Iowa Shocking Accident at Texas Crossing Kills Family of Seven
A Big Four passenger train collision near Woodward Avenue crossing at the state fairgrounds end of a Sunday drive killed Mrs Reinhard and four children instantly. Edward and William died en route to a hospital, while Clarence and another child survived with injuries. The buggy horse was destroyed, and the Remmberd family from Columbus Ohio faced devastating losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhand
Arthur
Karl
Edward
William
Clarence
Texas Governor reports massive destitution after flood
Gov. Sayers estimates at least 45,000 people, mainly African American, depend on public charity as flood damage devastates homes and crops. Life loss under fifty. Big plantation owners suffer heavy losses, while state aid totals about 80,000 dollars plus carloads of groceries from cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guv. Sayers
Texas
Sayers
Threatened Lynching Incites Pittsburg Suburb Stir
In Brent Grenwood near Pittsburg a crowd threatened to lynch Daniel Scott after a mill camp craps game turned violent. Scott fired at Patrick Marto grazing his shoulder, fled, was captured on the Glenwood bridge, and later beaten by the crowd before police intervened. Scott claimed his pistol held blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Brent Grenwood
Nesta
Daniel Scott
Scott
Hays Station
Sente
Patrick Marto
Toam
Marto
Glenwood Bridge
WHAT RAINY SEASON MEANS Troops in Luzon Begin Finding It Out
Manila July 1 82 rain has fallen for three days flooding the country along the American South and Bay lines. Soldiers suffer great discomfort at Pasay where water surrounds the Thirteenth Infantry Regiment and men sleep with feet of water under punk beds. Cooks stand knee deep in water while preparing meals as roads and fields flood. Winds topple tents at the second rescue hospital and Manila Bay becomes in navigable with ships leaving the harbor. Py River and other streams swell and city streets flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzon
Manila
Bay
Thirteenth Infantry
Pasayn
Pasay
Manila Bay
Witter
Lamentable mob lynching report disrupts Alia Kansas
Fragmentary county note describes a lynching of a Black man near Alia Kansas by a mob of white men. The victim was forced to a telegraph pole then shot and disabled, later recovered consciousness at the county jail. The report is incomplete and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Alia
Kan
Iseroin Itrshal
Cumnol TV
Dominion steel and Iron Co to recover Dominion Coal Co
The newly formed Dominion steel and Iron Co of Montreal will recover the Dominion Coal Co and guarantee a pay of at least a percentage on the Dominion Coal Co stock amounting to 15 million dollars in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Steel and Iron Co
Montreal
Dominion Coal Co
Fatal Engine Explosion at Tip Top W Virginia
Norfolk and Western Clinch Valley division engine exploded at Tip Top killing engineer J D McColgan fireman W Albert and brakeman Oscar J Owens in an early disaster report with fatal casualties and railway context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinch Valley
Norfolk and Western
Tip Top
W. Va
J.D. McColgan
W. Albert
Oscar J. Owens
Fire and Explosions Claim Navy Captain's Wife in Home Disaster
A blaze and gas fumes from gasoline used to clean carpets caused a deadly explosion at the residence of Captain Dickins of the United States Navy. Mrs Dickins, an author known for Around the World in a Man of War, died in the flames. The plumber and his helper suffered serious injuries, while others in the house escaped with moderate wounds. The blast shattered the third story front and a stairwell, with debris raining down on occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickins
Rejesce
Tel States Navy
Rex Howse
Acquittal in Gen Luna slayers case at Cabanu tan
Trial ends with acquittals for the men who killed Gen Luna amid claims of self defense. Testimony alleged a Luna plot to seize power and a conspiracy among officers to depose Aguinaldo. Luna’s death reportedly bolsters Aguinaldo, with loyalists remaining true to his leadership. Also noted is crowding relief for Baler garrison survivors and Martin denying Morenas’ death by flag of truce.
