Spontaneous Combustion Triggers Deadly Buffalo Mill Blast
A massive explosion at the Husted Milling company in South Buffalo killed nine and left 62 injured with 25 more likely to die. The blast, caused by spontaneous combustion in a corn pit, blew out the north side of the factory, then sparked two follow up blasts as rescue teams and ambulances swarmed the scene.
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Husted Milling Company
South Buffalo
Michael King
Henry Vetter
John Conroy
Police Save Ten From Upper Window In Mill Explosion
Patrolmen McNamara and Brooks rescued ten men from an upper window as flames spread through the mill. After the first explosion, McNamara flagged a Nickel Plate train to evacuate nearby passengers. Forty injured were taken to St Stephen's Church where rites were given for twenty five fatally injured.
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Thomas McNamara
Leonard Brooks
McNamara
St. Stephen’s Church
Father Barrett
Farmers urged to raise alfalfa in Delaware
Delaware college experiment station findings show alfalfa can be profitable in the state. Professor A. E. Grantham notes its high feeding value and large yields, and a special bulletin encourages more farmers to sow the crop.
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Newark
Del
Delaware College Experiment Station
A. E. Grantham
Storm Ravages Corning as High Winds Leave Destruction
A severe electric storm battered Corning New York last week causing extensive damage. Hundreds of shade trees were blown down and power and telephone services were disrupted. A large elm fell on Pine street burying a house and lifting a curb and sidewalk. Over 200 trees were uprooted, windows shattered, and water flooded the Corning Free Academy. Hail damaged tobacco crops and many storefronts.
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Corning
N. Y
Lucy E. Wood
Pine Street
Corning Free Academy
Pigeon Crosses Equator from Rio to Pigeon Sets Record
Sunny Jim a racing pigeon owned by Stephen Krupa of Jeannette Pa returned home from Rio de Janeiro after 48 days traveling across hot equatorial zones. The feat marks the first time a homing pigeon is documented to cross below the equator. The birds were shipped to Rio fancier Don Diego Becera in April and released May 8.
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Jeannette
Sunny Jim
Stephen Krupa
Rio de Janeiro
Equator
Africa
South America
Don Diego Becera
Chained girl beaten in butcher shop case in Augusta
In Augusta on June 26 J. J. Johnson faced Recorder's court charged with tying a chain around his 15 year old daughter Nellie and suspending her from a meat hook then beating her with a whip until she bled. A policeman testified neighbors heard screams and found Nellie hanging, exhausted, with marks on arms and neck. One charge alleges assault with intent to murder.
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Augusta
J. J. Johnson
Recorder’s Court
Moore
Johnson
Nellie
Resuscitation After Lycoming Creek Accident
In Williamsport on June 26 Dr. J. L. Mansay revived 7 year old Valentine Gallo after four hours of effort following a water accident in Lycoming creek. The boy had been submerged while playing with a cousin who nearly drowned himself while rescuing him. The mother, frantic over the incident, attempted suicide by leaping into the pool and was saved by bystanders.
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Williamsport
J. L. Mansay
Ralston
Valentine Gallo
Lycoming Creek
Governor Lets Electrocution Become Pennsylvania Death Penalty
Governor Tener signs a bill making electrocution the legal method of execution for first degree murder in Pennsylvania on this date, establishing the state’s official capital punishment method.
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Pennsylvania
Tener
New Postmaster Named for Oakfield New York
Dr. Augustus F. G. Zurhorst, Democrat, nominated postmaster at Oakfield by President Wilson to succeed Charles H. Griffin, who was appointed November 30, 1897.
