Flood Ravages Keystone West Virginia Elkhorn Region
Roanoke report describes a massive Elkhorn flood in West Virginia near Keystone and North Fork Junction. Keystone town demolished, 200 lives feared lost, railroad lines and homes destroyed, recovery efforts underway as telegraph lines fail.
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Elkhorn
West Virginia
Virginia Line
Bluefields
W. Va
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Vivian
North Fork Junction
Keystone
North Fork
Johnstown
Galveston
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Western General
Tragic Fall of Former U S Consul Adelbert Hay in New Haven
Adel bert Stone Hay former U S consul at Pretoria and son of Secretary of State John Hay fell from a third story window at the New Haven House in New Haven Conn dying instantly. Yale class of 1898 graduate, he was to lead commencement events. Secretary Hay arrived grief struck. physician called. Boer invasion fears rise as six to ten thousand Boers reportedly swarm Eastern and Midlands Cape Colony. Lord Kitchener has not yet reported.
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New Haven, Conn
Adelbert Stone Hay
United States
Pretoria
South Africa
John Hay
New Haven
Yale
Mr. Hay
Hay
Seth Moseley
Middle C
London
Lord Kitchener
Waterkloof
Cape Colony
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Forbidden City valuables traded by eunuchs amid losses
In Peking on June 24 reports say eunuchs are selling valuables looted from the Forbidden City as American and Japanese troops guard gates. A carved table fetched 600 taels, while palace repairs and missing artworks push costs to about 250 000 taels. Staff speculate about hidden gold and missing eunuchs who knew its location.
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Peking
Forbidden City
Posbidden
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Russian note on Manchuria withdrawal demands
London dispatch reports M de Giers informs Liu Chang that once the indemnity agreement is signed Russia will press China to renew negotiations over Manchuria withdrawal. He says the reason for opposing a separate China deal vanishes. Public thanks are offered to the ladies in Tien Tsin for June 17 siege decorations.
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Timestrom
Peking
M. de Glers
Liu Chang
Russia
China
Manchuria
M. de Giers
Tien Tsin
All
Nationali Hes
Bremen Officials View Missionaries as Emigration Agents
Bremen June 24 Two American Mormon missionaries arrived to work in Germany. The imperial migration board's legal branch suggested Bremen police watch their movements. Authorities deem the missionaries disguised agents seeking to induce emigration to Utah. Police in other German cities have been warned to watch for them.
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Bremen
Germany
Imperial
E Migration Board
Utah
Battles at Waterkloof Inflict British Casualties
Cradock Cape Colony report from June 24 states that in the June 20 engagement at Waterkloof the British suffered 20 killed 2 mortally wounded and 4 seriously wounded. Sixty six Cape Mounted Riflemen were captured and a Boer squadron captain was wounded with one Boer killed.
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Cradock
Cape Colony
Waterkloof
Cape (Colonial) Mounted Rifles
Mercer to be relieved as Leech Lake Indian agent
Washington reports indicate Captain W A Mercer will soon be relieved of his duties as Indian agent at Leech Lake Minnesota and will rejoin his regiment. The change is unlikely before he finishes the winter logging report on the Chippewa reservations. It appears the captain desires the transfer.
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Washington
W. A. Mercer
Leech Lake
Minn
Mercer
Counterfeiting Suspects Held for Trial in Mexico City
City of Mexico, June 24. Frias and Matta accused of counterfeiting Amperienh dollars are declared presumptively guilty and held for trial. Police search pawnshops for apparatus used in the operation.
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City of
Mexico
Frias
Matta
American trade invasion of the Rand described
London correspondent for The Daily Mail writes a long letter claiming Americans, aided by British apathy, are quietly buying Kaffirs shares and pushing efforts in all directions. He alleges that practically all mining machinery is American and notes rumors of an American move to pool control of poorer Rand mines.
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London
Johannesburg
Daily Mail
Sale of the Duluth Red Wing and Southern Railway
The sale of the Duluth Red Wing and Southern Railway to the Chicago Great Western system occurred in St. Paul on Friday. Officials Sealadagh, Stickney, secretary Wightr and General Counsel Kellogg met to review papers, sign documents, and transfer securities. No purchase price or details were disclosed.
