No Water Turned On Slocum Fire Witnesses Testify
New York June 23 Rev Dr Schultz Lutheran clergyman aboard the Ren Slocum during the blaze testified he saw flames from the stairway and a man clinging to him as others begged to be saved before the clergyman jumped overboard. Deckhand Trembly said water was not turned on, hoses failed, and life preservers had holes as he aided travelers in the water.
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Gaineter
Wiliam W. Trembly
Biocum
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Blocum
Statant
Garvan
Debated Life Preservers in Slocum Inquiry and Toll
Testimony recaps that no new life preservers have been bought for the Slocum since 1895, with officials denying full aboardment of the five bills. Rear Admiral Melville notes reform bills killed by steamboat interests. The death toll from the Slocum disaster nears 683 bodies found identified 780, as 100 policemen canvass the district and three children from a local home are buried.
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Blocum
Navy
Treasury Department
George W. Melville
Stritchen
E. Fifth St
Edward Kline
Avenu
Kline
Caes
Thia
Conductor Houston Injured In Streetcar Wreck
Conductor Houston, who won forth the street car wreck last Saturday night, was injured at City hospital. His left leg is swollen and his left hand is crushed and broken. Houston says it is no fun to be a conductor. Forty three killed by storms in Moravia and Hungary with lightning deaths and flood drownings.
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City Hospital
Vienna
Moravia
Hungary
Warning on Castoria safety and counterfeit risk
Public notice stresses Castoria’s 30 year supervision by Chas. H. Fletcher and warns parents to verify the bottle wrapper signature. It condemns counterfeit substitutes and urges mothers to scrutinize medicines given to children while noting adults can protect themselves.
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Hanan
Chas. H. Fletcher
Peasity Castoria
Flying machine inventor to enter world aeronautic contests
Prof Jonas Cook of the Chuckasaw Schools waits with college professors and a newspaper man as Jonas Cook unveils a flying machine. The device features large wings and a hydrogen generator and aims to compete in world aeronautic contests.
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Jonas Cook
Chuckasaw
Wednessay
Laborer Tom Kinney Injured by Falling Heavy Sten
Tom Kinney, a laborer, was injured when a heavy sten rail fell on his ankle dislocating bones. At City hospital, doctors reset the bones on Wednesday as he laughed while being wheeled to the operating room.
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Tom Kinney
City Hospital
Gunners contest for big prize at Grand American handicap
A. L. Cummings of Bunker Point Indiana won the shoot-off in the Grand American handicap preliminaries. The preliminary left W. Hi Clay of St Louis tied, each breaking 38 of 10 targets in the 20 target shoot to decide the winner.
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Bunker Pt. Ind
W. Hi Clay
St Louis
Ted
Cummings
Democratic factions vie for control of big convention
Delegates split into radical and conservative camps as Democrats prepare for a St Louis convention. John Sharp Williams and Charles F Cochran emerge as leading chairmanship contenders, with Senator John W Daniel often mentioned for permanent chair. The fight centers on party machinery after eight years of radical control.
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National Democratic
John G. Williams
Democrats
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J. W. Daniel
Parker
New York
Williames Almply
Democratic
National Committee
Congress
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Cochran
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Virginia
Trap shooting entries reach record 236 at GA event
The field for the upcoming GAH trap event swells to 236 entries with 15 deemed worn, surpassing last year’s Kansas City total of 197. Weather has been favorable, and Indianapolis is expected to host again next year.
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Cumtmngn
Clay
United States
Kansas City
Indianapols
Peck of Pennies Bank Heist at Goodland Indiana
The Homn bank of Goodland opened after Sheriff Wildemon seized safe vaults to reveal only sliver dollars and a peck of pennies. Frederick D. Gilman, the absconder, allegedly diverted over 270000 with 157000 due depositors. Notes and drafts are largely worthless, with only a fraction recoverable. Families related to Gilman faced losses, including father in law and mother in law. The Chicago bank holds 420000 in trust. Gilman’s marriages linked to a wreck and prior settlements accompany a history of failed schemes.
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Ind
Homn Bank
Goodland
Charles Jordan
Gliman
Fay
Gilman
XS. C. Wickwire
W.W. Giman
Jackson George Gilman
Jackson Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Lorena Wilson
Christian Endeavor
Kansas City
Dora Wickwire
Tragic double murder then suicide shocks Ludington
In Ludington Michigan on June 2 Rennie Smith fatally shoots his wife for refusing to live with him, then shoots his 9 year old child and kills his mother before shooting himself. The grisly sequence ends with Smith taking his own life.
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Ludington
Mich
Rennie Smith
Smith
Woman testifies in divorce suit describes brutal marriage
In the superior court on Wednesday afternoon Charlote Manon testified about her divorce from John Magan. She said on their wedding night he slapped her 90 Bard that she fell to the floor, describing a violent start to the marriage.
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John Magan
Charlote Manon Wal
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