Heat wave lingering with scattered relief from storms
Washington reports tenth day of intense heat with occasional relief from storms in Arkansas and New England. New York saw heavy rain lowering temperatures to 76 as Dallas and Chicago forecast brief respite, while Washington total hit 95. General Joseph W. Carr is critically ill from heat prostration. Weather readings include New York 90, Philadelphia 96, Chicago 90s, St Louis 96, Oklahoma City 102.
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Washington
Arkansas
East Gulf States
Ohio
New York
Southeastern
New England
Weather Bureau of Heats
Chicago
Allegheny Mountains
Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Joseph W. Carr
Garfield
Baround Weston
Vermont
New York Storm Leaves Streets Flooded and Buildings Damaged
A severe afternoon thunderstorm swept over New York bringing relief to heat-stricken residents. Temperatures plummeted by 15 degrees within two hours as over two inches of rain fell. Sewer overloads caused street floods in several areas and some stores and homes were inundated. Lightning struck multiple buildings but major damage was limited. Fort George area suffered extensive destruction with many structures leveled or heavily damaged. total damage estimated at 350000.
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New York
New
Fort George
Two Die From Heat In Richmond At Peak Summer Day
In Richmond Virginia July 6 two people died from heat effects as temperatures neared 100 degrees. The city saw prostrations amid intense heat with the Weather Bureau recording up to 95. The Deep Run Hunt Club reported foxes succumbing to the heat including a rabid red fox and a mad gray fox killed after aggressive behavior.
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Old Dominion
Capital
Richmond
Weather Bureau
Deep Run Hunt Club
Qed
Thirteen Deaths Amid Severe Heat in Baltimore
At 8 o clock this morning the weather bureau thermometer marked 1 degrees and rose to a maximum of 94 degrees by 4 p m. By 9 o clock tonight it had fallen 5 degrees. Thirteen deaths and eleven prostrations were reported to the police in the twenty four hours ending at midnight.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Dozen Die From Heat in Philadelphia Today
Dozens suffered heat related illnesses in Philadelphia with about a dozen deaths and nearly three times that many prostrations reported. Temperatures were lower than five weeks ago but humidity remained high keeping the day uncomfortable and the air oppressively close.
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Philadelphia
Heat Toll Rises in Washington as July Passes
District health records show thirty heat related deaths in the first three days of July in Washington. The peak daily toll reached eighteen last Tuesday. Through the month, heat related deaths exceed any month last year, signaling a dangerous heat wave.
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Washington
District Health Office
Prostration in Atlanta Heat Strikes W N Dyer
Atlanta resident W N Dyer collapsed in a Knoxville street during a heat spell. A doctor treated him and he was revived. Dyer is visiting Knoxville, staying on business.
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Atlanta
Mar
Knoxville
Tenn
W. Dyer
Atlante
Wat
Dyer
Ig Kooxyhle
Charbon Plagues Bolivar County Cattle In Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi July 6 Charbon is killing hundreds of cattle in Bolivar county causing livestock destruction and hunger. County health officer Dr Sutherland warns of virulent anthrax near Gunnison Duson Bolivar Benoit Begue Phoeba with livestock dying rapidly and human risk feared. Experts note mule horse and swine losses and call for quarantine as officials report widespread deaths and no cure beyond serum injections.
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Jackson
Miss
Bolivar County
Sutherland
State Board of Health
Gunnison
Duson
Bolivarand “Benoit
Begue Phoeba
Roberts
Adarantine
Four Die in Gas Explosion at Cincinnati Waterworks Shaft
Four men killed and three seriously injured in a gas explosion in pit No 1 at the Torrence Road waterworks collapse. Victims named Martin Laughlin James OBrien Robert Barnett and James Bryant with injured John Smith Robert Thomas William Thomas all burned and crushed after a vein of gas was struck during excavation.
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Cincinnati
New
Fierce Storm Strikes Buffalo Electric System
A severe electrical storm hit Buffalo on July 5 causing outages across the city after transformers and electrical gear failed. Streets and streetcars ground to a halt while rain inundated cellars and flooded midway shows. The exposition’s machinery halted as water filled the engine room and only a small arc-light circuit remained active.
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Buffalo
Niagara
Cara
Arc Lighta
Miss Dickinson Converts to Mormon Faith in Baptism
Elizabeth Dickinson once secretary of the Young People's Sodality of Christian Endeavor at Port Morris Congregational Bronx region was baptized into the Mormon faith. The ceremony featured a cream veil and white floral corsage. Polygamy was not discussed during the baptism.
