Flood Threat Grows Across St Louis Area As Water Rises
In St Louis and across the river floodwaters surge, three towns submerged, East St Louis at risk of a 1892 level flood. Water pours over a north levee, rail service limited to the Vandalia, water supply cut off, and damage estimated at a million dollars. Venice and Granite City flooded, boats in streets, deaths numbered thirty nine in the region. Alexandria faces washout risk and requests stone to shore levee. Oquawka and Keithsburg report rising water while Oakville notes Iowa river decline.
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Venice
Mailison
Granite City
East St. Louis
Alexandria
Warsaw
Mississippi
Will Sage
Myers
C. A. Warwick
United States
Oquawka Oquawka
Oquawka
Death toll in Topeka flood climbs to seventy eight
Topeka Kan June 6 the flood death toll rises to seventy eight with seven bodies found near the north end of Harrison street. Identified victims include Mrs Jessie Shaw and four children a Shumweiler family from Sherey and a man named Edwards picked up near Soldier Creek.
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Topeka
Kan
Harrison Street
Jessie Shaw
Shumweiler
Sherey
Edwards
Soldier Creek
Cabinet Meeting Discusses Post Office Scandal
Washington June 6 A special cabinet meeting was held to discuss matters arising during President Roosevelt's absence in the west. All members were present except Secretary Shaw. The meeting reportedly focused on the post office scandal and the government's attitude toward Russia amid reports of massacres. Roosevelt returned home at seven last night.
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Roosevelt
West
Sec
Pope in Serious Condition With Intestinal Inflammation
A dispatch from Venice reports the pope is suffering intestinal inflammation. He eats little and his strength declines as physicians make more frequent visits. The worst news is anticipated. The source notes the pope remains under medical care in Rome.
SevenYearOld Girl Saved After Electrocution Near Miss
The seven year old daughter of James Adams of 1023 Hershey avenue grabbed a live wire strung by telephone workers. Will Bryan pulled her from the charged wire preventing likely death. She suffered loss of the first finger on her right hand and severe burns to the head body ear and limbs. Dr Klein treated her and she is bearing up under the pain as doctors hope for recovery.
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Will Bryan
Millie Adams
Bryan
Klein
Cloud burst in South Carolina floods Pacolet area
Reports from Pacolet South Carolina and Mills North Carolina describe a deadly cloudburst washing away factory plants a church hotel and livery stable. Pacolet river overbanks with widespread flooding. Initial tallies suggest several fatalities and at least thirty three drownings.
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Pacolet River
Pacolet
South Carolina
Mining Expert Charged With Partner’s Murder in Idaho
Boise reports H. M. St. Cyr mining engineer of national note is jailed on a murder charge for killing Harry Emmons at Lardo. The two men, partners in a Payette Lakes hotel, disputed property division.
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Boise
Idaho
H. M. St. Cyr
Harry Emmons
Lardo
Emmons
St. Cyr
Payette Lakes
Judge Kohlsaat issues coal distributors injunction
Chicago June 6 Judge Kohlsaat issues a permanent injunction against Indiana and Illinois coal operators restraining them from entering contracts to fix prices or selling through a single distributing agency, halting an industry wide price restraint.
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Indiana
Illinois
Chicago
Ilinois
Kohlsaat
Twenty Story Hotel Planned Opposite Grand Central Station
Reports from New York state that plans submitted to the bureau of buildings for the New York Central railroad improvements include a twenty story hotel to be built opposite Grand Central station. The filing accompanies ongoing station enhancements.
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Grand Central Station
New York
Bureau of Buildings
The
New York Central Railroad Company
Insurance premium leads to sudden death in bank
Montgomery Alabama June 6. While indorsing a $10,900 life insurance policy premium check Farrier dropped dead in the Farley bank after taking out the policy.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. S. Farrier
Farley Bank
Million Starving in China Report Alarms Hong Kong
Hong Kong reports Governor Wong of Kwang Si estimates that over one million natives in the province are starving. Distress is most acute in certain districts with children and women reportedly offered for sale amid the famine.
