Gusher Explosion Kills and Injures Marietta Workers
A May 31 explosion at a well near Marietta Ohio killed two men instantly and fatally injured several others. Fifty quarts of nitroglycerine were used by Humes Torpedo Co to shoot the well. A jack squib exploded first, then the main charge blew with great force, sending bodies and injured workers flying. All victims were county residents, respected citizens, with relief efforts organized from Marietta and nearby towns.
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Marietta
Humes Torpedo Company
Kruger and Cabinet Depart Pretoria for New Center
A London dispatch reports President Kruger and his cabinet leaving Pretoria Tuesday night. Citizens form a provisional city committee, while Middelburg is named as the Boer government seat for now, likely to move east. Boer forces mass toward Lydenburg with up to 20,000 troops and scattered guerrilla bands preparing to retreat if necessary.
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London
Pretoria
Kruger
Lorenzo. Marquez
Middiesburg
Lydenburg
Laing
Nek
Guerrilas Elmewhere
Cleveland Man Kills Niece Then Takes His Own Life
Carl Raub formerly tied to a Cleveland German newspaper shot and killed his niece Mies Bertha ucker assistant principal of the Orchard Street kindergarten and then committed suicide. Raub was fifty and his niece twenty five. Motive remains undeveloped as he had been despondent over business affairs.
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Millie
Carl Raub
Cleveland
Mies Bertha
Union Strike Benefit Injunction Is Dissolved in New York
A New York supreme court ruling dissolves a sweeping injunction against the union allowing member payments for strike benefits and effectively bars support to a striker’s family when the head of the household is away.
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New York
Jo Andrews
Supreme Court
Fire damages Pitts-Kimball store and nearby theaters
Fire at the five story Pitts Kimball department store caused damage to the Park theatre the New England Piano company building and the Mont theatre. Local crews battled the blaze and assessed impact on surrounding structures. No injuries reported as flames were brought under control.
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Pitts-Kimball Company
Park Theatre
New England Piano Company
Pretoria silence deepens as siege rumors spread
From London a June report says Lord Roberts remains silent on Pretoria while cables to the city appear suspended. Lorenzo Marques notes couriers bring fragmented Boer news claiming panic and a Pretoria vigilance committee. reports claim President Kruger has been captured, fueling fears the city may resist a peaceful entry.
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Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Londom
Lorenzo Marquez
Lorenzo Marques
Kruger
Citizens’ Committee
New Home for the Boers in Colorado Valley
Governor Thomas endorses a plan to settle defeated Boers in Colorado's Platte Valley. Union Pacific Land Co. to grant 1,000,000 acres via Carey land act Julesburg and Wyoming divisions with no upfront cost. Land to be bought later through installments after communities are formed. E C Wantland to meet Boer envoys in the East.
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Denver
Thomas
Valley of the Platte
Colorado
Union Pacific Land Company
Julesburg
Wyoming
E. C. Wantland
Union Pacific
East
Noted Railroad Man Gone S H H Clark Former UP President Dead
Thomas M. Orr of Omaha, assistant to UP President Burt, received a telegram from Hoxie Clark announcing the death of S H H Clark, former Union Pacific president. Clark died quietly in Ashville New York, taken there months ago. Burial plans ship remains to Omaha. Mrs Clark and their son were at his bedside.
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Thomas M. Orr
Omaha
Burt
Union Pacific
S.H. H. Clark
Hoxie Clark
Orr
Ashville
N. Y
Clark
Meat tariff threat cited by livestock chief in Chicago
John W. Springer, president of the national livestock association representing 600 million dollars in invested capital, returned to Chicago from Washington. He warned the German ambassador that if the German reichstag adopts the meat tariff, the United States Congress would retaliate with a Treasury measure harming German interests by millions annually.
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John W. Springer
National Livestock Association
Chicago
Washington
Reichstag
United States
Struck by Lightning Killing Grant County Ranchman John Shaw
John Shaw of Grant county ranching family was killed by a lightning strike during a heavy storm while riding on the range. He was expected home that evening. his wife grew uneasy, a morning search found him half a mile from home with his horse dead beside him. Shaw was a well to do ranchman, leaving a wife and small child.
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John Shaw
Grant County
Shaw
Bridge Workman Injured in York Yard Accident
Herman Anderson of the Elk horn bridge gang fell about eighteen feet from a bridge in York Nebraska’s east end yard breaking his arm and suffering a compound fracture of the right leg He was taken to the Uren a line hospital where Dr Linge the company surgeon reduced the fractures.
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Herman Anderson
Elkhorn Bridge Gang
York
Neb
Urena Line
Linge
Sheriff Hunt for Bigamy Face Lincoln Prosecution
Wanted for bigamy, Sheriff W. V. Norris of Corning Indiana arrived in Lincoln Nebraska Friday morning within a year after Gorn admits marrying but two within six months. He will be prosecuted at Corning for bigamy.
