Explosion at Brockton shoe plant kills dozens in boiler blast
In Brockton Massachusetts a boiler explosion at the F E Grover Company plant in the Campello district destroyed a four story factory and seven nearby buildings. Fifty three bodies have been recovered with many missing and unknown totals feared. Rescue efforts reported heroic acts by workers and bystanders amid widespread inferno and collapsed walls as the blast leveled the factory.
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New York Times
Brockton
Mass
Campello
R. B. Grover
Charles O. Emerson
David W. Rockwell
Rockwell
Boyden
Boston
McGrath
Index to Departments and Notices
A fragmented newspaper index lists departments and page references including foreign mails, fires from yesterday, and calendar items. The readable text marks sections for departments, genic i and foreign mails er report, and page indicators.
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Mts
Troubles
Alendars
Genic i
Eterday
Boy shoots Governor in Viborg Finland incident
Fifteen year old Matti Hjalmar Reinikke, a self described revolutionist, fired three shots at Governor Miaseredoff in his Viborg office. The governor is in critical condition. Reinikke was captured after forcing clerks to flee. He previously lost an arm in a railway accident and recently lived in Stockholm.
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Viborg
Finland
Miaseredoff
Matti Hjalmar Reinikke
Condi
Reinikke
Markoff
Helsingfors
Hohenthal
Soisalon Svininen
Kurikke
Stockholm
Torneau
New Indiana Man Named Acting Chairman of GOP
Secretary Cortelyou announces Harry New of Indiana as Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee and says he will become Acting Chairman on New’s retirement in a few days. New, a newspaper man who ran the Western Republican HQ, is well regarded by national leaders.
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Washington
George B. Cortelyou
Harry 8. New
Indiana
Republican National Committee
New
Republican Party
Cortéelyou
Nevadacd
Cortelyou
France Presses Venezuela as Warships Move In
President Roosevelt discusses Venezuelan tensions with Taft as French minister warns Caracas. French warships may intervene, and Washington expect French and Dutch pressure on Castro while the United States stays diplomatically distant. Paris denies ordered warships and signals legal rights over the cable concession.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
France
Bowen
State Department
Caracas
Venezuela
Duplex
Julien de la Graviére
Caribbean Sea
United States
Castro
Cable
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
America
Colorado
West Virginia
Chattanooga
Galveston
Culebra
Venezuelan
Carlos B. Figueredo
New York
Paul
Figueredo
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Foreign Office
Bermudez
Allen's Foot-Ease Powder and Piso's Cure Ad
An old advertising snippet promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tired feet and Piso's Cure as a standard cough remedy. It notes long market presence and availability in druggists.
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Allen
Bse
Tve
Wild Runaway Horse Spooks Fifth Avenue Crowd
Mrs. Herman Rawitser and driver Patrick Sullivan escaped injury after a bay horse bolted from a broken trace on Fifth Avenue. The chase rolled into Central Park West Drive before Mounted Policeman Feeney halted the animal near Webster’s Statue. Feeney muttered the horse was worse than a gasoline red devil.
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Herman Rawitser
West Seventy-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Patrick Sullivan
Sixty-first Street
Feeney
Rawitser
Seventy-second Street
Webster
Fire alarm at East Twenty-ninth Street building
Miss Emma Schuster of the Madison Square exchange discovered a cellar fire at 34 East Twenty-ninth Street a six story building next to the exchange shortly after 9 pm. She alerted police and firemen confined the blaze to the sub-cellar causing about 500 dollars in damage. Across the street sits the Martha Washington Hotel and female guests evacuated safely.
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Emma Schuster
One Hundred and Fifth Street
Broadway
Madison Square Exchange
East Twenty-ninth Street
Martha Washington
Porter Seen As Panama Canal Commission Chief Choice
Washington dispatch reports Horace G. Porter former Union Pacific president is likely to become head of the Panama Canal Commission overseeing construction. Roosevelt has considered him for days and a formal offer may be made as part of a broader reorganization plan.
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Washington
Horace G. Porter
Union Pacific Railroad
Panama Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Quickest Line to Cleveland Leaves New York in Evening
Train schedule fragment notes departure from New York at 5:7 P M with a 9:45 M arrival by a service labeled Cosas 7115. Mentions No excess fare and a morning return or next day connection.
