Miners Fire on Strike Wagon Near Evansville
The Sunnyside mine action near Evansville Indiana during a June 1 strike saw unknown shooters attack a wagon carrying imported Kentucky miners. Six men were wounded including James Moore likely dying and Henry Smith with John Phillips severely hurt while Charles Smith Ed Geiger and John Horseweather also suffered injuries. Police and physicians responded as the mine shut down and authorities consider asking Governor Mount for troops.
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Evansville
Ind
Sunnyside
Kentucky
James Moore
Henry Smith
John Phillips
Ed Geiger
Charles Smith
John M Horseweather
West Maryland Street
Ruston
St. Mary's Hospital
Fred Dilcher
Akron Strike Settled in Rapid Transit Dispute
Akron Ohio June 21 A settlement ends the strike of Akron and Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Transit company employees. A ten hour day is established. Motormen and conductors gain two cent raise per hour while other workers receive two and a half cents. The union is not recognized but未来 disputes to be arbitrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Akron and
Cuyahoga Falls
Yellow fever outbreak reported in Santiago Cuba
Washington bulletin from Havana dated June 20 lists yellow fever deaths in Santiago with Private David Mulhern and others from the Fifth and Fifteenth infantry. The report notes multiple deaths from yellow fever and one accidental poisoning as of June 16 to 19, signed by Brooke, the commanding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Santiago
War Department
Havana
David Mulhern
C. Fifth Infantry
Thomas Jennings
Fifth Infantry
Pierte Principe
Elliot D. Holderman
Louis J. Wagner
Fifteenth Infantry
Brooke
Fire destroys Eagle Hotel in Oswego city
Oswego New York June 21 The Eagle hotel in this city was destroyed by fire at dawn this morning. Mrs Radaling an old lady whose frame is in ict this day was injured in the blaze.
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Oswego
M. Y
Eagle
Cty
Radaling
Cay
Two stories high and was not valuable dead found
Mrs. King slept in the front room and was dead when discovered. Authorities reported the scene of a fatal discovery with no additional valuables noted.
Fatal Fire Sparks Three Inmates Burned In NYC Rooming House
A West Seventeenth Street furnished room house owned by Mrs. Mary Cauldwell was badly damaged by fire in the early hours. Inmates Mrs Cauldwell 37 suffered severe burns, her son James 14 was burned all over, and lodger John Cody 44 was so severely burned that he is expected to die.
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New York
Mary Cauldwell
West Seventeenth Street
Knowlton Sentenced to Sixty Days in Jail
Harry Knowlton pleaded guilty last Wednesday and was sentenced by Judge O Rourke to 60 days for petit larceny. He was indicted by the recent grand jury and arrested the prior week in Findlay Ohio by Sheriff Melching.
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Harry Knowlton
O'Rourke
Knowlton
Findlay
Melching
Ministers and Actors Plan City Alliance for Good
The Actors Church alliance meetings at Berkeley Lyceum show intent to unite church and stage. Bishop Potter and leaders from both sides outline a tentative plan to place a chaplain in theater centers and aid actors in need while opposing Sunday performances. A formal structure is expected within a month.
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New York
Berkeley Lyceum
Actors’ Church Alliance
Lyceum
Potter
Father Ducey
McGlynn
John P. Peters
R. Heber Newton
Thomas R. Slicer
Percy C. Grant
Joseph Reynolds
Rabbi Silverman
F.F. Mackay
Actors’ Society
James A. Herne
Frederick Warde
Mary Shaw
Viola Allen
Maida Craigen
Robber Makes A Big Haul At Boston Bank
A sneaking thief entered the Metropolitan National Bank in Boston on June 22 and stole $10,000 while the paying teller’s attention was diverted for a moment. He seized two packages of paper money at the teller’s window and fled unseen. Police pursuit is underway.
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Boston
Mass
Metropolitan National Bank
Americans Press Private Property at Sea Topic
The Hague conference reporter notes the U S demand to protect private property at sea has not been raised. Andrew D White proposed plenary discussion and a commission review but translation delays and opposition from major powers hinder action. Delegates fear overreach beyond Muravieff circular. Some delegates suffer malaria from canal emanations. Mrs Holls seeks relief in Dusseldorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Staal
Count Muravieff
Holls
Frederick Holls
Dusseldorf
Peace in Samoa Restored and Provisional Government Planned
The U S secretary of state reports Hon Bartlett Tripp says peace has returned to Samoa. The commission upholds Chief Justice Chambers in disqualifying Mataata and seating Malietoa Tanu, abolishing the kingship and establishing a provisional government with future plans awaiting Berlin treaty approval.
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Washington
Bartlett Tripp
United States
Samoa
Chambers
Malietoa Tanu
State Department
Mataata
Ranta
Apia
British Foreign Office
Power
Provisional Samoa Government to Replace King Declared
The high commission proclaims abolition of the Samoan king’s office and announces the establishment of a provisional government during the commission’s stay, as accepted by the monarch.
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High Commission
Samoa
Abduction of Samoan King Endorsed by German Dispatch
Berlin reports via AP that Malietoa Tanu abdicated in favor of Samoan commissioners who formed a provisional government of three consuls. The dispatch confirms the chief justice's power to select a king and notes the municipal authorities will continue functions, with Dr Self assuming office in Apia.
