Bridge collapses over Willamette River during spectacle
A wooden Morrison Street bridge section collapsed as crowds watched armless swimmer Clarence Lutz. More than 100 fell into the river about 40 feet. at least three died, many injured, and rescue boats and the Portland Rowing Club aided in the chaotic aftermath. The bridge had stood 16 years.
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Ore
Willamette River
Iorrison Street
Minnie Rasmond
Lottie Cameron
Morrison and
Madixon
Clarence Lutz
Lutz
Portland Rowing Club
Riot at Port Ventin mill ends in deadly shooting
In McKeesport Pennsylvania on August 1 non union workers H D King and Elmer Doliff fired into a crowd during a strike riot. John Mount was fatally wounded and John Cameron was struck by a bullet that may leave him crippled for life. Police jailed the two shooters with bail denied.
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McKeesport
Port Ventin
John Mount
John Cameron
H. D. King
Elmer Doliff
King
Doliff
Mount
Cameron
Explosion in New Castle gas mains injures five
In New Castle Pennsylvania an underground gas main explosion in a downtown manhole seriously burned five prominent men including Joan Morrison supervisor of construction and city inspector Joy Price. The blast followed a leak in artificial and natural gas mains during construction near Laceny.
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New Castle
Laceny
Joan Morrison
Adobin Morrison
Robert Burns
Engineer Silvering
Cal Daniel Regan
Thiliaelphia
Joy Price
John W.insmore
City Engineering Department
Morrison
Three starters race on garden wheel at Chiles River park
Borten Nug L Basil De Gurbard staged a garden wheel race at Chiles River park last night. They rode three fops over 0 yards in one hour, a pace followers chased by new worlds recaenan.
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Borten Nug
Basil de Gurbard
New Worlds Recaenan
Timues
Chiles River Park
Gen Cassius M Clay Will Creates National Park Trust
An 1901 will, produced by Dora Brock, names executors and directs Whitehall lands of 360 acres to become a protected park in trust for mankind. It orders coal mines near Manchester formed into a company to fund the park and directs sales of other lands to fund legacies and the park reserve.
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Cassius Mi. Clay
Lexington
the Herald
Cassius M. Clay
Richmond
Dora Clay Brock
Gen. Clay
Dora Brock
Whitehall
United States of America
Clay County
Manchester
Whitehall Park
Green Clay
Madison County
James Bowlin
Six Die in Kentucky Trolley Collision Near Greenwood
Six men killed and two seriously injured when two Queen & Crescent freight double headers collided at midnight on a curve between Cumberland Falls and Greenwood Kentucky. Firemen Phil lips Fletcher Walter and an unidentified rider died. engineers Duke and Fitzgerald injured. 40 cars wrecked. two brakemen unnamed buried in wreckage. In Indiana a Mooresville area interurban crash injures over 30 on a southbound and a northbound car on a curve. likely two fatally hurt including Frank Easterday motorman and Mary Strawburn passenger.
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Greenwood
Somerset
Queen & Crescent
Cumberland Falls
Joseph Phillips
Frank Fletcher
Walter Walters
Duke
Fitzgerald
Klein
Hainsworth
Indianapolis
Martinsville
Mooresville
Bethany Park
Frank Easterday
Mary Strawburn
Cloudburst Floods Salina Region Causing Widespread Flooding
A Sunday cloudburst from near Lindsborg northwest to Ellsworth flooded valleys and lowlands. Water reached one to three feet in Carneria and lower towns, with streets and the Union Pacific depot platform submerged. Residences in the low parts were heavily inundated.
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Salina
Kan
Lindsborg
Ellsworth
Carneria
Brookville
Bavaria
Union Pacific
Drowned in Lake Michigan tragedy near Milwaukee
After 12 hours of battling storm waves on Lake Michigan, Charles Morbach mate of the schooner Tennie Laura drowned as rescue seemed near. Captain and crew of the steamer Mark B. Covell saved aboard captain John Sather from a similar fate nearby.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lake Michigan
Charles Morbach
Tennie Laura
Mark B
Covell
John Sather
Incident of Abusive Language Aimed at President Roosevelt
A vandal shouted profane remarks at President Roosevelt and his family as they rode to Christchurch Sesterdas. The assailant, a resident of Oyster Bay named McCannlle, was quietly removed by Secret Service operatives.
