Explosion wrecks bank in Ishpeming Michigan aftermath
A gas leak in the Miners National Bank basement led two men to search with lighted candles causing a massive blast. Three children were killed and 13 others injured, one fatally, as debris shattered storefronts and scattered bank papers across blocks. The two workers escaped unharmed. The bank building was completely wrecked.
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Detroit
Mich
Ishpeming
Miner’s National Bank
Steven Goodman
Alice McGee
Edward McGrath
James F. Mullen
Bank
Public Lands Suit Seeks Recovery of 26 Minnesota Tracts
United States District Attorney Houlit files complaints in federal court against Frederick A. Hyde John A. Benson and C H Glover to recover 26 tracts in Itasca Cook St Louis and Lakes counties alleging fraud and collusion with Washington land office officers.
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St. Paul, Minn
United States
Houlit
United States Circuit Court
Frederick A. Hyde
John A. Benson
C. H. Glover
Itasca
Cook
St. Louis
Lakes
Minnesota
Washington Land Offices
Neglected Official Duty Ends Career of American Consul
Washington November 4 a cable from Secretary Root under presidential direction cut short the official life of William P Smythe who served as American consul at Burslem England He was removed on the complaint of the state department auditor that he had been negligent in duty Born in Ireland he was appointed from Missouri last June
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Washington
Root
William P. Smythe
Burslem
England
Smythe
State Department
Ireland
Missouri
Chinese distress over missionary massacres prompt action urged
Washington reports a cablegram from Minister Rockhill in Pekin saying the Chinese foreign affairs minister requests informing the United States that China is profoundly humiliated and distressed by the massacre of American missionaries at Lienchow and has promised prompt and vigorous action.
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Hexard
Washington
State Department
Rockhill
Pekin
Lienchow
Suit Case Victim's Head Recovered In Harbor
Boston authorities believe a leather hand bag contains the head of Susanna A. Geary, the dress suit case victim. The head was found near the spot where suspects Lewis Crawford and William Howard said they dumped her dismembered body from an East Boston ferry. The trunk and limbs were located earlier, with the search continuing for Mary Dean, who allegedly managed the home where Geary died after removal from Tremont street resort.
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Boston
Susanna A. Geary
Lewis W. Crawford
William Howard
Mary 8
Dean
Geary
Tremont Street
St. Louis Man Presents Free Bridge Resolutions to Roosevelt
Ben Westhus of St. Louis met with President Roosevelt to present resolutions from allied business and trade groups supporting the free bridge movement. He also delivered a memorial to Attorney General Moody praising the president’s stance on the project.
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Washington
Ben Westhus
St. Louis
Rooosevelt
St. Louisan
Allied Business and Trade Organizations
Funeral of Chas J Devlin in LaSalle Illinois
Funeral services for Chas J Devlin were held in LaSalle with the body arriving from Chicago. The procession moved from the station to St Patrick's church for high mass. Father Powers of Spring Valley delivered the oration. Burial followed at St Vincent's cemetery.
Missouri's Oldest Woman Dies at 107 in Winthrop
St Joseph Missouri November 6 Mrs Sarah A Shook aged 107 Missouri's oldest woman has died at Winthrop Born in 1798 in Kentucky her parents settled near St Joseph in 1799 She was married twice at age 14 and was mother of seven children
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Sarah A. Shook
Missouri
Winthrop
St. Joseph
Howard County
Kentucky
Atlanta men plan 1901 southern exhibit in city
About fifty leading Atlanta business men met last evening and decided that an industrial exposition of the resources of the south shall be held in Atlanta in 1901. A meeting to form a permanent organization is to be held within a few days.
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Atlanta
Exploding Powder Works Disaster In St Louis
A Phoenixville powder works blast on the Pittsburg bluffs near Belleville and Hast St. Louis killed four men Louis Hall William Humes George Humes and Walter Knoebel and injured others. The building was blown to kindling wood and nearby structures damaged. A prior Humes family death is noted from a previous explosion.
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Phoenixville
Pittsburg Bluffs
Belleville
Hast St. Louis
Louis Hall
William Humes
George Humes
Belleville Rock Road
Bluffs
Walter Knobel
Humes Brothers
Hall
Knoebel
John Humes
William and
Louis Humes
Prince Louis of Battenberg Honored in Baltimore Welcome
Ten thousand Baltimore residents packed Cambria Street as Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg arrived on an unofficial visit from Annapolis. The city, still buzzing after a tight Maryland election, set aside party lines to cheer the British prince, not his political ties, in a moment of rare unity.
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Baltimore
Cambeiastreet
Annapolis
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Annapolis Harbor
Maryland
Death by Self or Staged Suicide in St Louis Romance
Lucien Eckhardt 22 of 1519 South Eleventh Street was shot dead at midnight near his fiancee Kath erine Burns 635 Edmund Avenue after bidding her good night. A revolver with four empty cartridges lay beside him, a bullet in his heart through a borrowed overcoat. Police question if suicide or foul play by a thief in a death struggle.
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St. Louis
Lucien Eckhardt
South Eleventh Street
Katherine Burns
Edmund Avenue
Miss Burns
Annapolis Midshipman Dies After Prize Ring Fight
Midshipman James R. Branch of Hanover Bank NY dies after a 23 round duel with Midshipman Minor Meriweather Jr of Lafayette IL. Meriweather remains hospital. authorities refrain from arrest amid questions over a private dispute settled in a ring style.
