Explosion at Scranton flour mills injures four
In Scranton Pennsylvania on August 27 a bullet explosion at Robins & Spencer's flour and reed mills severely injured four people and caused a fierce fire that destroyed the mill and the Armour & Co plant next door. Estimated losses reach $80,000 with some insurance. Proprietor Carlos W Robbins was badly hurt and buried under debris. Firemen freed him as others suffered cuts burns and fractures. Several nearby meat plants caught fire but were saved by firefighters.
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Robins & Spencer
Armour & Co
Carlos W. Robbins
Chep
Stevens
Jilia Zeigler
Samuel Semmelila
Mul
Armonur
Yicimity
Bryan Answers Taft in Nebraska Critique of Reform and Stand
Lincoln Neb Aug 27 William J Bryan replies to Tafts Columbus speech arguing Taft straddles key reform issues he criticizes for evasive positions on railroad trusts inheritance and income taxes and opposes genuine tariff reform Bryan says Taft fails to take decisive ground on arbitration suffrage and government ownership.
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Lincoln
Neb
Willam J. Bryan
Taft
Columbus
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Flo
Friends of the Tariff
Attendant Dies After Acid Attack at Batley Sanitarium
Lincoln Aug 27 An insane female patient threw carbolic acid into the face of Jay Gallogly, an attendant at Batley sanitarium. He was handcuffed for frenzy but freed himself, obtained acid from a medicine chest, and delivered it to the patient’s room. He died after immense suffering from exposure to acid. The victim believed relatives were under threat.
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Lincoln
Neh
Jay Gallogly
Batley Sanitarium
Patrance
Firemen Inhaled Poisonous Smoke At Warehouse Fire
Five firefighters were hospitalized in serious condition after inhaling toxic smoke from a blaze at Hagan & Co warehouse. Analine salts used for dye making were stored inside, fueling fierce flames. Firefighters repeatedly had to retreat as smoke overwhelmed them. The firemen fought the blaze for about an hour before it was controlled.
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New York
Hagan & Co
Cat Attack Leads to Fatal Struggle in Syracuse
In Syracuse on August 27 Edward Fiverett confronted a strange cat near his home. The animal sprang, sank its teeth into the back of his left leg, and could not be released until it was choked to death. Everett’s wound was cauterized and the cat showed no signs of rabies. Authorities suspect the cat protected a nearby litter and feared danger to its kittens.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Edward Fiverett
Everett
Motoring to the South Pole Expedition Leaves England
A British expedition led by Lieutenant Shackleton departs London aboard the Endurance for King Edward VII Land. Twelve men will winter there for two years while preparing for a dash to the south pole in 1908 and return anticipated January 1909. Shackleton plans to use motor sledges on the eastern route and a specially built vehicle to speed the later journey.
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Antarctic
Iid Shlackleton
Ared Fier
London
Edward VII
Land
South Pole
Shackleton
Endurance
Rupert England
Unfrocked Priest Held for Double Murder in Pittsburg
Ludwig Szczygiel, an unfrocked Chicago priest, is held for the grand jury on charges of shooting and killing Stephen and Andrew Starzynski, hotel keepers in Pittsburg. Francesco Sprow, alleged housekeeper, is held as a state witness and accessory after the fact amid robbery motive claims. Six witnesses testified. authorities say $157 was taken from the saloon register and $156 was found on Szczygiel at the police station.
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Pittsburg
Ludwig Szczygiel
Chicago
Stephen
Andrew Starzynski
Francesco Sprow
Starzynski
Szczygiel
Tried to Mob Railroad Men in Oul City Pa
A work train with 40 foreign laborers collided with a Pennsylvania railroad freight train in the yards. Seven foreigners were slightly injured as they mobbed the engineer and fireman, climbing into the cab before being beaten back by the fireman’s coal pike. The section foreman finally quieted the scene.
