Mine Disaster at Cambria Steel Mine Prompts 200 Dead
Johnstown Pa July 11 eighty seven bodies have been recovered with rescue work hampered by gas and heat. Officials fear as many as 200 or more remain inside the mine as crowds mourn and morgues fill. A searching party found twelve bodies and believed six to be living while doctors go in to aid survivors.
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Johnstown
Cambia Steel Company
Klondike
William Robinson
John Retallic
John B. Lowman
Johnstonown
Cambria Steel Company
West Mont Hill
William Stibich
Avas
Cambria Iron Company
West Mont
Richard Bennett
John Meyers
Wie
Oath controversy and mine disaster rescue efforts in Bloemfontein
The article reports Boer officials refusing the oath while accepting a declaration honoring King Edward. It details a fatal mine explosion at Cambria’s Klondike section near Mill Creek, where rescuers pursued amid deadly gases. several foremen and fire bosses perished or were endangered, with two workers escaping via an air shaft. Survivors describe horrific conditions and heroic rescue attempts. Tamaqua strikers stir. locals form vigilance groups to restore order.
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Westmont
Mill Creek
Cambria
Marshall G. Moore
al G. Prosser
George T. Robinson
Harry Rodgers
William Blanch
John Whitney
John Ketullick
Johnn Thomas
Cambria Company
Klondike
Kernville
Tom Foster
Powell Griffith
Foster
Roberts
Heat and strikes ripple France and Chicago
Heat waves push temperatures to 100 in Marseilles while a line of severe storms crosses southern France. In Chicago, July 11 the freight handlers strike nears settlement via arbitration talks with teamsters leaders and business men guiding a possible end to the work stoppage.
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Paris
France
Marseilles
Monks in Fight Over the Church and Wheat Outlook
A sensational Jerusalem trial sentences thirty four Greek monks to varying imprisonment after a disturbance at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The dispute reveals competing protections for eastern clergy and challenges France's protectorate claim. In Washington, July 11, preliminary agriculture reports show corn acres up 3.9 percent, with state by state harvest gains and notes on wheat, oats, barley, and rye conditions and holdings.
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Jerusalem
Church of Holy Sepulchre
Christ's Tomb
Germany
Italy
France
East
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Virginia
Louisiana
Georgia
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ohio
Illinois
Mississippi
Indian Territory
Kansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Alabama
Minnesota
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Illnois
Iowa
Ilinois
Paris Widow Sues Barroux Over Nude Portrait Photo Debacle
In Paris, Madame de Gast, famed for auto feats and a Paris-Vi entrant, sues Maitre Barboux after he circulated a photograph claimed to show her as the model for Gervex’s The Masked Woman. The issue follows a prior duel threat over the nude image. Other briefs note gold found near Braddyville and a telephone operators strike ending with wage and union concessions. Senator Beveridge journeys West for campaign recuperation with Indianapolis colleagues.
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Paris
Sgimestir
Madame de Gast
Maitre Barboux
Gervex
M. Barboux
Mme. de Gast
Mme. de Gust
M. Gervox
Braddyville
Wesley Farrens
Farrens
Beveridge
Chicago
A. J. Beveridge
Indiana
Rocky Mountains
H. C. Pettit
Indianapolis
Charles W. Miller
Goshen
Foss
J. C. Shaffer
Union League Club
Bear Hunt Ends With Van Buren Feast In Marion
In Van Buren near Marion Indiana a bear escaped at night drawing every able bodied man into a hunt. The bear was killed Thursday, and local residents then feasted on its meat. The animal belonged to Matthew Doyle who keeps a small menagerie nearby.
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Marion
Ind
van Buren
Matthew Doyle
Bruin
James Duel
Duel
Jewelry theft case ties to O Malley family in Philadelphia
Mrs Aline Ellis O Malley wife of Professor Austin O Malley of South Bend Ind and William J Hearin of New York were held to bail of 1200 for trial on charges of stealing jewelry valued over 1000 from Dr Joseph O Malley of Philadelphia. Authorities say part of the jewelry and railroad tickets for South Bend were found with Hearin. Mrs O Malley’s husband has been ill in St Agnes hospital with undisclosed diagnosis.
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Envadelphia
Aline Ellis O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
South Benan
Ind
William J. Hearin
New York
Joseph O'Malley
Hearin
South Bend
Epworth League Convention Opens in Mount Carmel
Illinois Epworth League convened for its seventh annual meeting in Mount Carmel with about 500 delegates, far short of expectations. The gathering featured a league concert, a sermon, and talks by Chicago leaders on personal evangelism and method studies. State-level candidates Dr. J. G. Wolfe and Alfred Dixon were mentioned as present.
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Mount Carmel
Ill
Ilinois Epworth League
Wabash
T. S. Marshall
Salem
F. H. Knight
DB D. F. Howe
Dr. Berry
Chicago
Epworth League Herald
Oldham
J. G. Wolfe
Alfred Dixon
Bear Creek Village Destroyed by Blaze Near Appleton
On July 11 Bear Creek, a village about 30 miles northwest of Appleton, was wiped out by fire. A dozen stores the post office the Chicago & Northwestern depot and a lumber mill burned as the blaze raged to noon. Loss pegged at about 40000 dollars.
