Llano Cyclone Injures Many. Communications Cut
A cyclone struck Llano Texas causing the destruction of the freight depot and several houses, with many injuries reported though no deaths. Wires are down and details are unavailable as communication is cut. Dallas reports over 12 hours of rain and rising Trinity River worsening railroad washouts and slow trains across Northern Texas.
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Austin. Tex
Austin & Northwestern
Llano
Tex
Algona
N. J. Badue
I. J. Badue
Finkle
Dallas
Texas
Trinity
Ft. Worth
Twelve Hurt In Streetcar Collision In St Louis
A Suburban Co Webster division streetcar struck a wagon carrying pighickers returning from Forest pert at Lindell boulevard and Sarah street. Twelve injured. two seriously. Injuries ranged from head and neck cuts to limb injuries and chest bruising. Weather rain fell at the time and the horse was crippled.
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St. Louis
Suburban Co
Webster
Forest Pert
Lindell Boulevard
Sarah Street
Reuben Kaplan
Mayer Kummens
Dora Kummens
Fannie Kummens
Ed Rosenblum
Baby Rosenblum
Morris Vlimidimfsky
Street Car Dynamited at 22d Street and Bremen Avenue
A Union line streetcar on the Lee avenue division struck dynamite at 11 PM. The blast derailed the car, windows and structure damaged and four passengers injured. Edward English and Mollis Shire were badly hurt and taken to the city dispensary, others shaken but went home. The incident is the worst on the Transit Co. line since the strike began.
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St. Louis
Union Line
Lee Avenue
The
Transit Co
Tragic Napier dispute ends in fatal shooting in Lafayette
Otis Napier, 25, mortally wounds his father James W. Napier, 65, during a quarrel in Lafayette. Otis dies after rigging a shotgun trap. mother and wife witness the brutal scene. The elder Napier is in critical condition on a farm near Americus. Indianapolis reports Murphy firm founder John W. Murphy dies at 72, with children in Chicago. In Hagerstown, Wayne Nicholson’s 18 month old daughter is mangled by a mowing machine. Terre Haute reports a new gas process for glassmaking promises costs less than half of natural gas.
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Lafayette
Ind
Otis Napier
James W. Napier
Napier
Ameritus
Indianapolis
John W. Murphy
Murphy, Hibben & Co
Cincinnati
Walton, Ky
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Kentucky
Chicago
Frank M. Murphy
Albert W. Shirk
Hagerstown
Wayne Nicholson
Terre Haute
Inliana
Farmer Herman Fisher Dies by Suicide in Heat Linked Tragedy
South Bend reports Herman Fisher aged 53 a Clay county farmer killed himself by cutting his arms with a razor in a haymow. He died hours later from loss of blood with no obvious signs of intent. Officials suspect heat affected his mind.
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South Bend
Ind
Herman Fisher
Clay County
Roadhouse death case shocks Crawfordsville farmer
In Crawfordsville Indiana on Sunday Howard Ellis a young farmer was found dead with a crushed skull near a roadhouse. Investigators say he was struck on the head with a faucet by junk dealer James Osborne during the night. Osborne fled the area.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Howard Ellis
Prass
James Osborne
Osborne
Editor seeks arrest of minister after threat in Indiana
Frankfort editor C M Walters swears out a warrant for Rev J C Little of Rossville alleging threats to kill over a Journal article. Evansville reports Pat Welch declared insane amid China talks. Fort Wayne notes a baby dies after a horse kick in Tel River township.
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Frankfort
Ind
C. M. Walters
State Central Committee
J. C. Little
Rossville
Walters
Evansville
Pat Welch
Ft. Wayne
Edward Oplinger
Tel River Township
Mrs Emma Carnes Dies After Husband Killed
New Albany Indiana July 16 Mrs Emma Carnes wife of Peter Carnes who was killed by Archie Dye Tuesday morning died Saturday afternoon She was overwhelmed by the news of her husband s death
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New Albany
Ind
Emma Carnes
Peter Carnes
Archie Dye
Altercation in Sullivan leaves Hill fatally wounded
In Sullivan Indiana on July 16, "Dad" Hill and William Godfrey clashed at Hymers. Godfrey slashed Hill with a knife causing life threatening injuries. Godfrey remains at large as authorities search for him.
