Fatal collision at Chicago crossing kills mother and children
At Brighton Park crossing in Chicago a westbound Baltimore and Ohio local and a Chicago and Erie freight collided. A mother Mrs C C Schwartz and three Schwartz children aged 5 and 7 died instantly. father C C Schwartz survived with serious injuries. Several others hurt. Police detained eight railroad workers amid rival blame and investigations.
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Chicago and Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
Sioux City
Brighton Park Railroad
Western Avenue
West Thirty-ninth Street
Wiagman
C. C. Schwartz
C. GC. Schwartz
Garrett
John L. Schwartz
William Schwartz
Earl Schwartz
Co. C. Schwartz
Mercy Hospital
Schwartz
Michael Cusak
Panhandle
W. Jones
Mansfield
Jennie Sunderland
Nellie Brown
New York City
C. G. Harnold
M. BE. Fry
John I. Traeger
Baltimore and Ohio Roads
Harry Moore
Benjamin F. Waller
Waller
Moore
Pueblo Tragedy Deepens After Rail Disaster Claims 100
Grief grips Pueblo Colorado as a railroad wreck claims about 100 lives with sixty six identified dead twenty eight missing and six unnamed. Citywide mourning closes businesses and morgues tally bodies while families and friends seek closure amid rescue efforts. Mayor Brown launches organized search along Fountain and Arkansas rivers as bodies turn up miles from the scene.
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Pueblo
Colo
Q. Thomas
Santa Fe Railroad
Fountain River
Brown
Fountain
Arkansas
Weather crops in week ending August 6 report
Weather Bureau summary notes overall crop conditions were less favorable than the prior week. Excessive rain hit central gulf and Atlantic coast districts. drought troubled central valleys and upper Lake region. Cooler in Wisconsin Minnesota Dakotas, excessive heat and dryness in Idaho Washington Oregon. Frost in Wisconsin cranberry region. Corn drought in Ohio valley. rainfall needed in central Mississippi and lower Missouri. Central and western corn belt advanced. Atlantic coast corn vigorous. Winter wheat harvest near completion. rust in spring wheat widespread in Dakotas Iowa Minnesota. Minnesota promising elsewhere. Harvesting ongoing in South Dakota and southern Minnesota. North Dakota ripening slowly. High North Pacific temperatures hastened spring wheat maturity and caused shriveling in Washington.
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Weather Bureau
Central
East Gulf
Atlantic Coast
New England
Upper
Lake Region
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Idaho
Oregon
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Missouri
Corn Belt
Lake
North Pacific Coast
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Weather Too Cool Report From South Dakota Crops
The Weather Bureau weekly crop bulletin for Huron indicates cooler than usual weather with local light showers. Beneficial rain is needed in large areas. haying and harvest progress well. Barley, spelt, and oats near completion with good yields. rust affects some oats and northern barley. Spring wheat damaged by rust. macaroni wheat largely safe. Corn needs rain. flax, potatoes, millet progress good. Hay abundant. pasture and livestock doing well. apples outlook bright in market counties.
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South Dakota
Weather Bureau
Huron
S. D
Missouri Valley
Arly
Nebraska Crops Benefit From Varied Showers Across State
Lincoln Aug 11 The Weather bureau reports a cool week with eastern counties averaging six degrees below normal and western counties four below. Showers were widespread with eastern rainfall under half an inch and western areas over an inch, some exceeding two inches. Harvests of oats, spring wheat near completion while corn grows well though needs more rain. Ground remains too dry to plow in many areas.
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Lincoln
Neb
Weather Bureau
Western
Iowa Crop Conditions Report Shows Mixed Harvest Prospects
Des Moines August 10 The Iowa weather and crop bureau notes a week of temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal with minimal rainfall except in the north central area. Dry, clear days aided harvest of oats spring wheat and timothy seed, with threshers reporting good oats and barley yields. Corn outlook appears brighter than prior weeks though stands are late and below normal. spring wheat suffers rust and blight in areas with large acreage.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Lowa Weather and Crop Bureau
North Central
Tragic Pueblo Denver Rio Grande Wreck Claims Many Lives
A Denver and Rio Grande flyer crashed through a Dry Creek bridge north of Pueblo Colorado killing many of the 125 aboard. Only about 26 escaped with their lives. the wreckage swept into Fountain Creek carried coaches four miles downstream. Dozens are reported dead or missing with rescue under way and officials unsure of final toll.
