Wreck on Rock Island Flyer Claims Fireman, Injures Engineer
The Rock Island passenger train in a deep Omaha cut was wrecked three miles from South Omaha. Fireman Vic Erickson was killed and Engineer Charles Porter severely injured as the engine and baggage car were demolished. The crash followed suspected rail misreading with trucks dropping to ties and the tender overturning. Gas in the buffet car exploded, fanning flames while passengers and crew escaped as water and crew fought the blaze. The jet remains uncleared for days.
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Omaha
Neb
Rock Island Flyer
Homer Thompson
South Omaha
Vic Erickson
Charles Porter
Cksoen
Debria
Bricknon
Porter
Fairbury
Henry Fisher Messenger
Charles Caldwell
Emmanent
World’s Fair Dedication Plans at Louis in 1903
A dispatch from St Louis reports the World’s Fair dedication will occur in the palace of liberal arts with pageantry and oratory. The structure should be ready for occupancy by April 1 1903 and bids have been sent to contractors for the liberal arts building. Senator Harris heads to Europe as special commissioner to procure livestock exhibits.
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ASB
Huilding
Ete
Toca
Kansas
Pi Ih
Liverpool
Harris
Europe
Pershing Captures Moro Leader in Mindanao Action
Manila dispatch reports Captain John J. Pershing in command of the expedition forces has arrested the sultan of Binadayan in Mindanao. The captive is held for delivery of Moros implicated in the June 22 attack on Americans. The sultan’s followers were urged to bring in Moros. one man arrived in camp and died after gruesome injuries. The attack leader remains in his fortified house and resists capture.
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Manila
Binadayan
John J. Pershing
Janao
Mindanao
Commandant John J Perseing Earned Ranks Abroad
John J Perseing served as commandant of cadets at the university and instructor in mathematics. He moved to West Point for cadet instruction, saw active service in the Spanish American War reaching captaincy, and spent over three years in the Philippine service.
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John J. Perseing
Mathetes
Lincoln
West Point
Quba
Cleveland postoffice clerk shot by unknown assailant
J F Lynam of Cleveland Ohio, a postoffice clerk, was shot to death by an unknown assailant after a confrontation with his wife who had reproached him for years. The wife had asked him to return home, which he declined.
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J. F Lynam
Cleveland, O
S Lynam
Amatuer Lindey County Horse Theft Case
Lindey Nebraska reports Mae Tracey Henry Tracy was moved from Sidary to Alliance by Sheriff Babb and jailed for preliminary examination on horse stealing. Tracy, once linked with Henry Matthews in a car theft case, faces new charges as Glvm Hart claims the horses were shipped abroad. Preliminary hearing set for July 31.
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Tracey _Henry Tracy
Sidary
Alliance
Sherif Babb
Tracy
Henry Matthews
Thomas Roberta
Bayard
Glvm
Hart
Street Duel Ends in Bloodshed in Greenville
In Greenville Mississippi a fusillade on Central Avenue left Conley dead from a heart wound and Bohrawber fatally shot in the kidneys. Schrawber was wounded in the shoulder and Captain Quinn in the hand after a heated dispute between Bohrawber and Conley near Conley’s saloon. Police officials, including acting chief Wuina and Officer Thomas Burns, tried to intervene as about fifty shots rang out.
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Central Avenue
H@ Bohrawber
Conley
Mont
Burns
Schrawber
Quinn
Victim Identified in River Death as NY Grocer’s Relative
In New York City a body pulled from the river is identified as Joseph Catino, a local grocer. Vincent Trica is arrested on suspicion of knowing details about the crime. The dead man’s family says a money dispute may have sparked the quarrel.
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New York City
Joseph Catino
Vincent Trica
Momeectl Aes
Erite
Trica
Guldeasuppease
Collision on the Elbe Sinks Wheat Ship Prims
More than 100 aboard the Prims are reported missing after a collision Monday morning on the Elbe with the Hansa. Hamburg authorities confirm the ship Wheat sank and 112 passengers are unaccounted for. The figures are considered definite by officials.
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Thirsiraight
Hamburg
Germany
Elbe
Co Hansa
Prims
Explosion probe ties blast to accumulated gas in mill
An official inquiry led by Coroner Mitter confirms the Johnstown rolling mill explosion on July 10 was caused by a buildup of gas that accumulated and was ignited. The exact person responsible may never be determined.
