Tragic Omaha Wreck Leaves Dozens Dead and Injured
Twenty five killed and thirty seriously hurt when a Chicago and Northwestern freight collided with an excursion train at Logan Iowa last night. Many others were cut or bruised. four or five missing. Names of dead and injured listed. engineer Montgomery blamed. rescue operations in Omaha delayed by crowd and limited access.
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Omaha
Chicago and Northwestern
Logan
Robert Buchtel
Kate Cosgrove
William J. Summit
Missouri Valley
Mrs. Scully
Sheeley
Sam Dugson
Blanche H. Ender
Clifton Hill
Albert Hearson
J. F. Kaler
Council Bluffs
Margaret Colven
Annie Colven
Oliver Colven
John Schneider
Eva Neilson
Andrew Neilson
Henry C. Conrad
Dayton
C. Johnson
Willam Christiansen
P. J. Carroll
Jerome A. Little
Fred Kinsgy
Mrs. O'Hearn
Theresa Tracy
Magegit
John Perkins
John McKenna
Mike Shannon
John Meaney
Montgomery
Chicago
Northwestern
Passenger train mishap leaves riders shaken
Passengers aboard the trains alighted trembling and many, though physically unharmed, needed friends to assist them home, describing a sequence that caused widespread unease among the travelers.
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Bers
Collision Kills Five In Chicago Excursion Train Crash
An excursion train from Schiller Park bound for heat relief collided with an empty passenger train near Waldheim Cemetery. Five people were killed and fifteen injured as the wreck piled thirteen cars and fans of steam filled the cars. Relatives waited at Ogden Avenue station for news after the wreck.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Chicago and Northern Pacific
Waldheim Cemetery
Schiller Park
Waldheim
Ogden Avenue
Twelfth Street
Editors Who Have Bolted
A list of Democratic and Independent newspapers across the United States that have bolted the Chicago ticket includes Boston Globe Herald. Baltimore Sun News. Buffalo Courier Inquirer. Brooklyn Eagle. Bennington Reformer. Chicago Chronicle Staats Zeitung. Charleston News. Dayton Times. Detroit Free Press. Fitchburg Mass Holyoke Free Press. Hartford Times. Lansing Journal. Louisville Courier Journal Anzeiger Post. Lewiston Sun. Lowell Times. La Crosse Chronicle. Manchester Union. Machias Union. Memphis Scimitar. New York Sun Times Herald Living Post Staats Zeitung Irish American. New Haven Register. Philadelphia Record Times. Providence Journal. Petersburg Index Appeal. Richmond Times. Salem News. Sioux Falls Argus Leader. St Paul Globe. St Louis Angzeiger des Westens. Springfield Republican. Syracuse Courier. Trenton Times. Utica Observer. Washington Post. Yonkers Gazette.
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Chicago
Boston
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Buffalo
N. Y
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Eagle
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Reformer
Chicago—Chronicle
Staats-Zeitung
Charleston
W. Va
News
Dayton
Times
Detroit
Mich
Free Press
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Holyoke
Hartford
Lansing
Journal
Louisville
Courier-Journal
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Lewiston
Sun
Lowell
la Crosse
Wis
Chronicle
Manchester
N. H
Union
Machias
Memphis
Tenn
Scimitar
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Sun, Times, Herald
Livening Post
Amercan
New Haven
Register
Philadelphia
Record
Providence
R. I.—Journal
Petersburg
Index-Appeal
Richmond
Salem
Sioux Falls
S. D
Argus-Leader
St. Paul
Work for the Blind in New Albany
The Indiana Society for Providing Employment for the Blind formed in New Albany and elected Dr. D. Garey as president and Louis Silberman as secretary and treasurer. Miles T. Cooper will head the new workshop that will produce brooms dusters mops and hammocks. The society seeks state funding if the project proves successful.
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Commercial Tribune
New Albany
Ind
Indiana Society
D. Garey
Louis Silberman
Miles T. Cooper
Institution For the Blind
Indianapolis
Conductor McKern Attacked Aboard City-Detour Train
Three hoodlums assaulted Conductor McKern and Brakeman Shaller as the Indianapolis Decatur and Western train departed Bernard. Engineer Schooley and Fireman Ulrich intervened before the attackers were driven off with a revolver threat from a man named Jameson.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
McKern
Decatur and Western
Bernard
Shaller
MtKern
Schooley
Ulrich
Seenageman
Jameson
Isand
Sabbath Endeavorers Hold All Day Washington Meetings
Washington July 12 Christian Endeavorers from many sects held a full day of events with sunrise prayers and 11 o'clock services in numerous pulpits. Visiting divines from England Canada and the U S preached. dozens of tent rallies and a large White Lot gathering showcased missionary zeal.
