Tragedy Near Slatington as Omnibus Crash Kills Many
At Slatington Pennsylvania near 5 pm Sunday a passenger train collided with an omnibus returning from a funeral, killing fourteen or more and seriously injuring others. The dead include Bil Rematey and Ell Rematey of Walnutport among several relatives. many victims were from Walnutport and Slatington. The accident occurred three miles from the city, the omnibus driver named Peters. Joint medical and relief efforts follow the crash.
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Pas
Lehigh & New England Rail
Bil Rematey
Stra
James Mincich
Walnutport
Stephen Reinhard
Buran Chone
Alfred Khorig
Hubert Bethert
David Kern
James Kern
Peters
Cherryville
Henry Hittner
Rasers
Behoeffer
United States Responds to Li Hung Chang Plea on Hostilities
Washington reports that Secretary Adee delivered the U S reply to the imperial edict naming Li Hung Chang to negotiate a cessation of hostilities. The reply reiterates prior demands for minister protection, free communication, and restored order, and states no negotiations until China meets these terms. The article notes continued Chinese resistance and Allied troop movements toward Peking.
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Li Hung Chan
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Li Hung Chang
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Sanday
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Trains Jump In Turbulent Morning Fatalities
A passenger train near Austin Alabama saw Turner and his wife and baby leap from a moving car. Turner died, wife and infant believed fatally injured. The accident followed the couple reportedly jumping as the engine neared the station.
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Tenn
Aunistin
Ala
W. T. Turner
Bady
Southern Railway
Wiles An Howe
Turner
Wisconsin Republicans Nominate Ticket by Acclamation
At the Wisconsin Republican state convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday Robert M Lafollette was named governor with Matiton as lieutenant governor and William H Froehlich as secretary of state. The ticket includes J C Davidson for state treasurer Emmett K Hicks for attorney general Lorenzo D Harvey for state superintendent and Graham L Tuce as railroad commissioner Emil Giljohann as insurance commissioner. The platform endorses the Philadelphia platform and McKinley administration, supports a tax commission and anti monopoly laws, calls for better highways, and favors direct Australian ballot elections with primaries for all offices on a single day. George George KE Bryant of Madison was named chairman of the new state central committee.
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Soldiers Grove
Emmett K. Hicks
Oshkosh
Lorenzo D. Harvey
Milwaurailroad
Graham L. Tuce
West Superior
Willam McKinley
Cone
Geo. George Ke, Bryant
Madison
War
Central Entraittee
TWO ROBBERS KILLED IN NEW MEXICO RAID
Aug 12 Goodland New Mexico two men who held up a local train last Sunday morning were killed Friday by a sheriff at the Bartholomew ranch three miles east of Goodland. Deputies J Urigge and George Cullins stopped a pursuit after a blaze and exchange of fire. The two robbers were not identified and the ranch house was destroyed by fire.
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W. J. Fay
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Bartholomew Ranch
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George Cullins
Wate
Tayenge
Boer Plot Aims to Capture Lord Roberts and Shoot Officers
Reports from Pretoria and London detail a conspiracy involving townspeople to capture Lord Roberts and kill British officers. The plot was discovered August 9, with arrests of ringleaders in jail. Generals De Wet and others are active as Boer forces operate near Pretoria and L. Roberts' position remains contested.
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National League standings and King Humbert funeral notes
The item mixes baseball standings for the National League with a funeral report for King Humbert and a royal procession in Rome. It also covers a Des Moines murder suicide and a Tallahassee execution in a brief, newspaper-brief format.
Whooping Cough Claims Parents’ Children In Danville Tale
Aire E Duttod of Danville recalls whooping cough cases affecting two children. A stall house of Poley’s Honey not Tar provided a kettle cure that saved her doctor’s bill, though the wording is garbled. The piece mentions Sharrar and Mulhol land in passing.
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E Duttod
Danville
Poley
Sharrar & Mulholland
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