Wreck Hospitalized Passengers Recovering From Steelcar Crash
Postmaster Jon F. Kline of Joliet and Fred Busse of Chicago among injured after the Pennsylvania Special derails at South Fork near Johnstown. Sixty four hurt, fifty four passengers seriously affected. rescuers and clergyman assist on relief train.
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Pittsburg
South Fork
Johnstown
Altoona
Alegheny General Hospital
Jon F. Kline
Joliet
Kline
Altoona Hospital
Jusse
Conemaugh River
Two Fatal Explosions Reported At Windsor Quarry and Belmont Tunnel
Two men died and about thirty were injured in separate blasts. At Meadow Plaster quarries near Windsor a spark from a worker’s pipe ignited dynamite as others ate lunch, destroying a laborers’ house and nearby structures. In New York’s Belmont tunnel, John Johnson, 30, struck dynamite hidden in earth, instantly killing him and injuring twenty others.
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Windsor, N
Meadow Plaster d
New York
Belmont
East Porty Second Street
John Johnson
Johnson
Young New York cashier flees with 500 dollars
Walter Van Aken, 22, of New York and cashier for the Nelson Morris steel company agency in New Haven, absconds with about 500 dollars. Police note excessive pursuit of "high life" as a likely cause for the departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Walter van Aken
New York
Nelson Morris Steel Company
van Aken
Dunne Named for Mayor at Democratic City Convention
Mayor Dunne was renominated by acclamation by the Democratic city convention at Brooke's Casino. Robert Redfield withdrew Carter Harrison from consideration. Unanimous nomination for mayor. other officers named include John Traeger as treasurer and Thomas Little as clerk, with W W Witty for judge. The platform denounces traction franchise ordinances and supports city condemnation if not approved at the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dunne
Brooke
Robert Redfield Rose
Carter H. Harrison
John E. Traeger
Thomas F. Little
Superior Court
W. W. Witty
Depauw Girls Scale Roof For Dormitory Bunting
In Greencastle Indiana on February 25 Depauw University freshmen climbed to the dormitory roof by a rear fire escape and an improvised ladder. They affixed purple and white bunting and a sign reading Seph on the scrap tree, challenging sophomores from a sixty five foot high ledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Depauw University
Roya
Forty Crown at Sea: Imperatrix Disaster Off Crete
All passengers aboard the Austrian Lloyd steamer Imperatrix were saved after striking a rock near Cape Elaphonisi. Forty crew members perished including thirty-two Austrians and eight East Indians. The captain doctor and chief engineer were rescued. Warships brought sixty-three survivors to Crete and others were helped by the Castore. Injured passengers receive care.
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Canen
Island of Crete
Imperatrix
Cape Elaphonisi
Lleydstermer Castore
Trieste
Edward C. Cooper Dies in New York at 36
Edward C. Cooper vice president of the Siegel Cooper company, Chicago and New York, died at his residence from double pneumonia after a week of illness. He was 36, son of Frank Cooper, born in Peoria Illinois. widow May Allen of Frankfort Indiana survives.
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New York
Keb
Edward C. Cooper
Siegel- Cooper Company
Chicago
Cooper
Frank Cooper
Siegel, Cooper Company
Peoria
Til
May Allen
Trankfort
Tnd
Postcards barred without envelopes after Washington notice
Milwaukee officials will bar postcards bearing glass particles mica or similar substances from mail handling unless sealed in envelopes. The change follows formal instructions from Washington after a local post office worker was badly poisoned from handling milky postcards with milca or gies enhistance.
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Milwaukee
Washington
Owen
Echo of New York Central Wreck
New York residents from White Plains plan lawsuits against the New York Central for damages after the Brewster express wreck in the Bronx. More than 100 claimants seek about 1.5 million dollars in total.
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Echo
New York Central
New York
White Plains
Brewster Express
Bronx
Ex Chief Musham Dead in Chicago Pneumonia
Chicago February 25 William H Musham former head of the Chicago fire department is dead from pneumonia He retired about three years ago due to age and service in the department.
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Musham
Chicago
William H. Musham
Chicago Fire Department
Maryland Senator Calls Roosevelt a Usurper
Senator Isidor Rayner of Baltimore declares President Roosevelt unconstitutional and a usurper in several speeches. Rayner, a longtime lawyer, ex-attorney general, and former three term delegate to the Maryland lower house, criticizes executive power beyond constitutional delegation.
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Isidor Rayner
Maryland
Roosevelt
Rayner
Baltimore
Congress
Senate
President Roosevelts Boston Visit Aids National Interest Talk
President Roosevelt spoke to Collegians on national topics during a Boston stop. He praised football, warned against mollycoddling, served as godfather at a Rough Rider friend’s child christening, and bade Harvard students farewell with cheers from villagers as he prepared to depart for Washington.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Washington
Federal Express
Guy Murphie
Rough
Harvard
Groton
South Terminal
President Roosevelt's Boston Visit Features Multiple Occasions
The president toured Harvard and Groton commitments engaging with clubs and notable figures, receiving a medal, and meeting Eliot, Bishop Lawrence, and Hasty Pudding members. A man near the Groton platform hurled an object toward the departing president as trains moved.
