Explosion at Winchester Armory Kills Seven in New Haven
An early morning blast at the Winchester Repeating Arms armory in New Haven killed seven workers and seriously injured many more. The explosion tore through the loading room where about 160 hands worked, mostly women, as flames and debris filled the area. Investigators said the exact cause is unknown with possible fault in loading cartridges, and bodies were taken to the morgue for examination as relief efforts continued.
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Winchester Repeating Arms Company
John Baumeister
Hamden
Lewis & Maycock
Tr. White
Dor
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Tittle Mound
Sadie Hedges Found After Runaway From Father
Miss Bailie Hedges aged 12 from Newburg New York disappeared after leaving home with 13 cents. Found at Von Tassel farm Hust Fishkill ten miles away with Sadie Titus who said the girl ran away due to her overbearing father. Her sister Kate ran away two years earlier and died at Yonkers. the pair planned to reach Troy to work in a shirt factory.
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N. Y
Bailie Hedges
Hust Fishkill
Miles Hodge
Sadie Titus
Mies Hedges
Kate
Yonkers
Mise Heigens
Troy
Man shot after逃 attempted assault in Alabama tree
In Birmingham on July 1 Jim Daniels a farm laborer attempted to assault Mrs. John Baker. A pursuing posse hunted him for a week, driving dogs forty miles. He climbed a tree and, after pleading for mercy, was shot by the posse.
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Ala
Jim Daniels
John Baker
Baker
Daniels
Liberal Outbreak and Banquet Violence in Spain
Riots broke out at a banquet in Saragossa honoring Senor Moret y Prendergast as Count Romanones attacked the Cuban policy. A government representative drew a pistol and the hall cleared, crowds marched shouting liberty. The Epoca denounces Prendergast’s Cuban remarks and warns of monarchist gains. Prime Minister Canovas says SpainJapan ties are cordial but Cuba reforms are needed and ships may be built. Gendarms face stones. Barcelona unrest prompts reinforcements.
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Siragossa
Senor Moret Y Prendergast
Romanones
Benor Dupuy de Lome
United States
Benor Prenforgast
Epoca
Cuba
Baragossa
Spain
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Japan
Barcelona
Nwh
Scott Named as Possible Substitute for Auditor General
Rumor from Philadelphia indicates Major McCauley may exit the race for state auditor general and Colonel W J Scott of Luzerne could replace him. Senators Flynn Magee oppose Scott. Senator Quay favored compromise. Speaker Boyer Senator Andrews met Hardenbergh. a delegation including Thomas Ware and Richard Quay urged withdrawal for a compromise candidate.
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McCauley
W. J. Scott
Luzerne
Flynn and
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Allegheny
Scott
Quay
Boyer
Andrews
Hardenbergh
Scranton
Thomas
Ware
Richard Quay
Major McCauley
Colonel Scott
PICKED GOLD OUT OF WATER IN KLONDIKE TALE
Frank Phiscater of New Carlisle Indiana returned from the Klondike Alaska with about 20000 in gold found in a stream under ice. He slept in a hole dug in the ground and, after weeks of cold, found clear water flowing into a basin and melted the gold from the ice cold water.
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Frank Phiscater
Klondike
New Carlisle
Ind
Alaska
Phiscater
Phigeater
Fire destroys Scottdale school building in July blaze
A large fire gutted the Scottdale public school in Scottdale Pennsylvania early today. The eight year old facility housed twelve rooms and a fine library and was uninsured or underinsured. Authorities suspect incendiaries as the cause and estimate the loss around twenty six thousand dollars for the structure plus contents.
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German worker found dead in orchard hanging from tree
Jamaica July 21 report states Caril Polk, a German laborer who had worked for Adam Martin, a beer bottler, was found hanged from a tree limb in an Routh Street orchard. He had been dead some time. no relatives are known.
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L. T
Caril Polk
Routh Street
Adam Martin
Twenty Years for a Strangler in Raleigh Murder
Berry Cook Woes found guilty of second degree murder for choking his mistress Rosa Morgan to death on the night of July. Jealousy sparked the crime and he was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary.
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Raleigh
N. C
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Rosa Morgan
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Penitenttiary
China to Reorganize Army on German Lines
London dispatch reports China plans a major army reorganization modeled on Germany with rifles ordered from Germany. The Armstrongs will supply the firearms for the new force.
