Exeter collision toll reaches twenty nine dead
Reading Pennsylvania May fifteenth reports the total dead from Friday's Penn Read Exeter railroad crash now at twenty nine. Dozens injured remain in hospital with three in serious condition and little hope for recovery. Identifications completed and bodies returned to families as investigators probe responsibility amid admitted bungling.
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Reading
Pennsylvania and Reading
Exeter
C. H. Howell
Phoenixville
Charles T. Street
Philadelphia
Two Dallas Aldermen Indicted on Bribery Charge
Dallas May 15 three indictments returned by the county grand jury name C. H. Alexander alderman from the eleventh ward William H Lincecum alderman from the fourth ward and Leo Wolfson alderman from the fourth ward The indictments allege Alexander offered 1000 to burn the Eakins residence in South Dallas three years earlier Lincecum is charged with accepting a bribe of 10 and Wolfson with 15 from Mike Loonie on behalf of E A Ellis and associates They were arrested then released on bond.
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Dallas
Dallas County Grand Jury
C. H. Alexander
William H. Lincecum
Leo Wolfson
Mr. Alexander
H. P. Irwin
Eakins
Alderman Lincecum
Mr. Wolfson
Mike Loonie
E. A. Ellis and
J. B. Wilson
C. E. Bird
Irvine G. Randle
A New York Firm to Build Smelting Plant in El Paso
El Paso, May 15. A New York company has bought a site and will erect a smelting and ore refining plant costing $500,000. In Washington Clark the independent refiner testified before the industrial commission about the whisky trust, as the panel seeks fuller information on trusts from all sources.
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Washington
Clark
Whisky Trust
Industrial Commission
Commission
el Paso
Tex
New York
Britannia Begins Atlantic Cable Survey for Germany United States Link
The Commercial Cable steamer Britannia arrived at the Azores to survey for laying a transatlantic cable connecting Germany with the United States. George G. Ward, vice president, will sail on the St Paul to Cologne for coordination with German Atlantic Telegraph officials. Ward expects initial work to finish in a month, with the Azores to U S segment ready by fall, and aims to complete the Azores to Germany stretch in three months pending survey results.
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New York
Commercial Cable Company
Britannia
Azores
Germany
United States
George G. Ward
St. Paul
Southampton
Cologne
German Atlantic Telegraph Company
Ward
Pensions for Negroes Aimed by Promoters in Nashville
A New York Herald dispatch from Washington says thousands of colored men are being enticed with the promise of U.S. government pensions for former slaves. Circulation claims an office in Nashville led by I. H. Dickerson. A supposed picture shows General Manager Dickerson and Senator Mason is named as attorney.
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The
Herald
Washington
United States
Nashville
Tenn
I. H. Dickerson
Victory
Dickerson
W.C. Lawson
Senator Mason
Illinois
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