Flood Lethal Floods Sweep Kansas and Plains
A ten day downpour across Kansas Nebraska and Iowa swelled streams and flooded towns causing extensive property losses and at least 175 to 200 lives. Rescue crews battled water and flames in Topeka North Topeka and Armourdale while Des Moines Salina Oklahoma and other cities reported fatalities and heavy damage.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Topeka
Jimpoka
Salina
Whinity
Lawrence
Kansas City
Armourdale
Argentine
Missouri
Harlem
Sheffield
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Nebraska-Lincoln
Beatrice
Kansas North Topeka
Concordia
Ablcene
Yicinity
Solomon
Chapman
Detroit
Woodtine
Kanears
North Topeka
Pny
National Capitol postmaster charges and naval reorganization
Former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith faced charges of postal irregularities raised by S W Tulloch, while a major reorganization splits the coast into 13 naval defense districts on Admiral Dewey's recommendation. Edwin W Lawrence was named assistant attorney for the post office department, succeeding Daniel V Miller who was removed.
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Charles Emory Smith
S. W. Tulloch
Washington Post Office
United States
Admiral Dewey
General Board
Edwin W. Lawrence
Rutland
Post Office Department
Daniel V. Miller
Alabama
New York
Kiel
Darling
Postofice Department
Bureau of Salaries and Allowances
Southampton
Edward
Richards
General Land Office
M. E. Urell
New Haven
Conn
Roosevelt
John S. McCalmont
Milas Belva A. Lockwood
Terre Haute
Ind
Postofice
Payne
Patents
Frederick I. Allen
Patent Office
Inquiry Ordered in Howze Beating Case in Philippines
Secretary Root orders a court of inquiry into the 1900 alleged beating to death of two natives in northern Luzon by Major Robert L. Howze of the Sixth Cavalry. General Miles’s report remains in view, with Root asserting Howze’s innocence and seeking full facts. the three-officer panel will be named by General Davis.
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Mites
Philippines
Root
Robert L. Howra
Sixth Cavalry
Miles
War Department
Howze
Major Howze
Davis
Luzon
George K. Hunter
Fifteenth Cavalry
Taft
MacArthur
Major Hunter
Clyde
Lieutenant Gilmore
Will Visit Kiel by American Navy Squadron
The European squadron of the American navy will visit Kiel during regatta week June 25 to honor the German Emperor. It includes the cruisers Chicago and San Francisco and the gun boat Machias, with the battle ship Alabama joining from New York. The move follows a presidential order amid renewed US Germany ties.
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Kiel
United States
Germany
Post Office Department
Navy Department
Chicago
San Francisco
Machias
Alabama
New York
Edison Joins Marconi as Wireless Telegraph Technical Director
Thomas A. Edison has joined the Wireless Telegraph Company as a board member and technical director alongside Marconi. Plans call for a third expert, Prof. Michael Pupin, to be added. Edison predicts the new system will be in perfect working order within a year and transfers several patents to the company in exchange for a large stock block.
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Wizard of
Menlo Park
Marconi
Thomas A. Edison
Mgr. Edison
Wireless Telegraph Company
Michael A. Pupin
Columbia University
Mr. Edison
Edison
Maroon Wireless Telegraph Company
W U Stops Pole Chopping In Delaware Case
Judge Bradford of the United States Court in Wilmington grants Western Union a temporary restraining order against Pennsylvania Railroad from removing wires or poles on the Maryland and Delaware division. The case is scheduled for argument on June 19.
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Bradford
United States
Wilmington
Del
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Maryland and Delaware
Florida orange crop set to rebound after deep freeze
Florida reports show recovery from the earlier freeze that killed many orange trees. Advices indicate the state will soon produce a larger harvest, with this year's crop surpassing last year's by about one million boxes.
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Florida
Explosion at Fontanet Plant Kills One, Injures Several
A series of 26 powder blasts at the Indiana Powder Company plant in Fontanet Indiana killed one man and fatally injured two others. One man was seriously hurt, several workers are reported missing, and property loss amounts to about 30000 dollars.
