Quaker City Riots Paralyze Transit As 1000 Injured
Philadelphia riots over a transit strike overwhelm hospitals with at least a thousand injured and many dead. Police callouts surge as Mayor orders 4000 extra officers while talks of a general strike loom. company blames strikers and vows to keep cars running.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Reyburn
Henry Clay
C. O. Pratt
D. T. Pierce
Kruger
Rapid Transft Company
Pierce
O. Pratt
Central Labor Union
J. J
Nxhta
Pratt
English coast swept by storm with many wrecks
London reports an exceptionally violent southwest gale reaching hurricane force over two to three days. The storm caused numerous wrecks and ashore disasters, about 60 deaths. The Queen tried to enter Folkestone but was driven to sea. The Cunard steamer Mauretania faced nine hours off Queenstown before entering to embark passengers for New York.
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London
Seles
Queen
Boulogne
Yainly
Folkestone
Cunard
Queenstown
New York
Roche's Point
Police Chief Guilty of Brutal Conduct Case
Middletown Delaware civil service commission finds Police Chief Fred Stroderick guilty of inhuman and brutal conduct during arrest of Mrs Agnes Augapurger on September 10 1909. Court records indicate disciplinary action and potential remedies.
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Middletown
Fred Stroderick
The
Civil Service Commission
Agnes
Augapurger
Death at Restaurant Table Stuns City
Died here at age 49 is TT Taylor a renowned physician in the city. He dropped to pick up a fork from the floor and suffered fatal blood vessel rupture in his head.
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Cellun
Dieelat TT Taylor
Thin City
Eight counterfeiters are sent to prison in Atlanta
Ignazio Lupo, Charles Morello, and the Sicilian counterfeiters were moved from the Tombs to federal prison in Atlanta. Deputies guarded the transfer amid expected demonstrations, with six marshals escorting them by train after a brief handcuffed procession.
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New York
Ignazio Lupo Cussenpe Morello
United States
Atlanta
Marshal Henkel
Lupo
Morello
Pennsylvania
Tithit Grants
Lisbon woman claims portion of $200000 estate
A Columbus law firm reports a woman who says she is a half sister of the deceased troaity of Wellsville has applied to press her claim to the entire estate valued at $200000. Attorney C C Connell, who previously represented the state in the related litigation, received the letter.
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Lisbon
C. C. Connell
J. W. Troaity
Wellsville
Columbus
Escaped youths flee hospital amid cold exposure fears
Lancaster Ohio reports two youths in night clothes and pillows drawn over legs escaped from the Moya Industrial School hospital. Edward Church of Cambridge and James Mercer of Columbus were treated, with concerns the cold exposure could prove fatal.
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Lancaster
O. Fou
Tadani
Edward Church
Cambridge
James Mercer
Columbus
Moya
Trey
Glavis Testimony Corroborated By Hoyt In Case Review
Washington reports that Louis Glavis gained corroboration from Henry M. Hoyt in two key points before the Ballinger Pinchot committee. Hoyt, a former U S attorney and now Porto Rico attorney general, confirmed Glavis on actions concerning the coal trade and a Wilson Coal Company matter. A second brief item notes the birth of a daughter to the Earl and Countess Granard in London.
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Washington
Louis BR. Glavis
Ballinger-Pinchot
Tlenry M. Hoyt
Glavis
United States
Nome
Alaska
Department of Justice
Porto Rico
Hoyt
bin Acton
London
Earl
Countess Granard
Countess of Granard
Mise Milla
New York
Mra
Oxden Mills
D. C. Milla
Earl of Granard
Grast Britain
Panic at Theatre Fire in Patton causes deaths and panic
Five hundred people at a small theatre in Patton near Johnstown were thrown into the basement when the balcony collapsed during a fire. One person was killed and others were trapped in debris. Firemen diverted a water stream into the basement to aid the panicked crowd as they struggled to escape the danger.
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Johnstown
Patton
Fire at Fifth Avenue theater causes $100000 loss
A blaze at a family theater on Fifth Avenue damaged property estimated at $100,000. Guests at the Newell and Antlers hotels were panicked but escaped unharmed.
