Notable Briefs From Far and Near
The items report William H. Robertson opposing his Tangier consul post while visiting New York. Mary Crocker Burton Harrison's heirs stand to receive nearly 2 million dollars each. A. J. Hoskins sells patent rights for 300000 to Uncle Sam. Sherman Becker buys a New York Stock Exchange seat for 96000 and plans a New York home. Andrew Carnegie funds a 5000 annual scholarship for Dennis Chabot of Pittsburgh. Judge William H. Holt is rumored Taft’s Swiss minister pick. L. Poole linked to Mindoro sugar estate sale at 367000 amid Havana ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H. Robertson
Tangier
Morocco
New York
Mary Crocker Burton Harrison
Burton Harrison
Charles F. Crocker
San Francisco
A. J. Hoskins
Upper Alton, II
United States
Sherpurn
Becker
Milwaukee
New York ,Stock Exchange
Andrew Carnegie
Dennis Chabot
Pittsburg
Europe
William H. Holt
Louisville
Taft
Switzerland
L. Poole
Havana
Cuba
San Jose Friar
Mindoro
Havemeyers
Storm claims sailors and ships as Great Lakes wrecks unfold
Reports list seven sailors dead and thirteen adrift or drowned after a fierce Lake Erie storm. Two steamers, the Clarion and W. C. Richardson, were lost with the Clarion burning near Point Pelee and the Richardson wrecking west of Buffalo.
Multitude of early 1900s incidents in terse dispatches
Mark Hanna a Russian born man sought a marriage license in Newport Kentucky but waited two days after forgetting his bride to be Fannie Dozorthrov. Federal and local authorities in Leechburg Pennsylvania pursue alleged Black Hand members. Coroner's jury probes Cherry Illinois mine disaster with no verdict. Milwaukee murder confession ties to Hattie Zinda. Indianapolis streetcar crash injures 35 passengers. Toledo woman dies after misused medicine. Phenix Fire Insurance head George Sheldon indicted in New York. Battle Creek murder conviction of William Crandall. Nicaragua political turmoil and Honduran martial law. Dr Cook records dispute with Copenhagen University. Banking sector census details. New York TB hospital project announced. War tensions over Central American peace pact. Rome Georgia man ends fast. Boston court clears steel bidders. Butte marathon dancers collapse. Evangelical gathering in Louisville. Kalamazoo fire disaster aftermath. San Bernardino electrocution incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Hanna
Newport
Fannie Dozorthrov
Leechburg
Beale
St. Paul
Cherry, Ill
Adam Pietrzyk
Milwaukee
Hattie Zinda
Karl Wojciechowski
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
William. Tate
Toledo
George Preston Sheldon
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Greenwich
Conn
New York
William Crandall
Battle Creek
At. Marshall
Mich
Crandall
Cardenas
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Costa Rica
Revolutionary Movement
New York Times
Frederick A. Cook
University of Copenhagen
Nicaraguuan
Republic of Honduras
Manuel Bonilla
William Tippin
Rome
Boston
Butte
Mont
United States
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Louisville
Kalamazoo
Multi-Death Train Crash Near Erie Knocks Many From Sleep
A rear end collision on the Lake Shore line near Northeast, Pennsylvania, between the Twentieth Century Limited and No. 10 left at least six dead and many injured. The high speed wreck disrupted wires and delayed communication as officials sorted the chaotic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Limited
New York Central Line
Lake Shore Road
Northeast
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Boston
Hmited
Lake Shore
St. Louis
Carpet Was Not Spoiled Death At Canfield Home
Daniel Blott a 96 year old resident near Canfield Ohio died by self inflicted wound at his son Nathaniel Blott’s home. He severed the left wrist artery with a razor and arranged a basin to catch the blood to spare the carpet. His daughter discovered him bleeding and the basin held his life’s end as family movers arrived to take him to a grandson’s home. The coroner’s inquiry noted the act was a self inflicted death rather than an accident.
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Youngstown
Daniel Blott
Nathaniel—Blott
Canfield
Nathaniel Blott
Klyne
Death of Only Army Leper at Fort Screven
Savannah reports the death of First Sergeant C. O. Mix of the Seventy second company coast artillery the only leprosy case in the U S army. He died in his Fort Screven cottage and will be buried with full military honors in the National cemetery. Mix served in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish American War where he contracted the disease. His father’s recent death left him forty thousand dollars though the money proved unhelpful to him as his soldier pay had also accumulated a small fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
United States
C. O. Mix
Coast Artillery
Fort Screven
Mix
Father and son killed at unprotected grade crossing
Edward Derbinsky 60 and his nine year old son Harry died at Hillsville crossing in New Castle County when a southbound Pennsylvania train struck them. Derbinsky, a farmer, leaves a wife and ten children. Both bodies were mangled with severe injuries reported.
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New Castle
Edward Derbinsky
Harry
Hillsville
Pennsylvania
Hilleville
Derbinsky
Lurton Named to Supreme Court Seat
Lurton of Nashville Tennessee a judge of the Sixth Circuit and a Democrat with Confederate service is named to succeed the late Justice Peckham on the United States Supreme Court. The appointment becomes effective upon Senate ratification and was foreshadowed for weeks. Lurton is 66 years old and was born in Campbell County Kentucky.