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St. Paul
Duluth, Red Wing and Southern Railway
Chicago Great Western
Murder in Cadun: Four Chinese Die in Canada Tragedy
A Cadun town report from British Columbia says a Chinese man murdered four fellow countrymen. The killer remains at large as townspeople and authorities intensify efforts to capture him amid widespread alarm.
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Vancouver
B. C
Cadun
Wheat market report from Winfield Kansas in June
The first load of new Kansas wheat marketed here was soft wheat at 65 cents per bushel. Millers expect better quality and higher yields in the region this year, with figures seen as more favorable than in many years.
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Winfield
Kan
Japanese officials study American horse breeding in Chicago visit
Representatives of the Japanese government are in Chicago to inspect American horse breeding methods with the aim of studying its possible extensive introduction into Japan. A London dispatch also reports disturbances in Kharbin Manchuria with large Chinese forces and railroad destruction nearby.
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Chicago
Japan
London
The
Daily Mail
Kharbin
Manchuria
Landslide at Higinbotham farm devastates family near Clinch River
In Tazewell Virginia on June 24 a massive landslide from A J Higinbotham’s farm carried away Paris Vandyke’s house. Two children aged 17 and 4 were killed or drowned. A 7 year old boy is badly hurt and likely to die. A little girl survived after being carried half a mile in debris. The mother was carried 400 yards with minor injuries. The Clinch River rose high flooding mills with extensive damage.
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Tazewell
Clinch River
A. J. Higinbotham
Paris Vandyke
Emperor to Return to Peking in October by Rail
A dispatch from Peking reports an official proclamation announces the emperor will return to Peking in October arriving by railroad from Paotingfu. The move marks a significant shift in imperial appearances and governance.
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Peking
Pao-Ting-Fu
Mob Attacks Southern Railway Shops in Columbia
In Columbia South Carolina on June 24 a mob attacked the railway shops targeting non union workers. A guard fired at the crowd wounding himself, bullets shattered a car window but did not hit the sleeping workers. The non union men were dragged away and roughly handled before most were returned to the city later in the day.
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Columbia
S. C
Southern Railway
City of Bangor Steamer Strikes Launch in Fog Tragedy
In dense fog off Deer Island beacon the City of Bangor steamship ran down the naphtha launch Estelle. Five men were thrown into the water. two drowned and three were rescued with difficulty. Passengers and rescued men exonerated the steamer’s officers from blame.
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Boston
Maine
City of Bangor
Bangor Steamship Company
Hine
Estelle
Deer Island Beacon
Crosby defeats Faulds in Glasgow pigeon match
London dated June 24 reports W R Crosby the American won a £100 pigeon shoot against Scotch champion Faulds in Glasgow. The event used 100 ground trap and 60 tower trap pigeons. Crosby scored 97 to 93 at ground, and 42 to 41 at tower.
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London
Glasgow
W. R. Crosby
Faulds
Crosby
Marshfield Wins Saengerfest Host City Title
Marshfield Wisconsin reports the Saengerfest closing Sunday as the most successful in North Wisconsin Saenger-nezirkys history Merritt chosen as next Saengerfest host city on first ballot at the business meeting held after the event.
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Marshfield
Wis
Saengerfest
North
Wisconsin
Saenger-nezirkys
Merrit
Fire Threat From Convict Broom Factory at Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincoln Neb June 24 the remaining wing of the Nebraska penitentiary buildings narrowly escaped destruction from a fire started maliciously by convicts in the broom factory The blaze was discovered promptly and quenched in its incipiency causing only nominal damage Gov Savage and Warden Davis reported The incident follows a March fire at the same complex
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Savage
Davis
Pan European trade combine eyed against United States
London June 24 The Mine prints Vienna correspondent word on a Pan European trade scheme against the United States. The writer says the idea is distant but not to be ignored due to its popularity in industrial and commercial circles.
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Pan-European Combine
London
Viennia
United States
Wheat futures report from Duluth market notes
Market brief from Duluth lists cash wheat deliveries and futures terms. Mentions No 1 hard wheat around 60 percent, No 1 ern near 66 percent, with July and September figures noted, reflecting the seasonal price outlook and supply expectations.
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Dusved
Wheat Prices and Market Notes from Minneapolis
Market brief from Minneapolis in June 84 lists Wheat cash 64 lo pay 08% for September 44geon track No 1 Northern 64%o and No 634 0, indicating price levels and tracking data for grain futures and cash markets.
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Minneapolis
Northern
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