Arlington avenue wreck kills fifteen near Indianapolis
An inbound Cincinnati railroad passenger train collided with an open switch and struck a freight train at Arlington avenue Irvington killing fifteen and injuring fifteen. The head brakeman Carl Gross admitted fault saying he left the switch open and expected others to close it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Arlington Avenue
Irvington
Carl Gross
Anderson Ges Named Ambassador to Japan
Larz Anderson of Washington the United States minister to Belgium was named ambassador to Japan to succeed Charles Page Bryan whose resignation had been announced. The Japanese government approved the appointment and the decision would be announced by President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Page Bryan
Washington
Larz Anderson
United States
Belgium
Japan
Suc
Ceed Charles Page Bryan
Mr. Anderson
Taft
Special session urged after Wilson election arrival
Indications point to a special session of Congress as soon as President-Elect Wilson is sworn in. He has canvassed many members of Congress and Democratic leaders, and plans to announce his approach within a short time, according to observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Congress
Wilson
Governor Elect Hatfield Improves After Pneumonia Illness
Eckman and McDowell County reports say Dr H D Hatfield governor elect shows improvement while still seriously ill with pneumonia in Huntington W V.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leet Hatfield
Huntington
W. VA
Eckman
McDowell County
H. D. Hatfield
James M'Crea Resigns as President of Pennsylvania System
James M'CreA resigns from the presidency of the Pennsylvania System, effective immediately. Details on successor plans or interim leadership pending announcements.
Two Rail Heads Quit Philadelphia and New York Event
James Mc Crea resigns as president of the Pennsylvania railroad effective January 1 and Samuel Rea is elected to the post. Rea has long served as vice president. Melville E. In galls resigns from the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway after forty two years with the firm due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Samuel Rea
Rea
New York
Melville E. Ingalls
Cincinnati
Cleveland,Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company
Governor Deneen Likely to Name Sherman for Lorimer Vacancy
Springfield Ill May appointment expected within a fortnight as Governor Deneen reportedly plans to appoint Lawrence Y Sherman to fill the United States Senate seat left by Lorimer. Constitutional authorities dispute the legal barrier to immediate appointment while Lorimer is retiring as governor deals with the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Deneen
Lawrence Y. Sherman
United States
Lorimer
United States Senate
Stead
McClung Resigns as U S Treasurer in Washington
Washington reports that Treasurer McClung has resigned. Carmi Thompson may succeed him as treasurer while Charles D Hilles is expected to return as secretary to the president and resume his former post with the White House leadership for Taft’s re election effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lee McClung
United States
Carmi Thompson
McClung
Charles D. Hilles
Ordeo
Republin
Taft
Creave
Thite House
Wind Storm Wrecks Martinsville Illinois
An aged woman is dead and about a score of residents are injured as a violent wind storm sweeps Martinsville. The storm caused thousands of dollars in damage, downed wires, and feared additional fatalities. Mrs. George Baker was killed and Joe Ryan's family was injured when their house toppled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Ill
George Baker
Joe Ryan
Baker Place
Premier Canalejas Assassinated in Madrid
Madrid reports the assassination of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Canalejas as gunfire ends his leadership. Authorities confirm the event in the capital with investigations underway and questions about potential motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canalejas
Madrid
Spain
Jose Canalejas
Turkey Admits Defeat In War Ends Short Balkan Conflict
London reports Turkey concedes defeat after a six month Balkan war with Bulgaria Serbia and Montenegro. Killed and wounded exceed one hundred thousand, as Bulgarian and Serbian forces pushed toward key regional goals while Russia shifts stance amid Austria and Germany pressure. Mediation talks in Sofia involve Balkan allies and Turkish request for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Balkan
Altania
Bulgaria
Servia
Vienna
Turkey
Balkan States
Russia
Austria
England
France
Germany
Rumelia
Macedonia
Albania
Salonica
Greece
Sofia
Sofa
Auto Plunges 150 Feet In Brooklyn Killing Woman
A car carrying four men and a woman toppled over a 150 foot precipice on a Brookyn boulevard. Mrs. Andrew Reid died and two men were seriously hurt. Reid, the husband, collapsed after hearing the news. The two uninjured passengers fled the scene. Jewelry valued at 6000 dollars was found on one injured man. The driver’s identity remains undisclosed and the two injured men face homicide charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Highand Boulevard
Brookyn
Andrew Reid
Reid
Werhusband
Police Seek Link Between 1908 Murders in Chicago Case
Police Lieutenant Michael J. Crotty aims to tie Charles Newton Kramer alias Conway to a second killing. He confessed naming Sophia Gertrude Singer of Baltimore at 3229 Indiana avenue on October 28. The target crime is the July 1 1908 death of Frances Gilmore Thompson at 1242 Michigan avenue, with robbery as motive in both cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michael J. Crotty
Charles Newton Kramer
Conway
Sophia Gertrude Singer
Baltimore
Julia McCarthy
Indiana Avenue
Frances Gilmore Thompson
Michigan Avenue
Thompson
Edward Thompson
Fargo, N. D
Wilson Cleared in Browne Britery Perjury Case
In Chicago Judge Kersten dismissed perjury charges against Robert E. Wilson after the state dropped the case on Assistant State's Attorney Victor P. Arnold's motion. The charges stemmed from Wilson's testimony in the Brown trial about payments to four representatives in a hotel bathroom in St Louis for William Lorimer's senate election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Kersten
