Trains Clash in Tennessee and Indiana Killing Three
A head on collision on the Queen & Crescent railroad near Chattanooga kills three trainmen and injuries multiple crew members. Separately near Mooresville Indiana two cars collide on a curve injuring over 30 people as a south bound interurban crashes into a north bound car amid failing telegraph orders.
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Queen and Crescent Road
Mooresville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Queen & Crescent
D. A. Phila
J. Walters
J. Rice
Somerset
T. S. Dike
Fitzgerald
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis and
Martinsville
Bethany Park
Frank Easterday
Christian Church
Lightning strikes yacht off Point Clear. three men dead
The pleasure yacht Floredera was struck by lightning Sunday afternoon off the Point Clear wharf on Mobile bay. Three men died: Ledyard Scott, a former Imperial university professor from Kogajima Japan. Bruce Granville Lincoln, a wealthy English visitor. and William Brewton, the yacht pilot. Scott's daughter and engineer Chas. Baldwin were badly burned but survived.
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Mobile
Ala
Point Clear
Mobile Bay
Ledyard Scott
Imperial University
Kogajima
Japan
Bruce Granville Lincoln
William Brewton
Explosion targets Northern Pacific bridge near Livingston
An attempted explosion damaged the Yellowstone river bridge east of Livingston on Sunday. The blast shattered windows in eastern Livingston and twisted the bridge out of alignment, with a large central pier hole cited as evidence of the failure despite inexperienced placement of the pews.
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Livingston
Mont
Yellowstone River
Feud Case Witness Dies During Jett-White Trial
Cynthiana Kentucky August Goodloe Combs, a witness in the Jett White murder case, died Saturday morning of morphine poisoning after attempting to sober up from a lengthy drunken spell. Several prosecution witnesses testified and the court adjourned to Monday to continue and rest its case.
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Cynthiana
Goodloe Combs
Train Victims in Reading Near Rickenbach Station
Reading Pa August 3 William Stamm 48 and J Alfred Richards 25 were struck by a train on the Philadelphia Reading railroad near Rickenbach station. Their bodies were found Sunday morning.
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Reading
Wm. Stamm
J. Alfred Richards
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Rickenbach Station
Destructive Cloudburst Hits Kansas Farmland
Salina dispatch reports a cloudburst Sunday flooded lowlands from near Lindsbor northwest of Ellsworth causing extensive damage across valleys and fields in northern Kansas.
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Kansas City
Salina
Kan
Lindsbor
Ellsworth
One Killed in a Street Car Wreck at Texarkana
Texarkana Ark August 3 A street car left its track on the Broad and Hazel street curve Sunday evening injuring several passengers One man died Sunday night as a result of the wreck other victims were treated for varying injuries at local hospitals
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Texarkana
Ark
Broad and
Hazel Streets
Escaped Folsom Convicts Elude Pursuit In California
Placerville reports the five Folsom escapees who fought guards at Grand Victory mines remain at large after a Saturday shootout. Two militia men Festus Rutherford and W C Jones were killed. Phillip Spinger was fatally shot by a picket. Al Gill wounded, expected to recover. A posse encountered two convicts near Lotus with no confirmed results. Glen Wedgewood aided pursuit and was wounded in the hand.
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Placerville
Cal
Folsom
Grand Victory Mines
Festus Rutherford
W. C. Jones
Jones
Philippines
First Tennessee
37Th
Volunteer United States Infantry
al Gill
Phillip Spinger
Lotus
Webber Creek
Glen Wedgewood
Wedgewood
Eluding Mob Wilford Roseboro Arrives in Charlotte Jail
Wilford Roseboro, charged with assaulting Mrs. D Beavers and murder in Iredell County, is in Charlotte jail after Sheriff Summers moved him from Mooresville. He was captured in Polk County then held in Asheville before transfer. A mob in Statesville sought lynching as news spread.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wilford Roseboro
D. Beavers
Iredell County
Summers
Roseboro
Polk County
Asheville
Statesville
Mooresville
Long
Rock Mount
Tragic double murder near Grange hall in Northboro
Frank Foss discovers two dead bodies in a yard near Grange hall on School street. Victims are F. P. Egan and Sadie Booth of Spencer. Booth aged 28 had throat cut, a razor found aside. Police theorize Booth was killed first and Foss suicide followed.
