Oregon Short Line must clear the cars at Green River before moving them toward their destination. Passengers on Union Pacific trains watched the seemingly endless string and commented on the sight.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyome
Inns
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Green River
USA
Freight car congestion blocks Oregon Shore Line shipments
The Union Pacific holds more than 4,000 freight cars between Laramie and Green River bound for points on the Oregon Shore Line. Additional shipments arrive daily and the timetable for relief remains uncertain.
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Laramie
Green River
Union | Pacific
Oregon Shore ‘Line
Reliance Mining Milling Advances at Portland Plant
Operations at the Reliance Mining and Milling works near Portland progress to operators’ satisfaction. A new mill upgrade now runs at full capacity handling 150 tons of ore daily with no trouble crushing the hard blue ore. Management anticipates continued strong prospects and may not double capacity soon due to current arrangements.
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Reliance Mining Company
Portland
Pennsylvania Mining to Restart at Deadwood Creek
The Pennsylvania Mining Company plans to resume sinking and ore shipments at its Deadwood Creek site above Central City in a few weeks. Superintendent Cook, currently in Colorado, will resume charge of operations, with an eighteen foot wide ore body opened to depth and improvements planned. This restart could spur regional development and strengthen the phonolite belt of the northern Hills.
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Pennsylvania Mining Company
Deadwood Creek
Central City
Cook
Colorado
Pennsylvania
President Discusses Labor Attitudes With West Virginia Delegation
The president met with five visitors including B. Hamer of the West Virginia Order of Railway Conductors and RB. H. Graham their attorney. He stated his stance on the Haywood and Moyer cases and praised actions aiding railway organizations such as support for the railway liability bill and the safety appliance law. The visitors left pleased with the president’s position.
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Washington, P. Cy
B. Hamer
West Virginia Order of Railway Conductors
RB. H. Graham
West Virginia
Haywood and Moyer
White House
Norfolk Woman Captures Sneak Thief At Store
Mrs. Robert Craft, owner of a general store in Norfolk Nebraska, held a sneak thief at gunpoint until a policeman arrived. She had anticipated possible thieves and confronted the intruder as he attempted to leave, thwarting the theft and aiding in the capture of two accomplices.
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Norfolk
Neb
Robert Craft
Dao Tre
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S. Bunch
Blacksmith
Julett, Wyo
Pacific’ ‘Coast Line
Pierre
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Ek Riilway
Walworth County
Wyoming
Pat
Reminus
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