Fatal wreck on Eastern Illinois line near Hoopeston
Fireman James Frame of Chicago was killed and four trainmen injured when the northbound Chicago and Eastern Witness passenger train derailed at Hoopeston due to an open switch. Injured were Samuel Baldwin engineer, Dan Floyd engineer, Earl Wicks baggageman, and Joseph Donovan of Danville. Superintendent Rose Danville is investigating.
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Eastern Illinois Road
James Frame
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern
Hoopestow
Samuel Baldwin
Dlan Floyd
Earl Wicks
Joseph Donovan
Danville
Hoopeston
Rose Danville
Glenwood
Col. F. Montgomery
Denver
Colorado
Idaho Springs
Colo
John Lane
Still Alive With a Broken Neck
Qmer Stott a young farmer north of Elwood Indiana remains alive after a hay fork accident broke his fifth cervical vertebrae. Doctors use a leather head harness to lift his head and relieve spinal pressure while paralysis below the neck continues.
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Qmer Stott
Elwood
Ind
Stott
Train Collision in Sharpsville Kills Two Engineers
A passenger train at 40 mph on the Pennsylvania Railroad crashed head on with an engine at Sharpsville Pennsylvania. James Robinson of Mothering town died instantly and Charles McWilliams of Mahoningtown was fatally injured. Several others were hurt. The wreck was attributed to a possible memory lapse by the engine crew.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Sharpsville
James Robinson
Motheringtown
Paylaaer
Charles McWilliams
Mahoningtown
Freeman
Fire destroys barns in Brownstown Indiana
A destructive fire in Brownstown Indiana burned four Falk stock barns and a Strikers barn and blacksmith shop. The flames consumed contents. John Bock aged 67 was injured by an explosion while attempting to move dynamite from a Falk barn with an iron slug lodging near his shoulder.
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Brownstown
Ind
Frank Falk
Peter
Falk
John Bock
Attempted Wreck of Big Four Train near Prescott Ind
An effort to wreck a Big Four passenger train near Prescott Indiana was thwarted when Engineer Smith halted the rapidly moving train. He found a burning bridge ahead and the fire was put out. investigators report strong evidence of incendiarism as railway authorities probe the incident.
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Ain
Prescott
Ind
Smith
United States Probes British Warship Shipments
The United States plans a strong stance to protect neutral ships carrying American cargo. Washington formally inquired with Russia about the British steam Ardova interdicting Red Sea routes carrying U S government stores.
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United States
Russia
Ardova
Selmi
Red Sea
Bratal Automobile Collision Claims Two in Ohio
Arthur Nutt and Amelia Davis were fatally hurt in a crash four miles north of Sidney, Ohio after their car was struck by a truck on the electric line. Nutt, an Ann Arbor student home for a vacation, died instantly while Davis later died after reaching Sidney. Davis was a former student at Oxford, Ohio.
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Bratal
Ohio
Arthur Nutt
Amelia Davis
Swanders
Dney
Watt
Miss Davis
Sidney
Nutt
Ann Arbor
Afiss Davis
Oxford
Indicted Officers Tied to Slocum Disaster in New York
The federal Grand Jury in New York indicted Captain Van Schaick and inspectors Fleming Lundberg on charges related to the Gen Slocum disaster. The vessel commander Van Schaick faces fault in the incident where hundreds perished.
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van Schaick
Fleming
Lundberg
Theederal Grand Jury
New York
Fire destroys Portsmouth coal storage plant with heavy loss
A large coal handling and storage plant in Portsmouth New Hampshire burned, entailing an estimated loss of 125000. The fire started by spontaneous combustion. About 000 tons of coal were in the building, with 1,000 removed by a crew.
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Newy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Spontanas Combistion
Diana to Collect Fees From Insurance Firms
Auditor of State David E. Sherrick of Diana expects to collect about 125000 this month. The sum comes from three percent taxes on six hundred seventy five insurance companies operating in Indiana.
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Diana
David E. Sherrick Ofdiana
Local execution reported in Kentucky
A white man named Custer Gardner was hanged at Munfordville Kentucky for murder. The article notes the execution occurred in November amid militia readiness ordered by Governor Beokman and mentions Esquire 8 D. Osborn and his son David.
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Custer Gardner
Munfordville
Las
Esquire
D. Osborn Hig
David
Beld
Readiness Innisville
Beokman
Sculptor John Rogers Dies at New Moon Home
Sculptor John Rogers, designer of the famed Rogers groups, died this summer at his home in New Moon, Connecticut. The artist created a series of well known public statues and decorative works. He was widely respected for his contributions to American sculpture.
