Terrific storms devastate multiple states and towns
A sweeping series of tornadoes and wind storms raged Tuesday night and Wednesday across Indiana Ohio Michigan South Dakota Iowa and surrounding areas. Dozens of buildings were wrecked or unroofed. Casualties included several deaths and many injuries as storms damaged transportation plants churches schools and homes. Holland towns such as Marietta Maxwell and Cleveland reported extensive destruction with hundreds of buildings ruined and roads blocked.
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Indiana
South Dakota
Marietta
Ohio
Michigan
Hlinvis
Kalawazoo
Fairbury
Cleveland
Mary Earle
Ando
Sample
Ernest Hurst
Bo Heims
Chreenfield
Greenfield
F Johnson
Hudson
Yankton
Volin Poozeng
Towa
Sioux Center
Damour
Maurice
Death by self in Texas and leadership change at Northern Pacific
Arthur Guthrie aged about 25 died by his own hand at Vistaview Texas. James J. Hill will resign the Northern Pacific presidency on July 1, to be succeeded by his son Lewis W Hill. In Britain the chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach rejected an amendment to remove maize from the duties on grains during finance bill debate.
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Arthur Guthrie
Viaioview
Texas
James J. Hill
Northern Pacife Railroad
Lewis W
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Beach
Anthracite Strike Stalemate Deepens with No Peace Hope
The eighth week of the anthracite strike shows no peace prospect as operators reject arbitration and union calls. Losses mount to about 40 million overall while talks of resuming some mines loom before the union convention in Indianapolis. Railroads in Indiana and Illinois seize coal shipments to ensure mail and supply, sparking shortages for miners and manufacturers.
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Mitchell
Olyphant
Delaware and Hadson Canal Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ilinois
United States
Orders Coal Inquiry Opens Possible Prosecution
President Roosevelt has referred the coal combination to the Department of Justice for investigation under the Sherman act. Attorney General Knox will study the charge and report back. Existing dispatches from Wilkes Barre and a Labor Commissioner report are cited as supporting the case. An investigation will be conducted before any further action.
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Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Nnox
Carroll Ds Wrarkt
Cag Trust
Taw
Knexy
Tian Itoy
Tegaletegions Sovelved
Onl
Knex
Ohio in tangles of invalid laws and court rulings
Ohio faces an extra session as the State Supreme Court invalidates multiple laws including Cleveland city ordinances, a Leledda police control act, and county officer salaries. The era of chaotic governance prompts calls for new laws while clarifying the Royer act and appointive vacancies. New York butcher groups mobilize to oppose the beer trust with a $100000000 capitalization and a national cattle supply plan.
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Ghia
State Supreme Court
Cleveland
Hamilton County
Pry Jem Archer
Senate
Trauger
Royer
Supreme Court
Scope of Congress Works On Isthmian Canal and Philippine Civil Government
The fifty seventh Congress shows a flood of general laws with the isthmian canal bill ending half a century of effort and the Philippine civil government bill extending internal government, coinage, and home laws to Pacific possessions. Tax cuts from repealing war revenue taxes total $73.25 million, and the Chinese exclusion law, arid lands irrigation funding, and a national health bureau bill are among major enacted measures.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Philippines
Cuba
Spain
Billion dollar first session of Fifty-seventh Congress
The first session of the Fifty-seventh Congress totaled 710,150,857 dollars, more than any non war session. It includes 130,000,000 in bonds for the Isthmian canal, with 217,083,410 added over prior funding. Major increases cover post office, navy, rivers and harbors, and urgent deficiencies.
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Army. Co
Lot
Ues
District of Columbia
Tadian
Wwe
Ilary Academy
Navy Arts
Post Office
Isthmian “Canal
Navy
Grande Dry Dock planned to be world’s largest
New York will build the world’s largest dry dock with a cradle for 1200 foot vessels to rest above water while hulls are scraped and seams closed. Officials anticipate ships of 1000 plus feet will become common within ten years as construction progresses.
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New York
Cumberland Presbyterians plan college near St Joseph area
Notes of Current Events report that Cumberland Presbyterians will establish a college at Adgerton about forty miles southeast of St Joseph Missouri. The item notes related concerns about local horse slaughter for beef and references several international and national topics including a divorce in London and political maneuvers in Hungary and Portugal.
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Cumberland Presbyterians
Adgerton
St Joseph
Cieage
Julie Opp
London
Robert Lorraine
An Meter
Prominent Senators Said to Shape Legislation in 1900s
Washington correspondence surveys the Senate scene naming Elkins as the chief “Boxer” and alleging power-brokers like Hanna Laing Platt Aldrich and Burrows influence debate. Elkins is described as dominant, assertive, and gospel in his assertions. Burrows praised for oratory and presence. Allison notes the perceived control exercised by these figures within the chamber.
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Senate
Aldrich
Platt
Hanna
Lodge
Senator Platt
New York
Hianna
Lanige
Bess Phas
Amg
Rosy
Dows
Alison
Pussy Cat
Cheminitister Eskine
West Virginia
Barrows
Michigan
Deon
Minneseta
Perkins
Calformia
Phiet Nehoof
Nebraska
Burton
Kanst
Stephen Benton Elkine
United States Senate
Elkins
New Mexico
Congress
Tos
Burrows
Julius Caesar Burrows
Harvesters Sought in Kansas as Wheat Crop Needs Many
Harvesters of the wheat crop are in demand in Kansas with up to 10 000 men needed. Wages offered are liberal at 2 50 dollars per day and beard compensation is included. Also noted is a Buckingham Palace court reception for Addresses from Lord Mayor Sir Joseph Dimsdale and the London County Council. Cuba enforces its immigration law by denying landings to 43 Chinese from Vancouver via New York to Havana.
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Kana
Kansas
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Joseph ©. Dimsdale
Corporation
London County Council
Cuba
Havana
Chine
Bond
Vancouver
New York
Rain drenches farms as June drought breaks across states
The nation endures the wettest June in thirty years with heavy rains slamming Illinois Missouri Indiana Iowa and Ohio and flooding farms supplies railroads suffer. If rain persists crops face ruin in the Middle West and West, with estimates near one million dollars in Alton Illinois alone.
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Miinvis
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Arkansas
Dakotas
Minnesota
Ohio River
Alton
Middle
Weer
Junah
Noah the Patriarch
Admiral Dewey Denies Recognizing Filipino Republic
The Senate committee heard Dewey recount Manila Bay events and his absence of recognition for Aguinaldo's government. He stressed no cables, meeting emergencies, and that he never saluted Aguinaldo or called him general. Manila was handed to Dewey by Spain, then later Aguinaldo's proclamation arrived by mail. Dewey says he offered no endorsement of a Filipino republic and still believes islanders can govern themselves better than Cr Span.
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Dewey
Senate Committee On the
Philippines
Manila Bay
Flesaya
Aguinaldo
Philippine Republic
Manila
Washington
Municipal police graft scandal hits Minneapolis officials
Indictments charge police inspectors Malone and Brackett with collusion with criminals and guarding a crime scene at the Pabst brewery for a $1500 robbery. Mayor A A Ames, facing bribery charges, plans to resign in September to run a hotel in Indiana. The case alleges officers aided fugitives and accepted money as part of a city corruption probe. A rival British shipping trust forms with $100 million to challenge Morgan in North Atlantic and Pacific freight, linking Australasia and Asia via the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Minneapolis
Minneapo
A. A. Ames
Indiana
Fred Malone
C. F. Brackett
Pabst
Morgan
Combine
J. Vierpont Morgan
Canadia Pacific Railway
Australasia
India
China
Japan
England
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