Salem Michigan Disaster Kills 31 Injures 100 Plus
Thirty-one people are dead and more than 100 injured after a Pere Marquette excursion train collided head on with a westbound freight near Salem Michigan. The crash occurred on a steep grade and damaged a locomotive, killing and injuring passengers from Tonia and nearby towns. Victims include shop employees families and several youths.
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Salem
Mich
Plymouth
Pere Marquette
Tonia
Detroit
Argion
Eighty Injured In Pere Marquette Wreck In Michigan
Detroit July 22 A Pere Marquette railway wreck left more than 100 injured with eight initially not out of danger. Sixty one from Ionia remained at home, forty two were taken to Detroit hospitals, and several others from Ionia faced serious injuries. Notable victims include Mrs M Darling whose husband and son were killed. Local officials estimate about one in fifty of Ionia’s residents were affected.
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Detroit
Pere Marquette
Ionia
Tonia
Banner Huggins
Catherine Selbach
John B. Anderson
Abraham Eddy
WH Beals
Llie Dalson
Catherine Smith
George Taylor
Joseph Feeney
David Otto
Milo Snell
Chas Dawson
Harvey Town
Orleans
Mich
Leo Kelkosan
A. C. Fuller
Jennie Smith
Edward ‘Bender
John N. Bible
Hamilton
Plymouth
Salem
Steamers Collide Off Shelter Cover. Columbia Sunk
News from Shelter Cover Maracino county reports the steamers Columbia and San Pedro colliding at midnight Saturday. The Columbia sank with over one hundred lives lost.
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San Francisco
the Evening Journal
Columbia
San Pedro
Shelter Cover
Maracino County
Five Hurt in a Mine Explosion at Island Coal Mine
Fast Liverpool July 22. Two citizens and three foreigners were seriously injured by a powder explosion in the Island Coal company mine now here. The foreigners are fatally hurt.
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Fast
Liverpool
Island Coal Company
Skeleton unearthed at Gravesend site may be Pocahontas
Gravesend New York July 22 workmen excavating the old parish church graveyard uncovered a human skeleton near the surface facing downward. Experts could not confirm identity, but the position suggests a later burial than Pocahontas who died in 1617 after marrying John Rolfe in 1615 and sailing to England in 1616. New York July 22 yacht news cites William Fife predicting a British challenge for the Americas Cup in US waters next year.
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N.Y
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Jamestown
Rolfe
England
New York
William Fife
Thomas Lipin
Europe
United States
Fife
Sir Thomas Lipton
Tneyland
Not a Candidate for Governor in Illinois
Andrew Russel, once linked to a gubernatorial bid in Jacksonville on July 22, stated he will not run for governor. He plans to seek the Republican nomination for state treasurer and will pursue the nomination at the upcoming primary.
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Jacksonville
Andrew Russel
Riots in Seoul threaten cabinet as mobs burn houses
Dispatches from Tokio report fresh riots in Seoul with two ministers’ houses burned. General Hasegawa tightens control as Japanese troops guard arsenals and streets amid uncertain safety and calls for reinforcement from Shimonoseki. Marquis Ito resists martial law while awaiting the emperor’s decisions.
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Seoul
Hasegawa
Korea
Palace Square
Hasenwa
Ping Yang
Shimonoseki
Marquis Ito
Riots Rock Seoul With Bloodshed and Attacked Cabinet
A Seoul riot on Saturday left dead and wounded as rifle fire echoed through the city. A 2,000 strong mob sacked the premier’s mansion after gathering at the Temple of Heaven, with Japanese guards repulsing assaults on several targets including the minister of war. Martial law looms as machine guns brace palace approaches.
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Seoul
Temple of Heaven
Lwanyung
D’armes
Poyder
Ito
Quote on Liberty and European Scum
A fragment quotes a speaker denouncing fellows who misunderstand liberty and customs as unworthy in Europe, labeling them as scum. The text reflects hostile, inflammatory sentiment without further context or attribution.
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Europe
Bull and auto kill Durham bull in village accident
Lawrenceburg Indiana July 22 F B C Seeley and three women traveling from Chicago to Jamestown Va met an accident when Seeley tried to pass cattle and the Durham bull attacked the car. He struck the animal and the car four times before the bull was knocked over a ten foot embankment and killed. The occupants escaped with minor injuries. auto was badly damaged.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
F. B. C. Seeley
Chicago
Jamestown
Seeley
Market Hogs and Cattle Prices Reported for Chicago
Chicago markets show hogs strong to high on light and mixed loads with shipments and receipts detailed. Beef cattle and Western stock values move, while lambs and sheep show steadier demand amid weekly totals and daily estimates.
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Chicago
Dr Lyman Abbotts Wife Dead In Germany
News from New York reports the death of Mrs Lyman Abbott at Hileshrim Germany. She was 69 and the daughter of Hannibal Hamlin Maine Lincoln VP. She married Dr Lyman Abbott on October 22 1857.
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New York
Abbott
Lyman Abbott
Hileshrim
Germany
Lynch Motor Murder Suspect in Olive Branch
In Olive Branch Mississippi July 22 a Black man named Andrew Trice accused of murdering his mistress was lynched by about thirty Black men who dragged him from custody killed him and cast his body into the river. No further details provided.
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Olive Branch
Miss
Andrew Trice
Trice
Immigrant Wave Blamed for City Crime Surge
New York officials claim hordes of immigrants including criminals trigger a rise in crimes against women and children. Police Commissioner Bingham asks for 2,000 more officers and says foreigners who cannot speak English drive the wave of offenses.
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New York
Europe
Gingham
Bingham
North American Commission Company Ad Pledges Square Deal
An ad from The North American Commission Company in Chicago area copy promises a square deal and reliable service. The notice invites inquiries with assurance of fair treatment and prompt responses.
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The
North American Commission Company
Ayres protests retirement attempt by army board
Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Ayres denounces efforts to retire him for disability saying the charges of conduct unbecoming a gentleman theft and keeping a soldier as a servant are politically motivated. He cites a thirty three year combat record and vows to fight what he calls a rigged move.
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New York
Charles G. Ayres
Fourteenth
Army
Cout Martial
Philippines
Does Look a Little That Way Board Session Ends Charged Retirement Plot
The public sessions of the retiring board debate whether its panel was set to push Colonel Ayres from service to shield the War Department from scandal. Dr. Eddie concludes Ayres suffers chronic nephritis likely to worsen with active duty, noting his 1901 sick leave showed similar symptoms yet did not lead to retirement during Philippine service.
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Colonel Ayres
War Department
Ayres
Virginia
West Point
Guy Eddie
Sanford Wadhams
Eddie
Col. Ayres
Philippines
Mortgage filed to secure Wabash 50-year bonds in Missouri
A $200,000,000 mortgage against the Wabash Railroad company was recorded in Montgomery county by G. P. Smith, attorney for the Wabash. Similar mortgages will be recorded in every county in Missouri and in Iowa where the line runs to fund the first refunding and extension of the fifty-year 4 percent gold bonds.
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Montgomery City
Montgomery County Recorders
Wabash Railroad Company
G. P. Smith
Wabash
Missouri
Towa
Staunton Man Struck by Freight While Chasing Train
M W Quarles, brother of ex Representative Quarles of Staunton Virginia, died at Basic City after being struck by a Norfolk and Western freight while rushing to catch a Chesapeake and Ohio train to Staunton. He was 59, leaving a wife and two children.
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M. W. Quarles
Quarles
Basic City
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Oho
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