Colorado Mine War Sparks New Bloodshed in Colorado
Reports describe renewed violence in Colorado as striking union miners clash with non union workers and mine owners backed by militia. An explosion at Independence depot killed twelve nonunion miners and wounded seven, triggering further clashes and martial law under Governor Peabody.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Independence
Victor
State Supreme Court
Sun and Moon
Clear Creek County
Federation
Peabody
Roselle Undertaker Kills Three Children Then Commits Suicide
Joseph M. Pouch, once an undertaker, killed three of his four children and wounded a fourth in Roselle New Jersey. After embalming two victims he sent a warning letter to County Physician Wescott. The father shot his daughter and wounded his son before killing himself as police entered. The son survived. Authorities attribute possible insanity.
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Pouch Cottage
Pouch
Medical students unfit to practice say Dr Musser
Atlantic City special notes Dr J H Musser of Philadelphia declares a majority of medical students nationwide unfit to practice before the American Medical Association. He urges closer scrutiny of moral mental and physical capabilities of aspiring physicians.
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Atlantic City
N. J
J. H. Musser
Philadelphia
American Medical Association
Oil Drops Spark Montpelier Market Quietly
Montpelier Indiana reports a three cent drop in eastern oil and two cents in the western field as veteran oil men seek a cause. The Standard Oil Co plans a 4 million dollar pipeline from Kansas to Whiting, which may influence prices. Analysts expect further declines in Kansas ahead of storage capacity.
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Montpelier
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Kansas Field
Indiana
Memphis pool room men seek Marconi news by wireless
Memphis pool room operators, cut off from Western Union wires, consider wireless telegraphy for race news. They face closure until a member proposes adopting the Marconi system to relay results.
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Memphis
Western Union Telegraph Company
Marconi
Pastor Stole His Wife Sues Minister For Alimony
Edward C. Hilligoss of Anderson files a $5,000 suit in Delaware Circuit Court against Rev. Martin H. Bartlett of Muncie, alleging Bartlett alienated Hilligoss’s wife Mary Bond Hilligoss, leading to divorce and claims of unsound mind. Bartlett, pastor with posts at Fowlerton and Fairmount, is 67. Mary Bond Hilligoss is 60.
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Muncie
Ind
Edward C. Hilligoss
Anderson
Delaware Circuit Court
Martin H. Bartlett
Hilligoss
Fairmount
Bartlett
Mary Bond
Mr. Bartlett
United Brethren Church
Fowlerton
Parker City
Marion
Oregon's Tribute to Roosevelt Televised Postcard
Washington Special reports the President received a telegram dated June 7 from H. W. Scott, Portland Oregon publisher of the Oregonian, stating it is 20 000 or more as Oregon's tribute to you.
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Oregon
Roosevelt
Washington
H. W. Scott
The
Oregonian
Portland
Ore
Detectives arrest Hannah Elias in extortion suit
New York detectives raided Mrs. Hannah Elias at Central Park West on a civil warrant accusing her of extorting 7500 from millionaire John R. Platt last May. Platt sues to recover nearly 700000 he says she extorted over twenty years while she protested the intrusion from bed.
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New York
Hannah Elias
Central Park West
John R. Platt
Mark Twain's Wife Olivia Clemens Dies in Rome
Florence Italy Mrs Samuel Clemens Olivia Langdon Clemens dies of syncope at the American humorist Mark Twain's home. A half hour before death she spoke cheerfully to her husband. The body will be sent to the United States for burial. Born in Elmira New York she married Clemens in 1870. He kneels by the coffin and speaks to no one.
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Florence
Italy
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
United States
American Duchess Seeks Divorce From Duke of Valencay
Paris reports say the Duchess Helen Morton of New York has filed for a civil divorce from the Duke of Valencay amid differences. The Duke’s mother sought a papal annulment on the grounds the marriage produced no issue, while the duchess withholds grounds for now.
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Paris
Valencay
Helen Morton
Levi P. Morton
New York
Walcott Speech Removes Doubt on Fairbanks VP Nomination
In New York Special the Indiana Senator Fairbanks appears set for the Republican VP nomination after ex Senator Walcott of Colorado was invited to speak at the Chicago convention placing him in nomination.
