Disaster at Deadman's Curve Causes Dozen Deaths on Missouri Fast Mail
The Missouri Pacific fast mail from St Louis crashed into an excursion train near Deadman's Curve three miles from Lee's Summit. Three men were killed and 30 to 40 injured. most hurt aboard the excursion train, many in a converted baggage car turned refreshment car. The wreck was blamed on the fast mail crew failing to stop after flag signals. the fast mail was traveling about fifteen miles per hour at impact, sending debris down an embankment and stranding passengers as responders triaged the wounded.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Fast Mail
St. Louis
Bee's Summit
Naneas City
Sedalia
Lee’s Summit
Ideas of Peace and Amity Across the Atlantic
London papers reflect on recent events as expanding international peace notions. Editorials praise the American squadron visit king's Roosevelt message and a royal speech at the Honorable Artillery Company review, calling it a new era of friendly ties.
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London
Roosevelt
Honorable Artillery Company
Daily Telegraph
Race troubles subside in Evansville after week of unrest
Evansville Indiana reports a quiet Sunday as residents return amid a week of excitement. Negroes who left town are returning, church attendance declines, and by midweek Baptistown business is expected to resume. Police plan no extra guards, and Lee Brown is not believed to require continued protection on return for trial.
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Evansville
Ind
Baptistown
Lee Brown
Plague Probe Expanded to Calcutta and Bombay Posts
Washington navy reports plan to station expert bacteriologists in Calcutta and Bombay due to continuing plague in India. Past Assistant Surgeon F. K. Sprague designated for Calcutta and Acting Surgeon Home to Bombay port assignment.
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Washington, D. C
India
Wymen
Marine Hospital Service
Calcutta
Bombay
F. K. Sprague
One Famous Race Horse Dies
Lexington report confirms Fonso, the former race horse and sire, died at 24 at c. F. Meekins Oakwood study. Known as Kentucky Derby winner of 1880 defeating Luke Blackburn, Fonso sired Rudolph First Mate Ellen Appomattox Forerunner Gonsalez Lord Hussey and Loudown among others with earnings totaling substantial sums.
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Lexington
Fonso
C. F. Meekins Oakwood Stud
King Alfonso
Itto
Weatherbit
Luke Blackburn
Rudolph
Ellen
Appomattox
Forerunner
Gonsalez
Lord Hussey
Loudown
Denver Officials Cleared as Contempt Probes Dismissed
The state supreme court dismissed contempt proceedings against Denver Mayor R. R. Wright Jr. and city council members over a street railway franchise ordinance issued despite an injunction. Another ruling upholds the Denver fire and police board’s ability to hold over under home rule. A challenge to the recent general appropriation bill was remanded to the court of errors and appeals.
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Denver
Celo
State Supreme Court
R. R. Wright,Jr
City Council of
Mullens
Denver Fire and Police Board
Court of Errors and Appeals
Bail allowed for Deweys in Kansas case
The Kansas Supreme Court permitted Chauncey Dewey Mc Bride and Clyde Wilson of St Fran cis ranch to post a 15000 bond and gain release from jail. Sheriff McCullough of Cheyenne county must approve the bond. Chauncey Dewey said the bond is arranged and they expect to be free Monday. He refused to name others on the bond, noting he resides in Illinois. Attorney Hessin will deliver the bond to Cheyenne county.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
Chauncey Dewey McBride
Clyde Wilson
St. Francis
McCullough
Cheyenne County
Chauncey Dewey
Ilinois
Hessin
Major McLaughlin to Open Rosebud Lands for Settlement
Washington letters say Indian inspector Major McLaughlin will be ordered from North Dakota to the Rosebud agency to begin negotiations with the Rosebud Sioux for cession of lands in Gregory county. Locals expect the vast tracts to be opened for settlement soon, forecasting a Moonesteel boom.
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S. D
Washington
Major McLaughlin
North Dakota
Rosebud
Rosebud Sioux
Gregory County
Moonesteel
Roosevelt and Root Confer at Sagamore Hill
Secretary Root visits President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to discuss departmental matters requiring the president’s attention. The talks are expected to cover the army contracts inquiry the Alaska boundary dispute and issues connected to the Philippines.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Root
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Philippines
Editors Elect Officers of National Editorial Association
Omaha report says the National Editorial association adjourned after selecting officers for the coming year. P. V. Collins of the Northwestern Agriculturist won the presidency over Frank R. Gilson of the Palladium. Collins succeeds Garry A. Willard as president.