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Colo
Missouri Pacific
Dry Creek
Iden
Denver and Rio Grande
Arly
Fountain Creek
W. H. Mock
Ella Wood
W. H. LA Moon
Minnie Selby
Lowell Durman
W. H. Whitman
Kan
J. F. Rees
Charles Hindman
J. H. Smith
Zina Sibley
Hogg
A. E. Hoes
John S. Molliter
Misses Davis
Hadenberg
Rowland
Mary West
James Smith
Denver
Carrie Downey
John Campbell
Curtis
Bud Steward
George England
Herbert R. Graves
I. W. Wright
Ella Stevens
Northampton
Mass
Mineola Davis
George Il
West
Munn
Irene Wright
Emma Wood
Joseph Turner
Harry Johnson
Tillie Thompson
Old Franklin
Ida Leonard
Chicago
LaSalle
Sallie Pine
James McKee
McKee
Denver Rio Grande Road
Bowern
Hindman
J. M. Killen
Tried to wreck train near Cheyenne station
John Utley, Ah Say station agent, saw misaligned switch lights and was shot in the arm as two men attempted to wreck the Atlantic Express on the Union Pacific between Rock Springs and Green River. Utley alerted Wilkins, the next station west, and the train was flagged to avert the wreck and probable holdup.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Atlantic Express
Union Pacific
Ah Say
Rock Springs
Green River
John Utley
Utley
Wilkins
Stoning of American Legation Rumors in Bogota Aug 10
Reports from Bogota say an outbreak occurred Friday with the American legation stoned and troops deployed to protect Alban G. Snyder, charge d affaires. U S officials in Washington note Reyes may claim presidency but Congress adjourned without proclamation. Snyder is a West Virginia newspaper man by profession.
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Panama
Bogota
Alban G. Snyder
Maffaires
United States
Rafael Reyes
Colombia
Congress
War Party
Reyes
Washington
State Department
Snyder
West Virginia
National City Bank Reported Buying London Bank
Reports in New York allege that National City bank seeks to acquire a London bank to expand foreign dealings. James Stillman travels in Europe to pursue control, with $2.5 million in gold sent to London last Friday viewed as related financing.
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New York
National City Bank
Standard Oil
London
James Stillman
Standard Ojl
Europe
Stillman
Donnelly Links Strike To Socialism In West
Chicago August 10 President Michael J Donnelly declared the packing house strike a major socialist educator. He said harsh packer treatment and slaughter house conditions would spark a socialistic third party. Twenty two railroad cars of strike breakers returned to work today after leaving stock yards. A riot near the stock yards saw Police Lieutenant Moore knock down several men while defending a nonunion worker. He rescued the man from an assault by strike sympathizers on fifteen strike breakers.
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Chicago
Michael J. Donnelly
West
Moore
Winners Filing on Rosebud Land Draw Opens
Bonesteel South Dakota August 10 crowd of over 1,000 watches filing for Rosebud reservation land where about 100 winners arrive early. By 2 pm 66 numbers called. two failed to respond. Notable winners include William A Brady of Brainerd and William McCormick of Washington. Most choose farm land near townsites. officials plan no troops needed despite high tension. Guards positioned to protect funds as filing continues.
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William McCormick
Nebraska
Treasury Department
Washington
Bonesteel
Burke
South Dakota
Chase
Talus Rugge
McCormick
H. Wesley Brown
Dakota City
Neb
Lonesteel
Gregory
St. Elmo
Rosebud
First Woman Registers at Devils Lake Land Opening
Colfax resident Alice Battle becomes the first woman to register at Devils Lake North Dakota land opening on August 10. C B Conlin, noted Review of Reviews writer, led the line held by about 500 applicants. Officials deny relinquishment rumor and enforce stricter rules as costs rise to enter.