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Lurton
Supreme
Washington, D. C
Horace H- Lurton
Nashville
Tenn
United States—circuit
Justice Peckham
New—York
United—States—supreme Court
United States Senate
Porn
Campbell Courty
Kertndig
How Corporation Tax Will Operate
Treasury guidance explains the 1 percent tax on net income after a 5000 deduction, defining gross and net income as including all sources. It outlines classes of corporations Banks and financials, Insurance, Transportation, Manufacturing, Mercantile, and Miscellaneous with specific gross income definitions and deductions based on ledger entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
MacVeagh
Banks
Mercantile Companies
Can Spare Evergreen Trees The Christmas Forest Question
Washington reports the United States forestry service says Christmas tree cutting need not threaten forests if done with discrimination. In young pines thinning helps but reckless slashing harms timber lands. The chief forester says trees are for use and bringing happiness to children at Christmas is a noble purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Forestry Service
Forestry Bureau
Wild Rail Crash Kills Two on Milwaukee Special
A Northwestern road Milwaukee special wrecked near Chicago killing two Austrian emigrants and seriously injuring 18 others. Nine cars left the track as the engine veered and overturned, a 2800 pound rail tearing through cars and killing the two men. The wreck caused extensive damage along the embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Milwaukee
Northwestern Road
Destructive Fire Destroys Racine Manufacturing Plant
A six building Racine Manufacturing Co plant in Racine Wisconsin housing automobile tops and piano stools, a Danish Brotherhood hall, and the Mitchell wagon works burned, causing about 650000 dollars in damage. The six story main building and five four story structures occupied a city block. The blaze also destroyed a saloon, boarding house, and several residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Racine Manufacturing Co
Mitchell Wagon Works
Tragic Shootings and Self-inflicted Death Reported
An Telegram from Billstore describes Belle Frizzle killed and Bard seriously wounded by Eliah after a trespassing dispute at Children's premises near Dillsboro. Separate report: John Miller of Pittsburgh commits suicide aboard a Western Pennsylvania railroad Pullman car after threatening his wife with a razor.
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Asheville
N. C
Billstore
Belle—Frizzle
Apd
Gotsa
Chotgun
Lancaster
John Miller
Smithfield Street
Pittsburg
the-Mellon - National—bank
Frasers
Western Pennsylvania Railroad
Miller
Trong
Gen Casement Dead A Noted Railroad Builder and Civil War Hero
Gen J Sy Casement of Painesville Ohio dies after a three day illness from pneumonia at age 80. A railroad contractor and philanthropist he helped build lines from Cleveland to Erie and Buffalo and led Union Pacific to Cheyenne. He served as major and colonel in the Civil War earning praise for saving 400 men at Cross Lanes and marching with Sherman to the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Cleveland
Erie
Big Four Railroad
Columbus
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Buffalo
Casement
Ohio—Volunteer—Infantry
McClellan
Virginia
Cross Lanes
Charleston
Cox
Rosecrans
Ieland
One Hundred and Third C. V._I
Sherman
Recover Canal Property in Ohio Across Multiple Railways
Attorney General Denman and the state board of public works prepare to file suits to recover about 13 million dollars in canal lands. More than 5000 parcels are involved with action aimed at railways including the New York Central and Baltimore & Ohio. First suits target Akron and other cities such as Toledo Newark and Dayton with land valued at hundreds of thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Denman
State” Board—Of Public Works
Star Chamber
State Board
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Erie
Baltimore & Ohio
Cleveland
Akron
Telephone rate rise ordered by Ohio United States Telephone Co
Dummy directors who admitted owning minimal stock issued an order increasing long distance rates across Ohio. Central Union may follow. Independents seek receivers in common pleas court for United States and Cuyahoga firms. Cuya hoga also plans early rate hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
United States Telephone Co
Ohio
Central Union
Bell
Common Pleas Court
United States
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga Company
Seven Burned to Death in Cincinnati Tenement Fire
A four story tenement in Cincinnati burned, killing at least seven and injuring many. Tenants occupied every floor except the first, with kerosene lamps lighting the hallways. a lamp on the second floor was upset, feeding the blaze.
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Cincinnati, O
Smallpox Outbreak Prompted State Action in Pickaway County
Ohio state board of health assumes control after local officials refuse to act amid a smallpox outbreak among a group of workers employed by the Norfolk and Western railroad in Pickaway county. A quarantine is set and guards patrol to prevent lodging of exposed individuals until authorities release them. The incident targets a labor gang described in terms that reflect racial terminology of the era.
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Ohio
Columbus
State Board of Health
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Ie Bois
Neca
Anand Hit
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General News
Lake Erie
Clarion
W. C. Richardson
Alexander
George Smith
Repubblican
Susan Stewart
Stewart
South Orange
N. J
Washington
Andrew Dunlap
National Cemetery
Arlington
New York Association For
St. Mark's
West Orange
Tafthan
Knox
B. Shephard
Order of Railway Conductors
St. Paul, Minn
William H. Stead
Nlinoja Supreme Court
Booth
Sangamon County
General Assembly
Oklahoma Live Stock Breeders’ Associations
Enid
Taf
American National Red Cyons
Ecretary
Treasury
Mac“‘Veagh
Youngstown, O
Newcastle
Secretary OF the Treasury
Wire
Gen. Casement
State of Ohio
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