Cyclone in the West Does Great Damage
A double storm struck Peoria and Kingston Mines in Illinois causing multiple deaths and widespread damage. In Bloomington McLean County a cyclone left dozens injured and millions in losses, with Merna town hall and local landmarks destroyed and a dance gathering killed three women.
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Peoria
Iil
Central Illinois
Kingston Mines
Bloomington
Livingston County
McCoupon County
Illinois
McLean
McLean County
Merna
Edward Martin
Leroy
Lena Gahagan
Anna Kelly
Miss Kelly
Clement Spencer
Spencer
Thomas Gahagan
John Kelly
Twin Grove
Wesleyan University
Miller Park
Stanford
el Paso
Tornado Strikes Excursion Train Near Corwith Iowa
A tornado last night struck an empty excursion train five miles east of Corwith Iowa as it traveled at thirty miles per hour. Three cars were blown from the track while the engine and two coaches remained on the rails. No one was hurt.
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Mocha
Roy Bitner
Jud Marsh
Sam Spence
Iowa Central
Illinois Central
Toledo, Peoria and Western
Big Four
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago
Robert Atkinson
Corning & Co
Clark
Dry Run
Peoria
St. Louis
Peoria Lake
Corwith
Towa
Iowa ‘Central
Here
Art
Tornado Deaths Rise in Detroit Minn region
The tornado near Detroit Minnesota on Monday left five dead and five children injured with a woman fatally hurt. About thirty farmhouses and barns were totally destroyed in the affected area. A separate report from Paxton Illinois notes a heavy storm with rain and wind early this morning.
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Detroit
Minn
Paxton
Iil
Severe storm damages bridges and churches near Clarence
A violent storm near Clarence Illinois washed out a bridge on the Peoria division. A freight train ran into the washout injuring the crew but not seriously. Two churches were blown over at Clarence, seven miles east of Latham.
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Clarence
Here
Latham
Peoria
Tornado destroys Laurel Iowa town with 100 residents
Grinnell reports Laurel in Marshall County was destroyed by a tornado last night. Wires are down, making details hard to verify. Laurel sits in Jefferson Township near a branch of the Iowa Central Railway with only a telegraph line for outside contact.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Deputy Seeks Wedding Presents in $424 Attachment Suit
Deputy Sheriff Max Altman attempted to levy on Miss Lina Kopper’s wedding presents for a $424 medical bill owed to Dr. W. D. Humphrey. Kopper and Col. Kopper deny the claim, saying the suit is misdirected and the presents may have been sent to Westfield New Jersey. The wedding to Stuart M. Capen occurred at All Angels Church with a reception at 160 West 81st Street.
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Max Altman
Lina Kopper
W. D. Humphrey
Miss Kopper
Humphrey
Arthur W. Wing
Broadway
Tenth Municipal District Court
Murray
Col. Kopper
Altman
Wing
Westfield
N. J
Madrid
Capen
Gen
Woodford
All Angels’ Church
Highlyfirst Street
West End Avenue
Merrington
Ea Pao Jenkins
West Highty-first Reet
Insurance Men Arrested In Atlantic City
The Equitable Fire Insurance Company offices in Atlantic City were closed by the State Insurance Commissioner. Secretary and Treasurer George W. Pless and General Manager M. G. Nolan were arrested and held on $5,000 bail each after being arraigned before Justice Williams. The firm allegedly collected over $10,000 during a brief operation.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Equitable Fire Insurance Company
Delaware
New Jersey
State Insurance Commissioner
Abbott
George W. Pless
M. G. Nolan
Justice Williams
Law Building
House debates Pacific cable bill amid claims of all American link
Washington June 11. The House studied the Commercial Pacific Cable project with Corliss arguing progress shows no line laid yet while Richardson warned unfunded federal spend could halt the cable plan. Mackay’s letter claimed Guam landing feasibility and a 1902 first section, with Newlands praising Mackay and Loud urging kill of all bills to keep the Pacific open to private firms.
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Washington
House
Corliss Pacific
Corliss
Richardson
Ala
Cannon
Philippines
Commercial
England
John W. Mackay
Commercial Company
Mackay
Hepburn
Cuttriss
Moody
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Bradford
Navy Department
Guam
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Manila
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Newlands
New
Haiti
United States
Loud
Cal
Europe
Adamson
Commercial Cable Company
London
G. E. Ward
Honolulu
Appropriations Committee
Sunday School Convention Holds Sessions in Saratoga
Three sessions on the second day of the New York State Sunday School Association forty seventh annual convention were crowded. Marion Lawrence of Toledo led open parliament on organized work. Delegates heard reports on finances and district progress from officials including R. W. McKee, Timothy Hough, and Mrs. Foster.