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Northboro
Mass
Frank Foss
Grange Hall
School Street
F. P. Egan
Sadie Booth
Spencer
Mrs Parker Loses 80000 In Jewelry At Honolulu Event
Honolulu reports Mrs Samuel Parker robbed of jewelry valued at eighty thousand dollars after a Saturday night reception for a hotel opening. Thieves later raided her home taking many gems from display. She is Col Samuel Parker’s wife and former J K Campbell widow with substantial estate ties.
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Honolulu
Pacific Cable
Samuel Parker
Parker
Col
Hawaii
J. K. Campbell
Col. Parker
Prince David
Clay will leaves White Hall lands to United States in trust
Gen Cassius M. Clay’s March 28 1901 will, in his handwriting, bequeaths 360 acres of White Hall lands and coal mines to form a park in trust for mankind with funds to cover legacies. Dora Brock named as executor. estate subject to federal oversight and possible future sale to fund the reserve. A conflicting May 12 1900 will also offered for probate.
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Lexington
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Richmond
Dora Clay Brock
Gen. Clay
A. J. Alexander
White Hall
United States of America
Clay County
Kentucky
White Hall Park
Green Clay
Mary Jane W. Clay
Madison County
Dora
United States
Cassius M. Clay Brock
Keene
Dora Brock
Fajily
Aocmfw
Yaopup
Aopuu
John Cabell Chenault
Filson Club
Louisville
Train held by mob near Clifton Forge with Negro prisoners
A Chesapeake and Ohio train was halted by a 200 man mob near Clifton Forge, gunfire shattering a smoking car as two Black prisoners were removed and protected aboard to Covington Virginia. No passengers or staff were hurt, the engineer abandoned danger and fled, while shots echoed through the car windows. The prisoners are believed linked to a previous assault on a white brake man near Lynchburg.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio
Clifton Forge
Cliftom Forge
Covington
James Hall
Hall
Engineer Peck
Peck
Lynchburg
Edward Hite
Wisconsin Insurance Surplus Distribution Ruling
Milwaukee August 1 Insurance Commissioner Zeno M Host orders mutual life insurers in Wisconsin to distribute surplus to policy holders at least every five years The move affects many firms nationwide and about 500 million dollars withheld by Wisconsin based companies may be released Heirs could claim surpluses and compound interest sparking potential litigation pending court review
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Milwaukee
Wis
T Insurance
Zeno M. Host
Mutual Life Insurance
Wisconsin
Host
Foot-Kase powder promises relief for tired feet
Advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Kase as a cure for hot aching feet and easy fit for new or tight shoes. Trial package offered via A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York with bold claims and promotional language.
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Ark Today
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Gruggiete
B. Paxton Co
Dept
Boston
Mass
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Promises Refund
An advertisement touts Faxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee if it fails. It cites druggists and includes a Minneapolis address from 1900. It references the Chicago North Western double tracking claim and notes the Overland Limited train service.
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Overland Limited
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound endorsement letter
A Wisconsin woman reports health improvements after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for irregularities and uterine troubles. She claims back pain eased within a week and after two months she felt reborn, gaining weight and vowing to recommend the remedy, with a note about a $6000 forfeit verifying genuineness.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
May Haute
Orton, Wis
Household Comics Club
Lydia E
Hani
Mrs. Houle
Edgerton, Wis
Kidney Pills Claim Kidney Relief and Painless Promises
A dated advertisement touts Conan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney and urinary ailments. It claims relief from back and hip pain, dropsy signs, and urinary issues, plus calming effects on heart palpitations and nerves. A testimonial from Mrs. James Beck of Rome New York cites long kidney trouble improved after use.
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Conan
Kidbey
Dean
Fire on U S Flag A Canadian Steamer Incident
In Tren ton harbor the Varuna hoisted both flags with the Union Jack at the stern and the Stars and Stripes atop the main staff. Youths protested a higher U S flag position, one fired several shots at the staff, and the flag was hauled down.
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Belleville
Ont
Varuna
Trenton Harbor
United States
North Topeka Flood Floods North Topeka Homes
High water in North Topeka, beginning after midnight and worsening to a cloudburst by morning, flooded many houses and caused extensive work and excitement in Topeka Kansas on Sunday.
