Derailment Injures 25 on St Louis Line Train at Springfield
Twenty five passengers were injured in a derailment of three coaches of a St Louis and San Francisco train bound for St Louis near Springfield Missouri. Two may be fatally hurt R J Thorpe of Monticello Illinois and Mrs Katie Schulty of Higgate Missouri. Several others including Mrs Florence Richmond Muskogee Indian Territory and Mrs Susan Huffman Rush Springs Indian Territory sustained serious injuries. The accident occurred as the foremost coach left the track at a split switch and the coach toppled onto its side with about sixty passengers aboard. two sleepers stayed on the rails.
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Springfield
St. Louis
San Francisco
R. J. Thorpe
Monticello
Katie Schulty
Higgate
Florence Richmond
Muskogee
I. T
Susan Huffman
Rush Springs
Drury Holt
Carthage
J.S. Moore
J. A. Murphy
Cape Girardeau
Engines Jump Track in Missouri Train Wreck
A northbound St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern train drawn by two engines derailed on a sharp curve near Ironton Missouri. Engineer W J Edy of St Louis was killed and Fireman George Richard of Desoto Missouri was badly hurt. Baggage and mail cars plus two coaches left the rails into an embankment. Other crew and passengers sustained only bruises.
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Ironton
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Southern Mail
W. J. Edy
George Echard
Desoto
Judge Landis orders election for Zion City overseer of money
Judge Landis ruled John Alexander Dowie does not own Zion City and its industries. He ordered an election for money overseer to be held on the third Tuesday of September with voting limited to Zion City residents since Jan 1 1906. If multiple names are certified, nominees share use of the tabernacle until election.
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Landis
Chicago
United States District Court
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Alexander Granger
John C. Hately
Dowie
Illinois
Relief Commission Resigns in San Francisco
Dr Edwin Devine Colonel George H Pippy and Edward F Moran who led the relief commission resign effective August 1 with Devine having signaled his plan earlier and Pippy citing private business pressure Moran's resignation unexpected relief work to continue under subcommittees with the positions paying six thousand dollars annually.
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San Francisco
Edwin Devine
George H. Pippy
Edward F. Moran
Relief Commission
Wr. Devine
Pappy
Moran
Son’s Clothes Linked to Flanigan Skeleton Discovery
Mrs. James Flanigan of Fishkill Landing identified clothing remnants on a skeleton found at the bottom of a gas tank well near Newburg. Gas plant workers, while retrieving an iron fitting, raised a child's overcoat and parts of a body left from the long mourning for Charles Flanigan who had been thought kidnapped.
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Newburg
N. Y
Charles
James Flanigan
Fishkill Landing
Soldier Dies On March From Cholera Morbus At Barton Springs
Private George Melville of Company F Twenty sixth United States infantry died on the march near Barton Springs county from cholera morbus caused by drinking too much cold water while marching. His home was Pittsburg Pennsylvania. He was married.
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Austin
George Melville
Company F
Twenty-sixth
United States Infantry
Barton Springs
This County
Pittsburg
Chief Beneficiary Bequests In Sage Estate Noted
July 27 report states except for bequests to relatives the late Russell Sage left, there are no charitable gifts specified in the will. The summary focuses on the estate distribution and remaining beneficiaries.
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Russell Sage
Harris Salary Set At Eight Thousand In Ohio Opinion
Attorney General Ellis states that Governor Andrew L Harris is serving out Pattison’s unexpired term and receives $8,000. The increase to $10,000 is not due until after the former governor’s term ends.
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Columbus
Ellis
Harris
Pattison
Execu
Andrew L. Harris
OHTO
Doctor Webb Patti Body Recovered From Mississippi River
Memphis reports that Dr. Webb Patti a wealthy river man was found dead in the Mississippi River at Brooks Landing Mississippi. Patti had vanished from his home two months ago and a search followed. His son noted marks on the body suggesting foul play.
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Memphis
Webb Patti
Mississippi River
Brooks’ Landing
Miss
Missouri political figure Brokmeyer dies after operation
St. Louis reports the death of former Missouri lieutenant governor and acting governor Charles F. Brokmeyer after an surgical operation. Born August 12, 1826 near Minden Prussia he later came to the United States at age eighteen working as a bootblack in New York and studied at Georgetown Kentucky and Brown University.
Two Hundred Strike Over Wage Basis at Mexican Central
In Aguas Calientes on July 27, two hundred workers in the Mexican Central railway shops protest wage practices. They demand parity with American shopmen, aligning pay with efficiency rather than race. The Rail Way Men's union, now in the thousands, supports higher native wages as its El Ferrocarrilero newspaper urges equal pay for natives and foreigners. Railway managers claim wages are based on efficiency, denying race discrimination.
