Two Die as Colorado Mine Riot Breaks Out
In Telluride on July 4 two union miners are confirmed dead and fourteen wounded after strikers attacked Smuggler-Union mine staff and guards. Reports vary on total fatalities. telephones were cut and troops were ordered to be ready. Mines superintendent Becker and shift boss Jordan were wounded, and others injured as shots and an explosion disrupted the mine area.
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John Barthtell
J. I. Lujan
Ormon
Denver
Pueblo
C. M. Becker
W. Jordan
Street car workers plan nationwide shorter hours demand
Columbus July 4 local street car men report a planned nationwide move to cut hours by adding a double crew per car with each man working about nine and a half hours. The aim is to split running time evenly between crews, with possible strikes if demands are unmet.
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Columbus, CO
New York Heat Wave Eases After Severe Storms
Severe thunderstorms swept New York City at 3 p.m. Wednesday and persisted through the night, breaking a brutal heat wave. Deaths from the heat across major cities totaled about 545, with New York reporting 198 fatalities and nationwide losses estimated over 1,200. Hospitals remain strained but show signs of recovery as cool air returns.
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New York
New Jersey
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
United States
Weather Recap Shows Cooling Trend Across Cities
Meteorological bulletin notes a cautious forecast as heat wanes after a holiday week. Rain, thunderstorms, and a drop in temperatures spread from Louisville to Chicago, with near normal to slightly cooler readings by Thursday morning.
Colored man charged with attempted murder after wife slashing
Wim. Carter, a 60 year old colored man, was arrested near Tenth and Missouri, accused of trying to murder his wife with a butcher knife after their separation of about two years. He injured her lightly at 38 Middlest, as Bicycle policemen kept a mob of colored women from lynching him.
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Wim. Carter
Tenth
Missourists
Seri
Ously
Griffin and
Manning
Carter
Kharkoff Bank Failure Triggers South Russia Panic
The Kharkoff commercial bank has failed with a 5,000,000 rouble deficit. The collapse sparks widespread panic across southern regions of Russia amid July reports from QDESSA.
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Qdessa
Kharkoff Commercial Bank
South
Russia
Bank Closure Shocks Mansfield Residents
The Sturges bank in Mansfield Ohio has closed its doors without releasing asset or liability figures. A 16 year old colored youth, Charles Boyce of 5389 Dorman Street, was arrested by Railroad Detective Drophy on Thursday, charged with breaking into railroad cars.
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Charles Boyce
Dormanst
Drophy
Indiana Heat and Storms Claim Lives and Injuries
Reported heat exhaustion and lightning fatalities across Indiana towns including Evansville Boonville Greencastle Huntington Shelbyville Edwardsville and Hartford City. Victims include Alexander Gilchrist Caleb Hays Alonzo Weaver Louis Perkins J. Overmeyer crew and others. A derrick fire and collapsing bricks added to the danger amid severe weather.
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Clifton Hartsow
Greencastle
Daniel Holder
Indiana
Huntington
Alonzo Weaver
Shelbyville
Louis Perkins
Edwardsville
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area 36 hours
The forecast calls for fair weather in the Indianapolis area for the 36 hours ending at 6 p m on July 5. Expect clear skies tonight and Friday with no significant precipitation. Temperatures are expected to remain mild and pleasant.
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Indianapolis
Diamonds and Jewelry ad at 2 Monument Place
Advertisement for solid gold ladies watch with diamond stone priced at $25.00 by J. P. Mullally Diamonds and Jewelry. Also promotes Janes Dustless Oats feeding horse.
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J. P. Mullally
Monument Place
Young woman dies in kitchen fire near Indianapolis
May Harding, 21, perished when coal oil sparked an explosion that destroyed their home three miles west of Indianapolis Thursday morning. Neighbors and a distraught mother watched as the blaze spread, the body not found at first, while Phil Brock tried to reach her body before flames overwhelmed the scene.
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May Harding
Deadly duel ends in two soldiers killed in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on July 4 two United States Army sergeants Sergis Thomas Spalding of Louisville Kentucky and Himer Johnson from Indiana were killed in a room off the main bunk hall after a Thursday morning duel. Spalding was hit through the heart and Johnson had his jaw torn away with brain pierced. A woman at the center of trouble attracted investigation. Spalding was married but pursued another woman. Johnson also wooed the same unnamed woman. OLeary was not present.
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Spalding
Johnson
Louisville
Indiana
Sergt. O'Leary
O'Leary
E. Mainst
Bandits Loot Express Car in Broad Daylight
Three masked bandits robbed the Great Northern express car No 3 near Wagner Montana on Wednesday afternoon stealing 8300 000 in cash and negotiable paper. The train halted at a ravine after a gun attack injuring several passengers and crew. The robbers fled on horseback toward the Little Rockies as authorities offer a 5000 reward for their capture.
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Bandits
Firem
Douglas
Littleies
Greatern
Stolen $30,000 in gold from U S mint vault
In San Francisco on July 4 a theft was discovered after a semi annual inspection. Six bags of $5,000 in new $20 gold pieces were missing from the cashier’s vault while $6,000,000 was being tallied. Cashier’s books balance, but the count reveals the theft of coin.
