Dead and Missing After Cambia Steel Rollins Mine Blast
Johnstown pa July 12 one hundred five dead from Thursday's explosion at the Cambia Steel company rolling mills mine. Rescue efforts reported 15 bodies brought out overnight and more expected as teams search rooms. Eerie scenes of brave rescuers, with totals rising toward possibly 150 casualties. eighty seven bodies recovered by nightfall and later updates show still dozens unaccounted for in the Klondike section.
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Johnstown
Rolling Mills
Cambia Steel Company
Cambria Hospital
Anis
J. Frank Taylor
Rollins Mill
Cambria Steel Company
Klondike
Startled by Maniac Laughs in Mine Rescue Horror
Rescue workers faced maniacal laughter as a frenzied miner charged, eight survivors climbed out by 3 pm and later, six more escaped though one died in sunlight. Ninety known dead, dozens rescued, with names of some survivors and injured listed amid ongoing body recovery and mine fire removal efforts.
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Ose
Jacob Qivic
John Dudko
John Ibitka
Joseph Val
A. M. Kahler
Vichi Kahler
George Salla
Albert Shepa
John Kanuskie
Robinson
John RB. Thomas
School Place
John CL Whitney
William Blanch
Joseph Wotnlinxon
William Lees
Panic Tees
Michael McCann
Phillip McCain
John Cook
Frank Chestnut
John Sadler
John Holly
Thomas Bishop
Traction
Rania
Indianapolis
Indianapolis and Eastern Railway Company
Indianapolis and Greenfield Rapid Transit Company
Educational convention of 1902 ends in Minneapolis
The great educational convention of 1902 closes in Minneapolis with 20000 to 25000 attendees. Weather is ideal and 45 department meetings plus six general sessions featured top U.S. speakers. The convention elected Charles W. Eliot of Harvard as association president.
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Minneapolis
Eligy
Harvarding
Minnesota
United States
Charles W. Eliot
Joe Harvard
the Associaion
Lifers Are Given Commuta tion by Governor Yates
Governor Yates commuted the sentences of John and Thomas Hickman, convicted of murdering Robert Knox during a fight at a country picnic in Alto Pass Jackson County. Each had been sentenced to 99 years in the penitentiary in the December 1886 Jackson County court term. The petition was before Altgeld but not acted on. Mrs. Sarah McLaren was badly burned cleaning a carpet with gasoline. her grandson lit a match, causing a blaze that burned clothing.
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Springfield
Mis
Yates
John
Thomas Hickman
Robert Knox
Alto Pass
Jackson County
Altgeld
Werpet
Gasonne
Sonia
Mich
Sarah McLaren
Mitchell Talks on Mine Strike and Citizens Alliance
Wilkesbarre July 12 After weeks of mine strike activity President Mitchell finally commented for publication. He cannot forecast the convention's action but expects a general suspension or a defense fund for Afghan strikers. J Ridgway Wright of the Citizens Alliance quotes demands pro labor neutrality and condemns violence while defending neutrals and urging cooperation to maintain public order. Chicago freight strike details follow with 8000 teamsters out and wage scales and conditions outlined amid ongoing negotiations.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Citlaws? Alliance
J. Ridgway Wright
Citizens’ Alliance
Wright
Nanticoke
Chicago
Teamsters
Tare
Curran
Burlington Freight House
Canal Street
West Side
Kennedy Biscuit Co
Eeeise
Frelakt
Minneapolis Police Captain Fitchette Convicted in Bribery Case
Captain John Fitchette known as Coffee Joy was found guilty of trafficking in positions on the police force. He accepted 200 dollars from John Long to procure an appointment of a hitter as a policeman. The offense is a misdemeanor with no prison term, but the case signals broader municipal corruption, suggesting collusion with other officials.
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Minneapolis
John Fitchette
Coffee Joy
John Long
Fichette
Death of a Tall Man in Chicago
Chicago reports the death of Lewis Wilkins an 80 year old giant eight feet two inches tall and 365 pounds who traveled from Oklahoma for brain tumor treatment. He was met by a police ambulance upon arrival, rode on the floor with knees raised, required a nine by five and a half foot special casket, and had been exhibited in major museums in Europe and America.
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Chicago
Lewis Wilkins
Presbyterian Hospital
Oklahoma
Wilkins
Europe
America
Owners of Roving Horses To Be Prosecuted
City residents west of Ninth Street complain of peddlers allowing horses to graze on streets. Three wanderers were impounded at Crale’s livery stable awaiting owner identification and damages action. Edward T. Mattaweed Jr faced Magistrate Johnson after tobacco quid tosses at FP Leithner’s window. magistrate fined him plus costs.
