Hailstorm Ravages Topeka with Massive Ice Chunks
A severe Topeka Kansas hailstorm caused extensive destruction with hailstones up to ostrich egg size. Windows, telegraph lines, and roofs were damaged. telecommunication and electric services were disrupted. Dozens injured or killed pets and horses. runaways and debris halted street traffic as surgeons treated injuries. Authorities expected thousands of dollars in damages.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
van SE
Kansas City
Cyclone Near Salina Kills Family and Injures Others
A cyclone 15 miles north of Salina Kansas strikes a home where Mrs Anna Geesey 34 Nola Geesey 13 and Ida Geesey 9 die. Four family members are badly hurt and a girl survives buried in dirt. Neighbors locate bodies in debris as rumors of more casualties spread. Central Kansas endures intense heat and harvest work is halted.
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Kansas City
Salina
Kan
Anna Geesey
Nola Geesey
Ida Geesey
Geesey
Kansas
Bohannon Boys Caught After Jail Escape Incident
Leo and Frank Bohannon, who escaped custody and mortally wounded Deputy Fahey, were captured two miles below Granite Colorado by Deputy Sheriff McDonnell with help from John Gilbert and E Shaul. A large crowd at the depot surged as the prisoners were secured and hustled into a carriage amid a tense standoff. The jail remains closely guarded tonight.
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Geadville
Eeadville
Colo
Leo
Frank Bohannon
Fahey
Beelow Granite
McDonnell
Granite
John Gilbert
E. Shaul
Bohannon Boys
Dail
Asparagus the oldest known food plant
Asparagus is identified as the oldest known plant used for food in historical records. The claim highlights its long cultivation and culinary value across ancient societies.
Senate Advances Tariff Bill With Hides Duty Change
The Senate disposed of several tariff paragraphs on June 30 including a 20 percent ad valorem duty on cattle hides, replacing 14 cents per pound. Amendments added manganese ore and various metal goods, with debates on trusts and sugar duties. The session adjourned after a 39 to 20 vote on the hides paragraph and a 30 to 19 vote on banding leather.
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Washington
Senate
Sugar Trust
Allison
Quay
Smith
Platt
Connecticut
New York Custom House
Allen
Hoar
Rawlins
Butler
Heitfeld
Jones
Nevada
Stewart
Mantle
Teller
Pension measure favorably reported for Oregon Washington Indian wars
Senate pensions committee reports a general bill to amend and extend survivor pensions for Oregon and Washington territory Indian wars of 1847 and 1856. The measure, introduced by Senator McBride, is backed as long-delayed justice for aging veterans with estimates of survivors and widows based on war participation and mortality tables.
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Washington
Senate
Somnittee On
McBride
Oregon
Gallinger
United States Service
United States
Washington Territory
War Department
Weekly Market Letter Downing Cotupat and Reslow
The market letter notes dull conditions in cash wheat with a cautious outlook. It cites Bullish foreign crop news, reduced exports, and shrinking visible supply, warning against long positions but advising buying on small breaks for limited profits.
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South Bagther Orteca
Havoi
India
France
Bradstreet
Business Improving Amid Trade Upturn Reported
A periodical report notes lower failures across trade branches and higher overall volume than in 1862, despite tariff bill uncertainties and import pressures. It highlights improving business conditions and cautious optimism as industries anticipate policy changes.
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Wasangten
Roth
Burglar wounds Lilian Blais in Redbud Illinois
Miss Lilian Blais 21 a respected Redbud resident was awakened by a masked intruder searching her father’s clothes. The robber fired a pistol ball into her chest and she is not expected to recover. Bloodhounds are on the trail.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Redbud
Iil
Lilian Blais
Attempt to Rob Bellefarche Bank Fails in Noon Fight
A Deadwood dispatch says an attempted bank robbery at Bellefarche by Butte County was repelled after a gunfight at noon. No injuries are reported and suspects fled.
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Omaha
Neb
The
Bee
Deadwood
Butte County
Bellefarche
Cuban Exiles in America May Vote for Representatives
In New York a report states Cuban Americans who contributed to the war effort may vote for the new republic's assembly. Eligible voters are Cubans over 16 who helped the patriots two months before the election, with polling rules to follow and a commemorative coin planned.
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America
New York
United States
Young Republic
Eovet
Camaguay
Cuba
Opera Manager Informs Wife Killed In Mine Shaft
Manager Jack Williams of the Columbia opera company received a telegram from Frank Curtis in Rossiand B C stating Cure use wife known on stage as Pauline Williams was killed in a mine shaft at Koesland. The couple married in San Francisco two weeks ago and were on their wedding trip. The husband did not know the girl’s identity.
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Los Angeles
Jack Williams
Columbia Opera Company
Frank Curties
Rossiand
B. C
Pauline Williams
Koesland
San Francisco
Williams
Local Market Prices Fetch Broad Range Of Farm Goods
The listing shows Butter Fanncy native creamery items at 17c, eggs fresh at 14 160, poultry live per pound with hens at 11 120, quired prices for prying chickens and ducks up to $5. Wheat feed at $26 per ton, various feeds around $20–$21 per ton, corn at $20 per ton, barley $19 per ton, fresh meats with beef and mutton quoted, and seafood including halibut at $4 4c, salmon near $4 60, rock cod five cents, smelt and other fish priced per standard market units.
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Portland Marketa
Walla Walla
California
Oregon
Illago
Wool—Valley
Washington
San Francisco Markets Grain Prices Snaggy List
San Joaquin staples show six months at 10 cents, mountain goods 12 cents, Oregon 12 cents per pound. Hops at 17 cents, millstuff Middling 14.59 to 20.50 per hundred, California bran 13 to 14.50 per ton. Wheat and oats values listed, river barley 56 dollars, best barley 6.50, alfalfa 59, clover 6 remaining. Potatoes new in boxes 50 to 90 cents.
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San Joaquin
Mountain
Oregon
California
Return of Calhoun from Cuba Sparks Cuba Policy Hope
The return of Special Commissioner Calhoun renews interest in Cuba and the administration's possible moves. It is believed McKinley and Sherman will soon have sufficient information to act intelligently, linking aid to Americans in Cuba and to those striving for reform there.
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Calhoun
Cuba
McKinley
Sherman
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