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W. V. Norris
Corning
Lincoln
Billins Colonel. Field offers for the Firata
Billins Field completed Friday with officers elected for the Firata club. Members selected officers and set future meeting plans amid routine club business.
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Billins
Firata
Wreck Near Alliance Kills Engineer in Freight Collision
A rear end collision on freight No. 50 near Alliance Nebraska kills Engineer Hunting of engine 240. Fireman Johnson and Head Brakeman Ellis escape. Johnson seriously injured. Second section crashes into the head, piling cars and lumber, with investigation unsure of the exact cause. By 10 AM the line reopened and visitors swarmed the scene.
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Alliance
Neb
Hunting
Lincoln
Traimen
Johnson
Ellis
Neha
Lapscehindent Phalan
McIntyre
Report on Coeur d Alene investigation to be released soon
The report for the House Military Affairs Committee will be published and its majority findings blame General Merriam and U S military authorities for maintaining order with state officials. The minority report accuses federal authorities of mismanaging the situation and criticizes treatment of imprisoned strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Military Affairs
General
Merriam
United States
Sutton Acquitted in Michigan State Military Frauds Case
Colonel Eli R. Sutton of Detroit, regent of the University of Michigan and a prominent Republican, was acquitted in Lansing of complicity in military clothing frauds. The jury deliberated only about an hour and forty minutes. Sutton and his wife cried at the verdict, and the counsel and Mrs. Sutton thanked the jurors.
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Fe Bleses Jeryman
Lansing
Mich
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
University ‘of Michigan
Pingrée
State Military Board
Sutton
Head Severed From Boy at Springfield Mine
At Springfield Illinois seventeen year old William Clements was guiding a car in the Taylorville mine when the ascending load pulled him toward the cage. His head was severed in the tragic accident as efforts were made to save him.
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Springfield
William Clements
Taylorville
Clements
Wil
Abdali Citizens Ask Missouri Pacific Road Honor
The state board of transportation received a citizen request from Abdali, a small town between Superior and Mt. Clare on the Missouri Pacific railroad, asking that the road be recognized for its significance and honored promptly.
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Abdsi
State Board of Transportation
Abdali
Superior
Mt. Clare
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Reeves Under Arrest in Havana Warrant Issued
A warrant was issued in Havana for the arrest of former Deputy Auditor W H Reeves, as details of the case emerge from the investigation. Authorities have identified Reeves as the subject of the arrest warrant.
Japanese Cabinet Crisis Deepens With Ito Possible Shift
Tokyo reports the cabinet crisis continues as Marquis Ito is expected to be tapped to form a new ministry. The move signals a potential restructuring amid political tension and rapid developments in Japan's government.
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Chiate
Japan
Criscis
Marquis Ito
Kruger's Reply to Liberty Lad seals long journey
In the executive chamber at the capitol a boy delivered a packet to President Kruger as ox carts passed and Boer families evacuated. Kruger thanked the American people and the Philadelphia boys for sympathy, wished the messenger a safe return home, and the group posed for a photograph.
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Republic
Jules Francis Smith
Kruger
Liberty Lads
Philadelphia
Smith
America
Trade growth for American goods in Turkish ports
Consul General Dickinson at Constantinople reports rising American product entries into Turkish and Levantine markets. Wire nails and other items are dominating trade as US manufacturers widen exports. Orders for American boots and shoes come from Turkish merchants due to perceived superiority. About 200000 tons of railroad material for the Nile railway is expected to be produced by American manufacturers.
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State Department
Dickinson
Constantinople
Turkey
Nile
Feud Flares in Texas Siege Leaves Three Dead in San Augustine
In San Augustine a pitched feud battle between the Wall and Brock factions left Felix G Roberts Sidney Roberts and Noel Roberts dead. Sheriff Noel Roberts and the Wall brothers fought at the courthouse as both sides arrived armed. Gov ernor asked for troops and rifles were ordered from Nacogdoches with arrival expected tomorrow.
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Houstep
Texas
St. Augustine
Wall
Brocks
Felix G
Sidney
Noel Roberts
San Augustine
Ned Wall
King Borden
Borden
Stone Fort
Nacogdoches
Bank Robbery at Sheldahi Ruins Savings Bank
Four robbers blew up the savings bank at Sheldahi twenty five miles north of Des Moines and stole $1400 after holding fifty or more citizens at bay with rifles. The explosion at midnight left the building ruined and timbers burning as two strangers with rifles blocked the crowd while the other two secured the loot and fled into the darkness.
