Wreck on Erie line caused by landslide near Lackawaxen
A landslide east of Lackawaxen derailed the westbound Chicago Express on the Erie. Fire and wreckage blocked tracks. fire consumed cars. Engineer Outwater and Fireman Sells perished. many passengers injured, none fatally. Relief train and doctors dispatched. bodies found burned near engine hours later.
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Point Jervis
Erie Road
Lackawexen
Buffalo
Gleveland
Chicago Express
Tras
Port ‘Jervis
Outwater
Sélis
Fever at Newport News Yellow Jack at Soldiers Home
Thirty cases of yellow fever reported at the National Soldiers Home in Hampton with three deaths. Newport News and Hampton impose quarantine. Old Point authorities bar entry of strangers. Quarantine officers confirm the outbreak and fear spread, as efforts to prevent transmission intensify among the large veteran population.
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National Soldiers
Newport News
Hampton
Soliers
Old “Point
Hoa- 30
Old Point
Protested His Innocence Children of Luetgert Proclaim It
Chicago mourners attended Adolph Luetgert's funeral at Joliet Penitentiary where his children gathered near a coral pillow bearing his claimed words of innocence. Lawrence Harmon urged Louisa Luetgert to clear the family name, while recalling the wife's disappearance and Luetgert's alleged quiet kindness.
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Luetgert
Chicago
Adolph L Luetgert
Joliet Penitentiary
Bief
Purser Hall
Lawrence Harmon
Louisa Luetgert
Chief Justice Chambers Leaves Samoa for San Francisco
Chief Justice W Chambers of Samoa arrives in San Francisco on four months leave to attend U S duties. He says his work in the United States is limited and may not return to Apia. He reports Samoa’s peace and discusses Mataafa and Malietoa ambitions and the tripartite treaty. The high commission would not guarantee enforcement of his decrees prompting his departure.
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Samoa
San Francisco
W Chambers
United States
Apia
Chambers
Mataafa
Malietoa
Tean
High Commission
Mystery No More Brant Murder Solved in St Louis
James OConnor 22 confessed his role in the Charles A Brant murder at Wagner Electric Company in St Louis two years ago. He said Edward Hellman and Harry Morris fired the fatal shots. Hellman and Morris are imprisoned in Jefferson City. OConnor was arrested in Cincinnati and brought to St Louis by Detective Sherlin.
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Charles A_ Brant
St. Louis
Brant
Edward Hellman
Harry Morris
O’connor
Cincinnati
Sherlin
St.Louis
Hellman
Morris
Jefferson City
60 000 May Quit Brickmakers Strike Threatens Walkout
An official from organized labor warns the Chicago brickmakers strike could trigger a citywide walkout of the building trades unions, 50 000 strong, halting operations in structures valued over 4 080 000. A Brickmakers Alliance committee with Building Trades Council directives has entered sites using non brick, directing workers to cease.
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Chicago
Building ‘Trades
Brickmaker’s Alliance
Building Trades Council
Four Negroes Swing in Baltimore Public Executions
Four African Americans Cornelius Gardner John Myers Charles James and Joseph Bryan were hanged in Baltimore Maryland on July 28 for crimes including criminal assault and murder. The first three attacked Annie Dailey while Bryan killed Mary Pack after a dispute over leaving her husband. The report notes her leaving, threats, and the fatal throat wound. The piece also mentions a Wilder Monument dedication at Chickamauga Park and a San Francisco report of a Guatemala scam claim by J J Noel and others who were misled on railway pay.
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Baltimore
Cornelius Gardner
John Myers
Charles James
Joseph Bryan
Annie Dailey
Bryan
Mary Pack
Death Hangs Over Him Private Givens Deserts in Manila
Private Benjamin Givens of Company H, United States Infantry, faced court martial for desertion in the face of the enemy. Sentenced items include his transfer to Manila, return voyage aboard the transport Ohio, and pending trial ordered by Manila commanders. He deserted after heavy drinking near block house No 7 north of Manila, amid marauding bands.
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Givens
Philippines
Lions
San Francisco
Ohio
Newport
Benjamin Givens
United States Infantry
Manila
Col
Freeman
Indiana
Presidio
Block House No. 7
Mamita
Wealthy Western Merchant Robbed In Chicago Panel Game
A wealthy Western merchant, allegedly using the alias George Edwards, was robbed of $7000 at a panel game in Nellie Miller's house on State Street Chicago. The victim, not far from Denver, arrived with $44,000 in currency, checks and drafts and planned eastern purchases.
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Chicago
George Edwards
Nellie Miller
State Street
Denver
Colo
Big River Disaster Reported on the Volga Collision
Berlin dispatch says a freight and passenger steamer collided on the Volga Thursday. The steamer sank with 155 people drowned. In Chattanooga, Matthew Stanford, a leading white farmer, shot Preston Carson and later killed two of Carson's children near Washington College. Stanford was captured.
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Foussia
Berlin
A.disputch
Nijini-Novgorod
Volga
Ghattanooga
Tenn
Matthew Stanford
Washington County
Preston Carson
Washington College
Carson
Stanford
To Discharge Japanese Seattle Wa
Great Northern Railroad plans to discharge all Japanese section hands within sixty days and replace them with white workers. Company cites incompetency but union pressure in Montana is suspected as a contributing factor. Californians Start Home Manila and Porto Rico census notes follow. Market prices listed for cattle, hogs, wheat, and other commodities across major cities.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Northern Railroad
Montana
Frazer mine clash over imported Negro miners
In Frazer Boone County strikers vow to bar Negro miners after Boone Mining and Railroad Co locked out workers for joining the union. Two carloads of Alabama Negro miners have been imported with two more on the ground, raising tensions as managers deny arming them while insisting no striker entry to mines.
