Wreck Injures Dozens As Fast Train Jumps Track
In Indianapolis area a Big Four train from Chicago to Cincinnati derailed near Zionsville at 2 20 Sunday afternoon. Seventeen miles northwest of Indianapolis rescue crews treated two dozen injured. six seriously. Cause traced to a dropped brake component. List includes Mrs George Gould Mrs H B Creel Mrs Eva Hooker and Mrs Mary Hizy among the injured.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Zionsville
George Gould
Lexington
H. B. Creel
Eva Hooker
Mary Hizy
Louisville
J. ©. Long
Park Avenue
Six Die As Wabash Train Plunges Into Missouri River
Wabash passenger train No. 4 left Kansas City and plunged into the Missouri River thirty miles east. Six killed and three perhaps fatally injured. Names include Charles Flowers and Louis Bond. Water undermined roadbed after flood, causing the collapse under the engine and cars.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Here
Charles Flowers
Louis Bond
Moberly
Harry Eckert
St. Louis
Daniel
HE. L. King
Eldon
Charles Anthony
Jesse Oldham
Frank Gardner
Mt. Vernon
S. S. Hackett
Irene Borton
Orrick
Des Moines
Spaniards Press Reinforcements Awaited at Melilla
Madrid reports on July 26 that a bombardment around Melilla targeted Moorish forces gathering in the Rift. The gunboat Martin Alonzo Pinzon aided the bombardment and pursued two steamers suspected of carrying contraband arms. General Marina, with 8,000 troops, awaits reinforcements to 40,000 before any offensive.
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Madrid
Melilla
Martin Alonzo Pinzon
Rift
Marina
President Taylor’s Daughter Dies in Winchester
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge, daughter of President Zachary Taylor and former White House mistress, died at Winchester Virginia Sunday evening after a brief illness at age eighty six. Mohammed Al the ex shah remains at the Russian legation in Teheran as delays in locating the crown jewels hinder his departure.
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President Taylor
Winchester
Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge
Zachary Taylor
White House
Teheran
Mohammed al
Charbon Affects Humans as Louisiana Cattle Plague Spreads
Lake Charles July 26. Charbon or anthrax, long known to cattle, now sickens eight people in Cameron parish Leesburg with no deaths yet. The disease, caused by a germ entering through skin, spreads through infected animals. U S government bureau experts aid local vets urging cremation of infected stock and vaccination of others. In Cameron parish one fourth of the cattle have died.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Leesburg
Cameron Parish
Egypt
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Shooting Follows Streetcar Strike Argument in Evansville
In Evansville Indiana Herbert Kappler age nineteen was fatally shot on a streetcar at Secong and Vine Streets after an argument over a streetcar strike. Conductor Thomas M Swope is held for attempted murder denied firing the shot. Firemen arrested Swope after witnesses described a taunt fight before two shots.
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Evansville
Ind
Herbert Kappler
Secong
Vine Streets
Thomas M. Swope
Swope
Kappler
No. 2
Frank Cecil
James Hayes
Swope Confesses in Indiana Mob-Flight Case
Princeton Indiana July 26 Thomas Swope streetcar conductor who shot Herbert Kappler a union iron molder of Evansville was brought here en route to the Jeffersonville reformatory to escape mob violence. He said Kappler and James Miller insulted him as a scab then attacked him. he fired when he saw a gun. Miller ran off as Fox aided. Swope later went to Jeffersonville.
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Princeton
Ind
Thomas Swope
Herbert Kappler
Evansville
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Kappler
James Miller
Swope
Miller
Fox
Jeffersonville
Tulsa editor shot in printing shop may die
Mark Bassitte editor of the Tulsa Daily News and former publisher was found with a pistol beside him in the A. F. Black Printing shop. He was shot through the brain and taken to a hospital. Opinion divides on whether the shooting was murder attempt or self-inflicted.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mark Bassitte
Tulsa Daily News
Mattoon
Kankakee
Yates Press Bureau
Repubiican
Illinois
A. F. Black Printing Company
Bassitte
Passenger Packet Tacoma Sinks After Obstruction Hit
Gallipolis Ohio July 26 The passenger packet Tacoma en route from Charleston West Virginia to Cincinnati struck an obstruction in the Ohio River and sank. Passengers were rescued before the boat went down.
