Wreck and fires rattle Kansas topeka area train crash
A Texas Express baggage car on the Hook Island line plunged through a bridge over Hendricks Creek near Alma Kansas. Fireman John Leggett died and Engineer John Main was seriously injured. Grieving rescue by fisherman William Graves saved others as wreckage floated in water. The bridge failed from a cloudburst weakening the span.
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Texas ‘Express
Hook Island
Hendricks Creek
Alma
John Leggett
John Main
Williaw Graves
Graves
Vacons
Aires
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Root to Leave Cabinet for Alaska Commission
Billon Root, long serving since Aug 1 1899 after president McKinley named him to succeed Gen Alger, will resign as Secretary of War to join the Alaskan commission in London. A top lawyer, he entered the cabinet in 1903 and would leave Washington life for law practice again, with Gen Luke Wright likely to head the Philippine commission.
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Caile
London
McKinley
Gen. Alger
Root
ISGT
Lgw
New York
Wow
Mra
Husbad
Alger
Washington
Taft
Anya
Philippine Commission
Luke Wright
Commission
Union Clergymen Plan Denial of Marriage Across Denominations
A movement led by William Pardew proposes a national clergy alliance to refuse to marry civilly or religiously, aiming to curb divorce rates. It cites 500,000 plus divorces in twenty years and 1.5 million American children affected, urging a syndicate of churches to enforce social sanctions rather than laws.
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Wiliam O’brien Pardow
New York
St. Prancia Nabor College
Lie
Muother
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Patter Pardew
Eleilaaton
Huthertess
Childress
Unitet
Thie Land
Avany
Congress
United States
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Alorcas
Condition Of Crops And Fire Incident Report
The monthly crop condition report shows corn at August 1 at 74 percent, below ten year average, with rye and rockwheat steady. Potato yields are forecast weaker, barley and spring rye also reported. A separate incident describes a major fire at a transit station with trains trapped crews evacuating amid dense smoke and large crowds.
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Bureau of Struation
Department of Agriculture
T&t
Hebrusta
Lindt
Ainda
Tony
Anza
WL. R. Itwoln
First American Cardinal Votes in Papal Conclave
Cardinal Gibbons, the first American to participate in a papal election, would likely have been a strong candidate for the papal throne were it not for his controversial position during the Spanish American War. Highly respected in both Europe and the United States, his learning and broad Christian spirit marked him as a leading voice in the conclave.
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Cardinal Gineons
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Leo
New
Order of Things
Awful Disaster Visits Paris on Metropolitan Railway
A Paris disaster struck when an underground Metropolitan electric railway train failed. Fire consumed cars and passengers were burned or suffocated. The toll nears one hundred with a train breaking down at Straismentant station amid poor conditions.
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Paris
Metropolitan Electric
Cath
Strais
Columbia University Faculty Changes Stir NYC Academic Scene
Columbia University in New York announces Witticat B. Ware as emeritus head of architecture. John Huston Fearey slated as president of the College of the City of New York. Cyrus Northrup warned over university expenses amid state underfunding. Brandor Matasawa to lead dramatic literature. W L Carlisle to head Wisconsin agricultural college duties in September. Canada reports a cottage industry death.
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Columbia
New York City
Witticat B. Ware
Dis School of Architecture
Tristens
Lgr
John Huston Fearey
College of the City of New York
Clahnoly
Tmoosevelt
Teenie Cleveland
Ad Uresses
Cyrus Northrup
Univerity of
Minnesota
Brandor Matchaywa
Columbia University
Rucci
Thomas Randolph Age Og-Bead
Department of
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W. L. Carlsle
Wlaconwin Agricultural College
State of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry
Colora Astute Agricultural College
Begtombar
Coronation of Pius X Crowned in St Peter’s Basilica
The Sunday ceremony at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome crowned Pope Pius X with the triple crown before about 70,000 onlookers. Cardinal Macchi led the rite as the papal procession moved through the Vatican, with splendor, banners, and choral music throughout the historic hallways and altar.
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Vatican
Pius X
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Palestrina
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Con Macchi
Dells
Caroline Macchi
Pritece
Bartom
Jesus Christ
Arsen
Buret
Conconrac
Trade Depression and Bright Prospects Reportedly Mixed
The Dun Weekly Review notes uneven conditions with trade expansion in many sectors and a favorable July but warns of inflation pressures. It cites rising July production, lingering labor unrest, and strong pig iron orders while wheat exports and prices show volatility across regions and time.
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York
Cottom Mills
R. G. Dun & Con Woekly Review of Trade
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Aosu
Jrun
Wien
Pittsburg
Dedestie Makera
Carri Competitan
Con Tiree
Baoks
Thy Meutins
Athena Jobbers
Eeport
Leothtyeeta Trade Review
Simo
Renee
Rome
Hutskelk
Agdekty I
Prices and grain markets across cities and commodities
A scrambled list of commodity prices and market notes includes oats and corn futures, wheat and rye by No. 2 grades, cattle and hog prices in St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee markets, with figures ranging from several dollars per unit to under five dollars. Includes butter creamery and general shipping terms and weights for goods across multiple eastern and midwestern markets.
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Sberg
SEN
Orbynl
Nu. Porn
Nu Creamors
Notatoes
Per Buatel
Uyions Smifi
Catitor Shipping
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cartin
Onta
Witite
Bae
Rsa
Milwaukee
Northern
Burley
Toledo
Vlayer Avi
Ete Nork
Graveyard confessions reel in Indianapolis murder case
Rufus Cantrell known as Ting of the Colored Ghouls, imprisoned in the Tudigna reformatory, swore confessions linking murders in Indianapolis. He names victims, including Carrie Salvage, discusses a Pennsylvanian suspect with a gold watch and $300 check, and notes a body buried in a robbed grave. Police impressed by Cantrell’s detailed tale and its wider murder web.
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Ting
Tonen
Indianapolis
Prudential Reamuia
Cantrell
Poliveau Watterson
Cantrallansé
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