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Indiana Powder Company
Fontanet
Ind
Sanitarium Dedicated at Battle Creek World’s Largest
The Adventist sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan, described as the largest in the world, was dedicated with about 20,000 people present for the ceremony.
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Battle Creek, Mich
Arbitration Conference Opens at Lake Mohonk NY May 27
The Lake Mohonk arbitration conference began May 27 with about 300 attendees the largest in Molonk history. Officers elected include President John W. Foster and secretaries Clinton Rogers Woodruff and H C Phillips. Trueblood gave the opening address on progress in arbitration and world peace.
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Lake Mohonk
New York
John W. Foster
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
H. C. Phillins
Alexander C. Wood
John Crosby Brown
Jno
Benjamin F. Trueblood
Imne
Chill
England
Europe
Buenos Ayres
South America
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Pennsylvania Rail Road to Replace Western Union Telegraphs
Directors authorize 300000 to replace destroyed Western Union property with new telegraph lines along RR rights of way. Pennsylvania Railroad allocates 309000 to install a new telegraph plant on all lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie, following President Cassatt order.
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Western Union
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cassatt
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Erie
Grand Jury Recommends Stricter Lobbying Laws in Missouri
The April Grand Jury of St. Louis submits a final report after 39 days of session, reviewing evidence of boodling and lobbying at the State capitol. It urges longer statutes of limitations to seven years and forfeiture of franchises gained through doodling methods. The panel examined 1,378 witnesses, returning 149 true bills and 18 not true bills.
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St. Louis
State Capitol
Tornado Strikes Welsh Area Killing One and Injuring Several
A tornado began three miles south of Welsh Louisiana and swept two miles destroying FE Carrolls two story farmhouse and outbuildings. Edward Burgess of Crystal River Florida was killed while Carroll and his wife were seriously injured. Two white men and a negro were reported killed by lightning west of Welsh.
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Welsh
Carroll
Edward Burgess
Crystal River
Wla
I Ts
West Virginia
Marlesville
Montreal
Canada
White Plains
N. Y
Re Salt Trust
Ammon
William F. Miller
New York
New Baltimore
Mich
Post Office Department
Machen
Ramsey
The
Wabash
Hine
New York City
Mary MacDonald
Paterson
N. J
William Thompson
Secret Service
Washington
Montgomery
Ala
German Industrial League
Henry Somerset
National
British Woman’s Temperance Association
Emperor William
New York Yacht Club
J. C. Wilson
General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church
Tarkio
Officials Quitting Manila After Court Resignation
Justice Fletcher Ladd of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands resigns due to his wife's fines and departs Manila for home. He hails from Lancaster, New Hampshire. Commissioner Worcester leaves for home in July.
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Fletcher Ladd
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
Manila
Lancaster, N. H
Worcegrear
Vast array of global events crosses early 20th century headlines
A broad sweep of notes covers floods in Des Moines, rail wrecks near Newark and New Baltimore, a Parisian pomis in politics, royal inheritances, labor and antistrike laws, naval planning, church matters, and corporate reorganizations. Naming Sherman state in New York and Hale events, the bulletin links disasters, trials, indictments, mergers, and international political shifts across dates and places.
