Watchman Sweeney Killed After Mine Pursuit
Daniel J. Sweeney, a Delaware Lackawanna and Western watchman at Bliss colliery Hanover township, after midnight pursuit by about twenty men, sought refuge in a saloon, later found dead in a field. Authorities suspect the mob lay in wait and struck him with pick handles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Daniel J. Sweeney
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Bliss
Hanover Township
Sweeney
Bryan as Receptive Candidate for President at Clear Lake
Mason City dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan addressing over 2,000 at a Clear Lake gathering. He says only part of his interview was used and he could not refuse if the Democratic party chose him. he cites the money question and issues in the Philippines and trusts as campaign topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Wm. J. Bryan
Clear Lake
Phillippines
Boston
Lowell
Blake Others
Robert Innes
Thomaston
Conn
Mr. Innes
Sardegna
Genoa
Naples
New York
Notice
Providence
K. L
Brava
Cape Verde Islands
Hord
Montana
John FW. Pina
Collision on Illinois railroad kills many workers
A crash between a fast freight and a work train two miles west of Rhodes Iowa on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line killed two engineers and one fireman, and left eight bodies recovered with seventy eight laborers aboard the work train. A separate report describes a lynching in Louisiana and drownings in New Mexico and New Mexico towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Rhodes
Iowa
Explosion at Bowen No. 3 mine leaves thirteen dead
A special from Trinidad Colorado reports a disastrous explosion at Bowen No. 3 mine near a small ramp ten miles north. Thirteen lives are known to have been lost and the exact number of men working on the night shift and in the mine at the time is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Bowen
Cholera Crisis Reported in Bilagovestchensk
A telegram from Blagovestchensk to Berlin says medical resources are inadequate to cope with the cholera epidemic. Between July 22 and August 3 there were 16 cases and 101 deaths in Bilagovestchensk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Blagovestchensk
Bilagovestchensk
German Tanker Burger Meister Peterson Grounds Near Chester
The German tank steamship Burger Meister Peterson ran aground on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River at the foot of Fulton Street in Chester. It is loaded with about 1 275 00 gallons of oil.
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Burgermeister Peterson
Stockholm
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Fulton Street
Chester
Picknickers Hit by Train at Paducah Crossing
A crowd of ten picnickers was struck by an Illinois Central freight train at the Tennessee Street crossing in Paducah Kentucky. Five injured, two fatally, according to initial reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulineis Central
Tennessee Street Crossing
Paducah
Explosion at Camargo Iron Works Destroys Homes
An explosion at the Camargo iron works near Santander Spain leveled five houses killing fourteen people and injuring many others. Authorities pursue causes and assess casualties as rescue operations continue with local emergency services on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camargo
Santander
Spain
Family tragedy near Elliott claims five lives in fire
A country home near Elliott California burned killing Leo Wilder his wife and their three children. Investigation points to domestic differences as the cause of the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blooshure
Raton
N.M
Cloudbburst
Francesco Dominiquez
Tereeo
Leo Wilder
Elliott
Cal
St. Louis
R. Watkins
Baldwin Ziegler Arctic Expedition Sees Preparations for 1908 Dash
The Baldwin Ziegler Arctic expedition bases at Honningsvaag Norway after a year of work with stores of food packs of dogs and Siberian ponies secured in the north. Permanent camps and full equipment ready for a vigorous dash north in 1908. Evelyn Baldwin reports the year ended with the claim we have been baffled but not beaten and explains delays caused by early ice and spring supply work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin-Ziegler
Honningsvaag
Norway
Pole
Evelyn
Baldwin
Immune 1
Aretic Dle
Nansen
Tovhold
Noted Preacher Here Rev Meyer of London Speaks
The Rev F B Meyer of Christ Church London visits the United States delivering sermons at Moody's auditorium in Northfield Mass after a New York start. He plans travels to Norway Sweden Finland and the West Indies on a devotional mission before likely returning to Holland by next April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Meyer
London
Moody
F. B. Meyer
Christ’s Church, London
America
United States
Meyer
New York
Northfield
Mass
Moody’s Auditorium
Norway
Sweden
Finland
West Indies
Houden
Anil
Atv
Christ's
Storms and wrecks mirror a busy national scene
Reports from New Jersey to New York and beyond detail a lightning strike at St Peter's Church Galilee and a dangerous ferrying of Cuba's Secretary of State in New York. Other items note a near Mission Quay storm off Atlantic City, a White House basement skeleton find, engagements announced, lawsuits, drownings, and multiple transport disasters including rail and boiler accidents, all reflecting a turbulent national moment.
