West to East Earthquake Shocks Quebec Ontario No Damage
Montreal reports a slight earthquake on June 2 lasting 45 seconds moving east to west and felt across Quebec and Ontario with no damage. Other items note Huntington’s California visit for better western business, and multiple obituaries and political notes from cities like Spokane Pontiac Savannah and New York.
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New York
Collis P. Huntington
California
Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
Duluth
Spokane
N. D. Moore
Pontiac
James E. Morrow
National Bank
Washington
Henry Strong
Canada
Peru
Victor McCord
Hartford City
Ind
James E. Thompson
Anderson
Congress
Milwaukee
Wis
Sutherland
St. Joseph
Charles E. Cochran
Savannah
Clinton
Susan Schanon
J. A
J. C. Schmoll
Charles Clark
Boston
Mass
Estes & Lauriat
Sioux City
Trade and Labor Assembly
Kenosha
S. M. Inglis
Illinois
Pennoyer Sanitarium
Rock Island
Geo. W. Prince
San Francisco
Cal
Moana
Australia
Marshalltown
George C. van Vieck
Marshall County
Kewanee
John Wentworth
Henry County
Dubuque
Iowa Iron Works
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Dayton, O
Peters & Burns
Danville
United States
Thomas Wallace Keene
Smith Infirmary
Staten Island
Key West
Fla
Pedro
Havana
Naval Board
McKinley
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
Seaman
Hutchinson
Kan
Bay City
Mich
F. W. Wheeler Company
West Bay City
Bessemer Steamship Company
Cleveland
Thomas W. Keene
New Brighton
St. Louis and Big Muddy Company
Stanton
Army
Philippines
Adolph Sutro
Pittsburg
Socialist Labor Party
J. M. Barnes
Iowa tax law underperforms says Des Moines dispatch
Deputy County Auditor Parker completed footing the 1893 tax books showing the new revenue law lowers overall personal assessment by 772000 with 566568 of that loss in Des Moines. The shift to cash value with 25 percent assessed hurts merchandise credits capital stocks and farm assets. only monies and credits show a gain of 321031 led by a large increase in one Des Moines man’s valuation.
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Des Moines
Parker
Funeral of Ex Gov Carpenter Draws Large Crowd
Ceremonies for the late Ex Governor Carpenter were simple but deeply moving with the town shutting down. Ministers led services, followed by addresses from Hon. John F. Duncombe Capt J A O Yeoman and ex Governor Coe and Governor Shaw from the porch. Thousands filed through the house to bid farewell.
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Fort Donner
Carpenter
John F. Duncombe
J. A
Yeoman
Coe
Shaw
A Bad Man in Custody After Ottumwa Arrest
City Marshal Jones returned from Ottumwa with Jim Todd alias Burton who faces an attempted murder charge for a razor assault on Frank Wells over a woman. Todd bore a severe back wound from another affray, with the knife piercing a lung, and his condition is serious.
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Marshalltown
Jones
Ottumwa
Jim Todd
Burton
Frank Wells
Todd
Wells
Middle of the Road Populists Nominate Ticket in Des Moines
The middle-of-the-road populist state convention in Des Moines on June 3 nominated a full ticket for state offices. R. M. Daniels to secretary of state, A. C. Wicks auditor, A. M. Hutchins treasurer, L. H. Weller supreme judge, J. A. Lowenberg attorney general, Joseph Ash railroad commissioner, and Allie Ced clerk of the supreme court with regional county designations listed.
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Des Moines
R. M. Daniels
Warren County
A. C. Wicks
Decatur County
A. M. Hutchins
Pottawattamie County
L. H. Weller
Chickasaw County
J. A. Lowenberg
Wapello County
Joseph Ash
Polk County
Allied Ced
Muscatine County
Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers Ordered to Philippines
The Fifty-first Iowa volunteers the old Third regiment of the national guard will go to the Philippines. Colonel Lopez has orders to report to General Merritt at San Francisco and it will likely start tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Guard
Philippines
Lopez
Merritt
San Francisco
Farmer's Wife Ends Life in Barn Near Parkersburg
Parkersburg June 5, Mrs. Bohn a farmer's wife four miles from town vanished at dinner time. Her body was found in the barn hanging by a halter to a rafter. The inquest ruled death by her own action during a period of temporary insanity.
