Awful London Express Disaster Kills Many Americans
An American Moe express carrying 43 passengers from New York to London derailed near Salisbury at 1:57 yesterday, plunging into wreckage and killing 23 aboard. Dozens were injured including several from New York, Toronto, Chicago and Dayton. names of the dead and injured are listed, with bravest efforts described as guards and staff helped to brake the cars.
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Salisbury
England
Londonn Southwestern Railway
Moe
New York
Plymouth
London
Nemes
Théss
Caba
Walter Barwick
Toronto
Ont
Louis Dessier
Trambull
Conn
Frederick Henry Conald
C. W. Blobicke
Chicago
Dudley P. Harding
L. N. Hitchcock
Maury
F. Howieson
Als
5. L. King
Frank W. Koch
Allentown
John E. McDonald
F. McMeekin
O. A. Pipon
H.W. Sentell
Blanche Af. Beutel
Gertrude M. Sentell
Walter W. Smith
Eleanor Smith
Gerard Smith
Dayton
Lilligs Hurd Waite
Delayed voyage saves lives in transatlantic liner disaster
A late decision to stay aboard saved numerous passengers on the American liner Plymouth leaving New York for Britain. The 11:20 express to London collided at Salisbury after a derailment sequence, destroying a milk train guard’s van and overturning engines. Driver Robins perished in the wreck, his body found near the firebox hours later.
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Ian
Southampton
Plymouth
New York
England
Atlantic
London
Wich
Devonport Landing
Salisbury
Cntre
Fisherton Street
Ward
Robins
Terrible and Fatal Fall At Roanoke Coal Mine
Four men were killed in a 400 foot fall at the Roanoke Coal and Mining company shaft in Roanoke Illinois. Victims named are Andrew Mitchell August Meuser Joseph Genasme and Camille Fxucon. The collapse occurred while workers sat on a scaffold seventy feet below the surface. Mine Inspector Taylor investigates with no assigned responsibility yet.
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Peoria
Hias
Roanoke Coal and Mining Company
Roanoke
Andrew Mitchell
August Meuser
Joseph Genasme
Camille Fxucon
Taylor
Worst Than Savages at Bedford Wedding Night
Bedford Ind July 2 Following the marriage Clyde Quackenbeab and Miss Grace Culhan a half dozen men burst in and abducted the bridegroom Rough housing ensued Mia Culban the brides mother wrestled with the intruders and her arm was badly bruised A rope was placed around the groom s neck and he was dragged outside breaking a large jardiniere The groom s father was shocked and suffered hours of nervous prostration.
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Bedford
Ind
Clyde Quackenbeab
Grace Culhan
Selret
Chavivarl
Mia
Culban
Breskeing
Mr. Calhan
CAPTAIN HANK HAF DEAD IN ISLIP
Captain Hank Hef the veteran yacht master is dead after a long illness following his wife's death. He steered the Volunteer and Defender in the America's Cup races and commanded the White Ant when it sailed overseas. He was 69 years old.
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Islip
L. L
Hank Hef
Haff
Tales of Cities and People in a Fragmented Census
A collage of city notes and curiosities lists Mexico city population 344,721 and Bowdoinham Maine as unique for its five rivers. It cites Philadelphia lodging houses, licensing laws, and a forecast of urban growth. Mentions Ben nog Ayres and a wildcat seed with life, plus Mississippi Missouri as the world’s longest navigable stream and historical tattoo customs in Britain and France.
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Mexico
Bowdoinham
New England
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Missouri
Senate and House adjourn after working day in 59th Congress
The Fifty-Ninth Congress adjourned as the Senate complimented Fairbanks and the House finished the Omnathus public building bill after long recesses. Speaker Cannon addressed the House, praising members and noting thirty years of valuable legislation. The day closed with song and cheering as the session ended.
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Omnathus
Washington
Cannon
House
J. E. Purdy
Boston
Joseph G. Caieron
Congress
Joe
Senate Concludes With Thanks For Courtesy On Session
The transcript recalls praise for courtesy from both sides of the chamber. The chair lauded the session as reflecting the best traditions of the senate and urged members to resume duties in December after improving health.
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Senate
Charley W. Yathanks
Ex-US Senator Burton Averts Pardon Request
Topeka Kansas Tyr 2 Bank P. Warrener, attorney for ex senator Burton, denies any effort to secure a presidential pardon. The statement says Burton and counsel have not sought clemency, and they will not petition the president. The case remains before the Supreme Court on a rehearing application, with Burton maintaining innocence and honoring the court’s mandate. The signed statement is by B. P. Waggener and W. P. Hackney.
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Topeka
Tyr
Bank
P.warrener
United States
7. R. Burton
Burton
Uaited States Supreme Court
Washington Dispatch
Roosevelt
Filso
Kansas
Brorther
Supreme Court
Parton
B. P. Waggener
W. P. Hackney
Sweet Singers Fill House In Washington Session
Washington July 2 The animost iea and political differences of the present session of congress were forgotten as the house joined in songs. Notables from Indiana Minnesota North Carolina and Pennslyvania led the chorus while the chamber rang with melody during delays in conference reports. A new element was a whistler from Missouri whose trills echoed vaudeville.
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Washington
Congress
Watson
Indiana
Tawney
Minnesota
Campbell
Kanske
Webb
North Caroline
Olmeted
Fulkerson
Adjournment of the Senate Extends Unanimous Tribute
The Senate adjourned the fifty ninth congress after a long day of recesses and delays as the House set the final adjournment time. A unanimous resolution thanked Vice President Seldon for dignified fair presiding, read aloud by Nelson and Blackburn, and adopted with gratitude. The vice president thanked the body and pledged grateful remembrance of the gesture.