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Prabite
Fels ST
Fifth Avenue
Dane Age
Newell and Antlers
Panio
Evangelism Draws Huge Crowd At Sunday Meetings
At the final Billy Sunday gathering more than 6,000 were turned away though 10,000 packed the tabernacle with overflow at two churches. Over $10,000 was raised for Sunday alone and 5,900 converts were recorded during the weeks of meetings.
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Youngeto
Tabernacle
Tragic Massacre Ends with Suicide in Louisville Area
George Stephens, 23, a Louisville and Nashville railroad engineer and son of a mine operator, killed three of his children and fatally wounded a colored nurse before fatally shooting himself. He was reportedly crazed by morphine at the time of the killings.
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Firiingtiam, Ain
George Stephens
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Panic on Arizona street car leaves two dead
A street car incident in El Paso caused a stampede panicking passengers. A. G. Smith and Miss Maggie Reilly were killed, while W. H. Weldon of Kansas City was badly injured and regarded as near death.
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el Paso
Arizona
A. G. Smith
Maggie Reilly
W. H. Weldon
Kansas City
Lively Times At Large In A Fragmented News Item
Joe Reeves a 67 year old man dies laughing during a lodge initiation in Cairo WL. Nationwide business leaders urge Roosevelt to travel via San Francisco. Indiana banker John Fr Johnson suicides by drowning in the Wabash at Logansport after prison wrecking charges. Princeton Indiana family drop eggs from a meal after a dozen in a row. A dubious cure for double chin involves vigorous neck rubbing and cold water application.
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Joe Reeves
Cairo
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
Colonel Roosevelt
San Francisco
John Fr. Johnson
Indiana
Columbus (O
Financial
Wabash
Logansport
McGraw
Fort Worth
Tex
Princeton
Ind
Postal Bill To Be Rushed In Senate Consideration
Republican Senators move to resolve differences on the postal savings bank bill. Senator Smoot may yield to presidential request to reconsider the vote while the Insurgents demand the Smoot amendment. Leaders expect passage by a slim margin and plan late session votes this week. Senators Bailoy Deliever Owen and Seyburn prepare remarks.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Noot
Root
Wald
Postal Savings Bank
Bailoy
Delilver
Iowa
Owen
Oklahoma
Seyburn
Idaho
Van Zandt death grand jury probes murder case
Twenty two witnesses attend a grand jury investigation into the death of Mrs. Alluo Van Zandt whose charred body was found bound and gagged on a gas stove. Jeano Van Zandt, her husband, is charged with the crime. Prime Minister Boutros Pasha was fired upon in Cairo as he left the foreign affairs ministry. three shots caused severe injuries.
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Pes
Alluo van Zandt
Jeano van Zandt
Cairo
Boutros Pasha
Ministry of Foreign
Alfaira
Wardani
Unique Character Free Must Change Occupation New York
Fd 21 Tiify Mallon known as Tyyhold Mary released from quarantine on North Brother Island by health department order with restriction she may not seek employment as a servant in the city. For three years she has resided on the Island Delaware area and is described as a peculiar case. locals report she has never had typhoid but is said to bear typhus and could be a danger to households she visits.
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New York
Mallon
Tyyhold Mary
North Brother
Island
Leoware
Puye
Mary
Lancaster family killed by train near home
A Hocking Valley passenger train struck and killed 65 year old B Henry and his 18 year old daughter Ellen as they were driving home from church in Lancaster. The fatalities occurred around 21.7 as the family traveled along the crossing. Local investigators are reviewing the incident.
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Lancaster
B. Henry
Ellen
Hocking Valley
Triin
Ureh
Falls Dead in Church in New Biaissiet
Mia John Waldron aged 70 wife of a manufacturer collapsed and died during a church collection at the Second Reformed Church in New Biaissiet NW on February 11.
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New Biaissiet
John Waldron
Grand jury indictments in Chicago packers case emerge
Indictments have been drawn in the government beef investigation against Chicago packers. The grand jury has heard four weeks of testimony from key witnesses and will render true bills or dismissals.
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Grand Jury
Chicago
Tw Packers
Pao
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Liu
Pole
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