Fireworks Store Explosion Kills Many in Paterson Fire
A blast from fireworks stored on the ground floor of a four story Paterson tenement killed or missing many. Seventeen dead or missing and numerous injuries were reported as fires and subsequent explosions tore through the building. Rescue efforts were hindered by collapsing timbers and flames as investigators prepared to probe the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Abraham M. Rittenberg
Lucinda Adamson
Charles Williams
Harold Rittenburg
Willie Elsasser
Bert Bamber
Bamber
Andrew Elvin
Ann Burns
Claire Burns
Annie Lannigan
Mary Duffy
Joseph Elvin
Anne Fenteman
Lannigan
Mary Elsasser
J. Jessup
I. Bamberger
George Soder
Nicholas Hilman
Edward S. Lingland
John Maglon
Rittenberg
Daniel Dooley
Mier Searehen
Alith
Hia
Premature Blast Near Kalama Kills Workers on Rail Line
A premature explosion of giant powder near Kalama on the Washington & Oregon Railroad construction killed Thomas Graham and Hugh Jameson of Portland and seriously injured Scotty Heeney of Vancouver. James Yorke Carrollton Seattle and others were also hurt as crews labored on the line. A second item from Rogers, Texas reports Mrs Miley Callows and her three children burned in a kerosene oil exp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalama
Warn
Washington & Oregon
Thomas Graham
Hugh Jameson
Portland
Ore
Scotty Heeney
Vancouver
B. C
James Yorke
Carrollton
Wash
John Bard Lee Montgomery
Seattle
Arthur Tt
Cheries Rely
Rogers
Tex
Miley Callows
Calhoun
Photographer Falls From Balloon Over Chicago Stockyards
George R. Lawrence, a photographer, ascended in a balloon at Chicago stockyards to shoot a birdseye view. At about fifty feet the cross bar broke, he fell but was saved by wires and landed with scratches and a shock. He had taken four negatives before the accident and will try again tomorrow if a balloon is available for the American Derby at Washington Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George R. Lawrence
Lawrence
Washington Park
Meteor Seen In Daylight Over Sonora Mexico
A large daylight meteor was observed between Loas Molinas and Altar in Sonora on June 11 at 10 am. The blaze lit the sky despite sun glare and appeared to burst at the horizon. Altar residents felt a quake like shock and fear spread. An exploring party will search the impact area.
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Tucson
A. T
Loas Molinas
Altar
Sonora
Mexico
el Progresso
Barker convicted of killing Rev. Keller in Arlington
Jury found Thomas G. Barker guilty of shooting with intent to kill Rev. John Keller. Bail set at ten thousand dollars. Barker returned to Jersey City jail awaiting sentencing and possible appeal. Keller and Barker's wife disputes unfold as the judge outlines evidence and legal standards.
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New York
Thomas G. Barker
Arlington
N. 1
John Keller
Barker
Keller
Erwin
Supreme Court
Boy Acquitted of Murder in Kansas Farm Case
WINFIELD Kansas June 21 The jury finds thirteen year old Charles Betts not guilty of killing farmer C L Wiltberger for his money. Wiltberger was shot from behind April 18 after returning from town having sold a load of grain. Jury deliberated for thirty hours.
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Winfield, Kan
Charles Betts
C. L. Wiltberger
Wiltberger
Foraker Receives Porto Rican Officials Visitors in Cincinnati
Drs Briosa and Barboso of the Porto Rican executive council met Senator Foraker in Cincinnati to thank him for his help. They described needs for the future of Puerto Rico after an extended conference at the St Nicholas Hotel and planned to confer with Senator Hanna in Cleveland.
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Cincinnati
Drs. Briosa and
Barboso
Cleveland
Hanna
Briese
Ann Arbor
Washington
Chicago
Foraker
Negro Shot to Death in Alabama Barn Fire Tension
In Gunterville Alabama on June 21 Clebe Montgomery a Black man was killed by Winchester bullets allegedly fired by white farmer Tump Vaughn. The shooting followed the arrest of several Black suspects accused of burning a barn as racial tensions rose between Black and white residents.
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Gunterville
Ala
Clebe Montgomery
Tump Vaughn
Fort Snelling fugitives use woman as shield during escape
In St Paul on June 21 two soldiers, William C. Rourkes and another named Rooks, escaped from Fort Snelling’s guardhouse and seized a woman as a shield when guards prepared to fire on them on the Fort Snelling bridge. The fugitives escaped but were later captured.
