Trains Collide on Sharp Curve killing eleven in Colorado
A Denver Rio Grande wreck near Husted Colorado injures about twenty and fatalities rise to eleven after two passenger trains meet on a curve. Officials blame the No 8 crew for mistaking a switch engine and cars for the leading train as relief trains evacuate passengers to Denver hospitals.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Husted
Denver & Rio Grande
C. M. McCreary
Dallas
Tex
Lessig
Denver
John Gossage
McCreary
Gossage
Frank M. Frederick
St. Louis
National Irrigation Congress Ends With Officers Elected
Spokane report notes the seventh National Irrigation congress closed after electing 3. A. Fowler of Phoenix as president and Arthur Hooker of Spokane as secretary. Pueblo, Colorado chosen as next meeting place. Resolutions praised Pinchot and Newell and urged Congress to fund a 10 million irrigation program and commended the Mississippi waterway project.
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Spokane
Wash
Pueblo
Col
Pinchot
Newell
Forestry and Reclamation
Striking dock workers return to work after arbitration call
Fort William Ontario August 16 5000 strikers and supporters gathered in the dock district despite rain. Mayor Fiultier urged resumption of work and submission of grievances to a board of arbitration. after protracted discussion the strikers accepted.
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Fort William
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fiultier
Rochester Man Arrested in Cemetery Murder Mystery
Edward Ewaldt, a former Holy Sepulchre cemetery employee, was arrested at his brother's North Rose home on suspicion of killing Anna Beimmacher who was attacked while visiting the cemetery to decorate graves. He bears scratches on his face.
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Rochester
N. Y
Edward ‘Ewaldt
North Rose
Anna Beimmacher
Holy Sepulchre
Ewaldt
New York Enthusiasts Plan Indy Auto Race Trip
A large delegation of New York automobile fans has arranged social railroad transportation to the Indianapolis motor speedway for next week. The speedway is described as the largest automobile race course in the country.
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New York
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Powers Defied by Peasants Holds Crete Fort
A band of armed peasants entered Canea Crete seizing the fortress to force removal of Greek flags, signaling a bold challenge to the occupying powers amid rising tensions.
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Canea
Crete
Lynching Reported Near Doss Moorehouse Parish
News arrives of a lynching near Doss in Moorehouse Parish as a Black man is hanged from a roadside tree and his body riddled with bullets after he sued a white resident who killed his cow.
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Monroe
Doss
Moorehouse Parish
Jail Guards Guard Worthingtons Amid Lynching Threats
Carloisville Georgia August 16 deputies guard the jail to prevent a possible lynching of R J Worthington and his nineteen year old nephew John Worthington both white who face criminal assault charges in the case of Mary Elrod of Oak Grove Georgia.
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Carloisville
R. J. Worthington
John Worthington
Mary Elrod
Oak Grove
Sheriff Feagin Captures Dean Adams Near DeSoto
In Americus Georgia on August 16 Sheriff Feagin outwitted a posse at DeSoto and brought Dean Adams a Black man charged with attempted criminal assault to town in an automobile for legal processing.
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Americus
Feagin
DeSoto
Dean Adams
Self defense ruling in Denton killing near Henderson
Coroner's jury in Henderson Ky finds Argyll Lett acted in self defense when he shot Durwood Denton a Robards Ky school teacher in Henderson. Lett was released and no further action is expected. Denton had pursued Lett's wife and threatened violence prompting Lett to arm himself and fire first.
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Evansville
Ind
Henderson
Argyll Lett
Durwood Denton
Robards
Lett
Denton
Letts
Fivansville
A. C. Sallee
Thomas Taggart
Terre Haute
Memphis, Tenn
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang Recalled to Peking
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang has been recalled from Washington and ordered to Peking for further assignment. His successor will be Chang Yin Tang, formerly charge d affaires at Madrid and now deputy vice president of foreign affairs. Wu is currently in Peru where he has been credited along with the United States.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Pekin
Chang Yin Tang
Madrid
Peru
United States
Feud Flares in Knott County as Two Factions Clash
A feud between White and Triplet factions in Knott county led to gunfire wounding Dodd White and a fatal head injury to Farris Triplett with a sledge hammer. Both sides are arming as the fight over the yestack escalates.