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Rogers
John Rogers
Newmaan
Conn
Various 1904 News Briefs from Across the Nation
A sprawling round of short items covers strikes in Pennsylvania coal fields, suicides, murders and legal cases in New York, Rhode Island, and Illinois. Fire destroys the Turkey Red Ore Works near Providence. Roosevelts nomination is formally notified at Oyster Bay. A crane of miscoded events recounts bank runs, railroad accidents, naval trials, and political unrest in Colorado and Mexico.
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Pennsylvania
Thomas W. Monroe
New York
Bred Mason
David Wilson
Amber
N. Y
Beliefont
Providence
R. I
Oyster Bay
L. L
Roosevelt
Jeremishh Smith
White House
General Grant
George F. Schultz
Buffalo
A. L. Vearee
Sunborn
North Tonuawanda
Eastern Press Company
Fred Mason
Sy.vise
Chicago Trade Report Tracks Dull Early Autumn Conditions
Special agents of the International Mercantile Agency note little change in trade with dull actual business, but fall and winter prospects improve in the South and Southwest. Flood losses trimmed to 30.6 million bushels of winter wheat. a reliable bulletin predicts 610 million total wheat yield and 145 million exportable surplus. Buyers refill orders, packing strikes affect prices, and demand shifts to better quality goods.
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International Mercantile Agency
Chicago
St. Louis
Roosevelt Nominated by Republicans at Sagamore Hill
Joseph G. Cannon delivers formal notification of the Republican nomination to President Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill near Oyster Bay. Roosevelt accepts in a veranda ceremony, pledging to uphold existing policies, the gold standard, protective tariffs, reciprocity, and the Isthmian canal project.
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Roosevelt
Manly
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
L. L
United States
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Cannon
Republican Party
Mclxinley
Multicontinental disasters and local tragedies reported
The wire service itemization lists numerous incidents from across the nation: a renr eled collision near Chicago injuring twenty. Mora fires destroying twelve businesses. a Minn. shooting suicide near New York Mills. a Bonesteel riot. a Port Huron theater fire. theater and company losses. bank receiver appointments. a San Francisco murder case set for August. a Peoria fall injuring an auditor. drownings in Montana and Minnesota. arson at a Nashwauk resort. a fortuity at a powder mill. union-baiting tensions in Terre Haute. a rabies scare in Astoria. a New Haven house fire killing two elderly residents. derailment near Kinser Kansas. a Kansas City express crew death. a proposed Kansas City to Texas rail line. a Chicago packinghouse strike. a new Cleveland theater site. and Olga Davis with a fatal shooting in Dunkinsville.
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Northwestern LL
Chicago
Mora
Minn
Hive
New York Mills
Bonesteel
Port Huron
Mich
Bennett Humpty Dumpty Company
Scenery Ndo Properties
J. W. Warr
Moline, 1, Building, Savings and Loan Association
Ember Mg Stockh
Henry Deters
Fairfield Sounts
Ohio
Lancaster Bank
Cordelia Bodzin
San Francisco
Ida Jfienrietta Deane
Dover
Del
Frank Wilkinson
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
Peoria
Thee
Belmont Midge
Butte
Mont
Nashwauk
Minnesota
Jente
Phoenix
Lutlnas
East St Louis
Belleville
Cartenders’ Union of
Terre Haute
QO. E. Hisaheim
Astoria
Ore
Minneapolis
Johu Harper
New Haven
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
St. Louis
Joplin
Texas
Muskogee
I. T
Teamsters
B. F. Reith
New York
Cleveland
Olga Davis
Dunkinsville
Regional Livestock and Grain Price Averages Across Markets
Market reports list cattle hogs and sheep prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York along with grains and dairy quotes. Prices cover No 2 wheat corn oats rye barley and butter eggs oats and clover seed with range figures per market.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Meat prices rise as Chicago markets tighten
Chicago meat prices soar with retail costs at a high level as supplies dwindle. Independent plants supply their customers but depots inside yards are stretched. Beef famine is anticipated despite more lamb and mutton shipments. Livestock receipts at Chicago yards show declines from two years ago.
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Chicago
Trust
Lightning Strikes Kill Two Baseball Players
Two men died when struck by lightning during a baseball game in Cumberland Maryland and McKeesport Pennsylvania. Victims were Joseph Barrett and Charles Jeffries with no additional survivor details given.
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Joseph Barrett
Cumberland
Charles Jeffries
Mc Keesport
William Henry Rattigan
Kansas and
Indian Territory
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Sari
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Erie
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Shepardstown
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George W. Carrall
Columbia University School of Mines
Marcus Dalry
Montana
James W. Gerard
J. P. Holland
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Mazatlan
Mexico
State Department
William T. Way
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Aguas Caliente
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