Runaway coal cars roared through Spokane killing several
A train of 60 to 90 loaded coal cars without an engine rolled four miles down a grade into Spokane causing the destruction of homes and the deaths of at least four people. The wreck left a tangled 50 foot high debris mass with multiple injuries and ongoing investigations by Great Northern officials.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest
William Thomas
Elmer Slef
Spokane Falls & Northern
Great Northern
Hillyard
Division Street
Old
Harrison Avenue
John Slee
Crystal Steam Laundry
Smith
Ireat Northern
Hillyard Yard Car Alarms Fail to Hold**
Testifying witnesses say cars were hand braked in Hillyard yards and could not have rolled away without release. The suspects include hoboes or road enemies. Great Northern estimates property loss at about $20 000.
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Ber
Employes
Hillyard
Hoboes
Great Northern
Ewen Hies Himself Away to Safe Place
Captain B J Ewen a key witness in the Jackson murder trial leaves Lexington for a secret destination after a Jackson informant warned of a plot to assassinate him. He also fears for his friends' safety and cites danger to the pursuit of justice in the Marcum case.
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Ewen
Lexington
B. J. Ewen
Jett and
White
J. Bo. Mavreum
Jackson
Marcum
Four Men Die in Missouri Freight Train Wreck
Jefferson City Mo June 22 a Missouri Pacific freight wreck at Cole Junction five miles west of the city killed four men and seriously injured engineer Michael Finnegan. Fireman Duvall brakeman William Atkinson and two unidentified rail workers were burned beyond recognition by a leaking tank of moriatic acid.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific
Cole Junction
Michael Finnegan
Jefferson
Trouble in Liberia Involving Former Sokoto Sultan
The former sultan of Sokoto continues to trouble British forces in Liberia. A 130 man West African contingent attacked Burmi near Kane in mid May, causing British losses of four killed and 60 wounded, with enemy casualties around 200. Reinforcements are being dispatched and a British gunboat is sent to Garoway after recent looting of ships.
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London
Sokoto
Liberia
Burmi
Kane
Garoway
Liberian
Civil Engineer Missing in Idaho Mystery
J A Greep a Denver born civil engineer employed by American Falls Canal Co disappeared after visiting Blackfoot. His horse and buggy were found abandoned near Snake River with no sign of him, raising fears of foul play or a river accident amid high waters.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
J. A. Greep
Denver
Pocatello
American Falls Canal Company
Snake River
Green
Sioux City
Iowa
Mutiny Quelled at Vidakas Jail in Caucasia
On June 22 in Vidakas capital of the Terek district Caucasia troops intervened to quell a prisoner mutiny at the jail. Four mutineers were killed and eight wounded in the crackdown.
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Petersburg
Vidakas
Terek
Caucasia
Prison Break At Canyon City Ends In Convict Kills Warden Ally
In Canyon City Colorado on June 22 convicts overpowered four officials and seized Warden Cleghorn's wife as a shield during a dynamite blasted escape attempt. Kuykendall was killed. other fugitives captured or beaten. ArmStrong and Fisher among those captured. Kuykendall served in Cripple Creek ore thefts. Armstrong wanted for murder in Utah.
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Canyon City
Col
Kirsch Kuykendall
State Prison
T. D. Palmer
Kuykendall
Clarence Cleghorn
John K. Keefe
J.C. Cleghorn
Cleghorn
James Armstrong
Will Cleghorn
Thomas Fisher
Thomas Fallon
Cuat Cordova
Robert Kane Kuykendall
Cripple Creek
Stratton Independence Mine
Armstrong
Utah
Major James B Pond Dies in Jersey City After Operation
James Burton Pond born June 11, 1838 in Cuba New York died at home in Jersey City following surgery on June 17 He served as a major in the Third Wisconsin Cavalry and survived the Baxter Springs massacre He later ran the Lyceum Lecture Bureau managing tours for Beecher Tal mage and Mark Twain and co organized Twain's 1898 world tour He authored Eclectics of Genius and A Summer in England With Henry Ward Beecher
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James Burton Pond
Cuba, N. Y
Markesan
Third Wisconsin Cavalry
Baxter Springs
Quantrell
Pond
Lyceum
Europe
Henry Ward Beecher
T. de Witt Talmage
Mark Twain
Twain
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Major Pond
England
Outlaw Pierce Linked to Buford Murder Fire
Special dispatch reports Kubrick a Buford North Dakota billiard hall owner shot dead at 1 am. Authorities suspect Pierce who escaped Glasgow jail with Hardee shot Kubrick then fled. Pierce is said to be in Buford vicinity seeking liquor from Kubrick who allegedly could supply it. The 30 30 Savage rifle fired the fatal shot. Local residents intensify efforts to capture him.
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The
Standard
Havre
Kubrick
Buford
N. D
Pierce
Glasgow
Hardee
Kublick
Train wreck in Wyoming kills two and injures another
A Wyoming train wreck left two people dead and one seriously injured. Emergency crews responded to the incident but details remain sparse.