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Lexington
Knott County
Dodd White
Farris Triplett
Bleached Flour Seized in Test Case at Muscatine
The United States government seized a car load of flour in Muscatine Iowa on August 13 for violating the pure food and drug act due to bleaching The action is intended as a test case affecting every flour mill in the country and could set a precedent for bleached flour regulations.
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Muscatine
United States
First execution under new law in Georgetown
Georgetown South Carolina Aug. 14 George Jenkins a negro was hanged here for assault with criminal intent on a young white woman of this county. This is the first execution under the new act making attempted criminal assault a capital crime.
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Georgetown
S. C
George Jenkins
Disastrous Flood Claims Four Teens in Monterey
Four teen lives are known lost and heavy property loss occurred in Monterey Mexico after the Santa Catarina river overflowed. City authorities report substantial damage as rescue teams continue searches for victims.
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Monterey
Mexico
Santa Catarina
Greeks Urge Surrender of Canea Fortress Flag
The Greek press urges Cretans to lower the Greek flag over the Canea fortress and cease defiance of the protective powers, signaling a move toward restraint amid the crisis.
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Grecian
Athens
Greece
Canea
Rise of State Fair from wanderer to grand Indiana exposition
The Indiana State Fair returns to Indianapolis the week of Sept 6 with 75 350 in prizes and a large display. It notes growth from a traveling 1852 event with 30 000 attendees to a 214 acre site, 700 000 in land value, and 200 000 yearly attendance. Special trains and trolley service will ease travel as judges, trotting and pacing racing, cattle, sheep and dairy products are highlighted.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Unite States
Fair
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Indiana Grounds
Fair Gates
State Board of Agriculture
Elwood Strikers Face Repeat Injunction Hearing
Federal Judge Baker grants rehearing of injunction case against Elwood tin plate workers as the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co seeks to curb wives and sisters of strikers. Management cites sleepless nights, singing, and riotous conduct by women outside workers homes amid insufficient police response.
Census Appointments Named for Indiana and Illinois
Beverly Mass Aug 16 Announcement lists census supervisors for Illinois Third district Frederick A Schlick Fourth Donald A Callahan Sixth Frank W Latimer Seventh Charles Sykes Burdick Ninth George W Royster Twelfth William J Butter Fifteenth S Bartlett Kerr Sixteenth John T Galbraith and Indiana districts with nine offices. President Taft warns that any census worker who engages in politics will be dismissed from the service and instructs supervisors and enumerators to avoid political activity beyond voting.
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Beverly
Mass
Indiana
Iinois
Ilinois
Frederick A. Schlick
Donald A. Callahan
Frank W. Latimer
Charles Sykes Burdick
George W. Royster
William J. Butter
S. Bartlett Kerr
John T. Galbraith
William D. Crow
James A. Searing
William W. Lingle
William O. Pressman
Samual J. Wilton
William Henry Tieman
William Low Rice
Joseph Riley Broyles
Abel Telemachus Claypool
Francis H. Deeran
Henry Louis Bendel
John Wood
Samuel R. Thomas
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Taft
Tragedy Follows Quarrel in Princeton Mine
Henry Horn pit boss at Princeton coal mine shot miner Louis Geiser three times in a public drug store. Geiser died minutes after collapsing across the street. Horn arrested. Discharge from the mine last fall over alleged mining law violations sparked the quarrel.
