2000 Troops Called Out in Valladolid Yucatan
Associated Press reports from Mexico City say telegraph wires were cut and operators fled or murdered as authorities estimate 40 killed in Valladolid after an Indian insurgent massacre. About 2,000 federal and state troops and volunteers gather nearby to move on the insurgents who hold the town fortified in the jail and surrounding buildings.
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Mexico City
Valladolid
Yucatan
Jall
Lightning Kills Several in Severe Midwestern Storm
Associated Press reports a severe storm in Kansas City and Topeka areas causing multiple lightning deaths. Mrs. Charles Hicks perished and property losses reached about 100000 dollars as three quarters of an inch of rain spurred rapid stream rises. Richard Constable, a farmer near Topeka, also died by lightning. In Jefferson City wind toppled roofs at the state prison, striking three buildings and injuring two inmates above a damaged block serving 800 convicts.
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Richard Constable
Topeka
Jefferson City
Progressive Republicans win at Iowa primaries
In Des Moines June 8 with five counties uncounted Governor Carroll Republican leads by 706 votes. Judge Prouty defeats Hull by about 3100 across district. Taft support cited as factor. Garst loss indicates national sentiment while Carroll runs on state record. Progressives nominate eight congressmen. Stand Patters three. Democrats nominate full ticket. Regular Republicans expect control of next state convention.
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Carroll
Judge Prouty
Hull
Prouty
Taft
Garst
Patters
American dies atop Mount Vesuvius during eruption risk
A San Francisco man identified as J. a. Silon was killed while ascending Mount Vesuvius near Naples. He reached a fumarole emitting salt gas and was overcome by fumes, dying almost instantly. The incident occurred as volcanic activity heightened since the earthquake.
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Naples
J. A. Silon
San Francisco
Mount Vesuvius
BaseballScores From National and American Leagues
National League results include Boston sweeping Pittsburg 4 0 in game one and 2 3 in game two at Boston. Philadelphia edged Chicago 7 3 at Philadelphia while New York routed St Louis 7 0 at New York and Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 12 2. American League notes Detroit beat Washington 5 1 at Detroit Cleveland defeated Philadelphia 13 1 at Cleveland. St Louis tied New York 4 4 in a rain shortened game. Chicago beat Boston 5 0 at Chicago. San Francisco defeated Oakland 6 2 at San Francisco. Los Angeles beat Vernon 5 4 at Los Angeles. Portland routed Los Angeles 63 3 at Portland.
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Cincinnati
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Oakland
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Mayor McCarthy Recovers From Accident In San Francisco
From Indianapolis June 8 Associated Press reports Mayor McCarthy of San Francisco injured in a May 20 automobile collision expects to travel home next Tuesday. He walked unaided today for the first time since the crash and is listed in fair condition at Bonansa hospital.
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Indianapolis
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McCarthy
San Francisco
Night of Terror in Calitr! Earthquake Devastates Towns
King Victor and Queen Helena toured Calitr! and surrounding villages as the quake collapsed most homes. Thirty-two bodies were recovered, two in the royal presence. Duke Aosta visited stricken areas and headed to Naples. One death and injuries reported at Castelliaronia, with panic among 20,000 residents. Officials dispatched workers and soldiers to aid. Millenarian fears and religious processions followed the disaster. People slept outdoors, while police organized relief and family reunification efforts.
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Calitre
Italy
Calitr
Victor
Helena
Aosta
Naples
Rome
Avellino
Castelliaronia
Clabritto
Goldfield High Grader Found Guilty in Larceny Case
In Judge Somers court Michael H. Smith, longtime assay office operator, was found guilty of grand larceny for his role in a conspiracy to rob Consolidated mill plates of amalgam. Co-defendants Jake Hildebrand and Bart Knight face trial next week. public sentiment indicates harsher punishment for such high grade crimes.
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Goldfield
Jake Hildebrand
Bart Knight
Smith
Denied His Dying Wife A Physician Arrested
Fresno June 8 A detective sworn complaint charges Dr Jackson L Mattin with failure to provide medical attendance for his wife who died after consuming poison in a personal crisis. He was arrested and held for preliminary hearing in bond of three thousand dollars.
