Miners of Butte Riots End in Union Hall Destruction
Rioters allied with Industrial Workers of the World clash with the Miners Union of Butte on parade day. They demolish furniture, overturn ballot boxes, and assault officials, with 10 000 spectators watching as order slowly returns the next day.
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Miners Union
Union Hall
Butte
Mont
Miners’ Union
Industrial Workers of the World
Bert Riley
Abe
Michael Conway
Frank Curran
Upron
Driscoll
Court House
Six Killed by Lightning on Wandsworth Common
London report says a severe storm struck Wandsworth common and nearby districts. Lightning killed six people four of them children and injured several others as buildings were struck across south London.
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London
Wandsworth Common
Seidel Nominated for U.S. Senator by Wisconsin Social Democrats
Emil Seidel former Milwaukee mayor is nominated by the Social Democratic party of Wisconsin for United States senator. The convention ratified the party platform.
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Milwaukee
Emil Seidel
Social-Democratic Party of Wisconsin
United States
National Party
Carranza and Villa Reconcile Before Zacatecas Fight
Washington reports that General Francisco Villa and General Venustiano Carranza have patched their differences and Villa will lead the move against Zacatecas. A joint appeal from Carranza and Villa adherents in El Paso urges both leaders to desist from actions that could jeopardize the constitutionalist cause.
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Washington
Counsul Edwards
Juarez
Francisco Villa
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Villa
Zacatecas
Carranza
State Department
Torreon
Saltillo
Huerta
I Paso
Chihuahua
End of Conference Near in Niagara Falls Mission
American delegates Justice Lamar and Gehmann met Manuel Zubaran and Luis Cabrera in Buffalo for four hours to align with Carranza representatives. The constitutionalists rejected an armistice and insisted on two leaders for the provisional presidency. They believed Mexico’s army would solve the problem if not impeded by foreign complications.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara
Mexico
Paris Storm Devastation Leaves Dozens Buried
Destructive Paris storm strikes the city and key districts as rescue teams search for victims pulled into pits below sidewalks. Eight bodies recovered with at least a dozen more believed buried. rotting waterways and sewers raise fears of additional losses.
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Paris
Place de l’Opera
Seine
Tornado Levels Farms North of Canistola
A Wednesday tornado swept one mile north of Canistola, South Dakota, destroying several farm houses and barns. Wires are down and full details are unavailable.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Canistola
Balloonists Vanish After Portland Race
Little hope is held for Roy Donaldson and A Wilbur Henderson who left Portland last Thursday in the balloon Springfield for a race with three other balloons and have not been found alive.
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Portland
Ore
Roy Donaldson
Wilbur Henderson
Springfield
Railroad Strikes Ease Across Italy Reports Indicate Return to Work
Reports from across Italy indicate a general resumption of railroad work after a strike that lasted several days. Outrages have largely ceased, with only a few isolated places reporting incidents.
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Rome
Italy
Peace Conference Fages New Grisio Peace Conference Fages New Grisio
Three South American mediators told General Carranza by telegraph they would not admit his representatives to the conference unless an armistice is declared and the Mexican problem taken as mediation scope. Carranza’s envoys in Washington announced Iglesias Calderon Cabrera and Vasconcos as constitutionalist delegates. The mediators warned Carranza he had not considered their armistice request and urged full discussion of the Mexican issue.
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Magara Falls
Carranza
Rafeal Zubaran
Washington
Ferando Iglesias Calderon
Luis Cabrera
Jose Vasconsc Os
United States
Mexican Republic
Saltillo
Huerta
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Wells-Fargo Express
Nevada
Lockwood
San Francisco
Railroad Commission of Nevada
Carson City
Copper Basin
Jim May
South America
State Department
Reno
May
A. EB. Aldous
Ruby National Forest
Elko Free Press
Madame Becks
Unique conference in session in Christiania
An international conference convened in Christiania Norway with delegates from the United States Russia Norway and others to frame a government for No Man s Land Spitzbergen islands a world without a flag. William K Collier and Fred K Nielsen lead American delegation. coal deposits found on the edge of the Arctic circle with seasons of coal mining and long periods of silence.
