Wreck at Thayer Shows Bravery and Fatal Train Collision
A Burlington passenger train collided with a freight engine near Thayer Iowa killing Engineer Brown and injuring about thirty passengers and crew. The crash hurled the passenger train down a 20 foot embankment as both trains failed to see each other on the curved downhill tracks. The foolhardy effort of the freight crew to divert the oncoming train saved some lives. Rescue trains and surgeons were dispatched from Ottumwa.
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Burlington
Thayer
Creston
Iowa
Brown
Reading
Ferror
Ottumwa
Wind Cave to Reopen for Public Inspection in Black Hills
Commissioner Hermann orders reopening of Wind Cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota for public inspection. The federal property covers about 1000 acres withdrawn since January 16, 1900. No trespass, specimens, or fees allowed. vandalism prompted the earlier withdrawal. Also reports tragedy in Warren Nebraska involving elopement and double killing. injury from fall at Madison Nebraska. Des Moines Iowa hatchet murder by a mother. Venezuela buying arms from German firms. a prisoner's assault in Lansing Michigan. Indiana town elections with light vote. political notes from Tak China.
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Hermann
General Land Office
The
of the Interior Department
Black Hills
South Dakota
Venezuela
Venezela
Berlin
London Daily Mail
Herr Krupp
George Brown
Charles Tubbs
Lansing
Mich
Tubbs
City Treasurer Shortage Reported in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs finance committee reports a city treasury shortage near thirty thousand dollars after examining the books of Moses T. Hale. Hale, treasurer for eight years, allegedly under ~20,000 deficit over about two years. Friends pledge payment within days. no arrest planned.
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City Council
Colorado Springs, Col
Moses T. Hale
Hale
Meiklejohn Leads Syndicate in Dakota County Mineral Drive
George D Meiklejohn former assistant secretary of war and Captain Dick Tallot of South Sioux City head a group to explore coal oil and mineral rights across a tract of several thousand acres south of Dakota City in Idomadi township Dakota County. Leases were secured five years ago and a spring syndicate obtained rights on hundreds more acres for the same aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Melkejohn
Samoy
George D. Meiklejohn
Dick Tallot
South Sioux City
Sioux City
Dakota City
Idomadi
Dakota County
Bluffs
Tormentors Die In Harmless Hangman Prank
Emil Mohr and Charles Reis were killed at Davenport Iowa when a pulley rope failed during a mock hanging at Independent Malting Company. Rinnek was injured as an iron pulley struck Reis, crushing his head. Mohr fell to the ground. Siems and Rinnek survived with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seafold
O. B.plass
Madison
Neb
Mr. Plass
Emil Mohr
Charles Reis
Davenport
August Blunek
Independent
Nohr
Reis
Siems
Rinnek
Rejs
Mohr
News in Brief Happenings Here and There
A collage of incidents from New York to Kansas City includes Miss Frances Raymond’s reported suicide by gas in New York, a Crete harness maker broken arm after a fall, a Hebronville marshal and wife’s deaths, and a Bristol Rhode Island battleship launch with dignitaries. Lightning strikes kill in South Dakota, fires destroy businesses in Texas and Nebraska plans reduce Philippine forces to 40,000.
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Frances Raymond
New York
John Hyolich
Crete
Neb
Manuel Mess
Hebronvillé
Texas
Herrshoff Yards
Bristol
R. I
Constitution
United States
Pekin
Ton Ku
Farewelive
Otto Gane
Phunk Shutt
Indiana Powder Company
Terre Haute
Iremont
Nebraska, Telephone Company
Philippines
Moores
Omaha
Ohio
Scotts
San Francisco
McKinley
Helen Deshler
Columbus
Shanghai
China
Manchuria
Japan
England
Jacksonville
Pla
EL Paso
Tex
The Bolt of Senator McLaurin Moves Southward
The piece views Senator McLaurin of South Carolina as triggering a southern movement within the Democratic Party. It warns that aristocratic and plutocratic elements may rally, aided by corporations expanding in the south. Tillman may mobilize support, while imperialism and patronage shape the race. real Democrats must organize to counter the McLaurin faction.
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Democratic Party
Senator McLaurin
Bolt
Republican
South Carolina
Charlotta
South
McLaurin
Mason and Dixon Line
Tillman
Nis
Mwest
Gettng
Revival of Ship Substay and Harmony Debates Rise
The Chicago Tribune notes conferences among key interests backing a ship subsidy bill to pass at the next Congress session. It predicts a push to popularize the plan with a literary bureau arguing a Nicaraguan canal justifies merchant marine subsidies, while critics warn of siphoning public funds to subsidy recipients.
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The
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
There Is None Like That Give It Me Sermon
Dr. Talmage extols Christian triumphs over science and philosophy using David’s sword and historic examples. He lauds travel and secular learning captured for God, urging Christians to enlist scientists, artists, merchants, and travelers in spreading gospel power.
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Samuel
Louis Kidpseh
Washington
Talmage
David
Goliath
Qollath
God
Jesus Christ
Church
Moses
Iit
Joshua
Albany
Herschel
Mozart
Handel
Canova
Angelo
Raphael and
Reynolds
Harvey and Boerhaave
Cowper
Scott
Grotius
Burke
Boyle and Seibnitz
Thomas Chalmers
John Mason
Samuel L. Southard
Princeton
Danial Webster
Hayne
Bunker Hill
Thebes
Nineveh
Pompeii
Paul
Corinth
Henry
Lord ‘Jeffreys
Rome
Raphbel
Christ
Earth
Joseph
Arimathea
Asia Minor
Jesus
Lydia
Galilee
Peter
Joppa
Simon
Tanner
Tomorow
Board of Trade
Missionary
Causa
Tarshish
Presenta
Sheba
Train Fools Them on Fulton Street Line Tragedy
A late afternoon Brooklyn elevated train narrowly avoids a collision after an elderly man falls onto the tracks near Franklin Avenue. A passerby and bystanders rush to assist as the train stops twenty feet away, the crowd reacting with fearful laughter and a fainted spectator. The man is helped back to the platform, then limps away with assistance.
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Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Franklin Avenue
New York
Flatbush
Brighton Beach
New York Sun
Gucceas
Remarkable Kangaroo Race At New Union Hotel
An observer recalls an extraordinary kangaroo race begun at a Sydney hotel. Three kangaroos dashed neck and neck across a Queensland pasture, ribbons fluttering red white and blue as spectators cheered. Roberts offered a basket of vegetables, sugar beets spilled, and the crowd watched the unusual contest end with the animals returning to their keeper.
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J. L. Stevenson
Sydney
Australia
New Union Hotel
Ming
Henry Roberts
Bush
Queensland
Stevey
Roberts
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Imokin
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Lincoln
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Victoria
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