OFF A TRESTLE IN BRIDGEPORT AREA KILLING NEARLY FORTY
The Stratford extension of the Shelton Street Railway Co. trolley line near Oronoque toppled from a 440 foot iron trestle into Peck's mill pond. About 36 people died, with many more injured among roughly 438 aboard. Conductor John Carroll was among the dead. Morterman Hamilton escaped by jumping. The trestle lacked guard rails. the car plunged about 75 feet along the railroad ties before leaving the structure. Three physicians and ambulances assisted the injured. a morgue was set at Stratford town hall. The line had opened just last Thursday.
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Briverport
Stratford
Shelton Street Railway Co
Peck’s Mill Pond
Oronoque
Bridgeport
Shelton
John Carroll
Morterman Hamilton
Bridgeport General Hospital
Francis Peck
Frank Cramer
Bridgeport Traction Co
Tragedy in Dunsmurr as husband shoots wife then kills self
In Dunsmurr Cal Aug 7 Henry Brown a mill sawyer shot his wife after a separation of a year and then killed himself. Both died instantly and their bodies lay beside each other in the road following the street encounter.
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Dunsmurr
Cal
Henry Brown
Dreyfus Court Opens With Stern Presentation
The court martial for Captain Dreyfus opened at 7:10 Monday morning in Rennes. Dreyfus appeared with a firm step and pallid face, partly bald with gray hair, and answered the judge’s formal questions about name and age in a clear, determined voice.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
No new yellow fever deaths or cases at Newport News home
Newport News authorities report no deaths or new yellow fever cases at the soldiers home on Sunday and say the disease is effectively checked. No additional cases at Phoebus. Quarantine restrictions may be relaxed this week and soon removed.
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Newport News
Phoebus
Spanish Officers Face Fate After Surrender
Mapkzip Aug 6 The supreme council of war debated the Santiago de Cuba surrender. It is reported the accused will be acquitted Monday. A report urged life imprisonment for Spanish officers connected to Manila's surrender.
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Atheast
Mapkzip
Supreme Council of War
Santiago de Cuba
Monjay
Manila
One-armed messenger Roe completes leg of cross country ride
Albert V. Roe the one-armed postal telegraph messenger arrived in Chicago ahead of schedule while bicycling from New York to San Francisco. He resumed his journey west Monday morning. In a separate brief, Mrs George Green of West Paineville, Ohio, died after breaking an artery in her left leg while preparing dinner in Painesville.
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Chicago
Albert V. Roe
New York
San Francisco
Pamesvilleg, C
George Green
West Painesville
Astor, the Traitor Burned In Effigy In New York
In a chaotic scene in Longacre Square, Dr. F W Crowe hired men to burn an effigy of William Waldorf Astor. A rocking chair, oil, and a sign reading Astor the Traitor were used as a figurehead. The doctor fled, the driver was released, and police seek Crowe amid suspicions over his anti Astor sentiments.
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New York
William Waldorf Astor
Longacre Square
F. W. Crowe
West 49Th Street
Anthony Kemmer
Astor
Broadway
Thirty-sixth Street
Sixth Avenue
Longacre
Dr. Crowe
Crowe
Mr. Astor
Lawlessness Renewed in Cleveland Car Attacks
Reports at police headquarters detail stone throwing and an arson attempt on Jennings avenue cars after a strike. Stones shattered windows on Pearl street and Scoville avenue cars, with gunfire from the conductor. No injuries or arrests. Troops have withdrawn to about 50 soldiers as fears rise of renewed outrages.
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Cleveland
Jennings Avenue
Pearl Street
Scoville Avenue
Harsh Tone of US President in Alaska Boundary Tradeoffs
Will be absent the article describes F W Fitzpatrick returning to Washington from Ottawa to arrange Chicago ceremonies for the post office cornerstone. Sir Wilfrid Laurier rejects social invitations across the border noting untimely timing and the governor general would have attended if feasible.
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Chicago
Wilfrid Laurier
Fitzpatrick
Wilfrid
United States
Goats Meat Trade in August Rim Yet for Markets
The Daily News reports thousands of goats traded and sold as mutton at stock yards in Ohio and other western cities. Angora goats and kids are common, skins used for mats and trims, goats deemed healthy though some fat animals pass inspection issues. Dr. Devoe notes the meat is sold as muton in western cities, while Dr. Salmon expects limited policy impact though he foresees continued use of goat meat.