National Steel and Carnegie to Merge in Consolidation
Pittsburg reports that United States Steel plans to consolidate National Steel with Carnegie, eliminating the National unit. A related move would merge American Tin Plate and American Sheet Steel under a single subsidiary in Pittsburg. Philadelphia notes a cottonseed concern syndicate seeking control of US production and by products with 10 million capital.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Com
Steel Trust
American Steel Hoop Company
Carnegie Company
American Tin Plate Company
American Sheet Steel Company
Philadelphia
North American
United States
American Cotton Oil Company
Southern Oil Company
Southern Company
Ay Cc. Butcher
Butcher
Hay Will Protest Russia Duties, Cabinet Examines Misapprehension
The cabinet considers a protest against Russia's retaliatory duties triggered by misapprehension. Secretary of State instructed to press the matter. Mr Gage asserts the duty on Russian petroleum products aligns with the Dingley Tariff Act provisions.
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Secretary of State
No Discrimination in Tariff Debate on Russian Petroleum
Washington June 21 The Cabinet discussed assessing duties on petroleum from Russia. Secretary Gage explained tariff enforcement and history, with Hay to present Russia explanations. The circular tied to the Dingley act and included France Germany Austria Hungary Russia and other powers.
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Washington
Russia
Gage
Hay
Secretary of the Treasury
States
United States
France
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Spain
Rochester
Board of General Appraisers
New York
England
Tornado devastates Nebraska killing six people
A Nebraska tornado claimed six lives and left several others fatally wounded. Only one member of two large families escaped death or serious injury in the disaster.
Tornado Strikes Naper Area Killing Children And Wounding Many
Special dispatches report a tornado near Keyapaha river in Nebraska causing heavy loss. The Anderson and Greening families suffer multiple deaths and severe injuries including Grace Greening and Margaret Anderson. Hailstones up to ten inches circumference injure Mr and Mrs Herman. Communication blocked, widespread damage and survivors aided by locals.
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Omaha
Neb
World Herald
Naper
Jacob Greening
Mr. Greening
Grace
Margaret Greening
Maggie
John
Jacob, Jr
Anderson
Ida
Clara
Mary Anderson
Bertha
Theodore
August Anderson
Jacob Berg
Métz
Keyapaha
Greening
Littl Maggie
Herman
Brockaburg
Murder of Officer Debray Stirs Atlanta Police
Atlanta police panic rises after Officer Debray is shot on duty. Recorder Bruiles overheard talk by three negroes claiming more officers Hollingsworth Rowan and Hollis would be killed. Three men were arrested and fined. City and state rewards totaling 40 offered for the killer. This marks the fourth on duty policeman slain in three years with no capture.
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Atlanta
Debray
Bruiles
Hollingsworth
Rowan
Hollis
Candler
Mass Horse Die Off Attributed To New Disease
New York on June 1 reports a rapid outbreak among horses resembling the grip. Superintendent Hankinson of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals notes a new deadly horse disease spreading in the city, first seen last Saturday. The epidemic has struck many horses and prompted concern among animal welfare officials.
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New York
Hankinson
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Case Ready for Argument-Rebuttal Evidence Against the Prisoner
In Eldorado Kansas June 21 Jessie Morrison defense in second murder trial closed forenoon. Trial postponed as juror requests Sunday exemption. Evidence admitted on clothing worn during fatal Castle visit. Defense witness Gus Helmans finished. Prosecution rebuttal presented two witnesses Stull and Scott detailing Morrison statements about events and confrontation at Clara Davis home ending with a razor being used to cut her throat to defend herself.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Castle
Miss Morrison
Gus Helmans
C. H. Stull
Baptist Church
W. Scott
Kansas City
Stull
Mr. Scott
Mr. Davis
Clara
Board of Trade Asks Cabinet Aid To Russia Tariff
Savannah officials urge Secretary Hay at Cabinet meeting to persuade Russia to remove retaliatory tariffs on resin and other Southern products. Board of Trade and naval storehouses convene to authorize resolutions requesting federal action.
