Miners Ambushed Near Evansville. Several Injured
Early morning shooting targets two imported black miners near Sunnyside mine in Evansville Indiana. Seven people are wounded including three who may die. white and black workers are listed among the injured. Police control the scene and anticipate no further incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas Moore
Dookkeeper
Sunnyside
John Philipps
Chas. Smith
Ea. Geiger
Wm. Anderson
Arch Carter
Ned Roush
Dadiy
Moore
Geiger
General Miles to Lead American Forces in the Philippines
Philadelphia dispatch reports Gen. Miles will command American troops in the Philippines. Manila operations likely to begin within a week, with Miles awaiting formal assignment and no prior discussion found on his appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Times Today
Atlantic City
N. J
Miles
Manila
Woman's Relief Corps Holds Fourteenth Annual Convention
The fourteenth annual convention of the Woman's Relief Corps opened at Bik's hall with 200 delegates present as President Clara S. Taylor led orderly sessions. National President Fico Jamison Miller provided inspiration, and election of officers is set for tomorrow. camp meetings were scheduled for Rank e hall and the Armory with Miller addressing both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Relief Corps
Bik’s Hall
Clara
Taylor
Fico Jamison Miller
Ranke Hall
Dent Miller
Care of the Homeless at Washington Children’s Home
The annual meeting at the Methodist Protestant church reported 2641 spent on comforting homeless children and care for ninety seven youngsters during the year. Attendees included Hon. John L. Nagle and J. J. McGurra. trustees elected for three years were W. L. Wood Rev Whifield Rev H. D. Brown and Roger B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Children’s Home Society
Libbie Beach Brown
John L. Nagle
J. J. McGuvra
W. LD. Wood
Whifield
H. D. Brown
Roger
Election results and trade notes from London June 21
Greene Mrs J J McGilvra Rev Chas H Little A P Burwell and J W Godwin Geo A Uark elected to Alla vacancy. London June 21 Lloyds report war risk of LA percent on all shipments to the Trans Vaal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Lloyd's
Trans- Vaal
Large Alaska Mail Arrives From Dawson and Yukon Ports
The steamer City of Topeka delivered a large Alaska mail to the local peat office this morning. It included 14 pouches of letters seven pouches of registered letters and 10 sacks of papers from Dawson and points on the Yukon river between Dawson and Skagway and other ports touched by the Topeka.
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Topeka
Dawson
Yukon River
Skagway
New York Sailor Identified in Bay Mystery
The dismembered body recovered in New York Bay was positively identified as Edward Johnson a sailor aboard the steamer Othello He had earned $140 in wages and vanished June 5 from a sailors lodging house.
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New York
New York Bay
Edward Johnson
Honest laundry driver returns lost bank checks
A Missouri laundry driver named True found a roll of bank checks worth 4380 dollars on Fourth and Chestnut streets. He returned them to the owner and received only two cents as a reward. The man who dropped the checks, a well dressed pedestrian, left in a hurry and gave no initials or address. The owner planned to leave the city and had bought the checks to carry them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Et. Louts
J.A. True
Melvin
True
Fourth
Chestnut Streets
Wetherell Says She Docs Vomiting Spell Linked to Toad
In Canton Pennsylvania on June 21 Mrs Wetherell of Alba was seized by a vomiting spell during which a half crown toad was expelled. She believes a soft object swallowed three years ago while drinking from a spring caused the current illness. She has been ill for a year and suspects the toad as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Poisoned Picnic Blast At Des Moines Picnic Destroys Life
Des Moines Iowa Mrs Maggie Neal and farmer Vossier are dead after drinking wood alcohol at a picnic near Mingo. Four others are gravely ill. The toxin came from a drug sold by Nic Hive a painter now in custody by the coroner. Mrs Neal was buried today and her father vows a personal investigation despite lack of cooperation from relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Maggie Neal
Vossier
Mingo
Nic Hive
Burglary Recovered: Hodnett’s Loss Repaid by Note
In Altoona on a Sunday burglary of $1256 at Miss M. A. Hodnett’s home was resolved when she received the full amount back at the mall. A note accompanying the money read I took this money as I heard you require it more than I do Burgtar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
M. A. Hodnett
Man in County Hospital After Dancing on Rival's Picture
In Chicago Illinois John A Bernhaupt, barefoot, danced on a rival's photo and injured both feet. He later contracted lockjaw and remains hospitalized with bandaged feet. His wife, now widow, had often praised the first husband, provoking the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John A Bernhaupt
Mra
Prernhaupt
John
Young Farm Hand Killers Quarrel Near Carmi
In Til Norrig City on June 21 two farm workers fought east of Carmi. Henry Robinson 16 from Marion Kentucky killed his opponent. He was captured in Mount Vernon and jailed in White County. This marks the county's fourth murder in three weeks.