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Annapolis
James R. Branch
Hanover Bank
New York City
American Bankers’ Association
Minor Meriweather, Jr
Lafayette
Meriweather
Midshipmen
Four Passengers Die In Grand Trunk Collision
Four people were killed and several injured when a Grand Trunk passenger train rammed a Blue Island street car at a grade crossing on Western avenue near Blue Island and Harvey. Victims include George Gore of Harvey and Fred McLeod, with two unidentified deceased. The wreck lawfully follows repeated crossing dangers in a sparsely populated area.
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Blue Island Avenue
Chicago
Blue Island
Grand Trunk
Western Avenue
Harvey
George Gore
Fred McLeod
The Unemployed of London and Prime Minister Balfour
A deputation of London’s unemployed families urged Premier Balfour to act quickly to ease hunger and poverty. Women depicted desperate husbands and starving children, warning that without relief there could be bloodshed. Balfour expressed sympathy but offered few concrete remedies, hoping public charity would aid.
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London
Premier Balfour
Balfour
Charities under Fire in St Louis Sermon
Rev Mary L Davenport of Calvary M E Church urges the grand jury to probe how local charitable groups raise and spend funds. He cites a large organization that last year collected over $46,000 with more than $20,000 in salaries and running expenses including $5,000 to the manager. He notes $3,000 for food and $2,825 for case investigations.
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St. Louis
Marry Ll. Davenport
Calvary M. E. Church
Grand Jury
Four Floors Collapse in New Omaha Building Tragedy
Four fire proof floors of a six story building under construction by Hayden Brog at Sixteenth and Douglass streets collapsed in Omaha. Albert Lumpkin and James McNamara were killed and buried under debris as fireproofing material covered their bodies.
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Omaha
Neb
Hayden Brog
Sixteenth and
Douglass Streets
Albert Lumpkin
James McNamara
Conductor Flory Run Over Near Tower Grove Station
Allen Flory Frisco conductor and brother of Joseph Flory former state railroad commissioner and 1900 Republican governor candidate, was run over by an engine near Tower Grove station. Both legs were cut off and he is in very serious condition at St Marys hospital.
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St. Louis
Allen Flory
Joseph Flory
Tower Grove Station
St. Mary’s Hospital
Couple Found Dead in Newberg Home Under Mystery
Newberg Oregon on November 8 Carl Hurford and his wife a bride of six weeks were found dead in their home by neighbors alerted by gunfire. The deaths carry a cloud of mystery as investigators seek the cause and motive behind the tragedy.
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Newberg
Ore
Carl Hurford
Battle near Middlesboro wounds Patterson duo
In a clash between the Ball outlaws and Capt. Albrecht's military near Middlesboro Kentucky four people were hit Patterson and his wife among the wounded the wife dying from her injuries both victims shot through the body with Krag Jorgensen rifles in the midlands fighting zone.
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Lexington
Ball Outlaws
Albrecht
Middlesboro
Patterson
Warner Farewell Dinner in Kansas City Missouri
United States Senator elect William Warner, Missouri's first Republican to win a U S Senate seat since 1869, was honored at a farewell banquet at the Midland Hotel. About six hundred Republicans from Missouri attended as Warner praised President Roosevelt and urged intellectual honesty in officials while supporting interstate commerce commission reforms.
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Kansas City
United States
William Warner
Senate
Missouri
Carl Schurz
Midland
Warner
Senate of
Great Demonstration at Philadelphia City Hall
Philadelphia reports a major demonstration by the victorious city party and reform leaders. Scores of leaders and hundreds of workers formed a march from city party headquarters to City Hall led by two brass bands. Notable citizens joined as the procession entered Mayor Weaver’s reception room amid cheers and patriotic music.
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Philadelphia
City Party
Reform Organization
Ine
Fusion party to contest Louisville election in courts
Louisville officials report the fusion party will challenge the Democratic ticket's victory in municipal and legislative races. They allege 14 precincts had no election due to missing paraphernalia, 14 more saw ballot boxes seized before certification, and numerous precincts had fraudulent ballots cast by armed repeaters, some aided by police, while lawful voters were blocked.
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Louisville
Fusion Party
Bank Loot Recovered Near Cambridge City
Clarence Mason, a farmer five miles southwest of Cambridge City, recovered fifteen hundred dollars in bank notes wrapped in newspapers from a hollow stump on Wednesday afternoon. He also found a dark lantern and a large brass ring, believed to be part of the safe. The money papers were identified as belonging to the First National Bank at Hagerstown.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Clarence Mason
Macon
First National Bank
Hagerstown
New York Life Co Certificate Suspended in Missouri
Jefferson City Mo Nov 9 Superintendent Vandiver suspends the certificate of authority for New York Life Insurance Co to do business in Missouri. He cites a report by the New York superintendent showing a lobby fund five times larger than campaign contributions.
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Vandiver of
Misouri
New York Life
Jefferson City
Vandiver
New York Life Insurance Co
New York
Marshal and Postmaster Fight in Norris City
Norris City ML November 9 Henry Wakefield postmaster was fatally shot by Marshal Buttry while resisting arrest The officer was visely wounded but not seriously
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Norris City
Henry Wakefield
Marshal Buttry
Vise
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Susan Geary
Boston Harbor
Chas. J. Devlin
St. Patrick's Church
Lasalle, IM
St. Vincent's Cemetery
Phoenixville, Il
Awasha Wren
Sweethearrt
Dead
Witnois
Little Hospital
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Frisco
St. Louis Yards
Fusion
Indiana
Brookline Chronicle
Troy City
John Deimling
W.F. Peter
Theo
Guennewig
Troy
Iinois
Graham Slour
Citizens’ Shaving Parlor
Julius Peter
yg-Union
Main St
George C. Morriss
Kinloch 9
Geo. Liebler
South Math Street
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