Heppner Flood Destroys Town in Oregon Cloudburst
A massive flood hit Heppner Oregon killing many and washing away buildings as water twenty feet high roared through Willow Creek. Rescue efforts began as relief trains and funds mobilized. 294 coffins needed and dozens of named residents reported among the dead.
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Ore
Heppner
Mor Ton County
Ione
Beppnrer
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Delles
Peck
Lexington
Willow Creek
Tone
Oregon Railway and Navigation Railroad
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The
Oregon and Navigation Company
Echo
Tho. Howard
Grug
Bob Hines
H. A. Dawson
James Jones
Charles Andrews
Wells
DR. Yieger
John Myers
Ben Patterson
George Noble
Matty
DR. Higgs
Miss Elliott
Elder
William Cohen
Redfern
Pam
William Watts
DR. M'Sword
S&s. A. Rhea
MR. Carril
Railroads Reopen East St Louis Route After Floods
Three lines have cleared the obstruction at East St Louis as the river falls, with the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Vandalia and Louisville and Nashville now entering from the east. More lines cut since Monday are expected to resume by tomorrow. Shipments to the National stock yards at East St Louis may resume by Wednesday as the river drops a foot plus.
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St. Louis
Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern
Vandalia
Louisville
Nashville
Union Station
National Stock Yards
New Jersey Man Glazed Over Swift Baseball Con Test
New Jersey native Thomas Donahue, a Harrison resident, became insane from excitement after a New York Buffalo game ended 1 to 0. He witnessed the contest and has since behaved abnormally and is in authorities custody.
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New Jersey
New York
Thomas Donahue
Harrison
N. J
Donahue
Buffalo
Kurds Take Up Arms Amid Strife in Kurdistan
Constantinople dispatch reports Kurds arming in Kurdistan as trouble spreads. The note says the U S minister, British ambassador and German chargé d affaires have pressed the Porte over arrests of American teachers and related visits to American homes at Khamput.
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Cologne
Tune
Constantinople
United States
Porte
Sat Khamput
Sunday Market Shoppers Return as Kansas City Opens Stockyards
Kansas City marks first Sunday stockyards trading with all departments open. Cattle receipts total 56 with steady to strong demand as beef steers and southwest cattle command top prices. Hog receipts 80 push market higher with top around 4.07. Sheep receipts scarce. rail unloading chutes nearly all in commission and more liberal receipts expected this week.
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Kansas City
Coroner's Jury Finds Bretton Responsible for Naval Reserve Death
In St Louis on June 15 a coroner's jury ruled that John S Bretton the noted horseman and four of his men were responsible for the death of Clifford Hambly a St Louis naval reserve member killed in the levee riot in East St Louis on Saturday.
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St. Louis
John S. Bretton
Clifford Hambly
Farmer Isaac Montoryne Found Dead in Fremont Iowa
The body of Isaac Montoryne, a well to do retired farmer from Oskzioosa, was found in Fremont. He had been dead since Thursday with no marks of violence, and death is believed to be natural.
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Oskzioosa
Isaac Montoryne
Fremont
Markets Ledger Shows Mixed Live Stock Prices
Sioux City market reports hogs strong to steady with heavy and butcher grades. cattle receipts slow but steady with stockers and feeders, cows and canners noted. Kansas City and Omaha summaries list steady to weak trends across cattle and lambs with varied price ranges.
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Chicago
Starket
Kansas City
Grain Markets and Provisions Report for Chicago and Minneapolis
Grain prices show steady cash quotations with wheat at No 2 spring 7/7c No 3 spring 2c. Barley good feeding at 45 4F4c. Provisions pork and lard listed with prices around 15 1/2 to 17. Whisky high wines noted. Butter and cheese markets described as easy and steady. Minneapolis wheat prices include No 1 hard 51c to arrive and No 1 northern 50c to arrive.
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Chicago
Cy Co
Santen
Ibac
Great merger of Pittsburg banks to form huge new institution
Plans finalize for a combined bank group in Pittsburg linking Farmers' Deposit National, Colonial Trust, Colonial National, American Trust, Pennsylvania Trust, Columbia National, Tradesmen's Nations, Germania Savings, and the Free Bank of this city. Capital to be about 78 million dollars with T Hart Given as head.
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Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Colonial Trust Company
Colonial National Bank
American Trust Company
Pennsylvania Trust Company
Columbia National Bank
Tradesmen’s Nations Bank
Germania Savings Bank
Free A Bank
T. Hart Given
Washington Post Office Faces Civil Service Scrutiny
A June report documents pressure to bypass civil service rules in Washingtons post office. Officials allegedly transfer and appoint workers outside standard merit procedures, urging adoption of March 25 1563 regulations to base hiring on fitness and service needs.
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Washington Post Office
Clayton to be supervisor of treasury special agents
Secretary Shaw is expected to appoint Ralph W. Clayton of Oskaloosa as supervisor of the treasury department's 28 special agents. The role, under civil service rules, pays $10 a day and oversees confidential work such as tracing smuggled goods. Incoming incumbent W. S. Chance retires due to his wife’s ill health.
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Europe
Shaw
Ralph W. Clayton
Oskaloosa
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State Central Committee
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Civil Service
W. S. Chance
Damage by the Cold Hurting Crops More Than Floods
An expert on a tour of Kansas Missouri Iowa and Nebraska told Vice President Brown of the New York Central that cold weather now harms crops more than recent floods. The report says corn will suffer more than wheat due to germination delays with future favorable conditions needed for a large harvest. No rust or Hessian fly damage is found.
