Mob Law At The Pit Mea West Virginia Strike Riot
Seven striking miners from Nanticoke were arraigned in Wilkes-Barre Pa for assaulting engineer William Young near a Susquehanna Coal Company mine. A 1,500 person crowd disrupted a Duryea washery shift, forcing workers to flee. In Shamokin and Mount Carmel crowds hooted workers, sparking police action. several non-union workers fled, and bosses considered troops to quell further disturbances.
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Wilkesharre
Nanticoke
Brown
Wil
Duryea
Scranton
Burgees
Jacobe
Bherls
Shamokin
The
Mineral Company
Cameron Collery
Burgess Thomas
Hollce
Coal Company
Helga
Acrror
Mount Carmel
Reading and Union Company
Hyre
Hitebards Cauucy
Blacklist threat looms over miners in Charleston court
In a federal hearing in Charleston W Va yesterday Joli Riards warned miners refusing to join the strike could be branded as scabs and barred from work nationwide. Prosecutors show unions may maintain a blacklist. transcript details and testimony describe crowds near the Collins Colliery and fear among workers. The case moves as injunctions affect Ansted and local police clash with striking leaders.
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Charleston
W Va
Paluts
Joli Riards
Sadge Kelley
Richards
Blacklis
Ithelanda
Milvers Sud
Amd
Wbia
Collins Colliery Company
Geneue
Purchase Zoo
WH. Wilson
John Mitchel
Ttban
Keller
Gauley Mountain Coal Company
Drum
Ansted
Wilson
Paul Van der Voort Dead From Cuba to Ohio Roots
Paul Van der Voort, retired commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, died in FauL Cuba after paralysis of the heart. Born in Ohio, he served three months in the Sixty eightth Illinois, reenlisted in Company M of the Sixteenth Illinois Cavalry, and fought with the Ninth and Twenty third Corps and the cavalry corps of the Mississippi. He was discharged August 7, 1865 as sergeant.
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Philadelphia
Paul van der Voort
Grand Army of the Republic
Faul van der Voort
Puerto Principe
Cuba
Ohio
Uniols
Illinois Cavalry
Mississippi
Wreck kills engineer in Wisconsin collision
July 5 at Elm Grove Wisconsin a westbound freight collided with a passenger train known as The Secor. Engineer Dennis Connell of Waukesha died at his post and fireman Thomas Chamberlain was badly injured but likely to recover. Several passengers had injuries though none serious. The freight had orders to take the siding but could not back away in time.
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Flu Grove
Wis
Walneron
Elm Grove
Steat
Dr Russell Wilson Captured in Nicaragua Rescue Reaction
Washington July 20 The life of Dr Russell Wilson of Ohio who was captured with a revolutionist party in Nicaragua has been saved by representations of Minister Corea. A cablegram from Chester Donaldson US consul at Managua dated the 25th inst states that as a courtesy to the United States and in sympathy with the mother the president will continue Russell Wilsons death sentence.
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Washington
Russell Wilson
Ohio
Nicaragua
Corea
State Department
Chester Donaldson
United States
Managua
Drowning at Robison Park near Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne residents report the drowning of Tuly AW Hinna, 34, in the St Joseph River at Robison Park around 3 o clock in the afternoon. Philip Luley, Florence Wells, and Verna Gross escaped by nearby rescuers Arthur Nagle and Charles Hossler. hospital care followed.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Tuly AW Hinna
Robison Park
St. Joseph
Orlock
Afiernoom
Philip Luley
Florence Wells
Verna Gross
Dartford City
Arthur Nagle
Charles Hossler
Port Wayne
Cashier Admits Longtime Theft From Milwaukee Company
Cedar Rapids July 30 Charles W Perkins longtime cashier of the Northwestern Mutual Life Association office here has admitted using company funds for speculative purposes for ten years. He did not name the amount but authorities say it is as much as 30000 dollars and more may be involved.
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Shorings
Cedar Rapids
Charles W. Perkins
Distet
Northwestern Mutual Life Association of
Milwaukee
Fire destroys two Pittsburg buildings injuring six
A seven hour blaze on Liberty Street in Pittsburg yesterday ripped through two eight story structures, caused extensive damage to several others, and left property losses estimated at 300000 dollars. Six firemen were injured but expected to recover as insurers cover about sixty percent of the loss.
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Cantly Binco
Pittsburg
Liberty Street
Navy orders court martial for assistant paymaster Penrone
Washington July 30 Acting Secretary of the Navy Rear Admiral Taylor issued orders assembling a court martial to try Assistant Paymaster Charles W. Penrone recently attached to the gunboat Michigan on the Great Lakes.