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Dickinson
New York
Jersey City
New York Bay
Elizabeth
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Port Morris
Rain Relieves Heat in Arkansas Cities
Rain fell in Little Rock marking the first shower since June 8, lowering temperatures by about 12 degrees. Reports indicate good rains in Hot Springs and other areas, yet drought persists in some counties with crepe and crop suffering. Only two prostrations reported in the state during the heat wave, neither serious.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Dowie Disciples Driven From Evanston Amid Turmoil
Twenty one followers of John Alexander Dowie visited Evanston tonight and faced a mob of about one thousand. Police were outnumbered as missiles flew and missionaries were hustled along the street. Officers summoned reinforcements but could barely defend them.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Evanston
Dowle
Dowlettes
Chigt
Knight
Nation T. S. in Cheim Bros Saloon Arrest After Hatchet Threat
Mrs Carrie Nation, in town en route to Crawfordville, threatened to wreck Cheim Bros saloon on Walnut Street. A crowd formed as she lectured patrons, brandished a nickle plated hatchet, and was seized by patrolmen. She was released by Captain Reynolds with warning.
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St. Lois
Carrie Nation
Cheim Bros
Walnut Street
Gaioon
Kansas
McKinleys Depart for Canton on Steam Train
President and Mrs. McKinley left Washington for Canton to spend the heated term. They travel with Cortelyou and other White House aides aboard private cars Olympia and Hungary on the 7 45 Western Express. Mrs. McKinley, though thin and pale from recent illness, greeted friends as she boarded and the trip includes possible brief stops and fewer absences from Canton for the Buffalo exposition and any urgent business.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Artire
Canton
McKinley
Tariff Fight With Russia Acknowledges Hay Note
Washington July 5 Mr DeWollant head of the Russian embassy formally acknowledged receipt of Secretary Hay s note on retaliatory tariffs. The note’s language is indefinite, aiming to keep the dispute between the United States and Russia in its present state until Cassini arrives at St Petersburg for consultations. The Russian side expresses a desire to cultivate warmer relations at the conferences.
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Hay
Washington
DeWollant
State Department
Riusela
Cassini
St. Patersburo
Flelala
Praula
Calted
Stara
Dawes Resigns Comptroller Post to Run for Senate
In a letter to the president, CHARGES D. DAWES resigns as comptroller of the currency to pursue a United States Senate bid from Illinois. He explains the canvass would be impossible while governing the currency office and cites propriety as the reason. Dawes had guided bank reforms and reorganizations, saving creditors over a million dollars and expanding the national banking system.
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Washington
Jul
Dawes
Tober
Mr. Daw
Kinley
Amnion
United States ‘Senate
Illinois
D. Dawes
Awes
Eckels
James H. Eckels
Chestnut Street National Bank
Philadelphia
National Bank
Death by own action shocks Cambridge farmer
George Noan, a prominent farmer five miles southwest of Cambridge City, shot himself in the right temple at his home. The article notes a prior fight involving a man named Shaw and a taunted threat the victim would die, with Shaw reportedly unhurt and Noan, age thirty-eight and married.
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Cambridge City
Via
George Noan
Here
Shaw
Shawn
Met Museum to Receive Jacob S. Rover’s Estate
New York July 5 The Metropolitan Museum of Art is named residuary legatee of the late Jacob S. Rover whose will was filed for probate in Pater County. The estate reportedly includes about 000 and 38,000.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Arts
Jacob
Rovers
Tragic double tragedy as two boys kill themselves
In Albany New Jersey Raymond Albers thirteen shoots Emanuel Koehler twelve over a quarrel then kills himself. Police find Albers in the cellar after Koehler dies from the rifle shot. Both families connected to local ministers and painters.
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Albany
N. J
Raymond Albers
Emanuel Koehler
Albers
Albert Albers
Koehler
John T. Koehler
Albert
Prother
Theodore Koehler
Albera
Kaébier
Trigorcy
Jbeart
Dea
Belladonna in Wine Tragedy Strikes New Haven Picnic
Steven Kay, fourteen, died and seven other boys aged fourteen to sixteen were seriously ill after consuming wine tainted with belladonna at New Haven West Virginia. The group had obtained sixteen half pint bottles to share at a picnic. Con Sayre, urged by friends, guided them to his father's office for alcohol to mix with the wine. Sayre poured some into each bottle, and all drank, becoming violently ill within minutes. Kay died during the night. the others remained critically ill.
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Pomeroy
Steven Kay
New Haven
W. Va
Con
Sayre
Kay
Dented A Team He Killed Fatally Wounds Father
In Milford Delaware Edward Windsor shot his father Thomas D Windsor after a dispute over a team for a drive. He fled before police could arrest him and is believed to have killed himself. Windsor formerly served as Sussex County sheriff.
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Edward Windsor
Milford
Del
Windsor Hotel
Thomas D. Windsor
Windsor
Sussex County
Des Moines Murder Suicide Tied to Heat Wave
F A Brackett a retired farmer from Atlantic Iowa killed his wife and then shot himself in their daughter's Des Moines home after a Fourth of July visit. Brackett lay dead beside his wife both with bullet wounds in the forehead and temple. Authorities said the intense heat may have driven him insane.
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Des Moines
Iowa
F. A. Brackett
Atlantic
Otis FE. Powell
Brackett
Carnegie offers San Francisco 750000 for library building
San Francisco July 5 Mayor Phelan received a letter from Andrew Carnegie offering to give 750000 to the city for a library building if a suitable site is provided and the city appropriates 75000 annually for maintenance.