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In& Aic
The
Daily News
Ohio
anAngora
S& Devoe
Bureau of Inmdustry
Bureau of Anistry
Salmon
Remains of John Brown followers pass through Saranac Lake
The seven followers of abolitionist John Brown shot at Harper’s Ferry 40 years ago are transported through Saranac Lake en route to Lake Placid. O. G. Libby of the University of Wisconsin leads the remains for burial beside Brown in North Elba. Funeral arrangements are under way with expected attendance by President Moe Kinley and other leaders.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Lake Placid
Thomas J. Featherstonhaugh
Washington
Capt. Hall
O. G. Libby
University of Wisconsin
Libby
North Elba
MoeKinley
Slip Breaks at Mount Desert Ferry Trapping Excursionists
At Mount Desert near Bar Harbor on August 7 a damaged ferry slip collapsed as crowds rushed to board the Sappho for a sail to Bar Harbor. The plunge sent over 100 into the water. at least 20 bodies were recovered and fatalities were likely to exceed 30. Officials described the dangerous, hinged slip lacking support at the outer end as the cause amid a massed crowd and a busy Maine Central excursion day.
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Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Ferry
William Murray
Brewer
Irving Bridges
West Hancock
Albert Colson
Levant
Alonzo Oakes
Bangor
Joseph Murphy
Maine Central Railroad
Maine
Black merchant warns universal suffrage risks a Cuban republic
A Havana Cuban merchant with extensive island ties warned that universal suffrage would yield a black republic soon. He advocated annexation by the United States to prevent immigration and intermarriage, arguing Cuba could otherwise become like Hayti. He cited a 1,250,000 population with 400,000 voters and projected racial voting imbalances under universal suffrage.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Body of Col Alexander Hawkins Receives Military Honors
In San Francisco on Saturday the body of Col Alexander Hawkins of the 10th Pennsylvania received final military honors under Masonic and Knights Templar auspices. The 10th Pennsylvania served as chief mourners, with Gen Shafter ordering a military escort for the funeral. Camped volunteers at the Presidio attended in sympathy. The casket will be sent east Saturday night.
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San Francisco
Alexander Hawkins
10Th Pennsylvania
Knights Templar
Shafter
Presidio
Boilermakers Strike At Nixons Yard In New Jersey
New York August 5 workers at Lewis Nixon s ship yard Elizabeth New Jersey walked out Friday for nine hours on new and eight hours on old work at the same pay as prior ten hour new and nine hour old. Vice President Hobart departed Long Branch for Lake Champlain for a ten day presidential visit.
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New York
Lewis Nixon
Elizabeth
N. J
Hobart
Lake Champain
Long Branch
Lake Champlain
McKinley
Chicago Invite Declined Over Alaskan Boundary Tensions
Sir Wilfrid and Governor General declined a Chicago ceremony due to harsh US press coverage and public feeling over the Alaskan boundary dispute. They feared potential indignities at a great gathering and promised to reconsider the invitation.
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Fitzpatrick
Wilfrid
United States
Chicago
M Delcasse Mission Explained by Paris Times Letter
Paris Times correspondent M De Blowitz offers a striking account of M Delcasse's sudden mission. He cites a source saying Nicholas fears abdication due to an heirless throne and a Russian legend of a czar weasel to succeed him, prompting a rushed dispatch to Darmstadt to deter abdication after The Hague conference failure.
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Czarewitch
Hague
Darmstadt
Paris
M. Delcasse
Olympia Arrives at Narces with Adm. Dewey Aboard
The United States cruiser Olympia under Adm. Dewey reached Narces on Saturday morning. Salutes were exchanged as the cruiser entered the port.
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Narces
United States
Olympia
Adm. Dewey
Insurgents Burn an American Steamer at San Fernando
Manila cables report insurgents captured and burned the United States steamer Sapurnus at San Fernando. In Denver, Choyinski won a decision over Mexican Pete Ferritt on a seventh round foul in Friday night boxing action.
