Destructive floods devastate New Mexico and neighboring states
In Socorro New Mexico a flash flood swept through the town with three feet of water inundating streets. Bodies from the Duran family were recovered, and two more were later found. Destruction spread across twelve miles south, with farms ruined and rail lines washed out. damages exceed $1,000,000 as towns report heavy losses. Reports also mention ships Aurania and others sighted near port, with engine trouble and repairs underway.
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Socorro
N. M
Magdalena Mountains
Duran
Enty
Santa Fo
Here
San Antonio
Magdalena
Atood
Queenstown
Maroyvia
Lonndon
Aurania
Lloyd
Bremen
Maller
McKuay
Roloff Expedition Reaches Cuba and Weighs On Regions
Tampa special reports the Roloff expedition landed near Las Tunis de Dezazza Cuba after leaving Key West in June. Col Figuerredo says Santa Clara and Matanzas provinces may rise in arms as Roloff and Sancher gain followers. Analysts foresee about 6000 men joining soon amid ammunition stockpiles and a blow to Campos.
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Roloff
Tampa
Fla
Key West
Las Tunis de Dezazza
Cuba
Col
Figuerredo
Santa Clara
Matanzas
Havana
Sancher
Lesides Uuis
Ile
Campos
Valenzuela
Manzanillo
Cienfuezus
United States
Pittsburg Coal Operators Hold City Meeting
Pittsburg Coal Operators Association directors met in the city to discuss an unknown objective. They withheld details about the agenda suggesting talks to avert a possible strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Brookside Race Riot Rocks Alabama Miners Town
In Brookside Alabama a racial clash between white miners led to the deaths of two deputy sheriffs and multiple black miners. Deputy Wood and Special Deputy Baxter were fatally and seriously wounded during an arrest attempt on Jib Biggers, triggering a two hour pitched battle as white miners and black workers exchanged heavy gunfire. The town remains in panic with many armed residents and unclear white casualties.
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Brookside
Birmingham
Ala
Weed
Baxter
Jib Bigwerk
Biggers
Troops Encamped Near Marysvale Pressured by Indian Police
A private dispatch from Market Lake reports the Ninth Cavalry is bivouacked in the Teton basin near Marysvale. Indian police were sent ahead to coax Indians back to the reservation. Settlers report fading excitement and returning home while governors urge defensive action to avoid conflict with Utes.
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Ury Moral
Cheyenne
Wyo
Market Lake
Ninth Cavalry
Teton Basin
Marysvale
Jackson's Hole
Gov. Richards
Jackson’s Hole
Fremont County
Duchesne
Lander
Mobaeck Valley
Sixteen Thousand Tailors Go On Strike In New York
The Brotherhood of Tailors conduct a city wide walkout as sixteen thousand workers join the strike. Meyer Schoenfeld directs the movement citing a forced action and a promised return to a fifty nine hour week with wages between nine and twelve dollars weekly. Chicago Baltimore and Boston pledges align with similar hours. Contractors meet and approve a reduction to fifty nine hours while limiting delegation interference.
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New York
Brotherhood of Tailors
Meyer Schoenfeld
United Garment Workers
Strickers
Mutual Perfective Association
Man shot at pulpit during Alabama church service
In Mitchell Station Alabama a preacher Trevell Williams was fatally shot in the heart while delivering Sunday sermons inside a negro church. The gunman, believed to be outside the building, remains unidentified while two men named Swing and Pleasant McKee were arrested outside the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Station
Ala
Trevell Williams
Swing
Pleasant McKee
Kansas City Flood Deluges Record Heavy Rains
The city endured a historic storm with 4.57 inches of rain, the heaviest on record. Across the state line, extensive private and public property damage occurred, especially near Twelfth Street and the L line, with cedar block pavements washed away and streets turned to rivers.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Missouri
Twelfth Street
Jersey Creek
Thirteenth and
Waverly Avenue
Oaland Avenue
Fifth Street
Dividends Declared for Defunct Banks Across States
The comptroller of the currency sent about 9000 dollars in checks to the receiver of the First National Bank of Cedar Falls for creditors, totaling seven percent of proved claims and bringing paid deposits to 51 percent of 145 thousand dollars. Similar dividends are sent for the First National Bank of Redfield and for the First National Bank of Kearney, Nebraska, marking twenty and twenty five percent respectivelly. Reports show improved conditions in national banks as of July 1, with easier money markets, lower reserves, and rising loans and discounts, though banks still meet reserve requirements.