Wreck near Greenville hill kills three and injures engineer
A derailment four miles east of Rawlins Wyoming at dawn sent eight coal cars onto the main line. Engineer Harry Maker died, brakeman Frank McGrath and fireman Charles Frazzle also perished, with another unidentified tramp killed. The runaway cars struck an extra freight, crushing cars and delaying traffic for hours.
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Rawlins
Beminuie
Six Men Hurt in Interurban Collision Near Georgetown
A Seattle report states six people were badly injured and scores more shaken when cars on the Interurban tracks near Georgetown collided. Injured include Alexander Hill of San Francisco with concussion, Fred Bigger and Henry Rich with head and body injuries, Grant Rogers of Whatcom with limb cuts, F Ll Housely of Whatcom with leg bruises, William Murray with a leg amputation. Hill remained unconscious at Wayside Mission while others were taken to a local hospital.
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Seattle
Georgetown
Alexander Hill
San Francisco
Fred Bigger
Henry Rich
Grant Rogers
Whatcom
F. Ll. Housely
William Murray
Hill
Boy Drowns in Shallow Ditch Near Hamilton
The 11 year old son of Mr and Mrs Binith drowned after falling into a ditch about one mile northwest of Hamilton. He slipped into a swift 16 inch deep current and was carried under a culvert, dying before rescue.
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Staimiard
Hamilton
Bk. M. Binith
Pard
Two Masked Bandits Hold Up Street Car in Portland
An electric Woodlawn line car near Portland was held up by two masked men in the early hours. One robber fired at Conductor Tawney and stole money, while the other took change from passengers and a gold watch from Lawrence Connell, night chief of the Postal Telegraph company. A posse searched for the robbers this morning.
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Woodlawn
Tawney
Clawrence Connell
Postal Telegraph Company
Fourth of July Celebration Abandoned for Relief Fund
Portland June 22. The Fourth of July committee voted to cancel the celebration that had raised 2500 dollars and redirect the funds to the relief fund for Heppner flood sufferers.
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Portland
Death Claims Three in Anthracite Collieries Blaze
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania two disasters at Philadelphia Coal and Navigation Company mines left three dead and five injured. A mine fire caused steam scalding seven men. Daniel O’Brien was killed and Daniel Vollins fatally injured, with others seriously hurt.
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Tamaqua
Philadelphia Coal and Navigation Company
Thnniel Lewis
Lansford
John Vornugel
No. 4
Richard West
Uukdale
John Blair
Bunt Hill
Fritz Luahech
Joan Vittick
Joseph Parker
Hebovere
No. S
Daniel O'Brien
Daniel Vollins
O' Brien
Klondike Gold Dust Loot Revealed in Major Robbery
A large Klondike robbery is reported from Dewson, about 35 miles from Homan a, involving the Hillside claim owned by George Taylor and Mrs Metonneil. No clue to the thief.
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Times
Dewson
Tisaya
Klondike
Gomes
Honan
George Tyaslor
Metonneil
Former bank teller is given five years
Denver June 22 Edwin Howell former teller of the Third National bank of Cripple Creek was sentenced by Judge Piner in the United States district court to serve five years in Port Leavenworth penitentiary. Howell pleaded guilty to embezzlement of 1400 dollars from the bank. New York June 24 Mrs Henry Siegel wife of the Siegel Co oper company principal stocks holder was seriously hurt by being thrown from a carriage. Siegel lost a handbag containing jewels valued over 1000 dollars.
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Denver
Edwin Howell
Third National Bank of
New York
Mre
Hoenvry Siegel
Stos Klolner
Siegel-Cooper Company
Mainaremeck Medey
Morr
Siegel
Mob Lynches Negro Fiend in Wilmington Crowd Hangs White at Stake
A mob estimated at four thousand men and boys in Wilmington Delaware lynched George F White a Black man recently held for alleged assault and murder. Led by a Virginian the mob attacked the workhouse and torched the prisoner as he confessed, while guards fired to halt the assault. The execution ended with White chained to a stake and shot as torches lit the site. Police failed to stop the mob as scars of the atrocity spread beyond the jail.
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Wilmington
Del
Mason & Dixon
George F. White
Helen
S. Bishop
E. B. Bishop
Price's Corner
Wibnington
White
Fred
Coud
Menage
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James Slee
James Slee, Jr
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Viola
Mra. Myers
Trene
Thomas
Missouri
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William Atkinson
Ualtiec
Colorado
Erty AP Canyon
Witter
Warden
Witte
Ringers
Jersey City
Tion
J. B. Pond
Pelsoner
Wyoming
Phree Ven Sre
Ducing Sisteen
Colo
Hawlins, Wyo
Greenville Hill
Here
Yrank Mgrath
Laramie
Charles Frazell
Harry Maker
Bimipson
Extra
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Baker
Frazer
MacGirath
Amp
Heppner
Ore
Robert Morgan
Andrew Peterson
A. M. Peterson
Chicago
Iva Arphbaugh
Mike
Frank Harriman
Nurtowe St
Bicats
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Mes. Sieuwel Net
Paken
TS Crime
Ross
Ballet
Dean
Burnet
Peter Smith
Asdimus
Ijourt
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