Eleven Boys Die as Lightning Strikes Chicago Pier
In Chicago on July 2 a violent thunderstorm struck Lake Michigan at the Montrose boulevard pier. Eleven youths aged 12 to 25 were killed and one survivor, Willie Anderson, 12, described the hour of sport ending in horror. The pier collapsed as the bolt shattered timbers and sent the victims into the water. Police and rescue crews faced delays and difficult identification amid heat and rain.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Montrose Boulevard
Willie Anderson
Funeral set for Saturday in Detroit for ex Governor Pingree
Four Michigan items report the Zeeland steamer carrying ex Governor Pingree body reaching New York and triggering no change to Detroit funeral plans. Detroit officials, Gen Duffield, Col Latimer and others organize a large, orderly procession with 10,000 to 12,000 nonuniformed men and 3,000 plus uniformed troops. Maybury and other officials attend, while Carnegie pledges 750000 dollars for Detroit libraries pending site and maintenance conditions.
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New York
Detroit
Zeeland
Citizens’ Committee
Dufeld
H. M. Duffield
Union ‘Trust
Col
W. G. Latimer
J. G. Dickinson
Maynor Maybury
Gresham
Frank C. Pingree
R. G. Solomon
Leather Dealers’ Association
Skibo Castle
Ardgay
N. B
Geo. W. Radford
Mich
Central Library
Andrew Carnegie
Radford
Board of Library Commissioners
Carnegie
Boers at Bermuda Soon to Be Camped Prisoners
Nine hundred Boer prisoners landed June 28 on British transport Armenian were moved to camps on Darrell and Tucker islands near Bermuda. Captured at Paardeberg, many are youths and two elderly men who had never seen salt water. They expressed regret over the war and hope for its end while enjoying sea bathing.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Darrell
Tucker's Islands
Cranje
Paardeberg
Cape Town
Insane Hobo Captured After Chase Near St Joseph
In St Joseph Michigan on July 2 the sheriff’s posse captured Fred Koch, an insane hobo who terrorized farmers’ wives south of the city. He traveled from Kansas to pick berries, went insane from beat, and fought his way through woods before capture. This marks the sixth insane person jailed near the city within a month, prompting authorities to plan a padded cell in the fall.
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En County
St. Joseph
Mich
Fred Koch
Kansas
Thin City
Wrecking Tug Fern Sinks at Moorings in Big Blow
The wrecking tug Fern of Algonac sank at her moorings near the wreck of the old Colorado on Eagle river reef after a Friday night storm. Five crew members are feared drowned. Discovered Sunday, a diver will inspect the wreck. Names include Capt. Arthur Hemenger of Algonac, Engineer Frank Johnson of Eagle River, Fireman Wm. Smith, Diver Charles Bradley, and an unidentified cook from the Soo. Also reports clerical staff changes in Michigan state departments with new appointees to the auditor general and public instruction offices.
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Houghton, Mich
Fern
Algonac
Colorado
Eagle River
Arthur Hemenger
Frank Johnson
Eagie River
Wm. Smith
Norman Smith
Maniten Islands
Charles Bradley
Boo
Soo
Lansing
Mich
J. W. Humphrey
Allegan
Clarence Macklem
Sanilac
G. D. Burdick
Wayne
Auditor General's Office
Marie B. Ferry
Emily Beecher
Genesee
Joseph A. Moross
Detroit
Percy Fall
Albion
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jesse E. Tarbell
Mutr
Fall
Philippines
Supt
Atkinson
Manila
Michigan
Multiple Michigan Dignitaries Die in Sudden Incidents
A compilation from St Johns to Howell reports Franklin Weller of St Johns Iron Works died from injuries at the plant after an oiling accident. Other items note T Yoke leasing land near Adrian to bore for oil and gas, a man found dead by cutting his throat near Napoleon, and various drownings and sunstroke incidents across Michigan. The notices include brief accidents, deaths, and a Baptist of ads for health tonics.
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St. Johns
Mich
Franklin Weller
Weller & Daggett
Romulus
T. Yoke
Adrian
Here
Taylor Center
Jackson
Littler
Cla Lake
Napoleon
Steel Workers Strike Conflicts Across Pittsburgh Plants
On July 2 in Pittsburgh both sides reported confidence as the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers and United States Steel subsidiaries clashed over wages and work stoppages. Most union plants remained idle while open mills saw contributing workers on strike. Officials foresee a possible two week shutdown with a prolonged struggle likely. Settlement hints linger though no decisive moves occurred. Independent mills largely adopted the new wage scale.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet Steel Co
American Steel Hoop Co
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Association
Aide
Amalgamated
Steel Hoop Company
Sti Il
L W. Jenks
Getting Together in Cincinnati Machinists and Employers Confer
In Cincinnati on July 2 representatives of Laidan-Duon-Gordon Co. and striking machinists held a conference to settle the plant trouble. An arbitration chair, August Herrman, attended with the board of waterworks. The manufacturers proposed terms which after hours of talks were revised and sent to the strikers executive board for approval. About 350 machinists work at the plant. a settlement could speed other nodal settlements.
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Albig’s
South Main Street Nation
Cincinnati
Laidian-Duon-Gordon Co
August Herrman
Board of New Waterworks Commissioners
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Ivory
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Tom Watts
Will
WM. E. Baldwin
Telegram
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Goodrich Line
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Chester Township
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L. H. Shepherd
Lacey's Lake
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California Fig Syrup CO
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Stevens
Pete Air
Scranton
Lehigh
Screen Door
E. W
R. Mulzer & Son
North Main Street
Wesleys
ROE Clothing CO
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