Posse Reduced and Transit Detective Arrested in St Louis
In St Louis on June 23 the posse comitatus is cut to 500 men and may be recalled only if trouble returns. Ora Havill a Transit Co. private detective was arrested on suspicion tied to dynamite incidents near the Des Peres river bridge. Police say Havill and a coworker claimed to be guarding the bridge. they were detained after dynamite sticks were found with them. Judge Zimmerman ruled posse arrests illegal unless amid riot or crowd.
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St. Louis
Board of Police Commissioners
Pohlman
Posse Comitatus
Transit Ca
Ora Havill
The
Transit Co
Havill
Des Peres River
Delmar
Campbell
Clearence MM. Smith
Smith
Frank W. Havill
Fourth District
Ilinois
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Chester
Zimmerman
South St. Louis
Brisk fighting expected as colonies split under Roberts
London reports Gen Steyn’s forces in the Orange River Colony attract Lord Roberts’s attention while Kruger’s circle retools. The Transvaal and Orange River Colony severed with Gen Buller’s guard reaching St Anderson. Dewet’s farmhouse burned. Baden-Powell rode to Pretoria with 300 men. Roberts escorts him.
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London
Steyn
Orange River Colony
Lord Roberts
Louis Botha
Kruger
Transvaal
Buller
Lord Dundonald
St. Anderson
Vaal
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Pretoria
Dewet
Strathcona
Fort Navy Incident Reported At Admiral Request
Richmond, June 23. Albert Alston, a negro, was accused Wednesday of insulting a woman in Oxford North Carolina. Thursday his body was found riddled with bullets. In Washington Charles H. Lichman of New Jersey was named to the Industrial Commission replacing M. D. Ratchford, who resigned.
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Richmond
Albert Alston
Oxford
N. C
Washington
Charles H. Lichman
New Jersey
Industrial Commission
M. D. Ratchford
Heavy Rain Causes Severe Flooding in Indiana Towns
In Wabash Indiana June 23 the heaviest rain in years fell for 13 hours flooding lowlands and washing out bridges and a big feed main cutting water to the city. The Wabash river rose two feet per hour and a cargo wreck occurred as a Big Four line culvert washed away. In Marion Indiana similar damage to crops and property followed with a bridge destroyed and 17 cars derailed.
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Wabash
Ind
Wabash Water Co
LaFontaine
Treaty Creek
Michigan
Big Four
Marion
Wind storm floods Peru streets with four inch rainfall
A terrific wind storm struck Peru Indiana on Thursday night with four distinct cloud bursts and unprecedented rainfall totaling four and a half inches. The storm flooded cedars and turned streets into miniature rivers causing notable damage in the section.
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Peru
Ind
Flood Destroys Basements. Warsaw Sees $10,000 Loss
Heavy rain soaked Warsaw Indiana over Thursday night and Friday flooding store and home basements. Damage is estimated at ten thousand dollars.
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Warsaw
Ind
Cloudburst Triggers Big Four Wreck Near Forster
A Big Four passenger train derailed east of Forster Indiana after a cloudburst ruptured weakened tracks. The mail car, ladies coach, and sleeper overturned down a bank injuring four, including H W Gould his wife of Peoria and Charles S Miller of Indianapolis. A relief train from Danville aided rescues with many children trapped for over an hour.
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Covington
Ind
Forster
H. W. Gould
Peoria
Charles 5. Miller
Indianapolis
Danville
Boy Drowns At Hogan Creek Swim In Aurora
In Aurora Indiana on June 23 Wm Sneider a 13 year old boy son of Chris Sneider drowned at a swimming hole in Hogan creek near the city park. He and a companion slid from the soap stone bank and waded into deep back water where he went beyond depth and drowned before aid arrived.
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Aurora
Ind
Wm. Sneider
Chris Sneider
Hogan Creek
Hog Attack Suspected in Mishawaka Farm Death
Mishawaka Indiana June 23 H W Markham a Halcomb farm tenant was found dead in a barnyard with the body mutilated and partly eaten by hogs His wife had just left for Chicago leaving him alone The prevailing theory is that hogs attacked and killed him
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Mishawaka
Ind
H. Ww. Markham
Halcomb
Pgs
Markham
Chicago
Victim of Hotel Morrison Fire Dies in South Bend
Eli Smith, 36, a member of the Esmeralda company, died from internal burns after the Morrison hotel fire that struck Wednesday morning in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend
Ind
Eli Smith
Esmeralda Company
Grasshoppers Devastate Wheat Across Howard County
Kokomo Indiana June 23 Howard county farmers report grasshoppers are devastating growing wheat. The infestation threatens crop yields and prompts concern among local growers.
