Cyclone Visitor Draws 15000 to Wellington Kansas
Wellington Kansas endures a cyclone disaster with 15 000 sightseers drawn by rail and road as the town reports fourteen killed and many injured. The devastation includes churches and business blocks, with multitudes visiting from Hutchinson Arkansas City Medicine Lodge and beyond. Funerals and reinterments follow at the Methodist church and local cemeteries.
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Kansas City
Journal
Wellington
Kans
Kansas
Santa Fe
Hutchinson
Arkansas City
Medicine Lodge
Rock Island
Murdock
Leonard Adamson
Thomas N. Cornwall
Frank Campbell
Matilda Carson
Caroline Dillard
French
James Hastie
James Harrison
James Hendricks
Henry James
Ida Jones
William Jones
Wharton Mason
James Mayer
Guy Colby
Henry Conrad
H. C. Earl
Edward Forsythe
E. J. Forsythe
Silva Forsythe
Walter Forsythe
William French
T. J. Hanna
Mattie Hodges
Charles Hoover
Maggie King
James Lawrence
Mahon
John Martin
Joseph Morris
Carrie Mitchell
Robert Millard
Murphy
Ralph Ratekin
Horton Upton
Methodist Church
James Hasty
The
Odd Fellows
Ed Forsythe
Thomas Cornwell
Belleplain
Williamsburg
Novelty of the Disaster and Total Money Loss
A storm's strange feats are told including a telegram from a wife after a three month Kentucky absence and a barber dying in a chair. A horse was dropped on a two story building, a cradle baby kept safe on hay, and glass carried intact to be used as a structural cup. Destruction totals about 250000 dollars with limited insurance across residences and businesses.
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Frank Campbell
Kentucky
James K. Hastie
Phillips House
Rock Island
Phillipps
Drowned in a Collision Near Detroit Steamer Mackinac
A collision between the steamer Mackinac and the tug Wash ... results in drowning. Details on location near Detroit and the incident unfolding in May. Coast guard and authorities begin investigation into the wreck and missing crew.
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Detroit
Wash
Fire on Detroit river sinks tug owner and engineer
A blaze on the Detroit river around 11 o clock Saturday night nearly sank the tug and led to the drowning of John Hurley, owner of the vessel, and Robinson, chief engineer of the steam barge Majestic, who was aboard the Wash burn.
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Detroit River
John Hurley
Robinson
Majestic
Washburn
Har pear and Argonia Cyclone Toll Tops Dozen
A Friday night cyclone killed seven at Harper and seven at Argonia Kansas. The storm nearly razed both towns and left over forty injured. In Harper the deceased include J L Stainham James Harrison a Gallagher family member a Tomlin child and William Stevenson. Injured include Samuel Cole Robert Libricht and others with several listed as critical.
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Wicaita
Kan
Harper
Argonia
Kansas
J. L. Stainham
James Harrison
James Gallagher
Grant Tomlin
Frank Tomlin
William Stevenson
Samuel Cole
Robert Libricht
Samuel Challis
Wind and storm damage hit Brownville Marshall and Knob Kooster
Brownville Missouri suffered severe wind and rain Saturday afternoon. In Marshall Missouri a miniature cyclone tore roofs from buildings and caused further damage. Frank Davis was seriously hurt. At Knob Kooster Missouri several houses were partly wrecked and several people were injured.
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Brownville
Marshall
Frank Davis
Knob Kooster
Indiana Prohibitionists nominate full state ticket at Indianapolis
The Indiana Prohibitionists adjourn after placing a full state ticket in the field with a platform calling for prohibition, railroad and telegraph control, tariff removal on necessities, immigration reform, popular senate elections, postal savings banks, and Sunday closures at the World’s Fair. The ticket includes Governor Aaron Wirth and others. delegates at large and national committee members are listed.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Aaron Wirth
Jay County
C. W. Culbertson
Shelby
James McCormick
Gibson
Frank Taggart
Brown
H. H. Moore
Benton
Dobbins
Martin
Supreme Court
John W. Barr
Newton
E. A. Devore
Sullivan
M. E. Shiel
Marion
Robert Denny
John Baker
John D. Gouger
John B. Joyce
Presbyterians Vote to Sustain Briggs Case at Portland Assembly
The Presbyterian general assembly at Portland Oregon voted on the Briggs case with a large majority sustaining each ground of appeal. The report on theological seminaries declared Union Seminary failed to meet the 1870 compact and that Briggs chair is vacant. A provisional plan urged arbitration between assembly and seminary.
