Crushed to Death Under Freight Car in Yard Accident
In the East End yards last night Clinton Shingleton was crushed beneath a twenty ton jack when a block slipped while repairing a freight car. He died an hour later at City Hospital. Shingleton, 22 years with the railroad, leaves a wife and six children. Reports say the incident occurred during routine car repairs and a hastily arranged ambulance transfer could not save him. Funeral plans are not yet public as investigations continue during today’s bank trial.
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East End
Clinton Shingleton
Shingleton
B. & O. Railroad
R. Durbin
Cheauffeur
Drowning Near Wheeling In Ohio River
A 14 year old boy Archie Hess drowned during a river swim at Point Morris, 12 miles from Wheeling, Ohio River. Companions spread out to find him but he sank beyond depth. body recovered at 4 this morning after drowning last night around 10 o'clock.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Wheeling
W. Va
Tiearth
Point Morris
Archie Hess
Ohio River
Hoe
Wheeling Deadlock Over Saloons Prompts Daily Council Sessions
In Wheeling on July 1 saloons 230 began business without city licenses as the council deadlocks over a taxation ordinance. The dispute includes a betting on horse racing provision. Mayor H L Kirk vows daily meetings and arrests for absent members until a license consensus is reached.
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Wheeling
Trace
H. L. Kirk
Chicago ends record hot spell as temps drop fast
A cool northwest wind and showers broke Chicago’s record heat wave. The thermometer fell about 20 degrees in hours and residents welcomed the return to seasonable weather after nearly a week of the longest June heat spell in city history. Death toll revised to 60.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
Three More Die in Mill Explosion Reach 22 Dead
Three of the burn victims from the recent mill explosion died in hospitals this morning, raising the death toll to 22. Eight bodies are believed trapped in the ruins.
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Nuffalo
Sensational lobby disclosures spark reopening probe
A dramatic restart of the Senate lobby inquiry tomorrow follows Mulhall's 1907- era disclosures. Labor leader Samuel Gompers and many current and former congressmen are expected to testify, with Louis Jebold named as a witness. The report details bribery attempts, the Gompers memo, and an assault that wounded socialist speaker John Brown and damaged a storefront sign.
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Associated Press Disputch
Washington
Senate
Martin L. Mulhall
Louis J.iebold
New York
Mulhall
Samuel Rompers
American Federation of Labour
Gompers
Broughton
Braundeburg
Sing Sing
National Association of Manufacturers
Income tax subject of the caucus
Senate Democratic caucus debated administrative features of the tariff bill and aimed to close the measure before adjournment. Reconsideration of last night’s move to strike the mutual life insurance surplus funds exemption from the income tax section was among topics. Tom Kirby Jr and David M Parry prepared to testify before a state lobby committee in Washington, changing travel plans at a cost of $3,000 each.
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Associated Press Disputch
Washington
Senate
Democratic Caucus
Mutual Life Insurance Company
San Francisco
Ventura
Australia
Tom Kirby, Jr
David M Parry
National Association of Manufacturers
East
Greece to Begin War on Bulgaria Without Declaration
July 1 at Berlin, the Greek foreign minister told a correspondent that Greece would start war against Bulgaria today without a formal declaration. The note also references unrest in Mexico and hints at possible U.S. involvement to calm disturbances to the south.
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Berlin
Athens
Frankfort
Greece
Bulgaria
Rifle bullet drops man on Clarksburg's Main Street
On Monday afternoon in Clarksburg the coal company detective Thomas Jordan suddenly clutched his left wrist and cried out that he had been shot while walking along Main Street in the business section. He was accompanied by John W Brown, a So-
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Cialist Speaker
E. H. Kintzer
Clarksburg
Abe
John Brown
Coal Company
Baker's
Brown
Jordan
Main Street
Thomas Jordan
John W Brown
Gettysburg Semi Centenary Opened With Veterans Gathered
Thousands of veterans and notable officials including Governor Tener and war leaders gathered at Gettysburg for the sem i centennial events. Rail transport struggled to bring crowds as organizers and speakers, such as Col Schoonmaker and General D H Young, prepared for a day marking the 50th anniversary of the battle that began on July 1.
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Associated Press
Gettysburg
Buford
Wheeler
Cemetery Ridge
J. M. Schoonmaker
Pennsylvania Gettysburg Commission
New River Mine Strike Averted By Agreement
Several hundred miners joined strikers in Paint and Cabin Creek districts but no disorder occurred as a two year agreement ends a 15 000 miner dispute. The pact provides nine hour days semi monthly pay purchase freedom and a joint board with Governor West Virginia as final arbiter. Miners remain at work during board review and old mine guards are not enforced.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Charleston
W. Va
Paint
Cabin Creek
New River
Cneck
West Virginia
Webster Echo sold to Bruffey and Morton
Charles P. Darlington former editor of the Enterprise and longtime Webster Echo owner at Webster Springs sells the paper to H. H. Bruffey and George R. Morton. Darlington’s poor health prompts the sale and it is believed he will relocate to Florida.
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Webster Springs
Charles P. Darlington
Enterprise
Webster Echo
H. H. Bruffey
Geo. R. Morton
Darlington
Florida
Judge grants injunction against Coal and Coke trains into Elkins
Judge Kittle of Barbour and Randolph counties issued an injunction barring Coal and Coke trains from entering Elkins station via Western Maryland tracks. The move disrupts B&O passenger service from Belington to Elkins, with a ten day suspension allowing continuation of current service or a likely longer halt if the injunction persists. The dispute stems from tensions between Coal and Coke and Western Maryland, and a temporary truce has been reported as the ten day period begins.
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Kittle
Circuit Court of
Barbour
Randolph Counties
Coal & Coke Railroad
Maryland
Elkins
Belington
Coal & Coke
Grafton
B&o
Coal &Coke
Two Roads
Randolph
Pickpocket Steals $1900 From Coxs Landing Farmer
W A S to uched for 1900 district news recounts J Bades, a Cox's Landing farmer, losing his bank roll to a sneak thief after a pin secured pocket was ripped open. The article also urges a strong turnout for the Grafton Improvement Club meeting at the YMCA to push new city industries and a stronger industrial future.
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Huntington
W. J. Bades
Cox's Landing
Grafton Improvement Club
M.C.A
Grafton
Ice drivers strike for five dollar raise in Morgantown
Associated Press reports Morgantown ice drivers walked off the job for a wage increase of five dollars per month. They stopped work for about three hours before their demands were earned.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Mexican Rebels Raise Indignities Prompt Desperate Women
The report from Mexico City states forty women, mostly of the better class, have committed death by their own hand in Juárez since the rebels occupied the area last week. Desperation grew from mistreatment by rebels who looted the business district and engaged in wild revelry. A number of Americans were wounded. an Englishman and several German women reportedly faced indignities.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Juarango
Clerk Paid 450 For Single Kiss In Government Service
Washington July 1 The price for a kiss in government service is 450. Frank D. Hester an $1,800 a year section chief of the pension bureau made the discovery Monday when he kissed a temporary girl clerk goodbye. Pension Commissioner Saltzgarber promptly suspended the offending chief for three months without pay. The kissee left the service Monday with the rest of the temporary clerks she was not fined or suspended.
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Washington
Government
Frank D. Hester
Pension Bureau
Pension
Saltzgarber
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