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Saratoga
N. Y
New York State Sunday School Association
Marion Lawrence
Toledo
Ohio
H.T. McEwen
Amsterdam
L. J. Bishop
H. Elizabeth Foster
New York City
A. F. Shauffler
R. W. McKee
Brooklyn
Timothy Hough
Syracuse
Foster
A. H. McKinney
J. R. Simmons
Mount Vision
Mary Moall
Rochester
A. W. Halsey
H. ¥. McEwen
Tramp and Harvard Mystery at Dutchess Farm
Two tramps hired by Frank Co. Shaw in Fishkill Village, Dutchess County, left early after one revealed he was a former Harvard student who sat behind Shaw in class for a year. He asked Shaw to keep his identity secret to spare his family disgrace.
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Newburg
N. Y
Frank Co. Shaw
Fishkill Village
Dutchess County
Harvard
Farmer Shaw
Automobile crash death ruled due to gross negligence
Passaic County coroner jury locked up all night finds Charles W. Whiteman died from gross negligence after a May collision on the Pompton road. Car owner Robert B. Holmes of Madison and chauffeur Thomas McGown of New York were deemed primarily liable. no arrests made.
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Passaic County
Bey
Whiteman
Resignation of Rev. Richard R. Meredith Accepted
The Church Society of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church formally accepted the resignation of Rev. Richard R. Meredith after fifteen years as pastor. He is now in a sanitarium at Clifton Springs, New York.
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Meredith
Richard R. Meredith
Church Society
Tompkins Avenue
Triumvirs oust Croker as Tammany leadership ends
Three Tammany Hall leaders announce Croker will never again lead the organization, stating the executive duty rests with the current management and advisory committee. They pledge to guide the party with any true Democrat’s advice as meetings loom and reconcile opposing factions.
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Tammany Triumvirs
Tammany Hall
Richard Croker
Executive Committee
Lewis Nixon
Finance Committee
County of
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Daniel F. McMahon
Lewis F. Haffen
General Committee
McIntyre
Tammany
Louis F. Haffen
the Bronx
Yesterdy
Wantage
Haffen
England
Murphy
McMahon
Thomas F. Smith
Bronx
Senate Defeats Motion to Discharge Committee on Privileges
In Washington on June 11 the Senate defeated 21 to 35 a motion to discharge the Committee on Privileges and Elections from further consideration of a resolution to amend the Constitution to elect Senators by the people. The vote split saw 21 Yeas and 35 Nays with figures listed for each side.
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Washington
Senate
Berry
Ark
Wellington
Committee On
Clapp
West
Depew
House
Yeas
Senator Fairbanks argues for Panama Canal route
Washington reports Senate debate on Isthmian Canal with Fairbanks advocating the Panama option. He cites Walker Commission findings, potential savings of about 5.5 million yearly in construction and operation, and a 70.5 million total credit from cost differences. He contends U S could buy Panama rights for 40 million and favors bond financing over immediate Treasury exhaustion.
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Washington
Senate
Fairbanks
Panama Canal
Walker Commission
Nicaragua
Panama
Panama Canal Company
Aad
United States
Canal Company
Treasury
Canal Bill Vote Set in Senate Next Week
Washington June 11 The Senate will vote on the canal bill a week from tomorrow. A Senate leader said there is no doubt the Spooner amendment locating the canal on the Panama route will be adopted.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Spooner
Panama
US Minister to Cuba May Open Extradition Talks
Washington June 11 United States Minister to Cuba Mr Squires could be asked to begin negotiations for an extradition treaty with Cuba. Negotiations for a broader treaty remain blocked until Congress acts on the Cuban reciprocity provision, but delaying extradition talks could push Cuba as a haven for American criminals. The talks would follow lines of the act passed last year addressing cases like Neely.
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Cuba
Washington
Mr. Squires
United States
Congress
Neely
Senator Kearns Reports Mineral Lands Location Bill
Senator Kearns from the Committee on Mines and Mining reports a bill to amend mineral land location laws. It grants locators exclusive possession of surface land within their lines and all veins within those lines to full depth, with 1500 foot square locations if not blocked. Tunnels provision is repealed.