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Washington
Christiania
Norway
United States
Russia
Spitzbergen Islands
No Man's Land
William K. Collier
New York
Fred K. Nielson
State Department
Amercan
No Man’s Land
Arctic Circle
Belgian Storm Injures Five in Brussels and Kills Rail Worker
A severe storm across Belgium injured five people in Brussels as lightning struck. A railway worker died near Ghent and a collision near Renaix damaged two trains after signals were disarranged by the storm, with many people hurt. Cattle were drowned or killed in the floods.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ghent
Renaix
Government Proclamation Bans Arms Import to Ireland Valid
In Dublin the King’s Bench Court ruled by a two to one majority that the government proclamation forbidding arms import into Ireland was valid.
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Dublin
Ireland
King’s Bench Court
General Kelley’s Army of the Unemployed Marches on
In Crafton West Virginia the “General” Kelley’s Army of the Unemployed faced a county ultimatum on Monday to leave the county or be put to work on public roads. They reportedly marched forward despite the pressure.
Montana Governor Asks Wilson for Federal Troops in Butte
Montana Governor Stewart telegrammed President Wilson requesting federal troops to be held in readiness to prevent further rioting in the Butte copper mine district. He cited 500 Montana militiamen and potential clashes between Western Federation of Miners and Industrial Workers of the World, noting a miner leader’s home wrecked by dynamite and two prisoners taken. Deputy sheriffs faced threats of lynching amid mounting officials' attacks.
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Washington
Stewart
Montana
Wilson
Butte
Congress
White House
Western Federation of Miners
Industrial Workers of the World
Miners’ Union
Adlai E Stevenson Dead In Chicago
Adlai Ewing Stevenson former vice president of the United States died in Chicago after months of illness. He passed away at a city hospital with his three children at his bedside.
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Chicago
Adial
Stevenson
United States
Cleveland
Aldai Ewing Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Long and honorable public career of a Democratic leader
The record notes a vice presidency from 1893 to 1897 under Grover Cleveland and a 1900 nomination with William J. Bryan, though defeated. Born October 23 1833 in Christian county Kentucky to Scotch Irish parents.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Christian County
Kentucky
Aged Actress Carlott Addison Dies in London
London obituary notes the death of actress Carlott Addison aged about 76. Born in Liverpool in 1849 she began on stage as a child and performed in roles across five decades.
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London
Congress adjournment debate after appropriation bills
Democratic leaders discussed a July adjournment of Congress once the appropriation bills are disposed of in both houses, but the talks yielded no decision.
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Washingtono
Congress
House
Huerta Delegates Blame Americans For Slaughter
The Huerta delegation at the mediation conference issued a statement charging the United States with abetting fraud and violence at elections by insisting on a constitutionalist provisional presidency. American delegates were surprised by the Mexican move while Justice Lamar and Mr. Lehmann prepared a public reply.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Huerta
United States
Justice Lamar
Mr. Lehmann
Suffragette chains to statue in central London protest
A militant suffragette chained herself to the Duke of Wellington statue before the Royal Exchange in central London and urged businessmen to aid imprisoned women. Police removed her as jeering bystanders watched.
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London
Duke of Wellington
Royal Exchange
Roosevelt Ailing. Will Miss U S Campaign Oration
London reports Colonel Theodore Roosevelt suffers larynx trouble from his Brazilian journey. The ailment will prevent him from speaking in the U S political campaign this fall and requires careful rest for months.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Helen Moscow Found Dead in Oakland Apartments
Oakland officers report Helen Moscow, famed as the "Helen Keller of the west," found dead in her apartment Wednesday morning. Police say poison caused death but give no motive or suspect. The case remains under investigation.
