Disaster at sea as Columbia sinks after collision
San Francisco reports the steamship Columbia collided with the San Pedro near Shelter Cove California. The Columbia sank in five minutes with about 150 lives lost including Captain Doran. Eighty were saved by the San Pedro and Roanoke. names of the drowned remained unknown at news time. The San Pedro was towed to Eureka after the crash.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Pedro
Shelter ‘Cove
Mendo- Ciuc County
Columbia
Goosel Thay
Roanoke
Doran
George Welder
Eureka
Asion
Pedro
Indianapolis
Ind
Olver P. Morton
Shelter Cove
FP. A. Doran
GA. BR. Veter
Ang
A. Little” Raft
Maiana National Guard
Daisy Mitchell
Pedroig
Henry
Mother water disaster in Lorain river claims several
Lorain Ohio reports a bridge railing collapse sent twenty men into the river this morning at the shipyards. At least two bodies recovered and many missing, all identified as foreigners.
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Lorain
Oho
Tainted money and a pastor’s fund drive in Evansville
Rev E G Burdette of Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church, longtime pastor and carpenter, defends soliciting funds for a new church. He says tainted money is acceptable if it helps the cause, noting his small salary and self supplied repairs while appealing for about $15,000 to build a new place of worship.
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Evansville
Ind
E.G. Burdette
Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church
Burdette
North Dakota State Fair Opens With Busy Grand Forks Week
Grand Forks opens the North Dakota state fair week as visitors from across the state pour in. Fair management has labored to make this year the best yet with more exhibits than ever and higher quality across departments. A large attendance is anticipated as an appealing program of attractions begins tomorrow.
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Grand Forks
N.D
North Dakota
North. Dakota
Confederate Yeoplon and carnival opens in Gatesville
Gatesville Texas hosts hundreds for a week long Confederate Yeoplon carnival with amusements and speakers including Senator Charles A. Cotner son and Senator Joseph W. Bailey. Detroit death toll from Pere Marquette wreck rises to 32 with Banner Huggins of Ionia Michigan among the injured.
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Gatesville
Tex
Charles A. Catherson
Joseph W. Bailey
Detroit
Mich
Banner Huggins
Ionia
Salem
Explosion in Toyooka Colliery Kills 470 Miners
In a July 22 blast at Toyooka colliery in Bungo province, 470 miners perished. The disaster occurred in the mine shaft and authorities began emergency response measures. Local officials and mining company are coordinating rescue and investigation efforts.
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Tokio
Toyooka
Bungo
Siddo party planned for Miss Samantha Schidu birthday
Jeffersonville Indiana notes that Miss Samantha Schidu of Henryville will host a genuine siddo party on her twenty third birthday with invitations sent to twenty five guests. The event centers on the number 23 with dances and couples counted to fit the theme. High milk prices report from Janesville cheese factory show June price at 1.40 per 100 pounds of 4 percent milk and average price 1.07 after a 3.9 percent test.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Samantha, Schidu
Henryville
Janesville
W. Miller
J. Briner
J. Lewis
Comins & Sickles
A. Ganther M. Sharp
E. H. Rich A, Stacy
F. Mabr
Q Graeser
Prosser
Storm visits Acme death and destruction in Wisconsin
A severe storm and heavy rainfall swept through Wisconsin on July 22 causing deaths injuries and widespread damage. Trains halted across Milwaukee Northwestern and Burlington lines between Chicago and St Paul with no service expected until midweek. A man was found dead two miles north of La Crosse amid washouts measured 300 feet long and ten feet deep. In Plainfield a heart attack funeral was held for a local woman survived by a husband and two sons George and Fred. Bunker Taylor celebrates a newborn girl baby born July 21.
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Latrovee
Milwaukee, Northwestern
Burlington
Chicago
St. Paul
la Crosce
Here
Burlington Road
LaCrosse
Plainfield
Saa
Our City
I .the Baptist Church
Rey Hoovar
George
Fred
Evening Sessions Begun In Heat Affects Haywood Trial
Boise July 22 Attorney Richardson opened for the defense as court sessions move to evenings due to heat. He framed the case around alleged perjury and perfidy by Harry Orchard and praised labor, capital, and Western Federation of Miners. Haywood family members attended the prisoner as the defense anticipates two days of argument through eleven heads.
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Boise
Richardson
Haywood
Western Federation of Minera
Jana
Harry
Storm injures 25 in Williston North Dakota
A severe wind hail and rain storm in Williston Saturday night injured twenty five people, with two believed fatally. Fifteen dwellings were destroyed and property damage spread through the city and surrounding country. Holmes and Mrs Collinson Birr Collinson were among the seriously hurt as their home and others in West Lawn were demolished. the courthouse schoolhouse and union block suffered damage. A. Eighmey's weekly ad note appears at end.