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Ninth Street
Cralle
Edward T. Mattaweed, Jr
Johnson
FP. L. Leithner
Seventeenth Street
Mattausch
Time Of Improvement Competitions Extended
Officers of the Home Improvement association announce extended competition deadlines due to heavy rains. Citizens of Kenosha and Rock Island participate actively in home and city improvement efforts. Prizes will be awarded to winners, with names published only for prize recipients. Each person may compete for only one prize.
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Home Improvement Association
Kenosha
Rock Island
Woltmann
Local Progression amid Strikes and Ballot Contests
A rider was beaten after being pulled from his wagon by a crowd striking in sympathy. In Duluth, Mayor Hugo is affirmed as mayor despite a court decision on ballot initials. a re-count gives Hugo a 4 vote majority. In Perry, Iowa, the Republican convention renominates John A. TL Holl for Congress.
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Fingo
St. Paul
Hugo
Duluth
Supreme Court
Trnelgon
Perry
Iowa
John A. TL. Holl
Control of Line Colombia to Keep Sovereignty
Washington July 12. Colombia and the United States edge toward a Panama canal accord as Senor Concha Cromwell and officials study treaty points likely to affect sovereignty. Differences center on police, sanitary rules, joint commissions, and the extent of U S control over the canal strip with Colombia insisting on sovereignty.
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Washington
Sizuing
Colombia
Panama Canal
United States
Senor Concha
Herm
Legation
William Nelson Cromwell
State Department
Colomitan
Canal Strip
Republic of Colombia
Repubics
Central
South America
Diknal
Canal
Cromwell
Hay
Concha
Nix
Remarkable Mendon CycloneCertified Deposit Survives
A Mendon cyclone lifted the Bouman home on July 2 and left Charles A. Bouman injured while his young daughter died. The next morning Mrs. Emma Briggs found a First Bank Mendon certificate of deposit for Charles A. Bouman, May 17, 1902, amount 300, No. 4014, miles away and offered to forward it to the bank.
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Tekonsha
Mich
Mendon
Charles A. Bouman
Bouman
Emma Briggs
Iowa phone operators return to work after four weeks
Twelve to thirty five telephone operators resumed duties for Mutual today after a four week strike. They secured nearly all demanded concessions while Iowa company employees remain off work.
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Iowa
Mutual Company
Iowa Company
Was It the Same Man Apt to Carry Off a Young Woman
In Vincennes Indiana on July 12 Miss Emma Dunn of Wheatland woke to a man grasping her arm at her open window and trying to pull her through. She screamed and her mother interrupted, the assailant fled unseen. A nearby 10 year old girl sleeping near another open window was similarly attacked, but cried out and the assailant escaped. Authorities have no clue and suspect the same man may be involved.
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Vincennes Ind
Emma Dunn
Wheatland
Dunn
Dog Report Seeks Murder Victim in Willow City Area
A dog owned by Thomas Walsh guides to his nephew John Cuddie the way to Walsh home where the farmer is found murdered by a heart shot. Robbery motive cited with much valuable property stolen.
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St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Grand Forks
N. C
Thomas Walsh
Willow City
John Cuddie
Walsh
Cudhie
Floods receding near Des Moines with no further damage
Des Moines reports show both rivers receding slowly on July 1 and no additional flood damage expected. Other dispatches note delayed building material impacting opening dates for Miliken University in Decatur, Illinois, with fall 1903 target.
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Des Moines
Kitchener Arrives in London to Enthusiastic Welcome
Lord Kitchener rode through London in a near caravan of carriages amid cheering crowds. The Prince of Wales greeted him at Paddington and the populace packed the streets, hailing the man of the hour as he proceeded to St James's Palace in one of the era’s most memorable demonstrations.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Paddington Railroad Station
Prince of Wales
Withuilar
Palace of St. James
Kitchener
Peddler Guilty Of Selling Cure Without License
J. D. Baker, a peddler of a rheumatism cure, was found guilty by a jury in Justice Schroeder's court of selling medicine without a license and fined 100 dollars. He disappeared before trial under a five day summons rule, leaving the case unresolved but the judgment stands. Also noted are a pending assault case against David Rodman, Eldora Carnegie Library funding details, the death of Gen Calvin H. Frederics, and smallpox cases at Kokomo with a humorous quip about aiding the heathen.
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J. D. Baker
Justice Schroeder
Camoose
David Rodman
Johnson
Baker
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