St Louis Flood Disaster With Massive Losses
The flood devastates St Louis area with 25 000 homeless and three million in property losses. River stage 37.5 feet, Venice Madison Granite City under water, freight and passenger traffic paralyzed, East St Louis flood threat, several deaths and numerous rescues as steamboats reach Madison after five hours. Looting reported in vacant houses while levees fail and rescue efforts continue through the day.
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Venice
Madison
Granite City
East St. Louis
East St Louis
St. Louis
Mark Twain
Annie Russel
East St. Urs
Cook
Cahokia Creek Bridge
Dubuque
American Car Works
Shipley
Madison Car Works
Amercan Car and Foundry Company
Henry Edmunson
St. Louis Valley Railroad
Eads Bridge
Big Four Railroad
Hved
Harris Schrader
Willie King
Eddie Amyx
Associated Press
National
Miners March to Jail Over Injunction Compliance
Twenty seven United Mine Workers members marched from the depot to Clinton jail in Knox County Tennessee with a miner leading a half mast American flag. Thirty one miners arrested for violating a court injunction tied to resuming work at Tennessee Coal Company Briceville mines. bond declined in most cases and the group went to jail. Officials expect up to one hundred arrests in days ahead as union seeks recognition before work resumes.
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Knoxville
Tenn
United Mine Workers of America
Clinton
H. G. Kyle
Tennesse Coal Company
Briceville
United Mine Workers
French Destruction at Figuig In Algeria Shocked Moors
French punitive forces bombarded Figuig Algeria at 5:30 AM, destroying the mosque and many houses built of compressed earth. General O'Connor seized Juive hill and another elevation, firing 600 shells with no French casualties. The bombardment lasted to 11 AM, many natives killed, women and children fled.
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Beni-Ounif
Algeria
Figuig
Jonnart
O'Connor
Juive
Jackson Quiet Last Night in Kentucky Camp
Soldiers guarding the house of witness B L Ewen thwart an apparent assassination plot as lodgers seeking shelter turn out to be men. Ewen’s hotel is under security and no court session was held. Camp social life included officers and young women amid drunken disruptions.
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Jackson
B. L. Ewen
Jett
White
Ewen
Mra
Eweg
Durbin
Gulf
Death Penalty Nears for Copenhaver and Jackson
Relatives and lawyers plead for clemency as Indiana prisoners Ora Copenhaver and Jackson face hanging at Michigan City Friday morning. Appeals to Governor Durbin have failed. the governor reportedly will not commute the sentences to life imprisonment. A warden at Michigan City describes the mood as morose with the Evansville prisoner praying and singing in preparation for the double execution.
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Ora Copenhaver
Indianapolis
Jackson
Evansville
Michigan City
Durbin
Double Hanging Will Take Place At Indiana Prison
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Michigan City Indiana June 8 that Ora Copenhaver of Indianapolis and Jackson of Evansville will be executed by hanging Friday at the Indiana State prison. Copenhaver is morose silent and fearful while Jackson has grown religious calm and prepared, singing hymns and reading his Bible. The two will be moved to the death chamber and guarded until the scaffold is ready for the final test.
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Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
Ind
Indiana State Prison
Ora Copenhaver
Indianapolis
Jackson
Evansville
Copenhaver
Henderson Copenhaver
Ecie Tai Tibia
Nealon
Execution plans disclosed for two prisoners
From Michigan City letters Evan vil le reports William Jackson colored condemned to hang on Friday for killing his friend Allen Blankenship and robbing him. Jackson pleaded guilty with later claim of insanity denied by Judge Rasch. He will be led from his cell to the scaffold with guards, the cap set, lever pulled, and life pronounced before the morgue and burial preparations.
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Sible
Copehaver
Jackson
Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Michigan City
William Jackson
Allen Blankenship
Rasch
Liked Police Station: Girl Wanders, Finds Police Safe Haven
Three year old Marguerite Copeland of 722 North Meridian strays with her older brother. She wanders to 1153 Meridian and sits with the matron at the police station, telling stories until neighbor Paul Griffith brings her home. Police bicycle messengers Duncan and Askins transport her to headquarters. The girl says she enjoyed the police station and would return if not lost.
