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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
6
A jumble of items notes members of the House of Representatives, claims of embezzlement in Haiti, a Chicago thief, a Louisville award for dignity, Boer War figures, Krupp armor and shells, Reginald Vanderbilt at Yale, Fulton submarine explosion, a New York harbor peninsula plan, rail freight shifts, and Sunday school publishing trends.
Ten people killed and extensive live stock losses reported from a tornado near Lake Park Iowa. Des Moines dispatch notes twisters striking Grinnell and Oskaloosa causing roof and property damage but no injuries, with telegraph and railroad lines down across the region. Communication cut, area from Freeport Illinois to Clinton Iowa affected.
Washington reports Senator Hanna met with the president after which the civil service commission found no violation of civil service law in claims that Ohio office-holders engaged in political activity. The president decided not to send letters censuring Cleveland officials for political meddling.
Constantinople reports Arab tribesmen massacred a caravan of 500 wealthy merchants in the desert about 100 miles from Kuwait in Asiatic Turkey. Only 20 of the caravan escaped, according to a Constantinople dispatch cited by the London Daily News correspondent.
A bronze tablet installed at 634 South Broadway St Louis proclaims Here was born Eugene Field the poet but Roswell Field of Chicago counters that the author was not born there or within a mile, disputing the claim and location of his birth.
The Past Mall to tin, Washington, June 11 reports a new faster daily mail service. Arrangements by the post office department will run 23 1 2 hours between New York and St Louis via the Pennsylvania railroad starting next Sunday. The link connects Civil Kork and eastern cities with western points.
Washington dispatch reports the postmaster general has issued an order denying the use of the mails to the Preferred Wentive Mercantile Company of Kansas City and its branches in St. Louis St. Joseph Topeka Detroit and Chicago as of June 11.
Cambridge university conferred the degree of doctor of laws on Whitelaw Reid the special ambassador of the United States to the coronation of King Edward. The ceremony occurred Tuesday in June 41 in Cambridge England.
Lincoln June 11 The class play As You Like It nearly failed when Orlando actor Fred J. Kelly a senior from Wymore was abducted by underclassmen. Brought to a country ten miles away he walked back to rejoin the curtain. He did not identify his captors and the show resumed after a delay.
Fremont Neb June 11 after a day of balloting lasting from morning to night the Republican nominee for congress in the Third Nebraska district was chosen on the forty seventh ballot L J McCarthy of Dixon county led the field for most of the process with the final break placing him ahead in the last vote colleagues say the contest was tightly fought and the outcome settled late yesterday
A parliamentary paper from London presents the revised financial plan for 1902 03 showing expenditures of 176 359 000 pounds and revenue of 152 435 000 pounds. A deficit of 29 920 000 pounds is to be covered by consols loan proceeds, leaving 5 996 000 pounds for contingencies and debt redemption. In a separate note, a Chicago Great Western derailment near St Joseph Missouri injured traveler Henry Vanderbaugh after seven coaches wrecked when rails spread.
In Portland Oregon the Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen meeting for the United States and Canada opened with about four hundred members in attendance from across the country. The Superior Lodge Degree of Honor met briefly and handled routine business.
In Princeton Missouri on June 11 Daniel Porter a wealthy county farmer was shot by his 18 year old son during a quarrel over who would ride in a buggy. The son fired both barrels from a double barrel shotgun as Porter prepared to enter the buggy. Porter is not expected to recover. Details also note a separate business report on a ship building merger in New York with capitalization around 25 million dollars, possibly forming the United States Ship Corporation.
June 11 The house approved a bill to shield the president vice president cabinet and foreign ministers and ambassadors and to curb anarchist teaching by a 17 to 38 vote.
A devastating blaze at the St Luke's sanitarium on Wabash avenue and Twenty first streets killed nine people and wounded about 30. The building, formerly the Hotel Woodruff, housed many patients seeking help for drink or drug addiction. Fire began in the basement and spread rapidly, trapping patients on upper floors who could not escape. Firefighters saved many by lowering people from ladders, but several perished or were gravely injured by leaping from windows.
New York June 10 President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrived to meet United States labor commissioner Carroll D Wright who is investigating the anthracite miners strike He said he would present the facts to President Roosevelt and meet operators tomorrow Also Rome June 10 the pope admired Roosevelts gift of works and Mosaic copies from the Vatican West Point June 10 centennial exercises begin with 64 cadets to be graduated Thursday and distinguished army officers present
Cleveland County residents Thomas Fogarty William Vanney and others are indicted for conspiracy alleging Ku Klux methods to drive Helen Bonner from her claim. Also notes Ed Butler trial setup in Colombia Boone County and a London religious service with Gen Kitel and a large crowd.
A late night signing by the president advances a measure affecting Americans awaiting a decision or veteran status. Details remain unclear in the fragmented OCR text, but the action marks an official endorsement and potential policy change impacting citizens.
Four dozen armed escapees fled into the woods after killing a shop guard during a Sunday break. Guard Jones was fatally shot while another guard, Tiffany, was wounded and pursued the assailants from near Salem toward the reform school area. A 40-man posse chased them. weapons reportedly discarded by excursionists from Portland.
Washington June 10 Mr Harris Kan member of the committee on Inter ocanal canals spoke in favor of the Nicaragua route. Harris an engineer and former chief engineer on the Union Pacific Kansas division noted no exploration record argues against feasibility of a canal by Nicaragua. He cited French engineer M De Lessepa as saying Nicaragua is best if a canal with locks is built.
Washington June 10 Congressman Shallenberger Nebraska a member of the house committee on civil service reform introduced a resolution asking the secretary of war to explain the causes for Rebecca J. Taylor’s dismissal from the classified service of the war department. Miss Taylor was recently dismissed for writing letters to the press criticizing the president over Philippine affairs.
The Missouri State Society for the Prevention of Consumption was formed to check the spread of consumption and educate the public. Tracts will be distributed and meetings held. State aid is to be sought for a free hospital for consumptives for the poor, aims echoed by Kansas City society.
Floodwaters sweep Allen County Kansas causing rescues by boat as families flee rising rivers. The situation worsened with roads cut and property damaged while officials plan further action and repairs.
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