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Parkersburg
Fred Bohn
Bohn
Four Men Hurt In a Collision at Norway
Four trainmen were seriously injured in a head end collision on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway at Norway when an open switch allowed a passenger train to strike a freight train. Engineers Spaulding and Smith and firemen Calvin Spaulding and Will Hobson were injured. Hobson suffered a brain concussion and is expected to die. The others are expected to recover.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago & Northwestern
Norway
Spaulding
Calvin Spaulding
Will Smith
Will Hobson
Hobson
Big Fire at Waterloo Destroys Three Factories
A morning blaze in Waterloo destroyed Beck Nauman Watts furniture factory and cascaded to the Omnibus and Wagonette Manufacturing company and Cascaden foundry. Total losses about 50000 with Beck Nauman Watts suffering the largest hit at 33000. Workmen lost tools and materials valued around 2900.
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Waterloo
Beck, Nauman & Watts
Waterloo Omnibus and Wagonette Manufacturing Company
Cascaden Foundry
Iowa's Second Call Issued For Enlistment
Governor Shaw issued a proclamation calling for 1 968 Iowa volunteers under the president's second call. Counties receive quotas based on relative military strength and muster rolls, with adjustments for overages and a ten percent reduction in remaining counties.
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Des Moines
Shaw
Iowa
McKinley
Arsenic Found in Stomach of Edward Hughes
Mrs. Edward T Hughes is jailed for murder after her husband Edward Hughes died April 7 presumably from heart failure. An exhumation on May 26 and analysis by Prof. Haynes in Chicago detected arsenic, with $3,000 in life insurance paid. Police withhold key evidence.
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Edward Hughes
Mason City
Edward T Hughes
Burglars Loot Hardware Store Safe for Cash and Orders
Burglars break into H. W. Ross hardware store near the post office, blast open the safe, and steal between 800 and 000 dollars plus a bundle of blank postal orders. The safe is wrecked, with drills and braces from a nearby blacksmith shop used in the break in.
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Lauien
H. W. Ross
General Lincoln Assigned to Fourth Corps at Mobile
Adjutant General Corbin orders Brigadier General James Rush Lincoln reassigned to the Fourth corps stationed in Mobile Alabama.
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Lincoln
Mobile
Des Moiins
Corbin
James Rush Lincoln
Fourth Corps
Ala
Iowa Regiments Ready for Civil War Recruitment Plan
The old Third and Fifty First Iowa regiments were mustered on Memorial Day totaling 834 volunteers in the Fifty-first. Gov Shaw will recruit four Iowa regiments, using county-adjacent fills and nearest-town enlistments, with 41 per company and fallback from any part of the state if needed. Adjutant General Corbin notes the president desires to apply part of the second call for seventy-five thousand to fill existing Iowa units. Recruiting officers will be detailed to supervise enlistments.
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Volunteers
Uncle Sam
Shaw
Iowa
War Department
Des Moines
Corbin
Secretary of War
American Fleet Bombards Santiago Forts and Harbor
Reports from Hayti and Kingston describe a heavy cannonade by a 14 ship American squadron led by Rear Admiral Sampson against Morro Castle La Zecapa and Punta Gorda in Santiago de Cuba harbor. Casualties cited but unconfirmed as Spanish authorities stay silent. Washington officials question rumors of a major engagement in the harbor.