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Kokomo
Ind
Howard County
Allied relief column sent to besieged Taku and Pekin fighting
London reports ongoing Chinese defense at Tien Tsin with four thousand allied troops engaged. An American contingent of about eight hundred fights alongside Germans and British, while Boxers terrorize Shanghai and Pekin. Foreign ministers remain secure, Li Hung Chang summoned to Pekin to mediate. British plans consider sending up to 1,500 marines or possibly 10,000 regulars to China.
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London
Pekin
Tien Tsin
China
Shanghai
Daily Express
United States
Nashville
Che-Foo
Adm
Seymour
Vienna
Li Hung Chang
Europe
Sheng
Lord Roberts
Bombardment Report From Taku and Tien Tsin Relief
German squadron commander reports from Taku that Tien Tsin was bombarded for three days by Chinese forces while foreign troops faced ammunition shortages. German cruiser Irene arrived with 240 marines accompanying 280 British and 1,500 Russians to aid Tien Tsin, and rail service reaches within 15 kilometers of the city.
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Berlin
Taku
Tien Tsin
Irene
Tien ‘Tsin
Relief column en route to Tien Tsin from Taku
A mixed force of British Russian and Japanese troops leaves Taku for Tien Tsin to aid the relief effort. An Italian detachment remains to guard the Italian flag over the forts alongside other powers.
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Taku
Tien Tsin
Rome
Foreign reinforcements reach port as war widens
German reinforcements from Kiao Chou and British reinforcements from Hongkong have arrived here signaling intensified forces. The report notes the arrival at a contested port, underscoring broader military escalation in the region.
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Kiao Chou
Hongkong
Reunion of the Blue and the Gray in Atlanta Planned
A Atlanta committee plans a July 20 reunion on Peachtree Creek battlefield with a Georgia barbecue in the trenches. They will invite President McKinley and Cabinet, Gov Roosevelt of New York, and generals from both sides to attend, seeing unity after 36 years.
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Atlanta
Washington
McKinley
Albany
Roosevelt
Peachtree Creek
Georgia
QO. Howard
Stewart
Joseph Wheeler
Stephen D. Lee
Gov. Mount
Indiana
Chattahooche
Yellow fever cases rise in Cuba as rains hit Havana
In Havana and surrounding Cuba heavy rains spark yellow fever outbreaks in areas once fever free. Gen Lee staff members at Quemados report two new cases Captain Hepburn and Major Kean with Hepburn in serious condition while Kean is light. Havana reports only three total cases so far as public concern grows. Edinburgh hosts World's WCTU meeting with Mrs Stevens presiding and Lady Henry Somerset taking the afternoon session.
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Havana
Cuba
Santa Clara
Quemados
United States
Gen
Lee
Capt
Hepburn
Maj
Kean
Maj. Kean
Mrs. Edmunds
Edinburgh
World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
IL. M. N. Stevens
Maine
Henry Somerset
Mesdames Bailey
Rhode Island
Stevenson
Massachusetts
Rev. C. M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kan
Judge Butler Dead in Indianapolis at 87
John H. Butler, ex judge of Floyd county court and a leading Indiana lawyer, died at his son Noble Butler’s home in Indianapolis aged 87. Born in 1839 in Salem Indiana, he partnered with Walter Q. Gresham in 1866, later served Floyd circuit court, New Albany city council, and led Merchants’ National Bank. He moved to Indianapolis after his wife’s death in 1892 to live with his son.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John H. Butler
Floyd
Noble Butler
Federal Court
Charles Butler
Treasury Department
John Butler
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Salem
New Albany
Walter Q. Gresham
Indiana-Ilinois
Cleveland
Floyd Circuit
Merchants’ National Bank
British ships reach Shanghai to guard city in danger
Two steel cruisers, likely British, arrive at Shanghai to protect the town from nearby forts. British troops from Johannesburg will occupy Heidelberg. The remnants of President Kruger’s and Steyn’s forces will be separated and gradually hemmed in and disarmed.
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Shanghai
Johannesburg
Heidelberg
Kruger
Steyn
Roosevelt Delays Carnegie Hall Speech After Vice Presidential Nomination
Gov. Roosevelt left New York for Oyster Bay on Friday and met with Gen. Greene and Sen. Platt in a courtesy call. He will remain at Oyster Bay until June 29 then travel to Oklahoma for the Rough Riders’ convention. The Carnegie Hall address was postponed due to his vice presidential nomination. Senator Platt’s condition, improving after a rib fracture, was noted.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Senator Platt
Transport Hancock Sails for San Francisco After Storm Delays
Washington reports Quartermaster Gen. Ludington received Col Miller's cable from Manila stating the transport Hancock sailed on the 19th for San Francisco after storms. The transport Warren will sail from Manila the 1st prox. Logan may start the 24th with the 9th infantry for Taku. Movement of the regiment from Tarlac and Concepcion stations is delayed by severe interior storms.
