Rain Replaces Anxiety in fire-swept Aroostook
Rain eased days of drought in northern Aroostook county fire area, halting ongoing forest fires after heavy overnight precipitation. Other dispatches report bubonic plague deaths in Amoy, a wreck injuring eighteen on a Guaymas branch train near Hermosillo, a fatality at a Wisconsin marriage, a mo ment of prayer-linked death in Joplin, and a water main blockage in New York caused by an eel.
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Houston
Maine
Aroostook County
Baseball by Electric Light in Cincinnati
Electric lighted practice at League park featured Elks teams from Cincinnati and Newport in an after dark game set for Thursday. Towers cast bright illumination and reflectors aided ball handling while Cincinnati declined to field its players to avoid injury.
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Cincinnati
League Park
Elks’ Lodges
Newport
Hermann
Port land cement production estimate shows decline
A Geological Survey estimate places the country’s Port land cement production at 40,000,000 barrels for the year, marking about a 20 percent drop from 1907.
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The
Geological Survey
Meadville Feud Leaves Two Dead Two Wounded
In Meadville Mississippi two men are dead and two mortally wounded with three others injured after a street battle rooted in a political feud. Dr A M Newman and Silas G Reynolds were killed while Dr Lenox Newman and Herbert Applewhite are dying. Meantime L P Pritchard was arrested for complicity.
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Cornelus Pritchard
Newman
Pritchard
Trurder
Douboul
President Taft Hosts Detroit Baseball Team Leader Cobb
In Washington on June 23 President Taft welcomed the Detroit Americans league champions in the White House east room. Ty Cobb, top batter, met the president who joked that Augusta makes Cobb seem much larger than the president. Cobb replied he is proud to be a citizen of Augusta and a fellow citizen of Taft.
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Washington
South
Taft
Colored Normal School
Detroit
White House
Ty Cobb
Augusta
Cobb
Desert Wanderer Slices Arm to Quench Thirst in Harrowing Night
Israel Swartz of Boston, missing for days in the Black Canyon desert thirty miles north of Searchlight, endured three days without water. He slashed his arm and drank blood to survive before being found by placer miner Victor Durand and taken to Searchlight hospital amid dire condition. Swartz had left to find missing friend A. O. Ellis and later pursued Bilis, who reappeared in Nelson, Arizona.
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San Bernardino
Israel Swartz
Boston
Black Canyon
Victor Durand
Swartz
A. O. Ellis
Bilis
Nelson, Ariz
Attempt to assassinate mayor in Bellefontaine Ohio
A kerosene bottle set aflame and thrown through a window aimed at Mayor William R. Niven and his residence in Bellefontaine. Firefighters quelled the blaze as the mayor was away. Two policemen sighted a fleeing man nearby, mistaking him for an alarm signal. Mayor Niven, a dry-ticket Democrat, faces a difficult incident in a city noted for vacant houses.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
William R. Niven
Niven
Calhoun Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in San Francisco
In San Francisco on June 22, Patrick Calhoun of United Railroads faced a drawn trial as ten jurors favored acquittal and two insisted on conviction. After five months, Judge Lawlor discharged the divided panel, noting the extraordinary length of the proceeding and urging judicial reform. Calhoun voiced disappointment at the outcome, pledging to pursue formal charges against Heney, Spreckels, and Phelan for alleged bribery.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
William P. Lawlor
Carpenters’ Hall
Michael Maguire
Peter Anthes, Sr
Otto T. Hildebrecht
Theodore Binner
Hildebrecht
Jis
Binner
Lawler
Heney
Calhoun
Spreckels
Phelan
Lawlor
Boiler Explosion Wrecks Denver Plant. Four Killed
Denver reports four dead after a boiler explosion at the Denver Gas and Electric plant at Sixth and Lawrence streets near 6 pm. The 200-ton boiler was hurled 800 feet, crashing through the roof and destroying the generator and switchboard, plunging most of the city into darkness. Several missing or seriously hurt, with property losses estimated between 250 000 and 500 000 dollars.
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Denver
Denver Gas and Electric Company
Sixth
Lawrence Streets
Peter Lewis
Herman Lichner
Joseph Perri
Lawrence Sexton
Arthur Richardson
Louis Cathro
Gabriel Luchetta
Josseph Fallico
Catholics Pay Debt by Aid of Gas Jets
In New York on June 23 the Roman Catholic church of St. Nicholas in East Second Street unveiled a brass chandelier with 100 gas jets placed around the altar to help pay its $100,000 debt. Donors may have a light lit at every service forever for $1000 each, with the purchaser’s name inscribed on a brass plate. Thirty lights were bought and burned at dedication. eighteen more are engaged.
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New York
St. Nicholas
East Second Street
Wright Brothers Honored With Medals in Dayton Ceremony
Dayton June 22 national state and city leaders honored Wilbur and Orville Wright with gold congressional medals and Ohio and Dayton medals. General James Allen presented the awards as 2500 schoolchildren saluted from rising tiers. a parade ending with an aeroplane showcased locomotion’s evolution.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur
Orville Wright
James Allen
Army
Dickinson
Wright Brothers
Congress
Judson Harmon
Edward E. Burkhart
America
Wilbur Wright
Wrights
Carload of Alligators Shipped to Los Angeles
New Orleans sent a record consignment of alligators by rail to Los Angeles. The cartage posed tariff confusion as officials used the classification animals not otherwise specified. Freight charges totaled a modest sum due to the unusual shipment.
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Los Angeles
New Orleans
Coast Happenings Mirrored Here Condensed Resume of the Week
San Francisco reports the mint finished coining 52 million dollars in gold and silver for the Philippines and the United States. Superintendent Sweeney dismissed 100 mint employees today. In Imperial a man found dead in Carrissa Creek with an empty bottle suggests death by thirst, coroner to investigate. Seattle notes 132 women teachers to marry this summer, creating vacancies across schools and a gloomier outlook for 583 teaching posts.
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San Francisco
Philippines
United States
Sweeney
Mint
Imperial
Carrissa Creek
Here
Seattle
Lawyers Fight in San Jose Courtroom After Meal Break
In San Jose on June 22 a fistic confrontation occurred between attorneys Louis O Neal and A A Beasley after the noon adjournment in the damage suit Stoldt v Southern Pacific. Beasley was struck by O Neal, knocked over a table, and choking grip applied before bystanders pulled O Neal away. Beasley recovered quickly.
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San Jose
Louis O'Neal
A. A. Beasley
Stoldt
Southern Pacific Company
Beasley
O'Neal
Arrests in Mexican dynamiting case sweep officials
Monterey Mexico June 22 More than a hundred arrests have been made in connection with the dynamiting of Leon Flores law office by Juan Ferrino. Flores headed a band blamed for blackmail highway robbery and white slave trafficking. Many officials of surrounding towns are among those detained.
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Monterey
Mex
Leon Flores
Juan Ferrino
Flores
Youth Held for Counterfeit Conspiracy in San Francisco
Two youths under 19, Harry Mathler and Richard Howard, were held to answer by U.S. Commissioner Peacock after a counterfeit operation was discovered in their St. George hotel rooms. A complete setup for making 10 cent and 25 cent coins was found and they confessed to plans to produce half dollars within a week to Secret Service officers Moffit and Nye.
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Counterfei
San Francisco
Harry Mathler
Richard Howard
Anse
United States
Peacock
St. George Hotel
Secret Service
Moffit and Nye
Unequal Distribution at Banquet
A head waiter erupts in fury over payment at a banquet. He notes a speaker was paid $50 for thirty minutes while he received only $6.95 in nickels, highlighting disparity in compensation.
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