Germans Vote in Biggest Constitutional Struggle Yet
The June 17 German election pits the people against the Kaiser and army reform. Socialists gain ground while candidate lists exceed 1,500 across 207 seats, with Berlin showing a socialist edge and the Kaiser observing at his father’s tomb in Potsdam.
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Sorialists
Prof
Virchow
Eugene Richter
Radical Party
Herr Rickert
Thedore Barth
Werr von Bennigsen
National Liberals
Count von Preissing
Dr. Lieber
Kierr Viebnecht
Berlin
Social Democrats
Lieber
Reichstag
Pottsdam
Frederick
Dormitory Fire Destroys Central Wesleyan College Building
Vamentos Missouri June 17 At 10 o clock Thursday night the Central Wesleyan college dormitory caught fire and burned to ruin in under an hour. The new structure valued at 14000 dollars with contents about 10000 dollars housed 1200 people at commencement. The presiding officer's quick action locked doors and kept panic from spreading as spectators evacuated safely. Professor Nessler suffered two broken legs and internal injuries after a fall amid collapsing timbers while trying to help extinguish the blaze.
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Central Wesleyan College
Vamentos
Nessler
Priest and Woman Drowned in North River Tragedy
Rev. Father Charles B. McKenna, 26, of St. Ann's church, drowned in the North river with Iris cousin Mrs. Margaret Burchell formerly Miss Margaret Curley of Home stead Va. The pair rode a boat ashore and perished when a struggle over a satchel and a strong current pulled them under. McKenna bravely freed a linen duster and attempted to save Burchell but both sank.
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North River
Father McKenna
Burchell
New York
Charles BL. McKenna
St. Ann's Church
Iris Cousin
Margaret Burchell
Margaret Curley
Homestead
Goulds Millions Tax Dispute Heads to Higher Courts
Comptroller Campbell has enlisted Senator David Hill and Benjamin Dos Passos to defend the state's claim to 750000 in collateral inheritance tax from the Jay Gould estate. The estate already paid 500000, with disputes over stock valuation and a 5 million bequest to George Gould for services deemed a debt.
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Albany
N. Y
Campbell
David B. Hill
Benjamin R. Dos Passos
New York
New York City
Jay Gould
Gould
Myers
Cardinal Wall
Kentucky House Defeats Move of Capital to Louisville
The Kentucky House rejected a bill to move the state capital to Louisville after a forty year fight. The measure fails under the constitution and ends the push for removal. In Franklin, G. P. Perring, 17, son of a wholesale grocer recently deceased, drowned while bathing.
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Franxkronz
Kentucky House
Louisville
G. P. Perring
Waule
CALLS IT MURDER AT LEMONT RIOT INQUEST VERDICT
Cineaco June 17 coroner jury returns that George Wiskin died from shock and a gunshot wound caused by an unknown man near Singis and Michigan canal in Will county. It urges catching the unknown shooter and censures contractors Locker Jackson and Maher for shooting defenseless men.
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Cineaco
Lemont
George Kiskin
Smith's Camp
George Wiskin
Singis & Michigan Canal
Will County
Cook County
Locker
Jackson
Maher
Kluga
Lemont, DL
John Kinga
Wheat Fields Ruined by Chinch Bugs Ravage Kansas Crop
In Wichita Kansas on June 17 reports from leading wheat growers say estimates of good yields are unreliable. Fields already cut show yields under three bushels per acre due to chinch bug damage that prematurely ripened the wheat. Bugs then moved to corn, threatening that crop as well.
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Altgeld
Lemont
Cook
Will
du Vage
Wil
de Tage
Sherif
Cook County
du Page County
Cailue
Kansas
Wicuita
Ikan
Doctor shoots ex wife after divorce dispute in Leadville
Dr J J Schmeidinger shot and dangerously wounded his divorced wife Thursday afternoon in Leadville. The couple separated over a year ago and she refused reconciliation citing his habitual drinking. He threatened to kill her before the attack. she is expected to recover.
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Leadville
Col
J. J. Schmeidinger
Stirring Scenes of the Colonial Days in 1770 Boston
A rare 1770 Boston Gazette page recounts roiling pre revolutionary events. Includes Roxbury town meeting on non importation and a Boston clash between troops and townspeople at the Ropewalk. Four youths killed by soldiers and a public meeting at Faneuil Hall demand troop removal. Advertisements note an indentured boy runaway and candle/oil shop items.
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W. L. McCampbell
Boston and Country Gazette Journal
Boston
Boston Chronicle
Shakespeare
England
Great Britain
The
Bostonian
Independent
Roxbury
Britain
Edward Archibald
William Merchant
Francis Archibald
John Leech
Cornhill
Doctor Loring
Murray
Edward Archbald
Mr. Merchant
Archbald
Merchant
Samuel Gray
Crispus Attucks
James Campbell
Samuel Maverick
Faneuil Hall
Old South
New York
Dalrymple
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Joseph Warren
John Langdon
Ebenezer Blancher
Ward and Walker Wrestle at Schwartzkopf’s Hall Tonight
Ward and Walker set to wrestle at Schwartzkopf’s hall this evening with Eddie Evans of Muncie as referee and J A Coleman accompanying Walker. Promised as a display of science and strength, the match opens at 9 o'clock.
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Ward-Walker
Schwartzkopf
Walker
J. A. Coleman
Eddie Evans
Muncie
Ind
Casey and
Pepper
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Europe
Whitsing
Germany
Socialist Party
Council Brioeres
B. A. Dennis
Clitchcock County
Neb
Grand Hotel
Dubuque
Lincoln
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington
Capitol National Bank
Roper
Little Rock
Ark
Fesse B. Roper
al Lyler
Baxter County
Muskogee
I. T
Pettigrew
San Francisco
J.W. Flood
Donahue-Kelly Banking Company
Flood
Veragua
Duke
Fleet Street
Hancock's Wharf
Old North Meeting House
Ward and Walker
Arcade Saloon
Indianapolis
Lutheran Orphan Home
Stahlhuth’s
Fehring’s
Presbyterian Church
St. Denis Hotel
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