Road's Head Killed Private Car Smashed
Samuel Spencer president of the Southern Railway and six others died in a rear end collision near Lynchburg Virginia. The wreck involved two fast passenger trains ten miles south of Lynchburg. Survivors included E A Merrill and one porter. Authorities blamed operator miscue while Spencer’s car was rear of the Jacksonville train.
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Lynchburg
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway Company
Sawyer
Philip Schuyler
New York
Spencer
Francis T. Redwood
Baltimore
Lownes & Redwood
Gen
Philip Schuster
Southern Railway
New York Life Insurance Company
William Pollard
J. W. Shaw
Merrill
Jacksonville
Mr. Spencer
Lfe
Southern
Virginia Midland
G. D. Mattox
The
L. Clemmer
Clemmer
Koepenick Gobbler Gets Four Years For Town Hall Robbery
Berlin satire turns grim as a local man dons a captain’s uniform and robs Koepenick town hall. He received four years in prison, framing the act as a prank gone wrong.
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Berlin
Gobbler
Koepenick
Tobacco factory arson in Princeton by 300 masked men
A mob of about 300 masked men burned two large tobacco stemmeries in Princeton Kentucky on a Saturday. The Steger plant for American Snuff and the Orr plant for Imperial Tobacco were destroyed along with 150000 pounds of tobacco in each warehouse. Water access was cut off by the attackers who seized the night marshal and disarmed him. Officials link the fires to opposition to the tobacco trust, with the Dark Tobacco Growers Protective Association mentioned as possible inspiration. No injuries were reported and losses are estimated around 1706000.
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Princeton
John Steger
John C. Orr
Steger
American Snuff Company
Orris
Imperial Tobacco Company of New York
The
Tobacco Trust
Organization of Farmers
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
Opening the Big Pasture lands auction in Oklahoma
The government land office in Lawton opens bids for 500000 acres in the Kiowa Comanche and Apache reservations. Bids must be at least five dollars per acre with no more than one quarter section per bidder. An estimated 60000 bidders expected with bidding from 9 am December 3 to 4 pm December 8.
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Lawton
Okla
Government Land Office
Oklahoma
Congress
Six Die In St Louis Lighthouse Hotel Fire
A three story Lighthouse hotel on Winth and Market streets used as Salvation Army barracks was damaged by fire early Wednesday. About 500 homeless men stayed there with six confirmed dead and roughly 35 injured. Four burned to death and two died from jump injuries. Six jump victims remained unconscious at the city hospital unlikely to recover.
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St. Louis
Lighthouse
Winth and
Market Streets
Salvation Army
Jennie Yeamans Dies in New York Hotel
Jennie Yeamans, once a popular singer and actress, died at the Hotel Gerard after a long illness of tuberculosis. She and her mother Annie Yeamans had resided at the hotel, where both had been familiar figures for years. Yeamans was born in Australia to a theatrical family.
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New York
Jennie Yeamans
Gerard
Miss Yeamans
Annie Yeamans
Ruef and Dinan Indicted in San Francisco Case
Abraham Ruef and San Francisco Police Chief Jeremiah Dinan were indicted by the grand jury on conspiracy charges connected to alleged protection of a house of ill fame. Dinan faces an additional indictment for perjury in his testimony.
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Ruef
Chief Dinan
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Jeremiah Dinan
Grand
John Hay Memory Honored in Philadelphia Memorial Window
Jewish people of Philadelphia unveiled a memorial window at Keneseth Israel Temple honoring John Hay, the late secretary of state, on Sunday. The ceremony marked a respectful tribute to the historic figure.
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John Hay
Philadelphia
Keneseth Israel Temple
Paris Lawyer F E Hyde Dies A Prominent Figure
Paris memorial notes Chicago papers report the death of Frank E Hyde once of Hartford Connecticut and a partner in Hyde Harper firm He was a prominent American lawyer practicing in Paris and member of Hyde Harper.
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Paris
Frank E. ‘Hyde
Bartford
Hyde
Hyde & Harper
Illinois Banks Closed by C. V. Chandler in McDonough County
Three McDonough county banks led by private banker C V Chandler halted operations after posting notices claiming a lack of ready cash. The Bank of Macomb, Chandler & Co, Colchester, and Bardolph banks held deposits totalling about 700000 dollars with real estate mortgages valued over 200000, secured by Chandler’s firm and bond protection. Depositors retain faith in Chandler’s statements as miners in Colchester offered no protest.
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Peoria
Ill
McDonough County
C. V. Chandler
Macomb
Bank of
Chandler & Smith Bank
Bardolph
Chandler
Macomb Bank
Macomb and Western Illinois Electric Railway
Co. WV
Western Illinois State Normal School of
Ilinois
Colchester
Warren Denies Affidavit In Coal Lands Probe
Senator Warren arrived in the city Friday and rejected Special Agent Myendorff’s Salt Lake City affidavit alleging Warren and Senator Clark conspired to halt investigations into coal land entries by the Union Pacific Railway. Warren claims Myendorff’s affidavit is nonsense and says Clark never met or spoke with him.
