Wind Blows Out Red Light Causes Pere Marquette Crash
A front page incident reports an early evening collision on the Pere Marquette Railroad near East Paris six miles from Grand Rapids. Eighteen dead and thirty-one injured after two passenger trains, crowded with holiday travelers, smash when a red signal lamp is extinguished by high wind. Officials say misread orders and a signal failure caused the wreck. dozens rescued, with surgeons dispatched and hospital trains awaiting. Names of the deceased and injured appear from Grand Rapids and surrounding areas.
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Grand Rapide
Pere Marquette
East Paris
Detroit
McCord’s
Fox
Oakdale Park
Charles West
Saranac
Mich
George Palmer
American Express
Michael Malburge
Hart
Timothy Quaeley
Broadway
Rapids
I J. T. Gould
Grand Rapids
John Ross
Lansing
L. A. Williams
Lan
James Humphrey
H. R. Streeter
Howard Miner
W. J. Garber
Muskegon Heights
Harry Marcus
E. H. Marcus Company
New York City
E. B. Moon
Oscar Wagner
H. Kent
Allegan
Joan Post
Clarksville
Charles T. Chambers
Fonta
Claude Brown
Frank Waferman
J. C. Woodworth
Salem
Geerritt Motman
ED Weigel
George Niel
E. Gray
Frank Waterman
Frank Hewitt
Stoddard
Clwee
John Post
Page & Col
Multiple Derailments and Collisions Reported Across Several States
Seventeen people died and thirty-one injured in a Pere Marquette road collision near Grand Rapids caused by a blown red signal light. A Wabash passenger train struck a freight, injuring five passengers and five trainmen. In Cincinnati Southern lines two died and eight more were severely hurt in another crash. In Virginia two railway employees and a mail clerk sustained injuries in a separate collision.
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Grand Rapids
Cincinnati Southern
Virginia
Scrupulous Conscience Funds City Debts Across Railroads
A mysterious sender calling herself Scrupulous Conscience sent letters with cash totaling about 900 to railroad officials in St. Louis and $100 to city treasurer Franciscus for old debts plus other recipients. The money, deemed legal tender, was described as settlement of years old claims. Several letters arrived dated December 2 and 16, signed by the same persona, leaving officials puzzled about the senders.
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ST. Louis
Dean
Franciscus
Municipal Revenue Fund
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
The
Wabash
Warner
Missouri Pacific
Burlington Road
Beggs
Hamilton
San Francisco
D. McAuliffe
William Cullinane
Bitter mood as Choisser brothers arrive from Los Angeles
The bodies of J. C. and Louis Choisser arrived in Eldorado amid bitter feeling toward Los Angeles police. Attorneys D. W. Choister of Harrisburg and Ned Parish of Carmi left for California to prosecute the slayers. W. W. Choister will follow Monday to assist in the case.
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Eldorado
J. C
Louis Choisser
Los Angeles
Cal
D. W. Choisser
Harrisburg
Ned Parish
Carmi
California
Choissers
W. W. Choisser
Reward Offered After Train and Bridge Wreck Attempts
General Superintendent Ralph Peters of the Panhandle Railroad offers a reward of 1000 dollars for the arrest and conviction of those who tried to wreck trains and the Ellis Station bridge on the Muskingum river. Several attempts used a stretched wire across the track to pull down the bridge. Railroad officials are puzzled by the acts.
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Columbus
Ralph Peters
The
Panhandle Railroad
Ellis Station
Muskingum River
Fatal shooting ends Finnish dance in Eureka Utah
In Eureka Utah a dance at Finn Hall ended in tragedy with one man dead from two shotgun wounds and another fatally wounded. A woman suffered facial bruising and two more men were jailed after a disturbance started by the Backman brothers who had been drinking.
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Eureka
Utah
Finn Hall
Backman
Cruiser Dixie Ready to Sail With Marines
Final preparations completed for the auxiliary cruiser Dixie to sail from League Island Navy Yard with Marines bound for Colon. A battalion drawn from Annapolis Boston New York and Washington totals 389 men under Brigadier General G T Eliott, with the ship equipped to sustain 1000 men for five months.
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Philadelphia
Dixie
League Island Navy Yard
Colon
Annapolis
William Hopkins
Frederick D. Kilgore
Boston
George W. Reid
David Whls
New York
Washington
Panama
G. T. Eliott
Conservative Elected in North Renfrew Return
Toronto December 2 Conservative Dunlop won North Renfrew riding by a large majority, reducing the Ross government majority to three. The Liberals previously held the seat by 485 votes, and the remaining outstanding balance in the House favors the Liberals by 47 as the vote tally closes.
