American Troops Survive Desperate Fire at Perez Das Marinas
Reports from June 21 detail a fierce engagement as Gen Wheaton’s men attacked Peres Das Marinas. A sunken road clash left five Americans dead and 25 wounded, with a later total of about 40 casualties including no officers. Despite being surrounded, U.S. forces fought back and withdrew in good order, later retaking ground with reinforcement. The arcade surrendered Imus, while civilians and natives were captured or fled. The action underscores stubborn American resolve during the Peres Das Marinas fight.
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Wheaton
Imus
New York
Herald
Manila
Robinson
4Th Infantry
Maj
Budd
Perez Das Marinas
Das Marinas
Severe Storm Damages Indiana. Lightning Kills Man and Cow
A severe storm swept central and eastern Indiana on Tuesday night. In Daleville Charles Beavers and a cow were killed by lightning. Frank Smith's home near Eaton was destroyed by lightning. Wind and hail damaged fields and trees blocked rail lines near Muncie. Marion County reported heavy rain and a tornado like wind event with damaged windows and a torn Salvation Army tent. Grant County also reported significant damage. In Ricumexp two years of legal fights over gas rates reached the Indiana Supreme Court after a ruling in favor of the Richmond Natural Gas Co.
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Ixpia Napolis
Ind
Indiana
Daleville
Charles Beavers
Frank Smith
Eaton
Muncie
Marion County
Marion City
Salvation Army
Grant County
Ricumexp
Richmond Natural Gas Co
Robinson
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Severe storm damages homes and tracks in Mixcth area
A Tuesday night wind and thunderstorm wrecked Will Smith’s Eaton home and toppled two frame buildings. Trees blocked the Fort Wayne and Cincinnati Railway, delaying trains for hours. Reports say many were injured in a cyclone between Portland and Ridgehill, but wires are down.
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Mixcth
Ind
Eaton
Will Smith
Fort Wayne
Cincinnati
Portland
Ridgehill
La Puche Window Glass Co Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation were filed in Maubox Indiana by the La Puche Window Glass Co to manufacture and sell window glass and glassware. Capital stock is 25,000 in 500 shares of 50 each with a 40 year existence.
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Maubox, Ind
County Recorder
Carmichael
la Puche Window Glass Co
Tornado and hail devastate southern Marion outskirts
Marion Indiana reports the worst tornado and hailstorm in memory passed south of the city Tuesday evening, wrecking homes and outbuildings in the southern area while suburbia faces sale. IndiaNa Powis judge orders Broad Ripple Rapid Transit Suburban line sold July 17 after continuous receivership.
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Marion
Ind
IndiaNa Powis
Carter
Superior Court
Broad Ripple
Postmaster Falls From Cherry Tree in Indiana
Rusaville Indiana June 21 Postmaster W E Abernathy of Occident fell 18 feet from a cherry tree fracturing his spinal column He may die He has a wife and three children Mian Indiana June 21 Lee Ross a Manchester youth was attacked by four hawks while squirrel hunting He killed three of the attackers Wansaw Indiana June 21 a fire destroyed the store of Girard and Lisht at North Webster The loss is about 5000 with some insurance coverage
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Rusaville
Ind
W. E. Abernathy
Occident
Mian
Lee Ross
Manchester
Wansaw
Girard & Lisht
North Webster
Rochester man brings Cuban cane from Matanzas guns
Peru Indiana June 21 J F Skull of Rochester owns two canes carved from Cuban wood that once formed part of a Spanish gun carriage in the batteries at Matanzas, reflecting a historical relic tied to the Cuban conflict.
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Peru
Ind
J. F. Skull
Rochester
Cuba
Matanzas
Fire at Fort Pickens Causes Death in Magazine Blast
Fort Pickens magazine exploded Tuesday morning after a fire likely started in the kitchen. One man was killed by falling debris. Col. Royal T. Frank, in charge of the Gulf, has requested full particulars but notes the damage as not heavy. In New York, Frederick Halsted, 31, janitor at Dwight Preparatory, is jailed on a murder charge related to a death at the school.
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Atlanta
Royal T. Frank
Department of the Gulf
Lieut. Horn
Ft. Pickens
Col. Frank
New York
Frederick Halsted
Dwight Preparatory School
Halsted
Evansville Riot Wounds Six In Mine Strike Clash
Early Wednesday, non union colored miners brought into Evansville by Sunny Side mine operators were fired on by unknown parties. Six men wounded, three probably fatally including James Moore, a stockholder. Shots fired from bushes, panic and later rumor of another assault.
