Free-for-all fight on a car ends in injuries in St Louis
A riot on an eastbound Market street car left five injured near the city hospital. A volunteer motorman rammed the car into high speed, sending David O'Brien under the wheels where his right leg was severed. Conductor C. J. Rifle and motorman J. A. Packheiser were among those wounded. Beverly Brown and Beatrice E Trask faced further trouble as arrests followed.
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St. Louis
Market
Aesallanta
City Hospital
Beatrice E Trask
Richmond Heights
J. A. Packheiser
David O'Brien
Beverly Brown
C. J. Rife
Rife
Eighth Street
O'Brien
Biffle
Joseph Looney
Brown
Olympic Team Picked for London Games
Dearborn, McGrath, Rose, Sheridan and Coe are among the athletes chosen to represent the United States at the London Olympic Games. The American committee selected seventy six men to form a track and field squad likely to win medals in events including heavyweight, discus, middle distance, hurdles, high and broad jump.
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New York
United States
London
Astor House
Dearborn
McGrath
Rose
Sheridan
Coe
Sheppard
Hillman
Pwry
Receiver Placed Wheeling and Lake Erie in Court Receivership
In a United States court the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad was placed in receivership. B F Worthington of Cleveland named as receiver with a $10 000 bond. The petition for American Car Wheel Company claims an indebtedness of $28 000 000.
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Lake Erie and Western
Toledo
United States
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
B. F. Worthington
Cleveland
American Car Wheel Company
Turkish Troops Invade Persia On Frontier
Special dispatches report a serious Turko Persian frontier situation. Turkish troops previously massed near Erzurum villages move toward Persia with detachments already in Persian territory.
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Persia
St. Petersburg
Erzercum
Enraged Elephant Kills Horse in Circus Incident
In New Albany Indiana during June a circus elephant seized a horse with its trunk and dashed it to the ground fatally injuring the animal as handlers loaded other animals onto a train. The horse reportedly kicked the elephant earlier in the incident.
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New Albany
Ind
New Battleships Named
Secretary Metcalf announced two new battleships from the last Congress session would be named Florida and Utah. He said the next authorized battleship would bear the name Wyoming.
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Washington
Metecolf
Florids
Utah
Wyoming
Chauffeur Sentenced to Ten Days in Workhouse
St. Paul June 9 Judge Finehout in Golilee Court sentenced Andrew Crisp a Minneapolis chauffeur arrested for reckless driving to the workhouse for ten days without the option of paying a fine.
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St. Paul
Finehout
Golilee
Andrew Crisp
Minneapolis
Six Miners Dead From Poisoned Air At Gold King Mine
Six men died and eight more were seriously ill from inhaling toxic air at the Gold King mine in Gladstone Cole. Twenty five to thirty workers were briefly confined at home as rescuers fought to reach missing miners. The blaze in the engine room destroyed the shaft house and mine structure. Rescue teams entered in groups, some collapsing from the fumes as they attempted to save comrades. The bodies of Victor Erickson John Sunston Otto Johnson were recovered, with others succumbing in the ascent or during rescue.
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Gold King
Gladstone
Cole
Peter McNinl
Roy Coburn
Alf Johnson
A. W. Burns
Victor Erickson
Gus Olean
John Sunston
Otto Johnson
Maine and Alabama Sail for Far East on Historic Cruise
The battleships Maine and Alabama, named as a special service squadron, left San Francisco on a long voyage to Hampton Roads via Honolulu and Manila. Captain Gilles B. Harber commands the squadron with Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield aboard for part of the trip to Honolulu to study labor, immigration, and trade issues.
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Maine
Alabama
San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
Manila
Aden
Suez Canal
Gilles B. Harber
Interior
James R. Garfield
Garfield
Governor Declines Intervention in Chicago Murder Case
Gov. Deneen will not intervene in Herman Billik’s death sentence for murder in Chicago. The execution is anticipated to occur on Friday, June 12.
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Herman Biliik
Deneen
Herman Billik
Chicago
Chicago grain markets fall as bearish crop report hits prices
Chicago July wheat closes down 1 14 cents, corn and oats lower, provisions mixed amid crop report. Chicago cash prices list No. 2 hard wheat at 1.00, No. 2 corn 7 to 7 1 2 cents, No. 2 oats 6 to 7 cents. South Omaha cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts provide varied demand and price ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock Market Totals and Price Ranges
Chicago live stock market report shows cattle receipts at 21 000 with steady best and lower others. Prices range from steers 5.60 to 7.75, cows 4.00 to 6.25, heifers 4.00 to 6.75, bulls 4.00 to 5.75, calves 2.50 to 5.75, stockers 3.25 to 5.40. Hoge-Reece receipts 40 000 with heavy shipping 5.65 to 5.62, butchers 5.65 to 5.60, light mixed 5.45 to 5.55, packing 4.90 to 5.45, pigs 3.75 to 5.00, bulk 5.45 to 5.55. Sheep receipts 15 000 with strong demand. sheep 4.00 to 5.00, lambs 5.00 to 6.10, yearlings 4.50 to 5.00.