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Savannah
Savannah Board of Trade
Hay
Russia
Board of Trade
Cubans Satisfied Over Platt Amendment, Wood Reports
Secretary Root cites Governor General Wood saying Cubans generally accept the Platt amendment. The main Cuban issue is improving commercial markets and tariff access to the United States. Once the Cuban government forms, reciprocity could follow pending Senate ratification, with Wood's debt and money order measures easing past difficulties.
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Washington
Root
Wood
Cuba
Congress
United States
Senate
Commissions Signed By President in Washington Align Abroad
The President signed several diplomatic and judicial commissions on June 21. Francis B. Loomis of Ohio becomes minister to Portugal, Herbert B. Bowen of New York to Venezuela, Lloyd C. Griscomb of Pennsylvania to Persia, Arthur Basily Blanchard of Louisiana as second secretary at the Paris embassy, Charles P. Snyder of West Virginia as consul at Windsor Nova Scotia, Spencer F. Eddy as secretary to the United States legation at Constance, and Keer Benjamin as United States district judge for the Southern District.
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Washington
Francis B. Loomis
Ohio
Portugal
Herbert B. Bowen
New York
Venezuela
Lioyd C. Griscomb
Pennsylvania
Persia
Arthur Basily Blanchard
Louisiana
United States
Paris
Charles P. Snyder
West Virginia
Windsor
Nova Scotia
Spencer F. Eddy
United States Legation
Constance
Keer
Benjamin
Southern
Explosion and Fire Kill Four in Paterson Store
A store on Main Street in Paterson New Jersey burned after a fireworks explosion. Four people died, two were seriously injured, and seven others were reported missing. The dead include Mr and Mrs Williams and two Williams children. Injured are John Thal and John Greene. Misses include Mrs Adamson, a child Pittenburg, Mrs Buffy and two children, and Mrs Felereun and one child.
Assassination in Japan Follows Political Enmity
Hoshi Toru, former Japanese minister of communications, was stabbed at a Yokohama city assembly meeting and died shortly after. The assassin, a man about fifty, claimed the act was in the country’s interest amid political feuds. Hoshi, who also served as Washington representative and House president, leaves a widow and nine year old son.
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Yokohama
Hoshi Toru
Ito
Washington
House
Hoshi Teru
Japan
Hoshi
Katsura forms radical new Japanese Cabinet
In Yokohama on June 7, reported via Victoria B C June 21 Count Katsura forms a Cabinet after a month of crisis. The new government uses younger statesmen, shifting away from Ito and the Ito group. The cabinet is independent of party lines with strong upper house support but faces fierce lower house opposition led by Marquis Ito.
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Yokohama
Victoria
B. C
Count Katsura
War Department
Ito
Inonyo
Matsuketa
Yama- Bata
Okuma
Saigo
Marquis Ito
Indicted for Lynching in Modoc County
The Modoc county grand jury has returned three murder indictments for the May lynching of Calvin Hall his three sons and Dante Yantis. Named defendants are Robert Leventon Isom Eades and James W Brown. Evidence presented links these men as the principal participants in the mob killing.
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Alturis
Cal
Modoc County
Calvin Hall
Dante Yantis
Robert Leventon
Isom Eades
James W. Brown
Lightning kills two on Lexington and Eastern handcar
In Lexington Kentucky on June 1 a handcar carrying six section hands on the Lexington and Eastern road was struck by lightning. Foreman J Townsen a white married man and George Miller a colored married man were killed. Four others escaped unharmed.
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Lexington
Filson
Lexington & Eastern
J. Townsen
George Miller
Prison for life in Jaquith murder case
In Laporte Indiana June 21 after ten minutes the jury found Jaquith guilty of first degree murder for the October 24 killing of Officer Samuel Cooper in South Bend after a saloon robbery. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment in Michigan City State Prison.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Jaquith
Michigan City
Samuel Cooper
South Bend
Louis Jaquith
Cooper
Shouithes
Unson
Anna Bedeker
Dare Devil Trixie
Lake Erie
Indiana
Pacepel
Chicago
Tio
Double Crimes at Frankton Ind Two Killings by Desperate Man
Albert Towne twenty eight shot Mrs Granger twenty two then killed himself both mortally wounded. Towne had been boarding at the Granger home and driven away by his dissolute conduct toward Mrs Granger. He confronted her with a revolver after entering the house by force. Mrs Granger and a neighbor fought him as he fired. The bullet lodged in the brain base. both victims died. In Evansville O R Brown a brakeman on the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad shot himself at the railway yard in a separate incident.
