Tragic Reading Rail Crash Kills Many at Exeter
Reading Pa May 13 A fast express from Reading to Pottsville collided with a coal train halted at Exeter. The wreck crushed two day coaches and a Pullman, leaving at least twenty eight dead and many injured. The crash prompted aid from Norristown and Reading Hospital staff with numerous identified victims listed.
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Pottstown
Exeter
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Tallman
Pallman
Ker
Norrintown
Company F
Pennsylvania National Grant
Norristown
Reading Hospital
Pottaville
F. D. Shaner
G.W. Schall
T. Street
Annie McG
Ashland
EH. Hundberg
Golf Mills
F. Sowers
G. H. Andere
Batty
Conshocken
H. Shelley
T. Lees
Bridgeport
L. Laverty
Hovelsburg
L. J. Custer
Pottetown
W. Cram
Holmes
Taylor
C.H. Hartman
John John Mount Carmel
Lewis Fisher
Willian Staller
Norrietown
Daniel Yoder
Pottwtown
Wan
Keen
MH. Coulson
Train Wreck Toll at Exeter Exceeds Twenty Five Killed
General Superintendent Swigart of the Reading Railroad reports twenty five dead and fifty injured from the Exeter wreck. The collision followed a drawbar failure on a coal train entering Birddaboro sidetrack delaying the express. The rear of the second section damaged multiple cars and the engine. Other items note a Bowmanville bank robbery, Iowa soldiers riot, and floods in Germany.
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Philadelphia
A. J. Swigart
Reading Railroad
Exeter
Swigart
Birdaboro
Expres
Reading
Harrisburg
Whisky Trust in U S Industrial Commission Probe
Illinois distiller Charles C Clarke testifies on the whisky trust and the 75 percent control claim. He details methods to absorb independent distilleries via valuation, cash, and stock deals, and notes leases forcing him to survive or rebuild.
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Washington
Whisky Trust
Industrial Commission Today
Charles C. Clarke
Peoria
Ill
United States
American Spirite Manufacturing Company
Standard Distilling and Distributing Company
Standard Company
Clarke Eaid
Clarke
Dynamite the White Man Speech Sparks Outcry in Cleveland
Rev. R. B. Rawson of Chicago’s Bethel African Methodist Church spoke on race in Cleveland. His talk titled The Black Man's Burden featured sensational remarks including urging Negroes to learn dynamite handling for defense. He blamed an Atlanta newspaper for the Sam Hose lynching.
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Silver State
Cleveland
Rawson
Bethel Africas Methodist Church
Chicago
Hure
Sam Hose
Atlanta
Crosby case yields manslaughter verdicts in Chicago
The May 13 verdict finds Mrs. Crosby guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Her fourteen year old son Thomas is acquitted of the deputy sheriff Nye slaying during a door breaking incident connected to an ejectment writ.
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Chicago
Crosby
Thomas
Nye
Young Crosby
Fatal wreck at Glenbrook north of Roseburg
A Southern Pacific freight train derailed near Glenbrook four miles south of Riddle Station. Engineer James McCaulley was killed and fireman James Merriman badly injured. A wrecking crew was dispatched and the injured and dead would be brought in this afternoon. Also a cable reports James H Mulligan sails to Apia to represent planters and business interests before the Joint High Commission in Auckland.
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Hilver State
Roseburg
Southern Pacific
Glenbrook
Riddle Station
James McCaulley
James Merriman
Lexington
Auckland
N. Z
James H. Mulligan
United States
Samoa
Apia
Joint High Commission of the
Power
Island
Pleasant Surprise for Mrs Staunton by Woman's Relief Corps
A Pleasant Surprise social by the Woman's Relief Corps gathered at Mrs J F Abel's then proceeded to Mrs M B Staunton's home to present a token of the office of president. Mrs Staunton was astonished as vocal and instrumental renditions followed by a sumptuous repast.
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M. B. Staunten
Woman's Relief Corps
J. F. Abel
M. B. Staunton
Staunton
Air to Run Street Cars in Chicago Experiment
The Silwar States Leased Wire reports that on May 13 Chicago operated a compressed air streetcar for the first time. Officials called the trial highly successful and plan to continue the experiment, aiming to run night cable cars on the forth and west side lines by air if results remain favorable.
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Savannah
Iowa
Dows
West
Santiago DE Cuba
United States
McPherson
Guy W. Henry
Newport News
Chicago
Jree
North Chicago Street Railroad Company
Forth
West Side
Hot Springs
McKinley
Gage
Cortelyou
Natural Bridge
West Virginia
Dyer and Grannon to Return Home Amid Publicity Fallout
C F Dyer, son of M F Dyer, and Riley Grannon, backers of Ted Sloan, will return to the United States immediately. Homesickness and publicity ruin Grannon's business. Grannon reportedly lost £12000 at Newmarket on Thursday.
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London
C. F. Dyer
M. F. Dyer
Riley Grannon
Ted Sloan
United States
Grannan
Newmarket
Kruger Is Their Stay Meeting Planned at Bloemfontain
The Volks Band approves a meeting between President Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner on neutral grounds at Bloemfontain to discuss issues and likely ease political troubles in South Africa.
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Pretoria
Transvaal Republic
Volks Band
Kruger
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
South Africa
Bloemfontain
Illinois coal operators form $1,000,000 defense fund
The Illinois coal operators plan a defense fund of $1,000,000 to shield members from potential labor trouble, with about $600,000 already raised. A Silver State dispatch notes the move as labor tensions rise. Separately, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in New Orleans appoints a committee to seek uniform action on laws governing state legislative boards.
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Chicago
Illinois Coal
New Orleans
Convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Foreigners warned to leave insurgent territory within 48 hours
Dispatch from Manila reports Aguinaldo orders all foreigners to depart insurgent lands within forty eight hours. The note claims to pressure foreign governments by denying rights to noncombatants. Details mention captives, rail disruption, and military moves near San Fernando as American forces push lines and logistics through Luzon amid ongoing conflict.
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Father McKinnon
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MacArthur
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Bacolor
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Reyes
Gregorio Delphi
Sewell
Ove
Oral Otle
Dewey
New York
Suez Canal
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J. E. Cate
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al Coney
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Chicago Credit System
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Tod Sloan
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Smith
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Buffilo
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