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Portland
Ore
Presbyterian General Assembly
Briggs
Committee On Theological Seminaries
New York Presbytery
Presbyterian assembly debates Union seminary case
In Portland Oregon on May 31 the Presbyterian assembly argued over the Union seminary case with supporters claiming unfair treatment. It approved a boycott of the Chicago World's Fair if Sundays remain open. The temperance committee backed prohibition and the assembly narrowly retained the stance 216 to 206 amid ongoing disputes.
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Portland
Ore
Presbyterian Assembly
Union Seminary
Friends of the Seminary
Elliott F. Shepard
Temperance
Notable Deaths and Distinctions Across America and Europe
Obituary notices list John Feely Joliet pioneer farmer F A B ee San Francisco consul Joseph Frank Chicago dry goods merchant Herr Forckenbeck Berlin burgomaster Joseph Martin French explorer Mrs Johanna Mertens age 115 Joliet Ralph Buckland Fremont General Armour Excelsior Springs Morehead Asbury Park Bishop O Reilly Springfield Andrew Carr Cameron Chicago printer General Mass ey Washington Admiral Richmond Mayne London Jules Lebaudy Paris.
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John Feely
Will County
Joliet
Ills
F. A. Bee
San Francisco
Joseph Frank
Chicago
Herr Forckenbeck
Berlin
Joseph Martin
Khokand
Johanna Mertens
Ill
Ralph Buckland
Fremont
Ohio
A. W. Armour
Chicago Packer
Excelsior Springs
Kan
Turner C. Morehead
Asbury Park
N. J
Bishop O’reilly
Springfield
Mass
Andrew Carr Cameron
R. D. MassEy
Washington
Richmond Mayne
M. P
London
Jules Lebaudy
Paris
Decoration Day Observed With Wide Chicago Ceremony
Chicago marked Decoration Day with extensive observances led by G A R posts. Veterans decorated graves at Rosehill and other cemeteries while thousands attend services and a large 10 000 strong parade from Market and Monroe to downtown. General Miles reviewed the procession and J H Gallinger spoke. Ex Confederates joined in the Oakwoods ceremony. City offices closed for the holiday amid storm damage and flower shortages.
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Chicago
Rosehill
Oakwoods
St. Boniface
Grosse Point
Arlington Heights
Sag Ridge
Graceland
Calvary
Barrington
Forest Home
Concordia
Waldheim
Mount
Market
Monroe
Miles
Michigan Avenue
United States
National Guard
J. H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
President's Rochester visit marks long cross-state tour
The president arrived in Rochester after a lengthy rail journey with crowds along the way in Sunbury Williamsport and Troy. He spoke at Elmira and Watkins praising local crowds and jokes about a misnamed ex postmaster. He attended divine services, held a public reception, reviewed a parade, and helped unveil a monument before departing to Washington.
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Rochester
N. Y
Sunbury
Williamsport
Troy
Watkins
Penn Yan
Elmira
Senator Hill
Tlunder
William Henry Harrison
Old Dominion
Virginia
Powers House
Court House
Washington Square
Washington
Memorial Day Observances Across Washington Cemeteries
Memorial Day services were held with solemn proceedings at Arlington and other DC cemeteries. Revivals led prayers by W H Gotwald and S B Paine, the Marine Band played, Gen D H Hastings gave the oration, Luther B Noyes read a poem, and hymns were sung. Gen Cyrus W Bussey spoke at the Soldiers' Home Cemetery, with Congressional cemetery events also noted.
