Illinois Red Men officers elected and other state items
The Great Council of Illinois of the Improved Order of Red Men in Moline elects T. L. McGirr as great prophet Henry Reed as great sachem William A Hoover as great senior sagamore Lawrence J B Stringer as great junior sagamore George H Tandy as chief of records and George M Adams as great keeper of wampums Owen Scott as representative to the US Great Council. Also notes on Island No 84 where a woman’s body was found presumed flood victim. Twin City Columbian Exposition land purchase. Duquoin high school admission dispute over a colored graduate. multiple local deaths accidents and legal actions across Illinois.
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Great Council of Red Men
Great Council of
Ilinois
Improved Order of Red Men
Moline
T. L. McGirr
Galesburg
Henry Reed
Chicago
William A. Hoover
Strontor
Groat
Sagamore
Lawrence JB
Stringer
Lincoln
George H. Tandy
Freeport
George M. Adams
Bloomington
Owen
Duquoin
Ed .St. Heberer
Evansville
Hasley Sack
Warsaw
Fingal
Charles Haigg
Kishwaukee
Blackhawk Springs
Joseph Baxter
Rockford
C. N. Brown
Auburn
M. W. Mathews
Urbana
Galena
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Winfield
Cyrus Tuttle
van Antia
Olive A. Corkins
Mendota
Lincoln Park
George Wilson
New Milford
East Rockford
Hindsboro
Vail
Roberts
Benton
Cairo Short Line Railroad Company
Meek Carr
Jackson
David Rhodes
McLeansboro
W. B. Anderson
Jefferson County
M. Bangasser
Stephenson County
John Hewarth
Fairbury
Rhoda Miller
Hillsboro
Joseph Jackson
Thomasville
John Couch
Elibeth Healy
William Healy
Robert Woodson
Virginia
Luckless Miners in Roslyn Mine Disaster Forty-Six Dead
Roslyn Washington May 12 An explosion in the Roslyn mine yesterday leaves forty six miners dead and fifteen bodies recovered by noon Many names are listed among the dead as relief workers struggle to bring fresh air and search the lower levels Air widows and orphans gather at the mine mouth and two young children mourn their father Officials suggest a strong gas feeder caused the disaster and blame the company while former superintendent Ronald allegedly resigned over safety concerns
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Roslyn
Rosslyn
Wash
Ohn Boone
Harry Campbell
Pollard
David Ross, Jr
Is Hoss
Thomas Braman
M Hopue
Thomas Holmes
Ben Ostiff
George Murruss Luvging
John Mattles
Ever W. Spratt
Joseph Lewis
Rank Hanna
Eaygerly
Alexander Ronald
Congress of Women Proceedings at Chicago May 12
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs opened in Central Music Hall at 10:15 a.m. with Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown presiding. Delegates from across the states, led by Massachusetts, attended. Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson welcomed, and Brown gave a brief biennial address noting growth from 50 to 186 clubs and about 20,000 members.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Chicago
Cuicano
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Central Music Hall
Charlotte Emerson Brown
New Jersey
Brown
Massachusetts
Bay State
Washington
Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Chicago Woman's Club
Stevenson
Federation
J. C. Croly
Cooper
Boiler explosion devastates Midland lumber mill in Michigan
A boiler explosion at the Midland salt and lumber plant in Midland Michigan on Thursday at 1 55 pm destroyed the works. Four men were killed and more than twenty injured, some gravely. The dead are John Allen A L Malcolm Richard Stears and Eugene Van Valkenburg. Injured include Earle Aldrich Patrick Burke Albert Bye Charles Hert E P Elton Charles G Lynn Albert Moll Arthur Robinson Fred Robinson M Shaddack and Sanford Walton. The mill and salt block valued at 50000 were wrecked.
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Michigan
Midland
Mich
Midland Salt and Lumber
John Allen
A. L. Malcom
Richard Stears
Eugene van Valkenberg
Earle Aldrich
Patrick Burke
Albert Bye
Charles Hert
E. P. Elton
Charles G. Lynn
Albert Moll
Arthur Robinson
Fred Robinson
M. Shaddack
Sanford Walton
Allen
van Valkenburg
Memphis Mississippi Bridge Opens for Traffic in Grand Ceremony
The Great Bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis opened to traffic after a noon ceremony attended by about 50,000 spectators. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Rail Road built the three-span structure nearly 3 miles long at a cost of 2.5 million dollars. Senator Voorhees of Indiana delivered the oration as eighteen locomotives test the bridge, with the first regular train crossing soon after. The bridge, sole southern crossing south of St Louis, will shorten routes for foods from Kansas and Nebraska, benefiting southern states.
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Memmuts
Mississippi
Memphis
Great Bridge
George W. Morrison
Chicago
Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Company
Kansas City
Senator Voorhees
Indiana
Big River
St. Louis
Kansas
Nebraska
Bodies of Yellow Fever Victims Litter Santos Streets
From the Santos port report Captain Guptill died at sea on March 16 as mate Westerberg details the yellow fever outbreak. He recalls bodies of men and children along narrow streets decaying while hospitals overflowed and authorities appeared powerless. Government officers allegedly kicked aside deceased on streets as wagons collected the dead.
