Panic at Cannonsburg Fire Panic After Theatre Cry
A false cry of fire at the Morgan opera house in Cannonsburg Pennsylvania set off a deadly stampede. Twenty six died and about forty were injured as crowds rushed down a narrow eight foot stairway. Police suspect two gallery youths sparked the panic.
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Cannonsburg
Morgan Opera House
Opera House
Washington
John McCullough
Minnie Lemon
Lawrenceville
Ind
Cannonsburg Hospital
Charity tags raise funds in Laporte by Society Maids
In Laporte Indiana on a Saturday local Society Maids and matrons sold charity tags on street corners from morning till night. Six thousand tags sold at prices from 2 to 50 cents each promising over 1000 dollars to aid needy families this winter.
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Laporte
Ind
Charity
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureaus
Observations at 8 p m yesterday show cloudy conditions across areas, some clear spells, and showers with cooler air. Tuesday outlook suggests generally fair weather.
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United States Weather
Julius Kruttschnitt Named VP at Union Pacific
Julius Kruttschnitt is named vice president of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, elevating his leadership role within the railroad system.
Beattie Trial Enters Second Week In Richmond
Richmond August 28 Henry Clay Beattie Jr stands at the start of the trial's second week for wife murder with life or death hanging on the verdict. Prosecution traces contradictions in his story and plans to show shotgun purchase and motive to kill to be free for the Binford relationship.
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Richmond
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Midlothian Pike
Beattie
Virginia
Commonwealth G
Binford
Stamps Stolen From Orleans Post Office Safe
A burglar entered Orleans post office and fled with 750 dollars worth of stamps left in a drawer. He frightened away before opening the vault, which held substantial money.
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Yeggs
Orleans
Ind
Suicide in Lawrenceburg by Carbolic Acid
Lawrenceburg Indiana August 28 James F Davis twenty six years old drank carbolic acid in sorrow over love and died within minutes.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
James Ff. Davis
Terse telegrams from the South Bend papers merge
The South Bend Times and News merge and will publish from a single plant. Taft plans a 12000 mile September trip through 24 states. Savannah Georgia endured a 60 mile gale that unroofed homes. Dragon Colorado prepared to move 206 residents by rail. Ottawa valley windstorm caused crops and buildings damage and three deaths. Meta Sinclair says her husband Upt on Sinclair plans divorce and will not fight. A hiring yard free-for-all among railway laborers in Cicero left one dead and several injured.
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South Bend Times
South Bend News
Taft
Boston
Savannah
Dragon
Col
Uintah
Ottawa
Ont
Mia
Meta Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
Cicero
Labor Conference Aims to Avert Rail Strike Crisis
Chicago dispatch reports union officials rushing to San Francisco to confer with Julius Krutschnitt over a possible rail shopmen strike on the Harri man, Hainey Central, and Illinois Central systems. A crisis is feared if managers refuse to meet the union demands for an eight hour day wage hikes of 4 to 7 cents and end the personal record system.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Julius Krutschnitt
Harriman
Haineis Central
Krutschnitt
Afr
Kline
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Vice President Krutschnitt in San Francisco amid union talks
Vice President Krutschnitt of Harriman Lines arrived from the east and met with Southern Pacific officials while avoiding reporters. Edison Calvin, ahead of him, also dodged questions and stayed in the area until September 2, receiving a telegram from President Kline of the blacksmiths union. Krutschnitt would not confirm recognition of federation leaders or officials for dissatisfied workers.
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San Francisco
Krutschnitt
Harriman Jines
E. FE
Calvin
Southern Pacific
Kline
Blacksmith's Union
Lovers in Trouble in Kentucky Blackmail Case
Ela Smith fourteen and her farmer sweetheart Edward Ballou were held to the grand jury in Monticello Kentucky under bond of 500 dollars charged with sending blackmail letters to oil operators Ernest Porter and Travis Gibson. The letters demanded 1000 dollars or they would be killed and were delivered by various means including stones thrown at the men’s homes.
