Tornado Strikes Minnesota Towns Causing Losses and Fatalities
A cyclone tore through Litchfield and surrounding areas on June 29, killing two people and injuring several others. It destroyed multiple farmhouses, barns, and outbuildings, and damaged St Johns College and Collegeville industrial buildings with estimated losses around 30,000 dollars. The storm also wrecked homes near Scegry Eyr and Pierston, injuring and killing residents and flattening crops along a two rod wide track spanning several miles.
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St. John’s College
Collegeville
Minn
Litchfield
Jennie Lindstrom
St. Paul
John Sanders
St. Jomn
St. John’s University
Scegry Eyr
Charles Mielke, Jr
Mielke
John Schmidt
Schmidt
Peter Trott
Pierston
Gilford T. Hick
Flick
Anarchist ties to Carnot murder traced to Granier
Paris dispatch reports Montpellier and Cette as key sites in the Santo assassination plot against President Carnot. Police surround Granier's home, where he kills himself, linking Granier Laborie and others to a conspiracy to avenge Ravachol Vaillant and Henry. Authorities anticipate further arrests.
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Santo
Paris
Montpellier
Herault
Carnot
Cette
Lyons
France
Granier
Laborie
Ravachol
Vaillant
Henry
Robbers Bind Howard and Torture for Hidden Cash
Three men raided the John Howard store near Parks, Pennsylvania, bound him, and tortured him by holding his bare feet over a lamp until he revealed $170 hidden cash. Howard, beaten and gagged, was taken to a critical condition. First of the Season. Nearby Texas reports the first bale of cotton sold for $235 to Lathem, Alexander & Co. of New York. Duval county supplied the bale.
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Rothers
Parks
John Howard
Howard
Houston
Tex
United States
Cotton Exchange
Alexander& Co
New York
Duval County
Texas
Mother of Casimir-Perier Presses Presidential Candidacy
A Paris Times dispatch reports M. Dupuy’s almost humiliating defeat forcing resignation as premiership candidate. Casimir-Perier, urged by his mother, agrees to stand for presidency despite fears his career may end early. In Davenport Iowa, torpedo boat Ericsson leaves for St Louis, near completion and facing river shoal delays.
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M. Casimir-Ferrer
Lonbon
Paris
the Times
M. Dupuy
Chamber of Deputies
M. Casimir-Perier
Congress
Davenport
United States Torpedo Boat
Ericsson
St. Louis
Pullman strike spreads nationwide crippling railroads
Chicago reports a mass labor escalation as the Pullman boycott expands, with 40,000 plus workers out across western lines and calls to move operations to St Louis. Cincinnati joins the action, about 3,500 railroad workers idle, while De bs and others plan coordinated leadership moves. A mass miners meeting near Lenconning ends strike in Georges Creek region.
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Chicago
Pullman
United States
West
American Railway Union
Pullman Co
Knights of Labor
Brotherhood Men
Hallman
St. Louis
Martin Elliott
Union
St. Louis Union Depot
Pullman Palace
Debs
Howard
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Kansas
Milchrist
Olney
U. S
United States” District Attorney
Cincinnati
Windy City
Death by own action club shocks Indiana town
In Inpranarouia Indiana on June 29 reports describe a supposed death by own action club where prussic acid is used. Frank Crane invited two friends Harms and Sharp to join the club which Crane claimed was a joke though others confirm its existence. A rule says the next victim sits with the body and the first hint came from a young man near Rodney Metzger’s corpse.
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Inpranarouia
Ind
East End
Frank Crane
Harms and
Sharp
Harms
Crane
Rodney Metzger
Tariff Bill Battle Near End as Income Tax Vote Stands
Washington dispatch reports the Senate tariff bill nearing passage after a narrow 24 to 40 vote defeated Senator Hill’s motion to strike the income tax. Finance Committee members plan changes to the sugar schedule with possible immediate effect. Concerns rise over a House appropriations extension and populist defections. Confederate heroine Mrs. Sally Law dies in Memphis.
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Wasnixetox
Harris
Hill
Senate
House
Allen
Kyle
Peffer
Irby
Finance Committee
Sugar Trust
Mr. Allen
Delayed Mails and Storms Mark Weekend Reports
Telegraph notes from Alt Country report postal delays due to railway strikes at Kankakee Indiana and routes via Ratón Las Vegas and Albuquerque with switchmen walking out. A severe wind and rainstorm unroofed houses in Malette South Dakota and two cyclones were sighted nearby. Yale wins great race with Harvard and Columbia, times listed. Richard Worthington faces arrest for misappropriating about $19,000. Vermont Democrats nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state treasurer and auditor. French president Casimir Perier convenes ministers to seek 40 000 francs for funeral expenses. Greenland whaler report concerns Swedish botanists attempting polar voyage. Commons questions on anti anarchist outrages. William Harcourt defers debate.
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Post Office Department
Iindy Central
Kankakee
Pushnan
Raton
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
N. M
Malette
Yale
Harvard
Columbia
New London
Richard Worthington
Worthington, Publishing Co
New York
Superior
Dunn
The
Merritts
Duluth
Minn
Vermont
G. W.smith
E. N. Bullard
J. W. Gordon
Charles Clark
E. E. Sargent
Casimir Perier
Thursiday
Chambers For & Credit
Dupuy
Godthand
Greenland
Bjorling
Kalistenius
North Pole
Head
Labrador
House of Commons
George Russell
Carnot
William Harcourt
Markets Report From Cincinnati and Baltimore Trade Notes
The column lists various grain and livestock prices including flour, red and white corn, oats, and cattle categories with bids and ranges. It also notes a market halt on the Fourth and closed scales, plus state and city price variations for wheat and rye in New York and Baltimore markets.
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Cincinnati
Jim
Winater
Rees
She
Conx
c.CatTs
Oyster-Spawned Duck Tragedy Near Claiborne
A duck pursuing an oyster off Claiborne shores was captured by a shell and drowned after a dramatic confrontation. The strangest duel ended with the duck's body recovered by a deckhand aboard the Tangier and the oyster claimed as the killer. The scene drew interest in Baltimore.
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Claiborne
Baltimore
Tangier
Cyclists Routed by Infuriated Chester County Bull
A trio of cyclists Edgar H John P Horsey and George White traveling from Philadelphia along the Pennsylvania railroad were attacked by an infuriated bull near West Chester Pennsylvania on Decoration Day. They escaped injury by taking shelter in a wagon as the bull charged the line of riders causing a sudden but nonfatal confrontation.
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Edgar. H
John P. Horsey
George White
Baltimore
Chester County
Philadelphi Paoli
Pensylvania
Wilm del
West Chester
Stat
Bak
Gans
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Asylum For the Blind
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John B. Gordon
Georgia
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Southern Hospital Corps
Kentucky
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Tom Tanner
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