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Oul City
Pa Ang
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pacific Mail steamer Acapulco sinks at dock
San Francisco August 27 The Pacific Mail Steamship Company steamer Acapulco turned turtle and sank at the company docks. All passengers and crew escaped safely. The cargo of general merchandise is believed to be nearly a total loss as the hull lies about 15 feet underwater while the vessel was preparing to sail for Panama and taking on coal.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Acapulco
Panama
Fire damages schooner Jans Palmer at Massachusetts Wharf
Fire aboard the Boston schooner Jans Palmer caused extensive damage to the after deck area and inland coal on board at East Boston. Captain Bowen reported the blaze started from the coal company's wharf alongside the vessel with damages estimated at $200,000.
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Boston
Jans Palmer
Bowen
Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company
Marital Milestone Among Century-Old Couple in Nashville
In Nashville on August 27 a vast crowd gathered in a tent at Tate Smings to witness the wedding of John P. Brunden, age 101, to Miss Rose McGuire, described as a longtime sweetheart who has just marked her 169th anniversary. The tent sits on the former site of Brunden and his sweetheart's secret meetings dating back to the era of John Adams.
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Nashville
Tate Smings
John P. Brunden
Rose McGuire
Brunden
John Quincey Adams
Steamer Hits Tug Sinks Towboat Gerry Five Die
Five men perish when the British steamer Barnstable collides with the Stand ard Dredging tug Gerry off Sparrow's Point in the Patapsco. Twenty five aboard Gerry. six survivors reach the Barnstable or other craft. Missing include W A Boyd T Z Bicbert Charles Cherry J B Johnson and Charles White. Captain Davidson claims fault disputed with signals misread.
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Barnstable
Gerry
Sparrow's Point
Baltimore
Standard Dredging Company
Wilmington
Del
Patapsco River
Sparrow’s Point
W. A Boyd
T. Z. Bicbert
Brooklyn
Cook
Charles Cherry
J. B Johnson
Charles White
Davidson
Barnstabie
Reading Workers Strike Over alleged discrimination and reinstatement
About 300 Reading Hardware Company workers quit in sympathy after alleged discriminatory actions blocked reinstatement of several men. Among the injured, 13 were said to be active in a strike, with most workers returning. remaining employees had been refused work in sympathy. A separate train wreck near Red Hot, nine miles south of Collettsville, caused injuries. a broken rail derailed the entire train except the tender and engine. A special train carried the injured to Washington. In Alabama, after three years, William Pearson was pardoned for loot and guarding a prison escape by knocking down a guard and stealing a $2 pie. he later became wealthy in Palestine, Texas.
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Unnai
Collettesvilly
trawey @t
Washington
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Wiliam Pearson
Alabama Penitentiary
Pearson
Palestine
Tex
Southern Railway
Red HH
White man lynched after shootout with sheriff in Nebraska
Augustus Higgins murdered farmer W. L. Copple and wife near Roselle Nebraska on May 12. He was captured in Douglas County and held in Omaha before being moved to Bancroft where about twenty men seized him and hanged him from a tree. Sheriff Young warned residents he would shoot anyone attempting lynching.
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Omaha
Neb
Lord Higgins
W. L. Copple
Roselle
Bancroft
Young
Thurston County
Douglas County
Higgins
Copple
Ralizious
Popcorn field hatching eggs in Indian Territory
In Indian Territory census work notes James Miller grows select popcorn and reports corn kernels popping into fluffy flakes under intense sun. Miller reportedly eats popcorn cob by the sunlit patch while a store window displays an ear. He also hatches chickens from crates of fresh eggs as part of the odd scene. In Chester Pa a 21 month old, Joseph Cavaghan, drowns in a Clifton Heights well after disappearing from his parents garden search.
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Indian Territory
Washington
Hert Mfomeen
Agricultural Division
Census Office
James Miller
Chester Pa
Joseph Cavaghan
Clifton Heights
Michael Cavaghan
Messenger Boys Strike For Pie In Pittsburg
Western Union telegraph messenger boys in Pittsburg struck over the absence of pie in their dinner menu. Forty walked out as Superintendent Saylor argued pie was not good for boys. This is the fourth strike by Messengers since the telegraphers went out, and Saylor’s speech left the men unmoved.
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Pittsburg
Western Union Telegraph
Saylor
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