More Than One Hundred Die In Marseille Steamship Collision
Disastrous crash near Marseilles between the Liban and Insulaire, both Fraissenet line steamers, sinks the Liban with over 100 dead and many rescued. Bleichamp, Balkan and other vessels aided in the urgent rescue as officials tally roughly 240 aboard, with 30 bodies recovered by 4 p.m. Discovery of mass panic and drowning scenes followed the high seas impact.
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Insulaire
Liban
Fraissenet Steamship Company
Marseilles
Bastia
Corsica
Maire Islands
Bleichamp
Ble Hamp
Balkan
Fratssenet Company
Fraissenet Company
Matre
Two Hundred Rescued From Black Walnut Island Flood
In St Louis a rising Mississippi flood endangers 200 people on Black Walnut Island. Rescue attempts fail as the river swells to 36.9 feet, with boats unable to reach the imperiled group and casualties feared near Madison and along the Missouri floodplain.
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Missouri River
St. Charles
Black Walnut Tontake
St. Louis
Madison
American Car Foundry Works
Annie Russell
Black Walnut
Mississippi
Missouri
Alton
Lil
Rescue Boats Fail as House Floats from Flood
Eyewitness accounts describe rescuers abandoning attempts to reach a house as fast currents eddied. A woman called for help from the drifting structure but the overturned building floated away, leaving silence after the boat could not reach it.
Kansas City Flood Damage Prompt Next Week Resumption
June 7 Kansas City reports extensive flood damage across the west bottoms union depot railway yards and packing houses. Workers clear sites while business is set to resume Monday as rail lines suffer heavy losses and freighthouse damages approach half a million dollars per Burlington with total freight losses estimated between two and three million dollars.
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Kansas City
West Bottoms
Union Depot
Ood
Burlington
Flood Losses Mount in Kansas From Recent Floods
Kansas cities and towns report drought and flood damage with estimates from Topeka to Lawrence and Manhattan. Community losses include city street and agricultural damage with state totals reaching millions. Crop losses are estimated at five million dollars across the state as hundreds of smaller towns are affected.
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State OF
Kansas
Kansas City
North Topeka
Lawrence
Salina
Manhattan
Junction City
Soloman
Abilene
Lindsborg
Hutchin Son
Minneapolis
Komboria
Florence
Lincoln Center
Atchison
Ar. FenUine
Kan
Suburbs
Topeka flood claims teacher’s body and farm ruin
The body of Forest Kutz a local school teacher was recovered amid flood debris in Topeka Kansas. Several fertile farms near North Topeka were reported ruined by the flooding with mud and deposited debris from the floodwaters.
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Topeka
Kan
Forest Kutz
North Topeka
Three Swimers Drown Off Salinas Coast After Undertow
Salinas California June 7. While swimming near a Mars landing this afternoon three young men William Steigelman Sid White and J Epperly were caught by the undertow and drowned before a boat could reach them. A fourth companion G Stadley escaped after a hard struggle.
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Salinas
Cal
Mars Landing
William Steigelman
Sid White
J. Epperly
G. Stadley
Man Refuses Degree After Woman’s Graduation Pageantry
At the National Theater during George Washington University commencement Mrs Emma Reba Batley of Georgia received her Doctor of Civil Law amid applause as the law college exercises continued. A male student refused his degree in response to a woman earning a degree, creating a notable disruption in the ceremony.
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Washington
Emma Reba Batley
Georgia
Law College of
Columbian University
National Theater
School of
Class objected to degree for woman graduate in Tennessee
The dean kept a single honor robe for Haskell B. Taley as diplomacy and jurisprudence exams ended. The class president returned to Tennessee vowing not to accept a degree awarded to Mrs Bailey, as all but one member protested a woman’s right to the degree, claiming she knew too little of law.
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Tennessee
Mra. Bailey
Dewey and accomplices held as armed conflict looms in Kansas
Chauncey Dewey and partners McBride and Wilson, charged in the Berry ranch murders, are guarded by the Kansas National Guard and sheriff's posse at Colby. A two day march to St Francis is planned with 15 armed settlers encamped near Berry's Talich. A preliminary hearing is set at St Francis.
