Gas Mine Disaster Kills Seventeen at Lackawanna Coal
In Wehrum Pennsylvania on June 24 a gas explosion in mine No.4 of the Lackawanna Coal and Coke company killed seventeen miners and injured sixteen. Most dead were foreigners while most injured were Americans. Twelve seriously wounded were taken to Spangler hospital. Rescue efforts recovered twelve bodies with five more found later.
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Wehrum
Lackawanna Coal and Coke Company
Spangler Hospital
Joseph Williams
Altoona
Mnp
A.M. Johnson
Sam
Johnson
A. L. Johnson
Cambria Steel Works
Handwriting expert Benjamin F. Kelly dies in heat
Benjamin F. Kelly a renowned handwriting expert who aided Broughton Brandenburg died suddenly in New York on June 24. An ambulance surgeon attributed his death to acute indigestion worsened by heat. he collapsed and expired on Broadway.
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New York
Benjamin F. Kelly
Broughton Brandenburg
David N. Carvalho
Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
New York Times
Kelly
Broadway
Boy Killed by Police in Chicago Robbery Attempt
Chicago reports Rudolf Berndt, fourteen, killed by police after an alleged attempt to extort money from wealthy grocer 8. KE. Grossfeldt with threatening letters. He fired on a Jonesy street corner after seizing a package believed to contain 15000 dollars.
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Chicago
Rudolf Berndt
KE. Grossfeldt
Two Minneapolis Boys Die in Mississippi River Drowning
Albert Larsen and Oscar Hide, both fourteen, drowned in the Mississippi River at Minneapolis on June 24. Fritz Slidie narrowly escaped attempting a rescue of the youths.
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Minneapolis
Albert Larsen
Oscar Hide
Fritz Slidie
Thousands Attend Thirteenth Turnfest in Cincinnati
More than 3,000 gymnasts from across the United States and several European countries gather in Cincinnati for the thirteenth quadrennial turnverein meeting. The Carthage field hosts the events with a 260 by 40 foot stage and a 4,000 seat grand stand. Congressman Nicholas Longworth aided via national government tents, joining President Taft and other guests in a grand parade and national prominence.
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Cincinnati
United States
Turnvereins
America
Carthage
Nicholas Longworth
Taft
Turners
Nocturnal session in Gould divorce trial delays closing
In New York on January 24 counsel for Katherine Clemmons Gould, suing Howard Gould for separation and alimony, worked late as the court adjourned at 11 pm. The night session aimed to finish rebuttal testimony on motor trips linked to Dustin Farnum, with a deposition to follow.
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New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Dustin Farnum
Mrs. Gould
Bellevue Stratford
Open championship kicks off at Englewood Golf Club
Englewood New Jersey June 24 Play opened today at the Englewood Golf Club for the United States Golf Association open championship. The entrant list features nearly all top American professionals and several high class amateurs. Notable professionals include Tom Vardon of Royal St Georges England and George Duncan of Hanger Hill England touring the United States.
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Englewood
N. J
Englewood Golf Club
United States Golf Association
United States
Tom Vardon
Royal St. George’s Club
Sandwich
England
Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay Featured Race
The Suburban handicap at Sheepshead Bay is the meeting’s feature race. The twenty sixth running is for three year olds and up, with $4,000 to the winner, $700 to second, and $3,800 to third, over a mile and a quarter. The event carries a guaranteed value of $5,900 despite reduced stakes due to legislation.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay
Desperado Pursuit Ends In Friendly Fire Tragedy
Claremore Oklahoma June 24 officers John Crutchfield and James Price in a sheriff posse shot each other during a chase mistaking the other for the outlaw Crutchfield is dying and Price seriously wounded in the incident near Claremore.
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Claremore
Okla
John Crutchfield
James Price
Here
Crutchfield
Price
Trivial Break in Leon Ling Murder Inquiry
New York officials yield little progress in the Leon Ling murder case. Chung Sin’s testimony and an interpreter’s assurance of Chinese community cooperation are the main leads, with bail set for Chu Gain and Sun Leung as investigators press for more details.
