Train wreck at Anderson halts Big Four service
Wreck at the Twelfth street crossing, Anderson, Indiana, involved freight and passenger trains on the Big Four. Engineer Jackson and conductor Edwards faced questions over allegedly disregarded orders. Several passengers were injured including John Ryan and C. A. Kaels, while Wabash residents Bert Kubler and H. W. Kelsey suffered minor bruises. The derailed freight damaged cars and the trains were delayed two hours.
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Ind
Twelfth-street Crossing
Big Four Railway
Charles Black
Michigan
Big Four
Wabash
Hill
Eleventh Street
Jennings
Fourteenth Street
Charlies W. Edwards
Robert Jackson
A. P. Freymire
Black
John Ryan
Warsaw
Ryan
Indianapolis
C. A. Kaels
Marion
H. W. Kelsey
Bert Kubler
Michaels
Ma Fion
Interurban
W. E. Marks
Fairmount
Jackson
Ee Lea
Wards
Green
Cetral
Anderson Pa
Sixteen Hurt in Interurban Collision Near Cincinnati
A collision between two crowded interurban cars on the Cincinnati & Eastern line near Mount healthy injured sixteen people. The incident occurred today with emergency crews responding quickly as passengers were removed for medical attention. Further details and exact causes awaited and continued on page four.
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Delegates Entertained Before Washington Convention
Typographical Union No 12 hosted nearly seven hundred delegates alternates and wives along with Ladies Auxiliary officers for a Baltimore welcome cruise. The Emma Giles carried guests to Annapolis to tour Naval Academy grounds, then to Tolchester Beach for further entertainment before some delegates moved on to Washington by rail.
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Typographical Union
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Washington
Emma Giles
Annapolis
Annapolis Union
Naval Academy
Chesapeake
Tolchester Beach
Threatened by mob assailant of two Adams County girls seized
Arthur Williams, 35, charged with assaulting Flossie Kerr 14 and Verna Wilson 13 in Adams County Indiana, was captured by a crowd and narrowly escaped lynching. Geneva officials fortified the jail to prevent a mob attack, with police and railway office reports noting no attempt to move him and guards still strong at midnight.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Ind
Arthur Williams
Flossie Kerr
Verna Wilson
Prominent farmer bitten by hydrophobic horse seeks Pasteur treatment
Abraham Roudenbush of Harrison county near Elizabeth was injured when a horse attacked him last Thursday. The left forearm was badly torn by the animal, which later showed hydrophobic symptoms. He plans to travel to the Pasteur Institute in Chicago for treatment following consultation with local doctors.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
Abraham Roudenbush
Harrison County
Elizabeth
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Rouden
Roudenbush
Desperate murderer Carrington hunted after double murder
DANVILLE Alabama Aug 9 A large search units of fifty six men including Arcola militia scoured miles of Vermillion river country for Dode Carrington who shot his sister in law Lydia Carrington and is on parole from Terre Haute Reformitory. Sightings near Seelyville Greencastle prompted wiring Putnam county sheriff. George Carrington husband jailed for complicity. Sheriff Whitlock silent on Governor Yates lynching letter.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Dode Carrington
Lydia Carrington
Vermillion River
Carrington
Terre Haute
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Arcola
Beggs
Whitlock
Seelyville
Greencastle
Ind
Putnam County
George Carrington
Sherif Whitlock
Yates
Attempted arrest in Putnam county fails
In Greencastle Indiana on August 9 Sheriff Cooper tried to arrest Dode Carrington but could not locate him and the arrest was not executed.
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Ind
Cooper
Putnam County
Dode Carrington
Four youths die in Magaguadavic river sailboat capsizing
ST JOHN New Brunswick Aug 9 four youths drowned when a sailboat capsized in the Magaguadavic river. Names listed: John Chambers George Phillips Guy Gilbert Henry. In Vallejo California Aug 9 another capsize between Vallejo and Benicia left six aboard drowned.
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George Phillips
Guy Fore
Gilbert Henry
Vallejo
Cal
Benic
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Marseilles Premier Combes Attack Details Revealed
Report recounts two pistol shots aimed at Premier Combes in Marseilles. Sanvaire Picolo, with an Italian accent, claims innocence though a revolver with two chambers fired recently was found on him. Authorities suspect anarchist links and note Picolo’s five prior arrests as Combes travels back to Paris.
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M. Combes
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Rue Saint Eloi
Marine Pelletan
Paris
Queer Prank by a Woman at Valparaiso College
A woman student, Miss Bessie Cronin of Valparaiso College Law School, dressed as a man and, with a revolver, demanded valuables from a student at the college apartments. Police investigate as she calls it a joke, raising questions over proper action. Earlier, Cronin attracted attention for a Lorain Ohio mayor letter amid a murder case.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Valparaiso College
Bessie Cronin
Valparaiso College Law School
Miss Cronin
Mayor King
Lorain
Ferdinand Walser
Agatha Reichlin
Father Reichlin
Alser
Coronation Day at St Peter's for Pope Pius X
Rome August 9 1903 crowds fill St Peter Basilica for the coronation of Pope Pius X in a ceremony marked by intense heat and massive public devotion. 70 000 attendees surge through barriers as diplomats nobles and clergy witness the solemn rite with a dazzling papal procession and the pontiff in white robes and red gold mitre.
