Living Girls in Slin Prison Die in Fire Pact
Joliet Illinois January reports Frieda Kempke seventeen and Stella Maxwell aged unknown set fire to their dresses in a Lemont jail cell after stealing fur coats. Maxwell died at six am and Kempke near death in St Josephs hospital. Kempke confessed to doctors blaming herself and urged Stella to end her life with her. A newspaper clipping about their arrest sparked the pact to die. A boy delivered the clipping to their cell and police seek him. Jailer’s sister’s mislaid keys delayed rescue as firemen forced entry.
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Joliet
Stella
Frieda Kempke
St. Joseph's Hospital
Stella Maxwell
Lemont
Maxwell
Kempke
Margaret Ripple
John Ripple
Bath
Paul Morton Dies Suddenly in New York Hotel
Paul Morton died unexpectedly in a New York hotel from apoplexy according to police reports. The financier and railroad figure was said to have suffered a sudden collapse while in the city. He was associated with prominent business and civic circles.
Plant Sues Wife as He Faces Multimillion Dollar Claims
Thomas J. Plant, entangled in litigation after a large settlement from United Shoe Machinery, faces divorce action filed by his wife Caroline Griggs. Her suit attaches his bank accounts and property for 1.5 million dollars while Harry W. Smith seeks 400 thousand from Worcester court claiming 5 percent for aiding the Wonder Workers deal.
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Boston
Thomas J. Plant
United Shoe Machinery Company
Caroline Griggs
Chicago
Worcester
Harry W. Smith
Grafton
Smith
Plant
Wonder Workers Shoe Machinery Company
United
Superior Court
Woman Starves to Death in Wisconsin Story
Saginaw Michigan January 20. Mrs. John Isaac and her husband and children were found destitute by the poor superintendent. The family had nothing to eat and no fuel and the woman died after a period of extreme starvation. The father aged 77 is ill.
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Wis
Saginaw, Mich
John Isaac
Brig. Gen Jesus Camargo Dies Leaving Large Family
Brigadier General Jesus Camargo has died in Mexico City. He left behind a large family of forty two sons and daughters.
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Mexico City
Jesus Camargo
Market roundup from Chicago and Omaha hogs cattle and sheep
Chicago hogs sold strong with receipts near 27 000 and prices $8.00 to $8.20 for heavy and good pigs. Cattle receipts about 8 000 with steers $6.40 to $7.10 and beef cows $4.35 to $4.85. Sheep receipts 19 000 with lambs $6.25 to $6.40 and wethers $4.35 to $4.60. Omaha cattle receipts 4 100 with native steers $5.00 to $6.50 and calves $4.00 to $8.25. hogs $7.70 to $7.85. East Buffalo reports mixed cattle slow, hogs steady to firm with heavy at $8.15 to $8.30 and pigs $8.75 to $8.85. sheep steady with best lambs $6.25 to $6.30. Calves $5.00 to $11.25.
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Chicago
Omaha
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Ten Thousand Dollar Gem Robbery in Chicago
Diamonds and jewelry valued at 10000 dollars were stolen from the apartments of Lansing W. Wallace at 5487 Michigan avenue. Wallace, a capitalist, reported the theft to police as a dozen detectives were assigned to the case. Inspector P D O'Brien led the division in the investigation.
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Chicago
Lansing
W. Wallace
Michigan Avenue
Rebels Strike Along Mexican Central Line
Bands of rebels along the Mexican Central line alarm small towns and ranches. Jimalco was attacked with considerable damage. Hacienda Guaje was robbed of stock. Coahuila governor orders Torreon troops to patrol toward Viesca to catch bandits.
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Torreon
Mex
Jimalco
Officer Hughes Dies by Own Hand in Hammond Home
Whiting policeman John Hughes shot himself at his residence after a fight with foreigners left him fearing infection and poisoning. His wife sat nearby as he fired into his heart, ending his life in January in Hammond.
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Hammond
Ind
John Hughes
Whiting
Hughes
Weather Across States Cloudy Warm Hint
Weather across Illinois and Indiana shows cloudy skies with warmer temperatures today and tomorrow. Wisconsin expects snow today then fair and warmer conditions tomorrow.
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Mllinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Oil Well Fire Near Temepache Threatens Mexican Field
A Torreon dispatch reports a Pearson interests notice that the famed oil well in Potrero Del Liano near Temepache, close to Tuxhame, is on fire. The blast endangers stock through water contaminated with oil and gas from the well, which had been flowing over 100000 barrels daily for about two weeks.
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Tampico
Mex
Pearson
Potrero del Liano
Temepache
Tuxhame
Traction War Grips Gary Streets in Street Car Battle
In Gary Indiana on January 20 the city faced a traction war as 300 workers laid 2 1/2 miles of track on Broadway while rival Gary Interurban and Gary and Southern Traction firms sought injunctions. Police and deputy sheriffs chased grafted orders, courts issued stayings, and traffic halted with Broadway torn up and tracks half finished.
