Nine Elevated Train Collisions Reported in Dense Chicago Fog
Chicago news recounts a deadly collision between two Metropolitan elevated trains leaving one dead and twelve injured. Fatally injured are F Ireland Harekl Soderberg and others. Foggy conditions spurred numerous accidents on elevated, steam, and surface lines. ambulances crowded city streets from 5 30 to 9. Otto Leinbart, conductor, was crushed to death in another collision.
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Cense
Lake Street
F. Ireland
Harekl Soderberg
Frank J
Anna Carr
J. W. Cheney
Fox
Otto Leinhart
Leinbart
Miners Disorderly at Prospect Hill Mines
Four hundred miners came to unionize at Prospect Hill mines and entered a boarding house at 4 o clock. They beat five non union miners inside, causing women to faint. Police and sheriff were summoned to the scene in Vincennes Indiana.
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Vincennes
Ind
Prospect Hil
President's Message Echoes Roosevelt Tone in Cabinet Reading
Washington reports the cabinet spent the session reading the president's message and commenting on its features. The message is described as long and vigorous in tone, characteristic of Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
One Less Robber and Reciprocity Convention Meets
John Sup bland of Albert City dies from wounds after a Greenville bank robbery. Another robber is killed. suspects Jack Johns and Louis Brooks identified. Sheriff Parker transfers suspects to Storm Lake. $435 recovered plus 500 hidden nearby, one coin found. Mike Conlin killed the robber with a rifle. Reciprocity convention opens in Washington with 200 delegates and pledges support for President Roosevelt.
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Sioux City
Greenville
Parker
Storm Lake
Jack Johns
Louis Brooks
Albert City
Mike Conlin
Washington
Roosevelt
Conspicuous Crime and Murder Trial Dominates Holland and Washington News
In Holland Michigan and Washington DC the week’s front pages reveal a sprawling criminal plot as M Trass and Charles Kipp confess to warehouse thefts at West Michigan Furniture. A related trial in DC centers on Mrs Lolanda Bonine accused of murdering census clerk James Ayres Jr at the Kenmore hotel. The docket also notes a DC court session lasting amid crowd demand for seats and dozens of witnesses while other reports cover accidents and international political clashes.
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West Michigan Furniture Company
M. Trass
Charles Kipp
Trass
Kipp
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Washington
Lolanda Bonine
James Seymour Ayres, Jr
Kenmore Hotel
Bonine
Thomas M. Anderson
Criminal Court No. 1
District of Columbia
Lolanda Henry Bonine
Lales Seymour Ayres, Jr
Kenmore
Ayres
Marshal Palmer
Bonnie
Meacham
Missouri
Grant Hemry
Miss Pearl Hemry
Fire Sweeps Decatur Towns Buildings
Fire last night swept Decatur striking the telephone exchange opera house town hall and Odd Fellows hall at Assumption. Loss estimated at 55000 with insurance about 40000.
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Telephone Exchange
Opera House
Town Hall
Odd Fellows Hall
Assumption
Queen Liliuokalani Returns to San Francisco to Seek Crown Lands Recovery
Queen Liliuokalani arrives in California combining health recovery with talks with federal authorities on Hawaii crown lands seized after the 1893 revolution. About $100,000 in annual crown revenues and $15 million in lands are at stake. vetoed pension offers and a bid to reimburse the queen are noted.
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San Francisco
Cal
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Dole
Gram
School turmoil over boy kissing girl at Knox county
Knox county school directors face debate on punishing a boy for kissing a girl pupil, with a male teacher’s beating of the boy sparking protests and fear of widespread corporal punishment. The grand jury’s inaction leaves parents seeking legal action, while other districts report similar friction and a plan to punish boys in retaliation.
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Truro
Lincoln
Neb
Walter Tyan
James Holek
Exeter
Holek
Ryan
New Naval Court Opens At Navy Yard
The secretary of the navy ordered a court martial to probe charges of intoxication and scandalous conduct against A. I. L. Meade of the Marine Corps. In Springfield Illinois Odd Fellows, the grand encampment elected officers including Grand Patriarch W M Penberton and Grand Senior Warden Christoper Gross among others.
