Horrible Fate of a Switchman in Fort Worth Yard
G W Buckley, a Texas and Pacific switchman, was killed in a yard accident when his foot slipped as the switch engine moved five cars. His body was mangled and scattered along the track for about 200 feet near the Y switch by the freight depot. Buckley, about 27, had come from Minneapolis and had worked for the railroad here for roughly a month.
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Fort Worth
Tex
G. W. Buckley
Texas and Pacific
Tne
Buckley
Texas and Pacific Road
Minneapolis
Sympathy For Cubans As Spanish Killings Raise Tensions
American observers in Havana condemn the killings of three Cubans and wounding of 15 by Spanish soldiers while noting limited US influence. Reports say shots came mostly from Spanish officers and Gary area officers, with no accountability for culprits. Meanwhile the battleship Texas sails from Old Point Comfort toward Havana to lead the North Atlantic squadron, and cruiser Brooklyn awaits coal at Old Point Comfort.
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Havana
Marianao
Gary
Rnie
Newport News
Texas
Sigsbee
Old Point Comfort
Philip
Cuban
Brooklyn
Cook
Gould bids for Chicago and Alton as northern outlet
New York dispatch reports George J. Gould making a bid to purchase the Chicago and Alton line from Chicago to St. Louis and Kansas City in competition with the Vanderbilts. The Alton bid would connect Gould holdings to a northern outlet for his southwestern system including the Missouri Pacific and related lines.
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New York
George J. Gould
Chicago and Alton Road
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Vanderbilts
Wall Street
Gould
Alton
Brilliant Reception for M I C and J A O Clubs
Mrs W M Foster and Mrs G M Brandon hosted a graceful afternoon for the M I C and J A O Club at Mrs Foster’s home amid Springlike decor in M I C and J A O colors. Guests included Mesdames Foster Sims Tabor Howell McQueen Butler and others with an illness keeping Mrs Brandon away. Prizes of a silver bell went to Mrs McQueen and Miss Shepard was honored in the J A O contest. A poetic reading by Mrs Tabor and a toast by Mrs Sims accompanied violet themed refreshments.
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Mesdames
W. M. Foster
M. W. Sims
George R. Tabor
W. S. Howell
J. A. McQueen
K. J. Butler
Miss Butler
Henderson
McKenzie
Frances Parker
Fulkerson
Brandon
J. A. O. Club
McQueen
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A. A. McKenzie
Mr. McKenzie
Yours Truly
the Daily Eagle
Bryan
Connelly
Palmer &Arnes
Malcolm Carnes
Bby
Israel Zangwill
Corps
Calvert Courier
W. J. Bryan
Taylor & Cox
Mumm
Mississippi River
Emmels Drug Store
Emmel
Washington
House
W. A. Simmons
Boston
Thomas J. Bryan
Union League Club
Merriam
Minnesota
William J. Bryan
Savannah
Nebraska
Frimphant Farewell
Lewis
Sias
Mephis
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