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Gary
Ind
Gary and Interurban Company
Broadway
Gary and Southern Traction Companies
Sword accident injures stage star in Grand Opera House
Hamilton Ontario January 20. Robert Shiverick son of a wealthy American who arrived from Cornell University was fatally wounded when a sword blade flew from a fencing display on stage at the Grand Opera House. The weapon struck him in the forehead and penetrated the skull. Several soldiers were present on stage when the accident occurred.
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Hamilton
Ont
Robert Shiverick
Cornell University
Young Shirerick
Fire destroys St Johns Orphan Asylum in Rapids Michigan
A blaze gutted the main building and dormitory of St Johns Orphan Asylum in Rapids Michigan trapping and alarming 150 children aged 5 to 14. Sisters guided a calm evacuation aided by Sister Maradolena who rescued two lives. No fatalities reported though the brick veneer structure, 25 years old, was total loss with damages around 75000 dollars and limited water pressure hindered firefighting.
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Grard
Rapids
Mich
Jen
John's Orphan Asylum
Maradholena
Joseph Schrembs
Western Michigan
St. John’s Orphan Asylum
Sisters of St. Dominic
Fire Sweeps Lower East Side Forcing 1000 Folklie From Homes
Fires on the lower east side caused about 150000 in damage and displaced more than 1000 residents. A six story factory at 15 17 Elizabeth street lost about 100000, owned by box manufacturers, with surrounding tenements evacuated.
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New York
Lower East Side
Elizabeth Street
Gmeal
Compromise talks in Washington on slave question
Fifty years ago today on January 20, discussions of a compromise to settle the slave question and ease tensions between slave states and the north were widespread in Washington.
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Washington
Historic Storm Disrupts Telegraph Across the Nation
A severe storm from Washington to South Carolina and from the Rockies to the coast drove wind rain and snow. Cars and wagons were lifted and buildings destroyed as telegraph wires failed severing San Francisco from the outside world for the first time in history.
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Washington
South Carolina
Rockies
Ocean
San Francisco
Clark Elected Speaker of the House
Washington January 20 Champ Clark of Missouri was unanimously nominated as speaker of the house of representatives of the Sixty Second congress at a Democratic caucus of the members elect The caucus action ensures Clark's election when the house convenes next December The nomination was unique in Democratic history as Charles F Crisp's selection took a week to decide.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Missouri
House of Representatives
Clark
House
Charles F. Crisp
George P. Mlean becomes Connecticut's new senator
George P. Mlean is named to fill the Senate seat left by M. G. Bulkeley. The appointment marks a change in Connecticut's congressional representation with Mlean assuming duties as the new U.S. senator.
Tillman Dying in Hut After Killing Editor Gonzales
Edgefield South Carolina January 20 James H Tillman former lieutenant governor and killer of N G Gonzales editor of the Columbia State is dying in a bare hut attended by an old negro his only companion He is penniless estranged from his wife and relatives and has been ostracized since the Gonzales killing.
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Edgefield
S. C
James H. Tillman
South Carolina
N. G. Gonzales
Columbia State
Tillman
Gonzales
BR. Tillman
George K. Tillman
Congress
Market Report Chicago hogs cattle and grain prices 1911
Chicago markets section lists hogs beef and sheep receipts and prices for January 20 1911. Includes estimated receipts 30900 porkers and 5000s. cattle and Western stockers values. mixed packers and heavy shipping grades priced. grain futures for wheat corn oats with opening and closing quotes. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co. at Postal Telegraph Building.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Iinois
Local Market Prices in Washington City
Prevailing market prices list oat, straw, flour, bran, shorts, corn meal, buckwheat and other commodities. Entries show per unit costs such as flour per sack and bran per hundred, with various grain and feed items priced for buyers.
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Washington City
OTR
President Morton Dies After Apoplexy in New York Hotel
Paul Morton, president of Equitable Life Assurance Society, died in New York after an apoplectic stroke caused by a ruptured brain blood vessel. He fell ill late Thursday after visiting Paul Kiernan at the Seymour Hotel. Joy Morton and relatives arrived as doctors treated him. Morton, born in Detroit in 1836, had served as secretary of the navy and led Equitable since 1904, survived by wife Charlotte Goodrich Morton and two daughters.
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New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life A Fance Society
Seymour
West Forty-fiffth Street
Paul JL. Kiernan
Kiernan
Joy Morton
Cattago
Feinberg
Laniton
Mr. Morton
Morton
Edward J. Berwind
Merton
Leen
Detr
J. Sterling Morton
Cleveland
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
The
Fuel and Iron Company
Atchison, Peka and Santa Fe Railroad
Roosevelt
Morton Ment
Rotary of
Commerce and
Atchison
Navy
Equitable, Life, Assurance Society
J. W. Alexander
J. H. Hyde
G. B. Tarbell
G. T. Weer
Charlotte Goodrich
Cage
Caroline M. Ter
Pauline M. Smith
Lee Birthday Observed in Richmond Virginia
Richmond observes birthday holiday for Robert E. Lee on January 2008 with banks and offices closed and a parade and ceremonial events featured in city observances.
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Lee
Richmond
Virginia
Robert E
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