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Chicago
Brown
New York Central Road
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Robbers Not Found as Secret Service Pursuit Reaches Junction
Fifty armed men under order from Secret Service officers left Joplin for Empire Junction Kansas where robbers had been reported. By the time the train reached the junction there were robbers in sight.
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Joplin
Frisco Railway
Empire Junction
Kan
Gaena
Jackson Fears After City Hotel Fire and Trials
In Jackson Kentucky on June 17 the burning of B L Ewen’s hotel dominates news as soldiers guard arson suspects tied to the Hargis faction. The Ewen family, including seven children, shelters at camp while jurists hear habeas corpus for Crawford and Tharp and Jett and White face murder charges tied to the hotel fire.
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Marcum
Hargis Brothers
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Pars
Cardwell-Cockrill
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Ewen
Hargis
Breathitt County
Joe Crawford
Edad Tharp
Redwine
Crawford
Tharp
Court House
Coutt
Golden
Woodmen Convention Opens with Readjustment Talk
The Modern Woodmen of America opened their thirteenth convention in the city with 33 states represented and 4,000 campers expected. Officials named include Head Consul A R Talbott and Head Clerk Maj C W Hawen, among others, as caucuses form to discuss rate readjustment and relief for flood victims in Kansas and Missouri.
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Poesing
W. Maertieett
DiGjiects
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
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Ind
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San Jose
Cal
C. M. Snyder
Noblesville
C. S. Swenson
Albert le
Minn
C. R. McNider
Mason City
A. W. Bates
Roadhouse
Executive Council
Japanese Welcome Kuropatkin Amid War Preparations
In Yokohama on June 16 the Russian war minister Kuropatkin was lavishly entertained in Tokyo during the buildup to conflict with Russia. Concurrently Baror Yamamoto, Japanese minister of marine, inspected naval ports and urged efficiency in port operations.
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Russia
Yokohama
Kuropatkin
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Band of rustlers corralled as four Indians confess
In Oacoma South Dakota June 16 four Indians Claude Eagle Pipe Henry Pipe William Black Bull and Moses Goodvoice confess to horse and cattle rustling linked to the Circle Society a secret oath bound gang. Detectives say a chain of evidence ties several rustlers to the scheme with payouts along a continuing underground theft network.
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Claude Eagle Pipe
Henry Pipe
William Black Bull
Moses Goodvoice
Lyman County
Circle Society
C. H. Wilkie
Stockmen’s Association
Pipe Brothers
Smith
Mitchell
Frank McCluskey
Battie Creek
Wilkie
McCluskey
Richardson
C. P. Jordan
Rosebud
Custer
Hanson Brothers
Five Italians Die in East Side Apartment Fire
Fire on East One Hundred Fifteenth Street killed five Italians after flames consumed a fat building. Police say hallways were oiled and rag bundles soaked with fuel were found, suggesting a severe blaze and arson risk.
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East Side
New York
East One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
Rand case under investigation involving postmaster general's clerk
Milwaukee: Assistant Postmaster General Bristow probes charges against Rand, the confidential clerk to the postmaster general. Rand allegedly aided August W. Machen in a mining scheme and sold shares to post office employees under intimidation. Report expected soon. Caracas: General Matos admits defeat, declaring the revolution crushed.
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Payne
Washington
Bristow
Mr. Rand
Rand
August W. Machen
R Post Office
Matos
Caracas
General Matos
Gans Divorce Case Closes Beadle County Circuit Term
Judge Whiting ended Beadle County circuit court term with Elmira May Sans gaining absolute divorce from Frank Gans amid cruelty allegations. The decree restores her maiden name Elmira Ma Chapman and awards $800 permanent alimony. Separate ruling grants Mary Kleo Nicholson divorce from William R Nicholson on desertion and non support. H W Flower fined $50 for operating a gambling house.
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Circuit Court
Huron
Beadle County
Gans
Elmira May Sans
Frank Gans
John Lund Brewing Company
Elmiry Ma. Chapman
Mary Kleo Nicholson
William R. Nicholson
H.W. Flower
Sioux Falls Considers Auto Bus Line for City
Sioux Falls authorities revive push for an auto bus system after a two year gap. A eastern capitalist resident may fund the venture if profitable. Ex Mayor B H Lien will inspect Chicago machines and costs. Plan calls for three twelve passenger cars on a fixed schedule at five cent fares. Estimated investment about $10 000 with operation planned within six weeks.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
B. H. Lien
East
Chicago
Man shoots at family then is captured by wife and mother-in-law
Mitchell South Dakota June 16 William Mayhew attempted to shoot his wife and father-in-law over a dispute. The wife was shot in the foot and the father-in-law wounded in the hand. After the attack he was bound to a tree by the women and kept there until morning, when officers arrived.
Powder Explosion Hits Tamaqua Plant Welly Powder
A large powder blast at the Welly Powder plant near Mont Nerf Tamaqua injures several and leaves two men missing. Rescue teams search the dry house as authorities investigate the accident scene.
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Penn
Welly Powder Company
Montnerf
Dr Robert Boal Dies in Peoria At 58
Peoria June 12. Dr. Robert Boal one of the west’s oldest physicians and a noted figure in local politics died at his home in Lacontods. He was 58 years old.
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Peoria
Robert Bosal
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