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Mexican
Mexican Central Railway
Aguas Calientes
Railway Men's Union
el Ferrocarrilero
President Names Three Postmasters in Tuesday Appointments
Oyster Bay reports the president announced postmaster appointments at Jefferson Texas Mal Singleton Lexington Mississippi D W Rhyne and Goldsboro North Carolina L A Grant to fill local offices in the latest federal staffing action.
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Oyster Bay
Mal Singleton
Jefferson, Tex
D. W. Rhyne
Lexington
Miss
L. A. Grant
Goldsboro
N. C
Miller Poised to Return to Katy Railroad
Denison July 27 reports in railroad circles that F. W Miller, who resigned as superior superintendent of the Fort Worth and Denver, will return to the Katy.
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Katy
Denison
F. W Miller
Fort Worth
Denver
Aldermen Arrested During Five Hour Conference
A five hour aldermen’s conference in a private house ended with all members arrested and held as police searched the premises and examined papers.
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St. Petersburg
Freight Wreck Delays Katy Trains Nine Hours
In Crowder City Oklahoma Territory a Katy railway freight wreck disrupted service with trains delayed nine hours. In Mexico City Colonel Guzman was convicted of shooting a deserter and sentenced to eight years and ten months in prison.
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Crowder City
I. T
Katy Railway
Here
City of Mexico
Guzman
No Lunacy Commission Will Be Sought
Thaw's counsel will make no effort to have a lunacy commission appointed to examine their client. July 27.
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New York
Great French Bank to be Established in City of Mexico
July 27 brief notes report a major French bank planned for Mexico City. Other items note Prince Murat killed in Munich auto crash, American ambassador Leishman presenting credentials in Turkey, tobacco exhibit in Blue County Indian Territory, a robbery at Hempstead Texas, a marriage of two elderly residents in Ennis Texas, and the death of traveling salesman R H Deering in Shreveport.
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Great French Bank
City of
Mexico
Prince Murat
Munich
Leishman
Sultan of
Turkey
Blue County
Indian Territory
Denison
H. Simond
Hempstead
Tex
F. J. Smith
Elizabeth Hines
Ennis
R. H. Deering
Paducah
The
Inn Hotel
Shreveport
Twenty-fifth Infantry Joins Texas Maneuvers Near Austin
The Twenty-fifth Infantry, after leaving Fort Niobrara, is ordered to posts along the Rio Grande in Texas and will participate in joint maneuvers near Austin before being distributed to Fort Bliss Fort Brown Fort McIntosh. Regular army units and militia will join the camp, while authorities deny border-movement links to Cananea unrest. In Helsingfors, police strike leaves the city unprotected.
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Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Wahsington
Fort Niobrara
Nebraska
Rio Grande
Texas
Austin
Fort Bliss
Fort Brown
Fort McIntosh
Twenty-fift Infantry
First Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
Signal Corps
Hospital Corps
Camp Down
War Department
Cananea
Mex
Republic
Dowie Must Pay $1,764.90 to Attorney Craig
California Supreme Court affirms a lower court judgment ordering John Alexander Dowie to reimburse attorney Hug Craig $1,764.90 plus interest from 1888. Craig financed Dowie’s 1888 revival at the Grand Opera House. the expected proceeds fell short, prompting the suit.
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John Alexander Dowie
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Hug Craig
Craig
Dowie
Grand Opera House
Bold Robbery On Warsaw Railway Stuns Outskirts
A daring July 27 robbery halted a passenger train near Warsaw. Revolutionaries forced the train to stop, killed the gendarme, and opened strong boxes with receipts. They gathered 7500 dollars before escaping into a wooded area.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Hulen Wires on Negro Troops at Camp Mabry
Adjutant General Hulen wired from Austin that no negro troops have been or will be ordered to participate in maneuvers at Camp Mabry until after the militia departs. The message stresses segregation measures and timing of troops during the Houston tension.
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Houston
Hulen
Austin
Camp Mabry
Crown and Bridge Dentistry Specialty
Office upstairs above Burt Norwid's store focused on crown and bridge work as described in the local business listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Norwid’s
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MO. M. Galdwell
Seweter
HasweEuh’s Book Store
W. H. Lawrence
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s Drug Store
Bryan, Texas
T. R. Batte
Bryan
Brazos Bottom
Burleson County
Ross Perrino
Dallas
Zannetti Block
Nadinda
National Toilet CO
John Wittman
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro
Court House
Gay Phone
Yave
Brazos County
Pitts Bridge Road
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
James’ Drug Store
H. D. Evans
Hack
E. O. Dewitt & CO
Emmel
Commission
Uly
Brokmeyer
Bismarck
Helsingfors
Monroe
City and Country Property
Ford
Ford’s
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
Kutter
Cole Hardware Co
W. C. Fountain
DR. C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
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