City of Trenton Destroyed by Explosion Near Philadelphia
The steamer City of Trenton exploded its port boiler near Torresdale, killing eleven and injuring many. Fire followed, the wrecked vessel lying in the marshes above Philadelphia. several missing, a large number burned or scalded, and authorities pumping water to recover bodies.
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Trenton
Torresdale
Philadelphia
Wilmington Steamboat Company
N. J
D. Chew
Jane Elizabeth Green
Philadelia
Arthur Lansing
Molder
James O'Connell
Frenton
Wilmington
Del
Matt Mable
Agust Mable
Philadel
John Mathews
Matilda Cross
Theresa Rhein
Panschoick
J. & Smith
Camden
Barrett
Anna Hoover
Cecilia Magrogan
Henry Magrogan
E. Kephart
Alice E. Matthews
G. E. Smith
Bessie Brown
Edna Vanschack
Hightown
Jeanette Reid
Louisa Robinson
Wilson Mecke
W. C. Mersbaum
Morrisville
J. W. Hastings
White Lansing
Philadel Albert Lee
Burlington
Bristol
W. A. Worrell
Edward Curry
J. W. Vanderver
Edward Murphy
J. D. Chew
Clayton Reybold
Disaster on the river as boiler explodes aboard City of Trenton
Reports detail a boiler explosion on the City of Trenton as passengers and crew fight flames and injuries. Captain Worrell and the crew act heroically while police boats, doctors, and emergency squads rush to aid the injured. The boiler, inspected and rated for 175 pounds, allegedly carried 150 pounds, with seven inches of water noted.
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Mate Vanderveer
Curry
Worrell
House of Correction
Holmesburg
Torresdale
Samuel H. Ashbridge
Edwin
Stuart
Emergency Corps
House of Correction Hospital
Columbia
Murphy
Bryson
Chew
Trenton
Horace Wilson
Wilmington
Wetumpka Mob Leader Convicted of Murder in First Degree
George Howard, a leading local farmer, was found guilty of murder in the first degree for his role in the mob lynching of Robert White near Wetumpka Alabama. He received a life sentence after admitting participation and naming 13 mob members. Other defendants, including John Strength Martin Fuller John Thomas Ben Martin Lem Strength and Will Still, face upcoming trials as most other alleged mob members fled the area.
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Wetumpka
Ala
George Howard
Howard
Robert White
White
John Strength
Martin Fuller
John Thomas
Ben Martin
Lem
Matchheads in Water Case Shocks Knoxville
Elsie and Julia McFalls, residents near Knoxville, are jailed on charges of causing three child deaths. The infants Bessie, Charley, and Annie died in August after allegedly being given a water mixture of dissolved match heads. another Elsie child also died. Bodies to be exhumed for tests as warrants were sworn by a neighbor.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Elsie
Julia McFalls
Bessie
Charley
Annie
Husband shoots wife then dies in blaze of remorse
In Beausville Ohio on August 3 William Montgomery returned home intoxicated from a farmers reunion and shot his wife after which he killed himself. Mrs Montgomery lies dying from the wound and cannot survive.