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Associated Prose
Fresno
Cal
District Attorney's Office
Jackson L.mattin
Three Legged Chickens Compete For Prize In Spokane
Miss Hmma La Barge of 2516 North Standard avenue owns a Plymouth Roe chick with three legs. Joseph Gump of 213 East Art avenue claims a single comb Rhode Island Red that hatched four months and 23 days ago, winning a prize. The Plymouth Rock birds exhibit fourteen toes with six on the third leg.
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Wash
Hmma la Barge
Standard Avenue
Joseph Gump
East Art Avenue
Rhode Island
Masked robbers loot candy store in San Francisco
In San Francisco on June 8 masked highway men entered a crowded candy store, bound and gagged proprietor Mrs. William Neuser, rifled the cash register, and escaped. Neuser had been robbed in the same manner on May 23.
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Associated Prosa
San Francisco
William Neuser
Neuser
Tom Corbett to Take Bets on Big Fight
Ambiguous text records a San Francisco note about Tom Corbett tied to handling bets for a forthcoming Johnson fight with Tex Richard and Rickara involved in securing or intimidating money. Details are garbled and incomplete.
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Tom Corbett
San Francisco
Jaurter- Johnson
Tex Richard
Fenters
Rickara
Railway Association Calls for Rate Decision
The general executive committee of the Railway Business association representing $800,000,000 in capital and 1,600,000 workers met and issued a statement to congress railroads shippers and the public. It urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to render a decision on whether railroads are entitled to a general advance in freight rates. The statement warned that uncertainty over rate reasonableness would disrupt industrial conditions and called for influence to be brought to bear.
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Associated Pre
New York
Railway Business Association
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peary Sued For Robbing Cook's Outfit
Rudolph Francke, linked with Dr. Frederick Cook in Arctic exploration, sues Commander Robert Peary for 10000 alleging Peary seized furs walrus teeth and narwhal tusks bought from Arctic natives intended to be shared with Cook. Francke says Peary exploited his illness at Etah to demand full payment for transport to America.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Rudolph Francke
Frederick Cook
Robert Peary
Franke
Arctic
Cook
France
Peary
Etah
America
Hill Me
London
Negro soldier confesses to assault in Seattle home
Nathaniel Bledser confessed to attacking Mrs. Redding at her home, claiming drunkenness. He was turned over to civil authorities. Mayor Gill announced heightened security and ordered sixty emergency police at Fort Lawton, plus closure of nearby Negro resorts selling liquor to soldiers.
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Associated Prong
Seattle
Wash
Nathaniel Bledser
Redding
Mate
Taft
Fort Lawton
Uquor
Governor Carroll Leads In Early Iowa Returns And Nomination Outlook
In Des Moines 150 of 2300 precincts report, Governor Carroll holds an estimated ten thousand vote lead over Warren G. Garret. Prouty appears likely to win the Progressive nomination over Hull, Kennedy seen against Brookhart. Democratic results are not yet filed. In Denver a plant visit prompts talk of a tentative concession to form a union or agreement, with 400 visitors weighing options.
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Carroll
Warren Garet
Prouty
Hull
Seventh Congressional District
Kennedy
W. Brookhart
Man kills wife then takes own life in failed reconciliation
H. Cowell, a mining man from Los Angeles, shot his 20 year old wife claiming she loved no other and that he could not live without her. He then shot himself after a vain reconciliation attempt today.
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Los Angeles
H. Cowell
Cowell
Climbing Mount McKinley: Second Ascent Reaches Summit
Pete Anderson W Taylor and Charlies McGonnigle with Tom Lloyd report a second Mount McKinley ascent on May 17 after an April 3 summit. They corroborate the first ascent and say the flag left at the summit remained intact six weeks prior.
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Alaska
Pete Anderson
Taylor
Charlies McGonnigle
Tom Lloyd
Mount McKinley
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