Notable deaths and appointments from around the world
Archbishops and political figures die or are noted in obituaries and briefs. Joseph Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa dies at 68, Timothy Taransy, ex Michigan congressman, dies in Detroit, Mix Morris of AFL dies at 43 in Denver. Naval officers detached, Robert Jackgen elected general counsel of the Rock Island line, Calvin Whitney dies in Norwalk. Panamanian report lists Sherburn M. Hecker named commissioner to the U.S. for the 1916 canal exposition. Young Daniel A. Soriwell elected railroad president in Boston at 35. Global dispatches cover earthquakes, frontier clashes, epidemics, and imperial plans, with multiple deaths and political moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thomas Duhamel
Ottawa
Canada
Mmothy Taransy
Michigan
Detroit
Mix Morris
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Morris
H. N. Manney
J. N. Wemphill
C. P. Perkins
R.A. Jackgen
Chicago
Tock Island Line
HitHe Fle
Calvin Whitney
A. T. Chase Mano Company
Norwalk
Oho
Whitney
Daniel A. Soriwell
Boston
Soriwell
Barre Railroad
Casualties From Fire and Train Wrecks Across The West
A Louisville fire damaged the B F Avery shipyard warehousing, with the fire department keeping losses to 75000 dollars. An Oregon Southeastern train derailed after Bow River Bridge collapse near Cottage Grove injuring fourteen. Charlen Fair was struck by lightning in Indiana, his wife burned. Mississippi Central wreck at Fiettieeburg injured twenty aboard two derailed coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
B. F. Avery & Sona
Department of Louisville
Ford Wenl
Oregon & Southeastern
Bow River Bridge
Cottage Grove
Charlen Fair
Wabazha
Ind
Mra. Fair
Fiettieeburg
Misa
Series of Fatal Accidents and Disasters Reported
A Bozeman coal plant fire valued at about 100000 is believed incendiary. Engineer John Smith and Fireman Reynolds died when a Pere Marquette engine derailed near Saginaw. Three-year-old child of Join W Childress died from parlor matches. An automobile carrying four women overturned in Knight Landing, Gal and entered the Sacramento River. A Great Western rail line washout near Shannon City and Benton caused repair damage. Charles Brown six, and Edward Poe were killed by lightning near Anderson. Hershel Donnelly eight died in a Dallas kitchen fire. Lara Williamson eight died rescuing a baby in Indianapolis as fire broke out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storr
Bozeman
Mont
John Smith
Reynolds
Pere Marquette Railway
Saginaw
Mich
Join W. Childress
Freelin
Knight's Land
Ing
Gal
Sacramento
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Shannon City
Benton
Iowa
Charles Brown
Josh Brown
Joplin
Edward Poe
Anderson
Knight
Dallas
Tex
Hershel Donnelly
Lara Williamson
Indianapolis
Former Senator Simon elected Portland mayor
Former United States Senator Jo seph Simon, Republican, was elected mayor of Portland Oregon to succeed Harry Lane, Democrat. The vote marks a political shift as Simon takes the helm in the Pacific Northwest city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joseph Simon
Portland, Or
Harry Lane
John C. Outhet
Chicago
Fred Hammond
San Mateo
Cal
Ilinois Central Railroad
G. TA. R
Fort Dodge
Towa
Mra
Alice Newman
Des Moines
Adjt
Newman
Sind
William Henry Baldwin
Boston
Mr. Baldwin
Young Men's Christian Union
Grace Guggenheim
William Guggenheim
New York
Louis Werner
Guggenheim
BOLD HOLDUP IN BEAR CREEK MINE NABS FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Five men and two women held miners at Bear Creek mine bunk house at gunpoint securing forty thousand dollars in ore and ingots. Kent, the mine manager, pursued as robbers fled on horses. one bandit wounded his own horse during the escape while authorities search for them. A separate Chicago case describes a planned robbery and possible murder tied to Mrs Theresa Baker with a chloroform setup and a lookout, thwarted by alarms and a parrot scream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tollunde
Colo
Bunie
Neliie
Bear Freek
San Juan
Fred Zachell
Useleas
Kent
Chicago
Rob
Theresa Baker
Detectiva O'Brien
Mrs. Baker
Princes Gilmore Thompson
Michigan Avenue
Ing House
Parks
Earthquake Devastates Southern French Towns
June 15 from Marseilles reports 76 to 100 dead and about 100 injured as a powerful earthquake wrecks several villages in Herault and Bouches du Rhone. St Cannat Rognez Lambese Vauvanargues Venelles Pelissaria Puy Ste Reparde Arguilles badly damaged. Rescuers work amid rubble as survivors wait for aid and communications stay disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
Herault
Bouches du Rhone
St. Cannat
Rognez
Lambese
Aix
Vauvanargues
Venelles
Pelissaria
Puy Ste
Reparde
Arguilles
Paria
Farewell to Rockhill and Mr Rockhill in Beijing
W. W. Rockhill the retiring American minister to China was given a formal farewell by Regent Prince Chung who voiced cordial sentiments toward Mr Rockhill and the United States during the June 15 ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockhill
Pekiing
W. W. Rockhill
China
Prince Chung
Child Drowns in Cellar Near Barnesville Minn
Two year old son of Tony Diemert of Georgetown drowned last Thursday after falling into a water filled cellar in Barnesville Minnesota. Local authorities investigated the accident and urged caution around open cellars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Minn