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Roosevelt
Christchurch
Oyster Bay
McCannlle
Secret Service
Alleged Murderess Arrested In Bunker Hill Case
Mrs Ida Gullock wife of Gilbert Tintlock a deputy of Union Dairy Go here was arrested late Saturday night charged with causing the death of 6 year old Ewart Cheeksfield son of James Cheeksfield by means of poisoned candy The state loses an antwerger Salt is also noted in a separate case involving Northern Securities Co and the Great Northern Railway ruling no state law violation in consolidation of parallel lines and a Honolulu robbery case reports Mrs Samuel Parker robbed of 50000 worth of diamonds during a hotel opening and later home thefts
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Ida Gullock
Gilbert Tintlock
Union Dairy Go Here
Ewart Cheeksfield
James Cheeksfield
Cullock
St .Auk
Lochren
United States
Stadk
Great Northern and Northern Trartte Toms
Samuel Parker
Parker
Col Samuel Parker
Hawaii
J. K. Campbell
Awful Explosion Destroys Lowell Magazine Complex
A pair of gunpowder magazines at United States Cartridge Co. in Lowell Massachusetts exploded killing 19 and injuring about 50. A nitroglycerin leak sparked a chain of blasts as workers tried to drain the floors causing widespread destruction across 70 properties and five fire ravaged houses.
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Mass
United States Cartridge Co
Concord
Clarendon Goodwin
Snn
Amadee Boulanger
Boulanger
Goodwin
Wigginsville
St. John's Hospital
Insurance Ndjusters
Selectmen
Death and capture chase in Placer county shootout
In Placerville California Aug 3 a lawmen militia pursuit of Folsom escapees led to a night battle near the Grand Victory mine. Two militiamen Festus Rutherford and W C Jones were killed, while Gill wounded. a deaf resident Philip Spinger was fatally shot after not heeding a halt. Four convicts were later located near Lotus but no further casualties reported.
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Cal
Folsom Prison
Grand Victory Mine
Lieut. Smith
Convicta
Rutherford
Jones
Gill
Placerville Company
Grand Victory
Festus Rutherford
W. C. Jones
Philippines
First Tennessee
Thirty-seventh
Volunteer United States Infantry
Philip Spinger
Lotus
Webber Creek
Census Report on US Electric Light Plants Ends June 30 1902
The census bureau released a preliminary report covering central station electric light and power plants in the United States for the year ended June 30 1902. It lists 3619 establishments split 2804 private and 815 municipal with total plant cost of 502 181 511 dollars and municipal share 22 020 473 dollars.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Tragedy on Board Ship as Captain Fatally Shoots Man
In Tay City Michigan on a Sunday night Captain Frank Wallace of the coasting schooner Red White and Blue shot and killed George Tasker, an employee, when Tasker entered the cabin through a window at midnight. Wallace, who believed a burglary was occurring, was arrested and is described as heart broken over the fatal mistake.
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Tay City
Mich
Frank Wallace
George Tasker
Tasker
Wallace
Grand circuit races crown winners at Glenville
In Glenville, Jay McGregor wins the 2:19 trotting race and Dan R. takes the free-for-all pace. Miss Willamont wins the 2:11 pace as George Muscovite takes the 2:15 trot and Robinzola the 2:27 trot. Judge Cullen wins the 2:12 trot.
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Jay McGregor
Miss Willamont
Rob Inxola
George Maccovite
Judge Cullen
Cleveland
Glenville
Gray
Gem
Dan R
George Muscovite
Robinzola
Dan Patch
Lou—Dillon
New York
Brighton Beach
Judge Rules on Striker Pickets and Workers Persuasion
Judge Kavanagh rules in habeas corpus case of four strikers for violating an injunction at Illinois Malleable Iron Works. He finds unions have no right to picket near a plant during a strike but upholds workers’ right to persuade colleagues to quit. He also affirms that sending men to jail on affidavits of injunction violation is legal.
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Chicago
Kavanagh
Mllinois Malleable Iron Works
Snublde Actress Miss Poston Dies by Suicide in Chicago
Miss Anna Poston, 24, an actress, shot herself in her room at the Mater term hotel yesterday. Roommate Litty Price said she had been grieving for two weeks and spoke often of death by her own hand. Poston asked about her soul’s fate and feared eternal punishment.
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Chicago
Anna Poston
Mater Term Hotel
Litty Price
Miss Poston
Miss Price
Heston
Thunderbolt Kills Two Men in Kelly Street Building
During an electrical storm on Wednesday a group of Halvins sought shelter in a building at No Tats Kelly street. A lightning strike killed two men instantly and injured three others who are expected to recover.
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Tittburg
Explosion near Hoffmansville kills two in Baltimore County
A blast from the Rockdale Powder Co. works at Hoffmansville Baltimore county last night caused two deaths. Details are unclear as reports describe tears and uncertainty about the exact events and casualties.