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Haytien
Hayti
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Morro Castle
Punta la Zecapa
Punta Carda
Port Au Prince
New York
Sampson
la Zecapa
Punta Gorda
Washington
Kingston
Jamaica
Santiago Harbor
Schley
Dandy Arrives with Battery Location Details at Santiago
Port Antonio reports the Dandy has delivered full advices on the bombardment of Santiago forts last Tuesday. Commodore Schley aimed to locate batteries on the hill above the harbor and determine fort positions. The Massachusetts Iowa New Orleans and Vixen fired, aiming at the batteries and the Christobal Colon, which kept firing despite being in range.
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Port Antonio
Associated Press
Dandy
Santiago
Schley
Massachusetts
Iowa
New Orleans
Christobal Colon
A Brave Deed Buries Merrimac at Harbor Entrance
Port Antonio Jamaica June 6 details bold action by Lieutenant Richmond Hobson and eight seamen who sank the collier Merrimac at Morro Battery to block the harbor. The crew, including Montague Charrette Murphy Deignan Phillips Kelley, evacuated and were later exchanged under a flag of truce after brief captivity. Cadet J W Powell of the New York stood by the fleet briefly before returning. The act enables Washington to act without fear of the Spanish fleet.
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Port Antonio
Jamaica
Kingdom of Spain
Cervera
Merrimac
Washington
Richmond P. Hobson
Annapolis Academy
Brooklyn
Daniel Montague
George Charettee
J E. Murphy
Oscar Deignan
John P. Phillips
John Kelley
New York
J. W. Powell
Cadet Powell
Howson
Hobson
Merrimac Sinks to Block Santiago Channel
President Sampson ordered the Merrimac to seal the harbor by sinking at the channel entrance near Santiago. Four thousand volunteers offered, including Lt Hobson and six sailors were chosen. The ship entered under fire, sank after an internal torpedo detonation, sealing the route and preventing Spanish escape.
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Associated Press
Dauntless
Santiago
Cuba
Kingston
Sampson
Merrimac
Hobson
Cervera
Forward Movement Begins from Mobile
Monte, Ala., June 4. The Fourth army corps starts its advance as the Second cavalry leads the exodus from camp, soon followed by the Third Infantry and the Twentieth Infantry. Soldiers express jubilation and eagerness to face the enemy with a belief the expedition heads for Porto Rico.
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Monte
Ala
Mobile
Porto Rico
Reported Battle Off Hayti Involving Spanish and American Ships
Advices from Mole St. Nicholas report a naval clash Saturday off Jean Rabel involving three Spanish and four American warships. American vessels reportedly withdrew. names not confirmed, likely scouts. Jean Rabel is a minor seaport with no telegraph.
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Cave Haytien
Hayti
Mole St. Nicholas
Jean Rabel
Cadiz
Spanish Fortifications at Santiago Reported by AP Aboard Brooklyn
An AP correspondent aboard Sehley's flagship Brooklyn notes Spanish defenses at Santiago appear heavily fortified with modern English or French made guns. Smokeless powder hinders locating their positions. A heavy bombardment would be required to dislodge the batteries and the Spanish fleet.
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Port Antonio
Jamaica
Associated Press
Sehley
Brooklyn
Santiago
Spanish torpedo destroyer Terror sunk near Jamaica
Dispatch from Port Antonio reports an American sinking of the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror after it left Fort de France. The message suggests confusion with sister destroyer Furor and places the incident in waters near Porto Rico.
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Kixeston
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Santiago
Madrid
Fort de France
Porto Rican
Sehley Reports Spanish Fleet Inside Harbor
Commodore Sehley’s official Santiago report says Cervera’s fleet is inside the harbor. He notes his firing aimed to reveal enemy batteries and was satisfactory. No hits on his vessels and no casualties aboard.
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Sehley
Washington
Santiago
Cervera
Fifty-First Iowa Volunteers Sail Toward Manila
Des Moines reports the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers left for San Francisco to embark for Manila, signaling the next move in their overseas deployment. The contingent prepares to voyage aboard transport ships bound for the Philippines.
