Sinking of Army and Navy Ball Launch Sparks Search
Norfolk reports a launch carrying eleven men including six midshipmen sunk in Hampton Roads after a tug and coal barge collision. Minnesota crew found a cap and a fireman’s box. weather hindered recovery efforts. identity of the tug and barge remains unknown.
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Senator John Tyler Morgan Dies After Long Senate Career
United States Senator John Tyler Morgan, a 30 year veteran and chairman of the Senate committee on interoceanic canals, died at his Washington home after a period of ill health. The Alabama Democrat, born 1824 in Athens Tennessee, had long supported the Nicaragua canal and isthmian project while serving in his sixth term. He passed away at 11 15 p m Tuesday, with his daughter Mary and Miss Cornelia Morgan at his side and his secretary present.
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Roosevelt sends grief over Hampton Roads disaster
A telegram from President Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt, sent from Baltimore on the train to Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, expresses profound shock and grief at the Hampton Roads disaster. The message was forwarded from the Navy Department in Washington.
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Metcalfs Whereabouts Aboard Maple Missing Off Jamestown
Secretary of the Navy, aboard the Maple, traveled up the James River Tuesday toward Jamestown with Metcalf and party. No word by 1 p.m. Wednesday. foggy conditions reported in the lower Chesapeake Bay. The Dolphin dispatch boat awaiting at James River mouth had not appeared.
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Grocers' Association Pushes Further Texas Organization
In Austin on June 12 President Bergman urged expanding the Retail Grocers' Association of Texas. Twenty two towns have local grocers groups totaling 375 members and the association says it helped defeat the bulk sales bill. It is also credited with repealing the occupation tax and aiding passage of the pure food law.
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Elks Convention Draws Large Attendees and Parade
The fifth annual Texas State Association of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks saw attendance more than double on Tuesday. Visitors traveled from Galveston Houston Orange Port Arthur Dallas and other cities to join the event. A grand parade impressed observers while baseball drew huge crowds as Dallas beat Beaumont 4 to 2 at the park.
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Baldwin the slayer dies in county jail after nervous collapse
Bloomington Illinois Baldwin who killed four people died in county jail from nervous collapse while awaiting trial. The report notes he shot Mrs Eisman and daughter Cora and Thomas Kennedy and wife, later released on bail for criminal assault on the Eisman girl.
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War News and Primary Returns Compete for Readers
Cable from the Salvadoran president reports Acajutla seized by a gunboat backed by Nicaragua’s Zelaya. In Oklahoma City Democratic primary voting shows Cruces leading Haskell by 1,641 votes from 49 of 75 counties.
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Runaway Injury Strikes Willie Green in Waxahachie
In Waxahachie Texas on June 12 Willie Green a boy sustained a broken rib after a runaway incident.
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