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Berlin
Apia
Samoa
Associated Press
Malietoa Tanu
Dr. Self
Sale Ordered of Indianapolis and Broad Ripple Line
The Indianapolis and Broad Ripple Rapid Transit property will be sold July 17 to the highest bidder under Judge Carter’s order. Bidders must deposit 10,000 dollars, pay 25,000 in cash, and give notes for the balance at 6 percent interest, due in eight and twelve months. The sale will be advertised in a newspaper with general circulation. The process follows a heated contest among creditors including Ferdinnand Winter for the State Bank of Indiana, Randall Morgan of Philadelphia, and Ladenhberg Thaiman & Co. with total claims near 200,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndianapolis Journal
Indianapolis and
Broad Ripple Rapid Transit Company
Cockrum
Carter
Superior Court
Broadett
Shade
Ferdinnand Winter
State Bank of Indiana
Randall Moran
Phidelphia
Morgan
State Bank
Broad Ripple
Winter
W. A. Ketcham
William Bosson
Ketcham
Roland T. McDonald
Judge Taylor
Fort Wayne
Ladenhberg, Thaiman & Co
New York
Randall Morgan
Broad Ripple Company
McDonald Estate
Ladenberg, Thalman & Co
Bids for Furniture for New County Courthouse
The county commissioners opened seven bids for furniture to equip the new courthouse. American School Furniture Co of Grand Rapids bid 33664 dollars for quartered oak with mahogany options. William H Warren Manufacturing Co of Chicago bid 85957. A Andrews Co of Chicago 44194.26. Wallaeger Manufacturing Co of Milwaukee 22650. M H Ohmers Sons of Dayton 35580. Robert Mitchell Furniture Co of Cincinnati 939481. An additional bid of 20000 dollars from Art Metal Construction Co of Jamestown for metal furniture was submitted. Two boars were mentioned briefly in the report.
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American School Furniture Company
Grand Rapids
William H. Warren Manufacturing Company
Chicago
A.’ Andrews Company
Wallaeger’ Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
M. H. Ohmer’s Sons
Dayton
Ohio
Robert Mitchell Furniture Company
Cincinnati
Art Metal Construction Company
Jamestown
N.Y
Tramp Attacksaid to cause Mrs Ropa death
Mrs William Ropa market master s wife died after an alleged assault by a tramp in the barn behind No 27 Wall Street. The attacker fled and police sought him with a broad description as Coroner Barnett prepared an examination and neighbors doubted the assault story.
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William Ropa
Gorsline
Melching
Friend
Henry Ropa
Carnahan & Co
Fred Daseler
Fred Henry
Death by own action in Mrs. Eropa case
Coroner Barnett Superintendent Gorsline and Sheriff Melching conclude murder theory is exploded after autopsy shows no violence. Throat condition suggests poisoning. They suspect Mrs. Eropa took poison, but stomach analysis by Dr. Drayer, away in Indianapolis, will not be completed until next week.
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Kopa
Barnett
Gorsline
Melching
William Eropa
Remaizia
Drayer
Indianapolis
Smallpox in Indiana sparked by Valparaiso cases
The State Board of Health meets in Indianapolis as smallpox reports spread across Indiana. Dr. Proegler and Dr. Drayer attend. Valparaiso school cases, Strawtown links, and several counties report infections. Officials warn of malignant forms and lagging quarantines.
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Indianapolis
State Health Officers
State House
State Board of Health
Davis
Taggart
Carl Proegler
Allen County
Drayer
Fort Wayne
Harry
Porter County
Valparaiso
Strawtown
Hartly
State Board
Evansville
Rockport
Corydon
Hamilton County
Lagrange County
Colorado ranges killed and cattle losses feared across region
Denver reports drought driving near complete destruction of large Colorado ranges. Cattle and sheep are dying in the San Luis valley, with spillover into northern New Mexico, Oklahoma, Indian nations, western Kansas, and southern Utah. Citizens of Warsaw protest a council decision granting Central Union Telephone franchise. Local phone service has been supplying.
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Denver
Col
Martin
National Livestock Assocation
Colorado
San Luis Valley
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Utah
Alo
Warsaw
Central Union Telephone Company
British Troops Ordered for Cape Town Embarkation
London June 23 The Shropshire regiment is to hold itself in readiness for immediate embarkation for Cape Town. Joseph Chamberlain in the House of Commons denied the government plans to reinforce British troops in South Africa to 40 000 men stating no such total is planned.
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London
Shropshire Regiment
Cape Town
Joseph Chamberlain
House of Commons
South Africa
Milner Franchising Demands and Cape Town Tension
A Cape Town dispatch notes extreme tension as business stalls and Britain faces a decisive issue. The Orange government pushes the Transvaal toward concessions, with Milner’s franchise proposals seen as unlikely to succeed without twelve mining center seats and English in the volksraad, or a treaty offering security and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cape Town
England
League
Sir Alfred Milner
Orange
Transvaal
Volksraad
Dodge Would Be Governor
New Carlisle Indiana June 23 James Dodge of Elkhart county past commander of the G A R has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. He predicts issues will mirror national debates with gold standard protective tariffs and Cuba policy while opposing trusts and urging state action to curb combines without harming the people.
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New Carlisle
Ind
Jas. Dodge
Elkhart County
Congress
Spain
United States
Cuba
Man Claims Fence Cut on Maumee Farm
William Korte of Maumee township reported in the city that a miscreant cut his woven wire fence to pieces. The Korte farm lies near the state line and he suspects a culprit and plans to swear to an affidavit after returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Korte
Maumee Township
Korte
Ohio State Line
Farm fall injures A. J. Langohr with fractured arm
A. J. Langohr of 142 Broadway fractured his arm in a barn accident. He fell from the hay loft through a buckled floor while pitching hay, sustaining a shoulder fracture and likely prolonged incapacity.
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A. J. Langohr
Broadway
Mir. Saget
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Gether
the Hague
Andrew D. White
Broad Ripple Road
Sharp
Tramp
Vagabond
DR. Harty
Dr. Proegler
Highland Regiment
The
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