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Roberts
Victim No 1 Tries Volcano This Fourth of July
John Hirth a 16 year old from 1622 W Washington St attempted to make a volcano by burying a powder filled tin can. He suffered a split lip deep facial lacerations and a torn nose. Virgil Hart aged 14 of 910 Bates St received medical treatment for gun wad removal from his left hand. Leonard Wall of Bates St and John Lawn of 901 S Missouri St were also touched by nearby gunfire.
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John Hirth
Washington St
Virgil Hart
Batesst
Leonard Wall
Dr. Rhodes
S. West St
John Lawn
S. Missouri-st
Kern Friends Reject Mayoral Bid Amid Senate Hopes
Friends of John W. Kern push back on a rumored mayoral run aimed at harming his path to the United States Senate. W. S. Ryan says Kern is not a candidate and that Taggart should run, while others argue a mayoral victory would empower the party and note Johnson’s continued influence on finances. McMillen faces primary loyalty questions after voting for Taggart previously and resisting oath to support nominees.
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United States
Kern
Taggart
W. S. Ryan
Ker
National Democratic Committee
W. 8. McMillen
Safety Board
Bookwalter
McMillen
The Road Race On July Fourth Spurs Entries And Contests
A nine mile course road race started at 10 05 a m from Clifton and Udell sts with a list of starters ordered by pace. Referee Charles Backus ruled out W Parsons for entering under an assumed name and Parsons planned a protest.
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Clifton
W. Cockerel
Parsons
Death of Frank M Wright at Central Insane Hospital
Frank M Wright formerly of West Market Street died at Central Insane hospital on Wednesday afternoon. A paralytic man, he had resided in the asylum since March 1, 1899 and had been sinking gradually since his confinement. He leaves a brother living on West Market Street.
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Frank M. Wright
W. Marketst
Central Insane Hospital
Storms Sweep Jeffersonville Riverfront. Towboat Sinks Barge
Jeffersonville Indiana July 4 storms tore through the city Wednesday night blowing the towboat Boat into a coal fleet at Hoffmans. A barge carrying 12 500 bushels of coal sank and other vessels were driven ashore. Many small buildings were unroofed. No lives were lost.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Hoffmans
Riots in Buenos Aires Injure Dozens Over Debt Bill
In Buenos Aires on Wednesday a crowd of about 5,000 students and supporters attacked newspaper offices backing a debt unification bill. Rioters wrecked windows and clashed with gunfire at El Pais, with several injured but no fatalities reported.
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el Pais
Sokal Town Destroyed by Fire in Galicia
The Mie Presse reports a fatal blaze in Galicia destroying the town of Sokal. Two hundred houses, the barracks, and the prison burned to the ground. Twelve convicts perished in the flames and three thousand people were left homeless.
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Vienna
M ® Ie Presse
Galicia
Sokal
Indianapolis Painter Buried Alive in Park Exhibit
Frank Napier an Indianapolis painter who was hypnotized and exhibited in Messenger's store window was buried alive in Armstrong park Thursday morning per the program. He is to be exhumed Thursday afternoon. Prof. Charles Osborn performed the work.
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Frank Napier
Indianapolis
Messenger
Armstrong Park
Charles Osborn
City Life Crime Notes and Local Incidents
Barber and Doolin in Eagletown reported a Wednesday night robbery of clothing jewelry knives and razors. George Rice grocer at Illinois and Thirteenth suffered heat prostration in his store Wednesday. taken home at 2808 N Illinois St, not serious. Kate McCune fined $1 in criminal court Wednesday for assaulting Mrs Sarah Fortner over a desertion case involving Edward Prigger. The arrest of Prigger at 2:30 am overwhelmed his mother, who collapsed and died. New pianos priced from $16 at Wulschner's.
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George Rice
Atllinois
Thirteenth St
Illinoisst
Kate McCune
Sarah Fortner
Feared vengeance, so shot him in Dublin
Shaw, 35, fatally shot himself at two weeks after killing his friend William Freck. Neighbors and acquaintances had feared revenge from Shaw, prompting ongoing worry about potential retaliation after the fatal shooting.
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Dublin
Ind
Spl
Shaw
William Freck
Heck
Typhoid outbreak hits Indiana reform school bays
In Plainfield Indiana thirteen reform school boys are hospitalized with typhoid fever two have died Superintendent York links the outbreak to impure water conduits feeding the lagoon water system. Many notes touch on local events from Terre Haute to Valparaiso including a new paper at Frankfort and rail plans at Valparaiso.
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Plainfield
Ind
Reform School
BE. BE. York
Valparaiso
Indiana
Valparais
Mayor Will Push Brother's Plans
New York report states Tom Johnson mayor of Cleveland will carry out all trolley schemes of his late brother Albert L. Johnson. Evan Stringer, 9, of Mt. was hurt badly by a cruck upset at a Indianapolis foundry on Wednesday noon.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Albert L. Johnson
Evan Stringer
Dianapolis Foundry
Wedne Noon
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