Rival Camps Claim Weather Affects Primary Votes
Reports from Des Moines indicate a light primary vote with only about 75 percent of ballots cast by noon. Leaders claim large margins for Cummins and Allison, while editors signal shifts against Garst. Weather damp and rainy, with scattered showers and warmer conditions expected in the east and central regions.
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Des Moines
Allison
Carroll
Ketchum
Murphy
Register and Leader
Garst
People
Register
Leader
Adams
Fire in boarding house leaves 1 dead and others injured
A basement fire at Mrs. Mary Mooney's boarding house on West Thirtieth Street trapped twenty boarders. One young woman leaped from the roof and died, several others burned, while firemen quickly put out the flames and rescued those on the upper floors.
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New York
N. Y
Mary Mooney
West Thirtieth Street
Graft Case Goes Ahead in Harrisburg Trial
In Harrisburg on June 2 Judge Kunkle refused to strike Capitol conspiracy case from the jury. All five defendants proceed to trial, a setback for the defense.
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Harrisburg
Kunkle
Capitol
Alienation suit filed for 15000 damages in Keokuk
Late yesterday a petition was filed in Keokuk superior court. Alfred L. Triplet sues John W. Watson for 15000 dollars claiming damage from alleged alienation of his wife’s affections.
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Keokuk
Superior Court
Alfred L. Triplet
John W. Watson
Mitchell May Be A Gubernatorial Candidate
Washington June 2 Organized labor and trade unionists in Illinois will play a major role in the coming campaign. Secretary Nockels of the Chicago Federation of Labor says at the June 14 Illinois federation meeting in Springfield John Mitchell retired UMW president will tell delegates if he will accept the governor nomination. If he accepts he is predicted to win the labor ticket governorship.
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Washington, D. C
Illinois
Nockels
Chicago Federation of Labor
Illinois State Federation
Springfield
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Medical men hear many talks at Chicago meeting
The American Medical association opened with welcome addresses from Governor Deneen Health Commissioner Evans and Dr Henry D Favill The feature address by president elect Dr Herbert L Burrell urged public education in sanitation and hygiene and praised the press for spreading medical knowledge Muscatine will send a large delegation to the fifty ninth annual convention with about 10000 members in session and delegates arriving from around the world including speakers from Germany England France and others A few local attendees left today for the conference and smoker at Jefferson University events.
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Chicago
Ill
American Medical Association
Deneen
Evans
Henry D. Favill
Chicago Medical Society
Herbert L. Burrell
Boston
Burrell
Muscatine
Germany
England
France
Ocean
San Francisco
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
St. Louis
America
F. H. Little
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
Jefferson University
Lilley Makes a Bolder Charge in Submarine Scandal
Waterbury Conn June 2 Congressman George L Lilley released a statement on the submarine boat case. A letter signed E W Reisinger M D B claimed Boutell sought a compromise two weeks before the report. Lilley said he would die before dropping charges and maintained no ties to submarine boat interests.
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Waterbury
Conn
George L. Lilley
Boutell
Lilley
E. W. Reisinger
Electric Boat Company
Iowas Case in Washington Against Railroads
Marshall town lawyer C H E Boardman arrives in Washington for hearings on a petition to cut Iowa to Chicago livestock rates. Corn Belt Meat Producers oppose the change, warning Iowa packers could be put out of business. The session opens tomorrow before the Interstate Commerce Commission and may last a day. Des Moines notes a pivotal two day session with Wylie Wallace Guernsey and other counsel heading to Washington.
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J. C. Welliver
Washington
C. H. E. Boardman
Marshalltown
Iowa
Corn Belt Meat Producers
Interestate Commission
Chicago
Iowa Interior
Colonel Clark
Cedar Rapids
Clifford Thorne
Corn Belt Association
Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. G. Wylie
H. C. Wallace
N. T. Guernsey
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Chicago Balloon Flight Ends Near Clear Lake After 11 Hours
The balloon Chicago, piloted by Charles A. Coey and G. H. Bumbaugh with Charles Leichliter, ascended from Quincy Illinois, crossed the Mississippi at 2000 feet, then drifted through a heavy rain storm and landed six miles southwest of Clear Lake South Dakota at 5 am. The craft traveled about 75 miles per hour averaging 11 hours aloft, with a 1500 foot descent in one minute and no injuries reported. The balloon is to be shipped back to Chicago tomorrow.
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Cleveland
S. D
Chicago
Clear Lake
St. Louis
C. S. Bumbaugh
Charles Coey
Charles Leichliter
Quigg, Ill
Quincy
Quincey
Ill
Charles A. Coey
Chas. H. Leichter
G. H. Bumbaugh
Mississippi
Sunday Scores Pastors In His Pittsburg Tale
In Pittsburg, June 2, evangelist and former baseball star William A. Sunday denounced local pastors as degenerate and hypocritical. He criticized ministers as lemonade drinkers and mollycoddlers, warning that some are controlled by riches and should be carrying the hod. He urged restoring old theology and condemned modern scholarship he blamed for declines.