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Appleton
Wis
Bear Creek
Chicago & Northwestern
Bank Examiner Appointed for Iowa District
Washington July 11 The comptroller of the currency named EE B Shaw of West Union Iowa as national bank examiner for the district of Iowa to succeed the resigning Henry Meyer Telegraph notes indicate a raised telegraph operator wage in Denver July 11 The Denver and Rio Grande railroads agreed to raise wages for telegraph operators from 60 to 80 dollars per month effective immediately
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
EE. B. Shaw
West Union
Iowa
National Bank
District of Iowa
Henry Meyer
Denver
Rio Grande
Iowa flood sufferers sleep in school yard
Des Moines on July 11 reports about a hundred homeless flood victims spending the night in school yards and downtown parks without blankets. Charities and city officials are organizing to meet needs, with rivers Des Moines and Raccoon not receding yet and relief expected to take days. damage estimated near a million dollars.
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Des Moines
Raccoon
Te Floaded
Paris Insolvency Looms Over 40 Million Francs
Paris July 11 The tribunal of commerce declared the Caisse Generale des Familles insolvent with liabilities estimated at 40 million francs. The ruling marks a major setback for creditors and a sharp reversal for the institution once seen as a family finance pillar.
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Paris
Tribunal of Commerce
Caisse Gerealle Des Famili
Vatican Replies to Taft on Philippine Church Question
Washington July 11 The Vatican replies to Governor Taft on the Philippine church issue accepting U S aims of no state religion. It favors delaying the schol question but seeks an understanding with Taft on it. The Vatican accepts the final proposal yet cannot recall the friars within the fixed period. It would yield to force majeure but sees none. Fraternization with other nationalities to be gradual and friars to stay from parishes. It notes withdrawal of friars would clash with Spain.
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Nor Stone
Harrisburg
Gombert
Carbon County
Lansford
Summit Hill
National Guard
George M. Davis
T. M. Whildin
Jon BE. Laver
Mobirule
Govcenit Nrveeaeacy
Altantion
Washington
Detment
Vatican
Taft
United States
Philippines
Manila
Holy See
Spain
St Louis forms plan for bridge and riverfront terminals
A St Louis and eastern capitalists group organizes to build a Mississippi River bridge, riverfront terminals, an elevated road to the Louisiana Purchase exposition site, and a new central station. Initial terminals and road cost about 10 million dollars with up to 5 million more possible later.
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St. Louis
Eastern
Mississippi River
Tracy Escapes After Night Chase Near Sluice Creek
Covington and Seattle reports say convict Tracy slipped through a guards cordon at Sluice creek and fought a battle with deputies a mile west of Covington before vanishing into timber. Sheriff Cudihee and Guard Carson led bloodhounds and a posse from Auburn park at dawn toward Plain, where Tracy was last seen.
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Covington
Wash
Tracy
Sluice Creek
Seattle
Cudihee
Carson
Auburn Park
Plain
Fowler Brothers sale to Swift & Co approved by shareholders
In Liverpool on July 11 shareholders of Fowler Brothers and Fowler & Son agreed to sell the business to Swift & Co of Chicago. Resolutions adopting the sale were passed at a recent meeting.
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Liverpool
Fowler Brothers and
Fowler & Son Company
Swift & Co
Chicago
Player Arrested in Fort Wayne for Fraud Charge
Fort Wayne detectives arrested Detroit pitcher George Mullin on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses after seizing him from a sleeping car at 5 30 a m. Isidor Mautner, former Fort Wayne club president, accuses Mullin of signing a contract for this season, taking advance money, then joining Detroit where he has played this season.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
George Mullin
Isidor Mautner
Mullin
Mautner
Detroit
Nowa Woman Bound Over For Husband Death
Des Moines July 11 Mrs Frank Lavelleur of Newton was bound over to the grand jury on a murder charge in the death of her husband six months ago. The victim was brains with an ax his body covered with oil and burned. The defendant was released on bail.
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Des Moines
Frank Lavelleur
Newton
Union Pacific orders striking shopmen to return to work
Union Pacific Railway company notified its striking shopmen to resume work at once or forfeit their positions in Omaha. Vice President Wilson of the Machinists union said the notice would not influence his men. In London the king continues to sleep well and improve in every respect.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railway Company
Wilson
Machinists’ Union
London
Holiness Camp Meeting Draws Curious Crowds in Sparta
In Sparta Michigan on July 11 a large tent was erected for a holiness camp meeting. Preachers lead downtown processions to the tent while women shout and wave, men in red shirts dance wildly, and a booming bass drum intensifies the scene. Curious crowds travel from surrounding areas, boosting local merchants.
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Sparta
Mich
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Free State
Edward
Tamaqua
Panther Creek Valley
Atlantic Ocean
Teamsters’ Union
Harry G. Selfridge
Marshal Field & Co
Teamsters
National Union
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Epworth
NEW Bank Examiner
E. B. Shaw
Monroe
Fred Zarendt
Lake Shore
Pere Marquette
Warner
Sioux City
William Pike
Rockwell City
SWIFT
Fowler Bros
Holiness Camp Meeting
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