Ten Die In Santa Fe Wreck East of Emporia Kansas
A Santa Fe fast mail and the Mexico and California express collided three miles east of Emporia Kansas. Ten people were killed and many others injured as four locomotives and several cars were destroyed. W. J. Bryan’s passenger car escaped unharmed and aided in rescue efforts.
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Santa Fe
Emporia
Kan
Kilbal
Afexico
California Express
Krurts
Pat Bey Bey
Erin Asa Moe
Mexicao
Anise
Express Ind
Sager
John Sweeney
Frightful Gas Explosion Shakes Town and Wrecks Homes
A violent gas explosion devastates a town causing widespread destruction. Witnesses report staggering damage to buildings, shattered windows, and rattling homes as a violent blast erupts near the center. Rescue and investigation efforts begin as residents assess losses.
No More Fusion Declared by Colorado Democrats
The Democrats of Colorado in Denver resolved to end fusion with other parties. John A. Gordon of Las Animas was nominated for Supreme Court justice by a large vote. A Silver Republican announced Judge Hoyt would not accept the St Louis platform as it conflicted with local endorsements. The platform calls for free silver at 35 to 1 and predicts Bryan’s presidency in 1900.
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Colorado
Denver
John A. Gordon
Las Animas County
Supreme Court
Hoyt
Glenwood
St. Louis
Chicas
William J. Bryan
Prisons of Germany Cost Empire Over Five Million Yearly
The article states that Germany's prison system costs the empire more than 5 million dollars annually, highlighting the financial burden of incarceration within the empire's governance.
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Germany
Empire
The Hawaiian Question and Annexation Tensions Rise
Honolulu reports annexationists fear anti annexation efforts to sway Senators Morgan and Quay during their investigation tour. White of California and Thurston of Nebraska plan to visit Hawaii to oppose annexation and attend mass meetings led by Hawaiians.
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Honolulu
Morgan
Quay
White
California
Thurston
Nebraska
Congress
Hawaii
White Sa
Amelia
Bato
Red-Hot Aerolite Mystery Near York
Fragments describe a fiery meteor event with strange stones, glassy spherules, and possible impact near a named location. The text mentions drilling, gas, and phases of a meteorite, with scattered details about observers and dates.
Jealous husband shoots wife then kills himself
A man from Tusenia fatally shoots his wife at the dinner table after a jealous fit, then turns the revolver on himself, with the sister-in-law escaping unharmed as the incident ends in the courtyard.
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Poutsi Buller
Totedo
Ashwell
Ashre
Wilson
Tusenia
Spain's Brutal Warfare Reported From Havana
Reports received at Havana allege Spanish forces continue brutal warfare on the island. Hospitals filled with wounded are said to be scattered in various parts, inmates killed and buildings burned. Women children and the sick are described as victims.
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Havana
Halfia de Mn
Appalling Broad Ripple Disaster Claims Six Lives
A drug store explosion and subsequent fire at Broad Ripple near Indianapolis killed six men and injured about twenty others. The blast followed a chemical spill in James M Watts's drug store and a second explosion as rescuers and bystanders attempted to salvage goods. The dead include Jacob Darling Pious Gresh Charles Yountz Henry Earnest and John Porter.
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Jacob Darling
Pious E. Gresh
Charles Yountz
Henry Earnest
John Porter
Thomas Mitchell
Broad Ripple
Indianapolis
James M. Watts
Henry Giver
Bess
Stanford Lang
Isaac White
Joseph Ferguson
Alt
Jacob Daring
Pious Gresh
Gresh
Watts
James Watts
Emisiey Johnson
New Amgusta
Frank Watts
Gar & the
Fugar’s
Tyson Mitchener
Eastman
Johnson
Cery
Columbus Wright
F. Watts
J. C. Morganson
Wright
Pius Gresh
Pius
Gresh's Death After Fatal Explosion Reported
Rescuers parted with Gresh after a second deadly blast near the scene. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. as warnings and emergency measures followed the disaster, leaving Gresh to his fate.