Nebraska Governor Authorized to Raise Infantry Regiment
The secretary of war authorizes Nebraska to raise a regiment under the latest call for troops. W. J. Bryan may become a colonel of a Missouri regiment, but he says his duty lies with Nebraska’s volunteers. Washington reports presidents may seize Hawaii as a war measure, with Hawaiian officials said to accept. Shafter is ordered to land 15 000 to 20 000 troops near Santiago, escorted by a large fleet to Cuba after engaging Cervera.
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W. J. Bryan
Secretary of War
Nebraska
Washington
Hawaii
Congress
Stephens
Missouri
Mr. Bryan
Nebraska Boys
Sampson
Schley
Cervera
Santiago
Parts
Rica
Burned at Stake in Shreveport Killing Incident
In a daytime execution a negro confessed to an attempted assault and murder of a white woman and was burned at the stake eighteen miles from Shreveport. A thousand onlookers witnessed the mob execution.
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Shreveport
Daylone
Wm. Street
Great Conflagration in India and World Fire Auction News
A major fire in Peshawer, India, burned for a full day, destroying about 4,000 houses and causing estimated damages of 20 million dollars. A war bugle from Balaklava sold at auction in London for 3935 dollars. Pekin streets are lit only by two gaslights and three kerosene lamps near the Russian embassy and a bank. In Sandusky Ohio a quarrel ended in a man’s suicide by dynamite blast on his chest.
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India
Bombay
Peshawler
Light Brigade
Balaklava
London
Pekin
China
Frank Trotter
Sandusky
Ohio
Torpedo Boats Fire On Cuban Harbor But Fail
Spanish torpedo boats attempted to attack the American cruiser squadron near Port Antonio Jamaica, creeping near Castle Morro at night. Texas and Brooklyn opened fire forcing the intruders to retreat. the torpedo boats sustained unknown damage and did not launch torpedoes.
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New York
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Philip
Texas
Castle Morro
Mountain
Bar
Brooklyn
Eall
Cervera
Syn
Plan of Campaign Officially Made Public for the Fit Time
Washington reports an official statement of a campaign plan by the United States government. Secretary Alger transmits Ludlow’s recommendations showing a target of 70,000 troops to Cuba with 20,600 deployed immediately and the rest as ready. An outline for electrical communications with the army in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines appears, signaling an intent to land and occupy these territories with U S troops.
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Alger
Washington
United Sta
Speer
House
Ludlow
War Department
Cuba
Tion
Rico
Philippines
Porto
Porto Rico
United States
Spanish Fleet Reported Ready to Reinforce Cervera
June 4 dispatch from Kingston Jamaica cites an apparent Port Antonio source claiming a Spanish squadron of sixteen warships will soon sail to reinforce Cervera off Santiago de Cuba. The exact sailing date and ship dispositions were not disclosed.
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Gibraltar
Kinccston
Jamaica
Associated P
Port Antonia
Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
Cadiz Squadron Near Cuba Sighting Reported
A Gibraltar dispatch says the Cadiz reserve squadron is out a week and bound for Cuba. Fishermen near Martinique reported ten ships NW of the island, thought to be Cadiz vessels. The war department at Valparaiso dispatched troops and naval preparations continue with high activity as the government plans to impress South American ships for auxiliary cruisers.
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Gibraltar
London
Daily Telegraph
Cadiz
Cuba
St. PimeiRe
Martinique
Valparaiso
War Department
Torquin
Sandy Point
South American Steamship Company
Death of a Manila Hero Capt Gridley Dies in Transit
Advices from Kobe report the death of Captain Gridley commander of the cruiser Olympia Dewey's flagship while en route to Kobe. He sustained minor injuries at Manila and was invalided home. Also noted are oddities from Whatcom and Tallahassee reports and Missouri fruit crop values.
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Manila
Washinoton
Kobe
Japan
Gridley
Olympia
Dewey
Whatcom
Wash
Tallahassee
Fla
Missouri
Cacfornia
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