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Santos
Philadelphia
Samuel G. Hale
Capt
Guptill
Mate Westerberg
Thirty Garza Bandits Invade Mexican Territory Fight Kills Flores
Julian Flores led thirty Garza bandits into Mexican territory on May 10 and clashed with Mexican troops under Lieut. Ignacio Sada on May 14. About 1000 shots were fired. Flores died on the field along with nine other revolutionists. Mexican forces had one wounded and three horses killed. the surviving attackers likely crossed back toward Texas. Flores had been under bond at Laredo for neutrality law violations.
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Garza
Flores
San Antonio
Tex
Julian Flores
Ignacio Sada
Chapparral
Texas
Laredo
Caterpillars at Work Create Train Delays Across State
In North Carolina the caterpillars have returned, spreading from the southern border into Columbus Bladen and Robeson counties. The infestation continues to disrupt rail service as trains are delayed and casualties among trains and workers are reported as the armored swarm advances inland. An agricultural department correspondent notes the pest’s broad march and ongoing impact on transport.
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Batman
N. C
North Carolina Central Railway
Columbus
Bladen
Robeson
State Agricultural Department
Missouri River Flood Destroys Kansas City Area
Floodwaters from the Missouri River inundate Harlem and lowlands across Kansas City Kansas. Water covers stockyards and packing houses while levees and dikes race to hold back rising tides. Rescue by boat and diversions ring the riverfront as thousands evacuate and crops drown.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
Harlem
Kingan Company
Fowler Packing House
Lotus
John Carney & Sons
Walnut
Market Streets
Turlington
Union
Glascow
Grand River
Big Muddy
West Fork
Clarlton River
Big Bottom
Marshall
Miami
Arrow Rock
Moure
Prominent New York figure backs Warner's Safe Cure claims
A leading New York professional publicly endorses Warner's Safe Cure after a detailed interview recounting a wife’s near fatal uraemia and puerperal convulsions, her recovery, and a family use of the remedy. The account cites Dr Gunn’s initial care and notes continued belief in the treatment’s efficacy.
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Albert G. Bayes
East Twelfth Street
Eaves
TL A. Gunn
Sam
Warner
Mr. Evana
Lattri
Virginia
Wrecked Amid the Breakers and a Play Rehearsal Note
A fragmented notice warns of shipwrecks caused by poor seamanship and touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for kidney and bladder support. It also mentions a New England play by Mr Horne, "Stone Across Sun Divisions," rehearsed by the McVicker Stock Co in Chicago for production mid month.
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Hostetter
Mr Horne
New England
McVicker Stock Co
Chicago
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Illinois State News
Island No. 84
Alton
St. P Anl
Spirrl
St. Charles County
Illinois
St. Charles
Twin City Columbian Exposition Association
Rock Island
Daniel Dougherty
Edgington
Patrick McDermott
Pat Dougherty
Daniel
Edward Simmon
Pat
Thomas Foster
Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian Church of
Eph Chappell,Jr
Jerseyville
Congress OF Women
Hennepin
Washieton
Hennepin Canal
Prsm
The
Pesther-Lloyd
Brody
Austrian
Galicia
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
England
Lonpoxs
George J. Goschen
United States
Afghinistan
London
Cabul
Walla
Mexico
North Carolina
Ansniston
Rosie Brown
Omana, Neb
People's Party
Citizen's Committee
Omaha
Big Hearts
George W. Childs
A. Drexel
Nome
Conora Abpo Sermes
Childs-Drexel
Sprague
Gov. Routt
J. J. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Pike's Peak Avenue
Col. L. C. Dana
Denver
Jueblo
Creede
Leadville
Colorado Springs
Cowboy Band of
Pueblo
Carpenters
Chaffee Light Artillery
National Editorial Association
Typographical Union
Garden of the Gods
Wike’s Peak
Manitou
Cheyenne Canyon
St. Josefn
St- Charles Hotel
W. M. Lemon
Troy (O
Troy
Jennin
Crefad
Rhenish Prussia
Manip
May
B. Burd Grubb
Order of
Maria Togat
Se Itas
F. J. Coursey & Co
Turman
Galveston News
Tuer
Lapies
Glenn
Hill
Wastra
Pat Tay
Vese Shignisg
Audre
Lowes
Ernest
Soar Boys
Syfur
California Fig Syrup Co
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
U. S
G. W. Simmons & CO
Oak Hall
Boston
Mass
Newton
T. C. Dodd
Brady Grotine F. CO
Macon
National
Cireu National Electropoise Co
Monroe St
P. Harold Hay
Main Stirt
T.erok
Loomis & Nyman
Tafeln
Ghio
Brill
PREL
Sapolio
Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute
Vana St
Col. Wabash Ave
Lil
F. van Buren Street
Chicago, Hil
AN. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Dearborn St
DR. Harter
St. Louis, Ho
Herns Los Hen
O.W.P
Wis
Ray Pheandes
Hazeltine
Warren
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