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Oakland
Cal
Helen Moscow
Helen Keller
The
West
Forgery Convict Grimes Bound for San Quentin Escape Case
Peter A. Grimes, convicted of forgery in Shanghai, is en route to San Quentin on the Shanghai offense. Alfred Johansen, a Norwegian sailor in Nagasaki, Japan, allegedly substituted himself for Grimes and escaped during a federal investigation.
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San Francisco
Peter A. Grimes
Shanghai
San Quentin Penitentiary
California
Alfred Johansen
Nagasaki
Japan
Mob Violence Ends in Shooting in West Plains
A mob of Ozark mountaineers attempted to drive Mrs. Paralee Collins from the area. The confrontation on Wednesday night left Isaac Collins fatally shot, Mrs. Collins wounded, and their cabin burned amid the mob action in West Plains Missouri.
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West Plains
Paralee Colling
Isaac Collins
Hospital ship Maine Goes Ashore in Scottish Fog
The Maine, a hospital ship presented to Britain by American women during the South Africa war, grounded in the Firth of Lorne on the Scottish west coast amid fog and is feared to be a total loss.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Maine
Firth of Lorne
Edison’s Daughter Weds In New Jersey Home Wedding
Miss Madeline Edison, daughter of Thomas A. Edison, married John Eyre Sloane, son of Mr and Mrs T O Connor Sloane of Chicago, in a ceremony at the Edison home in Orange New Jersey on Wednesday.
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Orange
N. J
Madeline Edison
Thomas A. Edison
John Eyre Sloane
Ritchie and Welsh Sign London Twenty-Round Bout
Willie Ritchie and Freddie Welsh have signed for another twenty round lightweight title fight in London between November 4 and November 11 this year.
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London
Willie Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
Patterson enters Dem gubernatorial race in Denver
Former United States Senator Thomas M. Patterson announced his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Denver. This marks a high profile bid as Patterson seeks the party’s nomination and potential statewide office.
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Denver
United States
Thomas M. Patterson
Governor Eberhart Loses GOP Nomination Fight in Minnesota
Governor Eberhart was defeated in the Republican renomination race for governor of Minnesota. W. E. Lee won the contest by an estimated margin of 1,500 to 2,000 votes based on returns.
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St. Paul
Minn
Eberhart
W. E. Lee
Mason City Lawyer John Cliggitt Dies at 74
John Cliggitt a longtime Mason City attorney died at his home aged 74 after a long legal career. He once sought the governorship as a Democrat and also ran for Supreme Court judge, leaving a notable imprint on Iowa politics and law.
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Mason City
John Cliggitt
Iowa
Supreme Court
Reno church dedication and Nevada news digest
The Reno Lutheran church dedication occurred on Sunday June 7. Crime reports include 15 year old Dewey George Stall, alias Jack Stall, confessing to a Reno residence burglary. Portland factory fire kills two after five workers escape to the river. Nevada items cover Chinatown opium arrest Yee Sing, gold ore prospects at Haystack, Boise railroad contract to McArthur Brothers of London, Elko census totals, Carson Mint dismantling, various indictments and extradition moves, labor strikes, and mining region consolidation rumors.
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Reno
Dewey George Stall
Jack Stall
Northwest Sash & Door Company
Portland
Chinatown
Winnemucca
Nev
Yee Sing
Haystack
Nevada
Boise
Butte & San Francisco
McArthur Brothers
London
Ida
Capital News
Elko
Carson City
Carson
Francisco Martinez
Nevada State
Martinez
Fallon
Patrick H. Hart
Board of Labor Statistics of Illinois
Helena
Hart
Illinois
K. Taku
Tacoma
Elysipethe
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Division of Militia Affairs
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Seidel
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Tampico
Daniel Gonzales
Bonega
Dakota
Grisio
Ako
Butte Miners’ Union
Roosevelt
Edison
Patterson
Nortiwest
Earl Carl
Harriett
Los Angeles
Carl
James E. Cosgriff
Western Wool Growers
Agricultural Department
Staatsverbund of
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Eugene
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