Flooded Towns Abandoned as Mississippi Rises
Floodwaters from the swollen Mississippi inundate Illinois and Missouri towns near St. Louis. East St. Louis, Madison, Venice, Granite City and Mitchel Submerged. West Alton and Falcon post offices abandoned. Thousands homeless, farming lands flooded, stockyards halted, rail traffic crippled. Estimated 25 000 people displaced and 20 000 acres submerged within 20 miles of St. Louis.
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National Stock Yards
Madison County
Oldenburg
Mitchell
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East
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Louisiana
Black Walnut
Re-Elect the Old Officers
Hudson Wisconsin June 8 annual meeting of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha railway company declared a semi annual dividend of 3 percent on preferred stock and 8 percent of account The old officers were re elected Also the annual meeting of the St Paul and Sioux City company held in St Paul with old officials re elected
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Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company
Hudson
Toy Pistols Cause Lockjaw Epidemic in Pittsburg
An epidemic of lockjaw sweeps Pittsburg with five deaths in three days. All victims are boys injured by toy pistols on Decoration Day. one boy remains in critical condition.
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Pittsburg
Colored teacher lynched after Illinois shooting
In Belleville Illinois a mob of about five thousand hanged Wyatt a colored school teacher two hours after he shot County School Superintendent Charles Hertell of St. Clair county Hertell survived initially but died from his injuries Wyatt home is in East St Louis The mob burned and desecrated the body amid calls of political motivation and racial hostility.
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W. T. Wrait
Charles Hertell
St. Clair County
Hertell
Wyatt
Hertel
Wryatt
Fielder
East St. Louis
Waiters Strike Spreads Across Chicago Hotels and Clubs
Six restaurant owners sign union scale reopening shops. Marshall Field cafe workers refuse to leave while half strike at Burcky and Milans. At the Chicago Athletic Club Lee Schultz climbs fire escape to prompt a strike, is detained as a burglar, later bailed.
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Marshall Fields
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Milans
Chicago Athletic Club
Lee Schultz
Is Only One Step Higher Governor Yates Sails
Governor Yates of Illinois sailed for Europe on the Umbria and declined any bid for vice president on the Roosevelt ticket. He said there is only one position higher than governor and hinted that future plans do not include higher office.
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New York
Yates
Illinois
Europe
Umbria
Roosevelt
Ilinois
Defense Closes Its Case in Moses Fowler Chase Suit
The defense rests in the Moses Fowler Chase case. Judge in Hamilton county Ohio rules the court cannot control Chase's property since he was not under the court's jurisdiction when the guardian appointment was made. The case will resume Monday.
Pope's health reported as poor by Italian paper
The Gazette de Ve lla claims the pope suffers intestinal inflammation and eats almost nothing as his strength fades. It notes no immediate danger but warns that concern will grow unless improvement occurs soon.
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Venice
Gazette de Vella
Phosphorus Use Banned Urged by International Congress
Berlin June 8 The international chemical congress adopted a resolution urging an international agreement to ban phosphorus in match production. It also called for the international committee to be appointed at Paris in 1900 to communicate the resolution to cabinets.
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International Chemical Congress
Berlin
International Committee
Paris
Communati¢Ste
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