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Washington
Arlington
W. H. Gotwald
S. B. Paine
Marine Band
D. H. Hastings
Luther B. Noyes
Gen. Bussey
Soldiers’ Home Cemetery
Cyrus W. Bussey
Interior
Congressional Cemetery
Great Parade of Veterans and Monument Unveilings in New York
Decoration Day observances in New York included a nine division Grand Army parade from Fifth Avenue and Fifty-eighth Street to Union Square and Madison Square where salutes marked the grand marshal. Veterans visited cemeteries while new monuments, including Melvin in Calgary and a grave dedication for Rev. John F. Fitzharris, were unveiled. Confederates joined northern services at General Grant's tomb after an invitation from G A R post to New York Confederate camp.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-eighth Street
Worth Monument
Madison Square
Fourteenth Street
Union Square
Seventeenth Street
Plaza
Fourth Avenue
Parragut
Farragut
Seward
Lincoln
Washington
Grand Army
Greenwood
Evergreen
Cypress Hills
Lutheran
Holy Cross
Melvin
Calgary
Fitzgerald
John F. Fitzharris
U.S. Grant
General Grant
Methodist conference debates lay delegate meaning
The May 26 session led by Bishop FitzGerald adopted a compromise on the lay delegate issue. A substitute requires annual conferences to decide if lay delegate means male only, with three-fourths and two-thirds thresholds, allowing women to gain parity in about eight years. Adjourned sine die.
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Omana
Methodist Episcopal
Fitzgerald
Missionary Fund
Episcopal Fund
Organic Union
All Methodist Churches
Judiciary Committee
Hamilton
Senate Discerns Silver Bill Delayed To Tuesday
The senate briefly discussed the silver bill and agreed to lay it aside till Tuesday as Sherman was not ready to speak. A brief secret session occurred and a postal clerks salaries classification bill passed. The sundry civil bill moved through the house with rejected amendments and a $625000 mint building appropriation retained. Hatch’s anti option move failed in a tie vote and post office funding was debated.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman
House
Forney
Philadelphia
Hatch
Springer
Illinois
Havana
Ins
Morgan
Stewart
Nevada
Farmers’ Alliance
Kendall
Kentucky
Fithian
Watson
Alliance
Sullivan Defends Boston Reputation in Speech
John L. Sullivan spoke at Columbia on Saturday night praising Boston’s standing and vowing to uphold it. He mocked foreign countries noting his trip to Australia and said Australia isn’t on par, a remark that drew loud cheers from the crowd.
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Boston
John L. Sullivan
Columbia
Australia
Terrible Disaster in India Strikes Calcutta Region
Calcutta reports a plague and fire catastrophe with Seynagar district hit hard. Over 2000 cholera deaths, Sringagar city ravaged by fire, 4000 families homeless, about 90,000 people living outdoors afraid to return. Hunger and illness worsen conditions.
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India
Calcutta
Seynagar
Sringagar
World Topics and Local Notices From A Week's End
A digest of varied items: Belgium political crisis, North Carolina party organizing around L L Polk, Vanderbilt death from typhoid, Iowa flood damage, New York court ruling on Sherman, Chicago millers meeting, Hatch option debate, Danish royal wedding celebrations, Russia and Britain royals in Copenhagen, World's Fair popcorn income projection, Sydney Dillon illness, Charles Sayler death, California earthquakes, Virginia Senate succession, national weather crops outlook, Chicago telephone girls joining labor federation, Armour death, Artist Printer founder Cameron death, Chattanooga court divorce activity, Albanian brigand arrest and decapitation, Yokohama incident and reconciliation trip through Chicago.
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William H. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Yale
Boies
Sioux City
Stephen F. Sherman
Buffalo Elevate
New York
Russia
Prince of Wales
Copenhagen
Sydney Dillon
Charles Sayler
Brooklyn
San Bernardino
Ontario
Santa Ana
California
Eppa Hunton
United States
John S. Barbour
Virginia
Washington
Chicago
Federation of Labor
A. W. Armour
P. D. Armour
Packing Company
Excelsior Springs
A. C. Cameron
Artist Printer of
Fire in Wichita Falls Causes Large Loss
An incendiary fire in Wichita Falls Texas destroyed property valued at about 100000 pounds. A separate report notes re election of Chief Arthur to leadership of the Locomotive Brotherhood. The season’s headlines also cover conventions, typos, and a world fair exhibit purchase.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Arthur
Locomotive Brotherhood
Mixed early 1900s news items sweep Memphis to Lincoln
Reports from Memphis to Lincoln cover varied events including a Cumberland Presbyterian assembly adjournment in Memphis, Paraguay's $30 000 contribution for Chicago Expo, a bank embezzlement indictment of A A Cadwallader, and the Loco Motive Engineers convention set for St Paul in May. Also noted are Blaine eye comments by Dr Noyes, a Chalons gunnery tragedy, a child’s body found in an milk can near Elgin, Giolitti’s shaky Italian cabinet, J E Stone’s San Francisco to New York trek, a Austria US trade pact, and the Lincoln hotel shooting of Charles Montgomery by William Irvine.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly
Memphis
Paraguay
A. A. Cadwallader
Superior
Wis.) National Bank
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
St. Paul
Noyes
New York
Blaine
Chalons
France
Campton
Elgin
Lls
Signor Giolitti
J. E. Stone
San Francisco
Chicago
Austria-Hungary
United State
Charles Montgomery
German National Bank of Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Hotel
William H. Irvine
Windy City Opens Elevated Railway in South Side
The South Side of Chicago has an open elevated railway signaling rapid transit. Several ministers resign in the Portuguese cabinet prompting a possible government change. General Streight, Libby prison escape planner, dies near Indianapolis.