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New York
Fairbanks
Indiana
Walcott
Colorado
Chicago
Treasury Secretary Star faces pressured Exposition role
In St Louis a finance official fears taking charge of the exposition. He worries the government may be forced to cut back the $4.6 million tax due June 5. He fears insufficient receipts to cover government obligations if he does not assume control of exposition funds.
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St. Louis
Secretary of the Treasury
St. L
Thibetans Attack British Post at Khangma
Thibetans attacked the British post at Khangma near Simla. They suffered one killed and five wounded. The Thibetans left 174 men dead around the post and many more were killed in the pursuit.
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Simla
India
Khangma
Indiana Building Transferred at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The Indiana Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was formally transferred from the State Commission to the people on Friday afternoon. Governor Durbin and Lt Governor Gilbert spoke at the ceremony, with Henry W. Marshall and Frank C. Ball also participating. Miss Alice Roosevelt visited, and a reception for Durbin followed.
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St. Louis
Indiana
State Commission
Winfield T. Durbin
Newton W. Gilbert
Henry W. Marshall
Frank C. Ball
Francis
Alice Roosevelt
Durbin
Commission
Gilbert
Indiana Commission
Deneen Nominated Illinois Governor on 79th Ballot
Charles S. Deneen of Chicago won the Illinois Republican nomination for governor on the seventy ninth ballot at the Springfield convention. The victory came through a coalition of Deneen Yates Hamlin and Sherman factions, with Frank O. Lowden ousted by the organization, dealing a blow to the Cannon and Cullom side.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles S. Deneen
Chicago
Illinois
Deneen
Yates
Hamlin
Sherman
Frank O. Lowden
Actress Shoots a "Booky" in Latin Quarter Turmoil
New York special reports Crime scene after bookmaker and turfman Caesar Young dies from a Saturday shooting. Nan Patterson known as Nan Randolph claims he killed himself in cab en route to pier for a European trip. She is held without bail.
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New York
Caesar” Young
Nan Patterson
Nan Randolph
Florodora Sextet
Flooding devastates Black Hills towns with heavy losses
Flood storms have caused more than 500000 dollars in damage across the Black Hills region. Central City's business district is largely washed away while Deadwood Lead Whitewood and other towns report severe flood effects.
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Black Hills
Deadwood
Central City
Lead
Whitewood
Fear U. S. in Morocco Driving European Note Exchanges
Rumors in Madrid allege European powers, anxious over Perdicaris, exchange notes to confine American action to securing captives' release and prevent a permanent foothold in Morocco.
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Madrid
United States
Morocco
Firemen Overcome by Perfumery Fumes at Duane Street Plant
In New York on Friday six firemen were carried unconscious from a burning drug plant on Duane street. Fumes from perfumes inside the plant forced the responders to contend with hazardous smoke as officials reported the most troublesome conditions they have faced.
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New York
Duane Street
Begin Work on Panama Canal Survey in Colon
Twenty surveying engineers start selecting camping sites near Getun as colonists for the Panama Canal project. Locomotives, dump cars and other idle canal company equipment are being overhauled for early use.
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Colon
Cable
Getun
Canal Company
Baltic fleet told to sail for far east by August
Russian naval contractors were notified the Baltic squadron must be ready to sail for the far east by the first week in August. Officials say if Port Arthur is captured by Japan the fleet will likely stay home.
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Cronstadt
Far East
Port Arthur
Merrimac's Engineer George Phillips Dies at Home
Cambridgeport resident George F. Phillips, famed as engineer of the Merrimac sunk at Santiago harbor, has died at his home in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts.
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Merrimac
Cambridge
Mass
George F. Phillips
Hobson
Santiago Harbor
Cambridgeport
New Tie Form Endorsed by Washington Forestry Bureau
The Bureau of Forestry reports a recommended new rail tie design a modified half round form with a 10 to 12 inch base and a six inch top surface. Annual railroad tie consumption is about 114 million with demand rising. Lumbermen could yield two ties from a log that would otherwise make one rectangular tie.