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Hong Kong
Wong
Kwang Si
Pearl valued at three thousand dollars found in river
Bert Roby, 28, a clammer and button factory worker from Scranton, found a perfect solid pearl weighing 49.5 grains in a Mississippi mussel shell near the high bridge. He refused a 2000 offer, holds out for 3000, claiming the gem requires no polishing and is flawless.
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Bert Roby
West Fifth Street
Mr. Roby
Mississippi River
Charles Freeman
Prairie du Chien
Peter Musser
No Lynching Avoided as Mob Disperses in Sparta
Sparta Wisconsin June 6 All is quiet after a mob surrounded the jail to lynch the alleged wife murderer Sam Montgomery. The militia intervened and prevented any attempt, leaving the prisoner secure with no further disturbance.
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Sparta
Wis
Sam Montgomery
Massacre of Jews narrowly averted in Bialystok and Grodno
A dispatch reports that a planned assault on Jews by prominent local citizens nearly failed last Sunday in Bialystok and Grodno, Russian Poland. The alert indicates Jews faced grave peril amid the derailed mob action.
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Vienna
Austria
Bialystok
Grodno
Russian Poland
Life's Mission Sermon Highlighted for Baccalaureate
The Muscatine high school class of 1903 will hold its baccalaureate at the United Brethren church at Sixth and Mulberry streets tomorrow night. Rev. W. L Beatty, pastor of the United Brethren church, will deliver the address on Life's Mission Mutual Helpfulness. Musical numbers are planned and the entire class will attend.
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Muscatine High School
United Brethren Church
Sixth
Mulberry Streets
W. L Beatty
Strained Relations Column Tied to Bessarabetz
In St. Petersburg on June 6 the press largely agrees that the author of the Strained Relations and the ritual murder calumnies is the newspaper Bessarabetz, with anti-Semitic papers excluded from the consensus.
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St. Petersburg
Bessarabetz
Maine Forest Fires Rage Across Hundreds of Points
Bangor reports no relief in the Maine forest crisis with fires burning at hundreds of locations across the stricken regions. Officials warn the situation remains severe as winds and dry conditions persist.
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Bangor
Maine
Governor Removes Weeden as Joliet Prison Chief
Governor Yates, before departing for Europe, ordered the removal of James Weeden of Chicago as Joliet prison commissioner and named Isreal Dudgeon of Grundy County to succeed him.
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Joliet
Chicago
Springfield
Yates
Europe
James Weeden
Isreal Dudgeon
Grundy County
Lynchers Halt Ball Game In Mississippi Town
In Greenville Mississippi on June 6 Robert Dennis a Black man about 50 was lynched in the public square for an alleged assault on Miss Beulah Bishop. The ball game was halted about forty minutes as players and most spectators joined the mob.
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Greenville
Miss
Robert Dennis
Beulah Bishop
Chicago Laundry Strike Settled and Hotels Arbitration
Chicago reports that the laundry strike is settled and laundries will reopen Monday. A separate hotel help strike tied up two major concerns and will be settled by arbitration with all staff ordered back to work pending the agreement.
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Chicago
Kaw River Falls Rapidly in Kansas City
The Kaw river continues to fall rapidly, dropping two feet in the past twenty four hours according to Kansas City reports dated June 6.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kaw River
Forest fires checked near Glen Falls in Adirondacks
Forest fire conditions in the Adirondacks improved with no wind this morning and fires not spreading to any extent around Glen Falls New York. Local authorities report stabilizing conditions and containment progress as of today.
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Glen Falls
New York
N. Y
Adirondacks
Baptist Church Blown Up in Byron Minnesota
A Baptist church in Byron Minnesota was destroyed by dynamite on June 6 triggering tensions with the local church community. The blast follows the resignation of Rev. Utton who left the Baptist church to join the Methodist congregation in Lanesboro.
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Minnesota
Byron, Minn
Mr. Utton
Lanesboro
Methodist Church
188 Years Negro's Sentence
New Orleans report says Edward Williams a Texas man of Hunt county was sentenced to 198 years at hard labor in the penitentiary for attempted assault on a white woman.