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New York
Secretary of the Navy
A. I. L. Meade
Marine Corps
Navy Yard
Odd Fellows
Springfield
Illinois
Grand Vatriatch
W. MH. Penberton
Gatitia
Thomas K. Wood
Princeton
Christopher Gross
Tuscola
Grand Scribe
H. C. Feltman
Salem
Grant Tressurer
William — Schubert
Chester
E. H. Kinney
Table Grove
Three-I League to Decide Future of Eight or Ten Clubs
Annual meeting at the Palmer House, Chicago, will elect officers and decide whether the Three I League should expand beyond eight teams. Debate centers on adding Dubuque and Joliet, with strong support for keeping the eight-club lineup. Leaders praise Sexton’s stewardship while hints of his possible decline surface amid cautious optimism.
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Palmer House
Thursda
Eddy
M. H. Sexton
J. FB. Munger
Rockford
Orting
News
Jeliet
Duluque
Dubuque
Bryansville
Terre Haute
Indiana
Sexton
Decatur
Rock Island
To Save Her Child Fatal Fire Claims In Ohio
Mrs. Mary Manering and her daughter Edith aged d years perished in a house fire at Xenia Ohio. Edith's clothing ignited from the stove and her mother, in attempting to rescue her, suffered fatal burns.
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Kenia
Centralia, II
New
Mary Manering
Edith
Xenia
Incendiary Fire Destroys Eufaula Store Stock
An incendiary blaze in Eufaula wiped out James Burdette’s store and general merchandise stock valued around 50 000. Across the nation reports include a 4 000 000 mark fire loss at Neufuhrwas, a Danbury area theft case, and other varied incidents from Rhodesia labor scarcity to a Freemansburg post office robbery. The era’s sensational headlines touch on politics, society, and crime with recurring mentions of prominent figures such as Senator Henry M. Teller and Mary P. Wilkins, though some reports remain unconfirmed.
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Eufaula
J. T
James Burdette
Charleston
S. C
Mary PF. Wilkins
Charlotte M. Teller
Henry M. Teller
Colorado
Morrison
Sunda
Joan Jequeline
Duluth
Max Borchardt
Francis D. Leggett
Clmate
James Vogt
Milan
Kan
Rhodesia
South Africa
Freemansburg
W. Va
Depew
Paris
United States
England
Gold Coin Record Shows Record Gold Exports From New York
New York reports a new high in gold shipments to Europe with 57,000,000 in transit aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse heading to Berlin. Vast packaging at the assay office used oak kegs and iron hoops to secure the precious metal as underwriting firms adjust to exchange rates and rising exports.
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New York
Europe
Esterday
Germany
Buffalo Treasurer Gorst Suspended for Misconduct
City officials suspend City Treasurer Philip Gorst amid charges of misconduct in office. The mayor accuses him of maintaining false accounts and reports cash on hand $50,000 above the actual city balance.
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Buffale
Philip Gorst
Gorst
Ingto
Gov Van Sant Warns on Railroad Consolidation
Governor Van Sant says he will authorize the attorney general to proceed against any consolidation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads. If existing laws fail he will call a special session to enact new ones. Attorney General Douglas is away hunting and no new details are expected soon. James J. Hill and W. C. Clough of Northern Securities declined to comment until official action is taken.
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Vin Sant
Winona
Northern Pacific
Douglas
New York
James J. Hill
W. ?. Clough
Northern Securities Company
Gov. van Sant
Minnesota
Great Nouthern
Indictments and legal actions across counties and cities
A grand jury returned five indictments in Nevada charging malfeasance by county supervisors over mileage funds linked to road work. In Illinois a federal judge issued an injunction blocking the state board of equalization from taxing Union Traction and Consolidated Traction, challenging a state court mandamus seeking capital stock assessment.
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V. W. McPherson
Dr. W. &. Devine
Frank E. Northup
Sanity Commission
Chicago
Grosseup
United States District Court
State Board of Equalization
Union Traction
Ch Consolidated Traction Company
Traction
Thompson
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