Bridge Disaster Claimed Dozens As South Span Fails
A New York and Ottawa Railroad bridge across the St Lawrence at Hogansburg collapses while sixty men are at work. Two spans fall into sixty feet of water, thirty-three rescued to Cornwall Hospital, eighteen dead, death toll likely to rise to about thirty.
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Hogansburg
N. Y
New York and
Ottawa
St. Lawrence River
St. Regis
Cornwall Iospital
Cornwall Hospital
Four Die in Quarry Blast Near Spencer Indiana
A premature dynamite blast at a stone quarry on Mount Tabor and Broomington Pike near Stinesville east of Spencer Indiana killed four men and fatally injured another while slightly injuring a boy. The dead were John Grubbs Buck Wampler John Williams and Edward Watts all married and from Bean Blossom Township Monroe County. Milton Mite suffered a severe injury and Eddie Liford aged 12 was slightly hurt and will die.
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Brown
Mount Tabor
Broomington Pike
Stinesville
Spencer
Ind
Family faces jail and reform in Muncie theft case
Mahlon Martin was sentenced to Michigan City Penitentiary for larceny. Three of his five sons pleaded guilty to stealing beer and were bound over, eldest 15. The mother was jailed thirty days for fighting, sharing a cell with her sons. Other children placed in the Orphans' Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Mahlon Martin
Michigan City
Carnegie Company Wins Court Victory Over Competitors
In Pittsburgh, the United States Court rules Cambria Iron Company must stop using its Bessemer steel process. The court finds the Carnegie patent infringed and declares the home stead and Graddock process as Carnegie’s distinct valuable Pittsburgh-held technology.
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Carnegie Company
United States
Pittsburgh Pi
Cambria Iron Company
Johnstown
Bessemer
Carnegie
Homestead and
Graddock
Pittsburgh Run
Tragic Bicycle Accident In Indianapolis Claims Miss Foster
Miss Rose Foster daughter of Gen. K. S. Foster of 704 North Jersey Street Indianapolis was struck by a transfer wagon at the Pennsylvania and New York streets intersection. She sustained fatal injuries and died after the collision as authorities investigated the incident against John Massey the wagon driver who remained until questioned.
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Rose Foster
K.S. Foster
North Jersey Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania
New York
Guigan
John Massey
Dreyfus Secrecy on New Trial in Paris Debate
Paris reports indicate a new Dreyfus trial is generally expected though official word is pending. The Cabinet discusses conditions for a secret transfer to France and contends the process must remain confidential, while calls for a public trial face international complications.
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Dreyfus Cone
Paris
Dreyfus
France
Harrodsburg Man Morgan Shot and Killed in Grudge Vow
Willes Morgan a Harrodsburg Ky man and brother in law of Col Jack Chinn was shot twice in the breast and stabbed in the abdomen by Jane Morberly after a long standing grudge. Morgan died shortly afterward.
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Harrodsburg
Willes Morgan
Col
Jack Chinn
Janes Moberly
Morgan
Lost at Sea Crew of Bath Schooner Frances M Rescued
The steamer Patre reaches New York with ten crew members from the Bath schooner Frances M., which was lost after a collision with the Patria. The Frances M. was badly damaged and abandoned, while all hands were saved by the Latcia rescue.
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Patre
New York
Frances M
Bath
Patria
Latcia
Cubans at Santiago Begin Disarming At El Cobra
Two hundred Cubans moved to the front of the American camp at El Cobra and surrendered their forces to Lawton. They requested employment and were assigned waterfront work with payment in rations.
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Santiago
el Cobra
Lawton
Double shooting in Tennessee leaves two dead
Ben Johnson of Middleboro shoots at deputy Nathaniel Cloud of Claiborne County while Cloud and accomplice John Cadle attempt an arrest in Terrell Tennessee. Cadle is killed and Cloud wounded in the exchange.
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Tennesese
Ben Johnson
Middleaboro
Nathaniel Cloud
Claiborne County
Tenn
Johnson
Terewell
John Cadle
Dastardly Wreck of Chicago Limited Kills Two
The Chicago Limited wrecked near Ingalls Crossing south of Juken due to likely tramp sabotage. The locomotive and tender were torn apart, the baggage cars damaged, and two crewmen Engineer Dowd and Fireman Hall died. Brakeman Osborn was killed, with several passengers injured.
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Ch Cags Limited
Western Railroad
Chicago Limited
Ingalls Crossing
Juken
Boo'eluck
Farragut
Dowd
Ifall
Hall
Osborn
Five Men Die in Premature Dynamite Blast in Indiana
A premature dynamite explosion near Stinesville Indiana killed five men while fifteen worked on a Mount Tabor Ellettsville turnpike blasting rock for macadamizing. All victims were married with children and lived nearby. Debris spread over a mile and the earth trembled as in an quake. Cause unknown.
