Work of Tornadoes Ravages Towns Across Midwest and Indiana
Tornadoes destroyed the Glenwood state hospital area in Missouri and caused deaths including Maggie Ternes and Hazel Wright. The storm swept through Des Moines and Creston wrecking buildings, with deaths reported in Brooking and nearby towns. Indiana suffered over a million dollars in damage with factories wrecked in Kokomo and fatalities in Alexandria and Logansport. Northwestern Ohio saw severe damage in Toledo and surrounding counties with multiple injuries in Woods Channel and Sandusky.
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Glenwood
State Hospital
Piers
Maggie Ternes
Hazel Wright
Dex Moines
Bota
Shelby County
Gray
Audubon County
Brooks
Corning
Creston
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Kokomo
Alexandria
Anderson
Willie Black
Converse
Lunetard Stepledson
Logangeport
Evangville
Toledo
Mie
Ohi
Blomqood
Ohio
Woods Chaneau
Dwn Sandusky
Topeka Flash Flood and Fire Devastate North Topeka
North Topeka endures three days of fire flood and collapse. At least 240 dead, 10,000 homeless, property losses exceed 5 million dollars. Governor Cummins orders shelter and potential special session. Bridges swept away three miles of water cut communications by boat.
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Teidges
Ranesas City
Mound Rausis City
Kian
Union Vocilla
Topeka
North Topeka
Ta Lowa
New Moines
Cummins
Premier Balfour backs Chamberlain plan in free trade shift
London reports Premier Balfour openly supports Chamberlain's scheme for abandoning traditional free trade in favor of reciprocal tariff ties with colonies. He warned England's future neutrality would be the Turkish Empire and tied policy to a colonial tax on food and raw materials. Also noted murder lynching in Newcastle Wyoming and Bryan renouncing Democratic leadership in Lincoln. Becket case in Wallula involves socialist suspect in Roosevelt plot.
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London
Balfour Thas
Chamberlain
House Off Commons
Ife
England
Presbyterians Adopt Revised Creed at General Assembly
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church approves a new creed revision ending the elect doctrine and infant damnation. It states salvation is offered to all, and infants who die are saved. The assembly also passes a divorce and remarriage ruling restricting clergy from officiating unless divorce meets Scriptural grounds.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Presbyterian Church of the
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Iowa Prohibitionists Nominate Slate at Marshalltown
The Iowa prohibition state convention adjourned Thursday with nominations for governor J I Hanson lieutenant governor J H W Seall superintendent of public instruction J A Ward railroad commissioner E Dewey attorney general William Orr and a platform endorsing equal suffrage opposing liquor taxes and miller law repeal and calling for saloon tax revenues to fund inebriate treatment. A separate Ohio prohibition convention in Springfield nominated Rev Dr N D Creamer for governor.
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Marshalltown
J. I. Hanson
Mahaska County
J. HW. Seall
Meary County
J. A. Ward
Polk County
E. Dewey
Woodbury County
Wiliam Orr
Page County
Ohio
Springfield
N. D. Creamer
Colwmbus
Scouts defeat Omnigas insurgents in Manila campaign
Eighteen insurgents were killed as a detachment of scouts dispersed Omnigas on Omigas island near Manila on June 1. The government believes this victory ends opposition there. An explosion at Charters Coal and Coke in Pittsburg Virginia on May 27 killed four men and injured several others.
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Manila
Omnigas Island
Pittsburg
Charters Coal and Coke Company
Pederal
Hannigan Guilty in Bribery Case over Suburban Bill
St Louis May 29 Five years in the penitentiary was the verdict in the bribery case of J J Hannigan a former member of the house of delegates found guilty of accepting a bribe connected with the Suburban railway bill Attorneys for Hannigan filed a motion for a new trial and Newis released on 10000 bond The case is the eighteenth tied to the local investigation with all but one convicted. Berlin May 28 The German Jewish relief society reports Kishineff massacre destruction 700 houses and 600 shops with about 10000 persons or 2000 families left homeless.
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Washington
Post Office
Augustus W. Mache
Genera
Grotf Bros
Ttig
Department
Maehan
Bacome
Ma Machen
Ledit Eo
Diller Tr. Groff
Groff
Samuel A. Groff
Lnte
Edwin W Lawrence
Rutland, VI
Post Office Department
Daniel V. Miller
Mariesville
Canada
T. P R. O'Connor
Irish National League
Dennis Connelly
County Claire
Treland
Elmira
Terre Taute
Fel
Federal Va
Alabama
Federal Supreme Court
New York
Warthe
Dembro
Prussia
Union Pacific
Victor Murdock
Congress
Wichita
Kan
London Times
St. Petersburg
Rueshin
Herbert Spencer
Briehten
Englamd
Wisenwusin
Appleston
Wis
New Dinven
Conn
Waston
South
Chicago
Edwin Warren
Lowville
Los Angeles
Gul
Jarvey J. Woodman
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Great Britain
Castro of Veresuela
Gulf of Puru
Ciudad Bolivar
Andrew Carnegie
Hague
Palace of Peace
United States
W. 2. Bailey
Yale
Pletcher Ladd
Supreme Court of the Philippine
Manila
Laencaster
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
James E. Burke
Burlington
State Supreme Court
D. C. Hawley
Chamberslain
Grover Cleveland
Western Union
Pennsylvania Railroad
George Gould
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
J. J. Hannigan
House of Delegates
Lannigan
Hannigan
Mannigan
Ne Wis
Berlin
Escape convict John Josie identified in Seattle
Seattle May 28 1875 John Josie alias John Phillips identified as a Kingston Out penitentiary escapee who jailed nine years for murder and died in hospital after admitting his identity. In Rome New York a separate incident reports 20 year old Rena Webster dragged to death by a halter rope and a frightened horse on a rough highway nearby Northwestern Was.
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Seattle
Wash
John Josie
John Phillips
Kingston
Josie
Rome
Rena Webster
Northwestern
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Statea
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Alan Tormonse
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Relef
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Vandala
Postal Free Delivery
A. W. Machen
Balfons
Vian
Brrth
Newcastle
Wyo
CG. Clifton
John W. Church
Gillette
Tung Clifton
Clifton
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Democratic Party
Matti
Iowa
Builders’ Paper
Roosevelt Brothers
Knickerbocker Flour Mill
All Jewelers
The
New England Watch Co
Ffce
Waterbury, Conn
San Francisco
H. K. Phelps
All Drugaints
Lion Coffee
Wainwright
Iy H
Foley
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Lima C
Neys
X. N. Schultz
Perry Paing
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Victor Bros
Mark
Victor Brothers
T. J. Symington
Queen's University Canada
Ofica
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Ackey
H. Althaus
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