States Rights Debate Highlights Public Issues And Sports
The speaker urged college students to engage in national affairs and defended rougher athletic sports including football. He criticized the revival of states rights to shield predatory corporate activity and child labor, arguing national action is needed to curb wealth power and protect the people's rights. He contrasted critics as barren and unproductive.
Alice Neilsen Prevented Panic During Opera Fire
During a Chicago grand opera at the Auditorium a small stage fire caused a curtain drop. Prima donna Alice Neilsen urged the orchestra to play the Star Spangled Banner, calming 4000 spectators as firemen arrived and the show resumed. A diamond pin stolen from tenor M Constantino's dressing room was valued at several thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Alice Neilsen
Miss Neilsen
M. Constantino
San Carco Opera Company
Spain
Ice yacht Wolverine breaks state speed record on Gull Lake
Kalamazoo Michigan February 25 the Wolverine owned by the Kalamazoo Ice Yacht Club sailed twenty miles in 39 minutes 50 seconds on Gull lake for the state championship flag. The boat turned every two miles and three inches of light snow hindered progress. This surpasses the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club record.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Gull Lake
Wolverine
Kalamazoo Ice Yacht Club
Hudson River Ice Yacht Club
Chicago Markets Plunge and Steady Mix Across Live Stock
Chicago February 25 1907 markets show cattle steady to lower hogs slow with big drops mixed packers and shipping grades hover near 86 80 to 87 10 porkers and pigs quoted around 6 00 to 7 00 cattle steady sheep and lambs steady westerns and natives listed with varied ranges receipts totals around 25000 to 29000 across categories and estimates predict 50000 for today with mixed shipping demand and cautious tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Reeves
Texas
John A Babcock Sought By North American Commission
A note from John A Babcock requests contact with The North American Commission Company offering dependable service and promising a square deal. No further details are provided.
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The
North American Commission Company
New Russian Douma Left Party Emerges Strongest Force
Election results show 419 MPs elected with 156 Left party members including 47 Social Democrats and 46 Social Democrats and 45 Socialist Revolutionists. The sweep reflects a peasant majority and aims to mirror the earlier parliament shaping Russia’s political balance. Notable deputies include M. Masudoff and M. Benislavski.
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St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democrats
Left Party
Reichstag
Viborg
Festo
Russia
M. Masudoff
Hazan
Sorbonne
France
M. Khosmamedoff
M. Khoisky
Yeltisaretpol
M. Benislavski
Frog skin graft aids woman in recovery in Indiana
In South Bend Indiana doctors report 72 square inches of frog skin grafted onto Mrs Orville Kizers burned arm after a stove fire. The skin from six green frogs was applied in bits and will slough off to reveal natural color as healing continues after nine months in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Orville Kizer
General Booth Plans Japan Campaign From London
London February 25 General Booth of the Salvation Army sails for New York on the Annapolis to begin a tour to Canada and the Far East. He will reach New York for two weeks before leaving for Canada and the Minnesota bound for Japan on April 1.
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General Booth
Japan
London
Lantic Transport Line
Southampton
New York
General Will P
Canada
Far East
Minnesota
Dynamite Blast At Steel Plant Wounds Several Workers
Found What He Wanted to Know a Slavish worker at Carnegie works in Mingo Junction threw dynamite into a stove. The stove exploded destroying the stove room. Urich and Mike Lalech were fatally injured while Tony Lalech and three others were seriously hurt.
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Steubenville
Red
Urich
Cartnegie Works
Mingo Junction
Mike Lalech
Tony Lalech
Zion Couple Held to Grand Jury
Charles Sampson a free love thinker of Zion City and Amanda Block formerly of Raene Wis were held to the grand jury to answer a statutory offense. Sampson says he and Miss Block were married by God and that was sufficient. The defendants conducted a song and prayer service in the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion
Chicago
Charles Sampson
Zion City
Amanda Block
Raene
Wis
Sampson
Miss Block
Avalanche Claims Twenty In Gelvanger Fjord
An avalanche in Gelvanger fjord, Trondhjem, Norway on February 25 swept a house and its twenty inmates into the water. Two occupants were buried alive.
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Norway
Trondhjem
Ain
Gelvanger Fjord
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Allegheny General Hospital
J. Wood Wilson
Marion
Thomas Bauer
Lafayette
Uiiman
Edward Cope
Philadelphia
Athis
Collegians
Groton Shhool
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
Chicago, Ill
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