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Stinesville
Ind
Mount Tabor
Ellettsville
Record for Gold Coining at San Francisco Mint
Output of San Francisco Mint for August totals 8.16 million dollars. Daniel Cole succeeds A. T. Spotts as examiner at the San Francisco mint. In four years ended Aug 31 the mint coined 153.6 million, over 125 million in gold from Pacific coast production. August coinage breaks all U S records. September expected to rise with Klondike and Australian nuggets and sovereigns being converted to U S money.
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San Francisco
Daniel Cole
A. T. Spotts
Cainer
Pacific Coast
United States
Klondike
Annexation debate in Jamaica meets Colored Opposition
The Jamaica annexation movement stalls due to opposition from the colored population and weak newspaper support. Lionel Constantin Burke, Jamaica’s Barbados conference member, cannot propose annexation as an alternative to the West Indies demand for fair treatment.
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Jamaica
Lionel Constantin Burke
Barbados
New Zealand Seeks Pacific Cable Ties Across Nations
A New Zealand legislative committee urges joining Australia Canada and the UK in a four cable project linking Britain and Canada with the Pacific. Canada and the colonies would fund and manage the line with shared representation. A New Zealand conference is advised. Also reported a yacht accident at Presque Isle Bay Erie PA where four young women drowned after being washed overboard: Mary Della Ella Pardine and Jessie Moore.
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New Zealand
Canada
Great Britain
New Yeand
Adso
Presqueiste Bay
Erie
Mary
Della
Ella Pardine
William Pardine
Jessie Moore
John M. Moore
Erie and
Pittsburg
Vessel Olivette Sinks Near Fernandina Quarantine Station
The hospital ship Olivette sank in thirty feet of water near Fernandina quarantine station. No fatalities reported though a heavy storm in Georgia caused $250 000 damage to Bavavoah, Ga and nearby areas. One man drowned in the Calibogue Sound wreck incident.
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Olivette
Fernodina
Min
Georgia
Bavavoah
Calibogue Sound
TWO WARS FEARED AS DREYFUS CASE PROMPTS FEVERED RUMORS
European chatter grows after Colonel Tenry's death fuels Paris rumors of a Dreyfus retrial and potential war. Politicians forecast clashes between England Russia France Germany while French army officers threaten resignations and expose details of the case. Zola messages Dreyfus' wife amid cabinet disarray.
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France
Germany
Dreyfus
Britain
Far East
Europe
Paris
Tenry
Tevil’s Island
Whdle
Zola
Trade improves as August sets record activity says Dun's review
R G Dun Co reports August shows the largest clearings on record and a 26 percent drop in defaults to solvency, with weekly U S failures at 171 vs 101 last year and Canada at 22 vs 25, signaling stronger trade yet prices lower across commodities.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Dun
Tosolyent Busine
Clearin
United States
Canada
Wreck of the John Meiggs After War Torpedo Blast
The United States steamer John Meiggs was blown up in the Mississippi near Fort St. Philip by a war torpedo. Captain Starr and several crew members were killed. two wounded. Lieut. Jarvis escaped. The vessel is a total loss amid many wartime mines in the river.
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United States
John Meiggs
Snagboat
Mississippi River
Fort St. Philip
Spain
Starr
Johan Needham
Ralph Rogers
Pat Corlers
D. B. Ieddick
Fritz Koch
Lieut
Jarvis
Mississippi
Quinn
Chis
Meiggs
St. Louis
Mystery theft of $6000 from Omaha Pacific Express wagon
George W. Archibald, driver, reports $6000 missing from his wagon safe at the Union Depot express office in Omaha Neb. He says the safe may have been unlocked and the money stolen while he briefly left the wagon during delivery or while entering the depot office. Officers investigate the unusual loss.
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Pacfic Express
Omaha Pacific Express
George W. Archibald
Union
Omaha
Neb
Archibald
New Alliance Reported Between Britain and Germany
London reports a possible treaty of alliance between Great Britain and Germany aligning on Egypt's mixed tribunals, with Germany to back Britain's stance and Britain recognizing Germany's use of Syria for surplus population. Also notes the self report of Mrs Minnie Hoffian's failed killing attempt in St Louis and a telegram announcing Wilford Woodruff's death in San Francisco.
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England
Germany
London
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Egypt
Syria
Treasure seekers return with coconut cargo
The schooner Sophia Sutherland drifted back to San Francisco after eighteen months at the Solomon Islands with a treasure hunting party. They were betrayed by organizer L. P. Sorenson and cast ashore while the rest sailed to Samoa.
