Week's News Record of Drowned Trains and Fatalities
A Great Northern express in Washington sank after spreading rails near Mamond Lake, drowning nine in the smoking car and the engine crew. Cincinnati sees seven arrests for murder over an excursion-boat shooting. Miss Annie Gross dies after a long pickle diet. a post mortem shows stomach erosion. Newark fireman Joseph Drake attempts suicide, injuring himself. doctors fear for his life. A Vitcairn Pa game ends with B F Hicks killed by a train while making a catch. A tornado near Valley City NC devastates Alta camp, injuring four seriously. Ella Farmerie dies after falling eleven stories in Pittsburgh. elevator chaos follows. Baseball league standings conclude the section.
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Cincinnati
Ironton
Ohio
Agnew
Annie Gross
St. Louis
Joseph Drake
Daltimore and
Newark
Vitcairn
B. FE. Hicks
Ile
Valley City
N. C
Pavinig
Alta
Ella Farmerie
McCreery
Pittsburg
John Quinn
John Mallenswinner
Brevities From The Nation In Brief
A mix of brief items from various places. Lydell’s body found in a pond near Trattiesburg Mississippi. Greely orders probe into missing whisky wagons in San Francisco. Simmonds of Boston, a conductor on a Raymond-Whitcombe Alaska excursion, dies by own hand in Seattle. New York State insurance department notes a drop in life insurance due to scandals. Enrico Spada and wife injured after a bomb explodes in Milan. Nickels dispute suspected in the killing of eight year old William Burkhart in West Newton Pennsylvania. Unofficial reports of a large clash between natives and French in Senegambia with many killed. Panama canal 2 percent bond bids oversubscribed eightfold at Treasury. total bids reach 250 million. Viborg forces yield after a revolutionary manifesto calls for removal of revenues and troops until representative government is set.
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F. P. Lydell
Trattiesburg
Miss
Gen. Greely
San Francisco
George Simmonds
Boston
Raymond-Whitcombe
Seattle
New York State Insurance Department
Enrico Spada
Milan
Italy
Spada
William Burkhart
Ralph Bailes
West Newton
Senegambia
West Africa
Treasury Department
Washington
Viborg
Eguin
Quakes Destroy a Town in Socorro New Mexico
Reports describe fifty two earthquake shocks over three days that leveled Socorro New Mexico, with most buildings collapsed and residents fleeing. The Santa Fe Railroad moved refugees by box cars while damage spread to surrounding areas and a nearby extinct volcano site showed prior volcanic activity.
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Socorro
N. M
Santa Fe
el Pago
School of Mines
Santa Fe Railroad
San Marcio
Magdalena
Carlsbad
N.ml
United States Dominates Western Hemisphere Trade
A government report ahead of the Rio conference shows the United States accounts for about half of western hemisphere commerce. Total trade tops 5.05 billion dollars with US imports about 2.18 billion and exports around 2.87 billion. US imports from Latin America near 189 million and exports to Latin America roughly 35 million.
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Rio Janeiro
United States
Western Hemisphere
All America
Root
Harvard Professor chosen as Sorbonne lecturer in Paris
The selection of Prof Archibald Coolidge of Harvard history department to represent the university as the Sorbonne lecturer in Paris next year is announced. Other items note Rutgers electing William H. S. Demarest as president and Missouri's teacher salary rise outpacing the rise in teacher numbers.
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Archibald Coolidge
History
Harvard
Sorbonne
Paris
William H. S. Demarest
Rutgers College
Missouri
Columbia
Charles Francis Adams
Ohio
Board of Education
Indiana
Nation Near War as Russia Faces Revolutionary Turmoil
The article portrays Russia on the brink of upheaval after Nicholas II dissolves parliament and imposes martial law. The Douma members flee to Viborg Finland as troops mass and new elections loom within months.
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Nicholas
Douma
Viborg
Finland
French and Russian Upheavals Paralleled
The entry compares the French Revolution with Russian unrest noting poverty and taxation in France, the Third Estate, Necker's dismissal, and Versailles exile. It also references Russian figures like Miraky, Witte, and Nicholas II, with peasants and workers demanding reforms and censure of nobility.
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Necker
France
Louis XVI
Versailles
Paris
Louis Nvi
Grand Dukes
Holy Synod
Douma
Prince Miraky
MM. Witte
Nicholas IT
Ar Selo
Peterhof
St. Petersburg
Czar
Russell Sage Dies Aged Financier Of Wall Street
Russell Sage, famed Wall Street financier, died suddenly at his Lawrence summer home at age 90 after a rapid decline. Surrounded by family and doctors, he had planned to celebrate his upcoming birthday on August 4. His fortune, widely rumored between 75 to 100 million dollars, was not publicly confirmed as to distribution.
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Russell Sage
Lawrence
L. J
Russell
Mr. Sage
Joseph J. Slocum
Theodore Janeway
New York
Carl F. Schmuck
Robert G. Leitch
Shenandoah
N.Y
Henry
Troy
N. Y
Elisha Sage
Fire destroys Sibley breaker at Old Forge mine
The Sibley breaker at the Old Forge mine near Scranton Pennsylvania was destroyed by fire causing a loss of seventy five thousand dollars. A permanent organization of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union has been formed with Representative Bartholdt of Missouri serving as president.
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Sibley
Old Forge
Scranton
The
Interparliamentary Union
Representative Bartholdt
Missouri
Trade improves with crop prospects and industrial activity
The report notes stronger activity in manufactures construction and transportation compared with last year. Crop prospects boost trade outlook while grain movement and receipts show declines. Building remains active and exports possible, though summer slowdowns and low wheat prices temper new wheat movements.
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Chicago
Dun
New York
Iron and Steel
Bradstreet
Grain and livestock price listings across major markets
Chicago-Castle and Indianapolis through Toledo report extensive price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Values cover No. 2 wheat corn oats rye and specialty items with various quality grades and regional modifiers. Notable entries include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 6.40. New York cattle 4.00 to 6.00. Detroit hogs 4.00 to 7.10. butter 6 to 21 cents.
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Chicago—Castle
Indianapolis
Ste
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Carnegie donates for Cedarville college library building
Andrew Carnegie gives 11 795 dollars for a library building at Cedarville College Ohio. The Order of Railway Telegraphers seeks an injunction in Louisville Kentucky to stop the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from firing members who join the union.
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Andrew Carnegie
Cedarville
O.) College
Louisville, Ky
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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