Great Western Wreck Fatal Collision Kills Four at Valasaty Minn
Four people die and fifteen are seriously injured after a head on crash between a passenger train and a freight train on the Chicago Great Western at Valasaty Minnesota. The wreck is blamed on a misunderstanding of orders by the freight crew. Victims include passenger engineer Charles Merkert and freight engineer Henry Helman.
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St. Paul
Chicago Great Western
Valasaty
Minn
Fred Heton
Dodge Center
Henry M. Helman
Charles Merkert
Minneapolis
J. Cover
Sumner
Merkert
Helman
Edward Hickey
William Keene
Three Die in Port Barley Crossing Collision
In Wilkes Barre, Joshua Butler his wife and infant were struck by the eastbound Black Diamond Express on the Lehigh Valley railroad at Port Barley six miles from the city. All three occupants perished along with the horse and carriage.
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Wilkesbarre
Joshua Butler
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Port Bawkley
Fire in Alton laundry district kills one and injures six
Fire believed incendiary struck Alton Illinois on Sunday destroying the Alton steam laundry a row of flats barber shops and a lumber yard. Miss Ruth Meyer died and six others were injured all but one badly burned one person jumped to escape.
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Alton, Illl
Alton
Ruth Meyer
Scotch Railway Disaster Kills Thirteen in Glasgow
A Glasgow railway crash involving an Isle of Man excursion train killed thirteen people and injured about twenty. Two cars telescoped at the station, and among the dead were members of an entire family.
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London
Glasgow
Isle of Man
Train Hits Trolley Near Lansdown Killing Three
An accommodation train on the Vandalia heading to St. Louis collided with a crowded electric car on the East St. Louis and Suburban street railway near Lansdown, three miles north of East St. Louis Illinois. Three persons were killed and several injured in the crash.
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East St. Louis, Ill
Vandalia
St. Louis
East
Shooting affray at Arlington wounds four in Rolla
In an Arlington area shooting an old grudge sparked a fight that wounded four people near Rolla Missouri on July 28. Perry Andres is probably fatally wounded along with J W McDowell, his son, and Gus Todd.
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Rolla
Arlington
Here
Perry Andres
J. W. McDowell
Gus Todd
Convicts at Folsom Prison Seize Officials in Break
Eighteen to twenty prisoners escape Folsom penitentiary taking Warden Wilkinson, his grandson Harry Wilkinson, Captain Murphy, and six officers. Guard Keeling killed. Turnkey Cotton and Guard Cochrane nearly killed. Officials freed later. convicts head toward Mormon Island. Sheriff’s posse summoned.
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Sacramento
Cal
Folsom Penitentiary
Wilkinson
Harry Wilkinson
Murphy
Keeling
Cochrane
Folsom
Wilkinsons
Mormon Island
Captain Murphy
Lynching Triggers Militia Takeover in Danville
Four Springfield militia companies take control of Danville Illinois after a mob lynched John Metcalf a negro and terrorized the town. James Wilson another black man is under sheriff guard as violence wounds and deaths mount. Police station damaged as 5 000 citizens panic.
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Danville
Springfield
John D. Metcalf
James Wilson
Stricker
Burgess
Wilson
Five Former Delegates Sentenced in Franchise Bribery Case
In St Louis on July 28 Judge Ryan sentenced five ex delegates tied to franchise deals. Schrinder Albright Hannigan and Hartmann received five or six year terms for bribery, Decker for perjury, in Suburban Street and city lighting deals. All filed $10 000 appeal bonds.
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St. Louis
Ryan
House of Delegates
John A. Schrinder
T. Edward Albright
Jerry J. Hannigan
Louis Decker
Emil Hartmann
Two More Lynching Incidents Reported in South
Shreveport Louisiana July 28 Jennie Steer a black woman who gave a white girl Lizzie Dolan a lemon juice dose died after poisoning she was lynched at night she protested innocence. Savannah Georgia July 28 an innocent Black man was lynched near here for an assault by Ed Clauss who was later captured authorities fear Clauss may also be lynched.
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Shreveport
Jennie Steer
Lizzie Dolan
Savannah
Here
Ed Clauss
Clauss
Governor Ousted in Panama Revolt Amid Panic
Panama reports a new revolution as Conservatives supported by the army overthrow the Liberal administration. Governor Mutis and several officers are under arrest or in hiding, with the governor escaping in his wife’s presence as troops surround his residence. General Cobos holds authority in the capital.
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Panama
Colombia
Mutis
Cobos
Sailboat Capsizing Near Belfast Drowns Five
In Belfast Maine on July 28 Everett E Pillsbury his two children and Mrs Carrie E Stevens of Frankfort are feared drowned after a sailboat capsized in a harbor squall. No wreck or body recovered and no trace of the boat found.