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Oakfield
Augustus F. G. Zurhorst
Democratic County Committee
N. Y
Wilson
Zurhorst
Charles H. Griffin
Primary bill killed and Blauvelt bills pass again in Albany
In Albany on June 26 the senate defeated the governor's direct primary bill 38 to 10, repeating a vetoed outcome from the regular session. The Blauvelt long and short bills, backed by the Democratic organization and aimed at cutting election costs by up to 1 million dollars yearly, then passed both houses and await the governor's signature for a third time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blauvelt
Democratic State Organization
Albany
State Senate
Sulzer
Assembly
Senate
Executive Chamber
Peckham
Oneida
Thomas
Madison
Emerson
Warren-Essex
Robert F. Wagner
Legislature Recesses to July 8 in Cobalan Probe
Albany June 26 legislators recessed until July 8 to allow joint judiciary committees to hear testimony on charges against New York Supreme Court Justice F Cobalan. The committees will begin taking testimony in the Capitol next Monday morning and may work through the week including the Fourth of July to prepare a report for the reconvened legislature a week later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Judiciary
Senate and
Assembly
Supreme Court
F. Cobalan
New York City
John A. Connolly
Man’s check refused in court over unpaid highway fine
Boston June 26 Jack Geraghty husband of Julia French offered a $10 check signed Julia French Geraghty as payment of a highway violation fine. Judge Sullivan imposed a $5 fine for leaving a vehicle unattended. A court officer cashed the check and the fine was paid.
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Boston
Jack Geraghty
Julia French
Geraghty
Washington Street
Sullivan
Julia French Geraghty
Death News Kills Her Mother In Mistaken Telegram
In Milton Pennsylvania Mrs. Peter Beaver aged 63 died after learning her daughter Mrs. Elmer Burley was dead. Burley misread a telegram saying Come for your wife and rushed to tell his mother in law. The shock caused Mrs. Beaver to swoon and die. The daughter recovered after hospital treatment.
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Milton
Peter Beaver
Elmer Burley
Williamsport
Burley
Williamsport Hospital
Air Rescue Delays Endure for Buried Worker Trio
Pittsburg June 26 Thousands watched as workmen pumped air through four iron pipes to supply a trapped man under tons of gravel at Smithfield street and Sixth avenue. The first two were freed quickly the third after nearly three hours. Joseph Gabrielle endured the wait and was kept alive by the forced air. All three are expected to recover.
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Pittsburg
Smithfield Street
Sixth Avenue
Joseph Gabrielle
Arlington Mills Slashes Wool Dividend To Two Per Cent
Arlington Mills of Lawrence, second in size to the American Woolen company, halves its dividend to 2 percent for six months. The firm cites poor business, tariff changes, and last winter's garment workers strikes as causes. Current employment runs just over half of the normal 6,000 workers.
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Boston
Arlington Mills
Lawrence
American Woolen Company
Rochester Couple Wed in London Quiet Ceremony
Jesse Lindsay and Miss Grace Curtice, both of Rochester New York, wed at St Margaret s church Westminster with Canon Carnegie presiding. A 12 cover breakfast followed at the Hotel Curzon before they departed for a honeymoon in the Isle of Wight.
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Rochester
London
Jesse Lindsay
Grace Curtice
N. Y
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Canon Carnegie
Birmingham
Curzon
Isle of Wight
Accused Man Leaps to Death in Court Office
Terre Haute Indiana June 26 John Brantlinger leaped from a third floor courthouse window as the prosecutor prepared to charge him with robbing a saloon. He had been spending money freely when captured.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Brantlinger
Court House
Pittsburg Man Dies After Cell Wall Incident
George Serin geen of Tower City Schuylkill County died at a local hospital from injuries after deliberately butting his head against a steel cell wall in a police station yesterday. The incident occurred in Pittsburg on June 26.
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Pittsburg
George Seringeen
Tower City
Schuylkill County
Denmark hosts American agricultural commission visit
Farm experts arrive in Copenhagen where the American commission on agricultural organization is greeted by Maurice F. Egan the American minister. The inquiry into Denmark credit bank system begins immediately with the delegation.
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Copenhagen
American Commission On Agricultural Organization
Maurice F. Egan
Denmark
Erie Telegraphers Win Pay Increase After Talks
An agreement averted a threatened strike by 1200 Erie railroad telegraphers after weeks of talks in New York. The deal retroactive to May 1 yields about a 6 percent average raise across the Erie system.
