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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1899
Page
9
Report details a massive pro government demonstration in Paris with 16 000 soldiers and police, crowds marching from Montmartre to the city center, clashes near the Libre Parole and Pavilion d Armenonville, and a counter show of support by socialist leaders urging calm. Journalists faced rough treatment.
Fire at the Omaha Elevator company building in Osceola Neb. burned the structure and its contents after firefighters initially left believing the blaze extinguished. Corn, wheat and oats filled the cribs and bins as the flames consumed the facility.
Cattle thefts have increased in the northern country. Jacob Kraft reports he is among those who lost cattle. about 25 head from multiple owners have been taken recently. Local authorities seek information to curb the ongoing thefts.
Bellamy Storer meets in Madrid as US minister to Spain. The French cruiser Sfax carried Dreyfus from Devil's Island. Grand Prix de Paris results list Perth, Velasquez, and Alhambra. Paderwski marries Helen Rozen in St Petersburg. Mae launches for New York to Cuba route from Toledo. Cancer deaths rise in England with new society formed to fight it. Seventeen miners killed and 30 injured in a Kimberly mine explosion likely from a dynamite magazine. US Army Seventh Infantry leaves Fort Thomas for San Francisco via St Louis. Underwriters hopeful to save the American liner Paris stuck on rocks near the Manacles. Japanese sailors aboard the Tacoma examined by Major Walker all pass. 16 leaving Victoria to return. Peoria post office robbers Felix Richards, Henry Averill, and Mike Aszane paneck, ages 14, 12, 11, arrested. Rev Dr Faunce resigns Fifth Avenue Baptist to become Brown University president. Seven thousand attend Colonel Crawford killing anniversary near Upper Sands. Chicago Single Tax club holds open air meetings endorsing Henry George ideas. Newfoundland fishery talks at St John’s involving Sir Hugh McCallus and British/French admirals.
A June 12 tornado from Balix to Sioux City left multiple homes destroyed and several deaths. John Malloy and wife Kate perished, son Harry died later, and Tom Malloy was severely injured. Nearby farms suffered extensive damage, with reports of a tent collapse at Homer and a two foot street flood at Leeda. Damage continued as Dakotas county and Whiting area tornadoes struck, with telegraph lines down and widespread property loss.
A revised casualty list from the Columbia launch shows one boy killed, one fatally injured, and six severely hurt when a photographer's flashlight apparatus exploded. Tin reflector fragments caused injuries. the scene at Bristow Rhode Island drew a large crowd as the ship returned with flags at half mast.
Iowa Normal School began graduation week with President Homer H Severley delivering the commencement address. About 125 expected graduates this term, bringing the yearly total to over 200 with quarterly ceremonies. Alumni banquet Tuesday night will seat over 600. Exercises take place in a large campus tent. Last year’s attendance in the normal grade reached 1,600.
June 10 report from Alexandria Egypt states 21 plague cases and seven deaths. In St Louis a bantamweight title fight ended with Clarence Forbes of Chicago winning a decision over Jasper Leon of New York after a fast 12 rounds at the Weat End club.
Reports from police claim Chief Devery may halt the scheduled Coney Island bout if blows or knockdowns are disrupted. Promoters and fighters Reed, Brady, and Julian express confidence the match proceeds to a decision with no incident as betting pools grow. Senator Hanna departs Cleveland en route to France for rheumatism treatment and later Ohio campaign preparations.
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