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Sophia Sutherland
San Francisco
Solomon Islands
Bas
Enterprise
L. P. Sorenson
Samoa
Markets report across cities with varied commodity prices
Cattle ranges from common to prime 3.00 5.75 in Chicago. hogs 3.00 4.25. sheep 2.50 4.75. wheat No 2 red 63c 70c. corn No 2 19c 22c. butter 17c. eggs 12c 18c. potatoes 0.80 0.04 per bushel. Indianapolis hogs 8.00 4.25. cattle 38.00 65.00. St Louis cattle 4.00 5.75. Cincinnati cattle 2.50 3.25. Detroit cattle 2.50 5.25. Milwaukee wheat 62c 68c. New York cattle 9.00 5.75. butter 16c 18c.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Lowis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Methodists propose 700000 endowment for De Pauw University
A statewide Methodist council agreed to raise 700000 for De Pauw University endowment across three Indiana conferences with about 150000 each during the coming years. The move follows De Pauws financial strains after recent losses and fundraising appeals. Also noted is a Monon marriage case where Milo Wilson and Lula Hancock wed in Michigan, Wilson facing a decoying charge.
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Methodists
de Pauw University
Columbus
Brikeman
Methodist Church
Anderson
Indiana Methodism
Indiana
Hlopes
Milo Wilson
Lula Hancock
Monon
St. Joseph
Mich
Wilson
Wi 6On
Logansport
Hancock
Death by Own Action Follows Alleged Husbands Actions
Mrs Ellen Hill of Columbus hanged herself in a barn, report says caused by alleged cruelty of her husband Henson Hill. He killed himself next morning by taking strychnine, dying four hours later after convulsions. Hill was a prominent local figure and former city councilman connected with an Indianapolis manufacturing company.
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Ellen Hill
Columbus
Henson Hill
Brakeman Survives 50 Foot Leap at Clinton
Albert Brown a brakeman for Chicago and Eastern Ilingis escaped a violent death by leaping from a bridge when a timber car struck him while coupling on the track. He landed on his feet and collapsed unconscious, with injuries later deemed not serious.
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Perlione
Clinton
Albert Brown
Chicago
Brown
Multiple Local Events Highlight Indiana News
A 7 year old boy, son of farmer John Boyner, died when crushed by a wagon of stone near Decatur. Nelson Boliver Converse and Minnie Trotter wed at Jeffersonville. The 63rd Indiana Regiment reunion occurred in Wayne town with speakers including W. S. Whittington and C. B. Landis. Floyd County populists courted Hobson for 1000 ticket, praising heroism. Y M C A of Anderson and Marion run a 32 mile Gas Belt Electric line with excursion traffic expected to net 200 to 250 dollars. Marion chainmakers strike, demand 15 percent raise. mill later posts wage cut. Hagerstown minister F M Moore sues Central Union Telephone for 2500 over a misdirected funeral message causing disruption and expense.
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Herman Boyner
John Boyner
Pear Decatur
Nelson Boliver Converse
Minnie Trotter
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Sixty-Third
Indiana Regiment
Waynetown
W. S. Whittington
Crawfordsville
C. B. Landis
Lew Wallace
M. E. Foley
Floyd County
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Merrimac
Hobson
Anderson and Marion
Gas Belt Electric Railway
Krein Chain Works
Marion
Hagerstown
Stewy
F. M. Moore
United Brethren Church
Central Union Telephone Company
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Garith
Tate
Fouth
T. H. Goodman
Southern Pacific Company
Cal
Treasury Department
Hawaii
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company
Sann Francisco
Honolulu
Treasury
Islands
Congress
Russia
Dan
Maan & Barty
Henry
Ayguinet
Albert Dreyfus
Mont Valerien
Tren
de Buisdeffre
Rapid River
Ta Toba
Tara Daventyia
Votea of
Childrad
Mattila Mattins
Tsitae Mallius
Baker's Bore Creek
Chicvleston
We van
Glen Cain
Parti Hye
Boerty Pesan
Alex la Duke
Second
Wisconsin Volunteers
Medera
Leavenworth
Kan
Thomas Stafford
Thirteenth
United States Infantry
Ponce
Porto Rico
Union Station
Kansan City
Minnie Hoffian
I. Michenfelder
Heat of
Mormon Church
George Q. Cannon
Wilford Woodruff
Mr. Wooodruff
Mammington
Conn
Salt Lake Valley
Watertown
Lyman E. Moody
Louis Montrol
Mike Audre
Cavaignac
M. Cavaignac
Pat Agnist Banff
Budapest
Baron Banffy
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