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Sullivan
Ind
Dad” Hill
William Godfrey
Hymers
Godfrey
Hill
Evansville Woman Dies After Morphine Overdose
Lucy Washington aged 50 of Evansville Indiana died from morphine overdose after a week of neuralgia. She reportedly said she wished to die.
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Evansville
Ind
Lucy Washington
Death From Scratching a Mole in Elkhart
Elkhart Indiana July 16 Mrs Joseph Goode an elderly resident died from blood poisoning that developed after she scratched a mole on her shoulder in a case highlighting small injuries turning serious.
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Elkhart
Ind
Joseph Goode
Miner Willis Law Son Killed by Vandalia Train in Brazil
Brazil Indiana July 16 Willis Law son one of the county’s first coal diggers and a Civil War veteran was struck and killed by a Vandalia passenger train while working near the tracks authorities reported.
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Rock Island
St. Joseph Ploto Co
Brazil
Ind
Willis Lawson
Farmington Man Shot in Wagon. Wife Wounded
William Reed of Farmington township was shot and killed instantly while in a wagon with his wife and children. Mrs Reed sustained a dangerous arm wound. Reed had just finished a penitentiary sentence for killing William Siger's brother two years earlier.
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Mr. Vernon
William Reed
Farmington Township
Allied forces suffer heavy losses in riverfront fighting at Tientsin
Shanghai dispatch reports fierce clashes around Tien-Tsin with 150 Allied casualties. The governor of Shantung telegram states a breach of the British legation wall at Peking after a defiant defense and ammo depletion, with all foreigners killed.
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Shanghai
Shan Tung
Peking
Fierce Fighting at Tien-Tsin Amid Chinese Assaults
News dispatches from Tien-Tsin dated July 6 to 8 report increasing Chinese numbers and audacity, with heavy artillery fire wrecking buildings including a gas holder. British and American forces repelled a Chinese gun attack on July 6, while bombardment and shelling continued, wounding two in the British naval quarters.
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Che-Foo
Shanghai
Tien-Tsin
London
Adm
Seymour
Democratic Governor Candidate Alexander Dockery Named
The text highlights Alexander M. Dockery as Missouri’s democratic gubernatorial nominee, noting his birth in Daviess County on February 11, 1845 and his roles as physician, banker, Gallatin mayor, state congressional committee chair, and long-time congressman known for reforming governmental accounts. It also covers Civil War era relief messages and late 19th century dispatches on the Sino-British conflict with Admiral Seymour and allied forces reports from Tien-Tsin.
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Alexander M. Dockery
Missouri
Daviess County
Gallatin
Congress
Veking
Robert Hart
Conger
State Department
Peking
Seymour
Sheng
Hay
China
Yonang Shih-Kai
Shan Tung
Mr. Wu
No Hope for Donger Cable Telegram From Shanghai
Washington reports a dire cablegram from Sheng, director of posts in Shanghai, replying to Wu’s urgent request for news from Beijing. The message is described as dire and lacking hopeful details.
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Washington
China
Sheng
Shanghai
Wus
European troops in Shanghai sortie reported killing 200 Chinese soldiers
Dispatch from Shanghai dated July 7 reports Sheng tao tai stating European troops defending the legations conducted a sortie and killed about 200 soldiers of General Tung Fuh Siang. In Washington, the late Senator Gerr of Iowa is to be buried in Burlington with services Wednesday at 3 PM.
