Trains and Schedules for Huron and Benson Routes
Rail list shows No 58 passenger from Huron at 6 15 a m to Watertown and Benson with connections. No 272 way freight tri weekly from Huron at 7 00 a m carrying passengers. No 357 from Benson at 3 00 p m toward Twin Cities and Lake Superior. No 271 freight arrives weekly with daily No 57 and 58 service except Sundays and Fridays.
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Huron
Watertown
Benson
Persea
Sunda
North Dakota
Montana
Pacific
Twin Cities
Lake Superior
R. Krxver
G. N. Ry
Trains Arrive and Depart From Huron Schedule Highlights
Local timetable lists arrivals from east and west including No. 501 Minnesota and Dakota passenger daily except Sunday, No. 502 Chicago Express daily except Sunday, and No. 16 Mail and Express from the north. Departures show No. 502 Chicago Express and No. 504 Mail and Passenger, plus freight and accommodation trains, with connections at Sioux Valley Junction to Watertown and at Redfield for east of Redfield.
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Minnesota and
Dakota Passen
Chicago
F. T
Bebe
Chicago Express
Mail and Express
Dakota
Sund
Sea Mail and Express
Sioux Valley Junction
Watertown
Redfield
Radfield
Disastrous railway wreck halts Udine king’s festival
A collision in Udine between a soldier train and a freight train kills fifteen soldiers and an officer and injures over sixty as flames threaten the scene. King Emmanuel visits the hospital while authorities rush aid. the catastrophe cuts short the king and queen’s demonstrations near Venice.
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Rome
Udine
Venice
Emmanel
Murder Reported In Beirut Street Incident
A fatal shooting occurred in a Beirut street, Syria, with authorities stating few details about the crime. Investigators are examining the scene and interviewing witnesses as the case develops.
Assassination of U S Vice Consul in Beirut Sparks US Turkish Demands
The state department reports William C Magelssen vice consul at Beirut Syria was killed while riding in a carriage. Washington orders Turkey to arrest and punish the killers and prepares to move the European squadron if Beirut authorities fail to act. Admiral Cotton is to have vessels ready to sail. The case follows the earlier Russian consul murder and prompts official concern over conditions in the Turkish dominions.
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Washington
State Department
Leishman
Constantinople
William C. Magelssen
United States
Beirut
Syria
Turkey
Loomis
Magelssen
Minnesota
Ravndal
Veirut
Gabriel Bie Ravndal
Nelson
Bratzburg
Fillmore County
Minn
Cotton
Navy Department
Mediterranean Sea
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Villefranche
Genoa
High Water in Kansas Risesinch An Hour in Topeka
The Kaw river at Topeka is rising steadily at about one inch per hour. The Woolen packinghouse plant shows higher water than since the June flood. Oakland line car service is abandoned. City Engineer McCabe says the North Topeka embankment remains in no danger of failing.
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Topeka
Kan
Kaw
Woolen Packinghouse
Oakland
McCabe
North Topeka
River flood Raises Kansas City Water Levels
The Kansas River near Kansas City rose three feet from midnight to 8 a.m. reaching eight feet in twenty four hours and continues rising at about two inches per hour. In Omaha Fort Crook City seven miles south floods five feet deep in many homes from a cloudburst. Fifty families are being sheltered in tents.
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New York
Reliance
Shamrock
Kansas City
Kansas River
Omaha
Fort Crook City
Tragic Wreck Drowns Three Near Evergreen Borough
A carload of young people slid over a high embankment into Girtys Run while returning from a social gathering near Evergreen borough. Three died Myrtle Scott aged twenty Nannie Scott aged eighteen and Annie Clifford aged about twenty. Two others escaped.
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Pittsburg
Evergreen Borough
Allegheny
Girtys Run
Myrtle Scott
Nannie Scott
Annie Clifford
Four Trainmen Injured in Wisconsin Central Collision
A fast passenger train struck a freight engine at Silver Lake near Racine, Wisconsin, at dawn. Four trainmen were badly injured while about a hundred cattle were killed. all passengers escaped injury.
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Racine
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Silver Lake
Dam Burst Floods Butler Area Inundates Lowland Regions
A dam at Boydstown near Butler Pennsylvania burst during the day releasing about 2 million gallons of water. The flood inundated portions of Butler and surrounding lowland districts for miles with heavy property damage and no reported deaths.