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Luna
Cabanatuan Isl
Luzon
Aguinaldo
Maich
Manila
Baler
Lieut
Martin
Capt
Morenas
Tornado Hits Union Township Wisconsin No Loss of Life
A tornado moved over Union five miles north of Manawa Wisconsin causing a six mile long furrow from fifteen to forty rods wide. It wrecked farmhouses barns outbuildings and miles of fencing with conservative losses between 350000 and 75000 dollars. No city or village lay in its path and there was no loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Manawa
Wis
Fatal accidents and notable events in brief
A collision on the Akron Bedford and Cleveland electric line near Akron, Ohio killed Roward Emerson and fatally injured Clarence Smith and Earl T. Martin, with others seriously hurt due to a confusion of orders. Pugilist Kim Jeffries arrived in San Francisco to fanfare. A Chicago woman, Mrs Frank Lansman, and her four year old daughter Hazel died saving the child from an Illinois Central suburban train. The New England Cotton Yarn Company filed incorporation papers in Trenton. The New York Central, Pennsylvania, and other systems planned a major railroad pact engineered by WK Vanderbilt. George Julian is a candidate. Hon George A Fulian died in Lexington Kentucky after a stroke.
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Ohio
Akron
Bedford
Cleveland
Roward Emerson
Clarence Smith
Earl T. Martin
Mrs. Clarkson
Geo. Paul
Ambrose Spurgeon
Benj. Fedline
Frank Lansman
Hazel
Chicago
Langman
New Cotton Yarn Trust
New England Cotton Yarn Company
Trenton
New York Central
Pennsylvania
WK. Vanderbilt
Mie
Timber Storm Ravages Timber Region Near Kendalia Wis
A severe wind and hailstorm struck the Kendalia area causing widespread destruction to timber stands and damaged large tracts of woodland. The storm's impact extends to nearby counties, with reports of extensive timber loss and infrastructure damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendalia
Wis
Death of Bishop Newman and his scholarly church service
Bishop Newman, a renowned churchman and former Senate chaplain, died at age 73 after a life of mission work and biblical scholarship. He founded two colleges and a church journal in the Holy Land era and served as spiritual adviser to Gen. Grant during the general’s final illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hop Joby P. Newman
United States Senate
Washington
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church
Newnan
Ash
Palestine
Shureh
Gen. Grant
Alger Orders Enlistment Of Ten Regiments Of Infantry
The Secretary of War issued an order on Thursday to recruit ten regiments of infantry. They will be numbered Twenty-Sixth to Thirty-Fifth and drawn from broad districts across the country. Recruitment zones span New England, Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest, and Western states, including Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Dakota, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.
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Alger
Secretary of War
Twenth
New England
Connecticut
New York
Latimée
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Tventy
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Saz
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Wis
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Takota
Fornia
Oregon
Nevada
Washineon
Idaho
Atasks
WHEELER CAN FIGHT Receives Orders to Report at Manila
Reports indicate Gen. Joe Waesler was ordered to Manila for service in the Philippines while Gen. Otis takes charge there. Senator McLaurin discussed plans to allocate officers for new regiments from each state, aiming for one captain and one lieutenant per state irrespective of politics. Robert Bonner, publisher of the New York Ledger and notable horse owner, died in New York after months of illness. A Pittsburg Junction engine fatally struck a party of colored visitors in Spepky Park, killing one and wounding five women. The Mammoth Mine at Wallace, Idaho, began operations with twenty-five men, the first since the sharped law closed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines
Joe Waesler
Gen
Otis
McLaurin
South Carolina
Washington
Wuld
Robert Bonner
Robert Boner
The
New York Ledger
New York
Mr. Bonner
Pittsburg Junction
Spepky Park
Pittsburg
Mammoth
Wallace
Idaho
Market quotations high and low by city across commodities
Chicago cattle ranges from 3.00 to 6.00 with hogs 3.00 to 34. Hogs and oats and corn prices listed. Indianapolis notes cattle 3.50 to 4.50 and wheat No 2 red. St Louis shows cattle 3.50 to 6.00 and hogs 3.00 to 4.00. New York cites cattle 3.25 to 6.00, sheep 3.00 to 3.25, oats No 2 white, butter, eggs prices. Western markets list ranges for cattle sheep lambs and grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dndianapolis
St. Louis
New York
Salix Man Killed in Long Feud Tragedy Near Home
In Salix the long running feud ends fatally after Joby Camerer is shot by neighbor Albert Johnson in defense of his home. Camerer had fired at the Johnson family earlier. Johnson shot Camerer, deputies restrained Camerer, and a coroner’s jury exonerated the younger Johnson. The shooting follows years of quarrel and a recent tornado damage to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daration
Salix
Paeal
Joby Camerer
Albert Johnson
Johnson
Jon Cameérer
Chris Johnson
Camerer
Cameérer
Young Johnson
Enromers
College for Lemars selects site for Midwest college
A special education committee representing the Des Moines Northwestern and Platte River Conference of the United Evangelical church has unanimously chosen LeMars Iowa as the site for a new Midwest college. The report notes the council’s stance on taxing foreign corporations using city streets and alleys. It cites franchise issues in Iowa Falls with Cedar Valley Telephone and Iowa Falls Telephone Company seeking annual rentals of 50 dollars, reflecting municipal revenue aims from companies without local taxes.