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Tred
Washington
Taylor
Secretary of the Navy
Charles W. Penrone
Afiehigan
Anthracite Coal Supply Seen Dwindling by September
Philadelphia reports coal stocks in railroad and dealer hands may run out by mid September at current consumption, while in New York Brooklyn Rev. Dr. Stephen L Baldwin, 67, recording secretary to the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, dies of typhoid fever.
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Philadelphia
Iit
Roy
Stephen L. Caldein Dewi
New York
Stephen L. Baldwin
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Death of C. K. Adams Shocks Wisconsin University
Madison July 20 Universal sorrow followed reports of the death of C. K. Adams former president of the elite university. Memorial services will likely be held before the end of summer school with a faculty meeting soon to decide arrangements and timing.
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Madison
Wos
C. K. Adams
Whs
Graft Swindler Talks of Citywide Crimes in Milwaukee
Charles Hokansen, a four link swindler arrested in Milwaukee, faces district court on seduction charges after admitting he defrauded banks in the city and nearly every city he operated. He boasts of short sentences and calls his crimes a businesslike way of making a living, claiming little hope for long jail terms.
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Milwaukee
Uly
Charles Tokensen
Hokansen
Jadi
United States
Woman killed by lightning near Firnworth Wis
Mrs. Joseh Harter of a farm south of here was struck by lightning while willing, killed instantly. Harter and one barn occupant were knocked unconscious but recovered hours later. Five other family members in the house were slightly shocked as a severe storm caused extensive fire damage in surrounding properties.
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Firnworth
Wis
Joseph Harter
Here
Harter
Aime
Love
Kerides
Reprimand for Captain Wild by General Chaffee
Washington July 30 Major General Chaffee reprimanded Captain Frederick Wild of the Thirteenth Infantry for disobeying President Roosevelt's order to support civil government in the Philippines. Wild failed to guard property after attacks at Linayay and a cockpit blaze followed, undermining civil authority and discipline in the division.
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Washington
Chaffee
Frederick §. Wild
Thirteenth Infantry
Philippines
Roosevelt
Capult Wid
Lin- Rayan
Captain Wild
General Chaffee
Saia
Bnt
Islands
Witd
Foreigners in Trouble as Haitian Turmoil Escalates
Cape Bastien July 2 General Balnave entered Limba and neared the city after defeating Nord’s troops. Grande Riviere may capitulate and Cape Haytien faces immediate attack. Foreigners lack protection as US gunboat Machigs has not arrived. Meanwhile in Port au Prince General Junean’s forces fail to unseat Saint-Foi Colin, with Creten-Piervat gunboat halting Juneau troops and Colin’s men retreating.
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Cape Bastien
Hart
Albert Balnave
Limba
Nord
Wer
Grande Riviere
Cape Haytien
United States
Machigs
Colon
Yort-an-Prince
Hayti
Jean Junean
M. Pirmin
Deytl
Saint-Foix Colin
Creten-Piervat
Juneau
Colin
Port-a- Prince
Adams Dead and Other Distant News Briefs
Dr Charles Kendall Adams former Wisconsin University president died in California after a long illness from Brights disease aged 77 Mrs Adams worn by months of care. King Hamberts memorial service in Pantheon drew large crowd amid heat and wreaths including Draper’s. Two young women drowned at Lake Jefferson near Faribault, bodies in forty feet of water. Lightning killed Rev S O Mitchell near Yelvington. Colonel Lynch case in London police court. Chamberlain greets Commons after accident. Two suitors fight over young woman in Portland resulting in fatal knuckle fight.
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Milwaukee
Railands
Calsaya
Charles Kendall Adams
California
Hambert O* Rowe
Victor Emmanuel
Mar- Barret
Pantheon
Hanbert
Ant
United States
William F. Draper
Monticello
Miles Mabel Weiss
This Place
Eva Lasker
Laura T. Tye
Faribault
Lake Jefferson
le Saver Squnty
Bingham and
Bancon
Minneapolis
Fitzsimmons Loses Title Fight After Eight Rounds
San Francisco July 20. Robert Fitzsimmons meets James J Jeffries in a heavyweight title bout. After eight rounds of brutal fighting Fitzsimmons is knocked down twice in the eighth and counted out by the referee. Jeffries wins the championship. Fitzsimmons, bleeding and battered, concedes the better man won and retires with mixed feelings of satisfaction and unfinished ambition.