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Frankton
Ind
Albert Towne
William Granger
Towne
Granger
Alexa Gorman
Gorman
Mrs. Granger
Evansville
O. R Brown
Evansville & Terre Haute
Frank Posey
Improvemts at Winona Upend Grounds and Buildings
Large sums spent on Winsona Assembly grounds and hotel at Winona Lake Indiana ahead of the July 1 opening. A canal is widened to fifty feet and planned to eighty feet, turning the peninsula into an island named McDonald Island funded by Rander McDonald. Building lots facing the lake attract buyers for cottages valued in the thousands. Studebaker of South Bend buys a lot for a cottage. The island expected to become the park’s aristocratic section with handsome cottages. A big addition to the Winona hotel is under construction doubling its size. W M Reed of Hays Warsaw will oversee operations this season. The management anticipates a bustling summer and reports rising inquiries from Caneem to Dr. (illegible).
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Indianapolis Journal
Winona Lake
Ind
Winona Assembly and Summer School
Minnewawan Inn
Indiana University Biological Station
Rander McDonald
Winona
Saiaiousla
McDonald Island
Studebaker
South Bend
Mnany
W. W. Reed
Hays
Warsaw
Caneem
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Siso
Rev
Jersey City
Fendant’s
Ing
Cole
National Steel Company
Carnegie
Rolling Mill Machinery Combine
Youngstown
Lincoln Foundry
Frank Kneeland Machinery Company
Seaman- Sleeth Company
George A. Hogg Iron and Steel Foundry Company
McGill & Co
Lioyrd-Booth Company
MR. Gage
John K. Thompson
Reese Bleachard
Northern District
Charles D. Elliott
United States Bea
West Virna
Army
Lewis E. Goodier
Noble H. Creager
Harry L. Pettus
Alvin A. Rei AP
William R. Graham
Seymour Howell
Edgar Russell
A Ge
Julien E. Galliot
Samuel B. Mcintyre
H. B. Myers
George J. Oden
Henry R. Richmond
George T. Bowman
Rodman Butler
Joseph H. Barnard
Myron B. Bowdish
Matt C. Bristol
Edwin L. Cox
Thomas H. Cunnigham
Arthur M. Graham
Peter J. Hennessy
John P. Hassen
Frederick Mears
Money D. Mater
Ralph Billee
Caeton
Ee Mae
Conner
Illiam
Open Schroeter
Clarence A. Stott
Frederick G. Turner
Artillery Corps
Fred H. Gallup
Frank C. Jewett
Michael J. McDonaugh
Jesse C. Nicholls
Herman W. Schull
Albert E. Waldron
Charles G. Burt
Francis J. Behr
Artin
Battle
James
Bevan
William
Bowen
Clarence M. Condon
Wesley K. Hamilton
Thomas A. Jones
Johnston
Arthur L. Keesling
Harrison
Kerr
Jesse G. Lowenberg
Howard
Miller
William H. Menges
William H. Mitchael
John Murphy
Graham Parker
Byrd Alston Page
Stanley
Ross
Robert J. Binford
Guy Eugene Bucker
Talmage H. Breerto
Eugene P. Crowne
Otis R. Cole
Beverly Co. Daly
Charlee C. Finch
William E. Goolsby
George 8. Gillis
Charles F. Herr
John E. Hemphill
Walter Krueger
Horatio I. Lawrence
Francis H. Lomax
Gilbert A. McElroy
John S. McCleery
John P. McAdams
Samuel D. McAlister
James W. B. Mannion
Harry S. Malone
Willis E. Mills
Wiliam H. Murchison
Ode C. Nichols
Asa L. Singleton
Niel KE. Shean
Henry G. Stahl
William R. Sandiford
George A. Welezorek
Richard Wetherill
Elvin H. Wasner
Boatenains
Henry C. Jarrett
Louis W. Sopp
Harold I. Lutken
Captain Manney
Long
Department
Hell Gate
Manney
Massachusetts
Page & Col
Nebraska
General Wood
Island
Statesman
Calvin Hall and Sons
Louis Jasquith
Rose Polytechnic
Inedinana
Beveridge
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