FROLLEY COLLISION Kills Couple. Dozen Injured in Trolley Crash
Crowded Cleveland and Southwestern trolley line collision near Sixth Street and Middle Avenue claims two lives, including H M Bilings and W E Allen, and injures ten others with several in critical condition. Near Elyria hospital, ambulances respond as injured riders and a motorman suffer severe wounds. wreck occurs just blocks from the city hospital with rapid rescue efforts underway.
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Flynna
Cleveland and Southwestern
Wellington
Cleveland
Sixth Street
Middle Avenue
H. M. Bilings
W. E. Allen
Elyria
Argent
Lake Shore Railroad
Donald Sela
Bassengers
Baing
Platform Collapse at St Mary’s Church Cornerstone Laying
At St Mary’s Greek Roman Catholic church cornerstone ceremony in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a temporary floor gave way plunging about sixty people into a cellar twelve feet deep. For an hour screams and groans filled the air as rescuers used ladders from nearby factories with police aid to pull the injured from the wreckage. Some walked home while others were carried away for treatment.
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Wilkes-Barre
St. Mary's
Four found dead in fire ruins at Walter Schiffer home
In Long Branch four bodies are found among the ashes of the Walter Schiffer house where the United Cigar Co. secretary resided. Victims include Ruth 14 Marion 10 and two maids Tilly Mathon and May Diller. Separately in Elyria C M Forney motorman is arrested over a traction accident that killed seven. three died today with more deaths feared.
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Long Branch
New Jersey
Evening Journal
Walter Schiffer
United Cigar Co
Ruth Schiffer
Marion Schiffer
Tilly Mathon
May Diller
Elyria
Ohio
The
C. M. Forney
Local crash injures clergy and parishioners
A five year old child of Casper Kalunzsky died after an accident blamed on insufficient bracing beneath a new floor. Bishop Hoban of Scranton was shaken, and several priests including Father Csepey, Brother Gabriel Csepey, Father Kossy, Father Jacovies, Father Kaminsky, and Father Loughran suffered bruises, injuries, or lacerations.
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Casper Kalunzsky
Bishop Hoban
Scranton
Father Csepey
Gabriel Csepey
Port Amboy
N. J
East Coast Cement Firms Prepare National Cement Company
New York May 31 plans near completion for the merger of several cement concerns into the National Cement company with capital stock of 25 million dollars. CC L Murphy of Plainfield New Jersey named president. A Carpenterville New Jersey plant with capacity of 2000 barrels daily will be built according to director J K Baillee.
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New York
National Cement Company
Ooo
Norway's King Haakon and Queen Maud Leave Paris for London
King Haakon and Queen Maud depart Paris with their suite for London as President Fallieres and ministers bid them farewell at the station. The king expressed gratitude for his visit and gave Prefect of Police Lepine $500 for Paris's poor.
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Paris
Haakon
Maud
Norway
London
Fallieres
Lepine
No Sport on Decoration Day Ban in Kansas
Topeka reports that all outdoor sports on Decoration Day or tied to celebrations are prohibited by a new Kansas law. The measure bans all games on that day, affecting local events and state observances.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Queen Maud in peril as carriage plunges into Versailles lake
Paris May 30 King Haakon Queen Maud of Norway visit Versailles turns dramatic when a landau crossing a park bridge over Lake Marie Antoinette loses four horses. Three fall into the water. Queen Maud and Mme Fallieres are rescued by General Michel and others. One horse is slain.
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Paris
Haakon
Queen Maud
Norway
Versailles
Mme, Fallieres
Mime
Failieres
General Michel
Ieids
Lake
Marie Antoinette
Petit Trialon
Michel
Landau
T.e
Fallieres
Schreck Beats Marvin Hart in Twenty-First Round
In Tonopah Nevada on May 31 Mike Schreck defeated Marvin Hart in the twenty-first round of a boxing match. Schreck secured victory with a decisive finish defining the bout as a late stoppage. The match highlighted Schreck's advancing career and Tonopah's boxing scene.
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Schreck
Marvin Hart
Tonopah
Nev
Mike Schreck
Mike Shreck
Ohio
Hart
Baseball scores and union election reported
A long list of late inning and extra inning baseball results from games across leagues including St Louis Cincinnati Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit Chicago and more. The Switchmen's Union of North America re elected Frank T. Hawley of Buffalo as president at its Detroit convention and Indiana University reports two degree candidates this year, up fifty from prior years.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pitsburge
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Frank Hawley
The
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Frank T. Hawley
Buffalo
Markets Opening Hogs in Chicago May 31 1907
Daily market report from Chicago shows strong hog demand with light to heavy hogs and pigs trading from 5 90 to 6 40 per hundredweight. Cattle and sheep receipts and prices are listed with totals, market trends, and comparisons to yesterday.
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Chicago
John A. Babcock Promises a Square Deal
A note from John A. Babcock asserts a commitment to a square deal, stating readers will receive fair treatment and reliable service with prompt responses in all dealings.
Parliament Debates Riga Torture Claims In Tsarist Russia
In St Petersburg May 1 the lower house rejected government explanations on Riga prison torture rumors. Officials denied ordering abuse, while admitting some beatings with whips and rubber sticks amid a harsh Baltic crisis. The session noted 42 police officials arraigned and adjourned with unresolved blame.
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St. Petersburg
Riga
Duma
M. Makaroff
Interior
Tie
Baltic
M. Chtcheglovitoff
Uncertain Balloon Returns After Imperial Review
A Royal Engineers balloon piloted by Lieutenants Caulfield and Leake was launched May 28 at Aldershot for Prince Fushimi's review. Carried out to sea by strong winds, it drifted and was sighted near Exmouth the same evening. The two officers reached the Scilly Isles safely. King Edward and Prince Fushimi observed the ascent.
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London
Caulfield and Leake
Royal Engineers
Aldershot
Prince Fushimi
Japan
Exmouth
Devon
Exe
English Channel
Scilly Islands
Edward
Coast Guards
Indian arrested in nine year old murder case
Peter Corn, an Indian, was arrested near Eagle river Michigan on the charge of killing Henry Taresch of Crystal Falls nine years ago. Taresch's body was found in a swamp near Lac du Flambeau two years ago after a long police search across the United States.
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Menominee, Mich
Peter Corn
Eagle River
Henry ‘Taresch
Crystal Falls
Mich
Lac du Flambeau
Taresch
Wisconsin
United States
New Boss of the Fair in Jamestown Exposition
James M. Barr former Seaboard Air Line president has agreed to aid in Jamestown Exposition management in Norfolk. He will serve without pay and his term is unsettled, to be determined by Barr himself.
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Norfolk, Va
James M. Barr
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Jamestown Exposition Company
Barr
Republican Central Committee Picks Baker In Cuyahoga
A reorganization of the Republican central committee in Cuyahoga County deposes John H. Price as chairman and elects Edward M. Baker. The group endorses William Howard Taft as Ohio's presidential candidate and pledges support from Cleveland and Cleveland area communities.
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Foraker
Cleveland
Republican Central Committee
Cuyahoga County
John H. Price
Edward M. Baker
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