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Pius X
St. Peter's
Cardinal Macchi
Europe
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Beatrice
Don Carlos
Duke Robert of Parma
Thomas Esmonde
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F. McNutt
Pontiff
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Vatican
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Leo
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Judge Gray to preside Birmingham wage dispute sessions
The arbitration commission for Birmingham miners and operators will meet at 10 AM tomorrow with Judge Gray of Delaware as presiding judge and E P Neill of Washington acting as recorder. Members include Charles McCreery, Robert H. Peterson, and local officials T L Lewis and W R Fairly. Open to the public, sessions run five hours daily for two weeks.
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Ala
Arbitration Commission
Gray
Delaware
E. P. Neill
Washington, D. C
Anthracite Commission
Charles McCreery
Robert H. Peterson
William R. Fairly
T. L. Lewis
Alabama
Executive Commission
United Mine Workers of America
W J Bryan In A Wreck Near Mount Vernon Ill
W J Bryan was severely shaken but not injured in a Southern Railroad wreck near Mount Vernon Illinois. The train struck an open switch at full speed and was delayed for hours. Bryan arrived from Louisville and continued his journey to Sycamore later that night.
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W. J. Bryan
Southern Railroad
Mount Vernon
Ill
Mr. Bryan
Louisville
Sycamore
Tobin found dead in county jail cell
James Tobin, accused of murdering his elderly wife in Granville Center on July 19, was found dead in his county jail cell in Milwaukee. The county physician ruled the death due to old age and natural causes ahead of his arraignment at the next Municipal Court term.
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James Tobin
Granville Center
Tobin
Lisbon Earthquake Shocks City Causing Panic and Damage
Lisbon reports a violent earthquake at 10 08 tonight lasting two seconds. No fatalities noted though panic and some damage were reported in the area around the city. Local authorities continue to assess structural effects and aftershocks.
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Lisbon
Lisboun
U S Will Lose Market As Russian Mills Expand Output
In Peking in August a U S firm contracted to furnish Russian flour millers with machinery valued at $200,000. The mills will boost production to about 1,500,000 to 1,600,000 barrels daily, reducing American flour exports to Russia.
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Peking
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America
No Trace Of Child Teddy Kendall Still Missing
Police and hundreds of Indianapolis citizens pressed a large search for three year old Teddy Kendall of Hall Place after he vanished Friday afternoon. Mrs Kendall, at the home, is critically ill and fears for her son’s return. Detectives Hauser and Kurtz lead efforts with private search crews and citywide broadcasts. A man who asked for directions to the Kendall home near 1626 Hall Place is now a focal lead.
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Po-Lce Department
Indianapolis
Teddy Kendall
Kendall
Hall Place
Dr. Hornaday
Hif
Hauser and
Kurtz
Piney
Taffe
Lire Department
Hauser
J. W. Goens
Big Four Railroad
North Illinois
1626
Goens
Houser
Warned Not to Flirt Chicago & Eastern Illinois Trainmen Caution
Bulletin posted on the Terre Haute division of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois warns trainmen especially locals along West Montezuma and Hillsdale against flirting with women along the tracks. It states offenders risk serious trouble and ends with a warning from Trainmaster S Huffman.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Ute
Ind
Terre Haute
West Montezuma
Hillsdale
Huffman
Battle With Outlaws in Osage Nation Describes Martin Gang Clash
In Osage nation a gunfight between deputy marshals and the Martin gang leaves one outlaw dead, another fatally wounded deputy marshal Wiley Haines reportedly fatally wounded, and weather disrupts Paw Huska communications. The bandits had robbed travelers near Bartlesville, I T., recently and are believed pursued.
Foul Play Suspected in M W Scheibl Death Probe
A Louisville cigar maker, M W Scheibl, was killed by an eastbound train near Lafayette Indiana. Thomas Brant of Elston was arrested with Scheibl’s union card and other items, claims he found them after an hour post accident and handed them to the undertaker. Police suspect foul play. Brant denies involvement and the case will be probed tomorrow as relatives arrange the body’s shipment South.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
W. Scheibl
Louisville
Logansport
Thomas Brant
Elston
Scheib
Brant
Scheibl
No Further Attempt to Form a Mob at Valparaiso
Sheriff La Count warned against mob action near Valparaiso and pledged to expel Mrs. Biggs's attacker from town if needed. The caution followed tense public warnings and police readiness to maintain order during the incident.
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Valparaiso
la Count
Mrs. Biggs
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
John Wilson
Biggs
Here
Michigan City
Laporte
Montreal Missing Man With $80,000 Shortage
Police in Montreal have not found any trace of Willard Allen of Boston who disappeared after leaving with a shortage of eighty thousand dollars from the Preachers' Aid Fund of the Methodist Church, of which he was connected.
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Quebec
Willard 8. Allen
Boston
Methodist Church
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