Floods Kill Dozens in Morrison and Golden
Denver reports list 29 dead from the Morrison and Golden floods. campers perished in Bear Creek canyon as torrents washed away buildings bridges and railroad tracks. rescue efforts continued amid widespread destruction and fear of higher tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Morrison
Golden
M. Miller
J. C. Longnecker
A. A. Johnson
J. F. Edwards
Ison
Bear Creek Canon
Iaiy
Bear Canon
Proctra
A. 8. Proctor
Te Denver Tent and Awning Company
Mra. Casey
Mra . Harvey
Irene Proctor
Earl McGill
J. E Lowe
Morrison and
Boulder
Pueblo
Central City
Gulf
South Park
Santa Fe
Denver and Rio Grande
Florence and Cripple Creek
Eight Die as Floods Swamp Cecil and Carnegie
Eight persons perish in floods on Monday with seven deaths in Cecil Washington county and one at Carnegie. Victims include Mrs Samuel McKinney 50 Margaret McKinney 30 Ames McKinney 8 Clyde Beatty 21 G C Heierss 45 Vincent Wilkinson 25 Jessie Holmes 18 Joan Wright 17. Strong heat and prostrations reported in St Louis with two deaths Mate Bryan 28 and William Zeichmann carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Washington County
Carnegie
Samuel McKinney
Margaret McKinney
Ames McKinney
Clyde Beatty
Sisterville
W. Va
G. C. Hieerss
Bradford
Vincent Wilkinson
Wewinkle
Forest County
Pennsylvania
Jessie Holmes
A. W. Cecil
Joan Wright
St. Louisa
Str. Louis
Mate Bryan
Wiliam Zeichmann
St. John Named Treasurer of Democratic National Committee
In St Louis on July 27 Chairman Jones of the Democratic National Committee appointed William P. St. John of New York, who presided over the silver convention, as treasurer and he accepted. In another brief item, the Peoria Western Association baseball team disbanded last night, with Manager Dugdale citing political excitement and league-wide dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
St. Louis
Jones
Democratic National Committee
William P. St. John
New York
Western Association
Poowta
Peoria Western Association
Dugdale
Chicago
Canter
Burlington
Omahs
Kansas City
W. W. Johnston
Billings
Mont
Strikers Win End to Nine-Week Browns Hoisting Strike
Cleveland July 28 The Browns Hoisting and Conveying Works conclude a nine week strike with a settlement granting grievance committees from workers a Saturday half holiday and overtime pay. All employees to be reinstated and return to work tomorrow amid praise from Grand Master OConnell and arbitration officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Holst* 2
Cleveland
Brown
O'Connell
State Board of Arbitration
L. A. Russell
James O’connell
International Association of Machinists
Protecting the Gold Reserve Amid Treasury Withdrawals
Washington reports no gold exports yesterday with domestic withdrawals totaling 307 100 coins for hoarding and 5 400 in bars. New York bankers deposited 1 490 000, lifting the reserve to 103 688 180, while centers offer 6 000 000 in exchange for legal tender notes. Chicago Philadelphia and Boston contributed 2 000 000 500 000 and 1 000 000 respectively. The mint director notes current facilities would take 14 years to replace gold with silver if gold leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Treasury
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Europe
Gold Standard Democrats Plan Sept Convention Call
Chicago July 25 The Gold Standard Democrats met at the Auditorium to issue a call for another convention set for September 2 Comptroller Eckels attended. a five member committee will organize state conventions for nominating tickets The national committee will meet August 2 in Indianapolis to decide the national venue and a two man committee set up headquarters in Chicago to push a hard money campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gold Standard Democrats
Hckles
Eckels
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Henry
Jameson South Africa case verdict and sentences
London July 29 Jurors in the Jameson South Africa case found all defendants guilty of violating the foreign enlistment act. Dr Jameson received fifteen months imprisonment without labor while Major Sir John Willoughby got ten months Major White seven months Captain Henry F Coventry Col A Grey and Col H F White five months each all terms imprisonment with or without labor as stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dr. Jameson
Sir John Willoughby
Major White
Henry F. Coventry
Col
A. Grey
H. F. White
Carpenters Seek Eight Hour Day Nationwide Action