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St. Peter’s Church
Galilee
N. J
W. L. Barbour
Congress
New Jersey
Senator Quay
Atlantic City
Carlos Zaldo
Cuba
New York
Liberty
N. Y
White House
Washington
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Reginald
Cathleen Neilson
Frederick Neilson
Harold Hartshorne
Anna Tr. Collier
Worcester
Jean Brown
Detroit
Hull
Mass
National Dental Association
Niagara Falls
L. G. Knowles
Nashville
Tenn
A. H. Peck
Chicago
Willard C. van Derlip
Boston
Mount Vernon
Ontario and Western Railroad
Horton’s
Charles Howard
Baltimore
Justice Lewis
Elizabeth Meyer
Buffalo
Jacob I. Meyer
Buffalo State Hospital
Shenango
Newcastle
Rochester
Crank de la Vergne
Daniel Connolly
American Tin Plate Company
Wittsburg
Commonwealth Trust Company
Philadelphia
Joseph Lomeny
Walter Hoffman
Foreign. Mixed global dispatches from 1903 era
Col Piequart wins 4000 dollars in a libel suit against Echo de Parisian. Queen Maria Christina and Infanta Maria depart Madrid for Vienna. Explorer Baldwin reports Arctic progress and plans for a 1903 pole dash. Chinese authorities report killing 500 rioters in Sze-Chuen and order restored. Sixty seven bodies recovered at Mount Kimbla colliery after an explosion. afterdamp hampers rescue. Formosan Gov Gota visits Ellis Island to study U.S. Chinese exclusion methods amid potential Japanese policy. King of Italy aims to reduce continental armaments, seeking Czar and Emperor backing. Pablo Mauras captured, drowns escaping Romblon pursuit. Cholera cases rise in Manila provinces with 21,408 total cases and 16,105 deaths since outbreak.
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Col. Piequart
Echo de Parisian
Maria Christina
Alfonso
Infanta Maria
Madrid
Vienna
Baldwin
Arctic
Pole
Chinese Foreign Office
United States
Conger
Sze-Chuen
Mount Kimbla Coliliery
Wollongong
Australia
Gov
Gota
Formosa
Japan
Ellis Island
York
London Daily Mail
Ther
Italy
Ife
Russia
Pablo Mauras
Rombion
P. L
Sibuyan
Romblon
Manila
UDF
Baldwin-Riegler Arctic expedition sails for Wrangel Island
The Baldwin Riegler Arctic expedition ships Ameren and Belgien leave Le Havre to join Norways three ship flotilla bound for Wrangel Island. The voyage includes Archange in Russia, the Strithjof rescue, and preparations at Chicago with funds from William Ziegler. The crew is largely Scandinavian. provisions cover three years with 400 teachers and 400 prisoners aided in reform. voyage details incomplete due to damaged report.
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Ameren
Belgien
Baldwin-Riegler
Noarway
dJathy
Archange
Russia
Strithjof
Vardee
Norway
Hrans
Pele
Pole
Judge Tuley Proposes Arbitration for Labor Disputes
Western jurist Fudge Murray Tuley urges state action to force corporations to arbitrate all labor disputes with employees willing to submit. Penalties would include charter forfeiture for refusal. He argues corporations, as state creatures, must mediate to ease strikes and lockouts. workers to include unions might be required to incorporate to accept laws. Oil for Dusty Roads in Texas displays oil use to dust roads, half a barrel per mile daily, hardening with use and shedding rain, improving road quality. The Vampire film purchase report is denied by Sir Philip Burnes Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Fudge Murray . Tiley
Chicago
Cook County
Tuley
Texas
Masked bands beat sheepmen clocked near Lackess Wye
Reports list violent incidents across several states including killings by gas explosions in Aquiler Colorado and a wife murder suicide in Kansas City. Minneapolis mayor resigns effective Sept 4 and pressures police chief brother to resign. Sturgis South Dakota murder verdict with death sentence. Omaha parks ban autos. Ohio steel plant dismantled. Farm tragedy near Prattsville as son kills father.