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Omaha
National Editorial Association
P. V. Collins
Northwestern Agriculturist
Minneapolis
Frank R. Gilson
The
Palladium
Benton Harbor
Mich
Association
Collins
Garry A. Willard
Booneville
N. Y
Boundary Commissioners Named to Trace Nebraska South Dakota Line
Lincoln Neb Governor Mickey appoints C Lawnson Oakland Dr F O Robinson Hartington and EB Lundberg Wayne as boundary commissioners to determine the state line between South Dakota and Nebraska. The Missouri River channel change helps drive the boundary dispute.
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Lincoln
Neb
Mickey
C. Lawnson
Oakland
F. O. Robinson
Hartington
EB. A. Lundberg
Wayne
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri River
Felten Fined for Forger of Czolgosz Alias in LA
Frank P. Felten of Cleveland who forged the name used by Joseph Czolgosz brother of the assassin was fined 250 dollars in the United States district court in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Frank P. Felten
Cleveland
Joseph Czolgosz
United States District Court
English Golfers Coming to Tour United States
An Oxford-C Cambridge golf team tour to the United States is arranged with players Low Hunter Croome G B Ellis H C Ellis and Beveridge named for the trip.
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London
Oxford-Cambridge
United States
Messrs. Low
Hunter, Croome
G. B. Ellis
H. C. Ellis
Beveridge
Four Die of Tetanus in Philadelphia
Tetanus caused four deaths in Philadelphia on Friday. Victims include two 12 year olds, Frank Layfield and John Monroe, injured during the Fourth of July celebration. A 10 year old, James Joshstone, died from a pistol wound that developed lockjaw, and Joseph Knitter died after his hand was crushed in a paper mill with jockjaw ensuing before amputation.
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Philadelphia
tTetanus
Frank Layfield
John Monroe
James Joshstone
Joseph Knitter
William Rhea Hanged For Snyder Saloonkeeper Murder
William Rhea, convicted of the January 4 1903 Snyder Neb murder of saloonkeeper Herman Zahn, was hanged at the Nebraska state penitentiary after a delay to allow legal appeals. He offered no statement on the scaffold and death followed a six foot drop.
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Lincoln
Neb
William Rhea
Herman Zahn
Snyder, Neb
Penitentiary
Rhea
Supreme Court
Williams
Stryker
B. Fairfield
James Delehanty
James Stewart
Niegenfind
Snyder
Zahn
Reunon Rhea
Withdraw Troops From Cuba Ordered by War Department
The secretary of war orders four coast artillery companies withdrawn from Cuba. The Eighteenth and Twenty first depart Cienfuegos for Fort Schuler New York and Fort Mott New Jersey, while the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth move to Fort McKinley Maine. Remaining units occupy Santiago and Tavana, with Bahia Honda and Guantanamo projects planned.
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Washington
Cuba
Coast Artillery
Cienfuegos
Havana
Fort Schuler
N. Y
Fort Mott
N. J
Fort McKinley
Santiago
Tavana
Bahia Honda
Guantanamo
Harvard Graduate Wakes After Five Years
C Endicott Allen of Long Branch New Jersey has slept for five years except brief intervals. Doctors say he is believed to be recovering from a hysteria like condition after awakening from a long trance.
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Long Branch
N. J
C. Endicott Allen
Harvard
Gibbons Summoned to Rome for Papal Election
Cardinal Gibbons, primate of American Catholic hierarchy, summoned by Cardinal Rampolla to Rome to participate in the election of Leo XIII's successor. He arrived in New York from Baltimore and will sail for Europe on the La Touraine Thursday. he may not go directly to Rome.
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Gibbons
Rome
New York
Iin
Cardinal Rampolla
Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic Hierarchy
America
Sacred College At
Leo XIII
Baltimore
Europe
la Touraine
Live stock market shows brisk cattle demand and falling hog prices
Cattle trading remains active with steady to strong beef steer prices from 4.85 to 5.15 for top grades and good demand for cornfed stock. Hogs move downward with heavy and mixed lots trading near 5.30 to 5.40, while sheep and lambs show varied grass stock quotations across multiple Grades.
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Catvyle
Kansas City Wholesale Livestock Market Report
Cattle steady to firm with export and dressed beef six to seven hundred dollars per head for steers. stockers and feeders range 360 to 465. Texas and Indian cattle 2.75 to 5.00 per cwt. cows and heifers mixed. Hogs open slightly lower then settled near 5.35 to 6.00. bulk 5.40 to 6.00. sows and workers 5.0 to 5.60. Sheep and lambs active and steady. native lambs 3.20 to 6.30. Western lambs 3.00 to 6.15. fed ewes 3.00 to 4.90. stockers 3.00 to 4.00.