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Evansville
Ind
James Moore
Sunny Side
Nentucky
Henry Smith
John Phillips
Ed Geiger
Chas. Smith
John Norsweather
Yellow Fever Serum Trial at New York Port
Dr. Alvah P. Doty, health officer, reports successful experiments with a serum developed at his quarantine lab to prevent yellow fever. Over 18 months, tests on guinea pigs fed with yellow fever germs show increased survival, signaling potential for human use. Samples will be sent to Havana for field testing and potential patient benefit.
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Alvah P. Doty
New York
New Yor
Doty
Havana
Testimonial Fund Honors Dreyfus Zola and Picquart
In Curcaco on June 21 Chicago Jews and other American Jewish communities raise funds for testimonials to Captain Dreyfus Emile Zola and Col. Picquart. A diamond set and engraved sword for Dreyfus a solid gold pen for Zola and a gold loving cup for Picquart are planned as prizes. Donations total in the hundreds and may reach thousands.
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Chicago
America
Dreyfus
Emile Zola
Col. Picquart
Banker Boland Buys Avon Herd For Grass Lake Farm
New York June 21 W A Boland buys Aaron Barber of Avon New York shorthorn herd 15 head including champion Mary Abbottsbury 7th plans to ship to Grass Lake Michigan within three weeks. Also news from Loyponx June 21 says Sir Redvers Bueller would command British forces in South Africa if war with the Transvaal. two train robbers reported captured in OmahaNebraska.
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New York
W. A. Boland
Aaron Barber
Avon
Grass Lake
Mich
Mary Abbottsbury
Loyponx
Daily Telegraph
Transvaal
Redvers Henry Bueller
South Africa
Baseball Standings and Results From Tuesday’s Games
The column lists winners Cincinnati Boston Baltimore New York Brooklyn and Washington with team batters and umpires noted. It also shows inning-by-inning scores for St Louis Washington Cleveland Brooklyn Chicago and more, plus current standings with Brooklyn Boston Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore New York Philadelphia Washington Chicago Louisville Cleveland St Louis.
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Cincinnati
Boston
Baltimore
New Bork
Brooklyn
Washington
Tnnings
REE
EL Philadephia
Phillips
Wood
Fifield
Douglas
Burns
Smith
St. Louis
Powell and Criger
Mercer
BicGuire
Emslie
McDonald
Rae Cleveland
Stneprer and
Schreeenvost
Mee James
Grim
O'Day
Mec Garr
W. L. Brooklyn
W. Pe
Pittsburgh
New York
Philelphia
Chissga
Louisville
St Louis
Cleveland
Ten men beat Cleveland streetcar crew on downtown run
On June 21 in Cleveland Ohio ten men boarded car 224 from Willson avenue and attacked conductor Harry C Clark and motorman John Clark as fares were taken. The assailants struck with a coupling pin and fists, leaving both men unconscious before the car halted near Hackman street. A letter carrier A W Weigel on a nearby car suffered a severe facial injury.
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Cleveland
Scoville
Willson Avenue
Itarry C. Clark
Clark
John Clark
Hackman Street
Iere
A. W. Weigel
Unexpected verdict in Tennessee murder case
In Mesruis Tennessee on a Tuesday a white man of wealth was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Greenberry Redditt a wealthy farmer who shot Maggie Hobbs a Black woman. The defense claimed self defense and the all white jury sentenced Redditt to ten years in prison. Attorney General M R Patterson led the prosecution.
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Mesruis
Tenn
Cooper
Greenberry Redditt
Maggie Hobbs
Redditt
M. R. Patterson
Local Lynching Follows Miss Ireland Assault Charge
Daniel Patrick, a Black man accused of assaulting Miss Bessie Ireland near Scranton Mississippi, was captured Tuesday and confessed at jail. A mob gathered Wednesday morning and a sheriff promised resistance as gunfire was anticipated. Patrick was lynched at 1 30 Wednesday morning Loxton June 31.
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Mons
Ala
Daniel Patrick
Bessie Ireland
Scranton
Miss
Moore
Emperor Franz Josef Illness Sparks Alarm in Vienna
News reports from Vienna on June 21 indicate the illness of Emperor Franz Josef has caused widespread concern. Thousands of telegrams have been received asking for details on his condition.
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Vienna
Franz Josef
Conference Advances Draft on Neutral States Rights and Armies
At the Brussels conference sub committee Prof DeMartens presided as it adopted ten clauses of a draft report strengthening protections for neutral states and civil populations organizing resistance. The plenary session considered changes, including missing provisions on wounded and shipwrecked sailors and new articles proposed by Capt Mahan. A Persian delegate urged a red sun emblem for Red Cross. The conference aims to produce a general act embodying the Geneva convention section.