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Baltimore
New Freedom
Rockdale Powder Co
Hoffmansville
Baltimore County
Judge Gray Accepts Appointment to Coal Strike Commission
Judge George Gray yesterday accepted his appointment as the fifth member of the Indiana coal strike commission with a condition. He will preside over a US circuit court of appeals session starting the second week in September and requires the commission to complete its work during August.
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Gray
Wilmington
Del
George Gray
Iadama Coal Strike Commission
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Schwab Resigns From United States Steel Corp
Philadelphia August 4 The Public Ledger reports Charles M Schwab president of United States Steel will sever his connection today with the company his resignation in the hands of the executive committee The information came from a director of the corporation.
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Philadelphia
the Public Ledger
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
The
Public Ledger
Florodora Yacht Struck by Lightning at Point Clear
The pleasure yacht Florodora was struck by lightning near Point Clear on Mobile Bay, killing three men Ledyard Scott a former professor at the Imperial University in Nakajima Japan Bruce Englishman visiting Mobile for investments and William Trenton pilot of the yacht. Scott's daughter and Charles Baldwin were badly burned but survived.
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Via
Point Clear
Mobile Bay
Ledyard Scott
Imperial University
Nakajima
Japan
Bruce Englishman
William Trenton
Mr Scott
Charles Baldwin
Holt
King and Queen Look Forward to Future Visit
In Queenstown the king and queen responded to an addressed tribute, saying they look forward to renewing the happy experience of the present visit in future years. The promise brings widespread satisfaction, with papers praising the king’s tact and the visit described as a great success.
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London
Queenstown
Mtretana
Drowned at Put-in-Bay Aboard Sailboat
Jerome Grosh of J. W. Clement & Co. drowned near Put-in-Bay after a sailboat capsized. He and Miss Alice Sturgis, both strong swimmers and engaged to be married, clung to the upturned boat until rescue arrived but Grosh sank as cramps struck. Miss Sturgis was saved by a life saving boat crew.
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Put-in-Bay
Toledo
Jerome Grosh
J. W. Clement & Co
Alice Sturgis
Grosh
Sturgis
Miss Sturgis
Mayor Johnson Speaks in Canton At Political Rally
Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson spoke at two Canton events. He addressed the Twenty first district democratic senatorial convention which nominated H. G. Dewees of Massillon by acclamation. Johnson criticized Republican nominee R A Pollock as a tool of corporations and supporter of the Cincinnati curative act.
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Johnson
Canton
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Twenty-first District
H. G. Dewees
Massillon
R. A. Pollock
Cincinnati
Wrecked Norfolk & Western Train in East Portsmouth
South bound train No. 8 derailed at East Portsmouth due to spreading rails. Engine toppled, Engineer William Simonton of Columbus fatally injured, Fireman S N McDonald of Portsmouth likely fatally injured. Twenty five others injured but none fatally.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk & Western
William Simonton
Columbus, CO
S. N. McDonald
Glass workers win 10 percent raise in Columbus pact
A Columbus conference between window glass company representatives and Labor Assembly No. 300 leaders produced a wage scale increase of about 10 percent for the coming year. About 10,000 glass workers are affected, with factories set to resume October 1.
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Columbus
Labor Assembly No. 300
Simon Burns
Western Amateur Golf Championship Opens In Cleveland
One hundred twenty eight of the west s best golfers enter the fifth annual western amateur championship in Cleveland. Officials call the event the most important of the year in western golf and the best contest yet under the Western Golf association.
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Cleveland
Western Golf Association
Excursion Train Derailed After Switch Thrown
An excur sion on the Pennsylvania railroad from Coshocton crossed the Lake Shore tracks when Truman Paulson threw the derailing switch. Three of eleven cars left the rails causing panic among passengers though no injuries occurred. Paulson, drunk at the time, is under arrest.
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Sandusky
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coshocton
Lake Shore
Truman Paulson
Paulson
Jealousy Triggers Murder in Mc Connellsville Saloon
In Mc Connellsville on Friday W G Wray of Pittsburg fatally shot William Farris after jealousy over Miss Sadie Guilbert. Two shots hit Farris in the abdomen and Wray was jailed. Also in Columbus on Friday Attorney General Sheets ruled that druggists need not pay the Dow tax on patent medicines containing malt or whisky unless meant as a beverage.
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McConnellsville
Sadie Guilbert
W.G. Wray
Pittsburg
William Farris
Cochran
Farris
Wray
Columbus
Sheets
Roosevelt Spychalski Quadruplets Lose One Son
Theodore Roose velt Spychalski, the remaining boy of the quadruplets born to Mr and Mrs Stanislaus Spychalski, died Sunday in Toledo. The other boy Samuel Jones died last Tuesday. The two girls are ill but likely to recover.