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Princeton
Ind
Henry Horn
Louis Geiser
Geiser
Horn
Horn charged with murder in Geiser killing
Princeton Indiana August 16 Henry Horn formally charged with murder for the killing of Louis Geiser affidavit sworn by widow Mary Geiser Horn plans a hard fight to prove the killing was justifiable
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Princeton
Ind
Henry Horn
Louis Geiser
Mary Geiser
Horn
Missing Bloomington Boys Cause Family Grief
Two boys from well to do farming families near Bloomington are missing from their homes since Thursday. Carl Michael Koontz aged fifteen and Frank Goss aged fourteen are the sons of prominent local farmers and their parents are frantic with worry.
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Bloomington
Ind
Carl Michael Koontz
Frank Goss
Lightning Kills Boy at Alamo Schoolhouse
Harold Ammerman aged twelve from Alamo was instantly killed by lightning that struck the Alamo schoolhouse where he and three companions had sought shelter during a rainstorm in Crawfordsville Indiana on August 14.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Haroldd Ammerman
Alamo
Van Sant Named Grand Army Chief In 1909 Election
Samuel R. VanSant former Minnesota governor was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic over Indiana judge William A. Ketcham by 587 to 156. Other officers named include William Bastaph of Ogden Utah and Alfred Beers of Bristol Connecticut. The report notes membership figures and pension expenditures for 1907 1909.
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Salt Lake City
Samuel R. VanSant
Minnesota
Grand Army of the Republic
VanSant
William A. Ketcham
Indiana
Jennie L. Berry
Des Moines
Woman's Relief Corps
Belle Harris
Kansas
van Sant
William Bostaph
Ogden
Utah
Alfred Beers
Bristol
Conn
W. H. Lemon
Lawrence
Kan
St. Louis
Atlantic City
Henry M. Nevius
Grand Army of the Republic encampment ends with Atlantic City next
In Salt Lake City the forty third national encampment closed after a fireworks display on Ensign peak. Atlantic City won the next encampment by 307 to 293 over St Louis. Chaplain honor went to Rev. Daniel Ryan of Columbus Indiana by 330 to 233 over Rev. Thomas Harwood of New Mexico. Commander in Chief Van Sant and officers were installed. Woman's Relief Corps elected Fannie W Harden of Denver senior vice president and Mrs Jennie L Jones of Salt Lake junior vice president.
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Salt Lake City
Ensign Peak
Grand Army of the Republic
Atlantic City
St. Louis
Daniel Ryan
Columbus
Ind
Thomas Harwood
New Mexico
van Sant
Woman's Relief Corps
Mires
Fannie W. D. Harden
Denver
Jennie L. Jones
Salt Lake
Moroccan Sultan Sends General to Quell Rif War
General Bagdadi carries sultan s orders to stop the tribesmen raids on Spaniards in the Rif. The Moroccan embassy at Madrid will urge General Martine of Spain to halt offensive moves. The sultan promises native troops will pacify the Rift region without Spanish aid.
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Fez
Morocco
Bagdadi
Riff
Madrid
Ma- Tina
Roghi Rebel Leader Defeated by Imperial Troops
Fez Morocco Aug 16 The army of Roghi formidable rebel subject of the sultan has been defeated by imperial troops who captured his camp and his wives Roghi escaped to the mountains many followers reported killed or wounded
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Roghi
Fez
Morocco
War maneuvers shift to East Coast and Virginia Cape drills
The army of the department of the east continues war maneuvers on the New England coast this week while the Atlantic squadron conducts naval maneuvers off the Virginia capes.
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Army of the Department of East
New England
Virginia Capes
Cretan Crisis Looms Over Europe This Week
The Cretan situation is likely to exert heavy pressure on European powers during the week and risk of conflict between Turkey and Greece looms.
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Europe
Turkey
Greece
Indiana State Board of Agriculture Shapes 56th State Fair
The Indiana State Board of Agriculture, formed in 1851, governs the 56th State Fair. Sixteen districts elect 16 members who run the board, with officers chosen from among them. The board holds property in trust for Indiana’s people and aims to educate farmers, improve crops, livestock, and horticulture, while keeping the fair financially self sustaining.
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Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Indiana
State Board of Agriculture
State House
Indianas
Joseph A. Wright
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