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Tne Haevar
Brussels
DeMartens
Mahan
Mirzariza-Khan
Russia
The Mansfield Flood of June 21 Storm Hits Mansfield
A historic Mansfield storm on Monday night caused a three hour blaze of lightning and a city blackout. Torrential rain flooded stores and homes to several feet from Bloom Street north, flooding the flats. One death occurred as Mrs. Louise Luther died from fright during the storm.
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Mansfield
Bloom Street
Louise Luther
President McKinley at Mount Holyoke College Graduation
President McKinley attends Mount Holyoke College commencement in South Hadley Mass awarding diplomas to the senior class including his niece Grace McKinley and accepting an honorary doctor of civil laws degree. He later presided at a reception for 2400 people before returning to Holyoke. London dispatch reports looting burning and mass murders in Simla Timme villey district. Rat Portage mine accident injures several. four men die and one seriously hurt in a 200 foot shaft fall.
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Southnh Hapixy
Mass
McKinley
Mount Holyoke College
Grace McKinley
Holyoke
Whiting
London
Simla
Timmevilley
Rat Portage
Ont
Charles “Adams
Nova Scotia
Charles ’ Bury
John ‘Howe
Charles
Ande
Dyas
Specials and News Briefs From Across the Nation
Tuesday's treasury statement shows Available cash balance 272,389,406 and gold reserve 935,414,919. German Reichstag debated island acquisitions while storms claim a Lincoln asylum guard. Elks gather in St. Louis as San Francisco leaders push a national Negro academy. Navy ships and steamers move on, with Manila Iloilo port totals and smallpox stamp-out in Mogqui Indians. Armstr ong fatally shoots coworker then dies, and Leonard Wood eyed DC streetcar presidency. Forest fires blaze Buckskin mountains across Arizona and Utah.
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The
Treasury
Chicago
Caroline
Ladrone
Pelew
Islands
Germany
Reichstag
Lincoln
Wm. Phillips
Illinois Asylum
San Francsco
National Academy of Music
Washington
America
Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
St. Louis
Elks
Ate Temdance
Chicago Medical Society
Illinois Society For the Prevention of
Harrison
Australia
San Francisco
Honolulu
Philadelphia
George Waldvogel
New York
Philip McDermott
Manila
Iloilo
Adm
John C. Watson
United States
Zafiro
Hong Kong
Baltimore
Cheasapeake
Bath
Arizona
Pittsburgh
James Armistrong
Thomas
Welsh
Armstrong
Leonard Wood
Santiago
Washington Traction and Electric Co
District of Columbia
Northumberland Fusileers Ordered to Cape Route
London reports the 1st battalion Northumberland Fusileers redirected from West Indies to the Cape. The unit was previously slated for Caribbean service and now proceeds to South Africa.
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South Africa
London
The
Northumberland Fusileers
West Indies
Cape
Fragmentary 19th century science notes and observations
A cobbled set of remarks covers impure parasites, Palisa and Slatin, women students, a 123 year old figure, and a hospital use of hydrogen light. It moves through iron mill products, a Strache lamp, extinguishing burning oil, phrenology versus brain function, and early astronomy explanations of sun and moon enlargement.
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Vienna General Hospital
Donts for Beekeepers From American Gardening
A compact list of cautions for beekeepers. It warns against overfeeding colonies and neglecting weak hives, urges timely hive construction, discourages swarming unless profitable, and cautions on brood-nest management and improper hive housing. The tone mirrors practical farming guidance from a periodical.
Hints for the Dairy From Midland Farmer
Practical dairy guidance notes feeding, calving, milking, and management. Emphasizes balance of rations, salting cows, delaying milking until after calving, adjusting feed by temperature, and the value of calm, cooperative farm life with a supportive wife in the dairy.
Arkansas man’s self harm cited at home in crisis report
A brief report notes a man in Arkansas harmed himself in a personal crisis after his mother prevented him from swimming. The fragment hints at family tension and a traumatic act, with authorities recording the incident as a self inflicted injury.
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Arkansas
Market Notes From Cincinnati Midyear Prices
A fragmentary June Cincinnati market report lists various staples and commodities with prices and terms. Entries mention spring and winter patents, fancy and family grades, and miscellaneous sales notes for corn, rye, cattle, and butchers, reflecting a busy trading day.
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Cincinnati
Haas
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