Wreck of Illinois Terminal passenger train near Alton
An Illinois Terminal railway passenger train collided with a backing engine two miles east of Alton at Alton's Edwardsville. Fireman A G Chaplin from Upper Alton died, Engineer Thomas McGee escaped unharmed. Serious injuries included Rev. DD S McKenny and John Mardy. other injuries ranged from minor to serious among residents of Alton Upper Alton Godfrey and surrounding areas.
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Alton
John Mardy
Upper Alton
W. HL. Grindley
Springfield
C. M. Hodge
Frederick Volbracht
M. Rubenstein
Charles Rubenstein
Sarah Ward
Sidney R. Ingraham
Godfrey
H. T. Rurosap
A. Wightmann
John Henry
J. J. Brenholt
W. I. Gerald
East Liverpool
L. L. Pideoe
Chicago
W. A. Batterton
North Alton
Chas. Glover
Women for Race Death by Own Action Debate
The Women's Society for Positional Study in New York advocates anti pauperism laws to curb large families and child labor. Members argue parents should starve rather than bear more children when unable to support them, calling for restrictions on propagation.
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New York
Women's Society
Chicago man Bracey arrested in rail line fraud case
Smith H. Bracey of Chicago, president of the Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago Rail road, awaiting transfer to a receiver, is accused by County Surveyor J J Griffith of obtaining money under false pretenses. Griffith says Bracey borrowed funds from 700 to 35000 intended for railroad construction, the line later placed in receivership. Bracey also heads Bracey Howard Construction and filed a 600000 mechanics lien against the railroad.
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Portland
Ind
Smith H. Bracey
Chicago
Cincinnati, Bluffton and Chicago Railroad Company
J. J. Griffith
Bracey
Griffith
Bracey-Howard Construction Company
Triboulet and Jacqueline in Fool’s Hall Duel
In Fools' hall Triboulet the king’s hunchback mocks rivals as Jacqueline steers wit and witlessness. A foreign jester arrives, eyeing Jacqueline while the court roars with pranks, feuds, and the looming promise of conflict.
Inventor Goes Insane in Muncie Over Nonrefillable Bottle
John Joyce a glass worker and former Chicago broker has gone violently insane after fourteen years of effort to perfect a nonrefillable bottle. He was removed to a private Indianapolis sanatorium. Joyce twice fought guards and created a reign of terror in Whitely before confinement in a stable. He claimed pending patents but government officials refused to grant them.
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Muncie
Ind
John Joyce
Chicago
Indianapolis
Joyce
Schafer Acquitted on Arson. Six Other Counts Pending Trial
In LaPorte Indiana a jury acquitted Edward Schafer of South Chicago of arson but remanded him to stand trial on six additional counts. The state will pursue each count. Seven incendiary fires in two county townships caused horse and cattle deaths and $20,000 in property loss.
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LaPorte
Ind
Edward Schafer
Chicago
Schafer
Thief Steals Brass Plate From Russian Embassy
A large brass plate at the entrance of the Russian embassy in London was wrenched off in the incident witnessed by a special constable. The thief escaped, and the act is regarded as the work of a common thief.
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London
Workmen Disperse Meeting Over St. Petersburg Strike
In Vienna on January 25 a hall gathering to discuss the St. Petersburg strike was halted by a police official who attends such meetings. He ordered the meeting dissolved and the order was carried out.
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Jacqueline
Triboulet
Momus
Olympus
Francis
Sir Jollys
Marot
Caillette
Brusquet
Villot
Rabelais
Homer
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Coat may become key evidence in murder trial
Bedford Indiana January 25 a story of a stolen coat may become important evidence at the preliminary trial of Evans and Browning for the Sarah Schafer murder tomorrow a stone cutter who worked here last winter thinks a coat which may be produced as evidence was one stolen from his tool guest three days before the murder
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Bedford
Ind
Evans
Browning
Sarah Schafer
Murit
Supreme Court rules Kent primary law not for circuit judges
In Lansing on January 25 the Supreme Court held the Kent County primary election law does not apply to two circuit judgeships. The ruling overrules a Kent circuit court decision in a mandamus case where Prosecuting Attorney Brown sought to force inclusion of two circuit judge nominees in a county convention call. Justice McAlgay noted the law’s language targets local county officers, not state offices.
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Lansing
Mich
Supreme Court
Kent County
Kent
Mandamus
Brown
Swarthout
Justice McAlgay
Jewelry theft ring busted in Pasadena arrest trio
Jewels valued at twenty thousand dollars stolen from Mrs. W. S. Edey’s room were found and returned after Chief Freeman and Captain Austin located the buried box near the Raymond hotel. Police trace the loot to a scheme involving a bellboy and a Monrovia recipient. three men are in custody.
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Pasadena
Cal
Edey
Freeman
Captain Austin
Raymond Hotel
English Champion Jim Parr Defeats Rooney in Buffalo
Jim Parr the English champion defeated John Rooney the Chicago policeman-wrestler in Buffalo in two of three falls. Parr won the first fall with body holds and half Nelsons while Rooney forced a fall in the second after a slipped roll and a quick arm lock. The crowd was small.
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Buffalo
Jim Parr
John Rooney
Chicago
Parr
Rooney
First Death in Fifty Five Years Reported in Family
Lansing January 25. Representative Austin of Oakland has missed sessions to attend the funeral of his youngest brother Frank Austin aged 47 in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee man died in his old Milford hometown. It marks the first death among the siblings in fifty five years.
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Lansing
Mich
Austin
Oakland
Frank Austin
Milwaukee
Milford
Murder of Mexican family member in El Paso area echoed by slayings
El Paso on January 25 reports Antonio Astizarian, a member of a prominent Mexican family, killed by Yaqui Indians in the same vicinity where four Americans were slain last Thursday. The Doane ranch family was robbed but released.
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el Paso
Tex
Antonio Astizarian
M. Doane
Tucker Guilty in Cambridge Murder Trial
Charles L. Tucker was found guilty in Cambridge Massachusetts for the murder of Mabel L. Page in Weston Mass on March 31, 1904. Governor LaFollette reelected by Wisconsin legislature in joint session as United States senator. CG A Morning faces charges of taking illegal land filing fees. E L Jameson killed his wife then shot himself in San Francisco.
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Charles L. Tucker
Cambridge
Mass
Mabel L. Page
Weston
CG. A. Morning
United States
Routt County
Colo
San Francisco
E. L. Jameson
Portland
Ore
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Consumption Cure War Ners' White Wine of Tarty Rupe
An old advertisement touts a cough remedy named White Wine of Tart y Rupe promising to cure a cold in one day if taken timely. Sold by J H B Stewart and available for 25 or 5 cents through all druggists.
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Warners
J. H B. Stewart
Mann É
Scientific Americat
ANN & Co
Roadway
New York
F St
Washington, D, C
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Pools’ Hall
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Louise
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Spain
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Jeanne
Charles I
Artaude de Puy
Mme. d’Or
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Calllette
Pantagruel
Vatican
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
Broadway, New York
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5Th Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Louisville & Nashville
Florida
Gulf Coast Resorts
Cuba
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
FF. D, Bush
D. Pla
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H. D. Bailey
N. W
J. H. Milliken
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville Isville, Ky
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