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San Francisco
Phelan
Andrew
Carnegie
Protest Against Britain's Treatment of Boer Women and Children
Brussels morning Post correspondent reports Dr Leyds has addressed continental powers and the United States in protest against Great Britain's barbarous treatment of Boer women and children. Holland is said to support.
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Britainondon
Leyds
Brussels
Morning ‘Post
United States
Great Britain
Holland
Four Florida prisoners hanged for murder near Vernon
At Vernon, Florida, July 5, four Black men Belton Hamilton John Simmons Jim Harrison and Wil Williams were executed for murder. They had slain Jeff Davis after warning him to leave a turpentine camp. the four were hanged together before about 2500 spectators as authorities reported one neck breaking and the others dying by strangulation.
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Chipley
Fla
Vernon
Belton Hamilton
John Simmons
Jim Harrison
Wil Wiliams
Wiliams
Harrison
Hamilton
Jeff Davis
Davis
John. Simmons
New York Agrees to Represent State at Charleston Exposition
The New York state commission met in Albany and elected Christy Mead president James B Townsend secretary They have 15000 to represent New York at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition at Charleston They plan a building for visitors and may compile part of a state educational exhibit at the Pan American exposition due to time limits.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State Commission
South Carolina
Bull fighting draws crowds at South Omaha fair
Three bulls chased several Mexican toreros in the arena at the South Omaha Street fair. No injuries occurred, but the sport thrilled spectators. Managers plan two daily shows, afternoon and evening, after testing large arc lights for torero safety.
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Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Swamp Land Claims Heard In Interior Office
A swamp land claims case involving Louisiana and about 64000 acres was heard by Assistant Attorney General Van Deventer at the Interior Department. Louisiana argues claims should be settled from survey field notes without oral field hearings, seeking a change to the 1887 rule to include lands labeled swamp and wet prairie based on original notes.
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Washington
van Deventer
Interior Department
Louisiana
George H. Lamar
Department
Bishop McCabe Sees Liberal Ideas Prevail in South America
Omaha July 5 Bishop Charles McCabe of the Methodist church returned after six months travel in South America where he covered 19000 miles and met Presidents of Uruguay Argentina and Brazil. He said intolerance is being wiped out and found leaders to be well disposed and enlightened.
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McCabe
South America
Omaha
Neb
Charles ‘McCabe
Methodist Church
Uruguay
Argentina
Brazil
South
America
Uruguayana
Argentine Republic
Lynching fears flare after white attack in Trenton
At Fleetwood park in Trenton July 6 two white men John and Albert Slaughter were fatally stabbed by Luther Page and Abner Owens while Charles Martin and Riley Slaughter were beaten. A mob tried to lynch the arrested blacks but authorities moved them to Portsmouth jail. Police cordons kept order as further arrests followed a tense night.
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Trenton
Fleetwood Park
John
Albert Slaughter
Luther Page
Abner Owens
Charles Martin
Riley Slaughter
Olive Street
Page
Owens
Portsmouth
Newroes
John Scaleb
Rioting Black Soldiers Halt Train In New Mexico
Reported July 6 from Albuquerque says discharged black soldiers rioted near Holbrook and Winslow, firing from moving trains. Two men wounded a civilian woman shot in the arm, Frank Phillips injured in abdomen, W A Eversole shot in leg. Citizens armed and forced train to depart. soldiers allegedly looted along the route.
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Albuquerque
Holbrook
Frank Phillips
W. A. Eversole
Denver
Here
Winslow
Bandits Not Yet Captured In Great Northern Hold Up
Two posses chase the Great Northern train robbers, headed toward the Little Rocky mountains after a $41,500 theft in Helena. Kid Curry leads the gang with Long Boy and another unknown member. A rancher named Walsh encountered the robbers who sent word they are safe. Separately, the Great Northern reports a Wagner Mont hold up loss of 150000 with only 500 in currency recovered, the rest being Great Northern money in the through safe.
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Helena
Mont
Great Northern
Little Rocky Mountains
Walsh
Tte
Kid Curry
Long Bole
Texas Dissect
St. Paul
Minn
Milott
Great Northern Espress Company
Wagner
Washington
Montana National Bank of
Treasurer Norlin Named Short in County Funds
Lincoln Nebraska July 6 Alfred Norlin treasurer of Kearney county is short in his accounts 10 457 according to a report filed with the state auditor by Examiner E J Robinson. The examination followed the alleged assault and robbery of Treasurer Nortin in his office at Minden about a week ago He says he was beaten into insensibility and robbed while alone in his office at night.
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Norlin
Lincoln
Neb
E. J. Robinson
Alfred Norlin
Kearney County
Nortin
Minden
Ten Prisoners Break Jail in Guthrie Escape
Eighteen men attempted an escape at Guthrie Oklahoma Territory jail as guards were overpowered. Ten fled at 3 30 pm but swift pursuit by officers and citizens led to most recapture by 7 pm, with Lee Reed and Boss Hardey remaining at large briefly.
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Guthrie
O.T
Lee Reed
Boss Hardey
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