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Washington
Ludington
Col. Miller
Manila
Hancock
San Francisco
Warren
Logan
Taku
MacArthur
Tarlac
Concepcion
Manila and
Dagupan
Runaway Crash Wounds Neske Couple at Thompsonville
Prof Neske and Mrs Neske are in critical condition after a runaway crash on a hill near their Thompsonville summer home. Neske steered to avoid a collision but the wagon hit a stone wall. the horse died and both occupants were injured.
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Monticello
Neske
Columbus
Thompsonville
Sullivan County
Crop expert calls wheat failure a national calamity
Snow the crop expert reports from Minnesota North and South Dakota that the wheat failure is the worst ever known. He estimates Dakota at 20,000,000 bushels and Minnesota at 35,000,000 for a total of 75,000,000 bushels versus 200,000,000 and 225,000,000 bushels in 1898.
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Chicago
Snow
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Dakotas
Roberts found guilty in unlawful cohabitation case
The jury returned a guilty verdict in the B. H. Roberts trial in Salt Lake City Utah. He admitted in a facts statement that he entered a polygamous marriage with Maggie B Shipp and lived with both her and his legal wife Sarah Louisa. Roberts seeks reversal on technical grounds through the supreme court.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
B. H. Roberts
Roberts
Maggie B. Shipp
Sarah Louisa
Supreme Court
Second Requisition for Suspect in Revolver Theft
Columbus June 23 a second requisition was issued to the governor of Michigan for the return to Cincinnati of Max Cowsky charged with stealing revolvers from the Peters hardware store Gov Pingree refused to honor the former requisition.
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Columbus
Michigan
Cincinnati
Max Cowsky
Petera
Pingree
Notable dispatches from June include storms, lynching reminiscence, and obituaries
A traveling minister John C. Stanley burned his wagon after seeing a sun ring near Woodstock Ohio believing doomsday had come. In Urbana a courthouse tree tied to a lynching was blown down. Brief notes report the Belle Island strike deadlock, a hotelier Dr L A Trexler dying of sunstroke, Emperor William retiring many generals, Congress nominating delays, Augusta Lowell's death, weekly U S failure totals, and a Berlin mother and four children killed after tossing them from a window.
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Woodstock
John C. Stanley
Foreigners mass burned in Tien Tsin report shocks Shanghai
A Shanghai dispatch cites Japanese sources claiming 1,500 foreigners were massacred at Tien Tsin. Chas H. Lichman of New Jersey is named to the industrial commission, succeeding M D Ratchford who has resigned.
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Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Chas. H. Lichman
New Jersey
Industrial Commission
M. D. Ratchford
National League games yesterday feature Brooklyn Boston and Chicago
Brooklyn, Boston and Chicago won their three games yesterday. The Brooklyn game ended in a 9 to 0 forfeit in the 11th inning as Philadelphia players refused to retire. Other matchups included Chicago over Cincinnati and New York over Boston with final scores that reflected pitching and battery pairings, with rain at St Louis noted.
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Brooklyn
Boston
Chicnixo
Yes
RW. Phil
Beinherd
Pratt
Donohue
Conn
McFarland
McGinnity
Kitson
Howell
Farrell
O'Day
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
Callahan
Donahue
Newton
Peitz
Swartewood
New York
Merecer
Warner
Willis and Sullivan
Minslie
St. Louis
Pet
Pittsburgh
Etwas Owas
Cincinnati Sae
St. Louis Sereess
Ee Weeeerees
Market reports from Cincinnati and Chicago on June 22
Wheat and flour prices listed for multiple grades in Cincinnati with spring and winter varieties. Corn and oats values shown for No. 2 and track sales. Live stock figures for hogs cattle sheep lambs and veal calves provided with price ranges. Chicago prices reflect assorted wheat corn and oats readings for No. 2 and other grades.
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Cincinnati
City
Chicago
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Tien 'Tsin
Blue and the Gray
Judge Butler
Oyster Bay
Gov. Roosevelt
Prof. Neske
Building Contractors’ Council
Trades Council
Urbana
Alery
Belle Island
Bundesrath
L. A. Trexler
San Antonio
Tex
William
Illinois
Augusta Lowell
A. M
Brookline
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Heinrich Sokloweck
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