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Colfax
Devils Lake
N. D
C. B. Conlin
National
the Review of Reviews
Devils Lake Land
Tate
Conlin
John McKinney
Ft. Totten
McKinney
South Dakota
Wm. McCormick
Rosebud
Grand Forks
Minnesota Ex-Congressman Dunnell Dies in Minnesota
Owatonna reports former Congressman Mark H. Dunnell of the Eighth Minnesota district died today from heart disease. The 19th century public servant was noted for his long service and influence in Minnesota politics.
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Minnesota
Owatonna
Minn
Mark H. Dunnell
Hay Warns Powers Coal Would End Commerce
Washington Aug 10 a summary of Secretary Taylors declaration on neutral rights in war states that treating coal and fuel as contraband could block neutrals from selling to belligerents any goods convertible to military use. Extending the rule to all such shipments would strain neutral commerce and contradict lawful expectations.
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Washington
Tay
Soroaper
Jap ships damaged in bombardment near Port Arthur
Dispatch from Mukden dated August 7 reports Russian cruisers Bayan Askold Pal Lad e and Novik with gunboats shelling enemy positions. Japanese ships Shin Yen Chiyoda Itsukushima Matsushima engaged, Bayan shell hit Itsukushima, Chiyoda damaged by mine, Chiyoda sinking toward Pulien bay. Russian forces bombarded from Lungatin, mine damage to a dredge, Rear Admiral Withoft notes enemy fleet off Port Arthur totaling several battleships armored cruisers and torpedo craft.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Alexieft
Mukden
Port Arthur
Withoft
Bayan
Askold
Pallade
Novik
Shin Yen
Chiyoda
Itsukushima
Matsushima
Chivodi
Pulien Bay
Jane
Bayin
Keitzenstein
Retvizan
Psatlada
Chemiinsheht
Otvashni
Galiak
Japanese Anticipate Decisive Liao Yang Crisis
Japanese sources predict an imminent crisis at Liao Yang as General Kuropatkin faces pressure from General Oku and General Kuroki. Japanese forces gain mobility after securing Yin Kow at Newchwang and repairing the railroad, while Muropathin’s withdrawal leaves Moscow’s defense exposed in the Liaotung peninsula.
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Liao Yang
Tokio
Yuropalkin
Liao Tule Peninsula
Wai Chou
Tatehekino
Kai Cheng
Muropathin
Tie
Tatehekiao
Kuroki
Takushan
Yin Kow
Hai Cheng
Neneehwang
Kuropatkin
Oku
Newchwang
Quiet at Newchwang Amid Trade and Tension
A Japanese gunboat reports firing at the sunken Russian vessel Sivouch which the crew reportedly scuttled, not blown up. Russians destroyed stores before leaving Hai Cheng. Trade remains fairly brisk under strict Japanese settlement bounds.
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Newchwang
Hai Cheng
Jap Ships Reported Lost Off Port Arthur
A private telegram from Chefoo, believed from the Russian consul, reports the loss of the Japanese cruisers Chiyoda and Itsukushima due to mine explosions off Port Arthur.
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St. Petersburg
Chefoo
Chiyoda
Itsukushima
Port Arthur
Russian Fleet After Port Arthur Battle
Chefoo August 8 A reliable authority reports eight Russian warships took part in the recent Port Arthur engagement. Since then the Sevastopol and Amur have undergone repairs.
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Chefoo
Port Arthur
Sevastopol
Amur
Conference at Peterhof on military situation with Kuropatkin aide
In Saint Petersburg on August 8 a high level conference was held at Peterhof palace involving ministers of war and marine the Grand Duke Alexis the high admiral and General Motte an aide to Kuropatkin who had just arrived from the front with dispatches for the emperor and others regarding the military situation.
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St. Petersburg
Marine
Alexis
Motte
Kuropatkin
Peterhof Palace
Bank Run Hits Wilkes-Barre Depositors
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on August 8 the Wilkes-Barre Deposit and Savings Bank faced a run by about 300 foreign depositors. Officials invoked the sixty day notice law and halted the run.
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Pennsylvania Bank
Wilkesbarre
Wikesbarre Deposit and Savings Bank
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