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Monticello
Ela Smith
Edward Ballou
Ernest Porter
Travis Gibson
Porter
Lehigh Wreck Death Toll Reaches Twenty
Rochester reports one more death from the Lehigh Valley wreck, Miss Mary Has sett of Philadelphia, at Clifton Springs sanitarium. Memorial hospital in Canandaigua says Mrs. Harry B. Smith of Sayre Pa cannot recover. Four more injured at Rochester hospitals are not expected to live: Miss Susan Everett of Niagara Falls Mrs Joseph Hickey Howard Headley and Mrs Amy Lawrence of Philadelphia.
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Rochester
N. Y
Mary H. Hassett
Philadelphia
Clifton Springs
Lehigh Valley
Memorial Hospital
Canandaigua
Harry B. Smith
Sayre
Susan Everett
Niagara Falls
Joseph Hickey
Howard Headley
Amy Lawrence
Rain Thwarted Bloodhounds in Indiana Theft
Lewisville Indiana August 28 I N Williams refused to trust banks and hid about 150 dollars at home. Burglars took the money bloodhounds were summoned but heavy rain stopped the trail.
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Lewisville
Ind
I. N. Williams
Tragedy in a Box Car in Evansville Yard
Railway workers found an unidentified white man slain in a box car in Evansville Indiana on August 28. The victim had a battered head and slash wounds, a blood smeared heavy club nearby, and his pockets rifled, suggesting murder.
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Evansville
Ind
Brutal murder case shocks Knoxville area in 1920s
Authorities reveal James L. Miller, 65, farmer, was murdered near his McMinn county home. G W Rose, tenant, his wife, Thomas Senter, and Roscoe Miller are jailed. one reportedly confessed. Rose allegedly planned the crime for vengeance after Miller prosecuted him for corn theft. His son, who is described as half-witted, was coerced into the act. Miller was struck with an ax near dusk and body hidden after a 24 hour search.
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Knoxville
Tenn
James L. Miller
McMinn County
G. W. Rose
Miller
Thomas Senter
Roscoe Miller
Rose i
Etowah
Rose
Athens
William Lee Confesses to Boonville Family Murders
Boonville youth William Lee, after being jailed in Evansville on murder charges, signed a confession indicating he killed his father, mother, and younger brother. Sheriff Davis says the motive involved money and an intended marriage to Mina Taylor. Lee alleged he began with his mother, then his brother, and finally his father, and he admitted setting fire to the house.
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Bvanaville
Ind
William Lee
Boonville
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Lee
Davis
Sheriff Davis
Tate Demsti
Mina Taylor
Near Paradise
Will
Posthumous Honor for Indiana Poet in New York Contest
Miss Minetta Theodora Taylor of Greencastle Ind won a $100 prize from the New York Woman's Suffrage Party for a national suffrage anthem. Ninety eight poems were submitted. hers, sent five days before her death a few weeks earlier, will be performed publicly by a famous opera singer at the city convention on October 26 in New York.
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New York
Minetta Theodora Taylor
Greencastle
Ind
Woman’s Suffrage Party of
Train wreck near Middletown blamed on wreckers
A New York New Haven and Hartford line derailed two miles from Middletown last night injuring twenty passengers. Rail spread on a curve caused the wreck. railroad men suspected deliberate sabotage by experienced wreckers who pulled spikes from the rail before the cars plunged into the ditch.
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Hartford, Conn
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Middletown
Child’s death after accident imitates brother in Indiana
In Ladoga Indiana on August 28 Martha Irene Brown three years old, daughter of J M Brown, merchant, drank half of a four ounce bottle containing carbolic acid and wood alcohol. She died within an hour while trying to imitate her younger brother who had just taken medicine.
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Ladoga
Ind
Martha Irene Brown
J. M. Brown
Park Inferno Destroys Much Of Wonderland Resort
Fire at Wonderland park in Indianapolis likely started by a discarded cigarette stub. The blaze at 1 am Sunday engulfed large amusement structures on the park's south and west sides, leaving about half the park in ruins and causing an estimated loss of 10 000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Wonderland Park
Paris newspaper man completes world circuit in record time
Andre Jager Schmidt of Paris announced he finished his round the world trip in 39 days 19 hours 43 minutes and 3745 seconds. The feat marks a rapid global traverse by the newspaper man signaling a new speed record.