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Seldon
Senate
House
Congress
Hhis
Nelson
Blackburn
Kentucky
Siie
Italians in Brooklyn Assault Sparks Fatal Woundings
Four Italian tradesmen clashed on Van Brust and Union streets in Brooklyn over market prices. A four handed pistol fight left Gulesippe Genardio mortally wounded with chest injury, while three others and a bystander were injured amid a crowd panic. Mutiny among Turkish soldiers reported in Yemen province as forces clash with heavy losses on both sides. Concession to Polish church noted with Archbishop Weber to oversee Potich Catholic church in America. Millionaire’s son in Minneapolis fined five days in the workhouse for speeding. same penalty for his chauffeur.
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Iuly
Brooklyn
van Brust and
Union Streets
Hodeids
Turkish Arabia
Yemen
Feist Pasha
Amran
Ripos
Wis
Father Krauszka
Weber
Poland
America
Kranscka
Minneapolis
Harry Queal
J. H. Queal
miHonaire
White-Dunham Shop owner to visit United States
BrocktonMass boot and shoe manufacturers plan an American visit after noting failed liabilities. In New Concord a post office safe was blown open with $200 cash and $500 in stamps stolen. A storm struck Rome and the Clarendon hotel at Holland Patent burned. Prisoners Robert Tait and John Bolinko rescued after 22 hours in a mine at Mauch Chunk. Manuel Garcia noted as 101yearold singer inventor of the laryngoscope died in London. McTaughlin of Columbog decorated by France with the Legion of Honor.
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White-Dunham
Brockton
Mass
Delcasse
United States
New Concord
Rome
Clarendon
Holland
Mauch Gchink
Robert Tait
John Bolinko
Manuel Garcia
London
McTaughlin
Columbog
Mysterious trial in Battle Creek man accused of attempting murder
In Marshall Michigan on July 2 1806 the trial of A Settles of Battle Creek for the attempted murder of his wife Mrs Soules opened in circuit court before Judge North. Soules denies the charge claiming Mrs Soules shot herself and then implicated him. The case drew a large crowd as Mrs Soules testified and her family stood by.
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Marshall
Mich
A. Settles
Battle Creek
Dee
North
Soules
Frank A. Kulp
Sonlex
Sonles
Submarine bell test boosts sea safety in fog and darkness
Report on submarine signaling byElisha Gray and Arthur Mundy showing a bell and telephone system that lets steamers hear warning bells through fog or darkness. Demonstration off Sandy Hook reveals bell tones and water‑transmitted sound guiding vessels, with receivers in wheelhouses and torpedo-like transmitters.
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Jules Verne
Elisha Gray
Chicago
Artour J. Mundy
Submarine Signal Company
New York Times
Sandy, Hook
Sandy
Sandy Hook
Milo
Cote
Allence
Signal Company
Prancesca
Turner
Steamabie Iyernla
Sandy Hook Ughtahip
Dynamite for sourcipe Man Ends His Life in Icelandic Style
A 66 year old man named Ebert o1éun of Roubaix used five sticks of giant powder on his chest and lit a fuse twenty feet long after driving his family from the home. He waited for the blast and died. his body was reported horribly mangled. In Illinois, Herman Parry resigned as president of the United Mine Workers district executive committee. W J Smith became president and John H Walker was named vice president and executive board member. Parry had taken a superintendent job in St Clair county for a local mine company.
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Deadwood
Ebert O1- Éun
Roubaix
Alex
I Son
Ilinois
W. Springfeld
United Ming Workers
Herman Peny
W. J. Smith
Coal City
John H. Walker
Westfeld
Walker
Parry
St. Clair County
1St Lomis
Resterined From Buying Cigar Court Injunction In Goshen
In Goshen Indiana Judge Dodge grants a permanent injunction restraining William Barney Samuel Stewart and R Barney as officers of the American Mutual Life from disposing of any property. The ruling implies they cannot even purchase cigars or tobacco without risk of contempt. Also notes Mrs Annie Hasselman claims abduction case progress and Thomas Lawson remains with wife at summer home Dreamwold, Scituate.
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Goshen
Ind
Thomas W. Lawson
Scituate
Mass
Bry
Thomas SV
Lawson
Cler
Dreamwolé
Child Drowns In Barrel At Jackson Home
Irwin Lyons aged 18 months son of Dorr Lyons of 212 Williams Street drowned in a swill barrel while visiting J Berry’s near Vandercrooks Lake in Jackson. The mother found the child head first in the barrel after a five minute absence on an errand. A doctor was called but life was extinct. the child was severely burned just days old.
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Jackson
Mich
Irwin Lyons
Dorr Lyons
Williams Street
Lyons Famiy
J . Berry's
Vandercrooks' Lake
Congress adjourns sine die ending first Fifty ninth session
At 10 p m Saturday both houses of congress adjourned sine die, concluding the first session of the Fifty ninth congress. The final day focused on completing unfinished legislation and reaching an agreement on the pork barrel bill.
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Senate
House
Washington
Houses
Congress
Ming Hayden Christened in Detroit Launch
A Great Lakes Engineering Company yard launch in Detroit celebrates the christening of the Ming Hayden, a freight er built for the Cleveland Cutts Iron Company. Miss Agnes Hayden of Ishpeming, Michigan, christened the steamer during the ceremony.
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Ming Hayden
Christener
Detroit
Ishpeming
Ecorse
Great Lakes Engineering Company
Cleveland Cutts Iron Company
Agnes Hayden
Ishpeming, Mich
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Richardson
Hank Hayf
Kan
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