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The
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Berlin
Germany
Armstrongs
Disappointed Lover Shoots Self in Chenango Street Home
Charles Murphy a 21 year old son of Conductor Murphy of the Brie district shot himself dead at 9 PM at his Chenango Street home. Police report says he was despondent over a romance.
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Binghamton
Charles Murphy
Chenango Street
Conductor Murphy
Brie
Coal Strike Expands With Fifteen Mines Joining
The Belleville district sees a rapid coal strike as fifteen mines announce joining action. Delegations report six mines operating, with tensions between leaders General Bradley and William Patterson amid potential clashes. Debs rallies miners at Fairmont while others plan cross-district marches.
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Bradley
William Patterson
Trouble at the Allison Mine Sparks Pittsburgh Area Unrest
July 21 report from Pittsburg details looming clashes as miners at the Allison mine near Canonsburg fear a new invasion by strikers. Deputies, armed, stand ready as strikers plan a six hundred man march toward Canonsburg with reinforcements from Bridgeville and Tom's Run. The mine faces potential shutdowns while authorities prepare for any escalation and the public awaits developments.
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Allieon
Canonsburg
Bridgeville
Tom's Run
Allison
J. H. W. Cook
Vernor Clark
Washington County
Enterprise
Japan protests annexation of Hawaii and urges independence
Vancouver dispatch reports Japan’s Foreign Minister Count Okuna condemning any US annexation of Hawaii. He argues Hawaii should remain independent to protect Pacific interests and Japanese rights, warning against recognition of annexation and noting US minister Buck seeks pacific ties.
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Vancouver
B. C
Japan
United States
Europe
America
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Pacific
Murder After Church Dispute in Williamsburg Ky
Walter Byrd, a young farmer, was shot near a church in Williamsburg Kentucky after accusing James Reedy of harassing a young woman in Byrd’s company. In a quarrel following the accusation Reedy fired twice, one bullet entering Byrd’s abdomen. Byrd grappled with Reedy and toppled down an embankment before others intervened to stop the assailant.
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Williamsburg
Walter Byrd
James Reedy
Byrd
Chrch
Reedy
Plato
Behring Sea Conference Aims for Facts On Seal Issue
London reports a semi official plan for an International conference in Washington in October. John W. Foster proposes that British and American experts compare findings to reach a stated set of facts. Scope remains on science, not revising regulations, pending agreement.
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London
John W. Foster
United States
Great Britain
Tsai to be Punished for Refusal to Worship Ancestor Shrine
In Vancouver on July 21 the Princess Dowager of Ching orders Prince Tsai confined for life in a dungeon for not attending his birthday tribute and for refusing to worship at the ancestral shrine. His title will be rescinded and he will be publicly whipped on the bare back with bamboos until he screams, then confined behind walls on a sparing diet until repentance. The decree appears in the Court Gazette.
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B. C
Princess Dowager of
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Prince Tsai
Court Gazette
Snowstorm Dusts Pike's Peak Region This July
A heavy snow storm swept the Pike's Peak region last night with an unusually large fall for July. The east face toward Colorado Springs reported about half a foot of snow this morning and light hail formed in the city overnight.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Pike's Peak
Thie City
Lee
Bees Kill Two Boys In Kentucky Woods
In Henderson Kentucky on July 21 John Richards aged 7 and Theodore Richards aged 9 were in Frog Island woods with their farmer father seeking stray cows. They found a large bee hive and tried to remove honey. Bees swarmed them and the younger boy John collapsed and died before help could reach him.
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John
Theodore Richards
Frog Island
Medal for a Gettysburg Hero
Captain William F. Miller of Cartale Pennsylvania received a medal of honor for leading four troops of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry at Gettysburg. He checked the Confederate ranks and cut off and dispersed the remaining Confederate column.
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Washington
William F. Miller
Cartale
Third Pennsylvania Cavalry
British punitive expedition at Horne burns several villages
Sir H G Bell premier of New South Wales plans to sail from England to New York. The French chamber approves a lottery of 1 009 000 in prizes to aid recent disaster victims. Cornelius Hers lobbyist asserts American citizenship and a claim of 100000 against Frances. Poet Jean Ingelow dies after years in Kensington.
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H. G. Bell
New South Wales
New York
England
Cornelius Hers
Panama Canal
Frances
United States
Jean Ingelow
Kensington
Governor Hastings vetoes six measures in Harrisburg
The vetoed bills include the Kunkel pharmacy bill supplement tightening drug trade limits and a Flinn road bill expansion. Other measures blocked involve local farm institute managers duties of superintendents, county bridge records, constable fees, and first class city building regulations.