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Sherman State
New York
Dunkards
Bellefontaine
Des Moines
Lake Shora Allroad
Presbyterian General Assembly
Reed Smoot
Senata
Four Die In Federal Mine Explosion at Chartiers Coal
An explosion in the Chartiers Coal Company mine at Federal Allegheny County Pa killed four men and injured three others who were able to walk home after treatment. The dead are William Nielson James Nielson Jr Jacob Sailor and Joseph Snuck all Federal residents aged from 22 to 60. The injured are Charles Ott John Pulk and Stanislaus Puliska all Federal locals. The blast occurred about 10 am as workers blasted rock roof using dynamite and blasting powder. The cause is believed to be an improperly tamped charge in an entry. The mine uses electrical equipment and is near Bridgeville in the Chartiers valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chartiers Coal Company
Federal
Allegheny County
William Nielson
James Nielson, Jr
Jacob Sailor
Joseph Snuck
Charles Ott
John Pulk
Stanislaus Puliska
Chartiers
Bridgeville
James Nielson
Reorganization Plan for Bethlehem Steel and Shipbuilding Co
The plan proposes creating Bethlehem Steel and Shipbuilding Company with assets including Union Iron Works Bath Iron Works Crescent Shipyard and others. Total capitalization 48 million dollars with fixed charges about 1.12 million and a sinking fund of 250 thousand after five years. A seven year voting trust would secure management with trustees Schwab Sheldon Ram Penmane and Reed.
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Tha Plana
United States Shipbuilding Company
New York
Grd
Bethlehem’ Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Uniot
Iron Works
San Francisco
Bath Iron’ Works
Bath, Me
Hyde Wiridlass Company
Crescent’ Shipyard Company
Wiizahothport
N. J
Canda Manufacturing Company
Cattaret
Samuel L. Moore & Sons Company
Elizabethport
Hastern Shipbuilding Company
New London
Bethlehem Iron
Bethlehem Ste’ Company
Messrs. Charlies M. Schwab
George R. Sheldon
Max Ram
Charles W. Penmane
James H. Reed
Pittsure
Eligible Candidates for West Point Admissions Listed
Eligible to West Point, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia candidates qualify for admission on June 15. The Pennsylvania list includes George F. Fox, John M. Campbell, James H. Laubach, Harold C. Lansinger, Stanley J. James, James G. Taylor, Alexander W. Marsh. Ohio names are Thomas B. Stewart, Robert L. Lounsbury, Barton K. Yont, Ray Hill, Wiley Dawson, Ewers P. Aldredge, Charles L. Wyman. West Virginia selections include Harry C. Cowl, Charles H. Van Keuren, John W. Wilde. A Pennsylvania applicant will be admitted on June 15 if graduation certificate by June 10 is satisfactory. George D. Herwig and Ross H. Corbett are ordered to West Point for physical examination on June 12.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Military Academy
West Point
George F. Fox
John M. Campbell
James H. Laubach
Harold C. Lansinger
Stanley J. James
James G. Taylor
Alexander W. Marsh
Thomas 8
Stewart
Robert L. Lounsbury
Barton K. Yont
Ray ©. Hill
Wiley Dawson
Ewers P. Aldredge
Charles L. Wyman
Harry C
Pensions for Postal Veterans Under Mackay Policy
The Postal Telegraph Cable Company announces relief for employees who have served 16 consecutive years and, due to no fault of their own, become incapacitated. The program follows the wishes of John W. Mackay, late president. It invites eligible workers to apply for benefits.
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John W. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Timber sale ads for Chippewa lands in Minnesota
Advertisements prepared by the commissioner of the general land office in Washington announce a timber sale on 108000 acres of Chippewa lands in Minnesota. Estimated proceeds range from 10 million to 15 million dollars with the money going to the Indians.
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Minnesota
General Land Office
Washington
Conference on Puddling and Finishing Scale
A 32 member Amalgamated Association committee led by President T. J. Shaffer and Secretary-Treasurer John Williams met in Detroit on May 26 to confer on the puddling and finishing scale for the coming year, with representation covering about 85 percent of U S iron manufacturers.
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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
T. J. Shaffer
John Williams
Detroit
Peru election ends in Lima with Candamo chosen president
Peaceful voting in Lima confirms Manuel Candamo as president with Lino Alarco and Serapio Calderon elected first and second vice presidents respectively. The result marks a clear transfer of power in Peru.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Candamo
Lino Alarco
Serapio Calderon
Kidnappers Busted in Little Italy Rings Ransom Plots
After Louise Diviniero, a 15 year old, vanished, New York City police announced discovery of a Little Italy gang profiting from kidnapping young girls for ransom. The operation reportedly targeted girls, with several victims held awaiting payment. Authorities say arrests are expected as the case unfolds.
