Motorman Faints As Train Runs Free Near Pleasantville
Glenn Grice motorman on a short fast line train near Pleasantville, New Jersey, fainted causing the car to speed with no control. Passengers alerted conductor John Harrison who halted the train after about three miles when a piece of chewing gum lodged in his windpipe was dislodged.
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Shore Electric
Atlantic City
N. J
Glenn Grice
Pleasantville
John Harrison
Grice
Train Hits Auto in Carrollton. Five Dead
A Santa Fe fast mail train traveling from Chicago to El Paso struck an automobile two miles east of Carrollton, Missouri, killing five and fatally injuring a sixth. The deceased include Mr and Mrs Forbes of Sacramento California Mrs Willem Robarta of Brookfield Missouri Mrs Mabel Warner of Brookfield Missouri and H F Vandeventer of Brookfield Missouri. William Roberts suffered injuries likely to be fatal.
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Santa Fe
Mear Carrollton
Carrollton
Chicago
el Paso
J. Forbes
Sacramento
Cal
Willem Robarta
Brookfield
Mabel Warner
H. F. Vandeventer
Brookfeld
William Roberts
Weather observations from the United States Weather Bureau
Observations taken yesterday evening show Albany Boston Chicago St Louis New Orleans New York Washington with conditions ranging from clear to cloudy. Temperatures vary, with New Orleans at 86 and others reporting clear skies and calm or light winds.
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Albany
Atlantic
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
New York
Washington
Senator Penrose Sparks War Talk Over Hale in Mexico
In the Senate, Senator Penrose introduced two resolutions on the Mexican situation. One seeks information on the official status of William Bayard Hale, the president's special representative in Mexico. The other directs the secretary of state to send the senate the Durango consul's reports.
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Senate
Penrose
State Department
William Bayard Hale
Mexico
Durango
Southwest in throngs of great heat wave
Kansas City dispatch notes intensifying drought across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma as heat nears 100 degrees. Water scarcity worsens with dry cisterns failing wells drought-stricken towns rely on trains of tank cars. Farmers face ruined crops and livestock needing long drives for water.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Topeka
Seward County
Alma
Kan
Theodore Kroesch
Enterprise
Mercury
St. Joseph
Albany Bank Robbed by Window Prowler
A stranger entered the New York State National Bank in Albany at noon and reached through a paying teller’s window to grab 879 dollars. He fled into State Street before the teller could raise an alarm, witnessed by a young woman at another window.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State National Bank
State Street
Penrose Pushes Mexico War Talk in Senate
Senator Penrose pressed the Mexican question in the Senate warning of war risks. He sought to know if William Bayard Haley acts as a government agent in Mexico and critiqued Hale as a dangerous adviser while Senators Bacon Lodge and Poindexter pressed resolutions. The debate was delayed pending further discussion.
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Pennsylvania
Senate
Washington
Mexico
Senate Chamber
Penrose
Bacon
Lodge
Poindexter
Shirley
Hulse
Reynolds
Mercado
Ogquilla
Chihuahua
Bryan
Lind
William Bayard Haley
Hale
Ardmore
Philadelphia
Felix Dias
Lightning's Heavy Toll: 37 Houses Hit by Storm in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Wis Aug 10 Ten buildings struck by lightning in under two hours during the severest storm of the year in eastern Wisconsin. No deaths but property loss runs into thousands. Communications with inland cities cut off. Oshkosh reports 27 houses struck. One fire engine struck while answering an alarm.
Chinese Fight at Gates of Nanking
A consular dispatch from Peking reports sharp fighting on Purple Hill outside Nanking between northern troops and southern rebels. By telegram filing time no side had claimed victory.
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Nanking
Peking
China
Purple Hill
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