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South Side
Chicago
Windy City
A. D. Streight
Libby Prison
Indianapolis
Signor Giolitti
Chamber of Deputies
Denmark
Louisville Foundry and Machine Works
Henry Shelton
St. Louis
Pantechnicon
Maggie Martin
Cincinnati
Floods Cost Five States 32 Million Across Regions
Floods across five states cause an estimated 32 million dollars in damage. In Bement Illinois a 19 year old girl was accidentally shot by her sister with a ball penetrating the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bement
Ills
Wide Range of Disturbances Reported Across Cities
The dispatch lists various events: Baron Hirsch's illness, Dr. Helmbold's fifth insanity ruling, I S Remson’s Brooklyn carriage factory fire with 350000 loss, a fatal explosion at a Corbeil mill, a storm destroying a Methodist church and academy at Auvergne Arkansas, gambler Harry Dent killed in Louisville, Fairmount Delaware lacking legal town status, Carmi politician Norsworthy withdrawing from race, Rear Admiral Mayne’s death in London, proposal to martial law in Johnson County Wyoming, underage girls detained in Elizabeth New Jersey for dancing, Decoration Day observed nationwide, Harrison at Rochester ceremonies, Logan tomb ceremonies at Washington, and discredited Alaska murder rumor involving Sheldon Jackson.
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Baron Hirsch
H. T. Helmbold
I. S. Remson
Brooklyn
Corbeil
France
Auvergne
Ark
Methodist
Harry Dent
Chicago
Louisville
William Bowling
Fairmount
Bookwalter
John T. Norsworthy
Carmi
Richard Charles Mayne
Mansion House
London
Johnson County
Wyoming
Elizabeth
N. J
Rochester
Harrison
Washington
General Logan
Sheldon Jackson
Alaska
Jackson
PLEADING FOR HIS OWN LIFE Colonel King Seeks Hange Sentence
Memphis lawyer Colonel H. Clay King appeals his 1891 murder conviction for shooting David H. Poston on a main street. The case, tied to Pillow widow relations and a six-lawyer defense, reaches the Tennessee supreme court where King plans to speak in his own defense amid high expectations.
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Memphis
Supreme Court
Jackson
H. Clay King
David H. Poston
East
Tennessee Valley and Georgia
King
Gideon J. Pillow
Colonel King
Robbery at Milwaukee Home by Burglar Pair
In Milwaukee area the Roths awoke to two burglars entering their bedroom at 1 am. A man jumped through the window and pistol whipped Mr. Roth while a second thief bound and gagged Mrs. Roth. The pair then robbed the house before fleeing.
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Milwaukee
Florian Roth
Roth
Swiss View of Silver Question in Monetary Conference Move
Berne advices say Switzerland will likely abstain from the inter national conference on gold and silver use in world money. Swiss statesmen view the issue as a political dodge by Washington officials and expect little pressure before and after the American elections.
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London
Berne
Switzerland
Washington
Cyclone Rips Northwestern County of Mexico
A cyclone swept through the county’s northwest early Sunday destroying all houses in the area. Eleven people were seriously injured at William Brenton's house where a party was underway.
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Mexico
William Brenton
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Oakwoods Cemetery
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