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Kunkel
Hastings
True Americans elect York officers at camp session
York Pennsylvania July 21 At today's session of the state camp of True Americans Carry Smith of Mauch Chunk was elected state president A W Moore of York assistant Antle Boyd Shamokin state vice president George W Schaffer Reading assistant Anna Megay Norristown state conductor William Russell Philadelphia assistant Emily S Harkins Philadelphia state treasurer Theodore Harris of Philadelphia re elected state secretary for the sixth consecutive term Other officers include guardian Mary Mon Clellan Freeland sentinel Lizale M Sternhart Fleetwood trustees Cora Kimbel Delano BE FE Hummell Reading and W J B Metz Newberry Installed after adjournment Delegates banquetted tonight and will tour Gettysburg tomorrow Hasleton chosen for next regular session and Reading for Aug HH to coincide with Bone of America convention.
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Carry Smith
Mauch Chunk
A. W. Moore
Antle Boyd
Shamokin
George W. Schaffer
Reading
Anna Megay
Norristown
Wiliam Russell
Philadelphia
Emily 5. Harkins
Intladelphia
Theodore Harris
Ao Committee
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Bone
Murder at 131 North Delaware Avenue
In Atlanta City New Jersey at noon Henrietta Newson was attacked by Maud Jones who entered the home wielding a razor and fatally stabbed her in the stomach and face. Newson died later the same day. Both women are colored and Jones was captured while fleeing. jealousy is alleged as the motive.
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N. J
Henrietta Newson
Delaware Avenue
Maud Jones
Jail Break by Yellow Halr and Sam Crow in Montana
Miles City Mont July 21 Yellow Halr and Sam Crow Cheyenne Indians arrested as accessories with Eugenes Standing Elk for the murder of John Hoover over the Upper Rosebud trouble broke jail last night by digging through an inch wall with a fleece of iron from a bed
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Yellow Halr
Sam Crow
Eugenes
Standing Elk
John Hoover
Rosebud
Gold shipments arrive from Klondyke to Helena assay office
Eleven thousand four hundred ounces of Klondyke gold from Alaska reached Helena's assay office via Northern Pacific express from Seattle. The bank in the city received four thousand ounces, while the remainder was sent to the United States assay office in Helena.
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Alaska
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American National Bank
United States
Bomb injures Edhem Pasha in Thessaly action
The Pester Lloyd reports that Edhem Pasha commander in chief of the Turkish forces in Thessaly received an Infernal machine today in Budapest. It exploded while being opened wounding Edhem Pasha in one arm and causing injury in his service cap.
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Pester Lloyd
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Acting Mayor Jerolem an vetoes music parade through town
Acting Mayor Je roleman sent a message vetoing a resolution that would allow a pleasure club to drive and wagon with a band through the stream. He said there was already too much noise in the town.
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New York
Jeroleman
Carver pigeon with silver ring found near Boerde
A Bravanger telegram reports a carrier pigeon captured near Boerde in Hilyvike carrying a silver ring on one foot and stamped wings reading North Pole 143 W. 47.63. The note suggests a Polar region origin and a coded address on the carrier.
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Hilyvike
North Pole
Insane Woman's Fatal Leap in Etna Hospital
Mrs Martha Norris 40, wife of John Norris, resident of Etna Pennsylvania, leaped from a third story window at South Side hospital this morning and died.
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Pittsburg
Martha Norris
John Norris
Etna
South Side Hospital
Steamship Movements Reported for July at Southampton
Arrived: Bt. Louis from New York. Sailed: New York to Southampton. Cleared vessels include Furet and Bleanarck bound for Hamburg.
Remarkable case of growth after long beer diet ends in surgery
A German watchmaker Joseph Beschin gengaul living on beer for eleven years showed stunted growth. Doctors at a German hospital opened the stomach and created a new food passage, after which he rapidly gained weight and grew toward five feet two inches.
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Chicago
Joseph Beschingengaul
Boxehligengaul
Fenger
Sultan Approves Frontier Settlement Plan
The sultan in Constantinople issued formal authority agreeing to the settlement proposed by the powers. The move follows the frontiers talks and reflects alignment with international wishes.
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Constantinople
Hase
Moors Bow to Uncle Sam at Tangiers Warship Display
A Tangier dispatch reports the US warships San Francisco and Raleigh prompted Moors to honor American claims after the Burke incident. The foreign minister met Admiral Selfridge, signaling a priced display of force to protect American lives and property along the Moroccan coast.