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New York
District Attorney's Office
Jerome
Police Department
Bingham
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Eighth Avenue
Chung Sin
Captain Carey
Homicide Bureau
Ward
Quon Yick Nam
Chune Sin
Chu Gain
Sun Leung
Ching Sin
Leon
Costly Cotton Mills Burned in Guadalajara Fire
A Guadalajara dispatch reports the Atemajac cotton mills, owned by the Compania Industriale de Guadalajara, destroyed by fire. Loss pegged at 1,000,000 with 300,000 insured. Over 2,000 workers left jobless.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Atemajac
Compania Industriale de Guadalajara
Fire Toll at Belagar Picture Hall Tragedy
A Belagar moving picture hall fire on June 24 killed at least twelve and wounded about fifty. Panic spread as crowd rushes caused trampling of men women and children amid the blaze.
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Madrid
Belagar
Belsef
Ohio man shoots wife kills brother in law then dies
In Columbus Ohio W R Puryear a 29 year old machinist at Ohio State University shot his wife killed Fred West his brother in law and then killed himself after setting his house on fire Two policemen arriving were fired upon but unharmed Neighbors doubt the infidelity claim and deem Puryear mentally deranged Mrs Puryear expected to recover
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Columbus
W. R. Puryear
Ohio State University
Fred West
Puryear
M. M. Puryear
Franklin
West
Eleven Drowned in Lake Killarney Tragedy
A late rowboat carrying five American and four English tourists and four Irish boatmen swamped in a gale on Lower Killarney lake. Nine perished including Rev. B. Barton and several women. two boatmen survived exhausted. None of the bodies were recovered.
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Killarney
Ireland
Killarney Lake
Irs A. A. Hilton
Tacoma Wash
Longhead
Loughead
Boston
M. H. Calum
Massachusetts
Rev. B. Barton
London
Florence Wixinson
Brentwood
Essex
Don Tooney
Con Gleeson
Great Southern Hotel
Mr. Barton
Heat Wave Grips Cities. Dozens Prostrated and Several Die
Across New York Philadelphia and Pittsburg extreme heat causes many prostrations and several deaths. In New York the temperature reached 4 with 65 percent humidity and thousands sought relief in parks and public spaces. Across cities mothers ask charity bureaus for ice and milk as victims endure the brutal conditions.
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New York
United States Weather Bureau
Coney Island
Pittsburg
Nude white woman found murdered in Black River
Two boys crabbing in Black River near St Michaels discover the weighted body of a white woman about 25. She shows blunt force injuries indicating murder before disposal in the water. Police investigate the homicide.
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St. Michaels
Black River
Deportation of Black Hand organizer to Fort Frances
Francisco Tine, named as an organizer of the Black Hand society, will be deported by Immigration Inspector Bean to Fort Frances. He faces charges of blackmail and intimidation and is believed to head a branch operating on the ranges.
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Duluth
Francisco Tine
Black Hand Society
Bean
Fort Frances
Senate votes defeat McCumber free lumber bid and settles pineapples
Washington report notes the Senate swiftly disposed of the lumber schedule while clashing over pineapples and coal duties. Aldrich backed higher lumber rates, McCumber failed, and the pineapples dispute saw Taliaferro win a 34 to 30 vote amid Florida Maryland canning interests.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
McCumber
Northwest
Finance Committee
North Dakota
Taliaferro and
Fletcher
Florida
House
Senate Committee On Finance
Taliaferro
Smith and Rayner
Maryland
Committee On Finance
Benater Crawford
Des Moines and Iowa Suffer Severe Wind Storm Damage
Terrific wind storms struck Des Moines and central Iowa on June 24 damaging telephone wires and trees. The city was practically cut off from communication with northern and western towns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Minn
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Malloy
Daily Herald Office
Hermann
N. Main St
Caplosion
Pennsylvania
Star Witness
Chung Lin
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Ohio
Lake
Philadelphia
Senator McCumber
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