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Boone Mining and Railroat Company
Frazer
Boone County
Hamilton Browne
Browne
Daring Rosbery as Highwaymen Loot Dyersville Depot
The Illinois Central operator at Dyersville was beaten and left unconscious by robbers who then blew open the depot safe. More than $475 was stolen, and the crew could not be identified. The incident is described as the most daring robbery on the line in a long time.
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Dyersville
Treoperator
Ilinois Central
Tornado Near Akron Demolishes Wagon Bridge and More
A July 28 tornado near Akron blew down the wagon bridge across the Sioux River and damaged several business fronts and barns. Seven cows tested positive for tuberculosis at Oakdale Dairy Fort Dodge, prompting calls for cattle milk inspections citywide. Charles Murray of Rockwell City, insane, fears enemies and electric execution. A man under a woman’s bed alarmed Buxton residents. arrested as William Lee. Nevada board buys site for library funded by R J Silliman heirs. Detective Welch identifies stone thrower Weimus linked to gravel train attack. Monona County Teachers Institute opens in Onawa with classes and exams August 1 and 12. Train incident in Reedsburg injures and amputates foot. Bloodhounds attract attention in Cowell Rings near Nink. Crops near Ashton show 20 bushel wheat, good quality.
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Big Sioux River
Aktion
Sioux River
Gibson
Oakdale
Fort Dodge
Senator Healy Renominated In Tentt District Convention
Deputy Sheriff Wilson Reed arrested Ray Crain and Clarence Lathroape at Pack Wood near Fairfield for kidnapping Pearl Greet from Martinsburg area. The senatorial district convention in Pomeroy renominated Senator D T Mealy of Farr Dodge. Healy is aligned with Cummins.
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Wilson Reed
Ray Crain
Clarence Lathroape
Pack- Wood
Fairfield
Pearl Greet
Martinsburg
Healy
Tentt
Webster
Calhoun
Pomeroy
D.T. Mealy
Farr
Dodge
Cummins
State to pay volunteers who stayed in camp at McKinley
Gov. Staw ordered pay for soldiers who remained at Camp McKinley before muster into volunteer service but did not join regiments. Many names labeled refusals or discharges, with one First Regiment lieutenant paid $4.16 daily for 38 days while in camp. Forty-one men of the old Fourth later Forty-ninth are listed, totaling $5,948. others will need about $3,600.
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Staw
Camp
Alckinley
Nebraska
Mr. Wheaon
Burt Wheaon
Ofiter
Hancock
Manila
Richard. Walph
Ttah
Nagasaki
Ashong
Nebraska Regiment
Hollingsworth
Wadsworth
Preside
Doom
Presica
Wey
Poynter
Mrade
Shafter
Convicts Rebel Over Tobacco Ration Cut at Penitentiaries
The State Board ordered reducing weekly tobacco rations at the Java and Anamosa Penitentiaries from four ounces to less, with butter added. Convicts resisted, leading to work stoppages, cell confinement, and clashes with guards. Warden Hunter disputes the policy though the Board does not withdraw the order and plans gradual tobacco reduction if not reinstituted.
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State Board
Java
Anamosa
Hunter
Weill
LeMars Youth in Trouble Linked to Mail Theft and More
The report cites Clark Emery of LeMars, once a Chicago post office clerk in the stamping department, charged with pilfering from U.S. mails. It notes his father Cal J. Emery, a prominent Ga. R. man, and mother Mrs. Emery referenced as a well known accompanist. The piece also covers inheritance tax opinions, a looming car famine for the Milwaukee Road, a Davenport bridge accident, a Carroll railroad death, a Sioux City Union Depot sale, a typhoid death aboard the Quincy, a mad dog scare in Independence, a captured Negro attack case, and the Christian Endeavor district election at Lake City with Rev. Warl L. Preston elected president.
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LeMars
Clark Emery
Chicago
Ford
Carroll
San Francisco
Cal
Fort Todge
Sioux City Union Depot
Sioux City Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company
Union Depot
Sioux City
Christian Endeavor Contention
Lake City
Warl L. Preston
Mayflower Congregational Chere
Sions City
Des Moines Fair Stock Inquiries Open for Stalls and Entries
Secretary Van Houten reports stock men seek stalls and accommodations at the Des Moines fair grounds. General entries close August 25 while stock entries end August 1 and speed entries close at the opening of the races. Gilcoin, pardoned by the Governor on Hamilton County petition, heads to Europe.
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Des Moines
van Houten
Gilcoin
Hamilton County
Europe
Untimely Hancock Arrival Disrupts Nebraska Utah Reception
The Hancock transport bringing Nebraska’s regiment and Utah artillery arrived after midnight off San Francisco. Quarantine and customs prevented closer approach, delaying a planned welcome. Officials and families waited as the ship’s passengers were later landed with medical aid.
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Nebraska
Sen Francisco
United States
Hancock
Nebraska Regiment
Utah Artillery
Utah
Gov. Poynter
Nebraska Beopis
Robert Ryan
C. O. Wheadon
Lincoln
House
H. B. Mulford
William Grazen
Sentinel
Almericad Hne
Manila
Det. Mulford
Tustohée
Philippings
Col
Mulford
San Francisco
Tip
Mulfora
Tam
Life of George Washington in fulk morocco shown
A speaker offers a rare volume titled Life of George Washington in fulk morocco, stating he cannot provide a copy of his own life but demonstrates the book to the listener.
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George Washington
Fulk
Morocco
Paris Home for Girl Students Offers Support in Paris
Paris hosts four British and American homes largely funded by private subscriptions and run by ladies who volunteer their services. Young women students and workers can access affordable accommodations with supervision and guidance to pursue art music or other pursuits in Paris.
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Paris
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