Riots Subside in St Louis as Police Return to Beats
St Louis reports improvement as policemen resume regular duties guarding transit property, with deputies covering power houses and car sheds. A 2,500-strong deputy sheriff force remains on duty. Central Trades and Labor Union forms fund-raising committee to back a rival bus line, while a coroner’s jury links a June 10 streetcar shooting to Deputy Sheriff Marsh and striker Harry Strecher. Mrs Gladstone dies in London after a life of philanthropy and public service.
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St. Louis
Transit Company
Central Trades and Labor Union of
Frederick Bohne
Bohne
Marsh
Harry Strecher
Missouri Supreme Court Dismisses McCann License Case
A single faxer, John L. McCann of Jefferson City, Missouri, lost before the state Supreme Court, which affirmed a $100 fine for running a real estate business in St. Louis without a license. McCann argued the license tax violated the bill of rights and vowed to resist. Farm house explosion near Chippewa Falls results in miraculous escape but causes serious injuries to Mrs Peterson and two children. In Biwabik Minnesota, five miners die instantly at Hale mine after a dynamite blast as workers rush toward the charged drift.
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Missouri Supreme Court
John McCann
Jefferson City
State Supreme Court
Burgess
St. Louis
Chippewa Falls
Wis
John Peterson
Caott
Biwabik
Minn
Hale Mine
Northwestern train wreck at Manchester injures several
A Northwestern accommodation train wrecked at Manchester near Iroquois on the 14th of that month. Several people were hurt but no fatalities reported. Other items note Porte notifying ambassadors of a tariff delay in Constantinople and a fatal blast at St Marys Spoke Works with multiple injuries and plant damage.
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Manchester
Sioux Falls
Iroquois
Porte
Constantinople
Te Porte
United Workmen Officers Elected in Sioux Falls
The twenty eighth annual meeting of the supreme lodge Ancient Order United Workmen held in Sioux Falls elected officers including William A Walker of Wisconsin as supreme master workman and A C Mardwick of New York as supreme foreman. The Degree of Honor session also elected officers for the ensuing year led by Paine Ennis of Kansas as supreme chief of honor. Will not object. Empress Willing Foreign Troops Should Enter Chinese Territory. Washington reports formal notification that the dowager empress would not object to foreign troops in China, signaling a shift from prior hostility and suggesting new diplomatic angles.
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Supreme
Stroux Falls
8. D
Supreme Lodge
Ancient Order United Workmen
Superior Lodge
Degree of Honor
William A Walker
Wisconsin
A. C. Mardwick
New York
Webb McAugh
Kansas
Emma 5. Beckford
New Hampshire
Irene M. Raikes
Superior Watch
Olive M. Bacon
Colorado
Washington
Foreign Office
Taung Lyamen
Yekin
China
Pekin
Naval needs at Cavite demand more marines and ships
Cablegram from Admiral Remey at Cavite dated June 18 reports the army has turned Cavite peninsula and Baallian island to naval control and defense and would give up Olongapo. He requests a battalion of marines for the Philippines, notes Solace with six officers and 100 marines sent to Kempft, Yorktown at Kemptt, Castine at Shanghai awaiting repairs, and Austria at Canton bound for Swatow and Amoy.
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Remey
Navy Department
Cavite
Baallian Island
Olongapo
Solace
Guam
Kempft
Department
Philippines
Kemptt
Shanghai
Canton
Swatow
Amoy
Work Train Wreck Kills Man Near Adrian Minnesota
A work train wreck two miles west of Adrian Minnesota left one man dead and two injured. Sam Rogers of Primghar Iowa was killed when a truck left the car next to the caboose and crushed his head as the car toppled. Track damage was minor and traffic soon resumed.
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Primghar
Omaha
Adrian
Minn
Sam Rogers
Iowa
Cowardly Boxers Flee As Marines Repulse Attack
A dispatch from Tien Tsin dated June 18 reports sixteen British Marines under Maj Johnson repelling a Boxer assault near Lang Fang eight miles beyond Loss, firing volleys with Maxims. About 2,000 Boxers were engaged, with an estimated forty killed or wounded. The British suffered no losses.
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Soipon
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Johnson
Lang Fang
Maj
Serious Street Fight Turns Deadly in Kanaan City
Two detectives confronted a violent street brawl on East Third Street in Kansas City Missouri. Rufus Bennet and Ora Childs were killed in the ensuing exchange as Charles Jackson wounded, shot in the leg, and others fled. Jackson later faced hospital care as arrests followed the melee.