Robert E. Wilson
Victor P. Arnold
Brown
St. Louis
William Lorimer
Senate
Aged Jeweler Ends Life in Chicago Home
William P Ballou eighty five a retired jeweler of DeKalb Illinois killed himself by placing a chloroform soaked towel over his mouth and nose in the home of his son James P Ballou at 5902 South Michigan avenue He had said he was tired of living due to his advanced years Mr and Mrs J D Pallou found him dead when they returned from dinner about 10 oclock A physician said he had been dead some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William P. Ballou
DeKalb, IL
James PD. Ballou
Michigan Avenue
J. D. Pallou
Ballou
Bondsman Sentenced for Perjury in Johnson Case
Albert C. Jones of 2969 Michigan Avenue was sentenced by Federal Judge Landis to one year in Will County jail for perjury in attempting to qualify as a bondsman for Jack Johnson. Landis said Jones lied under oath about property ownership at his Michigan Avenue address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert C. Jones
Michigan Avenue
Will County
Landis
Jones
Jack Johnson
Three St Charles School for Boys staff suspended
Three more employees at the St Charles School for Boys in Springfield are suspended after conviction of severity in punishing inmates. Fred Ward assistant superintendent Mary Roxburgh cook and Harry Fill physical culture instructor face abuse and disobedience charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
St. Charles School
Fred Ward
Mary Roxburgh
Harry Fill
Two launches crash over dam near Peoria unclaimed bodies
Two small launches from Chicago bound for St Louis plunged over the United States government dam at La Grange Illinois ninety miles south of Peoria and eight miles below Peardstown with four men aboard. The boats were the Five Dollar Bill owned by Walker Boat company of Chicago and the A P Moore owned by William M of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Chicago
St. Louis
LaGrange
Peardstown
Walker Boat Company of
A. P. Moore
William M
Woman Arrested in Louisiana Murder Case near Freeport
Agnes Giovano was arrested at Eleroy near Freeport Illinois and charged with killing her brother in law at Avoyelles Louisiana in June 1911. She reportedly told officers she shot in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Ill
Louisiana
Agnes Giovano
Eleroy
Here
Avoyelles
Wreck Hits Tower City. Seven Hirt injures seven in gas blast
A gas tank exploded in the basement of a building in Tower City, a village twenty miles west of Huntington, W V. seven people were seriously injured in the blast reported on February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Tower City
Here
City considers aid by garden plots and bath houses
East St Louis march 8 The Retail Merchants association urges using all vacant lots as truck gardens to feed the poor and proposes free bath houses for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 8St. Louis
Ill
Retail Merchants Association
Illinois Paragraphs Chronicle Local Misfortunes and Crimes
Illinois articles report domestic divorce action in Elgin where a wife refused to serve as a barber for her husband Ernest Miller. Chicago items cover a bold safe robbery at Frank Bros. saloon, a Chicago man’s sudden wealth moves, a fatal rail accident in River Grove, a tugboat tragedy on Lake Michigan, a University of Illinois editor charged with contempt, a 1909 mine disaster memorial, a Danville saw mill fatality, and a Aurora fire saving incident involving a girl and a dangling pail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Ernest Miller
Emma Miller
M_ller
Freight wreck in Green Valley claims life of engineer Weatherford
A Chicago and Alton freight wreck at Green Valley Illinois killed railway engineer Weatherford of Bloomington and left several men injured. Weatherford resided in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Weatherford
Chicago and Alton
Green Valley
Ill
Bloomington
Dunne Leads by 122,016 in Illinois Governor Race
Springfield report shows Governor Elect Edward F. Dunne leading Governor John Denen by a 122,016 plurality in the seer contest returns. The tally confirms Dunne's victory margins across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Edward F. Dunne
Deneen
Markets report grains hogs and cattle prices Chicago
Chicago cash grain quotations list No 2 red wheat at 1.08 1.05 No 8 red 91c 1.00 and multiple other bid ranges. Hogs receipts 22 000 with heavy shipping bids and packing bids from 6.35 to 8.10. Cattle receipts 6 500 with prime steers 10.35 11.00 and various beef cow and feeder ranges. Sheep receipts 22 000 with lambs 7.00 7.35 and yearlings 4.10 4.50. East Buffalo market slow for cattle and strong for hogs with multiple price lines for hogs and calves 6.00 10.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Livestock Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gross Gause
C. Imholt
Los Angeles
Cal
Alert Allen
Bert White
Joseph L. Palmer
Etawah
Tenn
Charles Chaney
Jackson
John Chaney
Clifton Chaney
Chester
Lily Chaney
Earl Wiggins
William Sharkey
C. F. Grundhoefer
Darrow Avenue
Ben Boyle
C. Burg
American Press Association
James M’crea
Presi
Pennsylvania
McCrea
Ingalls
Sherman
Deneen Cons Ders
M’clung Quits
Porto
London
Eng
Uto
Mrs
Grover Cleveland
Underwood and Underwood
Cleveland
Jex Preston Jr
Wells College
Preston
Francis Folsom
Oscar Folsom
White House
Esther
Illinois General News
Fages
Chas.n. Kramer
Miss “Singer
Francis G. Thompson
bin Eee
Illinois
DeKalb, Ill
Were
laCrange, Ut
Frank Bros
West Madison
Halsted
Gibson City
W. R. Bly
Thomas Rhodes
River Grove
Lll
Rhodes and McClure Publishing Company
South Jefferson Street
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Rhodes
William A. Field
Lake Michigan
Indiana Harbor
Harvey D. Goulder
Inland Steel Company
Champaign
A. H. Ogle
Belleville, Ill
The
Illini
University of Ilinois
Grand Jury
Cherry
James Lord
Farmington
Mlinois
United Mine Workers of America
Danville
J. D. Warner
Aurora
William P. Mettel
Pauline
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!