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Texas
Cereal acreage and crop conditions report
Preliminary figures from the bureau of statistics show corn planted at about 89.8 million acres, down 4.2 million acres from last year. July 1 conditions: corn 79.4 percent, winter wheat 73.8, combined spring and winter wheat 80, and oats 84.3 percent, with comparisons to prior years and ten year averages.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Imminent War Rumors Reach Salonica
Despite official reassurances from Constantinople, residents in Salonica believe war between Bulgaria and Turkey is likely. Bulgarian bands are organized under Sofia officers and troops concentrate in the hills near Yenidje, though officials seek to avoid immediate clash.
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Salonica
Turkey
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Sofia
Yenidje
Fred Ames Sentenced to Six and a Half Years
In St Paul Minnesota the supreme court sustained the lower court verdict finding former Minneapolis Police Superintendent Fred Ames guilty of receiving money for protection He was immediately taken to Stillwater penitentiary to begin serving a six and one half year term.
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Fred Ames
ST. Paul
Minn
Supreme Court
Minneapolis
Ames
Stillwater
Beresford Hosts Roosevelt Toast at London Luncheon
At the Carlton Club the gathering of American officers included Admiral Cotton and Captain Lambton as Lord Charles Beresford read a Prince of Wales message regretting absent affiliation. King Edward spoke through the toast as a peace maker while Roosevelt honored for friendly ties with Britain.
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London
Carlton Club
Lord Charles Beresford
Prince of Wales
Charles Beresford
Cotton Andaom
Lambton
King Edward
Choate
Gorman
George Hamilton
Arthur Lee
M. P
Perry Belmont
George T. Wilson
New York
Hamilton McCormick
Chicago
Louis Hay
Michigan
Edward
France
Roosevelt
United States
Will Protect Indian Lands Regulations Issued
Commissioner Jones drafts rules to curb alienation and leasing of tribal allotments. Interior Department receives concerns of Creek Nation over land grabbing. Regulations await approval by Secretary Hitchcock, who is away from Washington. A certification board would value lands, aiming for independence from improper influence.
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Washington, D. C
Jones
Congress
Interior Department
Hitchcock
Pasadena duo start cross continent auto trip
E Hammond and L L Whitman of Pasadena begin from San Francisco city hall on an automobile trip across the continent. They plan to deliver a message from Mayor Schmidt to Mayor Low of New York in about sixty days.
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San Francisco
E. [. Hammond
L. L. Whitman
Pasadena
City Hall
Schmidt
Low
New York
Troops to Maneuver at West Point July 31
General Bates reports nine militia regiments from the middle states and thirty companies of regular troops will assemble at West Point Kentucky on July 31 for maneuvers and instruction.
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Washington
Bates
War Department
Middle States
West Point
Ken
Railroads Likely Extend Harvest Hand Rate
TOPEKA Kan The harvest hand rate of 1 cent a mile may be extended beyond the July 10 expiration. State Agent Gerow of the Free Employment bureau said a week's extension is likely. Cloud county applied for 200 men while other counties seek help once considered safe.
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Topeka
Kan
Gerow
Free Employment Bureau
Cloud County
The Old Adams Lurking in Us All
Uncle Hiram recalls a street brawl between two youths and a pushed bystander turning into a full street fight. He notes the crowd, the lads’ delight, and the lesson that temper can flare in anyone, urging constant vigilance against the old Adams lurking in us all.
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Uncle Hiram
Adam
Hiram
Adams
Mysterious Tree Fires On the Cam Banks
Scientific curiosity notes trees along the River Cam near Cambridge burning spontaneously in several instances. Hale and green willows burst into flame from within, leaving charred remains despite high water content and no external ignition source. The piece questions how such combustion occurs and ponders themes of waiting and wisdom.
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Cam
Cambridge
England
Labor Situation Sized Up
District Attorney Jerome recalls a tramp who visited a Lakeville kitchen last Sunday morning. The wanderer feasted while lamenting hard times and claiming workers face strikes if in a union and are barred from work if not. The anecdote, cited from the New York Times, highlights labor tension.
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Jerome
Lakeville
Mr. Jerome
New York Times
Bubonic Death Toll in India Rises Amid Plague
The report shows 331000 bubonic plague deaths in India in the first three months of the year. Over the past six years the pest caused mortality totals of 56000 in 1897, 118000 in 1898, 125000 in 1899, 93000 in 1900, 274000 in 1901, and 577000 in 1902.
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India
Ransom Talk Sparks Candid Baby Jest
Dialogue centers on fears of kidnapping with Ella warning to be careful with the baby and George questioning the risk. The quip suggests a high ransom would be required to persuade anyone to hold the infant, reflecting a humorous exchange.
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George
Ella
Woodman, Spare That Tree Debate Sparks Column Trim
Editor urges a shorter version of the forest preservation phrase while the assistant editor argues it is too long. The exchange ends with a quip about chopping the sentence down. The vignette captures a newsroom humor moment about editorial limits.
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