Two Killed and 125 Rescued in Seattle Flyer Disaster
At Seattle, the Flyer steamer collision caused 100 to 125 passengers to fall into Puget Sound when a gangway collapsed. Two died, about forty were hospitalized, and heroism was shown by rescuers including J H Johns. Mrs H Leonard died after rescue. four year old Carl Bruder drowned.
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Seattle, Wash
Seattle Tacoma
Everett B. Coffin
Puget Sound
Colman
J. H. Johns
W. H. Pugh
Green Lake
Tacoma
James Dalton
Scranton
Seattle
Richeson Awaits Execution After Boston Slaying
Clarence V. T. Richeson, convicted killer of Avis Linnell, maintains calm during religious reflection as he awaits death. Officials hinted execution unlikely before daybreak, though no precise hour can be given. He sits by his cot reading the Bible in prison.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Richeson
Iowa Newspaper Man Clarence Miller Dies in Cedar Rapids
Clarence L. Miller, 63, president of the Gazette company, died suddenly of apoplexy in Cedar Rapids while preparing to take his car out for a pleasure trip. He held substantial property interests in the city.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clarence L. Miller
The
Gazette Company
Mr. Miller
Tigers Refuse to Play Without Cobb in Philadelphia Farce
Detroit and Philadelphia scenes on May 20 expose a tense stand when Detroit refused to field without Ty Cobb after his suspension. Ban Johnson backed Cobb’s stand and warned no game in any American League city until Cobb is reinstated, grounding the league in a rare labor like standoff.
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Philadelphia
Detroit Tigers
Ty” Cobb
New York
Tigers
Cobb
Jennings
Ban Johnson
Detroit
Mr. Johnson
Wilbur Wright Suffering Typhoid Illness
Dayton Ohio May 20 Wilbur Wright an aeroplane manufacturer is ill with typhoid fever and is only slightly improved according to his physician's statement.
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Dayton, C
Wilbur Wright
Rabies Outbreak Kills Several Cattle Near Newark
In Flint Ridge, Ohio, multiple pedigreed cattle owned by Frank Hartman James Barr and John Brightman died from rabies over two days. Farmers report wild dogs roaming the area have bitten livestock and many cattle are sick or confined awaiting safety measures.
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Newark
Messrs
Frank Hartman
James Barr
John Brightman
Flint Ridge
Here
Oil Test Well Planned Near Mount Vernon
The Jefferson Development company closed a contract with C. W. Ross of Watson NL to drill an oil test on holdings south of Mount Vernon on May 20.
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Mt. Vernon
Mount Vernon
Jefferson Development Company
C. W. Ross
Watson, NL
Oil Company Withdraws From Missouri After Ouster Fine
The Republic Oil company paid its 59000 ouster fine and withdrew from the state of Missouri.
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Oil Company
Jefferson City
Republic Oil Company
Missouri
Lynch Re-elected President of Typographical Union
James M Lynch announces re-election as president of the International Typographical Union by an 8000 vote majority. Other officers also re-elected with at least 2000 more votes than in the last election. official tallies to be released by the national tellers on June 1 in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
James M Lynch
International Typographical Union
Fifteen Feared Dead After Sea Collision Near Halifax
A wireless message reports the schooner hit by the steamer A. W. Pery sank with all hands aboard, probably fifteen men, after a collision off Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
N. S
A. W. Pery
Hard Coal Strike Off Ends Seven Week Idle Period
Wilkesbarre and Scranton reports confirm the anthracite miners’ convention ratified a subcommittee agreement with operators. Miners will return to work next Wednesday after seven weeks idle, with a 323 to 64 vote. All coal companies ready to resume operations in the coal region days after the ratification.
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Wilkesbarre
Anthracite Mine Workers
Scranton
Oe Valley
Lackawanna Company
Break in Atchafalaya Levee Floods Melville
Melville, Louisiana, faced flooding after a West Bank levee on the Atchafalaya broke sixteen miles north. More than half of Melville’s 1,100 residents fled as the steamship Minnetonka was chartered to evacuate those wishing to leave.
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Baton Rouge
Melville
Atchafalaya River
Minnetonka
Scientist Scales Mount Vesuvius Crater Depth
Naples May 20 Professor Mallada explorer of Vesuvius crater recounts a daring descent with attendant Andre Varavezza. He describes a 130 yard inward descent aided by ropes then a 120 yard ascent, two hours at the bottom amid heat and noxious gases, before a five hour climb back to the summit.
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Naples
Mallada
Crater of
Vesuving
Andra Varavezza
Aig
Mo Ith
Methodist Episcopal rule against dancing kept after conference
In Minneapolis on May 20 the Methodist Episcopal general conference voted 446 to 369 to keep the old rule prohibiting dancing theaters and games of chance. The debate followed two days of committee discussion on the church discipline dating to 1872. Rev. Robert Warner warned that removing the clause would hasten a slide from sinful to doubtful behavior. The fifth ballot for bishops yielded no result.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist General Conference
General Conference
John Wesley
Lord Jesus
Robert Warner
Moscow
Idaho
Hishovs
Fire Roars Through Houston Business District
A May 20 blaze in Houston caused about 750000 in damage to the business section. The Stowers four story building the Temple four story office block the Latham three story structure and upper floors of the Texas Company's 12 story building were destroyed. The Houston Typographical union and the Knights of Columbus lost all possessions from halls in the Temple building.
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Houston
Tex
Stowers
Temple
Latham
The
Texas Company
Big Oil Corporation
Houston Typographical Union
Knights of Columbus
Temple Building
Seek Recall of Commissioner in Springfield New Jersey
May 20 petitions circulate in the city to recall Willis J Spaulding commissioner of public property. He is charged with incompetency and wasteful expenditure of public funds.
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Springfield
Willis J. Spaulding
Manufacturers' meeting urges new party to back constitution
New York May 20 President John Kirby Jr opening the annual meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers at the Waldorf Astoria denounced what he called demagogism in politics and urged formation of a new party devoted to the government founded on the constitution, calling the current political situation a crisis.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Waldorf-Astoria
John Kirby, Jr
Death toll in pistol duel near Corpus Christi
In a pistol battle 60 miles west of Corpus Christi at San Diego two county officials and another man were killed. Three of the men were arrested. The Duval county district clerk and sheriff identified as members of the M eans family were among the dead.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
San Diego
Duval County
All Means
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