Record Heat Sets City Stores Suffering as Thunderstorms Offer Brief Relief
Reported by the weather bureau the ongoing heat wave across major cities continues with high temperatures and sporadic dry storms bringing little rainfall. New York tops 90 to 98, Phoenix hits 106, Washington reaches 100, while numerous prostrations and deaths occur and some plants suspend operations amid the heat.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
New York City
Atlantic States
West Indies
Lesser Antilles
Phoenix
Ariz
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Davenport
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Little
Welcome Rain Brings Relief to Heat Stricken Gotham
New York July 2 Heat that had parched the city since last Sunday was eased by thunderstorms late yesterday afternoon lowering the temperature by about ten degrees between 4 30 and 8 pm. The downpour brought heavy thunder and lightning and fires from strikes, but no fatalities or serious injuries were reported. Hail fell during the storm and ambulance and police calls surged to record levels, with 158 deaths and 178 prostrations in Manhattan and the Bronx from 2 am yesterday to 12 45 am today.
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Manhatan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Heat Toll Tops Brooklyn With Sixty Deaths Overnight
Police report a deadly heat wave in Brooklyn Tuesday with sixty deaths and fifteen prostrations as officials warned residents to stay hydrated and seek shade during the extreme temperatures.
New England Relieved by Severe Storm
A Boston report describes a fast moving gale with vivid lightning across dark clouds and occasional heavy showers that briefly ended the heat wave in New England. The storm gathered in about thirty minutes and caused notable damage before dissipating.
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Boston
New England
Lightning Strikes Kentucky Asylum Inmates
A bolt from a clear sky struck 80 inmates at the Central Kentucky asylum for the insane in Landlake Lake land near Louisville. James Howard, 34, of Stevensport, Ky., was killed. Attendant Nat Mercer and three patients were knocked unconscious but are expected to recover amid a yard air excursion.
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Louisville
Central Kentucky Asylum For the Insane
Lakeland
James Howard
Stevensport
Nat Mercer
Rain Relieves St. Louis Heat Wave Across City
Rain fell in St. Louis on July 3 easing a heat wave. Temperatures dropped from 97 to 80 degrees after the shower. Thirty three people, more than during all of last summer, were treated for heat prostration at the city hospital.
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St. Louis
European Heat Sparks Fatal Sunstrokes and Storm Toll
Special dispatches report further ravages from heat and storms in Europe. In Florence six persons died by self harm after sunstrokes. a Lisbon correspondent cites a death toll of 22 from storms.
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Europe
London
Florence
Lisbon
Intercollegiate Rowing Races Decide Hudson Winners
Hudson river course results show Cornell taking the varsity eight in 18 58 1 5 with Columbia close behind, Wisconsin third, Georgetow n fourth. For varsity four Cornell led with 11 39 3 5, Pennsylvania second, then Columbia. Freshman eight won by Pennsylvania in 10 21 5, Cornell second, Columbia third, Syracuse fourth.
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Povashkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson River
Varsity
Cornell
Columbia
Wisconsin
Georgetows
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Parents Accused in Arkansas Murder Case
Eureka Springs Arkansas July 3 State's Attorney Maples filed information charging H Burris and wife living near the Missouri line with the murder of their daughter. Burris had said the daughter died by her own hand claiming a pistol was found in her hands with a bullet wound through her head.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
Maples
H. Burris
Missouri Line
Burris
Albert L. Johnson Passes Away in Brooklyn Suburb
Albert L. Johnson of Cleveland Ohio, brother of Mayor Thomas L. Johnson, died last night at Fort Hamilton in the Brooklyn suburb. The obituary notes his New York residence and family connections in Cleveland and the city government.
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Albert L. Johnson
New York
Cleveland, C
Thomas L. Johnson
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Students In Mexico City Attack Churches In Anti Clerical Demonstration
About 300 students led a public protest near the Columbus statue in El Pazo and Shire driveway denouncing priests alleged to have immorality shielded from punishment. Police and gendarmes maintained order as mobs stormed Santo Domingo and Santa Carija churches, with windows broken and images hurled.
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Mexico City
Columbus
el Pazo and
Shire
Lubastida
Alariel
Coral
Federal District
Church of Santo Domingo
Church of Santa Carija
Father Icaza
Tragic Crossing Crash Kills Shaffer Family in Huntington
At a west of Huntington crossing the Shaffer family were struck by Wabash No. 3 as they returned from church. Co L Shaffer his wife and two daughters died instantly leaving the eldest girl gravely injured and another child fatally crushed. The wreck follows a prior Cass wreck of the same train. The Shaffers were prominent county residents.
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Huntington
Ind
L. Shaffer
Cass
Mary
Motheer
Shaffers
Two Men Killed Crossing Track Near Waterloo Indiana
Lee Hine and Isaac Tryon were struck by a westbound Lake Shore & Michigan Southern train four miles west of Waterloo Indiana on Saturday afternoon. Both died instantly as their carriage was crushed. Hine, 25, was married to a widow and was brother of ex treasurer S M Hine of De Kalb county. Tryon, about 50, left a widow and several children. He was a rural mail carrier and well connected locally.
