Poor Woman Burns Self in Home Tragedy near Barton
Helena Ark July 16 A horrific fire tragedy unfolds in Barton County as Ella Boyd, a Premier cotton mills employee, builds a funeral pyre and sacrifices her life. With a two month old and a 13 year old daughter nearby she ignites the blaze then dies before medical help arrives. The daughter sustains burns while aiding in evacuating a severely injured mother.
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Ella Boyd
Nooo
Barton
A .T
California Lawyer Under the Weather
Francisco July 16. Geral W. H. Barnes has become ill at the California hotel. Attending physicians express hope for his ultimate recovery.
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Sin Francisco
Calif
Geral W. H. H. Barnes
California Hotel
Park City mine disaster kills dozens in Utah blast
A Daly West mine powder magazine explosion at Daly mine level 1200 in Park City Utah killed many workers and left thirty three bodies recovered with estimates of fifty dead overall. Relief efforts opened an unused tunnel to reach the chamber of death while rescue continues and authorities seek causes amid warnings of possible carelessness.
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Daly
Park City
Utah
Daly West
Ontario
Champion Jeffries Exercises At Lake Merritt
Champion Jeffries toured the Lake Merritt shore in Oakland then did gymnasium work with enthusiasm. He completed eight fast rounds with Joe Kennedy and Jack Jeffries, alternating each round, in good spirits as his father Rev. James Jeffries visits from Los Angeles.
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Oakland
Calif
Jeffries
Lake Merritt
Joe Kennedy
Jack Jeffries
James Jeffries
Los Angeles
Young Girl Scalp Injury In Marion Indiana
Georgia Carey six year old daughter of Newton Carey fell from a wagon loaded with stone. A rear wheel grazed her head tearing off scalp from neck to nose. Dr Warner stitched scalp with twenty three stitches. He says she will recover and not lose her hair.
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Marion
Ind
Georgia Carey
Newton Carey
Warner
Emperor's Yacht Meteor III Arrives First in Vanbusch Race
Dover reports Emperor William’s schooner Meteor III as the first to arrive from Heligoland in the Vanbusch trophy race valued at 600 guineas. The event in progress showcases a newer era of American made yachts.
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Dover
Eng
Emperor William
Heliogoland
Germany
Vanbusch
Democratic Campaign Chief Griggs Plans Westward Tour
Washington July 16. Chairman Griggs of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will launch an extended tour to engage state leaders and seek cooperation. Ben T Cable will run the campaign west of the Alleghenies, with a three-way Dem leadership meeting in New York. Griggs asserts harmony among campaign officials and explains advertising for discount sheets to expose price differences between American and foreign markets.
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Washington, D. C
Griggs
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
New York
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Democratic
Ben T Cable
Alleghenies
Cable
Europe
Ninou
New York Sun
Henry W. Peabody & Co
Mr. Bradlee
Peabody i Co
Sheepmen Rally Against Yellowstone Extension Action
In Cody Wyoming a mass meeting is planned after President’s extension of forest reserves prompts a push to withdraw sheep from added ranges near Yellowstone and Teton parks. A committee will ask Congress to suspend the act until a hearing. Tensions rise as stockmen threaten possible ejectment of Anderson and denounce local delegates.
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Cody
Wyo
A. A. Anderson
New York
Wood River
Yelowstone
Teton
Anderson
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Sun Light
Meeteetsee
Watermelon dispute turns deadly in New Columbus
At NEW COLUMBUS Kentucky on July 16 Mort Green and Tom Jones two Black men argued over a watermelon. Green threatened Jones with a knife but Hughes a white man intervened. Green attacked Hughes and fatally injured him. Watermelons are plentiful and cheap in markets.
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New Columbus
Mort Green
Tom Jones
Jones
Green
Wiliam Hughes
White
Hughes
Old Bell Tower to Be Rebuilt in Venice
Venice reports offers to aid rebuilding the Campanile but aims for a purely Italian effort restoring the tower exactly as it stood before collapse. Estimated cost is 6,000,000 lire.
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Venice
Italy
America
Illinois Battleship Run Aground Towed to Repair in Norway
Christiana Norway July 16 The United States battleship Illinois flagship of Rear Admiral Crowninshield was towed into the inner harbor today. Divers are repairing damage from grounding Monday. The ship will proceed to England for dry dock.
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Christiana
Norway
United States
Illinois
Crowninshield
England
The Snake's Good Taste And the Girl's Fright
Miss Carrie Schoettlin Mrs living at 1106 West Franklin street in Evansville Ind was awakened by movement in her bed on three successive nights. She found a four foot chicken snake in the sheets this morning and screamed for help before the reptile was killed. Supposed to have entered via bed clothes aired outside.
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Evansville
Ind
Carrie Schoettlin
West Franklin Street
Summer Palace Receives Visitors at Sagomore Hill
Oyster Bay July 16 The President enjoyed a quiet day at Sagmore Hill with Mrs Roosevelt and the children. Tonight R D Wren tennis champion and former Rough Rider and Owen Wister author of The Virginians will arrive to spend the night and tomorrow with the President.
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Oyster’ Bay
N. Y
Sagmore Hill
Embalming Fluid Claims Themed Perfect Preservation
Charles B. Lewis of Memphis unveils an embalming fluid said to preserve bodies for ages without odor. Demonstrations at Memphis Medical College show animals and a human cadaver remaining in life like pose and color, with two formulas for preservation and petrification. The fluid reportedly avoids strychnine arsenic and corrosive sublimate.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles B. Lewis
Chicago
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Illinois State Board of Health
Memphis Medical College
Lewis
E. E. Francis
General Jacob H. Smith Admonished by President
Secretary Root carried from Oyster Bay the papers in the court martial case of General Jacob H. Smith tried in Manila for orders given to Major Waller. Smith was found guilty and admonished by the President, who retired him under the army’s thirty-year service rule.
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Washington, D. C
Root
Oyster Bay
Jacob H. Smith
Manila
Waller
Smith
Doctor swore at the hello girl in Missouri
In St Louis on July 16, Dr Gettys of 4200 Morse Street faced a complaint from John W. Gay and W E Hart of the local telephone company. They say a July 2 incident involved the physician cursing a telephone girl after failing to hear his wife and then directing abuse to the staff during the call. The case was sworn out with Assistant City Attorney Stanton.
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T. Louis
Dr. Gettys
Morsan Street
John W. Gay
W. E. Hart
Stanton
Mr. Gay
Freight blockade broken as Chicago strike ends
After ten days of strike, Chicago freight handlers return to work in a near unanimous vote. Freight rushes resume with vast shipments as wage talks unfold between the men and the railroads. The Association of Railway General Managers confirms workers reported back and will likely receive the July 1 wage offer.
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Chicago
Ralroads
Association of Railway General Managers
Market Update From New York July 16 Dollar Rates
New York on July 16 reports Mexican dollars at 417 percent and silver at 53 cents. Copper prices hover between 11.90 and 12.00 per unit.
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New York
Religion by Wire A New Enterprise
PETERSBURG July 16 The Central Union Telephone line faces a new independent system in Washington. Rivalries prompt a plan to install transmitters in churches so patrons can listen to sermons on the church line. Ministers accept the proposal and arrange for installation to run day and night, signaling a bold but contentious expansion of telephony into religious services.
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Ephone
Washington
Anderson
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