Wreck of World's Fair Flyer Near Eden Devastates Eight Cars
A Colorado disaster at Eden, seven miles north of Pueblo, where a bridge collapse on the Denver and Rio Grande rail line sent two passenger cars and a baggage car into Dry Creek. About one hundred perished, with 82 bodies recovered and 57 identified by Monday night. Fireman Mayfield saved himself but perished after warning others as the locomotive and cars plunged 40 feet into the churning stream. Rescue stations and trains from Pueblo aided responders. immense debris and scattered remains covered miles of riverbank as workers searched all day Monday.
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Pueblo
Col
Eden
Dry Creek
Steele
Charles Hindoan
Frank Mayfield
Hindman
Mayfield
F. W. Jones
J. M. Killin
H. S. Gilbert
Tony Fisher
Ashmere
Fire Rages at Toulon Arsenal in Midnight Blaze
A devastating fire at the Toulon arsenal began at midnight and continues to spread despite efforts by firemen, troops, and sailors. Two ships, including a torpedo boat, burn and are near collapse. Several soldiers are injured, one fatally, as generals and admirals observe the crisis.
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Toulon
France
Mediators Move to End Chicago Stockyards Strike
A committee of business leaders and union reps is appointed to negotiate with packers for a joint meeting of employers and strikers amid mediation efforts. Samuel Gompers is headed to Chicago to assist mediation as sanitary probes find minor housing issues but no major violations.
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Chicago
Butchers’ and Grocers’ Association
Twuu
Cirdis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New York
Gompers
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Carter H. Harrison
Harrison
Funeral of Ex Senator West Held at West Cottage
Ex Senator West's funeral was held at the West cottage with Rev. J. O. Shackelford and Rev. O. H. Morton officiating. A large crowd viewed the remains as pallbearers led the coffin past mourners. After services, the body was sent by private car to St. Louis as all businesses closed.
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Sweet Springs
West
West Cottage
J. O. Shackelford
O. H. Morton
Shackelford
St. Louis
Miners threaten Leiter stockade amid dynamite threats
Ziegler Illinois August 11 report notes threats to destroy Leiter by dynamite after his arrival with 35 Pennsylvania coal miners. Authorities rush to fortify the stockade with new deputy marshals and sheriffs, install a 200 foot searchlight and electric lighting, and prepare to meet incoming strike breakers while keeping peaceful attitudes among strikers and locals.
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Ziegler
Ill
Joe Leiter
Pennsylvania
Stockade
United States
Leiter
Hull of steamship Discovery found near Middleton Island
Seattle reports the hull of the Nome steamship Discovery lies on the inner side of Middleton Island near Valdez after a heavy storm. The Tedder Pacific sighted the hull during a northern cruise, with authorities at Valdez saying 25 to 40 may have perished when the vessel sank near Nome in November 1903.
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Seattle
Wash
Nome
Discovery
Middleton Island
Valdez
Tedder Pacific
Alaska Packers’ Association
Middleton Islands
Yakutat
Mitchell Leads International Miners Congress In Paris
John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America presided over sessions of the International Miners Congress in Paris. He conveyed American workers’ thanks for the warm reception and the group unanimously adopted a resolution to pursue legal action to curb ankylostomiasis affecting workers.
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United Mine Workers of America
International Miners’ Congress
Paris
John Mitchell
Congress
Workers of America
New World
President Roosevelt Denies Burley Commutation Request
Roosevelt refuses to commute John W. Burley’s death sentence for a crime against a child. He denounces insanity pleas as insufficient and urges swift justice to curb lynching. The president notes the jury’s duty and says the execution will proceed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John_W. Burley
John W. Burley
Fire destroys repair shops and 64 refrigerator cars in St Louis
A large fire at the American Refrigerating Transit Co shops at Main and Barton streets in St Louis destroyed the repair building and 64 refrigerator cars. Estimated loss about 300000, fully insured, with 17 fire companies fighting to save adjacent property. The Gould lines owned the shop, and losses on cars belonging to others will fall on the owners.
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St. Louis
American Refrigerating Transit Co
Main
Barton Streets
Gould Lines
Goulds
Will
An Old Man's Tribute to Kidney Pills
Sidney Justus, a fruit dealer from Mentor Ohio, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing a long standing kidney illness. He describes severe back pain, rheumatic aches, dropsical swelling, and painful urinary passages that disturbed his nights. He reports relief after half a box and lasting cure after three boxes, with a trial offer and price.
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Sidney Justus
Mentor
Ohio
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Thrifty Duke Message From Veragua Duke at Telegraph Office
Col Hamilton Young recalls the visit of the duke of Veragua during the Chicago world’s fair. The thrifty duke asked the Columbus mayor’s address be sent by telegram, paying twenty five cents for ten words. The message notes, I shall visit your city next Tuesday, signed by Cristobal Colin de Toledo y Larresuegui de la Cerda Ramirez de Baquedanc y Gante almirante y Adelantado Mayor de las Judias.
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Hamilton Young
Western Union Lines
Capitol
Washington
Duke
Veragua
Cvian
Columbus
Reed Smoot Joke Meets Vegetarian Egg Logic
Reed Smoot, the Mormon senator, is teased by a vegetarian friend who lectures on meat avoidance. The exchange turns on eggs being meat because they hatch into chicks, to which Smoot quips that he eats eggs cooked, not raw, ending the humorous tale.
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Reed Smoot
Smoot
Old Fashioned Diet Restores a Woman’s Health
A dyspepsia sufferer describes drastic improvement after switching to Grape-Nuts and cream, eliminating fatty foods. The product stayed down, digestion improved, and weight rose from 98 to 125 pounds. The testimonial promotes Postum and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Ca
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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