Past and Present Hanged at Jefferson City Penitentiary
Convicts Harry Vaughan Edward Raymond and George Ryan were executed by hanging at the Jefferson City Missouri County Jail for the killing of Prison Guard John Clay during a failed escape attempt. The trio died from strangulation with Vaughan lingering sixteen minutes, Raymond seven, and all fell at the same instant as Sheriff Scott pulled the trap. No statement was issued from the gallows.
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Wee Huo
Harry Vaughan
Edward Raymond
St. Louis
George Ryan
Kansas City
Jefferson City
John Clay
Scott
Vaughan
Raymond
Five Hundred Die in Hong Kong Theater Fire
A Chinese theater audience of five hundred and ten actors perished in a rapid blaze in Hou Kong. Fire officials report an explosion under the floor as the likely cause, with flames trapping patrons and debris blocking exits. The incident sent shock through the city as authorities investigate the concealed explosives theory.
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Pinmens
Hou Kong
China
Te Dadldink
Railroad suit seeks void two cent fare ruling
Baltimore & Ohio and Pittsburgh and Canal road sue Uniontown Pa seeking a void two cent fare law and to bar Payette County from enforcing penalties. Sancho Stopie a laborer lies near death from a brutal fight in Byagil Ind with two men charged with the attempted murder. Patrolman Newman intervened after breaking in a door to rescue victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Pitsburg and
Cannelsville Road
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
County of
Payette
Sancho Stopie
Byagil
Ind
Peter Lurereuvig
Nicholas Bozjaeyz
Stopie
Tide Shack
Newman
Yale Crews Claim Close Thames Rowing Race
Yale and Harvard battled before a record New London crowd on the Thames river. Yale rowed at about four strokes a minute slower than Harvard until the last half mile, when Harvard surged to win by a scant boat length in a magnificent contest.
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Yale
New London
Conn
Thames
Harvard
Cambridge
City Faces Health Threat From Street Debris Strike
New York City residents face a health threat as hundreds of tons of rubbish ashes and decayed produce clog east side gutters while city street cleaning drivers strike. Officials warn of sanitation backlog and rising disease risk until service resumes.
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New York City
City
Formosa Woman Slays Family Then Ends Own Life
Mrs Peter Johnson of Formosa Kansas killed her two children and her husband, a wealthy stock and grain dealer, by slitting throats and then drank carbolic acid three weeks earlier. She had shown strange behavior since.
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Peter Johnson
Formosa
Kas
Bolt strikes banner pole near Oyster Hay office
A lightning bolt shattered a presidential banner pole within 100 feet of the Oyster Bay executive office in New York. No injuries were reported. The pole bore a large banner from President Roosevelt’s election campaign.
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Bolt
Oyster Hay
N.Y
Roosevelt
Tragedy at a Taylorsville Party Drowns Two
In Taylorsville Mississippi a party of sixteen young women were drawn into an eddy while at a gathering. Two girls drowned and three others were gravely injured, with belief some may die. The tragedy follows their entrapment and rescue efforts.
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Taylorsville
Miss
Chicago Boy Arrested In Minneapolis Tells of Alaska Trip
Walter Cooper a 40 year old Chicago man told police he was en route home from Alaska after being enslaved by a party of music hall performers. He described harsh treatment and forced service, with no pay, before escaping to Seattle and then traveling eastward. Police will verify his tale and possibly notify his parents in Chicago.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Walter Cooper
Alaska
Tie
Seattle
Freleht
Steal Safe Hidden in Sunken Vessel
Divers John J. McPherson and Simon Grant brought details to New York of a bold safe robbery. They found a safe containing valuables worth $50,000 within the admiral’s quarters of a sunken ship, but the safe had already been removed and the wall damage suggested it had been moved months ago.
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New York
John J. McPherson
Simon Grant
Tlaytl
Admirals Quarters
Haytion
McPherson
Grant
Client Steals Voucher in Shocking Office Hold-Up
In a Minneapolis office, a claimant and attorney clash over a settlement. Willis E. deals with a threatening hold-up as a revolver is displayed at the attorney’s desk to seize a voucher connected to a personal injury suit involving Graves against the Sea road.
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WK. Dampier
Minneapolis
Willis Eelieve
Beardstee
Sao
Prempter Calleal
Lis Athee
Wnootter Roan
Held for Child Murder Near Avernale
A brutal case arises near Avernale five miles from Thilddelphia as one year old Mary Nowlin is found murdered in the yard of her stepfather Irwin AL Lewis who is under arrest. The inquiry notes the foul method and the accused man’s tense reaction as authorities build the case. Nearby a tornado in Kalamazoo, Michigan, causes three horse deaths and William Wiedmayer’s death from contact with a live wire after the storm lifts stalls.