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Johnstown
Sheetal
Mitter
Fatt Party Sells German Streamer Prinzess Irene
The Prinzess Irene sailed from Naples to Manila with Governor Taft and others aboard. Captain Strother was ill and remained in New York aboard the Aller, while Secretary and Judge Smith were among the passengers.
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Napies
Italy
Manila
Taft
President Beardshear Faces Fatal Illness at Iowa State
President Beardshear of Iowa State College is gravely ill with Dropshaix conditions and congested internal organs. Doctors have administered oxygen since Saturday as his condition remains critical. his daughters from Denver have been summoned.
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Hradshear
Beardshear
Iowa
State College
Denver
Ninth annual Monmouth County horse show opens at Hollywood Park
Bright weather and a strong social turnout marked the opening of the ninth annual Monmouth County Horse Show Association exhibition at Hollywood Park Long Branch New Jersey. Forty six classes filled and prize money totaling four thousand dollars will be distributed to winners.
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Morse
Monmouth Cogunty “Horse Show Association
Long Branch
N. J
Hollywood Park
Son of Oscar Lindahl Suffers Severe Leg Injury
A Nebraska City resident, son of Oscar Lindahl, lost a leg in an accident on Wednesday when a scythe blade struck him. Doctors needed eightteen stitches to close the wound after the injury near severed his leg.
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Oscar Lindahl
Nebraska City
French magnate's wife killed by guard dogs in yard
Louise Rutherford Sempis, now Mme Edmond Sempis of Paris, formerly of Brooklyn, was attacked by two Great Dane guard dogs at her husband's country house near Annecy Stake. She died two hours after the assault. The dogs had been kept as guards, starved to trigger hunger for attack, and the tragedy followed an attempted burglary at the estate.
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New York
Paria
Mme
Edmond Sempis
Louise Rutherford
S. Sempis
Agnes Y Lake
Sempis
Mme Semopls
Rfl
Sra
Storm Hits Michigan Area Near Detroit Causes Wide Damage
A July storm swept across the Detroit region, overturning a Brown hoist at Wyandotte ship yard and damaging ferry equipment. Damage estimated at 50 000 dollars with many homes and crops ruined including corn, wheat, oats and orchards across nearby towns within fifty miles. No lives reported.
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Detroit
Mich
Mihigan Central
Wyandotte Ship Yard
Detral
Oxford
Mick
Thomas
Rochester
AFL backs abolition of child labor and charter actions
The San Francisco session of the American Federation of Labor resolution backs laws to abolish child labor where none exist. It warns the Amalgamated Society of Engineers to accept full trade jurisdiction by October 1 or lose its charter. Other charter outcomes include granting the railway clerks order and denying solicitors of insurance companies, with the brewery workers' charter request held for later.
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Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Uless
National Union of Brewery Workmen
Order
Railway Clerks
Solicitors of Insurance Companies
Record salt production to break all Kansas fields
Salt production in Kansas will set new records this year says FEB Roth of New York. He owns rock salt mines near Lyons and Kanopolis, noting packing houses are buying more Kansas salt than ever. Two types of salt operations exist in Kansas: evaporating salt wells and rock salt beds where salt rocks are blasted.
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Kansas
Feb Roth
New York
Roth
Lyons
Kanopolisa
Kan
Kageas
Death of S Crum United States marshal for Kansas
S Crum United States marshal for Kansas died at his home in Oswe win Kansas on July 24 after a heart and liver disease. He had been ill with typhoid fever in Topeka two weeks earlier and was brought home by his wife. The death came as a sudden shock after reports he was improving only days before.
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S Crum
United States
Kansas
Oswewin
Kan
Crum
Topeka
Gharatecqua Has Manes The Emporia Grantaugea Directors Elected
The Emporia grant association lists directors P. E Cromer L. W Lewis William Wayman J. M Hughes W. D. Ward D. 3 trause J T Burton D-H Stone and Howard Dunlap. Calvin Hood J E Evans W A Harker and J Wickingson were on last year’s board. Some directors urged withdrawal to favor Major Hood and J. B. Evans but declined. Receipts for the year totaled 4500 with 4 in the treasury after expenses.
