Tornado Strikes La Crosse and Ashland County Areas
A June storm unleashed a tornado in La Crosse Wisconsin causing roof and window damage on Main Street. Pedestrians were knocked down as debris flew, with serious injuries and scattered alarms. Separate reports describe a second tornado in Ashland County near Penokee, leveling timber and threatening homes with unknown losses.
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la Crosse
Wis
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Convention
Fourth
Main Streets
Main Street
Farlands
Dr. Powell
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Brownsville
de Soto
Mellen
Ashland County
Wisconsin Central
Penokee
Congress Approves Hay Memorial Thanks Resolution
The House voted 219 to 46 to suspend rules and adopt a joint resolution praising Secretary of State John Hay for his MacKinley memorial address. Debates centered on perceived political content. General Hooker defended Hay while Mr. Clark protested. Senate and House measures on forest reserves, Salmon culture, and retirement of Sternberg faced defeats.
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Washington
House
Congress
John Hay
MacKinley
DeArmond
Clark
Hay
General Hooker
Grosvenor
Agricultural Department
Senate
Sternberg
Alaska
Senate debate on Philippine government bill yields little interest
In Washington on June 3 the senate debated the Philippine government bill for five minutes and little audience attention. Mr Mason of Illinois argued against differentiated treatment for Filipinos and urged self governance rights equal to Cubans. He stated he would not have voted for the Paris treaty unless independence was guaranteed when ready.
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Washington
Senate
Mason
Mine workers strike expands in eight hour dispute
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania June 3 The United Mine Workers order calling out all engineers firemen and pumpmen at collieries without the eight hour day with present wages went into effect with most men obeying The strike shows no clear winner as pumps mostly run and exact worker counts remain undisclosed with unions canvassing those at work informes show a partial turnout and varied estimates of affected men
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers of America
Supreme Court Rules Against Pine River Logging Firm
The Supreme Court, in Pine River Logging and Improvement Co. v United States, upholds an $78,000 liability for overharvesting timber on Chippewa Indian Reservation. Justice Brown states the phrase more or less was misread. five Indians contracted to deliver 2,750,000 feet but delivered 17,000,000 feet under 1889 act supervision.
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Supreme Court
Minnesota
Washington
Justice Brown
United States Suprem Court
Pine River Logging and Improvement Company
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
Interior Department
Court of Appeals
Peace claim reaches Kruger declines visitors
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kruger avoiding visitors after news that peace was concluded in South Africa. Other Boer delegates express disappointment and refuse to discuss the outcome.
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Amsterdam
South Africa
Kruger
Riot in Chicago as police clash with striking teamsters
Chicago June 3 riot and bloodshed marked the teamsters strike. A mob attacked fifty officers escorting meat wagons, with women joining the melee. Police used revolvers and clubs, sustaining injuries as crowds blocked wagons and fought near Crosby Street in "Little Hell" and at Halsted and Division streets.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Collins
Crosby Street
Hell
Lieutenant Collins
Halsted
Division
Halsted Street
Weber, McCarthy and O'Connor
Mooney
Edward Allen
Allen
Bridewell
Samaritan Hospital
Weber
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Mangold Batiste
Rypc
R.R. Murphy
Austin, Minn
ATES
LA Crosse, Wis
McKinley
Jersey Central Railroad
SYM
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Police
Royal Baking Powder
William
New York
Twelfth Street Viaduct
State Street
Via
Bolden Eagle Clothing House
the Golden Eagle
Northwest
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Mi y.Nes
Northwestern Telephone Exchange CO
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