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Institution of
Evangelical Church
Des Moines, Northwestern and Platte River
Iowa, Falls
Dax
New York
City Council
Iowa Falls
Cedar Valley Telephone Company
Waterloo
Jawa Telephone Company
Standard Oi
Kyte
United States Indusitri Comission
Standard Oi Company
Des Moines
Oval
Frank Unghee
Council
Standard Company
Murdered His Sweetheart Des Moines Man Kills Then Ends His Life
Des Moines man William Ludwick shot his sweetheart Lerisa Whitesides who refused to marry him and then killed himself on the Fourth. Whitesides, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitesides of Rockwell City, had spurned Ludwick after years apart. Ludwick had earlier been convicted of hog theft and sentenced to the State Penitentiary, released June 25, then returned to Des Moines, murdering Miss Whitesides and ending his own life.
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Des Moines
Hills
William Ludwick
Lerisa Whitesides
Ludwick
O'Brien County Land Case Grants InnoPurchasers Title
Judge Shiras in Dubuque holds that title to disputed O'Brien County lands rests with innocent purchasers. The Sioux City and Pacific Railroad received the grant tied to building into Minnesota, but failed to extend, leading to forfeiture findings. Supreme Court upheld the decision. lands re-opened, settlers moved in, and long litigation followed. The decree now affirms original purchasers' right to occupy and keep the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiras
dIndze Shi
Dubuque
O’brien
Sioux
United States Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Tragedy Follows Brother Shooting
In Cedar Rapids Stephen L. Dows Jr dies on alcoholism after shooting his brother William G. Bows a former colonel of the Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteers. The assault occurred two days earlier as Col. Dows tried to disarm him. The incident shocks a prominent Iowa family and the city. A separate note reports Prof. W A Ward a Sioux City aeronaut injured in a Lake View Fourth of July fall from a trapeze attached to a balloon. his parachute saved him from instant death though injuries may be serious. A third item describes a fire at Mrs Foster’s farm near Ames destroying two rooms and furniture with incendiary origins suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen L. Dows, Jr
Willian G. Bows
Forty-ninth
Iowa Volunteers
Cedar Rapids
S. L. Dows
Col. Dows
Towa
W. A. Ward
Sioux City
Lake View
Boy Kenny Bunce Dies in Stud Yard Boiler Explosion
Word reached Sheldon on the sixth that Kenny Bunce, about 20, was killed at Stud Yard, Michigan, when a boiler exploded in the prick yard run by his father J. D. Bunce and Scott Harrington. Bunce served with a Minnesota volunteer engineer corps during the war and was with his regiment at Havana.
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Sheldon
Kenny Bunce
Studyard
Mich
Prick Yard
J.D. Bunce
Scott Harrington
Etull
Minnesota Volunteer Engineer Corps
Havana
Creamery Fire At Cottagerove Near Nora Springs
A blaze destroyed the Cottagerove Creamery near Nora Springs with most machinery and furnishings saved. Insurance coverage was only 2,000 and the fire’s origin remains unknown though sparks from the engine are suspected as the likely cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottagerove
Nora Springs
Ji Lhe Rugf
Disrespect to the Dead Disturbs Altoona
Altoona residents are outraged by the burial of Grandinn Curr wife of W. Cory. No funeral services were held at home or grave and kin say the body was interred without notice to nearest friends. Local authorities urged respect for the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
W. Cory
Iowa State Ticket Nominates State Leaders at Des Moines
The ticket from United Christin Parts of Iowa met in Des Moines and nominated candidates for Governor G L Dleacock of Brighton, for Judge of Supreme Court M Henrick of Dubuque, and for Superintendent of Public Instruction W C Pidgeon of Winona.