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Washington
Kearns
Committee On Mines and Mining
Minority Report on Fur Seal Bill
Five members of the Ways and Means Committee filed a minority report contesting a bill to kill fur seals unless a modus vivendi for permanent preservation is reached. They condemn pelagic sealing and oppose killing breeding females as barbarous and against humane custom. TheBritish Government is singled out for permitting the practice among its subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Cuba's First Minister Arrives. Quesada Lands in New York
Gonzalo de Quesada, Cuba's first minister to the United States, arrived from Havana aboard the Morro Castle and headed to Washington to present credentials. He praised Palma's leadership and noted Cuba remains in early stages of building its new government.
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Gonzalo de Quesada
Cuba
United States
Havana
Ward Line
Morro Castle
Washington
Palma
Bills Passed in Washington Senate and House Actions
The document lists Senate and House actions including a dam construction across the St Lawrence from Adams Island to Les Galops Island, a House bill amending passport issuance for those owing allegiance including Porto Rico and the Philippines, and town funding appropriations for Lawton Anadarko and Hobart Oklahoma. It also notes retirement of four Lady Franklin Bay Expedition survivors as Sergeants in the Signal Service.
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St. Lawrence
Adams Island
Canadian
Les Galops Island
United States
Porto Rico
Philippines
HOUSE
Lawton
Oklahoma
Anadarko
Hobart
Fourth National Bank Reported to Buy 22 Pine Street Parcel
The Fourth National Bank is reported to have acquired the 22 Pine Street property adjoining its Nassau Street corner, with price cited at 250000. Horace S. Ely, trustee for the owners, denies a sale agreement exists though negotiations continue subject to court approval.
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Fourth National Bank
Pine Street
Pine and
Nassau Streets
Horace S. Ely
Ely
Speyer & Co
Nassau Street
Butterick President Denies Stock Pool Manipulation
G. W. Wilder, president of The Butterick Company, told The New York Times that a paragraph alleging Butterick stock price advances were caused by pool manipulation is not true. He disputed the claim in a communication responding to Tuesday’s paragraph.
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New York Times
G. W. Wilder
Butterick Company
Butterick
German cruisers sent to Venezuela amid La Guayra unrest
Berlin reports Gazelle and Falke have been dispatched to La Guayra at the request of the German Chargé dAffaires Pilgrim Baltazzi due to a revolution breaking out in the suburb. The move aims to protect German interests as the crisis unfolds in Venezuela.
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la Guayra
Venezuela
Berlin
Gazelle
Falke
Cawane
Fortyon
Pilgrim-Baltazzi
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Thomas Murray
Robert McElwee
McElwee
Equitable Fire Company
Pacific Cable
Wireless Telegraphy
Colombia
The
Tramp
Fishkill
R. B. Holmes
Willow
Willow Furniture
Lom Street
Croker
Bailey
Jones
Bate
McLaurin
Miss
Martin
Blackburn
Mason
Carmack
Nelson
Patterson
Cockrell
Perkins
Dubois
Taliaferro
Foraker
Teller
Tillman
Heitfeld
Aldrich
Hanna
Allison
Hawley
Bard
Hoar
Burnham
Kean
Burrows
Burton
Kittridge
Cullom
McComas
Deboe
McCumber
Dietrich
McMillan
Dillingham
Millard
Dolliver
Platt
Conn
Elkins
Scott
Wash
Fry
Stewart
Gallinger
Gamble
Wetmore
Hale
Senator Fairbanks
Bank Realty
Fourth National
R. H. Macy & Co
6Th Ave
Sixth Avenue
34Th
35Th Street
Finch
Chateau Henry IV., A. & L. Beaudet, Societe Charentaise
Roederer
Champagne
Theophile Roederer
Mumm
G. H. Mumm & Co
Lauterne Wines
A. Guilhou Freres
Bordeaux
France
Niersteiner
D. Leiden
Cologne
Camille Barthe
St. Julien
Margaux
Pontet Canet
Larose
Haute Sauterne
Lafite
Sauterne
A. & L. Beaudet Freres, Beaune
Macon
Beaune
Chablis
White
Nuits
St. George
Volney
Pommard
Chambertin
California
Burgundy
Reisling
NEW York Times Saturday Review OF Books
Saturday Review of Books
NEW York Central
Lake Shore
Grand Central Station
Brewers’ National Convention
United States Brewers’ Association
N. W. Kendall
New Haven
Board of Trustees
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