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Gallipolis
Tacoma
Charleston
W. Va
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Mysterious Texas Tragedy Claims Elks Club Steward
Beaumont Texas July 26 Patrick J Lynch thirty nine year old steward of the local Elks club was murdered about midnight Saturday night. The body was found Sunday morning at 7 by the porter. Several arrests have been made.
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Texas
Beaumont
Tex
Patrick J. Lynch
Elks Club
Fighting Over Leather Duties Delays Tariff Conference
Washington July 26 The leather and hides dispute knots the tariff conference as Senate and House members clash over free hides and leather goods duties. Conferees fear voting outcomes while leaders warn of possible rules to curb reports. Deals on coal oil lumber gloves and hosiery loom as unsettled issues edge toward final action.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
House
Congress
Aldrich
Taft Keeps Tariff Talk Alive Amid Conference Efforts
Washington July 26 Sunday brought no halt to President Taft's tariff activities with full-day talks with House and Senate leaders. He hopes twenty-four hours will clear the conference tangle and the conferees' report may reach the House tomorrow. Taft stands firm on free hides as a test of downward revision principles.
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Washington
Taft
House
Senate
Sudden death prevented suicide of John P. Rodel
Philadelphia July 26 John P. Rodel aged sixty seven attempted suicide by tying a rope to a wall spike and mounting a barrel but died of heart disease. his body was found with the rope loosely hanging.
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Philadelphia
John P. Rodel
Police Inspector Indicted in West Side Graft Case
Chicago July 26 Edward McCanh police inspector Fourth district headquarters at Desplaines street station indicted by Cook county grand jury on charges of grafting from resorts in the west side levees.
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Chicago
Edward McCanh
Fourth District
Desplaines Street
Cook( County
Grand Jury
West Side
Glimpse of Persia's Shah and the 1908 constitution clash
Mohammed Ali, Persia's shah since 1907, allied with Russia and England for support. He faced a parliament demanding cabinet control, survived two assassination attempts in 1908, and ordered bombardment of the parliament after it defied him, leading to dispersal of the assembly and withdrawal of the constitution.
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Mohammed Ali
Persia
Teheran
Shah
Muzaffar-ed-Din
Mohammed
Liahkoff
Russia
England
Auto in Sahara Desert First Trip Sparks Curiosity
Edward E. Ayer of the Field Museum Chicago and Mrs. Ayer complete the first car journey in the Sahara from Paris to Algiers. They travel to Biskra then 150 miles toward the desert heart, aided by matting to cross soft sand and meeting a delighted Arab chief who rides beside the car. Sewell Ford reports a 1500 mile auto tour with no tire or engine trouble, four weeks on the road via Boston Portland and the White Mountains returning by Boston Springfield Hartford New Haven.
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Sahara Desert
Edward E. Ayer
Field Museum
Chicago
Ayer
Paris
Algiers
Africa
Oasis
Biskra
Sewell Ford
Hackensack
N. J
White Mountains
Boston
Springfield
Hartford
New Haven
Native Wood Exhibit Shipped to Seattle Fair
A portion of Pacific county native wood display travels to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle. The item highlights include a fir library table by Mr. Schenk of South Bend offered at 150 dollars, plus a 15 foot spruce plant, a 15 foot fir plank, and two smaller tables, all of superb condition.
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Pacific County
Wash
Seattle
Schenk
South Bend
Indiana State Board of Agriculture Runs 56th State Fair
The Indiana State Board of Agriculture manages the fifty sixth State Fair set for the week of Sept 6. The fair grounds are held in trust for Indiana’s people and cannot be sold or mortgaged without legislative consent. Board members come from the farming and livestock breeding communities and are elected at the January state house meeting. The 16 district structure selects a president and other officers, with department superintendents serving during the fair. Members are paid only expenses, with secretary and treasurer as salaried officers, and profits are reinvested to improve the grounds and patron experience.
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Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Indiana
State Board of Agriculture
State House
Joseph A. Wright
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