Flood wrecks Guanajuato as finders mark beauty and ore wealth
Guanajuato Mexico, famed for mines and aztec relics, suffered a great cloudburst flood. The city, center of mining wealth, with American and European investment, faces massive loss of life and property while its river and cavern networks hold ancient remains and catacombs.
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Guanajuato
Amer Fy
Mexico
Mexico City
Cortes
Herrick
Ohio
Valenciana
Delaware Indians May Migrate to New Mexico
Thomas E Ketchum a Delaware Indian resident of Vinita Indian Territory travels to New Mexico to assess land opportunities for a Delaware colony. He plans to report to tribal members on viable farms in the Bestancia and Pecos valleys after studying farming wealth in Sonora and Yaqui river prospects.
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New Mexico
Thomas E Ketchum
Vinita
I. T
Albuquerque
Cherokee Nation
Ketchum
Sonora
Mexico
Yaqui River
Bestancia Valley
Pecos Valley
Russia duel over Potemkine fate at Theodosia
Reports from Theodosia say the Krist Potemkine may not have left Theodosia as feared. Admiral Worenius backs sinking actions if needed while no cruiser losses are confirmed. Theodosia residents flee amid mutiny threats. troops and officials stay. London reports Japan seeks a 150 million loan secured by tobacco monopoly, terms set for tonight.
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St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Theodosia
Worenius
Naval Staff
Kenna
Constantinople
Epworth League Convention Opens in Denver
Denver July 6 th The seventh international convention of the Epworth League opened with three simultaneous meetings at Coliseum hall Trinity Methodist church and Central Presbyterian church attracting about 20 000 visitors. Bishop Isa M Joyce of Mississippi was slated to preside but was sick and unable to attend. Morning sessions featured addresses and responses.
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Denver
Colo
Epworth League
Coliseum Hall
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Central Presbyterian Church
Isa M. Joyce
Mississippi
Educational officials elected today at NEA meeting
Asbury Park New Jersey July 6 The National Educational Association today elected officers including President Nathan C Schaefer from Pennsylvania First Vice President William Maxwell of New York City Second Vice President Misa N Cropmey of Indiana Third Vice President J H Heineman of Arkansas Secretary Irwin Shepard of Minnesota Treasurer J A Wilkinson of Kansas
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Asbury Park
N. J
National Educational Association Today
Nathan C. Schaefer
Pennsylvania
William Maxwell
New York City
Misa N.cropmey
Indiana
J. H. Heineman
Arkansas
Irwin Shepard
Minnesota
J. A. Wilkinson
Kansas
Leanders Defeat Belgian Crew For Grand Challenge Cup
England, July 6 Those who yesterday beat the Vespers of Philadelphia by a length won the final heat in the regatta for the grand challenge cup, defeating the Belgian crew by two and one half lengths in six minutes and fifty six seconds, just five seconds off the record.
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England
Philadelphia
Tornados and clouds bursts sweep Texas and Maryland
Tornadoes crossed Red River into Indian Territory near Colbert tearing telegraph lines. Montague and Denison reports list dozens killed and many injured, with total dead around sixty three and half a million dollars in damage. A cloudburst at Timonium caused fifty thousand dollars in Baltimore damage with heavy flooding nearby. Roosevelt arrived in Jersey City and will announce Root's acceptance of the secretary of state offer.
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Texas
Maryland
Denison
Red River
Indian Territory
Colbert
Nocona
Montague
Jackson
Dallas
Baltimore
Timonium
Measuring Guards For New Khaki Uniforms
Acting on orders from Adjutant General A P Tarkington of Santa Fe Captain B Ruppe of Company G New Mexico National Guard directs measurements for forty uniforms. The service Khaki uniforms have arrived from the War Department in Santa Fe and will be issued to companies once measurements are completed.
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A. P. Tarkington
Santa Fe
B. Ruppe
New Mexico National Guard
War Department
Adjutant General
Great Northern Flyer Wreck Injures Sixty In Minot
A west bound Great Northern flyer wreck near Minot North Dakota injures about sixty people with no deaths reported. Four coaches derailed and eight cars burned during the incident. A separate Minot banking note reports a cashier’s suicide and a bank closure after cash losses totaling around one hundred thousand dollars.
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Great Northern Flyer
St. Paul
Minot
N. D
Condition of Things at Los Lunas
Roberto J. Chaves reports Los Lunas valley farmers suffer from grasshoppers and army worms harming crops. Valencia county commissioners meet to bid on rebuilding the Rio Grande bridge washed out by flooding. Farmers west of the river at Peralta and Tome endure severe losses while local high waters are less impactful.
