Fastest long distance train lifts pace to record speeds
From New York the Pennsylvania Railroad's 18 hour flyer arrived in Chicago at 8 52 AM ahead of schedule after a hot box delay near Crestline Ohio. The Crestline detour and engine swap cost time but the 131 mile Fort Wayne leg ran in 114 and a half minutes. Near Ads Ohio the train achieved a mile in 28 13 seconds, an alleged 1273 mph rate, as it set new pace records.
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New York
Pennsylvania railroad
Pitsburg
Crestline
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Ads
Flood Devastates Missouri River Lowlands Around Hannibal
The Mississippi flood widens to five to eight miles across unprotected low lands from Hannibal to Keokuk. Drowned near Alexandria, seven missing as livestock losses run into the millions. Workers rescue people by boat. levees break and railroad yards flood. In Fort Leavenworth, Frank G. Bigelow begins a ten year term, is photographed and measured, and may be assigned clerical work pending medical clearance. Humane Society to organize against animal cruelty with a court house meeting announced.
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HANNIBAL
Mississippi
here
Keokuk
Iowa
Alexandria
Canton
Memphis
Weat uiney
FORT LEAVENWORTH
Frank G. Bigelow
Milwaukee
Bert Hilton
Bigelow
No Action On Strike Today In Chicago
Chicago reports no settlement progress as talks lag and no negotiations are in progress. Members of the Term Owners' Association, who rejected a plan to add deliveries to boycott houses, may press the issue at tonight's meeting but rescinding action seems unlikely. Paris sentiment on peace talks darkens as St Petersburg dispatches show Russia's war party gaining strength, though Temps notes world support for Roosevelt’s tireless efforts to end the slaughter.
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PARIS
St. Petersburg
Russia
eld
Linovitch
Executive Committee Sets Reno Carnival Meeting
Pittsburg reports two bombs found at Springfield public school sparking alerts as Russian families nearby add tension amid heightened security. Goll pleads not guilty in Milwaukee bank indictment. US mint suspends 200+ workers in Philadelphia as sil ver shortages force closure of coining and melting rooms. Fresh fish planned at BH A Smith’s Wednesdays and Fridays.
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PITTSBURG
Springfield
Russia
Goll
MILWAUKES
Henry F. Goll
First National Bank
United States
Believed Murdered Man Found Near Town
A badly decomposed body with a bullet hole in the head was found in a field four miles east of town by W B. Deputy Coroner Read ordered removal to Reinhard & Co undertAKING parlors as an inquest was planned for tomorrow. The deceased, about 32, well dressed, is unidentified though a card bearing Our Lady of Good Counsel and the names Alleene and Sr. Bernarda were found.
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W. B
ony
Herchber
Herchberger
W. BG. Herchberger
Glendale
Reno
Read
Reinhard & Company
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Alleene
Sr. Bernarda
Miss Inez Clark Leads in Sparks Carnival Queen Contest
Miss Inez Clark holds a 15 vote lead in the Sparks carnival queen contest with Miss Alice George second and Mrs H E Reid third. The counting will continue each evening through June as the rule sets a two vote minimum to be named, with several other candidates named in the latest tally. Councilman Newmarket returns from Qayland to his city home as Martin Pradere of Reno becomes naturalized.
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Inez Clark
Georges
Sparks
H. E. Reid
George of Sparks
H. BS. Reid
wee
Alice George
Geo. Oliver
Mina
R. Peterson
C. Andrews
Myrtle Reel
Newmarket
Qayland
Physicians' bills allowed in county indignant case
County commissioners, overruling the auditor, paid physicians S K Morrison G H Thoma and H Mooser 697 of 790 for waiting on smallpox patients. Objections cited that health board should handle such cases and that Morrison and Thoma contracts cover indigent care. In Rome, June 12 the pope held private audience with Archbishop Bertham Orth of Vancouver.
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S. K. Morrison
G. H. Thoma
H Mooser
Morrison
Mooser
county board of health
state board
ROME
Bertham Orth
Vancouver
British Columbia
Russia Eager to Have Peace in Plenipotentiary Talks
Petersburg June 12 Russia rejects rumors of delays in preliminary peace talks. Foreign Minister Lamsdorff has formally notified powers that a meeting of plenipotentiaries is assured. Japan’s favorable reply to President Roosevelt is awaited, with Russia prepared to forward its official reply. Diplomatic fencing continues as troops movement remains unconstrained during armistice.
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PETERSBURG
Lamsdorff
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Robbery on steamer Puritan nets $120000 in securities
Boston reports a theft of 120000 in railroad and U S Steel stock from Henry W. Comstock aboard the steamer Puritan en route from New York to Fall River. The loss, taken from a pillow in his stateroom, appears linked to a window entry after a New York hotel deal. A demand for cash soon followed. Meanwhile New York subway floods after a Park Avenue main burst cripple underground traffic as tunnels fill, boosting elevated and surface line use with crowded trains.
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BOSTON
Henry W. Comateck
Beaton
Puritan
New York
Fall River
United States Steel Corporation
Comstock
Harlem
Bronx
Park avenue
Missing Sparks carpenter Alex McCormick
Alex McCormick of Sparks, a well known carpenter, has been missing for four days. Efforts to locate him have failed and today his brother in law sought police cooperation. He drew wages days ago and left without telling anyone, and friends fear harm may have befallen him.
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Alex McCormick
Sparks
Cormick
Emperor summons great council in Tokyo
A Tokyo dispatch to the Daily News notes Emperor Mutsuhito called a high council at 11 o clock this morning. Prince Dake reportedly attended. The council includes elder statesmen Fushime Kanin and Yamashita, principal ministers and top officers. The piece also mentions extreme heat and crops delayed by cold May, with weather readings. The Red Cross Grand Council meets in Atlantic City with Samuel J. Beck presiding.
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ABICAGH
Tokio
Mutsuhito
Russia
Perces Fushime
Kanin
Yamashita
Red Cross Council
Mente
ATLANTIC CITY
Grand Council of the Legion of the Red Cross
Samuel J. Beck
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Knox & Dann
PHILADELPHIA
United States mint
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Wills ranch
George Robbison
Pete Chrightansen
Robert Smith
sevral
A. Defeo
Center street
Martin Pradere
Republic of France
Stoddard
Pope
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Manchuria
Rusaia
foreign office
BIG WATER MAIN
Telegram From
omientha
ALEX M’CORMICK
SPARKS MISSING
LOS ANGELES
congressional party
chamber of commerce
San Francisco
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