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Kanaan City
Kansas City
Matt Kenny
Henry Sparks
East Third Street
Rufus Bennet
North End
High
Ora Childs
Charles Jackson
Jackson
Kenny
Bennet
Childs
Theospital
Circus Seats Collapse injures Chicago crowd
A Chicago arena on Fifth Street and Kimbark Avenue collapsed at curtain rise injuring about fourteen people. Overcrowding and soft soil blamed as repairs began while police shielded dismantling the tent. A similar collapse occurred a week earlier with a dozen hurt.
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Chicago
Fifth Street
Kimbark Avenue
Market quotations from multiple cities offer broad price ranges
The report lists commodity quotes for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Sioux City Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more with prices in various grades and states of delivery. It notes wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and other items with mixed decimal figures and range terms.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Indianapolie
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Gov Shaw Involved In Des Moines Rail Crash Kills Engineer
The Northwestern Railway wreck near Des Moines ends engineer Thomas H. Smith life with his fireman and other crew unharmed. Gov Shaw aboard the outbound train is bruised. conductor Knight injured. Descriptions place blame on dispatcher and the special train crew amid a collision that left both engines locked on the track.
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Gov. Shaw
Northwestern Railroad
Dea Molnea
Smith
Northwestern Railway
Dea Moines
Jong 11
Thomas H. Smith
Boone
William Eliott
R. P. Primrose
Clinton
Gov. Bhan
Newayst
F. W. Knight
B. ¥. Jones
Ames
Des Moines
New York
Northwestern
Remarried After 40 Years in Stark County
Iowa man 78 and his former wife aged four years younger were reunited after a 40 year separation that ended in divorce. A Stark County license connected John Alexander Bisstorf of Adams County and Emma Bisstorf of Springfield Missouri. They married again last week after a mutual decision to renew their earlier life together.
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Iowa
Stark County
John Alexander Bisstorf
Adams County
Emma Bisstorf
Springfield
Windstorm injures Des Moines area facilities
A severe windstorm swept Des Moines and surrounding valley early on the 10th, causing widespread damage to farm buildings, barns, and sheds though no loss of life was reported. Capitol rootings worth a thousand dollars were blown away and streetcar service was disrupted by fallen trees and broken trolley wires.
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Des Moines
Capitol
Mysterious Iowa murders and reforms noted
Charles Reinhart who killed his wife near Odebolt and wounded himself with a revolver survived and later tried to slit his throat with a razor. Gov. Shaw appoints Jesse A. Miller to probe clerical conduct and suspected fee retention. Endowment League of Sigourney seeks $40,000 capital to grant marriage endowments. A child drowns in a water tank near Dows. An elderly woman, Mrs Olo Hanson Fugleburg, commits suicide by hanging near Thompson. A LeMars baby dies after swallowing pills found at home. Sioux City railways promote a June 10 excursion to Riverside Park drawing about 19,000 travelers.
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Charles Reinhart
Odebolt
Lis
Shaw
Jesse A. Miller
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Herriott
Jones
Endowment League of Sigourney
Iowa
Steck
Olo Hanson Fugleburg
Northwast
Thompson
Hig
Sioux City
Corn Palace City
Riverside Park
Prohibitionist Convention Nominates Congressional Tickets
The Prohibition state convention met in Des Moines on June 12 to name a congressional ticket and select delegates to the national convention in Chicago. Nominated congressmen include J S Tossey in First District and J B Hart in Second, with eleven districts listed and delegates chosen for the national gathering in Chicago.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Rev
Columbusa City
J. 2. Hart
Wilton
J. T. Close
Waterloo
S.A. Leland
Charles City
Thomas Swearingen
Marshall County
J. P. Davis
Ainsworth
T. A. Gilley
Marengo
D. Pillsbury
Eagle Grove
Charles Paine
Fayette County
M. W. Williams
Fayette
D. C. Talbot
Tama
C. P. Whittemore
Linn
A. H. Huemiston
Albia
W. P. Sophar
Oskaloosa
Thomas G. Orwig
A. W. Brown
Ames
G. A. Farquhar
Page County
G.S. Thompson
Union
B.S. Taylor
Stuart
O. W. Plummer
Red Oak
M. Atwood
Estherville
C.J
S. P. Marsh
Sioux City
W. T. Parris
Cherokea
Unanimous Choice for M. B. Davis Commanding Iowa G A R
The 26th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment for Iowa met in Davenport. National commander Albert D. Shaw urged pension understanding and patriotism, opposed rebel flags. Twelve hundred veterans marched. M. B. Davis of Sioux City elected commander. L E McCurdle Hazelton first vice, Lawrence Schoonover Anamosa second vice, L D McCoy Alcalm director, Ray P West Magnolia chaplain.
