Explosion kills dozen sailors at Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco June 14 A magazine explosion at Mare Island Navy Yard at 10 30 pm destroyed two shell houses and killed about a dozen sailors outright with several more injured. Bodies lay on beaches and hills as rescuers gathered fragments and rushed the wounded to hospital.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
As Island Navy Yard
Vi ‘Oll Jo
Navy Yard
Magazign
Taney County Lynching Trials End Briefly in Taney Mo
Reliable advices say the celebrated Taney county lynching trials ended after George Friend testified. The state rested with enough evidence. the defense offered no further case and asked release for Reuben Isaacs Bill Candle and John Young. Most prisoners to Ozark Springfield jails. Friend to Springfield for protection pending November court session. Indictment and final conviction expected then.
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Taney County
Spring Fiestp
George Friend
Reuben Isaacs
Bill Candle
John Young
Ozark
Springfield
George W. Friend
Taney Courty Court
Likely to Be a Strike Tattles Lehigh Valley Switchmen
BUFFALO June 14 There is likely trouble between the Lehigh Valley railroad and its switchmen. Wages for switchmen cut on May 21 by 5 to 3 dollars a month. Grand Master Sweeney conferred with local officers to seek amicable settlement. Arbitration may be used, but a strike will follow if no deal. Similar unrest reported on the West Shore and New York Central lines with dissatisfied switchmen.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valley
Ilroad
Sweeney
Adepyar
West Shore
New York
Junge
Won a Fight With Hose in Bay City
A flood conflict in Bay City Michigan when residents blocked an electric railway crew laying a switch. Citizens attached hoses to city hydrants and aimed water at workers, flooding the street and washing out part of the track. Police and bystanders prepared to intervene as the clash continued.
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Bay City
Migh
West Bay City Electric Railway
Phenselven
Watch
Ard
Delegates Reach Washington After Minneapolis Convention
Delegates begin arriving in Washington on June 14 and many call on President Harrison. John New, who led administration forces at the convention, stays with the president for about an hour, then visits the state department and leaves for New York at 4 p.m. He sails for London on Wednesday.
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Harrison
Washington
Minneapolis
John ©. New
Administration
State Department
New York
London
Elks to hold four day reunion in Burvao New York
The Grand Lodge and sixth annual reunion of the Benevolent Order of Elks meet in Burvao on June 14 for a four day session. Indications point to one of the largest gatherings, with an expected attendance of about five thousand Elks.
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Burvao
N. Y
Grand Lodge
The
Benevolent Order of Elks
Elks
Flooding Reaches New Orleans As Mississippi Tops Records
June 14 New Orleans reports the Mississippi River at eighteen to eighteen point three feet above high water, flooding the city. Crevasses open above and below, cutting traffic on three rail routes. A 400 foot levee breaks at Waggaman, and Texas and Pacific lines halt service. Officials fear the coming June rise.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Lovecy
Belmont Place
Mississippi Valley
Belmont
Southern Railway
Gulf
Waggaman
Texas and Pacific
Kansas City
Missouri
Cyclone Ravages Galva Illinois Killing Several
Reports indicate a cyclone struck Galva Henry County Illinois around June 14, destroying many buildings and severing telegraph links. Train crews passing through observed wrecks at the Scago Burlington and Quincy round house and Rock Island and Pacific depot with several dead and injured.
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Galva
Ill
Peoria
Henry Cage Ty
Scago
Burlington and Quincy Round House
Rock Island and Pacific
One Hundred Buildings Destroyed as Fire Rages In Town
Pirrspura June 14. Word reaches here that Cori Chihora, Butlercourt town, is burning furiously. One hundred buildings have already burned and the town is in ruins. Firefighters struggle as flames continue to rage and threaten surrounding areas.
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Chicora
Butlercourt
The TAs Parachute Mishap Over Baltimore Sky
Charles Waite a balloon exhibitor and parachutist fell from 1 600 feet during a stunt over Baltimore. His parachute ropes tangled and failed to open, he came down and lay unconscious as rescuers worked to disentangle the lines. Doctors report no broken bones.
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Baltimore
Charles Waite
Train Robbery Foiled on Baltimore and Ohio Route
In Connellsville, on June 14, an attempted hold up of the New York and Philadelphia express between Layton Station and Connellsville was thwarted. The plan aimed to flag or wreck the train at 9:20 p.m. to board and rob mail and express cars carrying about $188,000. Railroad officials received word and disrupted the plan.
