Fast Train Ditching Wreck Report From Arkansas
Newport Arkansas August 20 Passenger train No and the fast Texarkana to St Louis Iron Mountain line is in a ditch near Alicia Arkansas. Meager reports say several killed and many injured. Wreck occurred at 930 PM Monday due to a broken rail. Assistance sent from Alicia but wrecking crew not back by midnight. Officials admit a bad wreck but refuse to specify casualties. Telegraph lines are working poorly hindering information flow.
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Newport
Ark
Texarkana
St. Louis
Alicia
Twenty Hurt As Train Wrecks Near Cedar Rapids
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train wrecked at Keystone, thirty miles west of Cedar Rapids, injuring twenty. The collision with a handcar on a 20 foot embankment left several seriously hurt, many in the smoking car, with relief trains and physicians called from nearby towns. Names listed include C. T. McElwaine and F. C. Myers among others. The mall car rolled off the track and the handcar was abandoned on the line.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Keystone
Here
C. T. McElwaine
F. C. Myers
Deland
F. W. Stockton
Violent Lake Independence Storm Injures Several People
A Sunday night windstorm battering the Lake Independence area near St Paul and Minneapolis injured several people. Miss Minnie Olsen likely fatally hurt, Miss Johnson sustained a broken spine, and others suffered cuts and bruises. Homes, cottages, and barns were damaged while boats ripped from moorings. Dr Litzenberg’s hotel served as a makeshift hospital. Farms around Osseo and northeast suffered wind damage. crops largely spared.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lake Independence
Hennepin County
Minnie Olsen
A. A. McRae
J. C. Litzenberg
Cora Frankenfield
Poehler
Taylor
Osseo Village
Poisoned by sardines in Freeman tragedy hits two
In Sioux Falls on August 20 John J. Gross a Freeman resident in Hutchinson county and his sister fell severely ill after eating sardines exposed to open air for about nine hours. A physician treated them but the poison nearly claimed their lives.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John J. Gross
Freeman
Hutchinson County
Thieves Steal Diamonds from Appleton Jewelry Store
In Appleton Wisconsin on August 20 two thieves robbed Henry Kamp's jewelry store stealing diamonds valued at $1,000 while two clerks and several customers were present.
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Appleton, Wis
Henry Kamp
Bonaparte probes immunity over Chicago and Alton rebates
Attorney General Bonaparte conducted a daylong inquiry into whether the Chicago and Alton railroad earned immunity from prosecution for granting rebates to Standard Oil, following a $29,240,000 fine imposed by Judge Landis. He consulted with officials and attorneys and awaited Landis's reply before deciding whether to pursue proceedings or drop the matter.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Chicago and Alton
Standard Oil Company
United States
Landis
Sims
Chicago
Charles B. Morrison
Wilkerson
Rock Island Railroad
Sqttorney
Morrison
Department of Justice
Minnesota to sue Standard Oil over discrimination
In Minnesota within days the state will file a district court suit in Ramsey or Hennepin county to oust Standard Oil Co for alleged violations of the Hinton anti discrimination law. Attorney General F E Young confirms the action after a May filing and a quiet evidence review with independent oil dealers. The charge is discrimination in oil price among locales for the same grade.
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St. Paul
Attorney General's Office
Standard Oz Company
Melrose Town Marshal Fires, Killings in Freeport
John Toenyan was shot and killed by village marshal R. T. Radford during a disturbance in Freeport Minnesota after Toenyan and five companions, intoxicated, refused to quiet their team of horses. Radford says the shooting was accidental and meant to scare them.
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John Teenyan
Radford
Mystery in shooting at Hibbing mine site
Albert Cameron, surface boss at the Buffalo and Susquehanna mine in Hibbing, was found unconscious near the railway track with a bullet wound and in very critical condition. No clear motive or suspects. officials assume a stray bullet or possible attempted murder, with Cameron unable to speak.
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Duluth
Albert Cameron
Hibbing
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Cameron
Kipling Named Nobel Prize Favorite for 1907
Stockholm dispatch in Tidningen says Rudyard Kipling is designated to receive the Nobel literary prize for 1907 with Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) among those suggested for the honor.
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Stockholm
Tidningen
Rudyard Kipling
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Death from falling tree near Bruce Wisconsin
George Douglass was instantly killed when a tree fell in a camping area about fifteen miles north of Bruce. He worked for the Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company in one of their camps nearby.
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Bruce, Wis
George Douglass
Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company
Manufacturers Seek Permanent Ban on Labor Boycott Lists
James W. Van Cleave, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, files in the District of Columbia supreme court to bar Samuel Gompers and other AFL leaders from using the boycott and unfair lists. The suit targets a broad conspiracy to disrupt Buck Stove and Range Co. of St. Louis and seeks injunctions against boycotts, interference with trade, and distribution of the American Federationist containing such lists.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Samuel Gompers
John Mitehfell
American Federation of Labor
Boycot
van Cleave
St. Louis
Manufacturers’ Association
Organized Labor
Frank Morrison
John V. Lennon
Bloomington
James Duncan
Quincy Mass
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
James O'Connell
Max Morris
Denver
James A. Hayes
Philadelphia
Daniel J Keefe
Detroit
William B. Huber
Joseph F. Valentine
Cincinnati
R. L. Thixton
C. C. Buckington
H. C
American Federationist
Lsts
Moors Attack French Camp in Morocco Beaten Back
An Arab force assaulted the French camp near Casa Blanca on August 20, but French troops aided by 500 Arab horsemen in French service repelled the attack. The engagement spanned about sixteen miles from 7 to 11 am, with heavy use of field and machine guns and naval gunfire from the cruiser Gloire.