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Margurite Copeland
Charles O. Copeland
Meridian Street
Duncan
Askins
Paul Griffith
Copeland
Peculiar Tie Vote in Board of Trade Governing Committee
The Board of Trade annual election produced a regular ticket win led by President Charles C. Perry with nine of eleven governing committee seats decided by majority. Frank M. Murphy Frank W. Morrison and Albert E. Metzger tied for the final spots. lots will choose the two. New independents Hugh J. McGowan and Henry T. Hearsey won seats. Secretary Jacob W. Smith to reorganize at meeting next week. Relief funds sent to Topeka flood sufferers.
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Board of Trade
Independent
Citizens
Frank M. Murphy
Frank W. Morrison
Albert E. Metzger
Hugh J. McGowan
Henry T. Hearsey
Jacob W. Smith
Board of Trade Relief Committee
Topeka
Meeting of Manufacturers' Club in Indianapolis Tonight
The Indianapolis Manufacturers' Club will hold its final monthly gathering of the year tonight at the Commercial Club. Supper will be served after which routine business will be conducted and the evening spent in social activity.
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Indianapolis Manufacturers’ Club
Commercial Club
Fire destroys Adolf Schleicher & Co store at 18 North Meridian
A spontaneous combustion fire started in a waste box in the wallpaper department of Adolf Schleicher & Co at 18 to 22 North Meridian street. By last night the blaze caused nearly complete loss, with damage estimates near 40,000 dollars and fireservices saving little beyond the walls. Occupants escaped on upper floors, one woman carrying a parrot cage while the parrot cried until doused by water.
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Adolf Schleicher & Co
North Meridian Street
Schleicher
Chicago
Johnson
American
Newark
New Haven
Gregory & Appel
New Hampshire
Citizens’ of
St. Louis
Spann
Polly
Beilding
Weil
Sekarp Paice
Weary of Wiley's Diet Tests Halted June 30
Washington reports that Dr. Wiley and the Agricultural Department will suspend the borax preservation experiments on June 30. Volunteers have dwindled from twelve to seven and boarders complain of monotony in the government diet as warm weather arrives. No results will be released for some time.
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Washington
Wiley
Agricultural Department
Tragedy as Brother Shot Dead in Fun Prank
Coshocton Ohio June. James Smith twenty four aimed a gun at his brothers Eugene nineteen and Albert ten who teased him. One barrel fired killing Albert instantly and fatally wounding Eugene who was blinded. The Smith family farmer father John Wesley Smith stated there was no anger, it was all in fun.
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Coshocton
James Smith
Eugene
Albert
John Wesley Smith
Stabbed by Husband Over Refusal to Reconcile
Julia Robinson at 326 Osage Street was stabbed by her husband, Robinson, after she refused to return to him. He pursued her to 1240 North West Street, used a dirk knife, and fled after the attack. Police caught him at a canal club. he confessed at the station.
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Julia Robinson
Osage Street
Robinson
North West Street
Furniss
New York Street
Gillesphe
Christ
Indiana Avenue
Canal
Duel With Horse Thieves Carries Heroic Chase
John G. Finney, merchant policeman of 510 West Washington, pursued horse thieves on a bicycle after they stole a white horse from O. H. Mackey at 10669 West Twenty third Street. He was shot in the chin during a clash near White River bridge, fired four rounds at the wagon ahead, and kept pursuing as the thieves fled northwest with the stolen horse and wagon.
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John G. Finney
West Washington Street
Finney
O. H. Mackey
West Twentythird Street
Mackey
White River Bridge
Crown Hill Cemetery
Ginney
Shae
Convention Opens as Travelers Gather in Hoosier City
The fourteenth annual Travelers' Protective Association gathering in Indiana began with a reception at the German House for arriving delegates delayed by the St Louis flood. Governor Durbin Mayor Bookwalter and Senator Beveridge spoke amid a ceremonial program, while others were unable to attend.
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Missouri
Texas
Nebraska
Ilinois
St. Louis
Travelers’ Protective Association of America
German House
Durbin
Beveridge
Bookwalter
Fairbanks
Princeton
Howard W. Peak
Travelers’ Protective Association
Horace H. Eckhouse
Post B
Virgil Tevis
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Illinois
Mississippi
John Crittenden
Merchants’ Bridge
Big Four
Chicago & Alton
Alton
Stars and Stripes
Melinite
Copenhaver and
Marguerite Copeland
Meeting of Manufacturers’ Club
Adolf Schleicher Company
National Traveleers’ Protective Association
Senator Beveridge
Governor Durbin
Indiana
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