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Roberto J. Chaves
Jacobo Chaves
Valencia County
Chaves
Los Lunas
Solomon Luna
Peralta
Tome
Patrick prolongs fate by appeal in murder case
New York July 6 Albert T Pats awaiting execution for murder of Texas multimillionaire William Rice has telegraphed counsel David B Hill to take his case to the United States Supreme Court. The execution is set for the week beginning August 00 and the appeal will last as a temporary stay.
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New York
Albert T. Pats
Wm. R. Rice
David B. Hill
United States Supreme Court
Patrick
French Submarine With 13 Crew Foundered Near Ferriville
A French submarine boat carrying thirteen aboard foundered at Ferriville in Tunis on July 6. The vessel went down in calm waters, and the fate of the crew remains unconfirmed.
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Ferriville
Tunis
Commercial Club and Directors to Meet Tonight
The director of the overall club will hold an important meeting tonight at 7:20. A general meeting of the Commercial Club follows, with papers for invited purposes to be available at the office.
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Commercial Club
Dor Vane
America's First Great Admiral Paul Jones Remembered
Paris honors Admiral Paul Jones in a ceremony uniting France and the United States. An American naval escort of about 600 officers and men arrived in Paris, paraded through the city, and attended the delivery of Jones's body at the American church on Avenue de l Alma. The procession included a Napoleonic tomb retrofit and a transfer to Cherbourg for eventual voyage to the Brooklyn.
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Guanajuato
Mexican Central Railway
United States
Central America
Cortez
Lnk
France
Paul Jones
Cherbourg
Paris
the Invalides
Sigsbee
Avenue de l'Alma
Paul Dons
Horace Porter
Francis B. Loomis
Tula
Brooklyn
Admiral Paul Jones
Avenue del ‘Alma
Ody
John Paul Jones
Strikers Win Wage Increase and Shorter Day
Cronstadt reports the dock labor strike ended with nine hour days and higher pay. Commercial transport firms agreed to the reduced hours and a wage boost for workers.
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Cronstadt
Famous Men Lie in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland
Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland is described as a beautiful park like burial ground where John Hay rests. Wealthy figures such as John D. Rockefeller, Garfield, Hanna, Wade, Otis, and Otis relatives are buried nearby with notable monuments including Rockefeller’s granite monolith and Garfield’s mausoleum. The piece notes prominent locals and national figures buried there, portraying Hay among friends who admired him.
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John Hay
Rockefeller
Garfield
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake View Cemetery
Ife
John D. Rockefeller
Emory
Bill
Adelbert
New Haven
Hanna
Lake View
National Res
Jeptha D. Wade
Western Union Telegraph Company
Henry Chisholm
Charles A. Otis
Hay
Amasa Stone
Millionaire Miner Found Dead in Colebrook Pasture
Winsted Conn July 6 The body of Winatrop Turney a millionaire mine owner from Sonora Mexico was found shot in the head in a Colebrook pasture with a clasped revolver. Officials believe illness and despondency led to self inflicted death. Turney a Yale graduate class of 1888 spent four decades in mining ventures.
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Winsted
Conn
Winatrop Turney
Sonora
Mexico
Colebrook
Yale
Aged Trinidadian killed by automobile in first ride
Trinidad Colorado July 6 Franklin D Strong age 77 wealthy man died hours after his car plunged over a twelve foot embankment in his first ride in the automobile he had just purchased.
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Trinidad
Colo
Franklin D. Strong
Strong
Mine Explosion Fatal to Five at Taylor Company Shaft
Uniontown Pennsylvania July 6 five men die and four injured from an early morning explosion at the Taylor company shaft near Bearights. cause undetermined.
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Uniontown
Taylor Company
Bearights
Here
Professor Jones Studies Lordsburg Mine Prospects
Prof F A Jones Albuquerque mining engineer visited Lordsburg to inspect the Clad Button for T A Lister of North American Mining, who has an option on the Sutton claim adjoining Last Chance. The fissure vein runs about three feet wide with a pay streak four inches. Water in the shaft prevents descent, but an unwatering effort is planned along with summer development work and an assay office with Lena Co. as assayers.
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F. A. Jones
Albuquerque
Wos
T. A. Lister
North American
Mning Company
Lordsburg
Lester
Lena Company
Anxious woman seeks missing Kenyon in railway wreck
A Cleveland contact says Miss at North Second Street fears Kenyon may be dead after the Lake Shore and Michigan wreck near Mentor Ohio. Kenyon, deaf and last heard from in Chicago, had planned to sail to New York then Europe. The letter, with a photo and cloth sample, was given to police.
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Springfeld
Ohio
Cleveland
Miss
North Second
Sibuquerate
George Willam
Mentor
Kenyos
Palmer House
Chicago
Jue Il
New York
Kenyon
York
Ride Hag
Eusy
Colorado Springs
Cola
Land City Hospital
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