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Christian
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Manchester
Eng
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
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Toronto
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Ohio
Frank J. Sith
Abingdon
Ill
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Knoxville
Tenn
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Memphis
William Bryant
Detroit
H. H. Russell
Columbus
Bishop Gaines
Atlanta
Vw. S. Co. York
Cincinnati
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A. J. McGregor
Ontario
A. F. Richardson
Grafton
John Neil
T. Ashburn
Evansville
Ind
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Cleveland
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Martinsburg
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Dayton, O
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Hudson, O
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London
Ont
Baptists
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Rochester
N. Y
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Boston
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Burmah
Foreign Missionary Society
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Mexico
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Philadelphia
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Fort Edward
RE. O. Excell
Chicago
Work
Endeavor
Strike Closes Major Pittsburgh-Area Mines
At Dillonville on the Wheeling and Lake Erie line the Pittsburg Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Company mines shut indefinitely after 450 miners quit in a strike over non union workers. Union leaders demanded dismissal of non union men but management refused. The mine closures bring likely slow trade and no early resumption.
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Commercial Tribune
Martin’s. Ferry
Dillonville
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Pittsburg, Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Company
Footpads Get 2500 In Williamsburg Robbery
William Gray a Crandall & Co. horse buyer from East Buffalo New York was ambushed as he alighted from a night train at Williamsburg over $2500 in cash and a gold watch and chain were taken after he was struck on the neck. He is badly hurt and only $40 remained in his pocket.
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Commercial Tribune
Ottumwa
William Gray
Crandall & Co
East Buffalo
N. Y
Williamsburg
Preston
Gray
Dynamite Found in Portsmouth School Basement
A keg of powder and two sticks of dynamite attached to a half-burned fuse were found in the basement of the Offner Street School Building in Portsmouth Ohio. The incident follows a prior dynamite blast near the street railroad power house, with police puzzled by the motives and unable to locate suspects.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Offner Street
Change of Heart from Silver and Payne to Bryan Ticket
Washington dispatch notes Sewall the paymaster shifted to the silver cause less than two years ago to spite the Administration after his son failed to win a State Department post. Bailey of Texas arrives from Chicago praising the ticket though preferring Bland, predicting Bryan gains but noting possible gold Democrat defections.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Sewall
State Department
Harold M. Sewall
Cleveland
Samoa
White House
Parkersburg Woman Seeks Fine After Altercation
Mrs George Brown a prominent local businesswoman asked to be fined for assaulting another colored woman who invited her husband to visit. The case was postponed for an investigation as the injured woman is reported badly hurt. Brown runs an express line in Parkersburg and is a notable figure in the local colored community.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
George Brown
Brown
Ex President Harrison to campaign on gold standard
Friends say General Harrison will deliver nonpartisan speeches for the gold standard after his Eastern trip. He plans border state stops in Kentucky Maryland Missouri West Virginia and perhaps others with gold sentiment. Talks will focus solely on monetary policy and be directed by the Republican National Committee.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Harrison
Republican National Committee
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
West Virginia
Watterson Viewed as Likeliest Gold Platform Candidate
Chicago July 12 The honest money Democrats of Illinois favor Henry Watterson as a potential third ticket head on a gold standard line. They believe he could win strong support in Southern and border states, boosting McKinley against Bryan. Watterson is currently in Europe and may not return before the election.
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Bailey
Texas
Riggs House
Bland
Bryan
Congress
McKinley
Commercial Tribune
Honest Money Democrats
Ilinois
Henry Watterson
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Sewall
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
Watterson
Europe
World
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Jackson
Jefferson
Shoes
Democratic Party
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McLean Friends Upset by Thurman Chicago Move
Columbus July 12. McLean supporters in Ohio are angry at Allen W Thurman for opposing McLean for Vice President at the Chicago Convention. It was believed Thurman would stay neutral but his active stance is seen as political ingratitude. McLean remains Ohio National Committeeman.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
John R. McLean
Allen W. Thurman
Chicago
McLean
Thurman
Epileptist Dies After Fall Into Mortar Box
George Elkins, an inmate at the State Asylum for the Insane in Parkersburg West Virginia, died after a fit caused him to fall face down into a box of mortar on Friday. Admitted from Kanawha County in 1892, he was said to be distantly related to Senator Elkins.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W.va
George Elkins
State Asylum For the Insane
Kanawha County
Senator Elkins
Road Supervisor Gerding In Critical Condition After Injury
John F. Gerding of Greenup County Kentucky is in critical condition after a minor hand injury became severe. A small fly sting on Friday added to swelling that now covers the hand and up the arm to the shoulder with intense agony.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
John F. Gerding
Greenwp County
Gerding
Railroad Conductor Ben Griffin Reported Killed Near Evansville
Private letters received here say Ben Griffin a railroad conductor who formerly ran in this locality has been killed on the L and N railroad near Evansville Indiana and that his body will be brought home
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ben Griffin
Evansville
Ind
Landscape Artist Charlies Shuck Lost at Sea
The body of Charlies Shuck, the landscape painter missing since the Shamrock yacht was overwhelmed in a Lake Erie storm on July 4, was found today on a Sandusky beach. He was a well known landscape artist.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky
Charlies Shuck
Shamrock
Lake Erie
Shuck
Bryan letter stirs Populists as St Louis nominating push grows
In Chicago on July 12 the Populist faction led by Senator Stewart and I. N. Newland pressed 5 000 telegrams urging William J Bryan for the St Louis convention. A New York World alleged letter to the editor is contested. Bryan denies writing or endorsing the view.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
St. Louis
Stewart
Nevada
I. N
Newland
Safereace
Celoraino
Bryan
New York World
the World
Colorado
New York
Pence
Clifton House
Mr. Newland
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