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Associated Press
Tangier
United States
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Raleigh
Americana
Burke
Washiigton
Admiral Selfridge
Soft coal roads plan traffic restraint scheme
New York July 4 The Evening Post says leading interests have approved an agreement among soft coal roads to keep traffic within reasonable bounds and ensure fair returns. The plan aims to operate independently of the strike and resembles conditions in the anthracite trade.
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The
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Alto
Mine Fatalities near Shamokin in two mine accidents
Two men died and two were injured in Shmokin area mines. At the Girard mine Frank Sheridan, an engineer, died from a fractured skull after a gas blast. John Bubine and John Francia, a driver boy and a door boy, were burned. A coal fall at Richards mine killed Wallace Anton, 31.
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Pap
Girard
Frank Sheridan
John Bubine
John Francia
Bheridan Wan
Richards
Wallace Anton
Victim of Vitriol Attack Near Death in Political Conspiracy
Parkersburg West Virginia July 21 William Beatty died after being burned with vitriol by Edna Hitchens who remains at large. Authorities report his ante mortem statement and trace Hitchens to Meadville Pennsylvania where the trail ends at Beatty's legal wife’s house.
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Wiliam Beatty
Edna Hitchens
Meadville
Beatty
Railroad Presidency Change in Delaware Valley
Wilkes Barre July 21 Major Irving A Stearns superintendent of the Susquehanna Coal company has accepted the presidency of the Delaware Susquehanna and Schuylkill railroad vacated by the election of Albert Walter to the Lehigh Valley railroad presidency.
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Wilkes-Barre
Irving A. Stearns
Susquehanna Coal Company
Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad
Albert Walter
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Explosion at Win cheater Arms Factory Reported
News ticker notes a telegraph explosion at Win cheater arms plant amid morning updates. Senator Tillman pursues filibuster threats as governor wields veto power in ongoing political turmoil. Coal strike broadening. sports results include Scranton and Syracuse winners. Local mine foreman race and union convention spark regional coverage.
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Wincheater Arms Factory
Tillman
Secranton
Syracuse
Pennsylvania Pensions Washington July 1
The Pennsylvan ia pension list notes new entries including widows and related claimants. Elizabeth Wilmore appears with a date of Aug and address Lackawanna, indicating a pension in process or newly granted.
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Washington
Orleins
Eilzabeth Wilmore
Noy Aug
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Tillman Blocks Tariff Talk in Senate Stand
Washington July 21 Tillman aims to stall the tariff vote by seeking three senators to join a filibuster to press for free cotton bags and ties for southern farms He negotiates with Quay while Teller and Allison shape the bill The Senate wraps a reading of the conference report and signals a final vote by Friday with adjournment likely Saturday
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Tilman
Teller
Allison
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Arkansas
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Hobart
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Deaf mute Brasefield regains speech after boxing bout
In a friendly match Sam Pyers knocked out Tom Brasefield who had been deaf and mute since a bucking accident last November. Brasefield briefly recovered hearing and speech after the blow under the ear and later could speak normally.
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Sam Pyers
Tom Brasefield
Brasefield
Pyers
Brassfield
Hunting for a Negro in Alabama After Attack Shaw
In Riverton Alabama on July 2 a man black rang a doorbell at T L Vaughns home asked for Vaughn then seized Mrs Vaughn as her screams brought neighbors. The assailant fled and hundreds of men have mobilized to search him amid rumors of lynching.
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Ala
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Poisoned melons in Fairfield county case ends in deaths
In Columbia on July 1 Manuel Coleman, a Fairfield county farmer, admitted to plugging his watermelons and applying strychnine after thefts. Two Black boys reportedly ate a poisoned melon and died roadside. No charges have been filed against Coleman.
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Columbia
D. C
Manuel Coleman
Fairfield County
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Premium on Gold in Mexico City July 21
Gold was quoted at a 4 premium of 111 percent in Mexico City on July 21, indicating a high premium market. The report notes today’s pricing amid local coin and bullion trading activity.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Weather Outlook for the Middle States and New England
The Herald reports fair conditions today across the middle states and New England with warmer weather in the northern and western districts. Occasional rain near coasts, with fresh to southerly winds, possible clearing along the coast. Friday forecast calls for warmer, fair to partly cloudy conditions with southerly winds and possible coastal showers.
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