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Emporia GRantaugea = association
P. E Cromer
L. W Lewis
William Wayman
J. M. Hughes
W. D. Ward
J T. Burton
D-H. Stone
Howard Dunlap
Calvin Hood
J E Evans
W A. Harker
J Wickingson
Dames
Major Hood
J. B. Evans
Kansas June fees report lists various state expenses
The state auditor's office releases June fee totals from multiple departments including teachers library and hospital expenditures. Notable items include 16 40 for Hank commission and 69 70 for design and travel costs. A separate note confirms a populist fusion ticket bid and a Topeka mass convention call for August 29. Samual Pawnee City resident Wharton Barker linked in history.
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Kamsas
Topeka
Juiyaks
FE Lathrop
N ° Robbttia
Wharton Barker
Philadelphia
Two New Battleships Planned by Navy Department
The navy department taunts circulars for two new battleships the Connecticut and Louisiana. Plans call for bids to be published August 1 for the Louisiana and for the Connecticut to be built at the New York navy yard with bids opened about October 1.
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Connecticut
Louisiana
Navy Department
Pilans
New York, Navy
Train Collision Kills Fireman Near Hastings Minnesota
A northbound Chicago Milwaukee St Paul reed passenger train struck a box car on the main line at Etter eight miles north of Hastings. The engine derailed and Fireman Burns of Red Wing was killed along with an unidentified victim.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Etter
Hastings
Minn
Burns
Red Wing
Mixed 19th century notices and events reported
Charies Willis aged five and Walter Hendricks aged sixteen drown after falling from a raft between Newburg and Rockport. Major Charles B Ewing arrives in Denver to search for Ephraim B Ewing a Washington DC attorney. Rt Rev Dr James E Quigley declines archbishopric of Chicago staying in Buffalo. John Dickenson kills Roe and Jack Dyer at Haynes Kentucky. American Beet Sugar factory Grand Island rekindles furnaces and plans sugar manufacture with day and night shifts, expected to continue into February.
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Charlies Willis
Fite
Walter Hendricks
Newburg
Rockport
Charles, B. Ewing
U. S
Denver
Fort Preble
Ephraim B. Ewing
Washington, D.C
Ewings
United States
F. M. Cockrell
Missouri
James E. Quigley
Buffalo
Chicago
Grand Island
Bridgeport to Get Episaoa Church After Contract Award
Bridgeport Nebraska announces the award of the construction contract for a new Episaoan church set to begin soon. The report notes a separate incident in which Richard Meade of Brooklyn New York killed two of his children while intoxicated, with a third child surviving. Also mentioned is the pending return of the late John W Mackay’s body from London to the United States delayed by Mrs Mackay’s health.
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Richard Meade
rBooklyn, N. Y
John W. Mackay
London
United States
De Wet Arrives Unannounced in Capetown Reception Stir
Capetown dispatch reports General De Wet arrived without warning this afternoon, upsetting plans for his reception. He walked the streets nodding to acquaintances and foes as Afrikanders arranged a private welcome. Earlier, Generals Botha and Delarey faced a church crowd that surged toward them, forcing removal to the vestry amid shouts and muttered protests.
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Capetown
de Wet
Botha
Delarey
Bitlding
Clash at Pottsville as miners and police clash in Shenandoah
Striking anthracite miners and union men clashed at Shenandoah near Pottsville. Shots were fired. foreman Daniel Janderhan was wounded and Albert Landoman fell as four others were beaten. Strikers fled and were pursued by strike sympathizers as authorities dispatched additional troops to restore order.
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Kowloor
Daniel Janderhan
Kohinour
Yin 'Ipaniona
Albert Landerman
Feeh
Ani
President Zelaya Commuted Death Sentence for Doctor Wilson
The article reports President Zelaya of Nicaragua showing courtesy to the United States and commuting the death sentence of American doctor Russell Wilson, who aided in a filibuster expedition and was captured. Mrs. Wilson traveled to plead for her son's life as U.S. officials intervened to prevent his execution. Zelaya is said to release him on a promise to refrain from further attacks against Nicaragua.
