Runaway injury and river washout scene in Iowa and Illinois
Reports list Charles Baker injured in Independence after a runaway crash with serious head wounds. A washout near Galena, Illinois kills engineer Stanley and mortally injures his fireman as cars are ditched. Other items note drownings, farm animal losses from lightning, fires in Moville and Leon, burglaries, and a water spout flooding Shelly county areas with stock losses and railway damage.
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Chas. Baker
Independence
Ilinois Central
Galena
Stanley
Freeport
Jupge Faimary
Iowa City
Board of Supervisors
Iowa County
Marengo
Hon
Geo. Paul
Terrific cyclone devastates vast Southern Minnesota region
A funnel tornado on the afternoon of the 16th swept across Jackson to Minnesota Lake, then Wells and beyond, destroying farms and schools. At least four killed near Minnesota Lake and Wells, with 120 injured nationwide, while lines and railways suffered major damage and communications failed.
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Minnesota
Jackson
Minnesota Lake
Wells
Sherburne
Easton
Linden
John Brown
Bowden Mills
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
Mapleton
St Louis to Host Furniture Workers Convention of 03
Our St Louis letter reports the national Furniture Workers Convention selecting St Louis for the 1903 gathering with Horatio N Davis and James A Reardon natives as officers. It notes rapid depot demolition, plans for a fast electric rail link to Chicago, and remarks on Frank James and Jesse James lore amid local events.
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Furniture “Workers
Mound City
St. Louis
Chicago
Convention of
Furniture Workersh
Cincinati
Horatio N. Davis
James A. Reardon
Union Depot
Luis
Francis E. Nipher
Nipher
Ite
Washington University
United States Weather Bureau
Wellington Adams
Frank James
Missouri
Bob Ford
Creede
Colorado
Jesse
Ford Boys
Jesse James
Bridge Collapse Kills Baird Brothers and 60 on Licking River
A massive iron bridge under construction between Newport and Covington Kentucky collapsed on the Licking River. Nineteen workers were killed, six missing, and many injured as timbers and iron gave way under the traveler apparatus.
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Licking River
Newport
Covington
Baird Bros
Pittsburg
Andrew
Robert Baird
Bruce Thomas
Sle Suvurdan Handicap At Sheepshead Saturday
The Sle Suvurdan handicap, the greatest American turf event, will be run at Sheepshead Saturday. A Chicago Milwaukee St Paul freight train collided at Rockford. Representative Holman of Indiana and Mrs Holman marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Washington. Foreign bankers foresee large gold shipments on Saturday steamers, with estimates up to 4 million dollars.
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Sheepshead Track
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Rockford
Holman
Indiana
Washington
Wealth of clubs shows city prosperity in St Louis
The text argues a social purpose for clubs noting St Louis hosts about twenty clubs with nearly five thousand members. It mentions two new clubs forming, the habit of new clubs keeping members on old rosters, and that old clubs stay strong as more join.
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St. Louis
Half price Chicago tours across six days and events
Half rates to Chicago June 17 to 21 with return until July 6 on account of the National Democratic Convention. Derby Day June 25 features at Washington Park Hawthorne Park Garfield Park Panoramas and the Battle of Gettysburg. Grand summer spectacle at Chicago Opera House. Tickets from T A Barker 232 West Fourth Street Des Moines.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Hawthorne Park
Garfield Park
Chicago Opera House
T. A. Barker
West Fourth Street
Des Moines
Hostetter Company Wins Injunction Over Imitation Bitters
In Chicago the United States Circuit Court under Judge Woods granted a perpetual injunction in favor of Hostetter Company against G A McKee for selling an imitation of Hostetter's Bitters. The counterfeit bottles reused genuine labels with counterfeit caps and were sold at cut rates in a West Madison Street department store.
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United States
Chicago
Woods
Hostetter Company
G A. McKee
Plaintif
Kent
West Madison St
Mr. Clarke
E. C. Dakins
Silk Worm Cocoon Yields 1000 Yard Thread
A silk worm cocoon can produce a thread measuring 1,000 yards, about three-fifths of a mile, in length. The remarkable length highlights the efficiency of silkworms in producing continuous filaments.
Arrests and deaths tied to 1900s labor and transit events
Captain Landgraff of the schooner Ida Keith is arrested in Chicago for violating alien contract labor laws after sailing foreign sailors from Port Sarnia. W. W. Day, a foreman for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, is killed near Peoria in a fast mail train collision. The House approves a Senate bill safeguarding settlement rights for groups settling on agricultural public lands before survey.