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South Omaha
Texas
Chicago
Armouredale Exodus as Kaw River Flood Surges Through Kansas City
The Armourdale district in Kansas City Kansas faces mass evacuation with only about 4,000 residents remaining from a prior 12,000. Homes are moved by all means as water overtakes North Topeka and Argentine areas. Kaw River reaches 26.9 feet threatening waterworks.
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Kansas City
Armourdale
Kan
Kaw
Flood Conditions in Nebraska and Missouri River Rise
Flood conditions remain severe in southeastern Nebraska with rail washouts near Rule and a damaged branch line to Salem. Trains delayed on Union Pacific between Beatrice and Manhattan, and Rock Island bridge south of Fairbury out. Missouri River at St Joseph two and a half feet above danger line with houses moved at Elwood and track washed away.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Burlington
Atchison
Rule
Salem
Union Pacific
Beatrice
Manhattan
Kan
Fairbury
Rock Island
St. Joseph
Grand Island
Missouri River
Elwood
Burington
Trains Limited as Northern Pacific Tracks Fail Between Butte and Drummond
Butte Montana June 9 The Oregon Short Line remains the sole operating line from Montana. Reports indicate extensive NP track damage between Butte and Missoula leaving marooned passengers at Drummond unable to depart for a week.
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Butte
Mont
Oregon Short Lines
Montana
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Drummond
Storm Damage at Port Huron and Vicinity
A severe wind and electrical storm in Port Huron Michigan and nearby areas killed one man and injured a woman and two children. Damage is estimated at 150000 dollars with lightning strikes on several buildings including Standard Chain across the river in Sarnia Ontario. The electric railway and telephone systems were knocked out of service.
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Port Huron
Mich
Standard Chain Company
Sarnia
Ont
Theodore Krischnitske
John Lavis
Beef prices spike in Boston market amid shortages
Beef wholesale prices rise to 244 cents per pound as scarcity drives costs higher than in years prior. Dealers attribute the jump to supply and demand, not expecting relief until late summer.
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Boston
Tornado Fatality Hits Oklahoma Farmlands Near Watonga
William White, a farmer, was killed when a tornado struck near Watonga Oklahoma. Several farm houses were destroyed and property damage reported in the same storm that swept through the area.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
William White
Watonga
Fire Threat at Moabit Church During Dominican Service
A crowd of about 1800 including many women and children gathered at St Paul Catholic church in Moabit for a Bonaventura sermon when an arson attempt started. Firebrands soaked in petroleum were found on the roof and the blaze was halted after heavy damage. Police suspect incendiary gangs linked to a prior church blaze on April 14.
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St.Paul Catholic
Moabit
Bonavventur
Father Bonaventura
PRESENT RATES WILL STAND
No increase in freight rates by the nation’s railroads is planned in the near future. A New York meeting of railroad presidents and operating officials concluded that raising rates now would be bad policy and business. Although opinions varied, most attendees believed railway business conditions were improving.
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New York
Condition of Wheat Crops in June Grain Report
The June grain report from the Department of Agriculture estimates spring wheat sown at 17,100,000 acres, 631,000 more than last year, with winter wheat at 86 percent of normal on June 1 and oats at 31,644,000 and barley 6,697,000 acres. Oats are 92.9 percent and barley 89.7 percent. spring wheat stands at 96 percent of normal on June 1, above last year's 88.7 and the ten year average 93.2.
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Department of Agriculture
President Roosevelt Names National Conservation Commission
Acting on a May White House proposal, President Roosevelt created a national conservation commission to advise on natural resource conservation and to work with state bodies. The executive committee includes Gifford Pinchot as chairman, and members Theodore F. Burton Reed Smoot Knute Nelson John Dalzell W. J. McGee Overton Price G. W. Woodruff and Joseph A. Holmes.
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White House
Roosevelt
National Conservation Commission
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore F. Burton
Reed Smoot
Knute Nelson
John Dalzell
W. J. McGee
Overton Price
G. W. Woodruff
Joseph A. Holmes
Oklahoma Sheriff Shot Near Hitchcock in Fatal Wreckage
Sheriff George W. Garrison of Oklahoma City was shot and killed when deputies clashed with a party of seven in a rural battle three miles east of Hitchcock. Alf Hunter alias James Kingsbury, wanted for the Pride murder, led the ambush as Garrison attempted arrest. In Cleveland, C. P. Corlett killed his wife Elizabeth and then himself at a Willoughby hotel, the tragedy rooted in jealousy.
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George W. Garrison
Oklahoma City
Hitchcock
Alf Hunter
James Kingsbury
Susie Pride
C. P. Corlett
Cleveland
Corlett Engineering Company
Elizabeth
Willoughby
Fatal Collision at a Crossing Near Staunton
An electric car on the McKinley line carrying fifteen passengers collided with a Wabash coal train at a crossing one mile south of Staunton. Charles Boehmer of Litchfield died and five others were injured.
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McKinley
Staunton
Charles Boehmer
Litchfield
Steamer Ponsan Wreck Off Lantao Island
The steamer Ponsan running between Hongkong and Macao struck rocks off Lantao Island on the 4th and is a total wreck. Eighty natives are missing while all European passengers and officers were rescued.
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Ponsan
Hongkong
Macao
Lantao Island
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President Names Commission
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