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Hay
Peking
Tuan Fuh Siang
Goodnow
Shanghai
Legations
Sheng
Brussels
M. de’ Favereau
Tao-Tai
Shan Tung
Tung Fuh Siang
Washington
Gerr
Towa
Gear Homie
Burlington
Fire destroys large lumber yard near Remué Mich July
A blaze swept Wiedman’s lumber yard at Remué Michigan on July 16 destroying about 9,000,000 feet of lumber. Fire crews battled the flames but the massive pile burned with heavy smoke obscuring nearby streets. No injuries were reported.
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Remué
Mich
Wiedman's Lumber Yard
Dreyfus figure de Pellieux dies in Paris telegram
Abbreviated dispatches report Gen. de Pellieux, linked to the Dreyfus case, dying in Paris. Other items mention a rumored 30,000 Russian troops near Peking, a Denver iron works fire causing $40,000 loss, actor John Torrance dying of sunstroke in Phoenix at 55, and Hamburg labor unrest with a 2,000 man lockout at shipyards amid dock labor strikes.
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St. Petersburg
Peking
Colorado Iron Works
Denver
John Torrance
Phoenix, Ariz
Torrance
Hamburg
Employers’ Association
Flood Wrecks Galveston Homes Amid Broad Disasters
A flood devastates houses in Galveston Texas as other reports cover political shifts in Indianapolis and military movements in Africa Asia and Europe including German officers in China and the Chinese in New York disguising themselves.
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Galveston
Tex
Indianapolis
Flooding Hits Yankton After Record Rainfall
Henry Bainfall reports in Yankton South Dakota that 7.28 inches of rain fell in 18 hours and nearly ten inches in 50 hours causing flooding. Hail damaged a large area of grain near the city.
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Henry Bainfall
South Dakota
Yankton
S. D
National Game Recap: Chicago and Cincinnati Win on Sunday
Baseball box score brief reports Chicago defeating St Louis 8 to 0 with Batteries Powell Hughey and Robinson powering the win behind Hahn and Peitz. Cincinnati topped Pittsburgh 7 to 3 as Batteries Taylor Donahue Leever and O'Connor supported the victory.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Powell
Hughey and
Robinson
Hahn
Peitz
Rhe
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Taylor and Donahue
Leever
O’connor
O’day
Pet
Brooklyn
Eeaeeeee
Philadelphia
Wee
Chicago Tennees Seene BT
Purene
Resnnewe
St. Louis Ene Et Eee
Boston
New York
Eer Ners Ees
Markets Report from Cincinnati and Chicago Prices
The Cincinnati market lists flour at various grades from 2.05 to 5.50 per unit with wheat, corn, and oats quoted on track and sales notes. Live stock prices show hogs from 4.75 to 5.50, cattle 3.25 to 5.25, sheep 2.65 to 4.25, and lambs 4.85 to 6.50, with veal calves quoted 3.25 to 6.00. Chicago prices mirror wheat ranges from 73 to 81 18 with corn and oats also listed. East Buffalo notes steady cattle, active hogs at 5.60 to 5.70, and sheep market softening.
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Cincinnati
Cate Tle
Chicago
Buffalo
France Roads Shine In Battle With Time And Tolls
Observations praise France’s road system as a national pride with durable, clean highways built since Roman times. The piece notes annual labor taxes for road maintenance, a telephone phonograph invention by Paulsen, and contrasts France’s roads with historical military uses, plus details on road construction and material standards.
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France
Republic
Carthage
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Dallas Delaged
Artford
Wm. Barmanager
Hartford
Indiana State News
Feat
Danger
Tien- Thin
Donger
Legation
de Pellieux
Dreyfus
Paris
United States
Gear
Iowa
Gen
Rundle
Steyn
Faris Exposition
Superintendent of Colored Schools
Pulaski, Tenn
McKinley
Germany
Eye Tahoe
Bureau of the Comptroller of Taxes
Bordeaux
von Podbielski
Paulsen
Gironde
Copenhagen Telephone Company
Leipzig
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