Tornado Wrecks Minn towns. farms devastated near Wyoming
A mid afternoon tornado near Lindstrom to North Branch Minn cut a 15 mile path 500 yards wide. Homes farms and buildings were destroyed. Magnusson and Engel ndahl families injured or killed. Miller and four men survived by taking shelter under a bridge. Authorities fear additional deaths as damage spreads to Linwood La Duke and Pine Island areas.
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Vernon
Conn Vathey
Brinkman
Wyoming
North Branch
Minn
St. Paul
Lindstrom
Ben Legoo
Magnusson
Engdahl
Pine Island
Enedahl
Bry
Linwood
la Duke
Meat inspection hearing contends costs on packers at issue
Washington hearings on the Beveridge amendment reveal objections to charging inspection costs to packers. Thomas E. Wilson of Nelgon Morris & Co. says packers face $1,000,000 yearly condemnation losses and argue they do not control the market. Witnesses describe dirty floors and rotten meat conditions as raised floors are not washed.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture
Neill- Reynolds
Thomas E. Wilson
Nelgon ‘Morris & Co
Chicago
Wilson
Scott
Kansas
Mr. Wilson
Neill
Wadsworth
Brooks
Colorado
Mystery case veils a missing boy in Missouri
A 5-year-old boy named Whits Faris was left at Booneville station by a Missouri Kansas and Texas flyer conductor. He was placed by a man in San Antonio to be dropped at Booneville for relatives to meet him. The well dressed child spoke of New York and wealth, suggesting possible kidnapping. No relatives have appeared, and authorities search for the boy’s family and origins.
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Missouri
Booneville
Dispatch
Kansas
Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Whits Faris
William Carstead
New York
Lizzie
Philadelphia Woman Weds Bedside Amid Typhoid Illness
Miss Bessie R. Swayne of Philadelphia marries Heber M. Lamon, a Philadelphia real estate man, while propped with pillows and gravely ill with typhoid fever. The bride, determined to wed that day, quietly utters the vows as she remains bedridden.
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Bessie R. Swayne
Philadelphia
Heber M. Lamon
Engineer Killed in Colorado Midland Head-On Collision
Frank Cunningham and fireman T. J. Callahan, residents of Colorado City, were fatally injured in a head-on collision between a special and two freight trains on the Colorado Midland Railroad at Boyer, Colorado.
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Frank Cunningham
T. J. Callahan
Colorado Midland Railroad
Boyer, Colo
Colorado City
Spanish Cabinet Resigns at Madrid Premiere
Premier Moret presented to the king the resignation of the entire cabinet in Madrid. In Sioux City the live stock market quotes show butchers at $4.00 to $6.60 and top hogs at $6.25, while a note mentions general managers of the twenty or so railways entering Chicago.
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Madrid
Moret Thureday
Sioux City
Chicago
Confession Unfolds In Big Coal Graft Case
At an Interstate Commerce hearings in Philadelphia Joseph Boyer chief clerk to A W Gibbs admitted owning 235 shares in several coal firms given by the companies. He disclosed $46 000 in kickbacks from five firms over 1903 to now, with payments routed via cash and cashier’s checks to a bank in Altoona.
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Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Joseph Boyer
A. W. Gibbs
Boyer
Second National Bank
Altoona
Crisis Near as Slav Parliament Confronts Czar
A St. Petersburg special reports looming clash between the lower house and government as strikes spread from Kiev to Moscow. Peasants seize land in several provinces while Tuesday’s session ended with ministers driven from the rostrum, signaling a potential cabinet dismissal or confrontation.
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St. Petersburg
Kieff
Odessa
Moscow
Prisoners Refuse Food in Sandomir Hunger Strike
At Sandomir in the Radom province fifty detainees, jailed since January without trial or reason, have refused meals since May 30. Several hunger strikers are already delirious, signaling severe distress.
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Sandomir
Radom
Russia
Messengers Strike Over Wages In Goldfield
Gov Sparks travels to Goldfield Nevada to probe a dispute between Western Union messengers and the company after a week long strike demanding higher pay and protection.
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Western Unionelegraph Company
Gov. Sparks
Goldfield
Nev
Troops Awe The Strikers In Ohio Coal District
Three hundred troops arrived Tuesday morning in Plum Run Bradley and Dillonville Ohio and across the coal region to restore peace. Uneasiness lingers at Plum Run and other mines where non union men work as foreign strikers grow volatile. Miners officials strive to pacify the crowd amid reports they have not received strike benefits.