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Belfast
Everett E. Pillsbury
Carrie E. Stevens
Frankfort
Pressed NYSE suspensions hit Evansville and Terre Haute stocks
The day saw E S Hooley & Co fail on the Stock Exchange impacting Evansville and Terre Haute interest as Evansville and Terre Haute Railway stock fell from 60 to 40 dollars per share. William Basset & Co failed as well though it held little NYSE stock, and was deemed relatively unimportant.
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New York
E. S. Hooley & Co
The
Stock Exchange
Evansville
Terre Haute
Evansville and
Edin Hooley & Co. Suspension Shakes New York Stocks
New York July 28 firm Edwin Hooley & Co suspension shocks stock list as market opens irregularly. Hooley include Frank Brumley and Norbert Heinheimer. Several securities fall while New York Central and Lackawanna show strength. trading ends with steady undertone despite declines in several names.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Edwin Hooley & Co
Mr. Hooley
Frank Brumley
Norbert Heinheimer
Hooley & Co
Evansville
Terre Haute
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
Railway Investment
General Electric
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Pressed Steel Car
Union Pacific
Reading
Erie
Rock Island
Atchison, Amalgamated
Iron and Steel
New York Central
Lackawanna
Brooklyn Transit
Keene on market confidence amid Wall Street decline
In Cedarhurst interview James R. Keene voices shock at the stock break and cites overcapitalization and trust collapses as fear factors. He notes strong rail earnings and crops but says public demand remains weak while liquidation persists.
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New York
Wall Street
James R. Keene
T. J. Taylor & Co
the Herald
Cedarhurst
Mr. Keene
Women Burned Alive Locked in Barn Tragedy Near Sebalaliska
London reports from Sebalaliska in the Don district that thirty three female field laborers were burned to death when they locked themselves in a barn to avoid male workers. The assailants set the barn on fire and watched the victims burn without responding to their screams.
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Russia
London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Sebalaliska
The
Don
Man Shoots Worker After Crowd Taunts Guard
In Chicago on July 24 Adolph Ehman, partner in Charles Ehman & Co. mantel makers, fired at and seriously wounded Robert Kuter during a clash with union and nonunion workers as Ehman protected nonunion staff. Ehman was arrested.
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Chicago
Adolph Ehman
Charles Ehman & Co
Robert Kuter
Ehman
Certification of Insurance Statement by South Dakota Official
State of South Dakota Insurance Department certifies the attached statement is a true copy on file. Commissioner's seal affixed at Pierre on February 19 1903 by H C Shober with official seal.
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State OF South Dakota
Insurance Department
I. H. C. Shober
State of
South Dakota
Pierre
H. C. Shober
Insurance
Traders Insurance Company Granted Certificate of Authority
The Traders Insurance Company of Illinois is approved to transact fire and tornado insurance in South Dakota. Commissioner H C Shober declares the license valid through December 31, 1903, with authority by agents in the state. The certification is dated January 1903 at Pierre.
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Illinois
South Dakota
Commissioner of Insurance
County OF
Ook
Sis
Thies J. Lefens
S. A. Rothermel
Traders Insurance Company
Chicago
United States
H. N. Wheeler
H. N. Whalen
Electra M. Theophilus
Electra M. Drake
Hary N. Wheeler
Beadle
L. L. Lostutter
Gury
A. Fry
Department of Insurance Company
Aws
I. H. C. Shober
A. D
Pierre
H. C. Shober
G A R Tour Trains To Coast From Chicago
G A R encampment travel via Chicago and North-Western Aug 1 to Oct 15 includes three daily coast trains with through itinerary from Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Special train departs Chicago 10:30 p m Aug 11 with stops at DeKalb Clinton Cedar Rapids Marshalltown Boone Omaha and via Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Salt Lake City. For folder and full details contact Chicago and North-Western agents.
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Chicago & North-Western
Los Angeles
San Francisco
G. A.R
Chicago
DeKalb
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Boone
Omaha
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
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Score
Valasaty, Minn
O. B. Johnson
M. L. Goodkind
Dr. Hammond
Thinsen
Hayfield
Ransom
St. Joseph's Hospital
Charlies Merkert
Heron
Iil
Lansdown
Folsom, Cal
Ill
St. Louis House of Delegates
Louisiana
Georgia
Traders Insurance Company of Chi
al Estate
TS Sas
OW Toinsurance
Edessecase
Ip Sk Saeadee
Ik Wcauent
J. Lefens
Rothermel
Whittlesey
Beal
T.G. Brown
Masury
Sporting Goods
C.h.longstaff
Morris Land Agency
California
Parker
Northwestern BusiNess Agency
Bank of_Commerce Bldg
Chichester
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Square
Phila
Mito B. Stevens & Co
14Th St
Washington
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