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Paris
Andre Jager Schmidt
Boonville Coroner Says Sufficient Evidence Falls Short of Confession
Coroner Farley rules evidence enough to send William Lee to the gallows for a triple murder, outlining Lee's motive to marry Mina Taylor and detailing a quarrel with his parents, a plan to obtain money, and an attempt to hide the crime with kerosene and a match.
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Boonville
Ind
William Lee
Farley
Lee
Young Jee
Mina Taylor
Miss Taylor
Clarence Lee
Young Lee
Young Indiana Girl Dies by Drowning in Local Pit
Virgie Williamson, sixteen, daughter of Mrs Lillian Wilamegon of Redkey, Ind, drowned herself in a nearby gravel pit two blocks from home. She left a farewell note but gave no reason for the act.
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Redkey
Ind
Virgie Wilamson
Lillian Wilamegon
Chicago to witness new Republican insurgent newspaper
A report states a new newspaper will be launched in Chicago aimed at supporting Republican insurgents. The venture signals organized media backing amid political contest.
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Chicago
Breaks in Alliance Spur Tariff Debate and Chloroform Tale
Washington reports the closing days of the Sixty-first Congress reveal fragile cross party alliances, La Follette’s influence fueling reform friction, and Democratic concerns over tariff bills. The column recalls Aldrich’s symbolic chloroform bottle aiding votes and Cannon defending protection amid a heated leave to print speech feud.
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Arthur W. Dunn
Washington
House
Senate
General Hancock
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Penrose
Clapp
James Rolph Named People’s Choice Candidate for Mayor
James Rolph is selected as the People’s Choice candidate for mayor of San Francisco. Supporters note his popular standing and readiness to lead the city.
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People’s Choice
San Francisco
Otis Threats Reported In Los Angeles Money Demand
General H G Otis owner of the Los Angeles Times says an extortion plot sought 10000 by Sunday morning with dynamite threats to his home. Police and detectives rush to Otis residence after reports of two men near his house and several phone warnings from an unidentified caller.
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Los Angeles
Cal
H. G. Otis
Los Angeles Times
General Otis
McNamaras
First
Broadway
Otis
Mass Meeting Planned to Subdue Feuds in Kentucky Mountains
A mass meeting of law and order adherents from all Kentucky mountain counties will convene in Jackson on Monday Oct. 9. Proposals will be discussed to station a patrol force in every county to police all sections, similar to city police patrols, to combat feuds moonshining and other lawlessness.
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Jackson
Adherents of Law and Order
Kentucky
Hoboes Invade Indianapolis For National Convention
Hoboes will converge on Indianapolis around the state fair grounds from October 1 to 4 for the national convention. The event draws attendees from across the country and plans outline gatherings, speeches, and related activities near the fair site.
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Indianapolis
State Fair Grounds
National League and American League baseball results recap
Yesterday's results across the leagues show Chicago beating Boston 9 to 6 in Chicago. Detroit defeated Philadelphia 4 to 3. Cleveland shut out Washington 6 to 0. St Louis with New York in a 2 to 0 game. Final tallies include notable pitching and batting contributions from Wall, Summers, Stanage, and others.
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New York
Boston
Denver
San Francisco
Chicago
R.h.le
Colling and
Carrigan
Wall Block
Detroit
R.H.B Tees
Philadelphia
Summers
Stanage
Schmidt
Bender and
Thomas
Cleveland
R.he
Washington
Cashion, Gray and Street
Ainsmith
Gregg
Scores From League Games Across Cities
At Louisville Kansas City won 3 to 2 in first game and 5 to 3 in second. At Columbus Minneapolis won 3 to 1 and 6 to 5. At Indianapolis St Paul lost 2 to 4. At Toledo Milwaukee won 5 to 2.
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American Association
Louisville
Kansas City
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Toledo
Milwaukee
Thirty Years Together in Local Farewell Reminder
Fragmentary notice recounts long association with Thos Ariss and Coe, mentioning Dr King’s New Discovery and praising its cough remedy for years. Limited readable text praises a product as equal to a strong remedy for cold, asthma, hay fever and related ailments.
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Thos. Ariss
Coe
Oord
Mioh
Dr King
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