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Washington
First National Bank of
Redfield
S. D
First National of
Swamp Lands Aflame Near Gladstone Michigan
Fire sweeps swamps west and northwest of Gladstone and swamp lands along the Soo Railway. Soo Railway uses all available men and equipment. city guards against ice and fire threats. Strong winds fuel smoke and blazes near Sault Ste. Marie and Trout Lake with fear of city trees catching fire.
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Gladstone
Mich
Soo Railway
Sault Ste. Marie
Li HungChang to Fall, San Francisco Special
Ho Lung a Hong Kong banker who helped in China war loan talks arrives in New York from the Orient en route to London. He predicts Li Hung Chang’s days are numbered and foresees China engulfed by revolution due to peasant discontent and mass superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Hung Chang
San Francisco
Ho Lung
Hong Kong
England
New York
London
Oklahoma Supreme Court Void Divorce Rulings
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that probate judges cannot grant divorces, voiding hundreds of Oklahoma divorces and marriages arising from them. Eastern divorcees must retry cases in district courts as prior decisions are affirmed.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Spanish Troops Suffer Heavy Loss in Luzon Ambush
An official dispatch from Manila reports natives of Pabagan Luzon ambushed a Spanish troop party killing and wounding several. Spanish reinforcements burned the town after a fight with 116 natives killed and the principal leader among them. Spanish losses were seventeen killed and several wounded.
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Madrid
Manilla
Phillipine Islands
Pabagan
Luzon
U.e Town
Family misidentifies toadstools as mushrooms in Illinois tragedy
In Red Bud and near Anna Illinois a family of movers ate wild toadstools they mistook for mushrooms. Three children died and the mother and two boys are not expected to live. The survivors are sheltered in a barn and cared for by local farmers.
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Red Bud
Anna
Nine Crew Missing After Zenith Blaze Off Baltimore
The Cork County lugger Zenith burned offshore near Baltimore. Coast guards rescued eight crew members while nine remain missing from the vessel as rescue efforts continue.
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Queenstown
Zenith
Baltimore
Cork County
Coast Guards
State Auditor Reports Deficit Hinting At Higher Taxes
Auditor Hipple presents the fiscal year ending June 30 showing receipts minus cash on hand at 622,728.86 with 304,000 from funding warrants sales and 101,108.80 charged to W. W. Taylor for defalcation. Net ordinary expenses run 26,484.89. receipts fall 108,561.08 short of disbursements, forecasting tax rate increases or higher property valuations to finance growing state costs.
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Hipple
W. W.taylor
Fires and incidents mix in town and state notes
A morning fire in Custer City destroyed part of the business district with casualties among local merchants and a photo gallery. Land Commissioner Lockhart travels southeast to select lands for sale. Marshal Roose was shot during an arrest in Tyndall and is believed to be dying. the suspect Du Fran is jailed. Kiota Farm Incorporation forms in Sioux Falls with 100,000 capital to supply Dakota seeds. State Farmers Alliance met in Sioux Falls with Jerry Simpson speaking at Germania Hall. A house near Parkston was struck by lightning and burned. a worker survived a cave-in at Pierre’s Locke Hotel sewer project. Rev Joshua Vaughan Limes, Adventist founder later Episcopal minister, dies at Elk Point. G A R commander Drake announces staff appointments for the Western Department.