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Ohio
Plum Run
Bradley
Dillonville
Steubenville
Woman Tries Murder Case In Monrovia Trial
Alberta D. Storrs, daughter of a late US Navy commander, stood trial in Monrovia California for the murder of her husband Roland S. Storrs. The April 27 incident saw Storrs shot in their home after she claimed he died by self-inflicted wounds during a period of alcohol-related melancholy.
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Alberta Storrs
Monrovia
Cal
Alberta D. Storrs
Dabner
United States Navy
Washington
Roland S. Storrs
Storrs
Chicago to Inspect Stock Yards Meat Handling
Three sanitary inspectors were sent to the Chicago stock yards by Commissioner of Health Whalen to thoroughly inspect meat handling and examine workers sanitary conditions and to file an immediate report.
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Chicago
Whalen
Berthe Claiche Sentenced for Manslaughter in New York
Berthe Claiche pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in the killing of Emil Gerdron in New York. Judge Davis sentenced her to not less than two years and two months nor more than five years in prison.
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Berthe Oclaiche
Berthe Claiche
Emil Gerdron
New York
Davis
Schedule of Western League Games in Sioux City
Schedule of Western League games to be played at Sioux City lists Des Moines Lincoln Pueblo and others in the near term. The fragment notes team matchups and locations, with scores and dates not fully legible.
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Sioux City
Slows City
Des Moines
Lincoln
Pueblo
Tragic Passenger Freight Collision Near Sioux City
A collision between a passenger train No 11 and a heavy freight locomotive No 1098 near California Junction injures and kills crew, with Engineer John Murphy buried under wreckage. Road surgeons from Missouri Valley and Sioux City rushed to scene, Derrick outfits and a tool car dispatched, track cleared in two hours as investigations begin.
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Chida
Northwestern
Sioux City -Division
St. Paul
Charles HB. Sievert
California
Junction
Fremont
Nebraska
Harrington
Lne
Murphy
Bronx City
Missouri Valley
Sioux City
Prince A. Sawyer
Boone
John Murphy
Masons elect officers and choose meeting site
W F Cleveland of Harlan was chosen most worthy grand master and Nawton R Parvin named secretary after a vote at Des Moines. Other officers include D W Clement West Union grand senior warden F S Moses Clinton grand junior warden W H Young Hedrick grand treasurer C N Wagley Newton grand custodian. The location decision between Clinton and Cedar Rapids for the next Iowa Masonic grand lodge meeting ended with a 238 vote each.
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Cleveland
Harlan
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Masonic
Des Moines
Grand Lodge
W. F. Cleveland
Nawton R. Parvin
D. W. Clement
West Union
Dying Woman's Jewels Stolen After Sudden Death
Mrs. C M Tibbitt a milliner died suddenly at Sioux City leaving $2000 in jewels for her heirs. The executor's failure to locate them at the bedside leads police to believe theft by a attending servant or staff. Relatives were present, but a non-relatives suspect remains. Arnold's Park to Have: Church Establishment eyed to serve lakes crowds as summer begins. Rev G L Morrill from Minneapolis expected to found People’s Church and hold Sunday services all season. Wreck Blame Not Fixed Coroner's jury at Missouri Valley unable to verdict in California Junction wreck that killed Engineer Murphy due to Fireman Skipton’s injury. Jury to reconvene. Damages Bult Judge Reed directs verdict for Armour Co in $225,000 case against Ralya Market Co. appeal planned after six years of testimony. Pomeroy to Celebrate the Fourth of July Local business groups arranging meetings and plans for holiday events.
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England
C. M. Tibbitt
Sioux City
Arnold's Park
Arnold’s Park
Clarion
G. L. Morrill
Minneapolis
People’s Church
California Junction
Murphy
Missouri Valley
Skipton
Henry T. Reed
Armour & Co
Sioux
Ralya. Market. Company
Conductor Gifford Struck by Train No 42 Injury Reported
A conductor named Gifford was hit by a train on the Atlantic line while standing near a platform. He sustained internal injuries and was taken to a hospital in semi conscious condition with little hope of recovery.
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Gifford
Wedding Feast Sours With Tragic Runaway Incident
A wedding party gathered around six hundred guests for a feast featuring beef, pies, and hams when a runaway incident occurred. A child or passenger was struck by an Ice wagon and fatally crushed as the wagon toppled during a stop, ending plans and leaving questions about the event and the venue. The report mentions Ced placed in the hands of authorities and references Joseph and the Trig State Register in relation to the tale.
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Gilbertytile
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United States
Robert J. Gamble
Congress
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Beadle
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Hyde
C. H. Cassill
D. D. Wipt
Hutchinson
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Spink
Hans A. Astrud
Minnehaska
John Hering, Campbell
Commissioner of School and Public Lands—Co
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Reed
Senate
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Spooner Gyna
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