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San Francisco
Robert Fitzaimmona
James Jéffries
Bottescorral
Rng
Lemele
Jeffries
Bin
Craught
Ricer
Fitz
Jeff
Fitzsimmons
Hols
Ehnrpior
Pitzsimmons
Fisth
Fitestamonr
Firsimmong
Marquis de Mores avenged in Tunis shooting trial
July 30 report from Tunis states the trial for the Marquis de Mores assassination near Gabes resulted in the death sentence for El Kbeir and twenty years for Hamma Chickh. Seventeen others were sentenced in default, eight to death. Marquis de Mores was killed in 1896 by bandits. his widow Marie von Hoffmann offered 5,000 francs for the principal assailant. Also notes Oshkosh postmaster fight and Edward M Crane appointment, and Dwight L Wing bankruptcy filing with $50,000 assets.
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Marquia de Morea
Buen
el Kbeir
Hamma Chickh
Marqulis de Mores
Aix
Marquis de Mores
Gabes
Tuna
el Bhetr
Hamma Chievh
Marie von Hoffman
L. von Hoffman
New York
Dwight L. Wing
Springfield
Mls
Peoria
Ila
Noted American alienist Dr. Eugene Grigvom Dies by Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Dr. Eugene Grigvom of North Carolina, a renowned alienist and former superintendent of the North Carolina insane asylum, shot himself on his son’s front porch in Denver and died about an hour later. A Civil War veteran born in Granville County, he had lived in Denver since 1890 and long battled morphine and chloroform-related woes.
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Washington
Eugene Grigvom
North Carolina
Grimo
University of Pennsylvania
Eerly
North Carolina Insane Agglua
Raleigh
Granville County
N.C
North Carolina Volunteers
Denver
Colorado
Pueblo Insane Asylum
Minke Hie
Ils Son
Riots erupt in Paris and Italian cities amid clerical clashes
Riots disrupted Paris with anti clerical demonstrations and clashes near unauthorized religious schools. Police dispersed a live student procession on Strasbourg street as crowds gathered, with quiet restored by midnight. In Venice riots followed clerical moderates’ influence, while Padua saw a fresh outbreak.
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Paris
Nly
Strasbure Stame
Venice
Piazza Garibaldi
Trespa
Padua
Heavy Shipments of Corn Reach Record Lows and Losses
Chicago reports over 4 100 000 bushels of corn shipped by lake including 210 000 bushels on the Mauch Chunk, with 2 500 000 bushels moved since settlement day. Buffalo and Canadian routes feed the trade as the rush wanes and Europe reclaims cargoes. In New York a colonial mansion belonging to John J Drake is destroyed by fire along with curios and gifts. 30 year old Drake survived a fall from a ladder while Eva Healy of Syracuse perished from suffocation. Loss estimated at 875 000.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Lough Coffinawoedail
United States
Europe
Rnria
New York
John J. Drake
Rye
N. Y
Mr. Drake
Eva Healy
Syracuse
Diamond Theft Cleared Up in Jackson City Case
James Williams known as Dude Williams confessed at detective headquarters to a dash of diamond robbery that baffled Jackson police since April 26. Jackson, Mich., police say the suspect was arrested in Minneapolis and will be taken to Michigan town. Two robbery charges stand against him. Diamonds valued at $2,000 were taken from the home of Henry Hayden, Jackson police commissioner, while the Hayden family was out driving.
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Chicago
James Williams
Nilia
Dude" Williams
Headquartera
Mestersong
Jackson
Mr. Hayden
Enormous Kansas corn crop ahead in 200,000,000 bushels
Topeka July 2 reports suggest heavy values and farmers, grain men, and railroads anticipate a Kansas corn crop near 200 million bushels. When added with Nebraska and Oklahoma, total yields may exceed 500 million bushels, a remarkable regional bumper crop.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Chicago Board of Trade
Spalding Named Dignissimus for Chicago Archdiocese
Right Rev John Lancister Spalding bishop of Peoria is chosen as dignissimus to succeed Archbishop Feehan. The decision was supported by the council of irremovable rectors and consultors and concurred by the suffragan bishops in Chicago. In Indiana Albert Milton, a pupil, dies from wounds after a shooting. Myrtle Amith, stepdaughter, arrested for the killing and pleads self defense.
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Digotarimas
Chicago
John Lancister Spalding
Peoria
Feehan
Archdiocese of
Cope
Sars Kokoro
Ind
Albert Milton
Myrtle Amith
Ebe
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