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Norrig City
Til
Henry Robinson
W. Smith
Carmi
Robinson
Mount Vernon
White County
Marion
The Deadly Rattler Kills 16 Year Old Girl
Mount Carmel Pa June 21 Sixteen year old Mary Ginster died from a rattlesnake bite on the foot received while gathering flowers on the mountain near Mid Valley. Her mother treated the wound with poultices, but the bite worsened turning her leg and foot black. Her parents called for medical help but both she and her mother suffered intense distress as swelling and blackening spread.
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Mount Carmel
Mary Ginster
Mid Valley
France in a ferment as cabinet crisis rattles Paris
Panic on the Paris bourse grows as cabinet formation stalls. Parib reports Bourgeois with President Loubet discusses the crisis. Hourgeois declines to form a cabinet while Beaurepaire, anti-Dreyfusite, says no evidence will be offered at Rennes and he will be discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PARIB
Paris
Beaurepaire
Sage
Dreytue
Reanes
Wheaton Withdraws from Manila and returns to Imus
Wheaton today withdrew from Manila and returned to Imus as American forces hold numerous prisoners after recent fighting. Several captured men wore white uniforms, highlighting the day's engagements and patrols around the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Wheaton
Peres Das Marianas
Imus
Achigos Feeree
Agulcaide
Peticon
Des Marinas
Candidates Vie For Department Commander In G A R Session
The G A R Washington and Alaska Department met in Rank e hall with George W Tibbetta presiding. Prominent candidates Geo B Lane A B Cole W J Alexander and J W Langley discussed after caucus by Stevens Post. A petition asked for D L Forlong to be appointed army chaplain and Iowa battleship crew invited to campfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. RR
Washington
Alaska
Ranke Hall
George W. Tibbetta
Council of Administration
Geo.b. Lane
Olympia
A. B Cole
Whatcom
W. J. Alexander
Port Orchard
J. W. Langley
Seattle
Stevens Post
Geo. B. Lane
Addison G. Foster
United States
D. L. Forlong
United States Army
Iowa
Demand for Skilled Men in Building Trades Increases
With business activity rising in the ery area the labor market shows a strong demand for workers across classes. The Free Employment Bureau reports a shortage as employers seek carpenters and other skilled craftsmen, outstripping supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ery
Free Employment Bureau
The
Bureau
Riot Feared As Mob Attacks Troops In Bloodied District
A mob of 1500 peasants clashed with troops in a district near Magnolia Hat and Carbon works. Troops fired into the crowd wounding and killing several rioters as an election looms in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Het
Vollove
Xenia Debates Workhouse Funding Refusal and Unrest
Widespread discontent in Xenia follows council action to refuse further funding for the workhouse. Twenty five vagrants are due for release. residents protest the measure and municipal officials defend the decision as part of a broader policy shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Efunell
Council
Death of Mrs. William Floyd Shrouded in Mystery
The inquest into the death of Mrs. William Floyd, a prominent city woman, declared she died from strychnine taken with suicidal intent. Two years earlier her son fled after punishment, later reportedly living on the streets in New Jersey as a possible factor in the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Investiara
William Floyd
New Jersey
Still Another Disappearance Stirs St Louis
St Louis, June 21. James M. Anderson, a prominent merchant from Hot Springs Arkansas, checked into the Terminal Hotel in St Louis in the morning, paid his bill, and vanished. His wife is frantic with suspicion, convinced foul play is involved as he has not been seen or heard from since.