At a National Union of Carpenters and Joiners meeting in Philadelphia on July 28 the union resolved to demand an eight hour day starting May 1 next, at a wage scale of 35 cents per hour. The movement is said to be general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters
Philadelphia
National Union of Carpenters and Joiners
Sharp Decline in Wheat on Bears and Weather
In a brisk trading day July 28, wheat fell sharply due to favorable weather and bear activity. September wheat quoted around 73 for near term and 59 40 for deferred, corn and oats mixed lower with slight declines in pork and lard futures. Cash grain prices showed No 2 red wheat at 6 1 2c and corn around 25c with oats at 18c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnicano
Chicago Live Stock Hogs and Cattle Prices Slide
Chicago July 2 hog receipts 11 000 dull with light hogs 3 10 to 3 80 heavy 2 55 3 15 cattle receipts 4 000 slow beeves 3 15 6 35 cows and heifers 1 25 0 7 Texas steers 2 40 4 0 stockers and feeders 2 40 6 0 sheep receipts 8 000 quiet and weak at yesterday’s decline
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CasCaGo
Texas
Livestock Market Report for South Omaha July 23
Receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep show steady to lower figures. Native beef steers bring 4.2 to 3.5 dollars per cwt, western steers around 2.85, Texas steers 2.25, cows and heifers 1.30 to 2.30, calves up to 3.25, bulls modest. Hogs steady to lower with heavy at 2.70 to 2.85, mixed 2.75 to 2.80, light 2.00, best quotes around 2.75. Sheep receipts steady with fair to choice westerns 2.50 to 2.75, common stock 2.00 to 2.75, lambs near 3.00 to 5.22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Texas
Happenings From Home and Abroad Highlights
A digest of incidents across cities includes a Chicago man who shot himself, a body found hanging in Douglas Park, a drowning in Indiana, a dock guard shooting in Chicago, a possible fatal shot in Austin Mississippi, mill workers returning to work after a wage scale, a blackberry quarrel ending in a death in Illinois, a jail inmate killed by a ward, a Chicago housekeeper’s suspected gas death, a 13-year-old shot in Chicago while caught stealing oats, bicycle cars to be added on a Pittsburgh line, a Beyrouth performance of Sigfried drawing praise, Burns centennial fete in Dumfries, and a Thames scull championship match set for Sept. 7 with a £1000 prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Thomas
Chicago
Douglas Park
Thomas Harvey
Cedar Lake
Ind
John Marley
Goodrich Docks
Patrick Fay
Marley
Julius Benjamin
Peter Kinney
Austin
National Tron Rolling Mills
Mcllicesport
Amalgamated Ironworkers
Raymond Sissell
Rich Dove
Xenia
Dove
Sissel
Geneva
Ill
Richardson
Joseph Allen
Hetty Keith
de. Ald, O'Neil
Dr. O'Neil
Fred Baum
Monon
Baum
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Sigfried
Beyrout
Brunnhilde
Mme
Lichman
Dumfries
Scotland
Robert Burns
Jake Glandaur
James Stansbury
Thames
Insurgent Almeira Sheds Light In Matanzas Court Martial
A list of varied 19th century incidents includes Leonardo Garcia Almeira a Matanzas insurgent court martialed in Cuba and reported misfortunes in Liverpool Peoria and St Louis. The items mention crimes accidents elopements and political actions from multiple U.S. and Caribbean locales.
Escaped prisoner Matthew Levin captured in St Louis
A roundup reports numerous fatal and violent incidents across multiple states. Matthew Levin, who escaped an asylum in St Louis, has been captured. Others killed include Charles J John of Indianapolis, Deputy Sheriff Dave Rogers in Knoxville, Julius Haug near Leavenworth, and John Charvat in Wilson. Several suicides and accidents are noted along with a burglary tools find in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Levin
St. Louis
Charles J. John
Indianapolis
Frank Miller
Petersburg
Ims
Albert
Edward Kasserman
Bear Newton
Till
Dave Rogers
Wash Smith
Knoxville
Leavenworth
Kan
Hellettsville
Tex
Frank Hazel
Simon Mitchell
John Charvat
Wilson
Irvin Kline
Ralph Magione
Akron
Maglione
Kine
Sarah Duncan
Convent of the Good Sheperd
Philadelphia
John Heard
Glaiborne
Dina Smith
New Haven
Conn
Homer
Mich
Joe Mitchell
Cairo
Lls
Henriette Appleboy
Lexington
Tenn
Ike Brown
San Antonio
Walter Witty
Various 1900s Local Incidents and Political Note
Reports include a Putnamville Indiana arrest connected to the Monon Railroad Company. Michael Ardiano dies in Jessup Pennsylvania after being struck by an axe wielded by his brother in law Joseph Kolar. A Muncie Indiana bridge pivot failure leads to the drowning of several children except Walter Darlington. A Populist convention nominates Bryan with Watson as running mate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon Railroad Company