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Louyise Diviniero
New York City
Little Italy
Ferris Wheel to Be Razed at Chicago World's Fair
A Chicago court has ordered the demolition of the famous Ferris wheel at the midway of the World's Fair. The ruling concludes the long dispute over the landmark ride and clears the way for removal.
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Chicago
Testing of McLean Gun and Lu Ger Pistol at Sandy Hook
Tests were conducted at the Sandy Hook proving grounds in New York on two ordnance pieces under Army and Navy review. The McLean automatic one pound gun fires 800 shots per minute with 25 balls per trigger pull. After dark, night tests showed large fiery projectiles and illuminated shells likely for night use.
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Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
New York
United States Army
Navy
McLean
Army
Sandy Hook
Vegetarian colony to settle 8000 acres in Arkansas
Edgar Wallace Conable of Colorado Springs buys 8000 acres of timber and fruit land in Benton County Arkansas to establish a vegetarian colony. Colonists will be forbidden to use meat alcohol tobacco. Land lies in the Ozark fruit belt.
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Arkansas
Edgar Wallace Conable
Colorado Springs
Benton County
Ark
Ozark Fruit Belt
Irish Industrial League of America Incorporation
Articles of incorporation for the Irish Industrial League of America were filed with the New York county clerk. The league aims to aid and promote industrial, commercial and agricultural pursuits in Ireland and advance Ireland’s general economic and industrial interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish League Incorporated
Irish Industrial League of America
New York
League
Ireland
CABLE FLASHES AND GLOBAL WRENCHING NEWS OF THE DAY
Native union leader in Manila arrested on misappropriation and brigandage charges. Russia marks its foundation bicentennial with grand inaugurations across the empire. Moroccos sultan’s brother Malia Mohammed reportedly poisoned and dead per Ceuta dispatch. Lieutenant Javier defeats 200 insurgents in Cebu mountains near Tabogon, with 68 killed and 29 captured. Oakland rescued after foundering off Port Stephens. British policy against Asiatic labor in the Transvaal confirmed in House of Commons. Cuba legislature hikes coffee duty to 18 per hundred kilos to shield Cuban growers. Two Americans expelled from Muehlhausen as Mormons. expulsion linked to missionary removal, not politics. Marcel Renault dies after crash in Paris Madrid race. Renault Meyer reportedly regained consciousness. Sailor from Ville de Cherbourg body found off Cape La Haye. vessel presumed lost. Hudderefield collides with Uto near Grimsby and founders. 29 Austrian and Italian emigrants aboard among five steerage passengers.
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Wass
Manila
Russia
Ceuta
Morocco
Malia Mohammed
Javier
Philippines
Cebu
Tabogon
Oakland
Port Stephens
Sydney
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Transvaal
Congress
Cuba
William Stevens
New York
John Meyers
Chicago
Muehlhausen
Thuringia
Germany
Marcel Renault
Poitiers
Francs
Renault Meyer
Cherbourg
France
Havre
Cape LaHeye
Hudderefield
Antwerp
Grimesby
England
Uto
Wessel
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Gourt OF Inquiry
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Will
W. U
Pennsylvania Railroad
Louisiana
Alfonso
Spain
Francis
Mobile
Newark
Kate Taylor
Monticello
Liberal
Jackson
American Sugar Refining Company
Laconia
N. H
Joss
Sha- Tou
Buhl Independent Rifles
J. H. Johnston
Oliver T. Sherwood
Southport National Bank
Hartford
Riverside
Wheeling
W. Va
Rapid Transit Commission of
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
North River
Grosscup
H. Kipp Hewitt
Hackensack
Annapolis
Standard Oi Company
Pecs
Wis
Peking
China
Wu Tingfang
Foreign Office
Holland
Netherlands
Founds Vegetarian Colony
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