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Landgraff
Ida Keith
Chicago
Port Sarnia
Canada
W. W. Day
Péoria
House
Senate
West and Roswell to Lead Presidential Ticket Rumors
Chicago reports illuminate the Democratic Convention with ex-officials Whitney Stetson Dickinson and Harrity backing Cleveland's renomination. Tammany-Hill coordinators push for Western support, while Southern factions waver over Cleveland and Morrison. Delegates prepare to vote, aiming for a united front as they anticipate contest shifts if a Western nomination emerges.
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Chicago
William C. Whitney
Francis Lynde Stetson
Don Dickinson
Harrity
Philadelphia
Whitney
Cleveland
Hannity
Pennsylvania
Pattison
Tammany-Hill
Tammany Braves
South
Gorman
Carlisle
Roger Q. Mills
Morrison
National Committee
Croker
Hill
Samsom
W. C. Owens
Kentucky
Witmer Sees Western Bid for Governor Boies Split
W W Witmer of Des Moines says Iowa Democrats back Governor Boies for President and urge a Western nominee. He argues the tariff issue favors the West and expects Boies to win the nomination or move to the Senate, with no talk of Boies as VP.
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W. W. Witmer
Des Moines
Iowa
Botes
Northwestern
Boies
United States Senate
Western candidate hopes overshadow Cleveland in party talks
Tammany pushes for a Western Democrat to head the ticket with Flower for vice president. Flower seeks first place while Cleveland resists. Opponents favor Flower for second spot, and Flower has consented. Enemies of Cleveland plan to press the issue for days as his followers stay aligned.
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Tammany
Flower
Cleveland
Ex Governor English Discusses Delegates At State Convention
Ex Governor W H English of Indiana and Democratic vice presidential nominee with General Hancock is at the Palmer House. He notes delegates are twelve for Cleveland and eighteen for Gray. He says the outcome depends on local influences at the state convention.
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W. H. English
Indiana
Hancock
Palmer House
English
Cleveland
Gray
Campbell Would Not Welcome Permanent Convention Chair
Friends of former Ohio Governor Campbell fear a move to name him permanent convention chairman could trigger political controversy. They note past Republican tensions at Minneapolis and worry the step might imply an anti Cleveland plan. Ohio supporters prefer he stay with his delegation and watch events unfold.
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Wallace Circus
Cook & Whitley
Waterloo
Butterfield
Campbell
Ohio
Minneapolis
McKinley
Cleveland
Grover
Michigan Supreme Court Sustains Miner Electoral Law
The Michigan Supreme Court on June 20 sustained the Miner electoral law. The opinion by Judge Montgomery affirms the Legislature may direct how the state voices its electors. It notes federal constitutional limits and that state law yields when in conflict with federal statutes.
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Lansing, Mich
State Supreme Court
Miner
Montgomery
Congress
Four Italian Murderers Lynched Near Hartford
News from Hartford, forty seven miles north, reports a clash on a railroad job where four Italian workers killed their Swede boss Nelson with a crow bar. Miners captured and lynched four assailants while the remaining four fled to the woods.
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Seattle
Wash
Hartford
Here
Monte Cristo
Nelson
Fatal stabbing and assault shock Alliance community
In Ken sington near Alliance Ohio, Charles Rush ton found Will Ewing in his wife's bedroom with a dirk wound after an attack by his neighbor Jashion. Ewing lay unconscious in a four inch gash. Rush ton beat the wife and vanished during the night as neighbors summoned a physician.
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Alliance
Ohio
Kensington
Charles Rushton
Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company
Will Ewing
Ewing
Jashion
Bridge Fire Delays Nashville Line Near Stone River
A span of the railroad bridge over Stone river on the Lebanon branch of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway burned yesterday afternoon a few miles east of Nasavi. Loss about 000. Traffic interrupted for about twenty four hours until a temporary span is installed.
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Nasavi LK
Tenn
Stone River
Lebanon
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Emin Pasha Returns Safely From Zanzibar Journey
Berlin reports Emin Pasha has arrived at Bukoba alive after recovering from smallpox rumors of his death. The dispatch notes his safe arrival and elimination of earlier illness fears.
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Emin Pasha
Berlin
Zanzibar
Bukoba
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