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ST Louis
Merinus
St. Louis
James M. Anderson
Hot Springs
Ark
Louis
Democratic leaders plot state race to defeat Tanner
Chicago Democrats plan a focused gubernatorial bid in Illinois to back Harrison for governor, hoping McKinley’s national victory helps them swing the state. They expect McKinley’s landslide to push Tanner to Springfield unless they mobilize on the state ticket, aiming to make Tanner the sole issue in 1900.
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Glaima Harrison
Tanner
Harrison
Illinois
McKinley
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Himela
Springfield
McKinsey
Tanneriam
Chase denies kidnapping tale in Waldorf visit
Fowler Chase of La Payette Indiana appeared at the Waldorf Astoria with his uncle Charlee Duhme. Duhme says Chase was not abducted and came voluntarily, countering sensational reports about a $600000 fortune motive.
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New York
Fowler Chase
la Payette
Ind
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Charlee Duhme
Chase
Man with World’s Largest Head Moved to City Hospital
A man named James Menut, described as having the biggest head, was sent from Bellevue to City Hospital on Blackwell’s Island. His head measures 50 plus inches while he stands 4 feet 1 inch tall, and he has been an idiot since infancy. He is dwarfed with grotesquely short legs and disproportionate body features. doctors hope surgery could restore his reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bellevue Hospital
City Hospital
Blackwells
Jeffries
Brooklyn Faces Water Shortage If Rain Does Not Come
New York dispatch reports Brooklyn facing a water famine unless heavy rainfall occurs soon. The department started drawing from storage ponds normally undisturbed, which hold only a few days reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Canadian editorial associations to visit Seattle coast tour
Information received by The Star indicates the astern Canadian editorial association will visit in early August. The Western Canadian Editorial association has departed, and the National Editorial association plans to arrive around June 11 after Portland meetings. Oregon and Washington editors will host meetings, with plans for a coast tour including Vancouver Seattle Tacoma and possible Portland.
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Star
Astern Canadian
National Editorial Association
Portland
Oregon State Press Association
Seattle
Washington Mate Press Association
Ontario
All Territory Mast
Dominion of Canada
Montreal
Vancouver
Tacoma
Tragedy in Philadelphia as man killed by locomotive
Philadelphia resident Themes Buckley, 772 South Fourth Street, was struck and killed today when he stepped in front of a locomotive in a deadly accident. his son Willy Buckley, who tried to intervene, witnessed the tragedy and attempted to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Buckley
Sooth Fourth Street
Wiikley
Veterans group holds morning session at Masonic Temple
The Sons of Veterans met at 10 o'clock in the Masonic Temple and formed committees on credentials ritual and reports of officers. They extended greetings to the G A R and the W R C and adjourned to reconvene at 2 PM for further committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
W. T. Cavanaugh
W. Savidge
A. T. Beddell
B. EB. York
C. W. Baremore
W. F. Lock
H. H. Hubbard
C. BE. Pimpton
W. F. Lack
Br. W. Young
A. T. Biddell
A. P. Smith
G. @. Hooker
C V. Bavidge
BR. FE. Yorke
C. E. Pimpton
F. EK
Sixty-ninth New York Regiment Sues L and N Railroad
Eighty two soldiers sue the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for injuries from a wreck in Alabama in August while en route from Fernandina Florida to Huntsville Alabama. Damages seek 500000 pounds. Two soldiers were killed. Plaintiffs allege negligence and unsafe track. The railroad had earlier settled with 110 men for sums between 500 and 5000.
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New York
New York Regiment
L. & N. Railroad
Alabama
Fernandina
Fla
Hunterville
Ala
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Hourgeois
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Cavvassivg
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Anham and Coke Works
Carbon
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Star Paint CO
Arbre Ag
Golden Rule Bazaar Co
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Brunner & CO
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Corner Fifth
Aerie
R. Wagoner
D.D.S. Painiess
Haller
Uw Lees
Second Ave
Columbia St
W. W. Houghton Jeweler
Fieet Avenue
Bicycle Riding Academy
Third Ave
Medison St
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Second Avenue
Elieve
Lucullus
Rautman Plumbing CO
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