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Cleveland
New York
Nave
NO JUDGESHIP FOR PARKER
Ex Chief Justice Alton B Parker stated he would not return to the New York State bench despite rumors of a move to replace Van Brunt. He said any such bid would lack his knowledge or consent and noted his duty to stay away after accepting the Democratic nomination for President.
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Alton B. Parker
Mr. Parker
van Brunt
New York State Supreme Court
Parker
Democratic Party
Sullivan Sizes Up His Job
Congressman Big Tim Sullivan leaves New York for a three week vacation at Arkansas Hot Springs. He criticizes Washington and Senate games, notes Congressmen are treated like a wooden Indian, and cites Bowery scrutiny as readers witness the public image of lawmakers.
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Big_ Tim
Sullivan
New York
Arkansas Hot Springs
Washington
Congress
Bowery
Shine
Occidental Hotel
Congressman Sullivan
Lyons
Governor Vetoes Divorce Bill Expanding Nonresident Access
Albany March 20 Gov Higgins vetoed the Phillips divorce bill which would allow divorces for couples outside the state when the offense occurred and the defendant resided here. He argues it would invite nonresidents to sue residents, increasing divorces and undermining New York’s moral standards and conservative stance. He cites potential hardships but says legal consistency is outweighed by state duty.
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Albany
Higgins
Assembly
Phillips
New York
Miss Swan's Hat Burned At Sherry's Society Scene
Miss Laura Swan daughter of Mrs Elisha Dyer Jr burned her Paris milliner hat after it touched a candle flame at Sherrys Sunday night. The pink tulle hat flared up as she leaned forward at a table with Robert Goelet Miss Mills and others. Goelet doused the blaze with water and she was taken home to West Fifty sixth Street.
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Laura Swan
Elisha Dyer, Jr
Sherry’s
Miss Swan
Robert Goelet
Miss Mills
Miss Swans
Mr. Goelet
West Fifty-sixth
Fairbanks Receives York Rite Degrees in Indianapolis
Vice President Fairbanks addressed a large D city crowd in Indianapolis as Keystone Chapter No 6 Royal Arch Masons conferred York Rite degrees including Royal Arch Mason. The first degree at 12 39 and the final at 9 pm. The Mason Temple was specially decorated for the event with plans to resume Scottish Rite degrees upon return home for the summer.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Royal Arch Mason
Masons Temple
Keystone Chapter No. 6
Royal Arch Masons
Six Day Trip to Old Point Comfort and Washington Ady
Advertisement notes a six day rail trip from March 25 covering Old Point Comfort Richmond and Washington via Pennsylvania 54 with necessary expenses paid. Rail fare listed with $36.00.
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Old Point Comfort
Richmond
Washington
Pennsylvania
Beef Trust Inquiry Opens With Grand Jury Here
A Federal Grand Jury probes the beef packing industry in Chicago with subpoenas served on over a dozen figures from Swift & Co Armour & Co and others. Officials say indictments are possible and Chicago lawyers were kept out of the proceedings while New York associates testified.
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Secret Service
Gen. Burnett
Marx
United States
Nelson Morris
John Doe
New York
Chicago
Beef Trust
Federal
W. H. Noyes
Swift & Co
F. G. Stoltz
Armour & Co
Blumenthal
United Dressed Beef Company
Big Six
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
Nelson, Morris & Co
Cudahy & Co
Chicago Beef Trust inquiry opens with subpoenas issued
The Chicago government investigation into the Beef Trust begins tomorrow with 300 subpoenas issued. Independent packers led by Schwarzschild and Sulzberger plan to present evidence on how smaller packers followed Big Five dictates. Witnesses from outside Chicago are set for Grand Jury appearances.
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Chicago
Evans
Burnett
Marx
New York City
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
Federal
Beef Trust
District Attorney
MacMillan
District Court
John 8. Miller
Humphrey
Trip Focuses on Washington Tour for Principal
A three day visit guides a principal through Washington with hotel stays and key stops highlighted. Details remain informal as planners outline the Bastions and capital sites to visit during March.
