Bridge Disaster Kills Engineer Adams and Wounds Fireman Moriarty
A Milwaukee bridge over Cone Lake collapsed this morning at about 9:45, sending an east bound freight engine and crew to the water. Engineer John Adams was killed and Fireman John Moriarty suffered a severed leg. Moriarty was rescued and taken to city hospital as divers search for Adams’ body. The wreck occurred after high water had raised fears of undermined piers, with a west bound passenger train passing safely just before the collapse. The two-engine wreck and the fate of the crew highlight the bridge's center failure and the peril faced by rail workers.
Train wreck injures two in Ottumwa area
W G Marconi Paul carried the fireman to city hospital with Dr K T Wickham after a bridge wreck at Milwaukee crossing on North Iowa avenue. The engineer, about fifty, died. wife survives. Fireman Mar ioty, 26, unmarried, was not related to local Moriartys. Bridge damage runs to thousands. trains detour via Rock Island tracks until repairs.
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Milwaukee Crossing
Iowa Avenue
Coffee King John Arbuckle Estate to Go to Public Administrator
New York April 11 Surrogate Ketcham rules Henry V Kelly will likely be appointed public administrator to manage the 30 million dollar estate of John Arbuckle the coffee king who died recently. Dykman nephew sought appointment but was deemed not an heir. Kelly now handles Arbuckle’s legal affairs and may take charge of the large estate including the coffee business.
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New York
Ketcham
Henry V. Kelly
John Arbuckle
Kelly
Wall Street
Arbuckle
William N. Dykman
Dykman
Fifty Years Ago Today Civil War News April 11
The federal bombardment of Fort Pulaski resumed and by noon two breaches opened before 2 pm a white flag signaled surrender. The Confederate Merrimac reappeared in Hampton Roads as The Monitor stayed ready without engagement. Congress passed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.
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Fort Pulaski
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
United States
Congress
District of Columbia
Great Hyde Park demonstration denounces coercion in Ireland
Twenty five years ago today a large Hyde Park march drew crowds protesting Irish coercion methods. Participants included diverse London residents showing solidarity with Irish grievances and demanding political reforms.
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Hyde Park
London
Ireland
Attacks on Secret Societies At Illinois Presbytery
At the Illinois Presbytery session in Bloomington ministers attacked secret societies. M O McMillan Princeton Ind said lodges menace divine institutions leading men from home and church. D C Matthews Huston IL and D S Fargis Sparta IL argued a Christian cannot belong to an order that denies Christ. Also California veterans group approves wear of G A R bronze button to preserve the decoration.
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Bloomington
Illinois
Reformed Presbyterian Church
M. O. McMillan
Princeton
Ind
D. C. Matthews
Huston
D. S. Fargis
Sparta
Christ
Stockton
Cal
Sons and Daughters of
Department of California
Nevada
Levee Break Report Near Natchez Mississippi River
A Natchez telegram reports Giles Bend levee on the Mississippi broke. It is a main line levee about eighteen miles north of Natchez, protecting a large portion of the delta area.
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Memphis
Tenn
Natchez, Miss
Giles Bend
Mississippi River
Natchez
Rock Island Mayor Wins Nominated for State's Attorney
Henry MecCaskrin, linked to the riots that left two dead and drew state troops, is nominated by Republicans for Rock Island state's attorney amid ongoing political fallout.
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Rock Island
Wins
Henry MecCaskrin
Aviator Mestach Delivers Mail Between New Orleans and Baton Rouge
Aviator Mestach flying the Borel monoplane delivered a 32 pound mail pouch from New Orleans to Baton Rouge in 1 hour 31 minutes despite clouds rain and adverse winds. The flight, authorized by Postmaster General Hitchcock, shattered the previous speed record but ended with a crash injuring Mestach who was left unable to fly back for several days.
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Baton Rouge
Mestach
United States
Hitchcock
Burnette
New Orleans
Rebels Execute American Gun Operator in Parral
April 11 reports say Thomas Fountain an American machine gun operator for the federals in Parral was executed by rebels. Fountain, a Las Cruces native and son of Col. Albert Fountain a noted New Mexico lawyer, was killed during the federal occupation of the city.
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Parral
Mexico
Thomas Fountain
Pountain
Las Cruces
N. M
Col
Albert Fountain
New Mexico
Spreckels Fight Ends as California Supreme Court Backs Will
San Francisco April 11 The California Supreme Court sustains the validity of Claus Spreckels estate will in a long contest involving five million dollars. Claus A and Rudolph Spreckels win share with Emma C Ferris while John D and Adolph B receive nothing. The ruling overturns Judge Coffey and confirms the will’s provisions.
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San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
Claus A
Rudolph Spreckels
John D
Adolph B. Spreckels
Supreme Court
Spreckels
Emma C. Ferris
Navy Tests Radio Signals With Vegetation Study
The navy department conducts wireless tests to measure how vegetation affects radio waves. Experiments began this week and will run until mid summer at the Naval Radio Experiment Station in Annapolis, Md, and at the naval yards in Philadelphia and Norfolk, sending letter sequences and weather reports during the trials.
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Washington
Navy Department
Naval Radio Experiment Station
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Naval Yards
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Salvation Army Leader Booth Turns 83 in London
General William Booth, head of the Salvation Army, is 83 and in better health than last year. He expects cataract surgery in May and plans another tour of the United States and Canada in the coming year.
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London
England
Ghen
William Booth
Salvation Army
Tie
United States
Canada
Stamford Bank Bookkeeper Held For Defalcation
Maj. William H. Holly, bookkeeper at Stamford Savings Bank in Stamford Connecticut, was arrested on charges of defrauding the bank of funds estimated between 10 000 and 15 000. The arrest occurred in Stamford on April 11.
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Stamford, Conn
William H. Holly
Stamford Savings Bank
Soft coal workers vote on two year wage contract decision
Soft coal miners at local union meeting places vote on accepting a two year wage contract drafted after the Cleveland conference. Ballots totaling about 300000 were sent by the United Mine Workers of America to members, with results expected by week's end.
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Wilkesbarre
Philadelphia
Haer
John White
of Directors
Reading Minal
Indianapolis
Ind
Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
New York
Warren
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Titanic Sails as New York Narrowly Struck by Suction
In Southampton on April 11 the White Star liner Titanic, the largest ship afloat, departed for New York with 360 first passengers aboard. A suction from Titanic's triple screws tore the steamer New from her moorings, breaking seven lines and narrowly avoiding a collision as both vessels moved along Southampton Water.
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Southampton
Titanic
Wall
New York
Southampton Water
New
Man Sues Doctors for 10000 Damages in New York
April M Jacob Wel filed suit in the Supreme Court seeking 10000 dollars against physicians Otto Kilian and Herman Fischer for allegedly sewing a sponge into his abdomen after an operation.
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New York
Jacob Wel
Supre
Otto Killanl
Herman Fischer
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