Railroads Faulted Over World Fair Travel Policies
A Boston railroader confesses to embezzlement amid a broader critique of railway handling of World’s Fair traffic. Directors cut rates post opening, then again as crowds grew, now scrambling to extend the fair’s run to November. A anonymous World’s Fair director says the railroads began with a “dog in the manger” stance and only recently moved toward decency, yet their bid to stretch the fair risks failure as October nears and cold weather reduces on-site activity.
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Oine
Byj
Thale
Washburn Admits Embezzling From Old Colony Railways
At the Old Colony Railroad Company annual meeting in Boston, Treasurer John M. Washburn confessed to embezzling a large sum over many years. He began with small thefts to speculate, using company cash for stock, with losses compounding as securities fell in value during a tight money market. The exact amount is not disclosed.
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Old Colony Railroid Company
Boston
New York
Newavon
Dartford
John
Washbourn
Baa Beon
Mn’ Wash‘bara
Washburn
Draw Power Dispute Sparks Hotel Endeavor Fracas
In Woodlawn 1IL at the Hotel Endeavor near the World's Fair ground two hotel workers, BB and William Bimpoon, quarreled over the results of a draw power game leading to a stabbing incident. Kirsch cut Simpson in a fight, but the wound was not dangerous. The hotel was founded to care for religiously inclined men and women fearful of city temptations.
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Kirsch
Simpson
Attempt to wreck a train near Staunton Indiana
A bold train wrecking attempt derailed the Vandalia Head near Staunton Clay County. An upraised rail sent the Cincinnati Express down an embankment ten feet high as it passed at forty miles per hour. Engine did not follow, most cars left the track. one coach remained on rails. Passengers shaken but unharmed.
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Staunton
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Cincinnati
Clay County
Awful Wabash Wreck Near Kingsbury Indiana
A second section of train No. 65 collided with a freight on the Wabash line near Kingsbury Indiana in the early hours. Twelve passengers were killed and over twenty injured as the two trains crashed at high speed. Relatives and residents opened homes to care for the wounded while relief trains arrived from Chicago and elsewhere. An investigation has been ordered to determine responsibility for the tragedy.
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Detroit
Chicago
Oo Hospital
Itayti's New Varisty Lost Aboard Pelton Disaster
A Haitian warship named Alexander Pejtou sank off Cape Tiburon after sailing from Port au Prince on September 4 bound for Ban Domingo. Fifty miles south of Cape Tiburon the vessel wrecked with only one sailor surviving. Passengers included General Moling Ban Domingo's envoy to Fingti and M. Cohen the Haitian Minister to Mexico. No cause or warning was found. whether a collision reef or storm caused the loss remains unknown.
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New York
Jeat
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Kopi 6
Cape Tiburon
Port Au Prince
Ban Domingo
General Moling
Fingti
M. Cohen
Mexico
Rioting mob kills Black man in Roanoke unrest scene
A coroner’s jury found a Black man murdered by unknown assailants during civil unrest in Roanoke Virginia. The mob reportedly dragged him from officers, burned his body near a river before a crowd of about a thousand, and hid the death as a passing incident.
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Roanoke
Lynechedt
Thomas Emich
Lin
Bla
Phos
Sbilteta
Trout
Diamond Fief Found Guilty In Great Volluck Robbery
The jury in the MStleck diamond robbery case at Nissvurd Valley, Iowa, found Frank Shereliff guilty of stealing $26,000 in gems from a Chicago traveler. He was arrested in Denver and remanded to fall to final sentence amid local satisfaction. The article also recaps a dramatic airship incident near the Grosse Paint Lighthouse, two injuries, and a series of local fire and train events amid a chaotic late edition.
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Iowa
Shereliff
Denver, Gully
Chicago
Kirain
Mero
Prof
A. King
Misa Jose Morris
Exglo Furia
Grosse Paint
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Andy Johnson
Fair Grounds
Morris San Lowa
Deadly dynamite blast tears San Francisco boarding house
A massive dynamite explosion hit a water front boarding house crowded with non union sailors during a food fight with union members. Six wounded victims lay nearby, two killed instantly and three more died later. John Terrell is arrested as investigators search for the bombers. The blast ripped the front of the building apart and scattered debris across the street, leaving a blackened crater and mangled bodies.
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Aailor
Sone Tronsiers
Seamen's Union
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Prome
Econs
Dabria
Attempt at Train Robbery Foiled Near St Joseph
On a staged dummy run near St Joseph Ma two bandits were killed and three captured after masked robbers tried to seize a passenger train. Police and railroad officials had learned of the planned robbery and deployed officers to thwart the attack.
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Mao
Nonena City
St. Jon
Council Hiluffs
Francs
Joe
Ft Joseph
In &T. Jow
Recovery in Trade Seen, Gradual Gains Foreseen
RG Dun and Co Weekly Review of Trade notes gradual recovery after the worst financial blizzard in twenty years. Production and distribution are improving, with increasing confidence and freer credit. Despite some lingering shortages and dull stock prices, industries rally as consumer demand remains strong and health indicators improve.
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RG. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Washington
New York
Robbers in Northern Indiana Bank Robbery Gone Bad
Would be daylight burglars tried to rob Northern Indiana Normal College bank in Wabash?struck down one robber G E Hobingon killed by a pursuer Nathan Hywe. companion C B Moody wounded fleeing into town chased by about 1,000 students and citizens. Meanwhile six of eight aboard a Nina J Collingwood Ont boat perished in a squall. wrecks, bodies found on shore. Also a derailed express near Birmingham with 200 passengers. clue to wreckers found. Counterfeit travel tickets being circulated by brokers in Memphis and Little Rock.
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Northern Indiana Normal College
Wulpsrutso
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Ont
Noluissage
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Alfred Woods
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James Denby
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Wooda
Robbery Gang Foiled on Centralia Train
Four bandits who attempted to hold up a Centralia express near Centralia were captured after a gunfight that wounded one robber and left three shot. The injured thief, Jones, confessed, naming Martin Nichols and James Turdin as co conspirators, with a fourth man captured at Odin. A mob threatened to lynch the prisoners but officers intervened to prevent further bloodshed.
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Peruvian volcano awakens after long quiet and tremors hit Ecuador
Reports from the south describe the Thebina volcano in the Peruvian Cordilleras becoming active after 15 years of quiet. An intense earthquake rattled Ecuador on the 6th, with a tsunami wave and damage to Guayaqui waterworks. Casualties are reported inland as authorities assess the multiple natural disasters.
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Michigan news roundup from Grand Haven to Manistee
Michigan harvest rushes grapes and peaches as rail lines strain to move fruit to Chicago markets. Notable items include a Grand Haven woman robbed, Shiawassee pioneer John Corcoran’s death after fifty-two years as justice, a Grand Haven bear incident, a Jackson inmate’s suicide, and local steps toward water works in Lake Ann and road to a Saginaw investment inquiry.
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Truce Arranged in Senate Fight Over Silver Plan
Washington reports a truce between silver and anti silver factions in the Senate, not a final settlement but a pause for at least a week. Daily sessions will run 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a potential extension. Sen. Voorhees and Sen. Jones shape the accord while Vice President Stevenson and others weigh future moves.
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