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Waterloo
Ind
Lee Hine
Isaac Tryon
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Hine
S. M. Hine
de Kalb
Tryon
Distressing Accident Delays Hartford City Bridge Work
July 1 in Hartford City Indiana laborer John Fouzell slipped into a large concrete mixer while shoveling concrete on a Pennsylvania Railroad bridge project over Lick Creek. Eluater Williams restrained him to stop the machine but Fouzell suffered a leg injury severe enough to require hip amputation. recovery unlikely.
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Hartford City
Ind
John Fouzell
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Lick Creek
Eluater Williams
Houzell
Two Women Bound Over On Grand Larceny Charge
In Warsaw Indiana Mrs Maude Chinaberger and Miss Pearl Fredericksen were arraigned before Justice Hiler on grand larceny charges and bound over to the circuit court in 300 dollars each. Fredericksen confessed to stealing four tailor suits from Kingery s and items from Alleman Bros and named other thefts in Milford and Goshen. Officers recovered about half a wagon load of property at Chinaberger s home, largely identified by local merchants.
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Warsaw
Ind
Maude Chinaberger
Pearl Fredericksen
Hiler
Miss Fredericksen
Kingery
Alleman Bros
Milford
Goshen
Chinaberger
Dove omen linked to death in Indiana on same day
In Princeton Indiana the death of Louis Songer, infant son of railway worker Stephen Songer, is linked to a white dove seen in Evansville roundhouse near Charles Songer. An old German warned of bad tidings, the dove reappeared after being driven away, and a telegram of the brother’s death arrived 20 minutes later.
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Princeton
Ind
Louis Songer
Stephen Songer
Southern Railway
Charles Songer
Evansvile
Evansville
Charles Sanger
Songer
Train collision injures man near Monticello crossing
Monticello Indiana July 3 A Pan Handle passenger train was struck by a Monon train yesterday at a crossing. The rear of the Pan Handle coach was splintered crushing the right foot of Michael Britton of Reynolds. The switchman mishandled signals granting both trains right of way as the Pan Handle engineer tried to escape and cleared all but the last coach.
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Monticello
Ind
Michael Britton
Reynolds
Telegraphs and Tempests Mark Grim News Across States
Reports describe Huntington water famine after pumps failed and reservoirs emptied. A lodging house fire in Butte left two dead and four dozen injured. The Niagara bank in Buffalo closed under state supervision. A man jumped into the Ohio river at Ashland and was recovered. Italian Consul General in New York returns to Italy amid anarchist threats. Steel workers consider a long fight but may end strike soon. Ambush killing in Marion county Kentucky leaves Richard Horde dead and Dave Allen mortally wounded. Clarence Shipp charged. A Philadelphia bank employee disappears with a $13,000 shortage. A small Wisconsin tornado damages Outagamie county and lightning kills a man near Appleton Creek. Stock losses reported countywide.
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Huntington
W. Va
Butte
Mont
Niagara Bank
Buffalo
N. Y
J. A. Burkley
Ohio River
Ashland
Ranchi
New York
Italy
Marion County
Richard Horde
Dave Allen
Clarence Shipp
William B. Douglass
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Philadelphia
Outagamti County
Wis
Appleton Creek
Hood Canning manager commits suicide at factory
Portland Ind July 1 C Jay Henley manager of Hood Canning factory shot himself through the heart in the plant. A prominent figure, he left wealthy relatives. No motive found beyond business worries. His widow mother and sister are prostrate.
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Portland
Ind
C. Jay Henley
Hood Canning Factory
Pittsburg Plate Glass hits 8 monster gas well near Elwood
In Elwood Indiana on July 3 the Pittsburg Plate Glass company struck eight monster gas wells on the Starkey farm west of Elwood. The gushers are described as among the greatest since the gas boom began.
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Monster Gas
Elwood
Ind
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Starkey Farm
Collision at Crossing injures two in Ridgeville
A northbound Girand Rapids and Indiana passenger train was struck by a heavy Panhandle freight near the depot in Ridgeville Ind on July 1. The engine plowed into the last coach and the coach and engine were badly damaged delaying traffic. Mrs D Jy Darling of Findlay Ohio and the Rev C H Hill of Richmond district Methodist church received injuries, though not serious.
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Ridgeville
Ind
Girand Rapids
Indiana
Panhandle
D. Jy. Darling
Findlay
C. H. Hill
Richmond
Methodist Church
Machinists Strike Seen Near End by IAM Leader
Washington July 3 President O Connell of the International Association of Machinists says the machinists strike is practically won. He reports only about 8000 men out and says agreements are being signed daily reducing the number.
