Wreck on Wabash Train Falls From Trestle in Missouri City
A Wabash passenger train No 6 plunged from a wooden trestle near Missouri City during a severe rainstorm. Seven dead and many injured as engines, cars and a Pullman derailed into a raging gorge. John Ennis survived. flagging efforts and a following freight aided rescue.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Wabash Railway
Milsouri City
Pullman
Missouri City
John Ennis
Ennis
WRECKED BY CUBANS CAUSES TRAIN DISASTER NEAR HAVANA
Havana dispatch reports a Cuban dynamite attack on a culvert 110 kilometers from Havana between Taco Taco and Bucanagua. An exploring train from Veulia Abajo passed as the culvert blew, the engine fell, sixteen soldiers killed, eight wounded, and several more seriously hurt. Wounded were sent to Palacious. The explosion caused panic among passengers who moved to another train. Strong Cuban resistance remains as Spanish offers for peace are dismissed. Generals Martinez Campos and Azcarraga are not trusted to negotiate under Weyler.
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Havana
Taco Taco
Bucanagua
Pinar del Rio
Veulia Abajo
Cnvert
Suarez
Asturias
Martinez Campos
Azcarraga
Weyler
Gomez
Ina
Madrid
la Lucha
Senor Canovas
Juan Crillo Camaguey
Arijoma
Secretary Wilson Sees Value in Local Colleges Across Iowa
Washington June 8 Secretary Wilson says there are too many colleges and that spreading colleges nearer to people increases enrollment. He advocates small class size, decent pay for faculty, and notes forty colleges exist in Iowa with growth ahead. He praises western institutions that allow weekend home stays and emphasize practical economy alongside science.
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Wilson
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Irish Prisoners Amnesty Appeal At Phoenix Park
A Dublin meeting in Phoenix Park pressed for amnesty for Irish political prisoners jailed in Marlborough. William Field, a Par nellite MP for St Patrick’s division, urged action and hinted at appeals to Irish Americans.
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England
Dublin
Amresty
Marlborough
Phoenix Park
Wm. Field
St. Patrick's
America
Japanese Credentials Presented to President Dole Amid Hawaii Rumors
From Honolulu dated June 20 Japanese officials and Admiral Beardslee faced a rumored landing at Hawaii customs house. Battalion drills paused when orders redirected marines. Harold M Sewall formally presented credentials as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the United States to President Dole during a reception aboard the Philadelphia.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Philadelphia
Marion
Nanaiwai
Hawaii
Beardslee
Legation
Harold M. Sewall
Dole
Executive Building
United States
Curtailed Rights Japan Opposes Hawaii Annexation
Washington June 27 The Japanese position on the annexation of Hawaii by the United States rests on treaty rights and protests Japan claims the treaty was negotiated amid friendly protests from Japan. They say Hawaii took no steps to restrict Japanese immigration until February and view the demand as capricious and aimed at aiding annexation. The Japanese government asserts no intent to govern Hawaii but has the right to protect its citizens and their rights.
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Japan
Hawaii
Washieron
D. C
United States
Musselman Forces Attack at Kanlikastelli Meeting
A 1,200 strong Musselman force crossed a military cordon and surprised insurgents at Kanlikastelli. A fierce battle left thirteen Musselmen dead and many Christians and Turks killed overall. The clash followed Musselman encroachments and refugee cattle pasturing within the neutral zone.
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Canna
Kanlikastelli
Fire destroys Marshalltown Times-Republican plant
Marshalltown June 27 The Times-Republican office was found on fire at 3 20 am gutting the building and ruining presses and material. The adjacent Marshall Printing Company plant suffered total loss with about 80 000 dollars in damage and only two small insurances. The paper plans a new plant and vows swift return aided by neighbor newspapers in a show of solidarity.
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Marshalltown
Times-Republican
Marshall Printing Company
Times- Republican
the Times- Republican
Vast Naval Review Honors Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
The Prince of Wales reviews 165 ships off Spithead to mark Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. The fleet includes the American cruiser Brooklyn and vessels from France, Germany, Italy, and more, with flags and bands welcoming the royal salute. A nation faces calls for women’s suffrage as debates in Parliament heighten the era’s political currents.
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Portsmouth
Engi
Jane
Spithead
Prince of Wales
United States
Brooklyn
Miller
American Line
New York
Southampton
Ryde
Konigwilhelm
Columbia
France
Spain
Vizcays
Zegismonda
Portugal
Vasco di Gama
Barreto de Vasconceilos
Netherlands
Evertéon
Engelbrecht
Denmark
Heligoland
Koch
Sweden
Gobta Krur
Klintberg
Norway
Frithjol
von Krogh
Russia
Koasia
Skyrdloff
England
Christendom
Seama
St. Pauls
Victoria
House of Commons
New Zealand
South Australia
Isle of Man
Mary Hillard Laines
Case of Interest to Every Woman Promotes Pink Pills
A Detroit woman testifies her life changing recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She details severe postnatal weakness headaches and back pain, then rapid improvement after four boxes, crediting the treatment with restoring health and energy. The advertisement touts the pills as a blood and nerve restorer for women and men, selling at 50 cents a box or six for 2.50.
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Henry Younghans
Detroit
Mich
Grand River Avenue
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
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St. Louis Express
W. S. Mills
Smith
Gustave A. Smith
Louis
Charles Winters
W. Brink
Edward Grinrod
Kaggemann
Charles P. Greasley
Prather
Artelia Prather
W. H. Wilkinson
Mik ‘Alice Darcey
Kansas’ City
Nellié ‘Merrick
Carrollton
Sallie Matthews
Edward Dillon
Holliday
Kan
Sol Gray
Prairie’ Hill
J. W. Hinnon
Mexico
G. C. Copeland
Admiral Beardsley
Miniater Rewall
Canea
Vic Emmert
Miah
Firemen’s Association
Atlantic, IA
Sanand
Gove Ero
Bomondary
Ter Eson
Wedderburn & CO
Rome
ALCO
Omaha
Jet
Prac
Snyder
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