Yale Wins Victory in Great Four Mile Eights Race
Yale's varsity crew edged Harvard by two lengths in a four mile Thames race in New London Connecticut with Yale's Coxswain Chittenden and Stroke Cameron delivering key leadership. Harvard won the freshmen race while Harvard’s four beat Yale's quartet.
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New London
Conn
Thames
Yale
Harvard
Cambridge
Chittenden
Goodell
Cameron
Merklehm
Nushka
Broadview
Cambridge Hoya
New Haven
Eli
Blues
Navy Yard
Crimson
List of Victims From Bluefield Floods and Debris
The Bluefield area reports 235 named dead with many more missing after last night’s flood. Victims include John Lewis Nellie Smith Anna Smith and Charles Shelley among others. Damages in Tazewell county estimated between 125000 and 700000 dollars as relief efforts begin. Emperor William ordered swift relief for Rominten storm damage and sent funds.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Railroad and Telegraph
Vivian
Elkhorn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
John Lewis
Nellie Smith
Anna Smith
M'Kay
Mary May
Charles Shelley
Sam Poindexter
John Ballard
Bettie Brown
William Trigg
Jacob Riplin
John Bannister
Mary Fosier
Christian
Bertha Anderson
William Cheatham
Guy Gaines
A. L. Beverly
Dry Fork
Booth
Beavers
Blankenship
Young Booth
Hoopner
Pounding Mill
Tate
Tazewell
Richlands
Bodies Unidentifiable as Flood Toll Reaches Sixty
Davis West Virginia June 27 The burying of flood victims continues and it is now impossible to identify any bodies recovered. Three more bodies were found on Jacobs branch near Dry Fork. Thousands of laborers work near Welch repairing the Norfolk and Western road bed and tracks with the death toll along the Elkhorn and Tug rivers estimated around sixty.
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Davis
W. Va
Jacobs’s Branch
Dry Fork
Welch
Norfolk & Western
Elkhorn
Tug Rivers
Cloudburst damages crops and livestock in New Creek valley
Advices from Keysville Kentucky dated June 27 report the New Creek valley was flooded by a cloudburst the night before last. No lives were lost and damage is limited to livestock and growing crops.
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Keysville
New Creek Valley
Joseph Ladue Founder of Dawson City Dead
Joseph Ladue founder of Dawson City in the Klondike died at his home in Schuyler Falls New York of consumption. He had been ill since returning from Alaska and spent the previous winter at Colorado Springs seeking health. He is survived by a widow and one son.
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Plattsburg, N. Y
Joseph Ladue
Dawson City
Klondike
Schuyler Falls
St Regis Man Drowns During Boise River Log Drive
B F McMullen a St Regis Mont lumberman helping with a Boise river log drive was drowned today in Boise Idaho and his body has not been recovered.
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Boise
Idaho
B. F. McMullen
St. Regis
Mont
Boise River
Considines Charged With Murder Of Ex Chief Meredith
Seattle June 27 A coroner's jury finds ex Chief William L Meredith was murdered by John Considine assisted by Tom Considine at Guy's drug store on June 25 1901. Witnesses state Meredith fired first two shots while semi conscious. assassination completed as he fell. Funeral set for June 29 in Seattle.
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Seattle
William L. Meredith
John Considine
W. L. Meredith
Tom Considine
W. S. Meredith
Guy's Drug Store
A. G. Lane
Considine Brothers
Meredith
Considine
Austrian Hungarian minister named to Mexico
Count Gilbert von Carlackstein is appointed Austro Hungarian minister to Mexico. Diplomatic ties between Austria Hungary and Mexico, broken since 1867 after Emperor Maximilian's overthrow, are formally restored.
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Vienna
Gilbert von Carlackstein
Mexico
Austria-Hungary
Maximillian
Treasury Buys Short-Term Horde at $112 91s
Washington reports the secretary of the treasury purchased 200000 dollars in short term 4 percent government securities at a price of 112 dollars 91 and a half cents. The move reflects liquidity actions by the Treasury.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Four Die After Platform Collapses At Buffalo Elevator
Six men plunged 89 feet from a temporary platform atop a giant tank in Buffalo's Eastern elevator section this afternoon. Four men were killed: John Keefe Jr, W Krause, John Corbett Jr, and Petro Krotinger.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Keefe
W. Krause
John Corbett
Petro Krotinger
Lords hear of true bill in case announced by recorder
London June 27 the lord chancellor Lord Halsbury said in the house of Lords that a letter from the recorder states a true bill has been found against a named party. He did not disclose further identities or charges in the brief official note.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Halsbury
Karl Russell Charged with Bigamy Motions Set on Procedure
Karl Russell faces bigamy charges while a council moves to form a committee to arrange the legal procedure. The motion to appoint the committee was agreed to.
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Karl Russell
Five Years for Barker Sentenced in New Jersey Case
Thomas G. Barker of Hudson county Jersey City received five years in the State Penitentiary after conviction for felonious assault on Rev. John Keller of Arlington. The sentencing was handed down today following last week's conviction.
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New York
Thomas G. Barker
Hudson County
Jersey City
John Keller
Arlington
State Penitentiary
Decatur County Republicans Back Cummings For Governor
In Des Moines on June 27 the Decatur county GOP urged the state convention delegation to nominate Cummings for governor by a 565 to 456 vote over Conger.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Decatur County
Cummings
Conger
Seventh National Bank in New York Suspended Payments
The Seventh National Bank of New York closed its doors at 10:45 AM with a currency controller in charge. Officials said depositors would not lose a dollar while stockholders faced losses, and a reorganization could come in eight days.
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New York
Seventh National Bank
Clearing House
Seventh National
Nelson Cromwell
Edwin Gould
Mr. Thomas
Clearing House Committee
New York Postoffice
Morgan
Manhattan State Hospital
Chase National Bank
St. Lawrence County Bank
Canton
N. Y
Marquand & Co
Frank B. Poor
Poor
Cromwell
Guy G. Major
American Linseed Company
National Bank
General Thomas
Seventh National of
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Yale Gains
Secand
Three Mile Station
Rominten
Prussia
William
Germany
Berlin
Narvard
ST Ace
KB. F. McMullen
Considines
John W. Considine
Russell
Barker
New Jersey
NEW York Bank
Tues
Raynor
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