Short Items From The Past Five Days
Senate in session for an hour and a half on the 13th with business on Panama canal and bank contributions. House transfers in military affairs and public lands. Senate debates canal bills. House discusses insurance regulation and public issues. several accidents, crimes, and deaths are reported along with political notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Allison
Panama Canal
Shaw
House
Cannon
Mondell
Wyo
Miller
Kan
Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railway Co
Ouachita River
Arkansas
Panama
Congress
Notable Cleric McKnight Dies After 45 Years at Elmira Church
Reverend George H. McKnight D D rector of Trinity Church Elmira New York since 1869 died after an operation aged 14 years In another item Walter Beau pre Townley counselor to the British embassy injured in an automobile accident near Washington His wife unconscious A Belgian steamer Antigoon ashore near Norfolk no lives lost. Independent woolen mills plan 10 percent wage rise for 5 600 workers starting January 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. McKnight
Trinity Church
Elmira
N. Y
Washington
Walter Beaupre Townley
Eugene Calimetta
Little Island
Norfolk
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
American Woolen Co
Milan Bennett
Nothing But Money” Co
George Hasty
Piedmont Inna
Gaffney
S. C
Abbott Davidson
Sir Henry Irving
Christie’s
London
Actors’ Benevolent Fund
Peter Rausche
Louisville
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of New York
Rothwell
Des Moines
Great Strike Threatens Russia as Proletariat and Government Brace
From St Petersburg the report says a general strike across Russia will begin Thursday at noon. Approved by the Union of Unions and other groups, the action could halt railroads nationwide. Moscow rail workers back the strike, while Count Witte seeks to avert financial ruin by settling post and telegraph disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Union of Unions
Union of Peasants
General Railway Union
Councils of Workmen
Moscow
Count Witte
Post and Telegraph
Trains Collide on Harlem Elevation Kills One, Injures Forty
A New York Central and Hudson River collision on the elevated tracks near One Hundred Tenth Street leaves J. W. Knapp dead and about forty people seriously hurt. The Stamford local and the Poughkeepsie express, leaving Grand Central minutes apart, crashed when parallel tracks converged. Engineer John D. Horn was arrested for manslaughter and released on bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
One Hundred and Tenth Street
Harlem
J. W. Knapp
New Rochelle
Oress
Grand Central Station
Forty-second Street
Stamford
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
New York Central
Poughkeepsie Express
Central
Connecticut
New York State
John D. Horn
Timely Rescue From East River Tunnel Cave-In
Three divers yesterday saved two Italian laborers trapped in the East river tunnel of the Pennsylvania Railroad after a 40 hour cave-in at the Long Island City end. Surrounded by water, the entombed men kept tapping pipes for air and were nearly exhausted when rescuers reached the platform. The three men swapped roles, with the stronger swimmers carrying one man each on their backs while the third provided support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czarevitch
Colombo
Ceylon
Commissioner of Education
Federal Grand Jury
Kansas City
Brazee
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles F. Pfister
Herman Haupt
West Point
Jersey City
Newark
N. J
Fortis
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Spain
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Avoca
N. Y
Supreme Court of Illinois
Johann Hoch
Marie Welcker Hoch
City of Lowell
Basutoland
Chatham
N. C
New York
Norwalk
Conn
Lowell
Philadelphia
Grand Jury
United States District
J. Whitaker Thompson
War Eagle
Center Star
Rossland
B. C
John S. Ingram
Federal
Kansas
Topeka
F. Dumont Smith
Atlantic
William Jones
Suffield
Suffield Savings Bank
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
North Sydney
N. S
Tattler
Danville
Telephone and
Brotherhood of Carpenters of New York
Master Carpenters’ Association