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Toronto
Ont
Dunlop
North Renfrew
Munro
Ross
Bluffton hazing trial details death linked case
Bluffton Ind December trial of ten high school boys in the L. S. S. B. case resumes. Prosecution portrays Ralph McBride’s death as linked to severe hazing while defense cites teachers and locals testifying he remained active and healthy after the alleged incidents. Several indicted boys are named as students at Indiana University and Ohio University with the trial expected to extend into next week.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bluffton
Ind
John Burns
Ralph McBride
N. D. Hamilton
Rock Island
Charles Dally
E. J. Walter
Blanche Karns
Young McBride
Wabash
L. H. Cook
McBride
Jesse
Paul Williamson
Indiana University
Bruce Kiger
Ohio University
Joseph Fisher
Bluffton City
WROTE TO HIS MOTHER THEN POISONED SELF
A well dressed 21 year old man, believed to be Albert Dunn of Nashville, died at Lookout House in Chattanooga after taking morphine. He left a letter to his mother saying she would never hear from him again and asked not to tell Sallie Smith.
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Indianapolis Journal
Chattanooga
Tenn
Albert Dunn
Nashville
Lookout House
Sallie Smith
Missing Swygert Heir Found in Colorado
Lucille M. Swygert, fourteen, daughter of William H. Swygert, was located in Denver via Pueblo attorney. Granddaughter in Colorado to receive at least $20,000 from the late George M. Swygert's estate, after a bitter Indiana probate contest lasting over a month with top attorneys.
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Indianapolis Journal
Denver
Col
George M. Swygert
Laporte
Ind
Pueblo
Lucille M. Swygert
William H. Swygert
Testator Swygert
H. B. Crofton
George Swygert
Colorado
Lucille
Swygert
Indiana
Annexation Favored in St Pierre and Miquelon Race
In St John s Newfoundland the upcoming election for a French Chamber of Deputies seat on St Pierre and Miquelon features candidates M Legasse a fishery merchant and M Froment a lawyer. Froment is thought to back annexation by the United States.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Chamber of Deputies
St. Pierre and Miquelon
M. Legasse
M. Froment
Beesse
United States
Cold Wave Turns Cold as Wind Rips Indianapolis
Wind from the southland drove a brutal blizzard leaving Indianapolis locked in near zero temperatures. A 4 degree below reading at dawn marked the coldest day of winter while highs rose to 9 above last night. The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a rapid warmup and fair weather, with warmer air moving east from the cold wave across Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
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United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Page & Gol
Power House Wrecked as Elkhart River Washouts Hit
The Booser Brothers and Kilgore power house on the Elkhart River near Benton failed when its foundation washed out. About $15,000 worth of machinery fell into 15 feet of water. It lights Syracuse and powers a local factory but may not be rebuilt before spring. The Prickett mill previously dropped into the river at the same site.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Booser Brothers & Kilgore
Elkhart
Benton
Syracuse
Prickett Mill
Death of Mrs Mary Reimer Under Investigation in New York
A close inquiry is underway into the death of Mrs Mary Reimer a widow aged forty five whose body was found in the rear yard of a West One hundredth Street tenement. She was known to have several thousand dollars in bank deposits and carried a bag of jewelry though bank books and valuables are missing. The skull shows crushing and the body bears marks suggesting a fall from a window.
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New York
Mary Reimer
West One Hundredth Street
Throat Injury Sinks School Teacher In Union City
Union City Ind December 26 Thomas Johnson a well known school teacher ran against a clothesline at his home near Union City this morning slicing a gash in his throat and throwing him to the ground He remained unconscious this evening with grave fears for his recovery Johnson was recently named cashier of the Saratoga bank
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Indianapolis Journal
Union City
Ind
Thomas Johnson
Johnson
Saratoga Bank
Doctor Accidentally Shot in the Heart During Carriage Load
Springfield Mass December 26 William H A Young a leading physician in the city was shot through the heart when a rifle he was placing in his carriage discharged in view of his wife and several friends He was preparing to go hunting and the accident was witnessed by his wife and others.
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Springfield
Mass
William H. A. Young
Nebraska Republicans Organize Webster Vice Presidential Bid
Organized for Webster committee formed in Omaha Nebraska to back John L Webster for the 1904 Republican national convention. State party leaders and officials invited Nebraska Republicans to join and note the unanimous endorsement of Webster's candidacy at the last state convention.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
John L. Webster
Webster
Kentucky Feudists Rally To Defy Marshal in Jackson
In Jackson on December 25 a crowd gathered before Hargis Bros store and fired hundreds of shots at the ground the store and the courthouse. Marshal Newland faced open defiance as residents expressed anger. Barber Charles Scott was accidentally shot in the foot with probable amputation.