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Connellsville
New York
Cotton Warehouses Burned in Liverpool Fire
Fire in the cotton district near Waterloo dock destroyed five warehouses as flames rapidly spread before the fire department arrived. The loss is expected to be enormous and danger to the surrounding area feared. Nearby reports warn of rising Missouri River flood threats and a Union Pacific Sunset branch wreck near Sunset with injuries but no severe casualties.
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Boston
Hittinger
Lewis
Naval Hospital
Watson and
Achmastadt
Gynner Hittinger
Shell House No. 1
Shell House No. 2
Blas
Robinon
Hughes
Alort
Liverpool
Waterloo Dock
Mrs Harrison's Condition Remains Steady in Heat
Washington June 14 Mrs Harrison's condition remains about the same. She endures the fatiguing effects of very warm weather and continues to hold up remarkably well.
Fortieth Annual Convention of the Typographical Union Opens
Philadelphia hosts the fortieth annual International Typographical Union convention at the Drexel Institute with about 200 delegates. Chairman John M. Driver opened proceedings, Rev Dr. Watkins offered prayer, Major Moses Veale spoke for Governor Pattison, and Mayor Stewart gave greetings before committees were named and the day adjourned. A noon parade involved about 1,200 members.
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International Typographical Union
Philadelphia
Drexel Institue
John M. Driver
Watkins
Moses Veale
Pattison
Veale
Stewart
Conviction under Interstate Commerce Law in oatmeal case
Daniel Farrell Jr and Edwin H Sharp faced indictment for falsifying a bill of lading in a mixed car load of fruit jellies and syrups shipped to Denver. Sharp confessed after a trap set by an inspector. Farrell was acquitted. This marked the first conviction under the interstate commerce act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ommatia
Daniel Farrell, Jr
Edwin H. Sharp
Dudley
Farrell & Co
Denver
Sharp
Farrell
Great Northern to Extend Line from St Cloud to Little Falls
Minneapolis June 4 report says Great Northern reached a deal with Weygerhaus lumber syndicate to build a branch from St Cloud to Little Falls to transport timber and freight. If approved, it may extend to Brainerd and link Milaca with Brainerd. Officials denied knowledge of the matter.
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Great Northern
St. Cloud
Little Falls
Minneapolis
Weygerhaus Rumber Syndicate
Little Alls
Northern Pacific
Brainerd
Milaca
Incompetent Surgeons Charged With Manslaughter
Dr E B Nusgle and Dr Morkle confined in county jail in Cuippewa Wisconsin charged with manslaughter in the third degree after operating on Mrs Lester Dallas for a supposed tumor. Dallas died within hours. coroner's jury finds death due to the operation, described as unnecessary and bungled by the surgeons.
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Dallas
Nuasle
Erkle
Ice Houses Down in Wisconsin Gale
Seven large Union Ice company houses at Sturgeon Bay blown down by a southeast gale. Loss will be considerable. Moville Fire Scorches Antowa Town. twenty-two business houses and residences destroyed, estimated $60,000 loss. Drowning Reports: Fred Passer Jon Monky Thomas Oliberger Theodore Striker Henry Wagner perish in Wisconsin locations.
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SturcEon Bay
Wis
Union Ice Company
Chicago
Antowa
Sioux City
Moville
Here
Maywavkee
Fred Passer
Jon Monky
Fort Atkinson
Thomas Oliberger
Lacrosse
Theodore Striker
Edgerton
Henry Wagner
Antigo
Summer Heat Records Across New Jersey Resorts
On June 14 at 11 a.m. temperatures rose in popular shore towns with Long Branch recording 105, Asbury Park 102, Ocean Grove 105, and Spring Lake 101 degrees, signaling a statewide heat wave.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Long Branch
Ocean Grove
Spring Lake
Upholstery Department Promotes Fine Goods at Low Figure
We offer reliable goods of elegant design produced by modern methods. If you are furnishing or replenishing with a few odd pieces this month it will be to your interest to visit. Our upholstery department turns out handsome pieces worthy of inspection for lovers of fine goods.
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Okag
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Justin
Minnesota
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Juan R. Mingke
Reunion of Elks
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Solo
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Sunset
Boies
Des Mors
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Iowa
United States Senate
Suchopa Wilson
Fars
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Omaha
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Homestead Steel Works
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St. Louis, Keokuk & Northern
Burlington
Ver
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Witona
Newlige
Madras
Zephyr
Boegi Se
Tarad
Third Street
Winona
Minn
Oneh-Prich and
Baxen Forniture Co
Grand Rapids
Mannoth
Center Street
Hillyer, Wright & CO
United States
C. C. Beck
Aubin
Ivouur
Thej Leonard
Landon & Roberts
West Third Street
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