Trolley Car Ran Wild Kills One Injures Dozens in Allentown
Wet rails caused a Lehigh Valley Transit car to jump tracks at Nazareth on September 11. Bethlehem photographer John D. Owens was killed and seven others seriously hurt including Allentown residents Paul Weston and wife. Easton merchant John Hare, South Bethlehem saloon keeper George Crogosky, and Bethlehem resident George Walton were among the injured. Separately, Samuel Worthington, delusional saboteur, leapt into Chester Creek after claiming pursuit by a fiend. Canada’s population officially estimated at 6,504,400, up 21 percent in six years.
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Allentown
Lfe
Nazareth
Northampton County
Lehigh Valley Transit Company
Starvey Maurer
John D. Owens
Bethlehem
Paul Weston
John Hare
Easton
George Crogosky
South Bethlehem
George Walton
Chester
Samuel Worthington
Edgmont Avenue
Chester Creek
Worthington
City Hall
Canada
Washington
Sent
Japan Exclusion Near as Tokyo and Ottawa Brace
Washington reports that a stricter limited immigration treaty between the United States and Japan is seen as near realization within 48 hours. Officials link the Vancouver mob incident to renewed demand for formal Japan consent to restrict coolie immigration, with Britain and the United States pressured to treat Japanese subjects equally. A separate Kentucky case recounts Isabelle Zetron and Tomm. Bales, two teens who died after a failed elopement and alleged poisoning due to parental opposition.
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Washington
America
Japan
Vancouver
British Columbia
State Department
United States
Australia
England
Carpenter shoots woman after arrest at Lewiston
Burt Carpenter went to the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Creighton at Lewiston and, after she refused to admit him, fired a shot through her body as he was being taken from the courtroom. He had earlier been arrested for knocking at the door. He was sentenced to 61 days in Niagara county jails. A posse is pursuing him after the shooting.
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Mraraga Walls
Burt Carpenter
Elizabeth Cretehian
Lewiston
Smile
Carpenter
Niagara County
Creighton
City
James Strail
Strail
Stoppordo
Strait
Long Fight Won By Union Printers in Chicago
In Chicago the 11 Twenty union printers at Waithorn Printing began work after a two year pause in composing rooms. The dispute led to adoption of an eight hour day. On August 26, 1995, the union workers walked out, a nationwide strike wave that affected over 15,000 compositors.
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Chicago
Waithorn Printing Company
United States
Colored Legislator Resigns in Georgia Assembly
Atlanta Ga Sept Vin HW Rogers of McIntosh county, the legislature’s only tutored member, resigned his seat in the General Assembly. Rogers gave no reason but hinted that the passage of the negro disfranchisement under the last law influenced his action.
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Atlanta
Rogers
McIntosh County
Memier
Georgia
Lee
West Prosperous Harriman Sees No Panic in West
E H Harriman returned from a western tour saying the region is more prosperous than ever, with no panic and people not seeking investments. He noted crops may be fair rather than excellent, and though money is tied up, banks and individuals will seek investments later. He warned that contraction in multiple lines is likely due to lack of capital for big projects.
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E. H. Harriman
New York
West
Union Pacific
Harriman
Lovestruck Inheritance Case Leaves Stepson Rich
Waterbury Connecticut September 11 Henry Smith gave his wife his entire fortune of about 30600 dollars after marrying a widow with a son. He now seeks relief in court claiming his great love deprived him of his wealth and that she promised to will him a share.
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Waterbury
Conn
Henry Smith
Smith
Bech
Poisoned by Bananas Two Children Die from Fruit
In Ishpeming on Greenland road two young Schaffer children aged 4 and 2 died after eating bananas believed poisoned. A sister remained seriously ill while August Schaffer Sr and other family members convalesced from sickness tied to the fruit incident. The four family members who ate the fruit were the only ones affected. The second item notes a train robbery in Siberia where robbers halted a freight train, separated engines, and escaped with about $30,000.
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Ishpeming
Trudi
Samael
Siberia
China to Trial Gold Standard Next Year
Washington Sept 1 report notes that Mandarin circles say China's ministry of finance plans a trial of the gold standard in the coming year. The government has been informed of the plan, signaling a potential shift in monetary policy and exchange practices for China.
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China
Washington
Ministry of Finance
Frugal father sparks family feud in Will dispute
Springfield Massachusetts September reports a Lebanon Missouri son, Hiram Gerrish, losing his claim to a $50000 stake after criticizing his late father Jacob Gerrish's frugality and a sister Franice Gerrish. The estate totaled about $500000 with a $20000 remainder to Franice, while the city park bequest and other kin shares were distributed.
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Springfield
Mass
Hiram Gerrish
Lebanon
Jacob Gerrish
Franice Gerrish
Caty
Gerrish
Livagg
SLAIN BY BURGLAR AT PORTSMOUTH HOME
Mrs. Mary Lawless Rorschach wife of Lt. Frank Rorschach U S Navy was murdered in her Portsmouth home by an unknown burglar. She fired twice through an open kitchen door before a burglar took her pistol and shot her through the heart. A mulatto suspect Thomas Archer was arrested in bed at his home. Bloodhounds failed to trail the killer who fled after dropping the pistol. A $200 reward was offered by Governor Swanson.
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Norfolk
Mary Lawless Rorschach
Frank Rorschach
Joseph T. Lawless
Commonwealth of Virginia
Portsmouth
Rorschach
Lving
United States
Kentucky
Tennessee
Admiral Evans
Provincetown
Mass
Frank, Jr
Frank
Naval Hospital
Swanson
Smuggled Goods Seized in Port Huron Auction Planned
Information from Port Huron announces a $4000 seizure of alleged smuggled laces, silks, and velvet coats. Three Chicago women deny wrongdoing saying goods were worn during a year abroad. officials claim they are new and say duties were offered on seized trunks. In Lancaster, Pa, David R. Locher was acquitted of embezzlement for deposits made while City Trust & Savings was insolvent. court credited lack of proof of insolvency.
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Port Huron
Mich
Chcago
Lancaster
David R. Locher
City Trust & Savings Company
Locher
Commonwealth
Four Held For Murder In Norfolk Sa loon Stabbing
Norfolk Va Sept 11 Four white men Touts Johnson FE Dunn W Z Nichols and Wo Hiridae were held by Police Judge Simmons on the charge held for further examination in regard to the murder of Agrippa Jones. Jones was found murdered and robbed in the rear of a saloon after supposedly receiving 40 dollars as a death watch in the hangings of William Macintosh last week.
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Norfolk
Agrippa Jones
Touts Johnson
FE. Dunn
W. Z. Nichols
Hiridae
Simmons
Jones
Wiliam Macintosh
Hera
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Davie
Buckingham Industrial School
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Isabelle
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