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Topeka
Kan
North Topeka
Free Thinkers Demonstration Demands Church State Separation
In Paris a Sunday rally of about 10,000 Free Thinkers gathered before the Etienne Dolet statue. Attendees passed resolutions urging the separation of church and state. Dolet, hanged and burned for heresy in 1546, was cited as a historical example.
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Paris
Etienne Dolet
Death of Rev George M Vanderlip in Brooklyn
Rev George Mairs Vanderlip D D founder of the Young Men’s Christian Association in America dies at his Brooklyn home on August 3. His work established the national Y M C A movement and he is mourned by religious and civic leaders.
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George M
Vanderlip
New York
George Mairs Vanderlip
D.D
The
Young Men's Christian Association
America
Brooklyn
Emperor Receives Petition on Croatia in U.S.
Vienna August 3 The emperor of Russia received with benevolence a petition from Croatians in the United States describing Croatia's condition in the darkest terms.
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Vienna
Russia
United States
Croatia
Editor’s Long Walk From Durango to Arctic Ocean
Robert M. Wilen, editor of the Durango Clippex, plans a 8000 mile walk starting Saturday noon from Chicago to Cape Lisburne on the Arctic Ocean. He travels via Minnesota and Canada, follows the coast from Vancouver to Cape Nome, then onward. He estimates a 15 month journey.
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Chicago
Robert M. Wilen
Durango
Clipper
Cape Lisburne
Arctic Ocean
Minnesota
Canada
Vancouver
Cape Nome
Arctic Circle
Strikes clash with troops on trans-Caucasian line near Tiflis
Reports from St. Petersburg via Frontier say fresh clashes occurred last Thursday between troops and strikers on the trans-Caucasian railway near Tiflis. Twenty-one workmen were killed in the violence.
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St. Petersburg
Frontier
Tiflis
Drowned by a Big Catfish in Mississippi River
William Renz of La Crosse drowned after a struggle with a large catfish while fishing Friday in the Mississippi River. He was pulled into the water and disappeared beneath the river current.
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la Crosse
Wis
William Renz
Mississippi River
Renz
Earthquake destroys houses in Italian towns
Dispatches report an earthquake leveled several houses in Filattiera and Mulazzo in Tuscany near Spezia on the Gulf of Genoa. No further details on casualties or extent were provided.
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London
Filattierra
Mulazzo
Tuscany
Italy
Spezia
Gulf of Genoa
Tangier Rumor Seeks Sultan Bu Hamara Heir
Report from Tangier says the pretender to the Bu Hamara sultanate throne has died of wounds. Bu Hamara has been reported dead or killed multiple times amid ongoing royal claimant rumors.
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Tangier
Morocco
Bu Hamara
Secretar y Root Approves 350000 To Equip Militia Guns
Secretary Root approved a 350000 allotment to Gen. Crozier to equip the militia with new field guns and material for their service.
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Washington
Root
Crozier
Railway Man Cut to Pieces in Harrisburg Tragedy
W A Mille traveling passenger agent for the Big Four railway was run over by a passenger train at Harrisburg and died a few hours later. He was literally cut to pieces by the train he had stepped off.
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Cairo
Ill
W. A. Mille
Big Four Railway
Harrisburg
United States Cotton Manufacturing Co organized in Boston
A certificate of organization for the United States Cotton Manufacturing Co with capital of 40 million dollars was filed with the commissioners of corporations. H. C. Bacon of Boston serves as president of the new corporation.
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Cotton Manufacturing Corporation
Boston
United States Cotton Manufacturing Co
Commissioners of Corporations
H. C. Bacon
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Gen
C. M. Clay
Ler
Dodd
Philadelphia Press
Batelle Au
Agnes
Seneca
Chicago & North-Western
Missouri River
New Orleans Times-Democrat
J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Rum’s Horn
James Beck
West Geamet Street
Rome
N. Y
Tite
Illinois
P.O
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
San Francisco
Los Angeles
A.R
Fallman
B& Kniskern, P. T. M
Chicago, Ill
Winchester
1Xtine
Her
Baltimore
O. S W. Sovereign ,Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F
Park
Oakland
Aenace O. Frac Anti
Cincinnath
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