Train Wreck Near Alma Kills Fireman in Rock Island accident
The Lexus express engine and two cars plunged through a bridge over Hendricks creek near Alma Kansas. Fireman John Leggett died and Engineer John Mc Steen was seriously hurt as teammates and passengers were swept away by floodwaters. A fisherman William Graves rescued trapped workers. The wreck followed a cloudburst that weakened the bridge.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Rock Island
Hendricks Creek
Alma
John Leggett
John McSteen
William Graves
Graves
Trust Incorporates Broad Department Store Aims In Trenton
A company named The Cash Buyers' Union First National Co operative Society is incorporated in Trenton with 5 000 000 authorized capital. Founders Gerald A. Grifith Frank I. Ser les and Joseph Gerrardt hold shares. Objects include department stores in U S and Europe, manufacturing, publishing, warehousing, schools and libraries, decorators and various trades.
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Trenton
N. d
James 13
United States
Europe
Sas
Enterprise Beached to Prevent Sinking on Ottawa Run
The Lake passenger steamer Enterprise, with 75 aboard, ran aground near the shore to avert sinking as water flooded the hold. Crew kept passengers ignorant of danger while fires were put out and engineers held steam to reach shallow water safely.
Girl Slave Rescued After Fifteen Years in South Dakota
Louise Ulaby, sold at age two for 25 dollars to a South Dakota ranchman, spent most of her seventeen years in bondage. Her uncle John Mayer of Chicago led a posse to rescue her, taking her to his home after discovering her plight.
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Louise Ulaby
Chicago
South Dakota
John Mayer
Battle near the frontier pits Bulgarians against Turkish forces
Turkiye troops with artillery attacked 1 700 insurgents, chiefly Bulgarians, who fought hard despite being outnumbered about four to one. The Bulgarians were defeated after heavy casualties on both sides and many were killed or wounded.
Fever tragedy in Buffalo ends in double suicide
A 24 year old Buffalo man, son of F D Stew, a Merchants Dispatch agent, shot his wife during a malarial fever spell and then killed himself. The couple had a year old infant and reportedly no prior domestic trouble. The father believes fever driven temporary insanity.
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Buffalo Man
Shoota
Inaane T Kent Stew
F. D. Stew
Merchants’ Dispatch and Transportation Company
Bufale
Stew
Stowe
Mr. Stow
Young Stow
Stows
Government to Put Mail on Every Train Under Payne Plan
Postmaster General Payne proposes placing trains under direct government protection to handle mail. Trainmen would become government employees and letters and packages would be loaded aboard trains directly, bypassing post offices. Railways reportedly back the plan, making every train a mail train and making it an offense to stop one.
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Payne
Ohio Bank Cashier Disappears Shuts New Holland Branch
The village of New Holland Ohio in an uproar over the disappearance of John K Brown cashier of the Union Banking Company. Brown closed the bank one night and has not been seen since. An expert was hired from Cincinnati to open the safe. Brown served as cashier for twelve years and his mother lives at Pleasant Ridge in Hamilton County. The bank remains closed pending investigation.
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New Holland
Ohio
John K. Brown
Union Banking Company
Brown
Cincinnati
Pleasant Ridge
Hamilton County
Colonizing Negroes in West and Other City News
Tacoma pastor promotes a colonization plan moving Louisiana families to Washington lands as the vanguard of a broader western settlement. Three lives crushed in a Cleveland furnace accident during final construction. Shaw fires architect Henry Ives Cobb and prompts resignations amid a federal building dispute. Baltimore priest faces deposition after quarreling with a divorced wife of a brother clergyman. Canadian revenue cutter damages American tug Silver Spray near Lake Erie boundary. Violent mine feud in Wilsonburg WV ends with one Italian worker killed. Anarchist attempt on French premier Combes noted.
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Tacoma
J. F P. Davidson
South
Ile
St. T'nul
Louisiana
Washington
Erie
Boundary Line
Great Loss in Jamaica Hurricane Devastates Plantations
A hurricane veered from Jamaica’s west to strike the island with full force early Tuesday. It damages banana plantations in the eastern half, disrupts rail and telegraph service, and damages Kingston homes and street traffic. No deaths reported.
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Fnland
Jamnaica
Jamaica
Kingston
Rare Fossil Finds in California Caves Reported
Trof John Merriam of the University of California led caves exploration in Shasta County uncovering bones of extinct animals. Finds include bones of a mountain bison, wolf, porcupine, cave bear, and a nearly complete small cave bear. An Indian tradition mentioned a woman falling into a bottomless well. excavations reveal a well preserved skeleton believed to be about a century old.
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Trof. John (. Merriam
Geological Department
University of California
Shasta County
Genenes
Negro Slashes Four In Missouri Killing Two
A Roanoke Missouri man Lindsey Witts slashed four people with a razor in a jealous rage. Two fatally wounded include his intended sweetheart Charlie herdon and a city marshal and deputy were slashed during arrest attempts. Pitts escaped as a posse pursued him.
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Missouri
Roanoke
Lindsey Witts
Charlie Herndon
Patterson
Robert Hayes
Pitts
Pitterson
Putauil
Rockefeller Partners in Lead Mine Merger Plan
John D. Rockefeller and Charles Sweeney organize a merger of the Coeur d'Alene lead mines with a capital of 80 million dollars. The new concern will mine and smelt ores. In sad news Sadie Van Den Mark, a 19 year old daughter, died by ingesting carbolic acid in Cundar village following discord with her mother. Pope Pius X is crowned at St. Peter's in Rome before a vast audience, a spectacle unseen in 57 years.
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John D. Rockefeller
Charles Sweeney
Coeur d'Alene
Onarrel
Cundar Village
No Y
Sadie
Peter van Denmark
Pius X
St. Peter's
Rome
Wallace Bros circus train crash at Durand kills twenty one
In Durand Michigan two trains carrying the Wallace Bros circus collided in Grand Trunk yards. Twenty one men are dead and many are injured with several others may die. A government report indicates a good crop yield and stock markets rise as business confidence remains.
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Durand
Mich
Wallace Bros.’ Circus
Grand Trunk
Business Mer
Will Resign From Cabinet to Sit on Alaskan Commission
Elihu Root plans to resign as Secretary of War before sailing to London to join the Alaskan commission. Appointed by McKinley in 1899, Root is a leading lawyer from New York. Gov. Taft is touted as his probable successor, with Gen. Luke Wright expected to lead the Philippine commission if needed.
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Eliia Elihu Root
London
Alaskan Commission
McKinley
Gen. Alger
Root
New York
Alger
Washington
Gov. Taft
Philippine Commission
Luke Wright
Commission
Union Clergymen Seek to Curb Nationwide Divorce Evil
The Rev William Pardow urges a joint clergy alliance across denominations to shun divorced individuals by collective courtesy rather than law. He cites 600000 plus divorces in 20 years and 1500000 affected children, arguing social ostracism could curb the trend.
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United States
William O'Brien Pardow
New York
St. Francis Mavier College
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Walher Pardow
Congress
United States Commissioner of Labor
Europe
Jess Lable
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