East River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island City
Wrecks on B&O Line Kill Two Trainmen and Wreck Cars
In Cumberland Maryland two freight train wrecks occurred on Tuesday. A rear end collision near Hedgesville killed two trainmen and injured three. Another B&O freight train plunged from an embankment at Rees farm near Cook's Mills with twenty two loaded cars piled in a mass. Nearby New York saw a bomb thrown into the Allied Iron association offices on East Fourteenth street but caused minor damage with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Hedgesville
Baltimore & Ohio
Rees Farm
Cook’s Mills
New York
Allied Iron Association
East Fourteenth Street
Post & McCord
Bankers Imboden and Hill Convicted in Bank Wreck Conspiracy
Leonard Imboden and James A. Hill, bankers, were found guilty last night of conspiring to wreck the Denver Savings bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Leonard Imboden
James A. Hill
Denver Savings Bank
Pinkham invites women to seek help for female weaknesses
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass invites women to write and seek advice from women on female illnesses. Two letters from readers describe severe monthly pain and ovarian trouble, then relief after following Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
P.O
Washington,d.c
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Mary Dimmick
59Th
E. Capitol Streets
Benning
P. C
Washington, D. C
Courtship and marriage compared in Sapient Adage
A reflective passage compares courtship to distant scenery and marriage to climbing a mountain. It notes political and dental temptations cause pain, warns prayer habit may breed laziness, and suggests many samples before finding a homely yet cute girl. It observes a girl’s opinion drops when a kiss is started then stopped.
Quote on Evil by Lack of Thought and Heart
A quotation notes that evil arises not only from malice but from missing reflection. It asserts thoughts neglected fuel wrongful acts more than mere cruelty sometimes.
Seven Years Ago a Rochester Man Praises Dean’s Kidney Pills
William A Franklin of Franklin Palmer Chemical Co reports kidney pills cured his backache and irregular kidney secretions after three boxes. He says the treatment gave prompt relief and complete recovery. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Franklin
Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co
Rochester
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congressional
Castro
M. Taigny
France
Theodore de Ecke
Utica
Maryland
Kentucky
State Board of Pardons of
Illinois
E. S. Dreyer
West Park Board of Chicago
Edward J. Leppa
Akron
Ohio Northern University
Pennsylvania
Ada
Albert Davy
Plasterers’ Union
New York City
Monongahela River
Brownsville
Rose Hite
John F. Klein
Benjamin Endicott
Fred
Howard Triplett
Nolan
W. Va
Eel River
Logansport
Ind
Earl Rush
Glenn Jones
Princeton
Harvard
Sander’s
Cambridge
Mass
Lorain
Albert Ingersoll
Fife Lake
Mich
Sea Board
Plymouth
Fla
Dupont Co
Marquette
Peter Martell
Red Lake Falls
Minn
Rock Island
Turkey
Macedonia
Champion Copper Co
Freda
Nelson
United States
Canada
Max Piasecki & Co
S. Stanhope Orris
Princeton University
Harrisburg
North Coast Limited
Hillside
Yakima Canyon
Wash
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger
Koenigsberg
Prussia
Mitau
Courland
Edytkuhnen
Riga
United States Senate
Burton
Charlevoix
William Ostrum
Bishop Colton
Buffalo
Burlington
William Sunday
Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula
Covert’s Station
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Brick Trust
Chicago
Healy
Shanghai
Joseph Danford
Alpena
Ralph
Ray Relyea
Coldwater
Maryland Trust Co
Baltimore
West
Chicago National Bank
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Co
John R. Walsh
Pittsburg Steel Hoop Works
Glassport
George Huffman
Christ
Perth
Renfrew
Ohio
Roosevelt
Fred A. Busse
Mrs. Pinkham
Shiloh
J. B. Martins
Huntsville
Ala
Iver Pills
Carters
Wmetnaat
Ottawa
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo
Tne
R. Paxton
Boston
Mas
Royal Manufacturing CO
Lex
Anse
Detroit
Dunham
Cleveland Orphan Asylums
Lickes Drug Co
Mfrs
Cleveland
Litzgerald & CO
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