World's Fair Excursion Train Wrecks and Trade Harms Exposed
The Statesman reports major disruptions caused by a wrecked excursion train en route to Canada and looming trouble at the fair. Bertrand Nomits, a Chicago watchmaker representative, faces $30,000 theft accusations linked to a Manufactures Hall exhibit, with his 9.5 million in exhibits under his care and a prominent past in government contracts.
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Narrow Escape After Attempted Lynching Over Apple Theft
In Plainford near N two mob attacked the house of Charlie Parmley after a 10 year old, John Taylor, stole an apple. Parmley allegedly tied the boy by thumbs and dragged him toward a silo. A constable intervened as the boy convulsed. A red flag-led mob stormed the house, battering doors and windows while demanding Parmley’s life. Police later removed Parmley from the attic to the jail. the boy's condition was critical.
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Wreck Injuries After Baltimore and Ohio Express Crash
The Baltimore and Ohio World’s Fale express wrecked near Monroe Falls Ohio on Tuesday morning as a section failed and plunged five coaches down a ten foot embankment. Thirty injured, two seriously. Passengers bound for Chicago evacuated to Akron hospitals by special train with doctors aboard.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Monroe Falls
Chicago
Akron
Mail Train Wrecked on Old Colony Line
A mail train on the Old Colony line collided with a freight cut standing on the track at Dodgevilla. The engine was badly damaged and the forward cars wrecked. Mail clerk G. Miller of New York was killed. clerk Murphy was seriously hurt. Several passengers injured.
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Old Colony
Jeff Ruston
Antdalene
Dodgevilla
G 2 Miller
Tn New York
Murphy
Bavaru
Banks Fall Across Cities Amid Bank Suspensions
Multiple banks including Wisconsin Fire and National Bank Indianapolis National Bank Bank of Commerce and Merchants Bank at Louisville suspended operations Tuesday. Four Louisville banks collapsed in three days with depositors to be paid in full though stockholders lose value. Violent unrest and other news follow including an anarchist plot in Madrid and a deadly bank examiner referenced incident in Vernon Texas.
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Denver Finances Hit as Banks Fail in Panic
Denver faces a financial panic as several banks including the aging German National Bank and the State National fail to open. Depositors queue in long lines, tears and distress erupt as a notice posts that doors will remain temporarily closed due to cash shortages, signaling a citywide bank run.
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Keery Inetlinton
Denver
Arta
Excursion Train Wreck Kills One in East Aurora
A Sunday Schools excursion train from Buffalo wrecked at East Aurora on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad. One man fatally injured, fourteen to twenty seriously hurt, engines crushed and carriages buried under timbers and debris. Initial reports blame carelessness as the probable cause.
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New York and Pennsylvania
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China Will Aid Siam Against French Encroachment
China has reportedly taken steps to support Siam against France, signaling a shift in the Franco-Siamese dispute. The move, long expected as Alam’s tributes fade, could prompt France to modify its ultimatum demands.
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Leap for Your Life in Raccoon Township Fence Fatal
Frightful event reports Reverend J N Arnden of Bunbury Pa resting on a fence in Beaver County when a springy rail concealed a Linck snake. He was fatally bitten and died within minutes as bystanders attempted to aid him. The rural incident follows other local turmoil and regional tensions described in the same issue.
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Beaver County
Raccoon Township
Heror
Bradena
Swearing in court leads to profane attack in Hackensack room
In Hackensack court, James H Var of Oakland pleaded furious profanity after a sixty day Bergen County jail term for highway speeding. Judge Cumming and others present witnessed a violent outburst by Var focused on lawyer Demarest. The scene drew locals from nearby hotels as officers restrained the crowd until the judge returned.
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Feeding the Hungry at Haymarket Reveals Scant Aid
A Chicago scene describes a Food distribution at Haymarket for mill workers struck by bank failures. About 600 men and two women queued for beef soup, pork and beans, bread and water, with Dean Meek keeping order as crowds received meals costing about ten cents each.
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Michigan notes of death and divorce in early year
A roundup of local incidents includes the death of farmer Maynard near Vassar from a barn pulley accident, a Clemenseter applying for divorce from her husband, and multiple small-town happenings across Traverse City and surrounding counties.
Indictment of Eight Ex-Officials Ties Smuggling Probe
Indictments filed in Portland Ore name fifteen men including eight ex federal officials for conspiring to import Chinese and opium into the United States. The action follows a federal crackdown urged by Secretary Carlisle and Attorney General Olney on the Northwest coast smuggling rings.
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