Wisconsin and Minnesota hit by damaging storms and a tornado
Severe weather struck Minnesota and Wisconsin with heavy storms and a major tornado south of New Richmond. One person died in Minneapolis and several were injured while farm buildings and livestock suffered heavy losses across the region. Flood damage and crop destruction were also reported in Hector and other towns.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
St. Paul
New Richmond
Wis
Star Prairie
Hector
Minn
Bird Island
Montevideo
Cleveland Murderer’s Wife Claims Guilt In Confession
Mrs. Edwin Ruthven, widow of the Cleveland murderer executed in Columbus, testifies she killed Policeman Shipp in a burglary, dressed in her husband’s clothes. She claims she and Jacobs murdered Shipp. Ruthven disputes her tale as a falsehood. Ruthven was executed for Shipp’s murder on May 6, 1900, at age 31.
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We of
Cleveland
Edwin Ruthven
Columbus
Ohio
W. M. Langford
Policeman Shipp
Jacobs
Shipp
Ruthven
Ile
Jessie Morrison Convicted of Manslaughter in Eldorado
In Eldorado Kansas Jessie Morrison was found guilty of second degree manslaughter in the killing of Mrs. Olin Castle. The jury deliberated about thirty hours with a holdout for acquittal reported. Morrison faces a prison term of three to five years and has filed an appeal. Her father visited her before she was jailed. Nearby, the Eldorado band performed in the park during the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morrison
Eldorado
Kan
Olin Castle
Miss Morrison
Court House
Flayward Morrison
Jessie
Gompers Seriously Ill After Washington Car Incident
Labor leader Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, lies critically ill at his Washington home from brain concussion and possible skull fracture suffered when alighting from a car with his two children. A physician says recovery likely despite the danger.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Tragedy in Kansas: Carson Family Burned in Blackmail Scheme
In an obscure Kansas settlement near Popeka, a fire destroyed the Carson home Saturday night after anonymous demands to bury $5,000 at a roadside pole. Mrs. Carson, found near the ruins horribly burned, died Sunday after explaining the blackmail plot to protect valuable papers and an old violin.
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Husband
Popeka
Kan
Carson
Oxford
Seventh National Bank of New York Closes Its Doors
The Seventh National Bank of New York shuts after a conference of officers and directors. The bank, in the hands of the comptroller, shows a heavy debit balance at clearing, with deposits and losses detailed. The stock market reacts only with a ripple as funds move elsewhere.
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Seventh National Bank of New York
William Norton Cromwell
Porrest Raynor
National Bank Examiner
Seventh National Bank
Marquand & Co
New York Post Office
Morgin
Bodies found by roadside near Quincy shock town
Frank C. Forrest and Louise Strothoff were found dead along a road five miles from Quincy Illinois after a dispute and a reported drive to Strothoff's home. The circumstances suggest foul play but investigators have not confirmed who fired the shots. In other news, Tinplate workers win a wage increase of about four percent effective July 1 after talks in Cleveland.
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Quincy
Frank C. Forrest
Louise Strothoff
Lil
Forrest
Miss Strothof
John Dittmar
Hundred Million Combine Eyes US Cotton Seed Market
A syndicate with 100 million dollars aims to dominate cotton seed production and sales in the United States and is negotiating to buy stock in the Southern Cotton Oil Company. In Montana, Butte pool rooms were closed by order as licenses were revoked, with disputes over anti gambling provisions. A charter was issued for the Oklahoma Colorado and Chickasaw Leiroons Company to build a 1000 mile railroad from Denver toward Purtsith Ark, passing through Couthriv, Ok.
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United States
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Butte
Montana
Davy
Grimes
Oklahoma, Colorado and Chickasaw Leilrons Company
Gapitil
Denver
Purtsith
Ark
Couthriv
Lumber Plant Wiped Out by Fire at Penton Tarbor
A large lumber plant owned by Peters Danber aut Shinsth Company in Penton Tarbor, Michigan was destroyed by a Sunday fire. Fifteen lumber cars were lost in the blaze, with total damage estimated in the tens of thousands.
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Peters Danber Aut Shinsth Company
Penton Tarbor
Mieh
Spe Tee
Six Die In Buffalo Tank Collapse At 80 Feet
At an eastern elevator construction site in Buffalo six iron workers fell eighty feet while building the top of a massive tank. Four died, two others succumbing to injuries hours later and one remains hospitalized unlikely to survive. Names given include Joan Keefe Jr., W Krause, John Corbett Jr., Petro Kruininger and injured James Cart, William Edwards.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Joan Keefe
W. Krause
John Corbett
Petro Kruiinger
James Cart
William Edwards
Funston
Frisco
Seven Workmen Burned in Molten Metal at Chicago Foundry
Seven workers were burned in the cupola room of the American Foundry Company in Chicago when a dynamite shell in the scrap iron mix exploded and heated molten metal burst forth. Three men died, and all in the room were struck by the erupting stream. Police clashed with striking laborers in Rochester, New York, as about a thousand men attacked diggers. Police fired over the crowd to disperse bricks and stones injuring eleven officers and twenty rioters before the mob dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Foundry Company of Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
Denver Thug Arrest Sparks Capitol Hill Celebrity Link
Police hold Charles Griffin a 35 year old switchman in Denver jail on charges of attempting to assault a woman. Authorities say Griffin’s description matches the man who allegedly committed a murderous attack on Miss Celestine Cole last Monday night and with a figure described on Capitol Hill.