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Iowa
United Christin Parts
Des Moines
G. LD. Dleacock
Brighton
Supeeime
U M. ‘Henrick
Dubugque
Oc. Pidgeon
Yickland
Hand Badly Injured Worker in Fourth of July Mishap
E O Neely of Chicago employed by the Kansas City Baking Powler Company suffered a severe hand injury in a Fourth of Aly accident at Korn Dodge. A curtain firecracker exploded near his hand, mangling and lacerating it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.O. Neely
Chicago
Kansas City Baking Powler Company
Korn Dodge
Life Term for Lovanong Suspect in Mason City Case
Means life in prison after Bone, who proclaimed James Alison from Mason City, was sentenced by Judge Sherwin to sixty years at hard labor for the February Mason City crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bone
James Alison
Lovanong
Tinos
Mason City
Tiutge Sherwin
Halor
Tragic Shots End Marstallttown Marriage Pact
Jealous Tyuhenian James Royka shot his young wife at midnight then killed himself. The couple, married last Fall, could not be saved. Nearby, 18 year old Peter Glass fell under a portable stone crusher near Cedar Rapids, suffering fatal injuries as the wheels passed over him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hie
James Royka
Marstallttown
Peter Glass
Cedar Rapids
Brazos River Flood Devastates Texas Negroes Face Starvation
News from central and southern Texas details catastrophic Brazos and Gale floods. Up to 500 deaths feared among mainly enslaved communities. 20 counties submerged, cotton losses 8 million dollars, property damage and livestock losses reach 7 million. Gov. Sayers seeks federal aid. rail traffic suspended. destitution widespread from Brookshire to Calvert and Brookshire area.
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Brazos
Galetado
Texas
Averfiow
Aighers
Burlesen County
Tobe
Waller County
Sayers
West Bend
Miscellaneous Society Snapshots From An Unnamed Era
A garbled survey of prominent figures and curiosities from press lore includes Gen Wheeler of Alabama entering West Point from New York, Queen Victoria’s reading, Lord Salisbury’s travels, and John M Ward. It mentions Roswell Searé at North Las, Jonas Brooks, Ambax ambassador voices, a former college man out for years, G L Watson’s inventions, Mrs Li Huns Chang’s wardrobe and Pope Pius IX’s former property, Sarth Bernhardt near bankruptcy, Sir Edwin Arnold’s writing mood, Dr S Weir Mitchell’s poetic start, and Lord Rothschild’s Times habit plus a note on Beaconsfeld’s Young Duke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Wheeler
Alabama
West Point
New York
Etmerson
Queen Victoria
Lord Salisbury
John M. Ward
Roswell Searé
Ben Postmagier
North Las
Jonas Brooks
MePhers
Sepen
Ambaxeadorhoate
G. L. Watson
Li Huns Chang
Qian
George Gould
Augustus J. C
Pius IX
Sarth Rernhardt
Edwin Arnold
S. Weir Mitchell
Lord Rothschild
London Times
Beaconsfeld
Duke
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Wisconsin
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San Francisco
Kim Jeffries
Jedries
George Julian
George A. Fulian
Lteinglou
Tad
James McAfee
Carshinge
Ellen Brower
Poplar
Dawson
Robert Kerr
St. Michaels
Australia
Moana
Sydney
N.S. W
Bishop Newman
Wheeler
College For
T.H. Dunnigan
Armes
Dunnigan
J. E. Campbell
Ames
Dannigan
Pleasantville
Peter Graham
Kingsley
Graham
Nunberer
Fies
Iowna College
Stain Agricultural College
Hennessy
Jouurney
Iennessy
Dalque
Ryan
Philadelphia
Ireland
Sennessy
Teddy
Roosevelt
Town Teachers’ Association
O'Brien
Nila
Lester
Howe
Brazos Valley
Brazee
Brookshire
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Houston
Brazos Bottom
Fort Worth
Calvert and Brookshire
Calvert
Brazost
War Department
Teras
Pene Paso
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