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New Orleans
Edward Williams
Hunt County
Texas
Funeral of Mrs Victoria Eber Hart
The funeral for Mrs Victoria Eber hart was held at 2 o'clock at St Matthias church with Rev Father Kunkel officiating. Large attendance by friends and relatives reflected her long illness of six years. Interment followed at the Catholic cemetery.
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Victoria Eberhart
St. Matthias Church
Father Kunkel
National Holiness Association Meets in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the annual meeting of the National Holiness association in session. Evang elists Harris and Harris of Los Angeles A Jacobs and wife of Chicago and J W Elder of Emporia Kan are among early attendees already on the ground.
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Des Moines
National Holiness Association
Harris and Harris
Los Angeles
A. Jacobs
Chicago
J. W. Elder
Emporia
Kan
Famine Danger If Rain Fails New York Water Supply
Rain scarcity threatens New York City water reservoirs with a grave famine risk unless rainfall replenishes supplies soon. City authorities warn of potential shortages and raised concerns for public health and daily life.
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New York
New York City
Deutschland Free From Mud After 24 Hours
The Hamburg American Line steamship Deutschland was stuck in the mud off the Hook for about a day, then pulled free at high water late yesterday and proceeded to sea.
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New York
Hamburg- American Line
Deutschland
Fire Nearly Wipes New Lisbon Business District
Fire largely destroys the business portion of New Lisbon Wisconsin causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. The blaze reported June 6 devastates storefronts and inventories, with assessments pending.
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New Lisbon
Wis
Nicaragua Revolt Suppressed by May 16 Report
Washington June 6 minister Merry reports to the state department by mail that the rebellion in Nicaragua was suppressed under the date of May 16.
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Washington, D. C
Merry
State Department
Nicaragua
Court entries default judgment in Metcalf case
The district court calendar shows Elizabeth Jones versus M L Metcalf et al. has default as to all defendants. Judgment to court for 227 dollars with 7 percent interest, plus 26.45 dollars attorney fees and costs.
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District Court
Elizabeth Jones
M. L. Metcalf
Law
Market Dispatch from Chicago on Wheat Corn and Live Stock
Special market dispatch reports prices for Wheat Corn and Oats for July and Sep futures with cash and rail figures. It notes hog receipts of 12 000 cattle receipts of 1 000 and steady to lower trends along with a bank statement showing declines in reserves loans and deposits and daily clearances for wheat corn and oats.
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ST ST
Texas
Range of Prices in New York Stocks at Close
New York June 6 leading stocks and securities on the New York Stock Exchange closed with a range of prices. The report lists the final figures for the day across primary shares and market groups.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Pope's illness described as bowel inflammation
London reports the Central News Association states the pope's illness is inflammation of the bowels. The June 6 bulletin notes the condition could be fatal.
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Pope
London
Eng
The
Central News Association Today
Republicans Back Riggs for Public Instruction
Sigourney Iowa June 6 Keokuk county Republicans in convention here instructed its delegation to vote for J. S. Riggs of this city as candidate for the office of superintendent of public instruction.
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Sigourney, In
Keokuk County
J. S. Riggs
Locust Plague Threatens Caspian Famine
In St. Petersburg on June 6 a report warns that the trans Caspian region faces a severe famine because of a locust plague gripping the area.
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St. Petersburg
Trans- Caspian
Train to leave isolation camp after smallpox
Stamford Conn June 6 George Francis Train confined with smallpox at city isolation camp will depart Monday or Tuesday of next week amid public health precautions and ongoing recovery efforts.
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George Francis
Stamford
Conn
George Francis Train
Weather for Iowa Chicago June 6 Special
General ly fair tonight and Sunday. Sun rises 4 17 sets 7 22 moon sets 2 17 a m.
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Chicago
Prosperity Defies Flood in Bradstreet Report
New York June 6 Bradstreet's today notes wholesale trade remains dull and floods disrupt trade and transport in the southwest. Yet the overall outlook remains favorable with higher farm product prices offering some compensation to producers.
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New York
Bradstreet’s Today
Kiljeen Stepson Kills Stepmother in Illinois
In Kiljeen, Indiana, Mrs Addie Lyons wife of Joseph Lyons was shot and killed by her stepson. He fled as authorities search for him. The motive remains unknown.
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