Miners Attack Militia in Dunnville Battle at Cripple Creek
A large clash near Dunnville 13 miles from Victor Cripple Creek Colorado left one union miner dead and fourteen miners captured after miners entrenched in surrounding hills opened fire on deputies and guards led by Adjutant General Bell. A second engagement east of Victor saw seven guards captured as gunfire erupted with no fatalities. A mob later ransacked the Victor office injuring staff as the Western Federation of Miners faced authorities under proclaimed law.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Dwnnville
Victor
Bell
John James
Ith
John Davis
John Arley
Cripple "Creek
Dunnville
Steven
Bell Hes
Gecoy
Ictor
Tune
Raven
Union Cing
Eck
Vietor Record
Western Federation of Miners
Friedly
McGee
Canyon City
Settlement as Victor clashes cool
Colonel Edward Verdeck berg cites military rule as calming. The Victor camp seeks a settlement as union miners who struck Aug. 10 1903 show willingness to end the quarrel. General Bell warns no outside troops unless needed and threatens retaliation. Major Naylor hunts Fridley for the Roxie McGee riot death amid alleged union tips. Fridley allegedly fired twice and aimed at C C Hamlin, secretary of the Mine Owners' association, then hid a rifle in a grove pipe near a union store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Verdeckberg
Victor Record
Western Federation of Miners
Bell
H. A. Naylor
Victor
Fridley
Roxie McGee
T. E. McClelland
C. C. Hamlin
Mine Owners’ Association
Thug and His Dynamite Hold Up Rio Grande Train
Five robbers dynamited a Rio Grande Passenger train west of Parachute Colorado during Tuesday night. They forced the train to stop, opened the safe and baggage cars, took a bag of specie reported as 5000 dollars by some yet disputed by express staff, and shot crewman Blake Shellenbarger in the leg. Two posses pursue the robbers.
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Denver
Parachute
Grand Junction
Glenwood Springs
Blake Shellenbarger
Specig
Notable St Louis Wedding at First Presbyterian Church
Miss Martha Blackwell and Stewart Aldrich wed at the First Presbyterian Church in St Louis. The bride, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur M Blackwell, and the groom, second son of Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island, were attended by bridesmaids and ushers including Elsie Aldrich Isabel Brown Agnes Glackwell Nancy Jane Blackwell John Rockefeller Jr Louis Hays Harry Blackwell Clarkson Potter Eugene Pettus. About a thousand invitations were issued and guests traveled from across the country for the event. The couple left for Senator Aldrichs Warwick summer home after the reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Agnes Glackwell
Nancy Janes Blackwell
John Th. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Louis Hays
Harry Blackwell
Clarkson Potter
Eugene Pettus
And
Amirst Aldrich
St. Louis
Senator Aldrich
Warwick
Machinery Hall Fire Destroys Chicago Building
A seven story structure at 54 60 South Canal Street known as Machinery Hall burned in Chicago on June 9. Damage cited near 400000 with forty fire engines and two fire boats aiding efforts to stop spread. The building housed several machinists firms and was owned by Alderman W G Maypole and John Jacob Maypole. About twenty firms occupied the hall and none of the losses exceed 40000 to any single firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Canal Street
W. G. Maypole
John Jacob Maypole
Kentucky Democratic Convention Chooses Beckham Backed Slate
Louisville June 9 The Kentucky Democratic state convention elected Governor Beckham as temporary chairman by 817 to 322 over Judge Frank Peake. The administration faction led by Beckham gained control of key committees as Blackburn and McCreary opposed the Durbin stance in the extradition matter. Delegates chosen to St Louis include Beckham and Blackburn with McCreary and James. Delegates were left uninstructed on Parker. The session adjourned at 1 45 a m.
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Louisville
Beckham
Frank Peake
Shelby County
Blackburn
McCreary
State Central Committee
Platform
Jefferson
Jackson
Bryan
Durbin
Taylor
James
St. Louis
Parker
Miss Taylor Loses Bid to Reinstate War Department Clerk
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals refused mandamus to reinstate Rebecca J. Taylor as a clerk in the war department after she admitted authorship of a newspaper piece deemed a severe reflection on the President. Justice Clabaugh clarifies civil service aims and removal limits.
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Washington, Fame
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Rebecca J. Taylor
War Department
Dowie Arrives in Berlin Office Amid Zion City Hype
Dowie now in Berlin at rooms once occupied by a Vanderbilt, paying 40 per day. Flo praised Zion City near Chicago. Harrison J. Barrett acquitted. remaining indictments against Barrett in the post office case were dropped.