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William A. Sunday
Pittsburg
Mr. Sunday
Heaven
Hell
Three Girls and Eleven Men Sentenced by Court Martial
In Warsaw on June 2 a court martial sentenced three girls and eleven men to death for a January attack on a post car at Sokolow. A bomb killed two soldiers and ten railroad workers, and the wrecked car led to loot of safes.
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Warsaw
Sokolow
Madrid announces Victoria accouchement end of June
The official Gazette from Madrid states Queen Victoria is expected to give birth by the end of June. The notice confirms the royal birth timeline and forthcoming details in the capital.
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Madrid
Queen Victoria
Oldest Iowa Methodist minister dies at 75
Iowa City June 2 Special Dr S N Fellows oldest Methodist minister in Iowa and former presiding elder of the Upper Iowa Conference died this morning at 75 He taught philosophy at Iowa State University for many years and authored Fifty Years in the Upper Iowa Conference He died of diabetes
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Iowa City
S. N. Fellows
Iowa
Upper Iowa
Iowa State University
Labor victory as Montana high court dissolves anti boycott injunction
The Montana Supreme Court unanimously dissolves a Yellowstone county district court injunction that restrained the Montana Federation of Labor and others from interfering with Lindsay & Co. a Helena wholesale fruit firm with a Billings branch. Labor leaders hail the ruling as a notable victory likely to end anti boycott injunctions in state courts.
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Helena
Mont
Supreme Court of Montana
District Court of
Yellowstone County
Montana Federation of Lulu
Lindsay & Co
Billings
Supreme Court
Montana
Cake May Have Won U S Senator Race in Multnomah
Complete returns from yesterday's Multnomah county election show Cake the Republican leading Chamberlain by 27 votes for the people's choice U S senator from 27 precincts. The figures upset earlier estimates that Chamberlain would win by about 1 000 votes.
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Portland
Ore
Multinomah County
Cake
Chamberlain
Returns Expected From Iowa First Primary Tonight
The Journal will strive to provide intelligible returns from Iowa's first primary tonight. Polls close at the stated time and news may not arrive until 9:30 or 10. Bulletins will be posted in the Journal window and telephone updates are available via extension No. 27 or on phone No. 30 for election news.
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The
Journal
Iowa
Public Debt Rises in May Finance Report
Washington June 2 debt statement for May shows the debt less cash in treasury at 926,338,615 dollars, an increase of 11,171,379 dollars for the month.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
River High Near St Paul Reaches Danger Point
The Mississippi River at St Paul rose four feet in the past week and stood 13.9 feet above low water mark last evening. It is expected to reach 14 feet, the so called danger point, within a few hours as heavy rains continue.
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St. Paul
Mississippi River
Dolliver 19 Proclaimed as Western Vice Presidential Hope
Washington reports eastern papers pushing Dolliver as western candidate for vice president to split senatorial support against Fairbanks. Cincinnati notes Chicago platform will advance tariff trust controls and Sherman act reform, drafted by Wade Ellis. Chicago also sees Cannon supporters opening political HQ in McKinley camp at Auditorium Hotel.
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J. C. Welliver
Washington, D. C
Dolliver
Mississippi
East
Taft
New York
Representative Segerman
Fairbanks
Senate
Cincinnati
Washington
Times-Star
Chicago
Roosevelt
Wade Ellis
Ohio
White House
Garfield
Long
Kansas
Hopkins
Illinois
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Longworth
William Loeb
Cannon
Joseph G. Cannon
Auditorium Hotel
John Eversman
William B. McKinley
Famous Democrat Jones Dies After Illness
Former United States Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas died in Washington after a brief illness. A leading Democrat from 1885 to1902 he supported Bryan and chaired the Democratic National Committee He helped report the 16 to 1 platform at the 1896 convention and campaigned in 1896 and 1900.
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Washington
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
W. J. Bryan
Jones
Bryan
Tragic Iowa Fire Claims Mother and Infant in Oquawka Area
A house across the Mississippi from Oquawka Illinois burned killing Mrs. Isaac Young and her four month old baby. Fred Hodges, working nearby, rushed to pull the woman from the flames but the infant perished as the log cabin and all contents burned quickly.
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Isaac Young
Babe
Oquawka
Ill
Fred Hodges
Verdigris River Flood Threatens Independence Kans
Heavy rainfall floods Independence with Verdigris River rising rapidly. The river threatens to overflow banks at 28 inches per hour, submerging western city areas and forcing several families to evacuate. Missouri Pacific tracks near Caney are submerged for about three miles.
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Independence
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Caney
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Governor Deneen
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