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David Roose
Frank du Fran
Tyndall
du Fran
Roose
du Fan
Sioux Falls
State Farmers’ Alliance
Germania Hall
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Appointments of aides-de-camp to department staff listed
Watertown and surrounding towns announce aides-de-camp to the department commander. Names include L. W. Doty Mitchell S N Palmer Vermillion E P Farr Pierre Frank Fritzel Madison Ki Meigs Highmore A S Stover Kimball D M Birdseye Ipswich CG Ifuston Armour N J Dallaher Spearfish Wm L Markward Blunt Jedes Roberts Ashton T B Davis Andover Joseph Kinsman White Lakes Wm B White Olivet Frank Richmond Tyndall J E Smith DesSmet A B Conners Hot Springs L B Bridgeman Wakonda White Castalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Richmond
Tyndall
J.E. Smith
DesSmet
A. B. Conners
Hot Springs
L.B. Bridgeman
Wakonda
White
Castalia
Bananas and Coffee Venture Heads Toward New York
John Lasche of Sioux Falls travels to New York from Central America amid negotiations over land deals in Nicaragua. He claims success in securing 62,500 acres after a prior cession of 25,000 acres, forming the Central America Trading Company to cultivate bananas and coffee with plans for steamboat service, involving Sioux Falls Sioux City and Minneapolis investors.
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John Lasche
Sioux Falls
New York
Central America
Nicaragua
Lische
United States
Central America Trading Company
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Vincennes Capture by Clark and Chirk in Winter Assault
Theodore Roosevelt recounts the Vincennes siege led by Clark and Chirk. The march from snowy prairies faced frozen Wabash waters and midwinter hardship before nightfall entry. British fort gunners were disabled by long rifle fire and the garrison surrendered after Indians and Creoles fled or were captured.
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Mark
St. Nicholas
Theodore Roosevelt
George Rogers
Northy
Vincennes
Tlingis
Clark
Todd
Chirk
Duck Hunter
Kentucky
Knichk
Hamilton
Ure
Get Off Cheap
A lawyer who summoned an abusive cabman discovers the cabman asked for legal defense. The lawyer agrees to handle the case for five dollars. When the suit is withdrawn, the cabman realizes the plaintiff and the attorney are the same person and blames the coincidence.
Napoleon the Italian to court ladies says Italians are liars
A Boston Budget clipping recounts a story claiming Napoleon was ashamed of being Italian and challenged a brilliant Italian countess about Italians lying. The countess replied Buonaparte in witty defense.
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Napoleon
France
Bonaparte
Buonaparte
Boston
Massimi Lineage Tradition Told By Roman Noble
An anecdote describes Massimo claiming descent from Fabius Maximus and notes his reply about proving the lineage. The tale mentions the origin of a policy of delay and Napolean’s mock question. The article also references the world’s largest Bible, a 820 pound Hebrew manuscript.
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Massimi
Fabius Maximus
Dian
Napolvet
Massimo
Nswered
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Clute
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Ratchford
Ohio Miners Organization
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Charlies Sadler
Texas
Continental Live Stock Company
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Denny
Millbank
Regency Board
Alpin
J. W. Shannon
Huron
Aberdeen
Campbell
Brookings
Yankton
Lea Wardick
Harry G. Davis
Philadelphia
Davis
Custer City
Ward & Donaldson
David Shope
H. D. Reynolds
Marble Photograph Gallery
Custer Chronicle
Custer Leader
Charles Lanihan
Lockhart
Kiota Farm
W. J. Proctor
S. IF. Tucas
J.a.lucas
Dakotas
Joseph Vergen
Parkston
Peter Wilson
Locke Tlotel
Pierre
Joshua Vaughan Limes
Episcopal Church
Elk Point
Dralke
Drake
G. A. KR
Geo. W. Carpenter
Mapleton Township
John Smith Kirk
Minnehaha
Mrs. Kirk
Aberdeen Grain Palace
Aberdeen Grain Place Association
E. Bach
George Bolles
Dr. Talmage
Madison
Talmage
Waseca
Lake Madison
Shannon
Rgents
Sheldon
J. G. Coller
Board of Regents
Coller
Ofice
R. W. Stewart
Andrews
W. W. Taylor
Chicago
Taylor
South
Thomas Exton
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