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Butler
Boydstown Dam
Here
Lowland
Drowning Tragedy In Joliet Drainage Canal
In Joliet Illinois Aug 29 two men George Marohnich and Nicholas Nassabeni fell into a drainage canal while divers were gathering driftwood Both men drowned and Marohnich's wife reportedly attempted suicide upon learning his fate.
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Joliet, Ill
George Marohnich
Nicholas Nassabeni
Marohnich
Trains Collide Near Valley Park Kills Brakeman
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided head on near Valley Park stalling traffic for hours. Brakeman Marshall was killed and Engineer Christine and Fireman Sanders were seriously injured as engines and cars were wrecked.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Valley Park
Here
Marshall
Christene
Sanders
New Education Bill Sends Filipino Students to U S
Manila reports the new education bill becoming law. It budgets 72000 for the first year and selects 100 top public school Filipino students aged 16 to 21 with at least 75 percent marks to study in the United States for a full course. They will take allegiance oaths and later face civil service exams for government appointments. Each student is estimated to cost 500 annually not including travel.
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Manila
United States
Philippines
Interest in Reciprocity Revives in Havana
Havana reports a revival of eagerness for reciprocity with the United States as newspapers urge Cubans to unite with U S supporters to push approval of the reciprocity treaty. President Palma denied petitions to suspend the tax on manufactured goods enacted by the Havana provincial council.
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Havana
United States
Friends of
Palma
Cavalry Declared Obsolete by General Miles
Washington reports Lt General Nelson A Miles informs the War Office that cavalry is obsolete and automobiles will replace horses in the next war. He urges reducing the cavalry branch to a minimum and building strategic military roads in peacetime.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
War Office
War Department
Russia Seeks Delay of Venezu el Tribunal Arbitration
The Russian foreign office asks delaying the first meeting of The Hague tribunal until new arbitrators can be secured after Dr Lardy of Switzerland and Professor Matz of Copenhagen could not serve. The date was set for Sept 1.
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St. Petersburg
Lardy
Paris
Matz
Copenhagen University
the Hague
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Night lightning fault kills two in Peoria
In Peoria Illinois Daniel Connell and Clyde Livingston were instantly killed when the city light system grounded during a storm. Connell tried to switch on a saloon electric light and died instantly while Livingston died at his home. Several others were severely shocked before repairs were completed.
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Peoria
All
Daniel Connell
Clyde Livingston
Connell
Livingston
Portland Harbor War Game Ends Night Forces Rest
In Portland Maine at daybreak Aug 28 both sides in the harbor war game rested after a night of activity. Enemy vessel movements were met by forts and harbor defenses and several landing attempts were repulsed. The night and morning saw desultory firing with cruisers and torpedo boats active before the fleet withdrew to Harpswell rendezvous and land troops awaited the next move.
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Portland
Harpswell
Taken Back to Ireland
Mrs. Ellen McKeen former Tubbermore postmistress in Ireland arrested at Windsor Ontario for embezzling 4000 dollars from the British government. She escaped Sandwich jail but was recaptured after two days in the open air without food. She begins journey to Ireland to stand trial with Sergeant Barrington of the Irish constabulary.
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Detroit
Mich
Ellen McKeen
Tubbermore
Ireland
Windsor
Ont
Sandwich
Barrington
Irish Constabulary
Victory for Liberals in Argylshire byelection
London reports a Liberal victory in Argyl shire where J. S. Ainsworth won the parliamentary by election held Wednesday. He defeated Unionist Charles Stewart by a majority of 1,586, running on free trade against protection.
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London
Argylshire
Chamberlain
J. S. Ainsworth
Charles Stewart
Jailbreak suspect shot through the appetite claim
A Kansas City Journal quip questions a report that a jail escapee was shot through the vital area, suggesting the wire service meant through the stomach or appetite. The cartoonish dialogue mocks misprints about injuries and food deprivation during pursuit.
Circus Train Wreck Narrowly Avoids Serious Injury
The third section of the Barnum & Bailey circus train derailed at Wildwood on the Pittsburg and Western railroad. Almost all passengers were sleeping. forty aboard were shaken but none injured in the incident.
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Pittsburg
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Wildwood
Pittsburg and Western
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