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Casa Blanca
Morocco
Drude
Gloire
Caid
Paris
Zenitta
Ziaidia
IAFT Talks in Ohio on Dingley Bill Revision
In Ohio IAFT asserts the Republican Party should pledge to revise the Dingley tariff bill. The statement frames tariff reform as essential for party credibility and avoids future political missteps. Confessions of faith accompany the call for policy reconsideration.
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Republican Party
Confessions of Faith
Taft predicts campaign on tariff reform and anti trust law
In Columbus Taft delivers political faith address to over 5,000 at Memorial Hall. He urges tariff revision and anti trust enforcement, denounces Bryan and calls for government restraint on railroads. Taft criticizes government ownership and endorses Roosevelt policies while outlining party platform and inheritance tax. He visits Columbus then Cincinnati.
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Columbus
William H. Taft
War Department
Memorial Hall
Buckeye Republican Club
Taft
Harris
Interstate Commerce Commission
Republian
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
Congress
Repab- Mean Party
A. I. Voris
Cincinnati
PLAN NATIONAL FEDERATION DISCUSSED IN NEW YORK
Delegates from manufacturing and employers associations met in New York to discuss forming a national federation aimed at promoting peace in industry by uniting employing interests. The meeting was called by the National Association of Manufacturers, which hopes the federation adopts the association platform favoring open shop no output limits no boycotts and no sympathetic strikes.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Telegraphers Strike Shuts Six Brokerage Houses
In Chicago six large brokerage houses called out leased wire operators and issued conflicting strike statements. The boards of trade saw more workers, with some offices fully shut and others maintaining limited staff. Messenger boys who struck largely returned to work as conditions impacted rail lines near Winona Minnesota, with wind and rain storms delaying traffic and crops.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Atora
Prince Wilhelm Arrives in Norfolk After Exposition Welcome
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden arrived in Hampton Roads on the Swedish cruiser Fylgia and was met by a 20,000-strong crowd at the Jamestown exposition. The young heir, now grandson of King Oscar, attended a luncheon and reception, then returned to the exposition late at night, escorted by a government tug. Also reported is a man in Deadwood who lost an arm in a machinery accident at Spearfish Creek and the funeral in Berlin for violinist Joseph Joachim where Crown Prince Frederick William fainted.
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Norfolk
Tigince Wilhelm
Sweden
Hampten Roads
Faily
Oscar of
New York
Virginia Club
Henning Fernstrom
Foylgla
Deadwood
S. D
Victoria
Spearfish Creck
Frank Titus
Titus
Berlin
Joseph Joachim
Frederick William
Suspect Arrested In Jersey City Murder Case
In New York on August 20 police arrested a man tied to the murder of Mrs. Sophie Kehrer. The suspect, linked to Buffalo, is known as Guiseppi Capuzzo and Charles Davis, said to have used the alias when renting the room where Kehrer's body was found after her July 29 death. Also in Minneapolis a woman, about 21 or 22, leaped from the steel arch bridge into the Mississippi River around 11 p.m. Monday. despite a swift police boat search, the body was not recovered by morning.
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New York
Jersey City
Sophie Kehrer
Buffalo
West Twenty-second Street
Minneapolis
Mississippi River
Minnesota State Fair Opens with Record Attendance Promised
The 48th Minnesota State Fair opens Monday September 2 led by President Cyrus Northrop. The event emphasizes education and public comfort with a complete sewer system eight miles of cement walks and full services including post office fire department and Red Cross. Racing remains a highlight with notable horses expected to compete for substantial purses as the fair blends amusement with practical aims.
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United States Post Office
Red Cross Corps
Bureau of Information
Minnesota
Marvellous Air Ship Joins Minnesota State Fair Program
The northwest built airship proves successful and will feature daily flights during fair week at the Minnesota State Fair. Activities emphasize education in dairying horticulture and farm practice with livestock exhibitions, premium contests for Shorthorns and Herefords, and a harness track boasting Dan Patch’s 1:55 mile record as Sweet Marie targets 2:02. The event will also host a national Shorthorn exhibition and auction sales amid large purses and a fast track reputation.
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Northwest
Minnesota
American
Minnesota State Fair
Dan Patch
Dan
Sweet Marie
State Fair Management
Minnesota fair to unveil world’s largest dairy and poultry halls
The Minnesota fair crowds will see a new dairy hall the largest in the world for dairy product displays and a vast poultry building 183 by 147 feet costing 25000. The fair grounds expand with forty more acres for agriculture and camping. Fourteen counties seek space, and county and farm exhibits trend strong. The program features daily acts, a thrilling ladies relay, and a dramatic pyrotechnic Siege of Jericho. Barney Oldfield will headline automobile racing on Saturday afternoon with other renowned riders.
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Agricultural Society
Minnesota Fair
Jericho
Barney Oldfield
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Iowa
Twin Cities
State of
Freeport
Mystery
Minn
Kipling
IAFT
Ohio
Plan National Federation
Employers’ Association
Winona
Milwaukee
Burlington
Prince Wilhelm
King Oscar
Prince
Sweet Make
Cyrus Northrop
Minnesota State FA
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