29 Jun 1903
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1903
Page
1
News from Madrid reports a Bilbao train derailed crossing Negrilla river. Ninety killed and about one hundred injured, many likely to die, as two engines and sixteen coaches plunged fifty feet into the riverbed. Only six passengers survived. Rescue efforts continued as relief trains arrived from Bilbao.
A fragment suggests someone focused on his daughter, with the Light Was triggering jealousy. The text hints at emotional tension tied to protective feelings and rivalry, though specifics are unclear.
A Seoul dispatch states a Corean officer on the Yalu River reports 150 Russian soldiers have crossed the river and now occupy two points on the Corean side. In Tokyo, officials endorse firm Japanese measures to defend national rights, with Marquis Ito and Count Yamigati shifting from caution to decisive action.
The Kiel harbor scene features American and German sailors enjoying a reception aboard the Kearsarge with Emperor and Empress, and Kiel notables invited. German crews will tour the ship and see the battle while locals celebrate the visiting sailors amid welcoming signs and carriage tours. Also reports a Boston infatuation tragedy, a National Education meeting set, a murder arrest in Oklahoma, and a Decatur department store fire.
In Jackson Kentucky a quarrel at the home of a niece of a juror against Curtix Jett led to a night of shooting. Hiram Barnett was killed and John Henry Hecker and Jos Hecker wounded. shooters unidentified. No arrests made. Community fear eased by police actions and upcoming grand jury July 20. Ewen hotel arson defendant’s exile set as he moves toward Dayton Indiana and Cincinnati Ohio.
In Barratoeran Coahuila twenty four miners died and about fifty injured when a gas ignition from a defective lamp triggered the Las Baperanzas coal mine blast. Up to a hundred men were present. many perished in collapsing earth while others suffered severe burns.
National League shows no Sunday games while American League results include St. Louis 0 Boston 1 and 0 3. Chicago 2 New York 12 with a 2 1 Chicago 2 New York 1 second game. Toledo-Philadelphia 7 Detroit 1. American Association games Kansas City 8 Minneapolis 1. Milwaukee 0 St Paul 1. Muncie Indianapolis 2 Toledo. A stray note recalls old customs of placing enemies' heads on gateposts as trophies, with gate decorations tied to grim tales.
A would-be blackmailer demanded 1000 dollars under a bridge east of Vandafin. A detective hidden beneath the structure foiled the plot when a suspect named Walker from Union Township approached the scene but fled upon seeing the officer, later being captured and released to aid further shadowing. Guards now surround the factory and home as the probe continues.
Jesse McClain Robinson, an Indiana born machinist who moved to Chicago six months ago, was mortally wounded while acting as a watchman at 90 Ohio Street. He had refused to join a union strike in Fort Wayne and had faced threats from union men. Two assailants attacked him, with a gunshot to the groin ending his life.
Washington June 29 An assistant secretary of the treasury returned from a New York trip where he examined Messrs Samuel W Thompson and Walter Eaton customs officials named on a mining firm board under investigation The official ordered reports and said Thompson and Eaton must resign from the board if their positions were misrepresented He urged that customs employes avoid outside business to protect public service interests A oil blaze in Indianapolis damages the Standard Oil vat house with losses near 25000 and a second incident in Nashville Indiana reports another whitecapping assault on Brown County resident William Harden by unidentified men for his actions or beliefs
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