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Waasbington
Capital
Ing
Roosevelt may call Congress to act on railroad rates
Senator Allison says President Roosevelt will convene Congress in early October for an extra session to address railroad rate questions. He also supports empowering the commission to adjust rates.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Allison
Roosevelt
Congress
Commission
Witte Peace Talks Sought in Berlin and London
Viscount Hayashi reports that during a July Berlin visit an emissary was sent to London to arrange peace talks with the Japanese minister. Hayashi says he consented but received no further communication.
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Paris
Hayashi
M. Witte
Berlin
London
Odell Sr. Injured in Ice Fall at Newburg
B B Odell Sr father of ex Governor Odell is confined to his Grand Street home with a broken rib and possible spine injuries after slipping on ice from a five step piazza to the sidewalk. Dr Jova says he will stay indoors for some time but is expected to recover. Odell recently fractured a rib from a fall over a plank he attempted to step over.
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New York Times
Newburg
N. Y
B. B. Odell
Odell
Grand Street
Train wreck at Bronx Park terminal injures five
Five people were slightly injured at the Bronx Park terminal when a Third Avenue elevated train slammed into wooden and steel bumper blocks at full speed. The green motorman claimed brakes failed at the critical moment as about sixty passengers were thrown to the floor and a brief panic ensued.
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Bronx Park
Third Avenue
Elevated
Hoch defies Standard Oil in Kansas pipeline battle
Gov. Hoch declares in a published statement that Standard Oil will not intimidate Kansas. He vows the state will press to the finish in fighting plans to tear up pipelines serving many small producers and wipe Kansas off the map.
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New York Times
Topeka
Kan
Gov. Hoch
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Standard
Professor Sanders Resigns as Yale Dean
In New Haven on March 20 Prof Frank K Sanders dean of Yale University theological department tendered his resignation to the Yale Corporation. He cited cost cutting for the department as the reason and said he would move to Boston likely joining a denominational publication. Sanders has served as dean for three years.
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New Haven, Conn
Frank Kk. Sanders
Yale University
Yale Corporation
Sanders
Boston
Chicago Mayor Revokes Rail License in City Council Move
Mayor Harrison leads a 50 to 1 council vote to revoke the Chicago Railway license and seeks to test the 99 year act in State Court. The company, operating on a revocable license for months, reportedly plans Federal Court action to block city interference.
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New York Times
Chicago
Harrison
Ais
Trustee of $500000 Gone in Boston Case
Boston March 20 James D Colt attorney appointed by the Supreme Court as receiver and conservator for Charles F Berry of Boston who has disappeared leaving tangled accounts. Estates valued around 500000 implicated. Berry left in February. Injunction bars Berry from trustee role in Andrew H Newhall estate valued 110000 and receiver appointed for his property and estates. Riverdale estate valued 10 is restrained. Berry about fifty.
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Boston
James D. Colt
Anttorney
Supreme Court
Charles F. Berry
Berry
Andrew H. Newhall
Mr. T
Superior Court
Caroline E. S. Riverdale
Cork
Ireland
Seaboard Air Line Announces 3 Daily Trains Route
Pinehurst Camden Jacksonville Atlanta and Southwest routes offered with three daily trains via Seaboard Air Line Ry. Broadway advertising reference 1685 Ss BTA.
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Pinehurst
Camden
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Southwest
Seaboard Air Line
Broadway
Collapse in Little Italy flats prompts city inquiry
A five story four unit flat house on First Avenue between One Hundred Sixth and Seventh Streets collapsed at 5:40 pm trapping no one. Investigators blame a thaw and weather while officials say no building code violations were filed. Crews reinforced nearby structures as the row may be condemned.
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Building Department
Bernard Gorman
Jordan
Ahearn
One Hundred and
Thirty-fifth Street
Fifth and
Lenox Avenues
UT East
Third Street
Hopper
Florida
Little
Italy
First Avenue
Buii
M. F. Fine
Broome Street
One Hundred and Seventh Street
Brennan
One Hundred and Fourth Street
Department
Gorman
S Trex
Leon Tims
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Governor
Tion
H. G. Porter
Panama
Union Pacific
May Head Canal Commission
Big Tim
Schwarzschild
Arthur F. Evans
Federal Grand Jury
Ofcial
Joel L. Marx
Henry L. Burnett
Witte
B. B. Odell, SR
Hoch
Standard Oil
Yale
Chicago Railway
C. F. Berry
Harlem
Utes
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