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Bureau
Ten Men Die In Explosive Fire At Peoria Stock Yards
A massive explosion leveled an eleven story warehouse at Peoria Illinois stock yards causing the loss of ten lives and serious injuries to six others. About 14 people were hurt, 30 000 barrels of whisky burned, 3900 cattle perished, and damage exceeded 1 250 000 dollars as fire consumed adjoining buildings and the Monarch distillery. The cause remains unknown with all in the blast killed.
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Peoria
Corning Distillery Company
Monarch
Awful Death of Muncie Girl Quarrel Led to Arrest
Miss Artie Monks a 17 year old of Muncie Ind died Sunday at 11 15 after hours of unconsciousness and convulsions The accused Solomon Lee motorman of the Indiana Union Traction Company Indianapolis is jailed in Delaware County on suspicion Following a quarrel between the pair the investigation continues The article notes a tragic domestic dispute ending in death and arrest of a man from Indianapolis on a charge of suspicion
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Muncie, Ind
Artie Monks
Solomon Lee
Indianapolis
Indiana Union Traction Company
Delaware County
New Rubber Supply Found by Ferdinand Vi vier
In Mexico City Ferdinand Vi vier, a French rubber expert, discovers a plant yielding abundant rubber that vulcanizes easily without chemicals. Tests show promise and there is already strong demand from New York for the product of the discovery.
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Mexico City
Ferdinand Vivier
New York
Sixteen Hurt One Dead In Valley Street Trolley Crash
In Burlington Iowa on Sunday afternoon a runaway trolley car on Valley street hill caused sixteen injuries and one fatality. The crash occurred when a broken brake beam failed to stop the car as it reached the hill’s foot and the car struck a tree, destroying the vehicle.
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Burlington
Valley Street
Kruger Declines a Legacy at Mentone Departure
Kruger refuses a $5,000 legacy intended for the donor's heirs noting he does not wish to accept funds that should pass to another ex President Kruger of the Boer republic. He signed away the bequest before leaving Mentone to ensure distribution among the donor's heirs.
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Paris
Kruger
Mentone
Opening of Devil's Lake Indian Reservation Lands
President signs proclamation for opening 88 000 acres of Devil's Lake reservation in North Dakota by registration and drawing. Registrations run Aug 8–20 at Devil's Lake and Grand Forks with drawing Aug 24. Entries begin Sept 6 for 60 days. unentered land sells at 4.50 per acre. Nine church and agency reserves tagged. public park at Sully's Hill included.
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Washington
Devil's Lake Indian Reservation
North Dakota
Rosebud Reservation
South Dakota
Devil’s Lake Indian Reservation
Devil’s Lake
Grand Forks
N. D
Fort Totten
Protestant Episcopal Church
Raven Hill Presbyterian Church
Wood Lake Presbyterian Church
Mission of the
Sisters of Charity
St. Michael's Church
St. Jerome’s Church
Devil’s Lake Indian Agency
Sully’s Hill
Russian Advance Reaches Liao Tung Amid Port Arthur Relief
Paris cable reports 14,000 Russian troops under General Stalkenberg near the Liao Tung peninsula en route to Port Arthur. They are followed by strong reinforcements as the relief effort progresses.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Matin
Stalkenberg
Port Arthur
Liao Tung Peninsula
Knoxville River Fragments Prompt Murder Probe
Police recover scattered fragments of a white woman's body from the Tennessee river over the weekend. Investigators believe the case is a murder, with detectives treating the incident as a suspected homicide.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Port Arthur's Fate to Decide Russia
London Cable reports the Russians will stand or fall in the Oriental war by Port Arthur's fate, based on talks with leading officials in St. Petersburg.
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Port Arthur
Russia
London
Mail
St. Petersburg
Double Murder in Brownsburg Near Lexington
In Brownsburg near Lexington Virginia Edward Mc Cormick a young farmer fatally shot John Wade and Arthur Blackwell on Saturday night. The killings stem from a three year feud between the men.