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Lonpom
Lloyd’s
Manila
San Fernando
United States
Choyinski
Denver
Col
Pete Rerett
American killed in Yaqui raid near Guayamas
San Antonio reports Walter Hemming, an American from the city, was killed in a Yaqui raid in the mountains east of Guayamas. Hemming had departed in April with two companions to search for gold in Yaqui country.
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San Antonio
Tex
Walter Hemming
Guayamas
Hemming
Drowning of C B Hershey in Wisconsin lake
St Paul. Minn Aug 5 C B Hershey of this city drowned Friday in Long Lake Wisconsin by the capsizing of canoe.
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St. Paul, Minn
C. B. Hershey
Long Lake
Wis
Cecil Rhodes Prediction on Transvaal Conflict Outcome
In the house of assembly Friday Mr. Cecil Rhodes expressed the belief that the Transvaal difficulty would be overcome in a few months and without a shot being fired owing to mutual moderation. He predicted that capital would then flow freely.
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House of Assembly
Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
Fred
Presidential Office Elevates Post Office in Alabama
Aug 5 report from Wasuixeron notes the post office at le Ala has been raised to fourth class with effect starting October 1, reflecting an administrative upgrade in the Alabama office system.
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Ala
Sun compositors strike leaves paper with four pages
The New York Sun, 120 compositors and stereotypers, went on a Saturday night strike and remained out Sunday night. The press rooms were dark while the editorial room looked normal. The Sunday issue appeared with four pages in the news section and editors warn Monday publication may be impossible.
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New York
New York Sun
Sun
Sun of
Lightning strikes hit Eiffel Tower and Paris area
During a severe thunder storm on Saturday evening the lightning conductor on the Eiffel tower was struck ten times. A thunderbolt set fire to the Jeanot foundry. The Centure railway was flooded, many buildings were slightly damaged, and many fine trees were destroyed.
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Paris
Eiffel
Jeanot
Centure
Death of Col Azor Smith Marvin at 74 in Brooklyn
New York dated August 7 reports Col Azor Smith Marvin longtime president of the Marvin Safe Co. has died at his Brooklyn home at age 74.
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New York
Col
Azor Smith Marvin
Marvin Safe Co
Brooklyn
McKinley Buys Me Kinley Cottage in Canton
President McKinley purchased the Me Kinley cottage at North Market street and Louis avenue in Canton for 14500. The papers passed and possession will begin after October. The home, dear to the McKinleys since their first housekeeping, sits on a 100 by 244 foot lot with the veranda worn from 1896 campaign crowds. The President may renovate and spend part of each summer in Canton, while Cantonians fear invitations to move elsewhere.
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Canton
Mc Kinley
Me Kinley
North Market Street
Louis Avenue
Mc McKinley
Market Street
Ex Gov Atkinson gravely ill at home in Newman
Former Georgia governor William G. Atkinson is seriously ill at his Newman home and unlikely to recover. He served two terms and was succeeded by Allan D. Candler after defeating Gen Clement A. Evans in a late in the race bid. Atkinson had endured poor health for three years since an appendicitis attack.
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Atlanta
W. G. Atkinson
Newman
Tov
WM. G. Atkinson
Clement A. Evans
Atkinson
Gen. Evans
Horrible murder in Wasumetox city by pension examiner
Benjamin N Snell a 45 year old special examiner in the pension office murdered Liza Weissenberger 19 in her northern Wasumetox home. He attacked with a razor slashing throat and severing the head area. Snell was arrested after the assault. he claims amnesia and offers no explanation. He is a Vermont native with past work in a Montgomery Alabama bank, married with two children.
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Wasumetox
Benjamin N. Snell
Pension Office
Liza Weissenberger
Snell
Vermont
Montgomery
Ala
Milwauwker Soldier Captain Polly Dies From Wounding
Milwauwker Wis Aug 7 Captain Thomas L Polly wounded by David Anderson at the soldiers home last Friday died Sunday night in jail awaiting murder charges. Polly served with the 66th Ohio infantry Company A in the Civil War.
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Milwavuker
Wis
Thomas L. Polly
David Anderson
Anderson
Polly
66Th Ohio Infantry
Bigamy Charge Stuns Vaparaiso Man
Sylvester Smith was arrested in Vaparaiso Indiana on a charge of bigamy. He was placed under bond as the case proceeds.
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Vaparaiso
Ind
Sylvester Smith
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