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Sioux City
Iowa
G. A. Ki
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Iowa
Davenport
Albert D. Shaw
Watertown
N. Y
Ilo
Duquene
M. K. Davis
L. E. McCurdle
Hazelton
Lawrence Schoonover
Anamusa
L. D. McCoy
Alkona
Ray
P. B. West
Magnolia
China's End Insight and the Boxers' Fate
A correspondent notes rapid changes in China as 4000 Russians march toward Pekin and multinational fleets of 31 warships guard foreigners. The Emperor seeks joint intervention, proposes a protectorate and foreign-led army, potentially ending the empire. The piece warns such foreign control could spell China's extinction.
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China
Pekin
Chinese
Russia
Germany
France
England
America
Arracina
Shanghai
Prican
Manchoos
Foreign powers invited to take control of China
Rebellions and anti-dynastic movements have shaken the empire as the Government covertly invites Western powers to intervene. American marines reach Pekin, ships sail from Manila, and Boxers burn launches while Christians are murdered or driven from mission compounds. Evacuation and censorship accompany ministers in Pekin as pressure grows. Admiral Kempff reports Monocacy to Tien-Tsin and Yorktown to Che-Foo amid rising tensions.
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China
Pekin
United States
Conger
Solace
Manila
Maj
Waller
Tyong-Ku
Admira Kempf
Nashville
Tien- Tein
Navy Department
Washington
Tien-Tsin
Yorktown
Che-Foo
Tung- Chau
Tung-Chau
Pekio
New York City
Edna G. Terry
Methodiat Episcopal Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Tsung-Hua
Edna Terry
Boston
New Hogland
Methodist Missionary Society
Taung-Hua
Great Wall
Tien-Tuin
Shanghai
Egypt
Sugiyama Akira
Tung-Fub-Siang
Manigate
Imaginary bonnet question stuns Missouri class
In Columbia a school visitor asked a lower grade class the radius of the earth. A pupil answered with an imaginary pole and the earth’s rotation, while the examiner praised the idea of an imaginary bonnet hung on it, ending the questioning.
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At & Columbia
Gerade
Peruna praised by women in all life stages
An elderly Philadelphian extols Peruna as a remedy for girlhood to motherhood, calling it a panacea for monthly irregularities and a constant friend to pregnant and nursing mothers. Bertha E. Sargent lauds Peruna for saving her life after a critical condition, urging other young women to read the sponsor’s book.
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EB. C. Everly
Diamond Street
Philadelphian
Perona
Peruna
Bertha E. Sargent
Dr. Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
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Fennins & Nichols
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London
William E. Gladstone
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Hawarden Castle
Gladstone
South Dakota
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Spbke
Wesley Mores
C. A. Gilbert
Jacob McCoy
Hi. M. Davia
Qark-Daly
Butte
Mont
Silver Bow
U. W
WiLliama Point
Cammal
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas Lewis
Catalina
Lewis
Rio Janeiro
Meron
Wyman
Havelburg
Secr
Ion
Haverturg
George W. Goodwin
East
Wakefield
N.E
Goodwin
Elie Horn
Scott Goodwin
Fred Birch
Grant
Semiguet
Gaynalting
Bynum
Waseiicron
W. D. Bynum
B. Culberson
McGovern
White
Terry MeGlovern
Seaside Athletic Club
Tommy White
Bandesrath
Reichstage
Hawkeye
Reinhart
George Suit
Dows
CG. Noiattan
Robert Moir
LeMars
Moir
Davis
Bankers’ State
J. E. Markley
Markley
Picket
Samuel Picket
Fort Dodge
Drake
Centerville
Drake University
Des Motnea
Tita
Howard Kaufman
Beulah Rice
Belmond
Olka
Norton
Rolfe
Hazlett
Allbright
Whiting
Sloan
Myatt
C. R. Knowles
Logan
Pell Durty
Teedy
Knivdles
China’s End
Minister Conger
Admiral Kempff
Dowager Empress OF China
New York Weekly
Libby
Lelpa
Evory
Geomet Libby
Phil Prises
Particwibby
McNeill & Libby
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