Six Die as Poison Gas Fills Gold King Mine Near Gladstone
In Gold King mine near Gladstone Colorado six men are dead and eight more in danger from poisonous air after a surface fire damaged the engine room and shaft house. Twenty five to thirty workers suffer weakness from exposure while rescue operations recover unconscious rescuers and bodies including Victor Erickson, John Sumston, and Otto Johnson.
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Silverton
Colo
Gold King Mine
Gladstone
Peter McEinn
Roy Coburn
Alex Johnson
A. W. Burns
Victor Erickson
Gus Olson
Car Jumped Track in Suburban Run From Lake Picnics
A Greve Coeur lake suburban street car bound for the city jumped the track two blocks west of the limits, tipping ten feet over an embankment at high speed. One man was killed, three fatally injured and two score others seriously hurt as frightened passengers, many women and children, were pulled from wreckage. A child suffered a gash from ear to ear due to flying glass.
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Greve Coeur Lake
Deafness Proves Fatal in Wheatland Tragedy
Casselton North Dakota June Milling Marshall of Wheatland was struck by an eastbound freight on the Northern Pacific track and instantly killed. It is believed he was deaf and did not hear the rain, leading to the fatal encounter.
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Casselton
N. D
J. C. Marshall
Wheatland
Northern Pacific
Insane Man Delivers Self to Death After Six Hour Seige
Dr. Joseph Pospisiel a Pension Office employee held police at bay for six hours in Washington ending his life by a self inflicted gunshot. He fired at pedestrians and into neighbor homes while delusional, after sending his three children to safety and injecting cocaine to steady himself. He died en route to the hospital. He had lived in the city since moving from Wisconsin a decade ago and left relatives there.
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Washington
Joseph Pospisiel
Pension Office
Pospisie
Pospisiel
Dr. Pospisiel
Wisconsin
Physicians report Belmont patient in critical condition
New York on June 8 physicians attending Oliver H. P. Belmont said his condition remains unchanged and critical. The recession of the general peritonitis is only slight. Belmont had a sinking spell feared to be a crisis but he rallied and later appeared to gain strength.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Belmont
Venona Wins Yacht Race in Bermuda Class C Victory
The Venona owned by George E. Bliss of Boston and flying the Eastern Yacht Club flag led from Marblehead to Hamilton in a 20 knot breeze. With her starboard rail under water and sails driving, she crossed the finish first to win Class C.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Venona
George E. Bliss
Boston
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
Mullen guilty of manslaughter at Winnipeg trial
Pat Mullen, on trial at Winnipeg for the death of Angelo Orlando during a dance scuffle, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years. Mullen had been arrested a month earlier at Great Falls Montana.
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Winnipeg
Man
Pat Mullen
Fepnie
Angelo Orlando
Mullen
Great Falls
Mont
Telegraphic Brevities From Minnesota Tragedies
August Ryland an invalid at Bethesda hospital was found dead in a building in Como park near that city. A. J. Anderson a builder and contractor committed suicide in Minneapolis. Despondency over sickness is believed to have been the cause of the act. An unknown man was run down by No 2 Omaha eastbound at Hazel Park a St Paul suburb. The body was mangled with both legs cut off and the head crushed.
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August Ryland
Bethesda Hospitalaul
Como Park
A. J. Anderson
Minneapolis
Omaha
Hazel Park
Minn
St. Paul
Baseball Scores From American Association and League
In Toledo Kansas City defeated the host 5 to 2. Columbus beat Milwaukee 8 to 1. Louisville won 5 to 1 over St Paul, with Louisville taking a second game 4 to 3. In the American League Detroit topped Boston 9 to 6. St Louis edged Philadelphia 1 to 0. Chicago and Washington played to a 2 to 1 finish in ten innings.
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Toledo
Kansas City
Columbus
Milwaukee
Louisville
St. Paul
Detroit
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
Market Quotations for Minneapolis and Duluth Wheat and St Paul Livestock
Minneapolis and Duluth report July wheat prices with on track figures for No 1 hard No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern ranging from about 1.01 to 1.10 dollars. Flax price bids arrive and on track around 1.38 per bushel. St Paul lists cattle hogs and sheep ranges with steers cows and veals priced from 4.50 to 6.75 for cattle and hogs around 5.25 to 6.35, lambs 4.25 to 6.50.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
St. Paul
Grain and dairy prices in Chicago market report
Wheat steady with July 87 cents, Sept 85. Dec 86. Corn July 67. Sept 66, Dec 56. Oats July old 454 cents, July 44, Sept 57. Pork July 13.67, Sept 12.95. Butter creamaries 19.230, dairies 17.21 cents. Eggs 14 cents. Poultry turkeys 14 cents, chickens 11 cents, broilers per dozen 2.50 to 6.00 dollars.
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Chicago
Chicago Union Stock Yards Market Report Summary
Chicago stock yards report for cattle on June 6 lists beef cattle at 7.75 for cows and steers, Texans at 4.70, western cattle at 4.66, stockers and feeders 2.60, cows and heifers 2.40, calves 4.50. Hogs priced by class from 5.06 to 6.10, sheep and yearlings around 4.60 to 8.15, lambs 4.00 to 6.10.
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Chicago
Draft of platform endorses Roosevelt policies and tariff overhaul
Washington reports a Republican platform drafted by Ohio Attorney General Wade Ellis with Senators Hopkins and Long and others. The document pledges unwavering support for Roosevelt policies, lauds Republican achievements, contrasts with Democrats, and emphasizes tariff revision to balance consumer prices with protection for domestic industry and labor.
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Ohio
Hopkins
Long
Roosevelt
Washington
Chicago
Wade Ellis
Kansas
Taft
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Party of Protection
Party of Progress
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
Congress
Senate Committee On Finance
House Committee On
James Duncan Found Dead in Stable Hanging
James Duncan once a leading South and Kentucky turfman was found hanging by a rope in a stable behind 256 Selby Avenue in St Paul. Reports say loss of fortune and a separation from wife and children drove the former millionaire to take his life.
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St. Paul
James Duncan
South
Kentucky
Selby Avenue
Pittsburg suspects identified in trolley robbery shooting
Pittsburg months June and Thomas Manning are identified as the bandits who last week held up a trolley car near McKeesport, robbing crew and passengers. Detective Englert shot Manning as Patterson was arrested in the same raid.
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Pittsburg
June
Thomas Manning
Englert
John Patterson
McKeesport
Kaw River Rising Sparks Panic in Kansas City Area
Rising Kaw river drives near Topeka and Armourdale residents to evacuate homes and move belongings to higher ground. Packing houses and other businesses in the bottoms lift contents to upper floors as flood fears spread across the region.
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Kansas City
North Topeka
Armourdale
Kaw
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Racing King
Kaw River
Baptist Aid
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E. H. Smith Insurance Agency
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Odd Fellow’s
Austin, Minn
N. G. W. Kessler
Austin Gas Co
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Thomas Rochford
Phone
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