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Denver
Colby
Kan
Chauncey Dewey
McBride
Wilson
Daniel Berry
Bosse
Kansas National Guard
St. Francis
Berry
Dewey and His Men Safe for the Present
Topeka reports Chauncey Dewey and his cowboys are safe after arrest for the Berry family murder. Settlers form a local militia vowing not to let them escape as an Osborne militia moves toward St Francis. Over 350 miles to cover. arrival anticipated Tuesday. Cheyenne county sheriff expects to protect the prisoners until militia arrives.
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Topeka
Kan
St. Francis
Chauncey Dewey
Berry
Dewey
Osborne
Cheyenne County
Inquiry Suggested by Minister Conger
United States Minister Conger telegraphed Secretary Hay urging an inquiry into the authenticity of a published interview with Count Cassini the Russian ambassador. Cassini reportedly denied the correctness of Conger's statement on Russian demands on China and expressed surprise at rumors. The information came from a letter Malanchon the Russian chargé d'affaires sent to the Chinese foreign office.
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Peking
United States
Conger
Hay
Count Cassini
China
Malanchon
Williams Dead as Manhunt for Escaped Prisoners Intensifies
Deputy Sheriff Jack Williams died at 7 30 this morning after being shot by George Pierce during the escape. The posse pressed a wide search, with two horses stolen near a river bend. Reports place Hardee and Brown near Stephens ranch across Milk River, as Sheriff Cosner plans a large, armed hunt tomorrow to capture the fugitives, not expected to yield captures alive. Williams will be buried Tuesday in Glasgow.
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Glasgow
George Faul
Missouri
Milk River
Hardee
Brown
Stephens
Cosner
General Strike Order Targets National Biscuit Plants
A nationwide general strike of National Biscuit Company plants is planned for Tuesday. Chicago federation members report Bakers' Union action after a convention pledging a fight over bargaining terms. Affected plants include Kansas City St Joseph Cleveland Cincinnati St Louis Denver Indianapolis Philadelphia Detroit, with several thousand workers to lose work.
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Chicago
National Biscuit c Company
Chicago Federation of Labor
McIntosh
Cracker Bakers’ Union
Harshbecker
Bakers’ and Confectioners’ International Union
Cleveland
National Biscuit Company
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Denver
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Detroit
Bonner's Ferry River Flood Delays Train Service
The Kootenai River near Bonner's Ferry Idaho fell five and a half inches in 12 hours but rose again at night. Floodwaters cover streets about three feet deep and sidewalks have floated away. The Great Northern Railway struggles to bed a new track with rock and expects no trains through for several days as officials monitor the soft track bed from Bonner's Ferry to bridge 22 two miles west.
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Black Walnut
St. Louis
Missouri
St. Charles
The
Standard
Bonner’s Ferry
Idaho
Kootenai
Great Northern Railroad
Long
Kennedy
Bridge 22
Marquis of Salisbury Progress in Recovery Announced
London reports the Marquis of Salisbury is making good progress toward recovery from his illness as of June 7.
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London
Marquis of Salisbury
Metropolitan Temple Ruined by Fire in San Francisco
The Republic theater formerly the Metropolitan Temple in San Francisco was damaged by fire for a day. Firemen saved much of the property as Miss Nance O Neill began a performance and the blaze is blamed on fallen electric wires. Damages are estimated after underwriters remove damaged wares.
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San Francisco
Republic Theater
Metropolitan Temple
Nance O'Neill
Isaac Kolloch
Mand Lot’ Party
He ll Raise Buffaloes and Elk Hereafter
Paul McCormick, pioneer cattleman and Chester Cattle Co president, plans new ventures after retirement. He already runs a large elk herd near Billings and now aims to start buffalo propagation by purchasing five head from the Allard herd to cross with existing stock.
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Standard
Billings
Paul Mec ‘Ormick
Eastern
Montana
Chester Cattle Company
Mct*ormick
Alkali Creek
Allard
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Granite City
East St. Louis
Merchants’ Bridge
Antoine
Caranda
Ohio
Haskell B. Taley
Deweey
Eielie
Williams
B. FF
Jack Williams
George
Oners
New Jersey
Buckley
Chinook
Lonner'’S Ferry
Great Northern
Salisbury
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