Putnanville
Ind
Michael Ardiano
Joseph Kolar
Jessup
Kolar
Muncie
Walter Darlington
Bryan
Watson
Multiple Lethal Incidents Mark South and Midwest News
Cholera reported in South London. John Pryde executed for murder in Brainerd. John Quigley in Huntington faces morphine mix up. John Clough dies of heart disease in Carrollton. Charles Staltzman drowns near St. Joseph. George Anderson scheduled to hang August 21 in Macon for murder. H. D. Smith commits suicide in Rockville. John McDonald found dead in Little Rock. Michael Shelly dies after colt injury in Elk Heart. August Kuhlman fatally injured near Houston. Perry Webb accident during shot preparation near Pittsburg. Thomas Garry arrested in Danville in Pat Keefe murder case. Train wreck near Little Rock injures crew. Prairie wolf spares child near Allen Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Pryde
Andrew Peterson
Brainerd
Mian
John Quigley
Huntington
Ind
John Clough
Carrollton
Charles Staltzman
One Hundred and Two
St. Joseph
George Anderson
Macon
H. D. Smith
Rockville
John McDonald
J. Conner
Little Rock
Ark
Michael Shelly
Colt
Elkhart
August
Moore
Horn
A. Ryan
Allen, I T
Ryan
Notable Far-Flung Tragedies Reported In Brief
Summary of multiple incidents including Otto Zimmerman’s suicide in Wichita Kansas quarrel at Union City Illinois where George Beasley killed Dr Marshall Roberts and William Pope killed during squirrel hunting near Trinity Texas. A man fell from a tree in Texas breaking his back, a Kansas stove explosion fatally burned Mrs C C Hill, a libel suit verdict in San Francisco awarded $10,000, Oscar Gilchrist blinded by a baseball, a fly larva killed James Hughes in Albuquerque, August Wendt’s suicide in Nebraska, Drummond Castle inquiry blamed on command negligence, traveling law library bill passing, J W Hutchins dies on a train near Toledo, Jane Schofield dies in California during lecture, Levi Stanley shoots himself in Harlan Kansas, Levi Sackson and Nellie Busby killed by train in Chateaugay New York.
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Otto Zimmerman
Wichita
Kan
Union City
Ils
George Beasley
Marshall Roberts
William Pope
Trinity
Tex
Coates
C.C. Hill
August Wendt
College View
Lincoln
Neb
Board of Trade At
London
Drummond Castle
Ushant
Town
General Assembly
J. W. Hutchins
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Tayton
Toledo
San Antonio
Cal
Jane Schofield
Levi J. Stanley
Harlan, Ta
Stanley
Levi Sancomb
Nellie Busby
Vermont
Chateaugay
N.Y
Broken rail and disasters reported across multiple states
A rash of incidents includes a broken B and O rail wreck near Salem Illinois killing two tramps, robberies in Columbus Indiana, Alaska gold searchers returned, a Dallas death with laudanum, a Quincy painter killed by scaffolding, a child rescued from a deep well in Jefferson Iowa, a Lead South Dakota grocery closed by sheriff, a Colorado powder explosion, Chicago carpenters seeking 8 hour day, San Francisco supervisors indicted, ex president Harrison in New York, Knights of Pythias member in Canada, a Kansas City cable car crash, a Shelbyville horse accident, a Fort Bridger skeleton found, and Omaha to host the National Reserve supreme lodge in September 1803.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Salem
Ills
Alex Bell
Sim Bryant
Hull
Columbus
Ind
H. G. Crissey
F. D. Rothell
Crab Orchard
Neb
Alaska
George Morgan
Dallas
Tex
Quincy
Illa
J. O. McLean
Victor, Colo
Victor Avenue
Third Streets
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Harrison
New York City
George McConnell
Portland
Ore
Canada
Knights of Pythias
Kanas City
Ninth Street
John Shaffner
Shelbyville
Fort Bridger
Wyo
Samuel Smith
Supreme Lodge of the National Reserve Association
Omaha
Chicago Defeats Omaha at Cricket in Damp Test
Chicago defeated Omaha by an inning and 15 runs in a soggy wicket match yesterday. Chicago fields a strong side with sharp batting and bowling while Omaha showed fine fielding, conceding few extras despite the weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Omaha
Hearne Libel Verdict Awards Dr J C Hearne 10000
Dr J C Hearne wins a libel suit against M H DeYoung and J F Blunt. The jury awards damages of 10000 for an August 1904 San Francisco Chronicle article allegedly implicating Hearne in a Hannibal Missouri murder. Hearne had been indicted but acquitted.
