Floods Ravage River Regions Causing Massive Losses
Floods crest across Missouri and surrounding areas with the Mississippi exceeding record levels. Levee breaches near Madison and across the region forced evacuations as hundreds of lives were lost or reported missing. Rescue boats aided thousands stranded, while South Carolina and Kansas victims face mounting property damage and hunger.
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South Carolina
Columbia
8. C
Piedmont
Clifton
Converse
Pacolet
St. Louis
Venice
Madison
Granite City
East St. Louis
Mark Twain
Annie Russell
Ison
Floods devastate Kansas and Missouri railways and farms
The article lists historic high water marks and river flood damage across Missouri and Kansas. It details affected towns and counties, loss estimates for cotton mills, bridges swept away, and widespread agricultural ruin. It notes North Topeka and Topeka area losses reach hundreds of thousands with broader state impact and many small towns affected.
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St. Louis
Wity
East St. Louis
Ljevee
Mitchell
Til
Roke
Missouri Point
Missouri
Misssippi
Creve Coeur Lake
Routh
Des Peres
Clifton
Topeka
North Topeka
Kansas
Lawrence
Salina “Sis
Concordia
Junction City
Solomon
Abilene
Ellsworth
Minneapolis
Emporia
Would Be United States Senator Thomas Lowry Declares Candidacy
Thomas Lowry, renowned streetcar magnate of St. Paul and Minneapolis, announces his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Moses E. Clapp. He ran two and a half years ago and kept lavish open houses for legislators. He plans an even larger campaign when the Minnesota legislature reconvenes.
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United States
Thomas Lowry
St. Paul
Minneapolis
United States Senate
Moses E. Clapp
Mr. Clapp
Cushman K. Davis
North Star State
The Hoboes of France and Government Plans
French officials weigh a new scheme to manage vagabonds as 6,000 Paris arrests last year leave about 3,000 in custody. Nationally 42,000 vagrants are counted, with 12,000 in Paris. Some habitual vagrants may be sent to French Guiana at 900s per head.
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Kansas City
Walker
Harrison
Chicago
Controller McGann
Bailey
Topeka
Kansas Valley
Kas
W. H. Craddock
Barkson
France
Paris
Iock
Key
French Guiana
Industry Rewarded Knows a Hen That Won a Free Ad
A Kansas hen earned praise and free advertising after evading a farmer who tried to stop her brood ten years ago. She hatched a plan by sitting on rocks for three weeks, and now a macadamized road runs along the farmer’s 160 acres in Liberal.
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Kansas
Chamberlain May Be Out Sees Tory Clash Over Tariffs
London June 10 The resignation talk around Colonial Secretary Chamberlain dominates a tense Commons debate on Mr. Ritchie's plan to abolish the coin tax and press for free trade. Ministers from both sides condemn Chamberlain's preferential tariff ideas while Balfour's stance remains uncertain amid warnings of a possible cabinet split and dissolution.
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London
Chamberlain
Ritchie
House of Commons
Balfour
Great Britain
Mr. Chamberlain
Chaplin
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Black Michael
Sir John Gorst
James Bryce
United States
America
Arthur Elliot
the Treasury
Bryce
Ohio Republicans name leaders and platform at Columbus
In Columbus on June 5 the Ohio Republican convention named Foraker as governor and Harding as lieutenant governor with harmony and Hanna cited as a major factor. The platform pledges Roosevelt support and protectionist policy. A stray children’s line about a stag party appears among the notes.
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Ohio
Roosevelt returns to Washington after westward trip
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington from a two month western tour. He is greeted by crowds, waves from his carriage, and praises Secretary Loeb for his firm management of the challenging itinerary. He spent sixty five days on the road and delivered 265 speeches.
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Roosevelt
White House
Canada
Gulf
Loeb
Greenhut
Peoria
Ill
Joseph B. Greenhut
The
Whisky Trust
Europe
America
Illlinois
John Herschel
Groffs Indicted Over Bribe Offer to Post Office Official
Washington reports that the federal grand jury returned true bills against the Groff brothers in a bribe offer case involving A W Machen former superintendent of free delivery at the postoffice department. Indictments also name James N Tyner former assistant attorney general tied to a safe rifling case. Locust plague threatens Caspian and Turkish famine spreads as grain is pillaged.
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Washington
Federal Grand Jury
Post Office Department
Tyne
St. Petersburg
Trans- Caspian
Turkestan
Judge Caldwell Beslan Bench
Relatives of United States Judge Henry C Caldwell confirm his resignation telegraphed from Little Rock Arkansas. It became effective June 5 and he is at his mountain home Col Chief Justice John Campbell of Colorado is named as probable successor on the United States circuit court of appeals bench.
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Denver
United States
Henry C. Caldwell
Little Rock
Arkansas
Caldwell
Mountain
Col
John Campbell
Colorado
United States Circuit Court . of Appeals
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Elsie
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