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Washington
O’. Connell
International Association of Machinists
Driscoll admits murder in first degree in Muncie
Walter Driscoll aged 17 and Minnie McCall aged 19 pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree in Muncie Indiana. Driscoll’s case is set for Friday in the circuit court where the court will likely accept another guilty plea and impose a prompt sentence unless counsel advises otherwise.
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Driscoll
Muncie
Ind
Walter Driscoll
Minnie McCall
Behmer
St. Louis man arrested in theft of pacing racer in South Bend
L Lycurgus Boaz, a St. Louis resident traveling for the American Lyceum circle, is jailed in South Bend on charges he stole ex Mayor Schafer and J C Barretts $1000 pacing racer. He was nabbed while offering to sell the animal for 85 dollars. He calls himself a chemist and appears educated.
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South Bend
Ind
L. Lycurgus Boaz
St. Louis
American Lyceum Circle
Schafer
J. C. Barrett
David L. Boaz
Burglary suspect escapes after dining room discovery
Knightstown Indiana July 3 A burglar was discovered in the dining room of Lemuel Shipley's home and escaped arrest. Soon after the same fellow returned and tried to cut through a screen door. A second time he was discovered, flourished a revolver and coolly walked away.
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Knightstown
Ind
Lemuel Shipley
Effort In Ray's Behalf Sparks Pardon Bid
Shelbyville Indiana July 3 Mrs Geo M Ray seeks clemency for her husband in Michigan City prison asking for a pardon or a six month commutation.
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Ray
Shelbyville
Ind
Geo. M. Ray
Durbin
Michigan City
Death trap tunnel crushes Pittsburg youths at mine
Ten boys were trapped in a tunnel leading to the Old Keeling mine operated by Pittsburg Coal Company. Two were killed by a train and eight fainted from toxic fumes inside the subterranean passage.
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Pittsburg
Keeling
Death Takes Man Before His Wedding in Kokomo
Samuel sher wood, crushed while coupling cars in Kokomo Indiana on Monday, died. He had planned to marry Miss Lida Gowdy of Kokomo the next day.
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Kokomo
Ind
Samuel Sherwood
Tomastow
Lida Gowdy
Lightning Claims Three Men In St Louis Fishing Party
Lightning struck a St Louis fishing party on the Dead Creek bank at Caboak Ils yesterday. Three men were instantly killed, a boy fatally injured, and a man and a boy seriously hurt.
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St. Louis
Dead Creek
Caboak
Ils
Indiana Sons of Veterans Open Fifteenth Encampment
Indiana Sons of Veterans opened its fifteenth annual encampment in Muncie with a business session yesterday afternoon and a campfire at the opera house last night. Three hundred delegates attended as the three day meeting began.
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Muncie
Ind
Indiana Sons of Veterans
Opera House
Inmate John McLaughlin Found Walking About Selma
Selma Indiana July 3. John McLaughlin an inmate of the county infirmary was seen walking about the grounds. Exact circumstances and location within the infirmary not provided.
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Selma, Ind
John McLaughlin
County Infirmary
Local man survives self harm attempt and walks again
A man who cut his throat in a suicide attempt was found presumed dead but is now walking about. He made four incisions in his wind pipe, yet survived and is reported improving.
Accident in Huntington Slows Train Hits Buggy
Huntington Ind July 3 A Wabash passenger train struck a buggy in the city injuring both occupants Benjamin Chester man and Charles C Smith severely.
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Huntington
Ind
Benjamin Chesterman
Charles C. Smith
State Capitol notes on Republican leaders and Indiana growth
Indianapolis reports detail busy talks by Blooming ton delegate Nat U Hill and others about party leadership and future nominations. Governor Durbin meets Goodrich while Frank L Jones predicts Hammond will become the state capital of growth as Evansville area industry expands and farmers prosper with new credit. Oil Inspector Zaring eyes nearby farm land as Evansville firms boost orders.
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J. P. Goodrich
Winchester
Republican State Committee
Eighth Congressional District
Hernly
Durbin
Goodrich
George ¥. McCulloch
Muncie
Jos. B. Keating
Indianapolis
Harry Starr
Richmond
Mr. Goodrich
Colorado
Frank L. Jones
Indiana
Hammond
Indiana Harbor
Hammon
W. C. Zaring
Evansville
Fivansville
Followed His Wife's Example in Arkansas Tragedy
Hot Springs Arkansas on July 3 Mrs Fannie Wilson committed suicide by taking morphine. Her husband known as Tex Wilson, upon hearing of his wife, left the city and later his dead body was found in the suburbs. An investigation showed death from self administered opium poisoning.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Fannie Wilson
Tex” Wilson
Old Soldier Ends Life At Paoli Infirmary
Paoli Indiana July 3 Johno Slaten an inmate of the county infirmary while temporarily insane ended his life by cutting his throat dying within an hour after the deed. During the Civil war he served as a soldier from 1861 to 1865.
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Paoli
Ind
Johno Slaten
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