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Lackess
Wye
Waukesha Springs Company
R. Mitchell
New York
George Sh. Greenfall
George Parker
George Mason
Aquiler
Colo
Fred Falkinberg
Kansas City
Mayor Ames
Minneapolis
Joseph Podawoski
el Reno
Sturgis
Ernest Losewar
George Puck
George Ostrander
Omaha
Ohio
National Steel Tube Company
Warren
David Morris
Davis Morris
Prattsville
Wreck Ignites as Engines Explode Widespread Fire Reaches Refinery
After the crash, one engine exploded and oil ignited, spreading flames across the scene. The Combs Refining Company refinery was destroyed while all cars in the wreck burned except one.
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Combs Refining Company
Lynchings and hangings reported across several states
A report details multiple racially charged killings and retaliations including a lynching near Leesburg Virginia, lynching in Hattiesburg Mississippi, a private hanging in Lancaster Kentucky after arson, a prison-area self-inflicted death aboard a U S ship, and a second hanging in Wise Court Virginia where the rope failed on the first attempt and required a second hanging.
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Leesburg
William Dodwell
Yelington
Willi Dentzier
Court House
Hattiesburg
Mass
Ed Gardner
Dentsler
Gov. White
West Virginia
Randolph County
Wilmoth
E. Brocar
Louisville
Montgomery
Brooklyn
Wisecourt House
Virginia
George Robinson
Robinson
Financial and political notes from a late 19th century page
The text records diverse items including Adams estate valued at 30000 dollars exports and imports shifts totaling over 100 million and 80 million respectively, a resignation mailed to take effect in November, Roosevelt's pistol and rifle duel record, Porto Rico and Philippines immigration exams, Cuban deficit forecasts, sanitation neglect, Armours’ consolidation efforts near 150 million, Marshall Field securing Winnipeg real estate for a large department store, a Cuban securities bill of 35 million to be redeemed in 40 years, Santa Fe wage increases for carmen, and wage contrasts across departments with Needles Barstow highest in California.
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Charles Kendall Adams
United States
Ambassador White
Germany
Roosevelt
Snyman
South Africa
Immigration Bureau
Porto Rico
Philippines
Republic
Armours
Hammond Packing
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Winnipeg
Man
House of Representatives
Santa Fe Railroad
Carmen
Needles
Barstow
Cal
Colorado
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Ol. Bryan
Harry Benton
Tomer
DLW
Fortson
Benton
Ireland
Earl of Dudley
Earl Cadagan
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
International Red Cross
St. Petersburg
Hamburg
Floe. Meyer
Panhandle
J. M. Anderson
Kenton
Obe Jones
Tiffin
George Neff
Bellaire
John Shaw
George Wheeler
Charles Sapper
Grampus
Union Iron Works
United States Navy
San Francisco
William M. Beardshear
Iowa State College
Ames
Beardshear
Centennial Flour Mills
Spokane
Wash
John J. Badenoch & Co
Pitzer
Robert Brooks
Brinkley
Ark
Burlington and Quincy
Lead
S. D
Sarola Sardeli
St. Paul
Helena
Mont
Samuel Trayes
James Randall
Missoula County
Bonner
William Thompson
Vilas
Cole
Benjamin
Zvich Nicholson
Stillwater
Minn
Lake Elmo
Julia C. Slowell
la Veta Place
Denver
Quley
Leadville
James A. McChurg
David H. Moffatt
Cleveland
Johnson
Wheeling
Ohio River
North Bend
Ind
Cincinnati
Madison
City of
Sarah Nessler
John Shandrow
South Haven
Mich
Smith Foundling Asylum
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Redondo Beach
Abr
Moyertian
Bled
Agerekar
William Ziegler
The
Quincey
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Wranz Josef Land
Commodore Baldwin
Springfield
Ilnois
Baldwin Arctic Expedition
Evelyn S. Baldwin
Arcls Explorer
the Vampire
Philip Burnes Jones
Western
Southern
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