Colorado Silver Republicans Name Hoyt for Supreme Court
The Colorado Silver Republicans met at Glenwood Springs and endorsed free coinage of silver, backing Teller and Shafroth and opposing fusion with the administration wing. Chief Justice Charles D. Hoyt was nominated by acclamation and, though allied with Denver’s administration, he pledged adherence to the Silver Republicans’ principles and support for Bryan.
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Florado
Glenwood Springs
Col
Henry M. Yener
Denver
Teller
Shafroth
Charles D. Hoyt
Hoyt
St. Louis
Bryan
Improved Conditions Washington Special
Col Brigham Assistant Secretary of Agriculture reports New England trip findings pleased with industrial changes. Farmers value higher product prices. other groups accept higher farmer costs as markets improve. He predicts national crop value will exceed last year by about half a billion dollars, boosting farming and countrywide conditions.
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Washington
Col. Brigham
New England
Brigham
Sedalia Investors Plan Mexican Gold Field Inspection
J W Corkins of Sedalia and Leo Cloud of Cincinnati, on behalf of a St. Louis and Cincinnati syndicate, will travel to Hermosillo and then to the Yaqui Indian country in Mexico to verify gold placer and quartz mines recently secured by concessions and mineral land grants. Reported riches exceed expectations with claims of free milling ore and high assay values.
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Sedalia
J. W. Corkins
Leo Cloud
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Mexico
Repubblic of Mexico
Messrs
Corkins
Cloud
Hermosi O
New
Eldorado
Yellow fever quarantine imposed on Ocean Springs
Mobile Alabama health officers report yellow fever in Ocean Springs on the Gulf of Mexico. The Mobile Board of Health declares a rigid quarantine and detains all arrivals from Ocean Springs at a station outside city limits.
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Mobile. Ala
Saunders
Ocean Springs
Miss
Bay of
Longstreet Weds Ellen Dortch in Georgia Executive Mansion
General James Longstreet and Miss Ellen Dortch exchanged vows at the Georgia executive mansion with Rev. Father Schade presiding. The ceremony united the veteran Confederate general and the young, piquant assistant state librarian, highlighting their age difference and notable social standing.
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James Longstreet
United States
Turkey
Railanta
Ellen Dortch
Georgia
Executive Mansion
Father Schadewell
Catholic Church
General Longstreet
Miss Dortch
Miners Held Key as Delegates Debate Settlement at Convention
Indiana and Pittsburg area delegates faced a split on accepting the Pittsburg operators settlement as the interstate miners' convention adjourned without a vote. The action would affect Illinois miners with ironclad contracts and varied state votes counted by 100 miners per vote, leaving Indiana pivotal.
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Columbus
Interstate Miners’ Convention
Ratchford
Knight of
Indiaa
Illinois
Pittsburg
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tde
State Fair Horses and Cattle Bets in Indianapolis Events
The State Board reports Patchen and Pointer will race in Indianapolis on September 11. Over fifty entries are in for the fair races, with many horsemen from Ohio and Illinois expected. The week’s speed program features multiple pace and trot events, plus a free for all, while the dairy exhibit includes a centrifugal churn and self sustaining butter sales. Governor's Day will showcase the Indianapolis Light Artillery in a repeat of the world championship bill program.
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Patchen and Pointer
Indianapolis
Kennedy
State Board of Avriculture
Mark and Murphy
M. S. Claypool
Speed Department
Claypool
Columbus
Illinois
Ohio
Invanapolis Light Artillery
President McKinley visits Ohio State Fair school day
President McKinley and party arrive in Columbus for the Ohio State Fair as tens of thousands of people greet them. He speaks to a crowd of schoolchildren, praising Ohio’s public schools and urging children to become informed, virtuous citizens.
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Columbus
Mclhinley
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
James Wilson
Airs
McKinley
Hanna
Alger
Myron Herrick
Webb C. Hayes
Board of Agriculture
Lucheon
Grant Cottage
Miller
State Board of Agriculture
Ohio
United States
America
Seattle business men defer Klondike venture until spring
A syndicate of Seattle businessmen sent an experienced en route to Skaguay and Dyea to assess the Klondike situation. They returned Monday and advised delaying any movement until spring, noting that fewer than 5 percent of miners in the passes can pass this season.
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Seattle
Klondike
Skaguay
Dyea
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Timothy Waseve
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