Oakland Street Car Crash Trains In Fatal Collision
A Telegraph Avenue street car crowded with Berkeley and Oakland fans crashed into a Key Route electric train at Fortieth Street. A defective air brake caused the disaster. about twenty injured, two may die. Motorman Pittman trapped, passenger St John crushed near the wheels. fire crews lifted remains and moved victims.
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Cal
Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley
Dora Park
Piedpont
Mole
Fortleth Street
San Francisco
Pittman Wasa
Broder
Pittman
St. John
Oakland Fire Department
Four Drown At Spokane River Bank Outing
Town mourns after a Sunday drowning near Davenport Washington when Winnie Jones 19 Mra A L Hergott 40 Roy Howard 28 A Inman 44 and another woman unnamed died attempting to save a companion. The Spokane River whirlpools and strong current proved fatal for the group.
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Paretiport
Wash
Itikena
Davenport
Spokane
Mise Winnie Jones
A. L. Hergott
Mra. A L. Bergott
Roy Howard
London Telegraph Says No Danger Amid Pouch Raid Rumor
Tokio rumor of a Japanese cen pouch killing causes international concern but The Daily Telegraph reports no danger on St Paul Island Alaska. The American ambassador to Tokyo pledges careful equitable investigation and hopes Japan maintains cordial U S relations despite the incident.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
Gaga
Cen] Pouchere
St. Paul Ieland
Alaska
Sasumma
Japan
Desperate Gun Fight Ends in Chewelah Death
In Stevens county Chewelah, Mike McKale shot and killed William Dougan at Brown Lake after a violent quarrel over permitting a party to fish. Authorities report twelve shots fired with McKale striking first, Dougan dying on the ground.
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Chewelah
Wash
Stevens County
Mike McKale
William Dougan
Brownlake
National Board of Trade official commits suicide in Kansas City
W G Hynes secretary of the National Board of Trade of Kansas City shot himself Saturday afternoon after informing a director by telephone he was short ten thousand dollars in bin accounts. The body was not identified until Ganday. Hynes came here last year from St Paul where he was known as an export accountant. The missing funds were linked to grain price manipulation by bin accounts.
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Kansas City
W. G. Hynes
National Board of Trade of Kansas City
Hyros
BL Paul
National Board of Trade
Sveaborg mutiny trial ends with executions
The court martial at Sveaborg found 7 defendants guilty including Lieutenant Kochanovsky and Finnilanoff both 20, and five soldiers. They were condemned to death, shot, and buried in a common grave without ceremony. Kochanovsky's father is a St. Petersburg guards colonel. Milianoff’s mother appealed for a reprieve but failed.
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Vejwingsorg
Finland
Sveaborg
Kochanovsky
Fianlanoff
Brat Witting
St. Petersburg
Mmilanoff
Bank funds used in cotton speculation shocks Birmingham
In Birmingham a First National Bank paying teller Alexander R Chisholm was arrested within twelve hours on embezzlement charges totaling seven thousand dollars. Stock brokerage managers W L Sims and C M Hayes faced charges of aiding the embezzlement with bonds set at 6500 000 and 610 000 respectively. Bank president W F P G Harding said the loss would not force the bank to close and the embezzlement is tied to futures speculation over several months.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alexander R. Chisholm
Naptone! Bank
United States
Watson
United States vMolats
W. L. Sims
CM. Haye
Hie
National Bank
Haya
First National Bank
Chisholm
W. F P. G. Harding
Ieee
Grand Army Encampment Dazzles Minneapolis Visitors
The Grand Army of the Republic encampment draws about 100000 attendees in Minneapolis on opening day. The city is decorated lavishly with banners and lights as officers and locals strive to provide top entertainment and comfort for visiting veterans.
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Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolia
Iiell
Preacher Attacked by Bathers at Campo Beach
South Norwalk Connecticut evangelist James Clark attempted to preach Sunday afternoon to hundreds at Campo Beach. The crowd began pelting him with sand and water as bathers chased him toward the sound, with some accusing him of desecration and indecency.
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Norwalk
Conn
James Clark
Campo Beach
Fleet to be reviewed by President at Cycler Bay
Washington reports the formation of a large athletic fleet to be reviewed by President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower at Cycler Bay on September 3. The fleet will be the strongest yet under the United States flag, consisting of forty five vessels with 117 guns, 312 officers, and 15,235 men.
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Washington
Monvavelt
Cyater Bay
Navy Department
Poison by accident kills ex labor official in Livingston Manor
John McMekin former state labor commissioner died at his Livingston Manor home after taking a medicine believed dose from a chest but the bottle contained toxic weld or ve tole. He drank the poison and collapsed within hours prompting an accidental poisoning report.
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New Y York
John McMekin
Himeef
Livingston Manor
N. Y
McMekin
Missing for Thirty One Years Chicago Professor Returns
After an unexplained absence of thirty one years, Professor Charles H. Frye, former superintendent of the Chicago normal school, returns home. He hands a roll of cash totaling $5,990 to Wiewile with the remark Ask me no questions. Frye was thirty one when he disappeared. Since that day no word had been received by his wife.
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Chicago
Charles H. Frye
Chicago Normal School
Wiewile
Frye
Bia
Reward Offered For Steneland Chiongs
The banks of the Chicago Clothing House association posted a $5,000 reward for the capture of Paul Steneland fugitive president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank. Bankers, anxious to quell accusations, held a conference Monday afternoon to decide on action and approve the reward.
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Chiongs
Chicago
Howse Association
Paul
Stenaland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Breneland
Northwest Notes Highlights of Pacific Northwest and Mountain West Events
A long list of scattered items from Oregon to Montana notes deaths, crimes, fires, and legal cases. Pearl Hayes dies after using kerosene to start a fire. Portland lawyer O F Paxton dies after stomach trouble. Forest fires destroy timber and farms in Oregon. Arson and burglary reported in Laramie and Cottage Grove. Two youths charged with murder near Cottage Grove. Missoula death from accidental rifle discharge. Montana miners robbed. guards in training move to American Lake. Goldfield cave fatality and extreme Montana heat reported.
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Pearl Hayes
Oregon
Woman’s Health Remedy Promoted to Women Attendees
An advertisement touts a herbal “Pieres Favorite Prosetition” as a cure for female ailments. It claims a private form of a doctor led by Dr Merce offers free consultations by mail, urging women to seek treatment at the hotel and surgical institute in Buffalo.
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Wien Piper
Neren
Pleree
Merce
Buffaio
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