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Capitol Hill
Charles Griffin
Denver
Grifin
Celestine Coleman
Iowa Real Estate Taxable Value Increases Across Counties
Official returns from auditors in seven five Iowa Counties to Auditor Merriam show a net increase in the taxable valuation of real estate in the state of 11,894,994 since 1899. The total increase across seventy-five counties is 18,787,514 with a net gain of 2,887,709 after decreases. The statewide realty assessment in 1899 was 301,618,881. Sunday School Convention notes Clinton hosts the thirty-sixth annual Iowa State Sunday School Association session with about 200 delegates and leaders from multiple cities.
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Iowa
Merriam
Iowa State Sunday School Association
Clinton
Marion Lawrence
Toledo
Ohio
International
F. G. Ensign
Chicago
W. J. Smelroth
St. Louis
International Sunday School Evangel
Charles Craig
Rockford
Home Department of
Illinois
P. P. Bilhorn
J. J. Fowler
Frances van Torn
Iowa Association
Salaries Raised for Iowa State Employees
The state board of control completed its revision of the salary list with some increases and no cuts. Increases mainly affect the school for the deaf in Council Bluffs the industrial school for boys in Eldora and the orphans home in Davenport. The nepotism rule was amended to bar employment of any relative by blood or marriage of prison wardens or their wives in the prison or by contractors using convict labor.
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Board of Control
State Board of Control
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Industrial School
Eldora
Davenport
An unclear passage reports on alleged abuse and a doctor
Fragmentary notes describe accusations involving a Dr Raleighad and Dr Robbin with mentions of a husband and possible harm. The text is fragmentary with distorted names and unclear relations, providing little verifiable detail.
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Ankle
Raleighad
McKnight
Iowa Plans World Class Decoration for State House
The capitol improvement commissioners hire famed artist Frédérick Dielman to lead Iowa State House decoration. They aim to secure top U.S. talent to elevate the building's artistic and architectural appeal, seeking nationwide praise and lasting fame. Dielman, president of the New York Academy of Design, is noted as a leading American artist.
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Capitol Improvement Commissioners
Frédérick Dielman
State House
Iowa State House
Dielman
New York Academy of Design
America
Burglar Steals Fire Relief Collection at Sioux City Church
A burglar broke into St Joseph's Catholic Church in Sioux City and stole a sack containing 106 dollars collected for Jacksonville fire sufferers. Rev E W Fowler awoke to the noise but the thief escaped with the money. Police later reported two gang members captured near Mason City after attempting to rob a store. one was wounded.
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E. W. Fowler
Jacksonville
Fra
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Sioux City
Frs
St. St. Joseph's Church
Johnson
Ventura
Mason City
Brady Gang
Smith
Kiowa dispute ends in fatal shooting at Addington
J M Wambold president of the National Bank was shot three times by R S Castelberry after a quarrel over town lots in Addington Kiowa Reserve Oklahoma. Castelberry surrendered to the marshal. Dowheites on a Chicago Evanston visit faced jeers and a riot. Plague cases and deaths reported in Oporto Portugal.
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J. M. Wambold
Ri. OS. Castelberry
Addington
Kiowa
Portugal
Madrid
Oporto
Market Quotations From Chicago and Other Cities
Market quotes cover cattle hogs and sheep by region including Chicago St Louis and Milwaukee with price ranges for cattle from 3.00 to 8.25 and hogs from 4.00 to 6.60 plus grain futures for wheat corn oats rye and barley. The feed shows No 2 red No 2 white and No 2 yellow varieties with mixed and prime ratings and prices per bushel or hundredweight across cities.
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Chicago
Sheen
Tadianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Ks Barkey
ST Pay
New York
Gresttinery
Corner Stone Laying For Memorial University At Mason City
Large crowd witnessed the corner stone ceremony at the National Memorial University site south of the city. Col Frank Sheppard and Geo Metazer aided in laying the stone as a procession of veterans and civic groups marched from Mason City.
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Memorial University
Mason City
National Memorial University
Sons of Veterans
G. A. KH
Odd Fellows
Atz O’elock
Frank Sheppard
Byers
Geo. Metazer
Widespread spring crop prospects across states and regions
Readable segments show improved growing conditions across Ohio Oregon Michigan Wisconsin and beyond with rising yields in corn oats wheat and apples. Rain favorable in many zones supports ripening while some areas face storms rust and variable fruit drop.
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Yeper
Ohio
Srain
Oregon
Ohi
Missouri
Cannties
Cainfell
Conor
Ludiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lowa
South Dakota
Nebraskie Waery
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Gompers
Union Pacific
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Cheyenne
Ty Lawlins
Haona
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Rambler
Chia
Saya
Hanna
Nasu
Kenyon College
Bhu
Baker Fa
Ros. G. Laker
Dor City
N. J
John Keller
Abingtte
Tinworkers’ Protective Association
Grace Sullivan
AS. A. Uva
First National Gark of Sail
Suiciles
Ulin
Kiuwy
Manila
Logan
San Francisco
Forty-fourth
Thirty-eighth
Denver Thug
Otis Leslie
West Nishnabotna
Spiritualiste Mect
Central
Iown Spiritualists? Association
Marshalltown
Clover Hills
W.C. Pritchard
Ida Grove
Des Moines Road
The
Des Moines and Southern Railroad Company
Des Moines
Creson
Schaller
Peter de Smidt
Jonn van Driest
Datootah City
Atlantic Hotel
Evanston
Imob
Sprague
Ottumwa
J. A. Bright
Chariton
Spring Lake
van Jlouten
van Jrouten
Baughman
Fort Dodsze
Fort Dodge's
Fort Dodge
Powel
Imh
LeMars
G. A. Becki
Luther Johnson
Ania
Justice Dones
Grand Jary
Pp. Nystrom
Perry Township
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