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Avernale
Chetrier
Mack Tree
Acman
Lorses
Recreation Stark
Kalamazoo
Mich
William Wiedmayer
Guilty of Defrauding City In Pole Scam Case
W. J. Moore, a timber agent, was found guilty by a jury of defrauding Columbus Ohio of funds for electric light poles never delivered. He collected 622 dollars for seventy five poles that were never provided to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Moore
Columbus
Ohio
Moore
Demand for $25 life price threatens Cincinnati keeper
Jacob Kothe, a Cincinnati boarding house keeper, has been granted police protection after receiving a threatening letter demanding he price $25 in a hiding place by 4 p m on June 9. The letter promises death if he refuses or alerts police.
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Jacob Kothe
Cincinnati
Manifestoes From Radical Deputies Criticize Czar's Laws
Radical deputies of the late Russian duma issue manifestoes urging continued liberty struggle and denouncing the Czar for violating fundamental laws.
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Duma
Four Millionaires Named in Colorado Indictments
Four Denver millionaires are among seventy three persons indicted on federal charges of conspiracy and violations of the timber coal homestead and mining acts in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Millonaires
Colorado
Brother Asks Death in Place of Brother at Montgomery Trial
Reverend John Beman, a Baptist preacher and brother of David Beman, offers to die on the scaffold for his brother who is to be hanged for murdering his wife near Grady. He argues the self sacrifice could save David, while attorneys seek a governor’s commute to life imprisonment.
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David
Tom
David Boman
Boman
Grady
Sanderson
Joh Béman
Leo
Tie
Exposition Hotels Burn As Fire Destroys Section Near Jamestown Site
A major blaze swept the Exposition grounds near Norfolk and Jamestown, destroying several hotels including the Pine Beach area and others on the square. Firefighters saved structures at the Pine Parade pier and nearby, with losses estimated around 50000 to 70000 dollars. The blaze began early Wednesday, damaging the outer war pitch and surrounding facilities.
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Pine Beach
Norfolk
Van
Vie Dpeakiew
Quitside Lon
Powhatan
Caroline Harel
FIRST IRRIGATED LAND OPEN IN WEST RECLAMATION PROJECT
The Chantiey Company completed the first newerne ment reclamation section in the West and opened it on Wednesday drawing by James Hy Garfield Secretary of the Interior witnessed by many. Miss Esselstynne daughter of Receiver Esselstyn of the local land office selected to draw. PT La White of Billings drew No 2 and W O Webb of plus, TL No 2, and Mo 2 Bernese of Nevada. Fatal wreck in Pittsburg. At least one killed and ten injured when the New Traven accommodation train on the Monongahela and Yongshio sheny division of the Pittsburg and Lake Mine railroad wrecked in the wards at Pittsburg due to a defective switch.
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Thee Chantiey Co
Myster
Ty Janes Hy Gharfield
Interior
5Sselstynie
Esxselstyne
Adhe
Tocalland
PT. la. White
Billings
W. OW. Webboofclofien
Mo 2
Bernese
Dation
Nev. Si
Pittsburg
Monongahela and Yongshiosheny
Telegraphers Strike Shuts SF and Oakland Offices
At 3 30 Friday afternoon about 8000 commercial telegraphers employed by Western Union and Postal companies walked out, cutting San Francisco and Oakland from the telegraphic map and signaling a strike with potential spread across the United States and Canada.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Western Union and Postal Companies
United States
Canada
Housewives Press Washington for Thread Price Probe
West region housewives flood officials urging the Attorney General to prosecute the alleged thread combine over a six cent spool price. The protest argues the recent rise from a prior lower cost prompts consumer hardship and calls for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Washington
Texas Will Bar Consumptives From Entering State
State health officer Dr Wo EL Brum says a proclamation will soon establish a strict quarantine to bar tuberculosis patients in advanced stages from entering Texas. The move aims to prevent spread of disease across state lines.
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Texas
Wo EL Brumby
Four Deaths in Ohio Tragedy Reported
Mrs. George Thacker died in Lronton Ohio marking the fourth fatality from the June 12 tragedy. Thacker was shot by her son in law Charles Shafer who killed his wife their young son and Shafer then killed himself.