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Sheldahi
Des Moines
Aioe Bank
Flooding Strikes Dewey Illinois After Cloudburst
A cloudburst ravaged the small town of Dewey near Camp Sign, Illinois. Streets became rivers, homes damaged, fields flooded, and cattle reportedly drowned as rain fell from Sunday night through Monday evening. Farmers suffer heavy losses to corn and oats yet to be measured.
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Dewey
Campsign
Lll
Ices Etre Ee Ee A Te A Aae
The readable text is extremely fragmentary and does not provide identifiable people places or events for a coherent news card summary.
Murdered Independence farmer found in Oklahoma gulch
The body of William P. Davis, a young Independence farmer who disappeared from Luther, Oklahoma, in March, was found in a gulch near Luther. The skull shows blunt-force trauma and multiple wounds. homicide is suspected. James Salyer, a former Davis companion, is in custody in Luther on complicity charges after a trunk with Davis personal effects surfaced. Authorities allege Salyer traveled with Davis to Oklahoma, then kept his money and property, including $460 drawn from a Guthrie bank after impersonating Davis.
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William P. Davis
Independence
Luther
Okl
Davis
James Salyer
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Corisley
Salyer
Kanane City
Indeence
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Shot in drunken row ends two lives in Atchison Kansas
In Atchison a quarryman W D Ranier killed laborers James Burgett and Carl T Cathout during a drunken quarrel after a labor dispute. Ranier reportedly returned home loaded a gun and fired at Burgett and Cathout as they drank beer in a grove near the city.
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Atchison, Kan
James Burgett
Carl T. Cathout
S Grove
Ranier
Two Trainmen Are Killed in Ohio Rail Crash
A Lake Erie & Western freight train near Sandusky derailed when a driving wheel tire came off, causing the engine to derail and killing two trainmen. Further details are unavailable due to the damaged text.
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Lima
Lake Erie & Western
Sandusky
Town Hall Fire Debilitates Foxboro Jail and Grammar Office
A Foxboro dispatch reports a blaze that destroyed the town hall and damaged related offices including the town clerk and grammar school facilities. Firefighters battled flames through the night with unknown cause and extensive smoke damage reported in central Foxboro.
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Foxboro
Mass
Devastating Cholera Famine Report From Bombay Presidency
A British observer describes a catastrophic outbreak in India with thousands dying daily at Godhera and Dodad. Cholera and dysentery overwhelm hospitals, corpses pile up, vultures and dogs feed on the dead, and officials are accused of inefficacy amid a spiraling famine before the monsoon.
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Godhera
Dodad
Ahmedabad
Viragam
Bombay Presidency
FIGHTING DRAGS ON AS CHINESE REFUGEES REPORT
Dispatches from Tien Tsin say two more foreign refugees reached the city after fleeing Pao Ting Fu. One was severely injured. They claim a fight with boxers at Tuli left sixteen dead and many wounded. Lieutenant Bleaskey Dr Hamilton a trooper and a civilian were hurt. Eight Americans and three Inland missionaries are listed missing from Pao Ting Fu.
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A Tien Tsin
China
Pao Ting
Tuli
Bleaskey
Hamilton
Jt-in
Pao Ting Fu
Minister Conger Reports On Boxer Rebellions In China
A cablegram from Minister Conger in Pekin notes rising murders and persecutions by Boxers outside Pekin. Pao Ting Fu is unable to suppress the trouble, troops show little energy, and the State Department doubts deploying U S troops in China while Philippines forces are engaged. The possibility of sparing one or two vessels of the American fleet is mentioned.
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Conger
Pekin
Xers
Pao
Ting Fu
State Department
United States
China
Philippines
Ecey Seer
Clark Named Principal of State Normal School
In Peru Nebraska on June 5 Professor W A Clark was elected principal to succeed Dr J A Beattie who resigned. The state board of education met and required seven ballots to decide with Clark and Crabtree each holding three votes and K Goudy one. On the seventh ballot the board chose Clark.
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Peru
Neb
W. A. Clark
State Normal School
J. A. Beattie
State Board of Education
Clark
Crabtree
K. Goudy
Sain
Sioux City Gas Superintendent Hurt In Switch-Engine Incident
Superintendent C. C. Be Woodrow of Sioux City gas works was struck by a switching engine near a Missouri Pacific depot. Mrs John Sherman aided at the scene as bystanders reported the accident and local officials expected her to recover.
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C. C. BE. Woodrow
Sioux City
Ove Gine
Kansas
Missouri Pacific Assasion Magny Ae
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Cabinet
S. H. Clerk
Nebraska
Keled
Celildée
Sertently
Gee
Huert
Messenger Bey
Philséélphis
A. Bank
India
John Sherman Aled
semenshy-Gree
Berlin
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