Philadelphia and Reading Milk Train Collision Claims Thirteen
A rear end crash between a Milk Train and an excursion train near Bethlehem PA injures about thirty five and kills thirteen. The Bethlehem bound excursion carried residents from Allentown and nearby towns. The milk train struck at Hatfield and the wreckage blocked tracks with cars overturned and people trapped.
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Lane
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Otive
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Ther
Andre Buoy Found in Ocean Rescue Update
Telegraph from Captain Grenpahl reports buoy No. 4 found near Skjeryoe with all aboard well. July 11 10 p.m. Greenwich line says the crew are at altitude over rugged terrain and the weather has been excellent above clouds. Carrier pigeons dispatched as the group travels west.
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Andre
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Fatal Telegraph? Two Policemen Die From Electric Shock
In St Louis two policemen were killed and eleven injured when they touched live equipment while using the police telephone. The shocks knocked them back ten feet, and both died after hospitalization. The danger came from a 000 volt electric line powering the system.
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Chicago
Transvaal Annexed by British Crown Proclamation
London reports under Belfast date that on July 4 a proclamation declared Transvaal would form part of her majesty's dominions. In Kentucky a man was attacked after acquittal and later died from wounds. Minnesota memorial marks 500 fire victims. New York grand jury in race riot case issues presentment.
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Neither Money Nor Clothes Christian Endeavorers Back from Europe
A party of 180 Christian Endeavorers returning from Europe on the Aller faced funding shortages that prevented onward travel. One St. Louis member, Mrs. J. Edwards, described agency delays with guides and baggage, forcing many to walk portions of the tour and repay fares to Cherbourg. Trunks were said to be on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, leaving travelers with only their garments.
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Cherbourg
Butch Cassidy Gang Suspected in Wyoming Train Robbery
A report from Cheyenne states Union Pacific express car robbery yielded about 100000 in gold for Philippine soldiers payments. Four men attacked a passenger train in Wyoming, with a $1000 reward offered for each robber. Detectors from express and railroad firms descend on the scene as officials withhold details.
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Wyo
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Pacific Coast
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Butch Cassidy
Peace Plan Backed by Powers For Pekin Exit Talks
London reports the American Russian proposal to withdraw allied forces from Pekin to ease negotiations toward peace is highly likely to be adopted. Support grows for Li Hung Chang as intermediary once he gains authority. Claims of detaining Li at Laku are unfounded as Li stays in Shanghai to pursue direct talks with Chinese officials.
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Associated Press
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Laku
Shanghai
Ryerson's Wife Convicted of Murder in Ensenada Jail
From Ensenada comes word that Mrs. Ryerson wife of the late George Ryerson of Lower California has been found guilty of murder or manslaughter in the case of a dead Mexican boy employed by her. The lower court's verdict was upheld on appeal to the higher court in Mexico City. Sentence length not disclosed.
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Fatal Fire at Narragansett Park Burns Eight Horses
Fire in cattle sheds and stables at Narragansett Park during a grand circuit meet kills eight horses including Ace Mark A and Agam Jim. Wages May Be Cut at Tall River Massachusetts 11 1 2 percent decrease sought by Fall River mill agents representing about 1 000 spindlers.
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Fatal Street Car Panic Kills Akron Man in Suburbs
A street car panic caused by a burning fuse in Akron suburbs killed Ferdinand Hargett and injured three others. In Louisiana, Alanzon G. Jackson was assassinated by Thomas J. Amos, who confessed and was hanged at a nearby tree.
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Ferdinand Hargett
Louisiana
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Alanzon G. Jackson
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Amos
Prominent PA Official Killed After Fall From Train
Philadelphia report states Thomas J. Powers commissioner of banking for Pennsylvania died after falling from a train near the city while summering with family at Atlantic City. Powers, a notable Republican figure, was among delegates to the Republican national convention who advocated a third term for President Grant.
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Philadelphia
Thomas J. Powers
Powers
Atlantic City
Grant
Four Rob a Train Near Tipton Station in Wyoming
A Union Pacific passenger train, the second section of No 8, was robbed by four bandits near Tipton station in Wyoming. The express car had its safe blown open, but the railroad says losses were nominal and no one was hurt. An unconfirmed report from Denver said a posse may have captured the culprits ten miles from the scene, with a deputy and a robber wounded.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tipton Station
Denver
London Judge Rules Against Railway Strikers Picketing
Justice Farwell of the high court of justice issued a verdict adverse to picketing during strikes. He enjoined Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants General Secretary Bell and Organizing Secretary Holmes from watching and besetting the Great Western Railroad and its stations to persuade non unionists to avoid taking striker positions.
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High Court of Justice
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Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
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Great Western
Corbett Beats McCoy in Five Rounds
James J. Corbett defeated Kid McCoy in the fifth round on August 80 in New York. The bout saw heavy betting favoring Corbett 2 to 1 before the ring entry. McCoy fought bravely but faded in the decisive round as Corbett secured the win.
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New York
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Kid” McCoy
Corbett
New $125000 Cataract Hotel to Rise in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls eyes a five story replacement for the Cataract Hotel after a devastating June fire. George J. Love of Chicago reportedly offers $16,000 yearly rent to the ground owners, the Carson brothers, if they rebuild on the site. Architect Schwartz is said to be hired to design plans for the $125,000 structure.
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Death in Peculiar Manner Claims Gregory County Farmer
H H Berg a Gregory County farmer died after a shotgun resting on a riding mower discharged when the machine hit a low mound the shot entering his left side. He crawled back to the team and drove home before collapsing at the barn and dying hours later.
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Gregory County
Berg
Judge Moore decides mortgage priority in Deadwood waterworks case
Judge Joseph Moore of Deadwood rules the first mortgage held by W. Carpenter on the Sturgis Water Works plant is valid and senior, while Dickinson’s second mortgage is void due to corporate insolvency. He treats the foreclosed property as real estate, granting a one year redemption period, and the case heads to the state supreme court.
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Joseph Moore
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D. K. Dickinson Et
Sturgis Waterworks Company
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D. K. Dickinson
Col. Carpenter
Dickinson
Supreme Court
Caught an Eagle by Iowa Visitors in Rapid City Hills
Mr and Mrs McMillan visiting Rapid City from Iowa found a large eagle trapped in a wolf trap during a walk in the hills. They captured it by tying its legs with two handkerchiefs and brought the bird to a cage in town to preserve it for their return home.
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Mrs. McMillan
Rapid City
Convict Budde Seen in Elk Point Before Theft Charge
Notorious convict Boyd Budde, recently escaped from the Sioux Falls penitentiary, is linked to depredations around Elk Point. A bay horse and a road cart were stolen August 26, with Budde spotted in Elk Point two days prior.
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Sioux Falls
George Rust
Jud Shattuck
Budde
Penitentiary
Centerville
Prominent New Jersey Senator and Justice Smyth Deaths Noted
State Senator William M. Johnson of Hackensack aged 45, former acting New Jersey governor, now secretary of the Republican national committee, succeeds Perry Heath as first assistant Postmaster General. The death of New York Supreme Court Justice Frederick Smyth is noted, with a career as Recorder and a reputation for strict sentences in public-order crimes.
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