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Washington
Warren
City
Myendorff
General Land Office
Salt Lake City
Clark
Union Pacific Railway Company
Steamer J. H. Jones Sinks Off Cape Cocker With Loss of Many
The coasting steamer J. H. Jones, owned by Crawford Tug of Wiarton, foundered off Cape Cocker on Thursday afternoon. Reports vary, with 25 to 40 or more believed drowned. part of the cabin, a lifeboat, and bodies were recovered as searchers from Owen Sound, Wiarton, Penetanguishene, and Parry Sound searched for survivors. The wooden vessel, 107 feet long and 152 tons, was built in 1888 and commanded by Capt. Crawford.
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Wiarton
J. H. Jones
Crawford Tug Company
Cape Cocker
Jones
Owen Sound
Manitoulin Island
Georgian Bay
Crawford
Otto Young Dies. Chicago Capitalist Leader at 62
Otto Young, 62, Chicago's renowned capitalist and landowner, died at 1 30 PM Friday at his Lake Geneva country home after a five year lung tuberculosis battle. His $17 million fortune ranked second only to Marshall Field and Levi Z Leiter among Chicago estates. He had planned a $10 million Michigan Avenue hotel and may have left provisions to pursue it in his will.
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Chicago
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
Marshall Field
Young
Central Business
Levi Z. Leiter
Michigan Avenue
Commission to Probe U S Car Shortage Nationwide
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate a car shortage across the United States with Commissioner Franklin K Lane leading the inquiry. The first focus will be the northwest where agents already probe complaints about wheat traffic as farmers claim railroads shift traffic elsewhere delaying grain to market amid rising prices in Minneapolis and Chicago.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Franklin K. Lane
Northwest
Minneapolis
Chicago
Senate opens fateful session with Roosevelt appointments pending
The fifty ninth Congress began at noon with the Senate delaying confirmations until the President's annual message arrives. Nominees for cabinet posts and a Supreme Court seat were sent to the Senate, but action paused as galleries swelled with spectators.
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Washington
Fifty-Ninth Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Foraker
Ohio
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Fairbanks
Dupont
Delaware
Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
Charles J. Bonaparte
George L. von Meyer
Navy
Victor HL. Metcalf
Interior
James R. Garfield
Commerce and Labor
Escare
Strauss
William H. Moody
John Avery McKhenny
Louisiana
Interstate Commerce
Edgar E. Clark
Iowa
James S. Harlan
Linois
Judson Co
Clements
Georgia
First Sighs of Love From an Old Man’s Recollection
An elderly man recalls his awkward first social call to a young lady and the rituals of preparing for a date. He describes helping his mule, bathing, dressing stiffly, and the tense family supper where his request to borrow the sorrel mare was gently questioned by his father and mother.
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Henry
Father
Mother
Has the Wasp Affection A Studio Nest Story
A narrator writes in Outing about a wasp nest in a dark studio room last summer. The occupant initially dislikes the buzzing visitors but later studies the insects and finds they tolerate him. A stranger enters. wasps swarm, strike twice but the writer remains unbitten.
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Outing Magazine
US Supreme Court Denies WFM Leaders Habeas Relief
The Supreme Court, in a Harlan opinion, denies habeas corpus relief to Moyer Haywood and Pettibone, Western Federation of Miners leaders held in Idaho on murder conspiracy charges against former Gov Steunenberg. The decision keeps them jailed pending Idaho trial.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho
Gov
Steunenberg
Justice Harlan
Japan Sending Soldiers
Honolulu dispatch indicates arriving Japanese and those granted passports are picked men with military experience and expected to arrive.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Widows and their影影 in society and lore
A satirical survey of widows across nations notes their persistence and appeal to those who cannot defend themselves. It mocks superstition about encounters at night and jokes about widows with children, claiming many perfect men are now dead and wed to widows.
New Mexico Official Indicted in Coal Land Case
Santa Fe New Mexico Dr J H Sloan Terry superintendent of insurance indicted by federal grand jury for perjury and subornation of perjury in connection with coal land entries in Santa Fe and Sandoval counties.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe
N. M
Federal Grand
J. H. Sloan ‘Terry
Sandoval
Beet Pulp Rate Cut By Wisconsin Railroad Panel
The Wisconsin state railroad commission reduced beet pulp rates by 20 percent after numerous hearings. The action was announced in Madison and affects shipments within the state.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Sensible Woman Hunters in Rocky Mountain Big Game
Outing Magazine reports on women in Western big game hunts explaining the need to dress in riding knickerbockers or riding breeches, heavy boots, flannel shirts, a wool sweater, and a waterproof coat. The guide notes few women attempt such treks and emphasizes practicality over fashion.
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Rockies
Western Canada Farms Boast Prime Wheat and Prosperity
The article extols Western Canadian farming, praising No. 1 hard wheat and prairie life. It cites high wheat and grain yields in 1906, growing farmer migration, cheaper land with free homesteads, and strong rail expansion guiding settlers, including many Americans relocating to Canada’s West.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. J. Hill
West
Western States
Canada
Origins of Mask Use Among North American Indians
A writer explains that masks arose to conceal emotions during conflict. Warriors wore masks to hide expressions such as fear or sympathy, preventing opponents from reading their feelings and potentially gaining an advantage in combat.
Ten Years of Pain and Housework Tied to Kidney Troubles
Margaret Emmerich of Clinton reports years of kidney troubles blamed on housework. The notice notes ongoing pain and seeks possible remedies or remedies.
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Margaret Emmerich
Clinton
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