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Beausville
William Montgomery
Farmers
Naval Witness Lists for Schley Court of Inquiry
Two witness lists released by Judge Advocate Lemly and Schley’s counsel name over a hundred potential witnesses from the Santiago campaign. Key figures include Sampson Evans Higginson Cotton Taylor Chadwick Sigsbee and many others from the Brooklyn Newark and other ships. The lists signal lines of testimony, with many officers from chief-of-staff to marine corps roles among those likely to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lemly
Schley Court of Inquiry
Admiral Schley
Judge Advocate
William T. Sampson
Robley D. Evans
Francia J. Higginson
Charles 8. Cotton
Henry C. Taylor
French A. Chadwick
Caspar F. Goodrich
Charles D. Sigsbee
William C. Wise
Francis A. Cook
Bowman IH. McCastla
Theodore F. Jewell
William M. Folger
Robert M. Berry
John L. Hannum
William P. Potter
Richard Wainwright
Joseph G. Eaton
Newton E. Mason
Seaton Schroeder
Giles B. Harber
James M. Miller
Lewis CC. Heilmer
Alexander B. Bates
Sidney A. Staunton
Nathaniel R. Usher
Albert W. Grant
Albion C. Hodgson
William H. H. Southerland
William H. Schuetz
Templin M. Potts
Alexander Sharp, Jr
William C. Dawson
S. 8
Sampson
Santiago
Clark
Oregon
Phillip
Texas
Evans
Iowa
Higgins
Massachusetts
Cotton
Harvard
Taylor
Indiana
Chadwick
New York
Goodrich
Newark
St. Louis
Sigsbee
St. Paul
Yale
Cook
Brooklyn
McCalla
Marblehead
Jewell
Minneapolis
Folger
New Orleans
Barry
Castine
Hannum
Potter
Wainwright
Gloucester
Resolute
Schroeder
Harper
Miller
Merimac
Heilner
Bates
Staunton
Usher
Ericsson
Grand
Navy Department
Department of Justice
Messrs. Wilson
Rayner
C. H. Harlow
Edward Simponent
Charles Webster
Edward McCauley
U. 8
Marine Corps
P. C. Murphy
Thomas 8. Borden
Paul Fitzsimmons
Lane
Charles M. Devlin
J. G. Hobbs
Thomas F. Carter
John B. Patten
Naval Cadets
John Halligan, Jr
R. M. Marble, Jr
Naral
W.telm
Schley
Watson
Barker
Alex. Sharp, Jr
Marlow
Captain Cook
Mason
Harrison and
Sharp
Aieutenant
Schley’s Witness List for Court of Inquiry Revealed
Captain James Parker announces the proposed witness list for Admiral Schley’s court of inquiry. Thirty seven names are listed with naval ranks from July 1898, covering rear admirals Watson and Barker, captains Clark and Cook, commander Mason, and others. About six or seven navy names remain undisclosed.
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Washington
James Parker
Admiral Schley
Navy
Santiago
J. C. Watson
A. 53. Barker
C. B. Clark
F. A. Cook
E. Mason
Ena
A. C. Hodgson
Alexi
James H. Sears
Thomas D. Grigin
W. Rush
Doomed if Caught Young Black Suspect In Missouri Case
A mass hunt for Hossie Francis continues near Columbus Missouri after the fatal assault on Mary Henderson. Local volunteers and lawmen believe Francis cannot escape as hundreds scour the countryside. Amid mob tensions, Bud Francis and a Briscoe family may hold clues, with threats of retaliation shaping the pursuit.
Dastardly murder shocks Johnson county at Columbus
Miss Mary Henderson, aged forty, was murdered in cold blood by a farm hand known as Bessie Francis on Hyatt farm near Columbus. The assailant fled and is being hunted as lynching fears rise. a horse was shot, and authorities report dense woods surrounding Holden and Independence as possible locations. The case has stirred widespread unrest across Johnson County and nearby areas.
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Kansas City
Hossie” Francis
Mary Henderson
Columbus
Francis
Bud
Centerview
Briscoe
Hyatt Farm
Briscoe Place
Warrensburg
Johnson County
Here
Bessie” Francis
Charles E. Hyatt
Hyatt
Holden
Miss Henderson
Independence
Sedana
Odessa
Johnson
Colorado Commandery Wins Grand Prize at Louisville Drill
Colorado Commandery No. 1 of Denver captured first prize in the Knights Templar drill competition at Churchill Downs before 18,000 spectators, with St Bernard No. 35 second and Golden Gate No. 16 third. California Commandery No. 1 rode to the mounted trophy, while awards totaled 34 pieces of silver and a mounted cup. Grand Master Lloyd's ruling on standing in both chapter and lodge preserved the controversy, and the encampment set a 5 cent per capita assessment with plans for next conclave.