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Erie
Erie Railroad
New York City
Bath Woman Takes Her Own Life in Ill Health
Despondent over illness Mrs. Elsie Foy of Bath killed herself last week by paris green. Coroner D H Smith deemed no inquest necessary. Mrs. Foy, about 62, is survived by her husband.
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Bath
Elsie Foy
Paris Green
D. H. Smith
China Might Send WU TING FANG On Special Mission
Reports indicate Chinese envoy Wu Ting Fang could return to the country for a special diplomatic mission. Details on timing scope or objectives remain undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Airman Feared Dead After Lake Keuka Crash
Fred F. Gardiner, about 25, drowned in Lake Keuka when his airplane inverted during a turn and plunged into the water. A flying boat and rescuers searched the area, but efforts to recover his body failed. Gardiner, a resident of Portland, Missouri, had been at the lake for weeks pursuing aeronautic activities.
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Fred F. Gardiner
Lake Keuka
Gardiner
Portland
Missouri Wool Crop Tops Midwest Output in 1912
Missouri produced 7,425,000 pounds of washed and unwashed wool in 1912, selling at an average 25 cents per pound to yield $1,856,250 for farmers. The five-state region fell short by 1.4 million pounds, while Missouri led among neighboring states in annual wool production per Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
John T. Fitzpatrick
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Interior secretary eases charges for reclamation farmers
Secretary Lane announced a policy favoring farmers who cultivate land on government reclamation projects over speculators. He ordered a temporary cut to one third of final building charge instalments, with a minimum payment of 50 cents per acre, and added unpaid balances to the final water right instalments.
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Interior Department
Lane
Washington
Cousin of Harry Thaw Kills Self on Pennsylvania Track
John Ross, 40, a cousin of Harry Thaw who escaped from an asylum near Franklin, was killed Monday when he threw himself on a Pennsylvania railroad track as a fast express rounded a curve. Signals and warnings came too late. The body was identified by clothing.
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Harry Thaw
John Ross
Franklin
Ross
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie Strike Settled at Erie Forge Works
Assistant Secretary of Labor wired Secretary Wilson that the two month strike by the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths at the Erie Forge Company in Erie Pennsylvania has been amicably adjusted.
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Department of Labor
Wilson
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Erie Forge Company
Erie
Pai
Fatal Grove City airman Earl Sandt dies after carnival crash
Earl Sandt, 25, Erie Brookville aviator known for daring feats, died at Grove City Hospital from injuries after a June 12 accident during a Grove City college carnival. A left wing failure and garage collision led to fatal injuries including a splintered leg and broken arm. He had flown two flights June 11 before the crash.
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Grove City
Earl Sandt
Eric
Sandt
Erie
Walter
Grove City College
Brookville
West Sixth Street
Lake Erie
Canada
Sixty Sunday Excursionists Injured In Canal Coaster Crash
About sixty people were injured, six seriously, when four coaches on a Pennsylvania excursion train rolled down the west embankment of the Genesee Valley Canal near Cuylerville around 9 30 Sunday morning. One person is thought fatally injured. The accident is blamed on spreading rails as rescuers aided the injured and pulled others to safety.
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Pennsylvania
Genesee Valley Canal
Genesee
Cuylerville
Major Benton McConnell Dies at 80 in Hornell
Major Benton McConnell 80, longtime president of McConnell Manufacturing and on the Bath Soldiers' Home board, died at his Hornell home shortly after 4 am after a 30 minute illness. Heart disease listed as cause. He had been active and conversing with friends the day before. Yukon beavers. In the Yukon region beavers remain plentiful far from human settlements.
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Benton McConnell
McConnell Manufacturing Company
Bath Soldiers’ Home
Hornell
N. Y
McConnell
Yukon
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Fawcett
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Grove City Hospital
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