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Toledo
Theodore Roosevelt Spychalski
Stanislaus Spychalski
Samuel Jones
Explosions Wreck Cleveland Furnaces
Three blasts at the Central blast furnace in Cleveland at 6 am injured no one seriously and blinded nearly 100 workers with flue dust. Gas escaped briefly as Furnaces 1 and 2 were totally wrecked while No 5 sustained minor damage before the plant was shut down.
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Cleveland
Boy Killed by Street Sprinkling Car in Cleveland
Raymond Orr aged 12 was struck and killed by a street railway sprinkling car on Riverside avenue at Pearl street as he crossed the tracks after bidding his father goodbye. He was knocked unconscious and caught in the gearing, requiring racks to recover the body.
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Cleveland
Raymond Orr
Riverside Avenue
Pearl Street
Ohio Guard may appoint Winders as rifle instructor
ColWind ers of Bloomdale, a member of the Sixth Infantry U N G and part of the American Palma rifle team, returns to Columbus. A bill to commission him as a regular instructor in rifle practice for the Ohio National Guard is planned to reduce costs and improve ammunition efficiency. Winders earned a silver salver from Capt Leslie Bruce and will receive a silver medal from Secretary of War Root after a Bisley shoot scoring 100 of 105 at 200 500 and 600 yards.
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Ohio National Guard
Columbus
Charles B. Winders
Bloomdale
Sixth Infantry
Bisley
England
Winders
Ohio
Guard
Leslie Bruce
Washington
Root
Unconstitutional Ruling on Valentine Law Criminal Clause
Delaware July 30 The circuit court reverses a lower court decision and declares the criminal clause of the Valentine anti trust law unconstitutional in the Delaware coal dealers case. Seven dealers were fined 100 dollars and costs each last March, with the ruling affecting related indictments. The case may go to the supreme court for final determination.
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Court House
State
Coal Dealers’ Association
R. H. Vorhees
Coshocton
Louis Winch
Cleveland
T. T. McCarthy
Canton
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court
Four Men Await Execution in Columbus Penitentiary Annex
Michael Schiller has been moved to the penitentiary annex from Youngstown to await execution on November 10. The annex holds four men facing legal death. Louis Harmon, convicted in Columbus for killing George Geyer, awaits sentence. Al Wade and Philip Nagel have stays, leaving Ben Wade, also from Toledo, with an October 21 date.
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Columbus
Michael Schiller
Penitentiary
Youngstown
Annex
Louis Harmon
George Geyer
Harmon
Annex Company
Schiller
Ben and
al Wade
Toledo
Philip Nagel
Wyandot County
Nagel
Ben Wade
Arrests in Poison Plot Tied to Local Riot Connection
Lorain July 31 Sadie Dickerson and John Chinn jailed on charges of attempting to poison Mrs Eliza Gaines and Myrtle Caldwell Gaines sister of Charles Hill the man linked to a Tuesday riot. Gaines could not survive the alleged poisoning. In Youngstown Michael Schiller was sentenced to electrocution November 10 for murdering his wife. a needle found on him averted self harm.
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Lorain
Sadie Dickerson
John Chinn
Eliza Gaines
Myrtle Caldwell
Youngstown
Michael Schiller
Thomas
Schiller
Joseph Saxton Dies Uncle of Mrs McKinley
Canton Aug 4 Joseph Saxton 73 longtime Canton resident and last surviving uncle of Mrs McKinley died Monday He was widely known and nicknamed Caele Joe by many locals.
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Joseph Saxton
Canton
McKinley
Caele Joe
Remarkable case of sulfuric acid recovery in Cleveland
Cleveland July 20 M Rice of 799 Case avenue swallowed over two ounces of sulphuric acid by mistake a month ago. Doctors say the case is almost without parallel and attracts national attention. He reportedly followed a regimen of whisky each morning after breakfast and mixed up bottles at Euclid Meneh where his sons are caterers.
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Cleveland
M. Rice
Case Avenue
Riev
Euclid Meneh
New School Code Planned for Next Legislature Session
State school commissioner L Koonebrake and special state counsel Smith Bennett will draft a new school code to be presented at the next legislative session. Seventy one cities form city districts, 13 villages form village districts, and other hamlets and townships form special districts. City districts will have small councils elected at large and all cities and villages will share uniform laws and regulations.
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Columbus
Wheeling and Lake Erie RR Steps on Signal
Partial railroad page notes signal steps and train movements on the Wheeling and Lake Erie network with timetable fragments and operational details for the day.
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