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Dowie
Berlin
John Alexander Dowie
Switzerland
Vanderbilts
Flo
Zion City
Chicaga
Harrison J. Barrett
Washington
Hayrisory J! Barrett
Post Office Department
Burlington lines to move accounting dept to Chicago
The Burlington lines in Missouri plan to move the accounting department from St. Joseph to Chicago on July 1. Separate items note Guarles J. Mink of Wheaton Illinois commissioned as assistant navy surgeon. Secretary Taft returns to Washington from Cincinnati.
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Burlington Lines
Missouri
St. Joseph
Chicago
Guarles J. Mink
Wheaton
Navy
Taft
Washington
Cincinnati
Wight
Pittsburg
Lave
Aggie Juldonski
Thompsonville
Conn
William Agselin
LaCrosse
Wis
Ramon Carroll
Mexico
Mary Wright Sewall
Indianapolis
Berlin
Palace of Agriculture
St. Louis
Catholic University of America
International Association of Chiefs of Police
St. Lrouis Fair
Debate Over Mine Run Basis In Sullivan County Indiana
Mysterious Wallace Simms linked again to the Schafer case as Indiana miners and operators hold a joint session over the mine-run pay basis in Sullivan county. The dispute concerns paying by weight versus screening and potential spread to Danville and Greene counties amid Illinois competition. Local mines in Star City Alum Cave Hymera and Jackson Hill have used mutual agreements with a double-standard option, while operators fear broader adoption.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Illinois
Danville
Chicago
Northwest
John Mitchell
Star City
Alum Cave
Hymera
Jackson Hill
Trakaia
Wis
Shir
Sullivan Field
Greene County
Mystery in Bedf ord murder case continues
The mysterious Wallace Simms is again linked to the Bedford murder case as the unknown writer behind letters to Emily Boulware and Indianapolis News. Boulware's information prompted a new inquiry, with further letters reportedly directing her to reveal the killer’s identity. A separate item notes the death of 10 year old William Quinn while a Baptist minister prayed nearby. In Indiana, a Socialist convention at Swansville plans June 18 to nominate candidates for the First district and Vanderburgh Gibson Inox counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Wallace Simms
Schafer
Simms
Jess
Bedford
Emily Boulware
Bullock
Indianapolis
Hickson Smith
Vincennes
Ind
William G. Law
Wiliam Quinn
Bicknell
Kansius
Quinn
Worthington
Nowluate
Swansville
Socialist Party
Vanderburg
Gibson
Inox
Leiter Dies Rich Chicago Merchant Leader Dies at 61
Levi 7% Leiter a Chicago dry goods magnate once with Marshall Field and Potter Palmer died suddenly of heart disease in Bar Harbor Maine. He built a fortune near 100 million after retiring from business and his daughter Mary married Lord Curzon. His son Joseph stirred markets in 1893 by a wheat corner attempt. He was born in Leitersburg Maryland in 1834 and later led Potter Palmer stores. He married Mary Theressa Carver in 1866 and had four children.
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Leiter
Bar Harbor
Levi
Chicago
Marshall Field
Potter Palmer
Mary
Lord Curzon
India
Joseph
Leitersburg
Springfield
Wadsworth & Co
J. W. Farwell
Mary Theressa Carver
Morocco Sultan agrees to all demands in ransom case
A Tangier dispatch to the Navy Department reports the sultan of Morocco has acceded to all demands of Baisali, the captor of Perdiccaris and Varley, with ransom believed to be 45000 dollars. In Tangier the marines were landed to protect the Belgian legation and consular officials note the Belgian minister’s wife is American and lives in an isolated house.
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Washington
Navy Department
Chadwick
Tangiers
Morocco
Baisali
Perdiccaris
Varley
Tangier
Gunmere
Train Wreck Near Salisbury Kills Two Crews
The Southern passenger train wrecked near Salisbury this morning killing Engineer Haynes and Fireman Watkins. In Cairo Illinois on June 11 Engineer George Gibson and Fireman Drewster aboard a Bis switch engine were killed when rails spread, causing a deadly wreck.
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Charlotte
Salisbury
Haynes
Watkins
Cairo
Eo. Gibson
Drewtser
Bis
Parker Instructing Resolutions Defeated In Kentucky
Kentucky Democrats in Louisville reported Beckham forces in control after resolutions to instruct for Parker failed. Blackburn McCreary and Jones elected delegates-at-large. Unit rule adopted. Lewis McQuown chosen state chairman. Platform rejected Bryan ideas. Washington telegram notes Monte Cristi customs open and San Domingo ports open as revolution ends.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Parker
Beckham
Blackburn
McCreary
Jones
Lewis McQuown
Bryan
Washington
Navy Department
Sigsbee
Monte Cristi
Custom House of
San Domingo
McCoy Arrested in Rensselaer Bank Embezzlement Case
In LaFayette on June 9 Thomas J. McCoy cashier of the private bank of McCoy and Co at Rensselaer was arrested on embezzlement charges. The bank had recently failed and more arrests were expected.