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Lexington
Edward McCormick
Brownsburg
John Wade
Arthur Blackwell
Evansville Trestle Tragedy Kills Two Railroad Workers
A Louisville & Nashville bridge crew on a trestle near Henderson Kentucky faced a freight train. Nine men fled toward safety. W L Schultz fell and died while Wesley Blackwell was instantaneously killed as the car derailed.
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Evansville
Ind
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Henderson
W. L. Schultz
Wesley Blackwell
Special session to reopen Schafer murder case in Bedford
An extra session of Lawrence county court begins July 11 after Monroe court adjourns to continue the murder investigation of Sarah Catherine Schafer. The grand jury has new findings and the case will be pursued secretly until its next reconvened session in five weeks.
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Bedford, Ind
Lawrence County Court
Monroe County Court
Sarah Catherine Schafer
United States may cede Philippines to Japan report discussed
The Novoe Vremya column argues the United States intends to cede the Philippine islands to Japan, suggesting a strategic preference to sell rather than defend them to avoid entanglement in a distant conflict, likening it to Russia's wartime lessons.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
United States
Philippine Islands
Japan
Russia
Submarine Fulton Returns After Twelve Hours Under Water
The Fulton torpedo boat and its nine man crew resurfaced after twelve hours on the ocean bed. They appeared at 11:10 Tuesday forenoon and reported no inconvenience, saying they would willingly endure ten more days underwater if required.
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Newport
R. I
Fulton
Mormon Women Resign From Federation After St Louis Decision
In Salt Lake City the Authors' Club, mainly Mormon women, has quit the General Federation of Woman's Clubs following an alleged anti Mormon resolution passed during the biennial session in St Louis a few weeks back.
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Salt Lake
Utah
General Federation of Woman’s Clubs
St. Louis
Authors’ Club
Order of Merit Rumored From Battle Ship Target Practice
The report states an unofficial ranking from the recent target practice listing Oregon as first and likely pennant winner, Wisconsin second and Iowa third, with no official confirmation yet.
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Washington
Oregon
Wisconsin
Lowa
Henry Irving Announces Retirement From Stage
Sir Henry Irving told a Manchester audience at a reception by the Manchester Art Club on a Wednesday evening that he will retire in 1906. He stated he has appeared on stage for forty eight years and wishes to end his active acting career after fifty years.
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Henry Irving
London
Sir Henry I
Manchester Art Club
Russian Gunboat Giliak Torpedoed at Port Arthur
Tokio Cable reports the Russian gunboat Giliak was torpedoed and destroyed at Port Arthur on Saturday.
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Tokio
Giliak
Port Arthur
Panama’s Currency in a Tangle
Dispatches from Panama report a call for a national convention to settle the currency question. The United States government seeks a sound money basis for the new republic and hopes it aligns closely with American standards to protect the canal labor force.
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Panama
Washington
United States
New Republic
Losses Put At 5034 In Kin Chou Battle
Cable official reports list 4304 Japanese dead and 730 Russian dead at Kin Chou. Among the Japanese dead is one major and thirty other officers.
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London
Cable
Battle of
Kin Chou
Return of Money Refused Triggers Pine Arena Fire Riot
A 2,500 strong crowd at an arena near the world’s fair grounds rioted after being refused refunds for a Spanish bull fight banned by Governor Dockery. Four men were arrested for destruction of property as the pine arena burned to the ground, a total loss with no insurance.
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St. Louis
Dockery
Loves Mothers in Law
In Salt Lake City Joseph F. Smith addressed Mormon youth at a Mutual Improvement Association conference. He defended his plural marriages, urged reverence for the marriage bond, and denounced ridiculing mothers-in-law while praising his own. He called his mothers-in-law the best friends he ever had and vowed to honor them.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
Mutual Improvement Association
New War Engine Rumor From Paris Cable
London correspondent says Japanese authorities are preparing a new and terrible war engine for use against the Russian Baltic fleet when it arrives in the Orient. Reports describe the ominous project as a potential major threat in the forthcoming conflict.
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London
Paris
Orient
Fair Attendance Reaches New Weekly Peak
St Louis fair officials report last weeks admissions at 378146, the highest weekly total since the exposition opened. The growing attendance signals strong public interest and ongoing success of the event.
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St. Louis
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