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Ohio
George Thacker
Lronton
Ohly
Wage Demand Dropped in Sheet and Tin Mills
The Amalgamated Association members in sheet and tin mills nationwide will keep the current wage scale this year. Negotiations in Pittsburg with the American Steel and Tin Plate Company concluded that pursuing a raise of 6 to 16 percent was not justified by market conditions. President C. W Bray warned that pushing for higher pay could lead to plant closures or non union operations affecting about 14,000 workers, with other manufacturers already agreeing to the settlement.
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Mit
Amalgamated Association
Toledo
Montly
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Steel and ‘Tin Plate Company
C. W Bray
Rich Men's Scandal Sparks Pittsburgh Shooting
Steel magnate Major T. Lemuel Harper shot at Levi De Wolf in De Wolf's office as detectives probe motive behind the sensational incident. Harper, Adams and De Wolf are linked to the Americas Republican Club. De Wolf jailed after the confrontation, feud cited, past fist fight halted by bystanders.
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T. Lemuel Harper
Pittsburg
Levi de Wolf
Americas Republican Club
Tharper
de Walf
Harper
Broker Adams
de Wolf
Tarper
Je Wolf
Adams
W.A. Magee
Americus Club
Franco Spanish understanding pledges mutual maritime defense
France and Spain publish an official text of a Franco Spanish understanding described as a military convention. It reaffirms each nation’s insistence on maintaining its insular and maritime possessions in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. The pact centers on a mutual guarantee amid potential upheavals, aiming to preserve the status quo and prevent changes that would threaten vital interests.
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Mediterranara
Athintic
Boy Charged With Incendiarism Faces Death Penalty
Clyde Glidden age T is jailed in Parkersburg West Virginia on a charge of incendiarism for allegedly burning two occupied houses. The families barely escaped with their lives. The crime carries a death penalty unless the jury recommends mercy.
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Clyde Glidden
Parkersburg
W. Va
Merry
Ship Santiago Wrecks Off Corril After Squall
The D Pacific Storm Navigation Company steamer Santiago of 1,866 tons sailing between Panama and the south coast of South America was wrecked in a heavy squall fifty miles north of Corril. One passenger and one officer were saved, with the remainder of the passengers and crew reported dead.
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Santiago
Panama
South America
Corril
Darrow Charges Conspiracy in Boise Mine Trial
Clarence Darrow opened the defense in the Hnay wood trial at Boise alleging a conspiracy by mine owners and state officials to disrupt the miners union. He said Orchard conspired with Pinkerton men to swear away innocent lives to save himself.
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Darrow
Claarence Darrow
Hnaywood
Boise
Orchard
Pinkerton
Fight Over Lords Power Sparks Wagland Debate
The Wagland struggle for power mirrors expectations of imperial governance as the premier in Wagland introduces a Commons resolution seeking final authority for the House of Lords in legislative matters.
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House of Lords
Wagland
Lords
House of Commons
Tornado Hits Seminole House. Two Children Die
A tornado in Seminole Kansas demolished the home of farmer A Q Lett on the outskirts, fatally injuring two of his young children. The storm caused no other known damage beyond along the street path.
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Seminole
Kan
A. Q. Lett
Sustained improvement lifts Chicago trade outlook
In Chicago the economy shows a buoyant tone as favorable weather boosts crops and retail demand. Wholesale orders rise in dry goods footwear clothing and hardware while many visiting buyers in the Chicago region keep country stores stocked for fall and winter. failures in district 22 ease from last week and year prior.
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Chicago
Dun
New York Trade Starts Season With Optimism Amid Cautious Signals
Seasonable weather improves retail trade and crops and boosts reorder activity with jobbers while payments lag. Wholesale tone remains quiet due to cautious bookings and midsummer ahead, with mood edging optimistic compared with recent weeks. Week ending June 20 shows 163 business failures in the US, 13 Canadian failures, and export totals for wheat and corn modestly down from prior periods.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Chicago Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices Across Markets
Market records show Chicago hogs prime heavy 4.00 to 6.05, sheep 3.00 to 80.75, wheat No 2 00e to Pley, oats No 2, rye No 2, buffalo and New York listings, Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and more with cattle and hog price ranges, butter eggs and grain quotes across multiple cities. Strong entities include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit New York Buffalo Toledo and Milwaukee alongside commodity grades and per unit price ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ste
St. Lewis
Milwaukee
New York
Goethes Schiller Monument Dedicated in Cleveland
A German citizens group presented the Goethe Schiller monument to Cleveland. The dedication followed a fire that destroyed a large sawmill near Lyons, Georgia, with losses totaling around $100.
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Briet Newa Steme, Smith, Gaybut & Co
Lyons
Cleveland
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