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Jackson
Langsdale Near Death In Blacherne Apartments
George J. Langsdale lies unconscious at his Blacherne apartments with his condition worsening. His son in law Senator Albert J. Beveridge said recovery is unlikely, and doctors Etlin and Keene have attended him as he sinks toward noon.
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George J. Langsdale
Blacherne
Albert J. Beveridge
Mr. Langsdale
Lynching a Negro Ends with Jail Fire and Reckoning
In Pineapple Alabama a mob seized Arthur Stuart a colored prisoner from the jail and burned him after pouring kerosene on him. The blaze spread destroying eight stores two warehouses and the post office valued at $35000. Citizens offer rewards and demand a special court to try mob participants.
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Pineapple
Ala
Arthur Stuart
P. Melton
Melton
Quarles
Young man arrested in fraud case at Niagara Falls
A 23 year old man, giving the name F. F. Hall, was arrested at Niagara Falls Ontario on a fraud charge after New York police described him as James Abeel who allegedly used the alias J Ogden Goelet and engaged to Miss An Sen as a telegrapher in a New York hotel.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
F. F. Hall
New York
Hall
James Abeel
J. Ogden Goelet
An- Sen
Murder verdict in case of Mrs Williams in Brainerd
A jury in Brainerd found Mrs Myra Jane Williams guilty of murder in the first degree for slaying her two year old daughter on August 21 and disposing of the body in the Mississippi River. She showed no emotion when the verdict was read.
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Brainerd
Minn
Myra Jane Willams
Window Glass Company Incorporation in Trenton
The Manufacturers' Window Glass Company, capitalized at 1 100 000 dollars, was incorporated today in Trenton New Jersey to manufacture window glass and glassware. Incorporators are I G Davis N A Ene and W L Vance of Camden New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
Window Glass Company
I. G. Davis
N. A. Ene
W. L. Vance
Camden
Lydia Hoyt Farmer Dies in Concord Home
Lydia Hoyt Farmer, a Cleveland resident and noted authoress, died of heart disease at her son’s home in Concord New Hampshire. The funeral will be held in Cleveland with relatives including H Hoyt and Rev Wayland Hisse of Philadelphia in attendance.
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Cleveland
Lydia Hoyt Farmer
Concord
N. H
H. Hoyt
Wayland Hisse
Philadelphia
LYNCHING FEARS OVER KILLING OF HOWARD PATE IN JASPER
Evansville dispatch reports strong mob talk in Huntingburg as Hodges killer Howard Pate is jailed in Jasper. Railroad men form vigil groups. sheriff Cassidys deputies brace for possible lynching. Hodges funeral planned for Lincoln City. Hodges widow gravely ill at home.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
John Hodges
Huntingburg
Dubois County
Jasper
Hodges
Victor Cassidy
Cassidy
Lincoln City
Illinois man held for killing his mother
Mount Carmel Illinois December 26 William L Lacer is jailed on murder charges for the shooting of his mother Mrs Elizabeth Lacer who sat at supper in her home Sunday evening. The window firing and rifle-typical bullet link him to the crime while his efforts to frame others and conflicting statements by Lacer and his wife are cited as arrest reasons. The farmer thirty three, married with no children, would leave two farms and substantial property to his sisters.
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Mount Carmel
William L. Lacer
Elizabeth Lacer
Lacer
Young Soldier Victim of Leprosy in Pacific Colony
Elmer Burkett, 28, who enlisted in the U S Army three years ago and served in the Philippines, has died after being diagnosed with leprosy. Letters to his Portland relatives stopped months ago, and word from San Francisco says he had been at a leper colony on a lonely Pacific island for over a year. Relatives are grief stricken by the terrible news.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Elmer Burkett
United States Army
Indianapolis
Philippines
San Francisco
Burkett
Pacific
New York Man Hangs Self in Cincinnati Hotel
W. O. Brewster of Bolger & Brewster underwear firm, New York, committed suicide by hanging in a Cincinnati hotel. He had arrived to oversee firm interests and suffered nervousness for several days, with temporary insanity cited as the likely cause.
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Cincinnati
Dec
W. O. Brewster
Bolger & Brewster
Church Street
New York
Bettew
Tipton Clerk Fatally Stabbed After Quarrel
M W A Long a railroader and John Huppey a section foreman on the Indiana Union Company quarreled at the Lake Erie Hotel in Tipton Indiana last night. Long was stabbed in the heart and taken to the hospital where he may die.
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Indianapolls Journal
Tipton
Ind
A. Long
John Huppey
Indiana Union Company
Lake Erie
Long
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