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Williston
N. D
Holmes
Collinson
Birr Collinson
West Lawn
Washouts and landslide halt Great Western routes near Galena
Heavy rainfall across Galena Alabama causes rail trouble with 600 feet of track washed out and a tunnel landslide at Hanover on the Chicago Great Western line. Engine buried in mud, crews extricated, no fatalities reported. Detours via Freeport and Illinois Central to Dubuque delay several trains. repairs expected soon.
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Galena
Sumiay
Boden
Guleng
Hanover
Chicago Great ‘Wastero
Beine Shae Marterey
Great Western
Freeport
I Ilinois Central
Candidates Courted for Blackhawk Deputy Tax Collector
Cedar Falls July 22 Special Treasurer C W Illingworth is in the city to review the qualifications of men seeking appointment as deputy tax collector for Blackhawk county to fill the post left by the death of G H Boehmer. The $400 salary allows combining duties and boosting yearly income for an ambitious man. Several applicants are vying for the position and Treasurer Illingworth is devoting much time to the selection.
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Cedar Falls
C. W. Illingworth
Blackhawk County
G. H. Boehmer
Slingworth
Waterloo Elks Meet After Grand Lodge in Philadelphia
A W Brown returned from Philadelphia where he attended the grand lodge meeting of the Elks. C B H Plekett will return Tuesday and other Waterloo members plan to come back later. Several locals still in the east include Geo Lichty H B Maynard Stearns B B Oliver W A Bryant Jr and W A B 8x. The Waterloo delegation enjoyed the event despite heat and a grand trustee's death. The Thursday parade drew 225000 people, crowding sidewalks. Mr Brown and Mr Lichty watched from a window from 1130 AM to 405 PM as electrical decorations lit up the city.
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A.W. Brown
Delphia
Grand Lodge
the Elks
C. BH. Plekett
Waterloo
Geo
Lichty
H. B. Maynard
Stearns
B. B. Oliver
W. A. Bryant Jr
Storm disrupts AP news service in Waterloo papers
Storm damage in Illinois cuts AP despatches to the Waterloo paper. The wires of the Postal Telegraph Co. were out for most of the day, curtailing the afternoon reports. Day Galier Merle Boylan is taking a short vacation.
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Postal Telegraph Co
Associated Press
Waterloo
Mlinois
Galier Merle Boylan
Murder charges amid Saturday night bar brawl in Marshalltown
John Lyp Ley died in hospital at 45 after being assaulted by Burt Pell a known local figure Saturday night. Pell is held on murder charges with witnesses noting a dispute over drinks and payment led to the confrontation. Pell claims he only bit the man as the violence erupted.
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Marshalltown
John Lypley
Burt Pell
Bere
Pell
Pelt
Lapley
Pert
Hiimelf
Lepley
Beoul Palace Rioting Fears Rise Over Emperor Throne
Telegrams report Beoul state intrigues as palace factions around Princess Hing and Princess Ying clash over the new emperor. Jealousy and disaffection grow, with rioting feared across the peninsula as Beoul faces a volatile political crisis.
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Toklo
Beoul Atate
Princess Hing
Prince Ying
Federal Judge Frees Railway Agents on Habeas Corpus
In Asheville on July 22 Judge Pritchard discharged ticket agents Wood and Wilson of the Southern Railway on habeas corpus. He ruled the penalty clause and related bill unconstitutional amid the ongoing legal action and habeas corpus review.
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Asheville
Pritchard
West Third Street Blow A Scandal Over Misunderstood Girl
A father’s suspicion led to a severe beating of a barber by Jefferson Street, injuring him as he questioned the girl’s whereabouts after a night out. Affidavits from the girl and friends support a misunderstanding with little foundation, though the incident remains widely known in the city.
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Jefferson
West Third Street
Aida Barber
Gowe
Ha-Way
Jefferson Street
Third
Park Avenus
Randolph Street
Giga
Earl's 80n to Punch Cattle in Denver
Francia Patrick Clements, brother of the earl of Leitrim, recently served as a stoker at sea and sails for Denver to become a cow boy. He intends to start at the bottom and learn the trade. Joseph Love of Sioux City high school is notified he is among three U S youths to pass the civil service exam for a laboratory apprentice in Washington D C. Jim Love is his father.
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Denver
Cole
Francia Patrick Clements
Earl of
Leitrim
Joseph Love
Iase
Sioux City
United States
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington, D D. C
Jim
John G. Love
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