Boys Ride Train Roof in Joliet Crash
Six youths from Cincinnati attempted to ride an express Santa Fe train near Joliet on its roof. Robert Bullock suffered a skull fracture and may not recover after a bridge impact. The others Edward Smith James Brady Harry Jones Leslie Atchison Robert Arndt endured severe burns as cinders hit them during the high speed dash and Bullock was saved from falling by Harry Jones.
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Lars
Robert Buttock
Wage
Richmond
Edward Smith
James Brady
Harry Jones
Lesie Atchison
Robert Arndt
Cincinnati
Chicago
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Bullock
Jones
Lusitania Aims For Atlantic Record Crossing
New York September 12 the Lusitania giant turbine steamer advances toward a record westbound crossing. If speed held, voyage time could drop below five days with potential new record for the trip from Queenstown to Sandy Hook. Lucania and Deutschland records cited as competing benchmarks. Belfast Harland & Wolff announce plans for a vessel bigger than the Lusitania at about 40 000 tons. Three suspects arrested in Norfolk murder case and a Cumberland street altercation after a political clash. Two men killed by electrocution in Greensburg as storm damages power lines and barbed fence equipment.
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New York
Atlantic
America
Sanddy Hook Wightship
N. F
Sandy Hook
Cunard Line
Queensland
Lusitania
Queenstown
Cherbourg
Cunard
Lucania
Cape Race
Belfast
Harland & Wolff
Greensburg
Jesse Weaver
Louis W. Long
West Penn Rainways Company
Eaten by Sharks Stowaway Dies After Overboard Leap
News from Philadelphia reports the death of William Brown, a stowaway aboard the British steamslip Annetta from Jamaica. Deported by immigration, he tried to swim ashore and was attacked by sharks as crew watched. Jamaica fines stowaways by forcing three months of public highway labor.
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Annetta
Jamaica
William Brown
Kingston
Brown
DENGANCE PRIMARY ACT Critics Say PA Primary Reform Fell Short
In York on Sept 12 a convention of county commissioners heard H P Hopwood Fayette county solicitor label the uniform primaries act the greatest fraud on Pennsylvanians. He charged vote trading and nomination manipulation persist despite the law. The legislature drew fire for defective laws and steps were taken to bolster the group’s fight against objectionable statutes. Greensburg Westmoreland county was picked for the 1998 convention.
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George A. Pearre
Amd Lioyd
Captain Roman
Pennsylvania
York A
Sesson
H .P. Hopwood
Fayette County
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Posse Searched Linden Area for Assaulting Tramp Near Williamsport
A posse of farmers hunted a tramp near Linden five miles from Williamsport after he forced entry, assaulted Mrs Hartman, who is 28, as she was alone in her farmhouse. She escaped to a neighbor to raise the alarm. The local police, including Williamsport, joined the search.
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Williamsport
Willliamsport
Linden
Clarence Hartman
Hartman
Wartman
Pittsburg Reception Sees Shooting At Eacle Club Rooms
Mayor Crothers of Chester Pa addressed delegates at a convention reception in Me Rerenort Pa near here. Louis Delo, a noted athlete, reportedly fired a shot at himself after a statement he would never see the person again. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition with the bullet wound to the chest.
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Pittsburg
Durine
Mayor Crothers
Chester Pa
Eacle
Me Rerenort
Lous Delo
Delo
Machines to cure liars at Harvard claims exact truth science
Starvard Professor Ifugo Munsterberg of Harvard has devised truth revealing machines. Critics call them truth pressing devices and say they may revolutionize criminal justice. He tested them on Harry Orchard during the Boise trial and is writing a treatise on the results.
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Starvard
Cambridge
Mass
Ifugo Munsterberg
Harvard University
Czar's Yacht Aground Off Horsoe With Imperial Family Aboard
The Russian imperial yacht Standart with Emperor Nicholas II Empress Alexandra and their family aboard ran aground on rocks near Horsoe west of this place. The vessel in no immediate danger as the imperial party remains onboard. A steam lifeboat from Reval arrived and seven torpedo boats escorting the yacht stand by for aid if needed. Meanwhile in Bloomfield Indiana Homer S Casey was found dead in a buggy with a bullet hole in the left temple. He had been due to marry Mass Anna Stone and had driven home with his rig. robbers or tribal tramps were ruled unlikely killers. Casey had worked for a Chicago tailoring house.
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Finland
Standart
Emperor Nicholas
Empress Alexandra
Horsoe
Reval
Gulf of Finland
Imperial Yacht
Bloomfield Ind
Homer S Casey
Mass Anna Stone
Peter Stone
Cases
Fred
Casey
Chicago
Murderer Hangs Self in Jalil Millsburi
William A Culp aged 24 awaiting trial for his brother Floyd J Culm's death last July at Turtle Creek near here hanged himself with suspenders. Supposed remorse over killing his brother amid alleged domestic trouble led to the act.
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Jalil
Millsburi
William A Culp
Floyd J. Culm
Turtle Creek
Here
Culp
Thirteen Year Old Girl Linked to Burglaries
A 13 year old girl from St Tonis Street is described as an expert burglar and robber. Police say she confessed to a number of crimes. In the basement of her home investigators found gems and gold jewelry, with small pieces of fine yellow metal. The prisoner Rosa Eximngseay is named in court records.
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Hich
Rosa Eximngseay
Giamond
Rosa
Bride Drowned After Yacht Accident in Delaware River
In Philadelphia on September 12 Mrs Marguerite Croft wife of John Croft of New York was swept overboard from a yacht during a storm near Essington. Her husband plunged in to save her and both boats tried to reach her. Bennett and a passing schooner aided but her body was not recovered.
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Marguerite Croft
John Croft
New York
Delaware River
Abs Croft
F. M. Bennett
M. A. BE
Bennett
Hampton Roads
Essington
Croft
Cost Of Panama Canal Expenditures Through 1906
The Panama canal cost the U S government 384,449,000 up to December 31, 1906 with major items including 50,000,000 to the French company and the Panama government for property and rights of way and 23,449,622 for materials. Other outlays covered administration sanitation and plant related expenses in the millions. The report details audited expenditures as of that date.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Isth Mus bin
Georgia to challenge 14th Amendment in rail rate cases
Atlanta sept 12 the state of Georgia will attack the legality of the 14th amendment in pending rail road rate litigation filed in state and federal courts the state also argues defendants have no role in enforcing the reduced passenger rates railroads seek federal protection under the 14th amendment claiming the order is confiscatory. Drowned In Dishpan New York Sept 12 coroner investigates the death of a 4 month old who drowned in a dishpan containing about three cups of water the mother left to hang clothes upon return the child had fallen face down in shallow water Annapolis Md Sept 13 naval academy superintendent Badger notifies midshipmen Clarence C Riner and Oscar G Salle that resignations are desired charged with night absences in the academy WIN Enforcement Inspection Law Harrisburg Pa Sept 12 plans to enforce the new state meat inspection law and to require systematic inspection of cattle and all meat products were decided at a meeting of the state beef sanitary board wheat inspection duties were appointed
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United States
Order of the
Georgia Railroad Commission
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Tuckahoe
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Wyo
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Jasper
Ind
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
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