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Mury
Sin
Hearne
J. C. Hearne
M. H. DeYoung
San Francisco Chronicle
J. F. Blunt
Chronicles
San Diego
Four More Bodies Found After Colorado Cloud Burst
Four more bodies were recovered from debris below Golden after a Colorado cloud burst last Friday. The victims include two old men and two young women, not yet identified. Reports say eight Denver brewery workers vanished after traveling toward Idaho Springs. wagon fragments have been found. Colonel H. Merriam has dispatched 100 troops from Fort Logan to aid in the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Golden
Colo
Idaho Springs
H. ©. Merriam
United States
Fort Logan
Bicyclists and Train Race Near Syracuse
The Empire State Express raced a sextuplex of six riders along a four foot wide cinder path two miles west of Syracuse on July 28. The sextuplex led by a length at the one mile mark but had to slow for a short bridge a quarter mile ahead while the Empire closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Empire State Express
Empire
Lightning Strikes Cause Deaths and Injuries in State
A storm crippled the interior with wind and lightning. In Hondedale Clearfield County Frank Brumbaugh was killed instantly by lightning. A Swedish church used as a school building was struck. seven pupils were knocked senseless, four in critical condition. Crop and building damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hondedale
Clearfield County
Frank Brumbaugh
Jockey Sam Mason Killed at Kansas City Exposition
July 28 reported tragedy at the exposition race track in Kansas City Kansas. In the second race the led horse Harry T swerved causing Ava Cain ridden by jockey Sam Mason to fall. Mason died instantly from a broken neck and the horse also died from injuries. Mason was 18 and from Independence Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Exposition Race Track
Harry T
Ava Cain
Sam Mason
Mason
Independence, Kan
Tidal Wave Series Spooks Lake Shoreline
A sequence of tidal waves along the lake's western shore raised water levels over three feet above normal. Professor Hough of Northwestern University offered no explanation, suggesting only unusual bottom upheaval as a possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hough
Northwestern University
National Reserve Association Holds Third Biennial Session
The National Reserve Association supreme lodge opened in Kansas City with only a small portion of delegates present. About 100 delegates from every state are expected, and little business was completed on opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Reserve Association
Kansas City
Supreme Lodge of the National Reserve Association
Fatal Gas Explosion at West Bear Ridge Colliery
An underground gas blast at West Bear Ridge colliery in Ashland Pennsylvania killed fire boss William Quinn and Michael Bazzle with two laborers injured. Cause of the explosion is not known. The report notes the incident occurred yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
West Bear Ridge
William Quinn
Michael Bazzle
Insurgent Prisoners Shot Near Havana Castle
Three insurgent prisoners Luis Mur Miguel Alvarez and Rodriguez Antonio Carco were executed by firing squad at the castle of San Severino Matanzas near Havana on July 28 after capture in the insurgent uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Luis Mur
Miguel Alvarez
Rodriguez Antonio Carco
San Severino Matanzas
Hobart Joins Hotel Champlain Golf Club
Piarissurg New York July 23 Hon. Garrett A Hobart has joined the Hotel Champlain Golf club and is an active player of the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Piarissurg
N.Y
Garrett A. Hobart
Hotel Champlain Golf Club
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Colorado
Bear Creek
Morrison and Golden
Della Horner
Many Horner
Miss Holmes
Warren
A. R. Proctor
Robert James Proctor
Grace Proctor
Epith Proctor
ST. F. Casey
James Casey
Elmth Casey
Mamie Casey
Anna Casey
Cpana Casey
Anthony Herres
Eugene Herres
Mabel Herres
Josephine Herres
Carroll Herres
McGowan
Dayton
Annie Hansen
Raiders
Leonardo Garcia Almeira
Matanzas
Liverpool
House of Commons
K. W. Scott
Sheridan County
Peoria
Percival Adams
Frank Lea
Iron City National Bank
Theresa Hardeenbilt
Lima
Standard Oil Company
Woman's Bryan Club
John Ray
Maggie Stephens
Operative College of Good Citiznsnp
J.W. Hart
Texarkana
Bryan and Sewall
George Ulrich
Alton
Hrs
J. Coogan
Narragansett
R. I
Health Department of
W. R. Newberger
Gunnison
DR. Hearne
Nashville
Old Forge
General Committee
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Columus
Brown Manufacturing Company
Sar Eg Oy
P. O
W. H. Ferre
F.D
E. Bugietoy
Orthern
Pacific Railroad
Butte
Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Grand Forks
Winnipeg
Helena
Pacific Mail
Montana
Montana Accommodation
Livingston
Nothern Pacific
Atlantic Mail
Pacific Coast
Montana Union Depot
Grantedale
Pacific Coast Points
Grantadae
Japan
China
Tacoma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co
B. Broadway
Charles 8. Fee
General
ST. Paul, Minn
Custer
Ceshe
Ashman
Cohhmans
Corhman
J. Lexxox Brownz
Central London Throat and Ear Hospital
Browne
Cashmas Soc
Drorgistsor
Vincennes
Ino
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