Miners' Strike Settled in Fifth Ohio Sub-district
The strike in the Fifth Ohio sub-district was settled at midnight with the same scale as last year's Ohio scale. Walter Travis, American golf champion, was forced to withdraw from the open contest today due to poor play.
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Ohio Sub
Ohio
Sandwich
Eng
Walter Travis
Appointed Judge for Porto Rico Named in Washington
Washington June 9 Charles F McKenna a Pittsburg lawyer was appointed United States district judge for Porto Rico this morning. New York June 9 Carolinal Saltoli arrived from Rome today on the steamer Princess Irene.
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Washington
Charles F. McKenna
Pittsburg
United States
Porto Rico
Rome
New York
Carolinal Saltoli
Princess Irene
Mines Explode In Talien Wan. Two Russian Cruisers Found
Admiral Kataoka reports twenty one mercantile mines detonated on Talien Wan Tuesday and Wednesday. Japanese forces discovered wrecks of two sunken ships identified as the cruisers Boyarin and Nonni. Boyarin, a 3000 ton Russian cruiser, could reach 22 knots and carried six 4.7 inch guns.
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Mineo
Tokio
Kataoka
Talienwan
Boyarin
Nonni
Japanese battleship sunk in Gulf of Pechili engagement
Liao-Yang reports a naval clash in the Gulf of Pechili where a Japanese battleship was sunk. Chinese sources from the south claim an attack on Port Arthur but provide no specifics. They quote losses of about 2,500 men and four warships, likely torpedo boats.
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St. Petersburg
Liao- Yang
Gulf of Pechili
Port Arthur
War Boats Repaired for Togo Fleet Move
Tokyo dispatch reports the Japanese cruiser four destroyers two gun boats and five torpedo boats damaged at Port Arthur have been repaired at Sassabo and now join Togo's fleet for ongoing campaigns.
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Rome
Tokio
Port Arthur
Sassabo
Togo
Men Named to Second Roosevelt Nomination at Chicago
Official announcement lists speakers to second the nomination at Chicago: Senator Beveridge of Indiana, George A. Swaight of California, Harry Stillwell Edwards of Georgia, Joseph B. Cotton of Minnesota, Harry B. Cummings of Maryland.
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Roosevelt
Washington
President Roosevelt
Chicago
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
George A. Swaight
California
Harry Stillwell Edwards
Georgia
Joseph B. Cotton
Minnesota
Harry 8. Cummings
Maryland
Woman Sleeps Four Days in Marion Household Mystery
Marion Indiana June 9 Mrs Albert Jarvis has been asleep since last Friday night Her husband Jer Losband an operator left home Saturday morning and returned unable to wake her Dr Patterson attended all night without success indicating a long unconscious spell remains unexplained
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Marion
Ind
Albert Jarvis
Jer Losband
Hle
Ile
Scores on the Ball Fields
Scores across leagues from New York to Chicago show a mix of results. Key baseball lines include New York 2 Philadelphia 3 and Boston 6 Cincinnati 5 in ten innings, plus St Louis 12 Washington 0 and Chicago 8 Philadelphia 2. Other pairings list Cleveland New York 4 to 1 and Detroit 8 Boston 2.
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Chicago
Pollowins
New York
Pitesbury
Philadelphi
St Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinlandi
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Chicago - Philadelphia
Association
Lewisville
Kansas City
Louisville
Columbus
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Toledo
Colorado Springs
Des Moines
Denver
Punful Abdications and a Crown Pun Beheadment
An antiquated chronicle notes Henry VI reign of thirty eight years with no public affairs meddling. It also tells of a London grocer at the Sign of the Crown who claims his son is heir to the crown and is beheaded for the pun.
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Henry VI
England
Edward IV
Henry
London
Leap year question sparks playful exchange in Brooklyn Life
In a short dialogue from Brooklyn Life, the Maiden Governess asks about February having twenty nine days and identifies it as leap year. Little Hisie jokes about not tracking leap years, noting she hasn’t reached the age to do so, prompting a humorous exchange.
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Wisie
Hisie
Brooklyn
Quiet Exchange Leaves Man Anxious and Evasive
In a tense moment a young man confesses to a young woman that he feels ill at ease and anxious about a possible danger. He denies involvement yet admits his nervous state and fear of what might happen next.
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Ada
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Tt Western Federation of Dissection
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Jobo Danneld
Pressman
Thug
Sentor
Aldrich
Bridge City
John Mitchell Vielts
The
United Mine, Workers
Senator Penrose
Bharkey
Kentucky Democracy
Miss Taylor
Simms Greaks
Wie
Behafer
Antwerp
Troy
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
School of Engineering
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