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Louisville
Colorado Commandery
Denver
Knights Templars
Knights
St. Bernard
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Hanselman
Cincinnati
California Commandery
Columbia Commandery
Washington
D. C
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Calvary
Parkersburg
W. Va
Churchill Downs
Louisville Jockey Club
Kentucky Beauties
H. P. Grant
Colorado
Mr. Grant
Downs
R. C. Kincaid
Detroit Commandery
No. 1
Detroit
Wolverines
Knights of Michigan
Mounted Commandery
California
Board of
Kentucky
A. 8S
Fleming
Fred de Uniak
Twenty-second Infantry
Charles Suret
U. S. AL
C. 8
Ammel
Columbus
Lloyd
Knight Lloyd Belds
Templar
Mayo
Dy Seiy
Lafayette Lyttle
Ohio
Harrison Dingman
Grandmaster Lloyd
Sa.m
Recorder
Reuben H. Koyd
Order
United States
Spain
The Grand Encampment Meets on Membership Question
In Louisville on August 23 the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar debates membership rules and related issues, with a heated discussion sparked by the dependent membership question and other reports.
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Louisville
Knights Temp
Looks Dark for Joyce as Colleran Sacrifices Joyce in Probe
Chicago August 28 Civil service probe into the city detective bureau expense account scandal ends Capt Luke P Colleran chief of detectives testifies to shield the bureau while pushing Lt Joyce toward guilt or neglect Commission to reconvene Friday after testimony and rulings on Tracy and Cramer in the Larkins case.
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Chicago
Civil-Service
City Detective Bureau
Luke P. Colleran
Detective Bureau
Joyce
Colleran
Tracy
Cleveland
Powell
O'Neill
Cramer
Larkins
Duel Over 25 Cents Ends in Triple Tragedy at Furman
In Selma Alabama on August 28 a three way gunfight among three Black men near Furman left one dead in the road and two fatally wounded after a dispute over a 25 cent debt. About twelve shots were fired as the men exchanged bullets.
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Selma
Ala
Furman
Parole of former Nebraska treasurer Bartley canceled
Governor Savage canceled the parole of former State Treasurer Bartley following the Republican state convention. The governor ordered Bartley surrendered to the county sheriff and returned to prison. Sheriff Branson arrested Bartley at his home and conveyed him to the penitentiary.
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Bartley
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Savage
Branson
Runaway Victims Near Frankfort Injured in Crash
In a Versailles pike collision two miles from Frankfort this morning Mrs Ed Porter Thompson wife of a noted writer and historian sustained internal injuries. Her four year old grandson Elliott Orr had a crushed skull and is not expected to live. Grandchild Ed Mund Orr is internally injured and likely to die. Kate Thompson daughter of Mrs Thompson broke a leg and suffered internal and external injuries. Una Sudduth was badly bruised.
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Frankfort
Versailles Pike
Ed Porter Thompson
Elliott Orr
Edmund Orr
Kate Thompson
Bank Building Wrecked by Burglars at Kinde
In Bad Axe Michigan August James H Hall's bank at Kinde was burglarized last night. Thieves secured only one dollar but destroyed the bank building and its contents. An explosive was placed beside the vault and caused a concussion that wrecked the building and vault.
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Mich
James H. Hall
Kinde
Burns Plan Arbitration Offer to End Strike
Open letter proposes submitting the dispute to arbitration with Burns naming an arbiter and urging Schwab and Shafer to choose others. It argues a fair board can decide fault and restart plants, calling for immediate return to work if both sides sign to arbitrate.
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Simon Burns
Window Glass Workers’ Association
L. A
Burns
Archbishop Ireland
Bishop Potter
Seth Low
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Theodore Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Schwab
Arbitration Board
Kent Schwab
Sigm
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Harrison Mansion
Delaware River
Alabama
Sehley
Higginson
Taylor, Chadwick
Don Petty
Ardmore
J. T
Troy
Cora Bells
Tishomingo
First Knights Templars
Demverites
Colo
Rado Commandery
SAN Francisco Drill Corps
Cincinnatians
Lloyds
Glass Workers’ President
TRY
Ing
Mesers
Shafer
MR. Schwab
Ready
Low and
Ireland
Schwab Tea
Steel Corporation
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