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Uunited
Donaldson
Managua
Nicaragua
United
Russell Wilson
Wilson
Flibusters
Hanna
Unitedea
Zelaya
Death by Own Action Near North Bend Nebraska
The body of Joseph, who died by his own action by drowning at North Bend, Nebraska three weeks ago, was found Sunday just east of the town. Robert McCluhan spotted the corpse while riding a horse along the riverbank. it was moved to town and later buried in a Saunders County cemetery.
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Joseph
Dates
North Bend
Robert McCluhan
Girl Bit by Vicious Dog In Plattsmouth Yard
A twelve year old girl was attacked by a vicious dog in a neighbor's yard at Plattsmouth. The animal bit her three times and would have continued if not for help arriving. A physician treated her wounds and no serious consequences are expected. The dog was killed.
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Francia Weidman
Plattamouth
Trains Collision Injures Passengers on Brooklyn Elevated
A Tuesday morning crash on the Brooklyn elevated line at Tillary and Adams Streets, New York City, injured a score of passengers, some seriously. Two trains moving in opposite directions on parallel tracks collided, ripping off the sides of four cars and derailing trucks.
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Steere
Brooklyn
Tillary
Adams Aatreets
New York City
Jean
Farmer Pribble Ends Life At Odell With Self Inflicted Death
Frank Pribble a wealthy 43 year old farmer living three miles south of Odell was found dead on his farm Monday. He lived with a 500 acre holding and left a note of leaving for a neighbor but did not return. A bullet wound and hanging noted. a revolver found nearby suggests murder first thought, now believed suicide after prior mental distress and threats. He withdrew $6 from Odell bank, left funds to his wife, and leaves a wife and six children.
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Frank Pribble
Odell
Pribbie
Priddle
Wymore
Tricky Cuban Official Arrests Stir Havana Province
In Havana province the Cuban general Portrayed as dangerous, Pertoo Pelgado is arrested for detaining Antonio Acosta without warrant. Acosta, nephew to Col. Acosta and Pelgado’s former secretary, vanished weeks ago amid alleged damaging material. A mass meeting led by Senor Marquez to denounce President Palma drew 400 attendees but failed to reach a plan of action.
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Pertoo Pelgado
Loperatin
Havana
Antonio Acosta
Col
Acosta
Delgado
young=Acosta
Ove
Senor Marquez
Hhe Lavin
Palma
Ita Perpom Ihawes
Arch to Honor Admiral Schley Erected in Baltimore
A memorial arch is planned in Baltimore to commemorate Admiral Winfield Scott Schley's deeds in the Spanish American War. The Schley Triumphal Arch Association, led by Henry Walls and others, aims to raise funds by popular subscription to construct a handsome arch in honor of Maryland’s naval hero.
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Baltimore
Winfield Scott Schley
Schley
Maryland
Hiego
Chinese Minister Wu Prepares to Hand Over Legation
Wu begins packing as Sir Laing Cheng is to arrive next month to take the legation. Chen and party delayed sailing from London and may stay until after the coronation. Wu responds to appeals from the people for gifts of silks gowns fans ivory and other Chinese items.
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Laing Cheng
Pring Chen
London
Chen
Madam Wu
Feud Flares After Picnic Duel Ends in Tragedy
In Lewis County Kentucky a picnic quarrel escalated into a gunfight on a dancing platform. Jack Dyer was killed and Roe Dyer died in agony. John Dickerson was shot in the groin likely fatally and Hugh Dickerson sustained injuries. The Dickersons live about twenty four miles from a railroad in a nearly impregnable country.
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Lewis County
Kentucky
John
Hugh Dickerson
Jack
Roe Dyer
Jack Dyer
John Dickerson
Hugh
Dickerson
Four Boys Stowaways Arrive in New York Aboard Civic
Four boys aged nine to twelve secretly boarded the White Star liner Civic at Liverpool and hid under a lifeboat cover. After four days they revealed themselves due to thirst and will be returned on the same ship to Liverpool.
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Atlantic
New York
Civic
Liverpool
Liverpoole
Mother Dies Following Tragedy of Meade Children
Mrs. Mary Meade, who strangled her three children this past Saturday, died Monday in New York at the Homeopathic Hospital from poison and grief. At midnight she asked about her children, shrieked in despair upon learning their fate, and died shortly after. Authorities believe alcohol influenced the act.
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Mary. Meade
New York
Cohol
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