Tony Diemert
Georgetown
Capitol Taken By Force As Arkansas Governor Seizes Capitol
Governor Donaghey and two state commissioners broke through a locked door to take possession of the unfinished capitol building in Little Rock. They placed structural engineers in charge while Caldwell & Drake claimed ongoing ownership of the site. The project, costing nearly 1 million dollars, has long fueled Arkansas political contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Gov. Donazhey
State Commission
Capitol
Caldwell & Drake
George W. Caldwell
Columbus
Ind
Capitol Building
Helf
Arkansas
Gov. Donaghey
Threaten Federal Sleuths Over Black Hand Prosecutions
Postal Inspector J F Oldfield who led arrests of eleven alleged Black Hand operators in Central Ohio last week said he received threatening letters promising a horrible death if he continued prosecutions. Jeters were decorated with stilettos and arms like those seized in raids. Inspector Hosford also reportedly received similar correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
J. F. Oldfield
Hosford
Another Chance for Thaw in Pay Leave Battle
New York on June 16 Justice Gaynor granted a new writ of habeas corpus allowing Herry K Thaw another opportunity to argue his sanity and seek pay leave from Matteaw an asylum for the criminal insane in a landmark case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
New York
Herry K. Thaw
Alleged Thief Nabbed in London for Grand Larceny
Elinor Beattie, sought in New York for grand larceny, was arrested yesterday in London. Police recovered a quantity of jewelry believed to be stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lonton
Elinor Beattie
New York
Bloody Feud Fatal to Four in Meadville
In Meadville on June 15 two men were killed and two fatally wounded when a street battle in a bitter feud erupted after a political clash between Dr A M Newman and Cornelis Prichard. State troops were deployed from Brook Haven to prevent rioting as three others were injured and several arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadvilly
Mies
Yartles
Meadville
Brook Haven
A. M. Newman
Franklin County
Silas G. Reynolds
Tanox Newman
Herbert Ape Qewhile
Ramiett Newman
Lenox
Natehox
Boyd
Parr
Wen
PB Prichard
Cornelis Prichard
Newman
Land
Prichard
Indictments in Hawaii Strike Tangle Involving Japanese Press
In Honolulu June 16, the grand jury indictment of plantation strikers widens to an international issue after M Negoro editor of Nippo and Jijt files a complaint with Tokyo alleging violation of treaty rights due to raid and seizure of his Nippo office papers without due process. Negoro and colleagues are rearrested on charges of conspiring via intimidation and incitement to riot amid attacks on a Japanese restaurant owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Planta
Von
M. Ne- Boro
Jii
Tokyo
United States
Japan
William Henry
Negoro
Soso
Y. Tazaka
K. Kanemura
Nippo
Jijt
Grand
Oahu
Ewa
Wallaloa
Kahuku
Kahana
Doctor's Wife Poisoned in Chicago Case
Poison found in the vital organs of Mrs Anna M Cleminson wife of Dr Haldane Cleminson. Coroner Holtman received the analysis from Prof Walter Wains and Dr J Lecount confirming poisoning as part of the ongoing death investigation.
Durand Heads Census Nomination Confirmed
Washington June 16 The senate confirmed Edward Nana Durand of California to be director of the census replacing T. D. North who resigned Luther Cohan Jr of New York was named deputy commissioner of corporations in the department of commerce and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Edward Nana Durand
California
T. D. North
Luther Cohan, Jr
New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Daughter Cut Off in Will From Millionaire Widow
In Newark on June 16 the will of Mrs Brances Hartley, widow of a gun manufacturer, was probated. The sole bequest to her only daughter, Mrs Helen K Jenkins of New York, is a dining room table valued at $15. More than $1,000,000 in cash is distributed with no stated reason for the daughter’s exclusion.
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Newark
N. J
Brances Hartley
Helen K. Jenkins
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. C. Knappen
Sibleton
Booth Dakota
Alexander McChire
the Supreme and Superior Course of
Pennsylvania
Wallingford
Panama
Sherburn M. Hecker
Hay
Milwaukee
Canal
San Sebastian
Alfonso
Moore
Saloniki
Frank Further Zeitung
Cracow
Austrian
Poland
Kingston
Jamaica
St. Petersburg
Ivanoff
Skolera
Charles I
Christie's
Riselan
Dresden
Castro
Venezuela
Santanilar
Spain
Ferdinando Primier
Banera
Tourdes
William
Prussia
Crown Council
Conde
Toulon
Mikviate
Huboule
Imayaquil
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Government Food Inspection Department
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Uiry
Parrot
Roomer
Foreign Office
Durand Heads
Howard BaBcock
First National Bank, Sisseton
BouTe Dasorm
Batterton
Palace Drug Store
Sisseton
J. W. Pay
A. E-Taplin
M.D
Omco
Maple Street
South Dakota
K. Bowe
Henry Goebel
Denis
Standard Office
Eck's
Des & General Dray
Ben Eck
Prop
Idrops
D. Bland Brewton
C. L. Gates
Lake Breet
Choo
Nols
Olaf Brand
Highroc
Fort Dilger
Red Huron
Faulktor
Faulkton
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