Devastating Salix Tornado Kills Malloy Family
A panel-shaped cloud struck south of Salix, Iowa, killing John Malloy his wife Kate and son Harry, injuring others including Miss Bessie Malloy and Thomas Malloy, and destroying four farmhouses. A manned freight train halted nearby as debris blanketed the Malloy home site.
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Jobn Malloy
Kate Malloy
Harry Malloy
Bessie Malloy
Thomas Malloy
Fred Malloy
Pal Malay
Collar Bose
Jack Malloy
O'Neill
Salix
J. N. Potlock
Sioux City
Pacife
Malloy Place
John Mal-loy
Enemys Route Routed Near Manila By 4500 American Force
At dawn a U S Army contingent under Generals Lawton Wheaton and Ovenshine swept south from San Pedro and cleared the country between Manila Bay and Bay Lake. By noon the area reached Paranague and the town fell by Sunday. American casualties included two officers killed and twenty-one soldiers wounded. Rebels left fifty dead in trenches and many wounded behind retreat. Lawton's force included two battalions of Twenty first and Ninth Infantry, six Colorado companies, and artillery detachments. Wheaton led the Nevada Cavalry, Ovenshine the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Infantry and a light artillery unit.
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Manila
Lawton
Wheaton
Overshine
San Pedro
Iere
Twenty-first and Ninth Infantry
Nevada Cavalry
Ovenshine
Keuiz at Ronotolu Telegram From Admiral Arrives in Honolulu
A garbled telegram from Admiral Kants arriving in Honolulu via San Francisco notes departure for San Francisco on June 22. The Peoria Steel 2nd Iron Works plans to resume operation, employing about 400 men, per the Ripubhe dron and Steel Company. Editor Vincent McLaughlin of the Philadelphia Times dies after months of illness at age 62, leaving a widow and two children. Railroad men adjourn after a secret Cumberland Md session. next meeting set for Cannettsville Pa in August.
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Keuiz
Ronotolu
Admiral Kants
Flongleln
San Francisco
Honolulu
Peoria
McLaughlin
Vincent McLaughlin
The
Philadelphia Times
Auestion
Cumberland
Railroad Men's Convention
Cannettsville
Cabinet discusses boosting Otis troops for Philippines
The cabinet on Friday explored enlisting volunteers for service in the Philippines. Plans included re-enlisting skeleton regiments from volunteers, with Gen Oris to select them and veterans to form a core. The scheme, discussed for contingencies, did not advance to action.
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Philippines
Mapila
Oris
Rris Plas
Gold Hunters on Edmonton Trail Face Heavy Losses
Reports from the steamer Laurada arriving in Seattle recount numerous prospectors perishing on the Edmonton trail toward the Yukon fields. About fifty drowned on Great Slave Lake, twenty died in rapid currents of the Yukon and Laird rivers, ten froze to death, twenty-five died from scurvy, and a score fell to exposure. Hudson Bay Company planned a relief party to Disease Lake with vegetables for the stricken.
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Edmonton Trail
Yukon
Seattle
Alaska
Great Slave Lake
Laird Rivers
Hudson Bay Company
Disease Lake
Lawrada
Russia’s Warlike Moves Expand Port Arthur Forces
The far eastern press reports Russia mobilizes with a large shipment of war stores and rails and about 2000 paid volunteers arriving at Port Arthur. The volunteers are to guard the Mancheriam section of the Siberian Railroad, bringing the total Russian garrison in the far East to nearly 40,000 men.
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Port Arthur
Russia
Mancheriam
Siberian
Far East
Gilmore and party well captured Americans report
Favorable reports reach Gen Olis in Afamila regarding Lieut Gilmore and fourteen sailors of the gunte at Yorktown captured April 12 near Bular by Filipinos. The prisoners are well and receiving fair treatment.
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Olis
Afamila
Lieet Gilmore
Yorktown
Bular
Aguinaldo Dictator Rumor Shocks Manila Congress
Manila specials report Aguinaldo has dissolved the Filipino Congress and declared himself dictator. Edward Ware of Mt. Zion Kentucky was killed by his nephew Arthur Davenport as Davenport attempted to serve a subpoena. Ware and his wife had separated.
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Filipino Congress
Manila
Aguinaldo
Edward Ware
Mt. Zion
Arthur Davenport
Davenport
Fall of Historic Elm at Fort Meigs Predates Marking
A Toledo history notes the elm at Fort Meigs where Paul Navarre reportedly deterred Indian sharpshooters has fallen and the site is unmarked. Efforts are planned to mark the spot Gomez’s Farewell Falls Plat. The Gomez farewell manifesto drew little public response.
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Toledo
Ohio
Fort Meigs
William Beary Barrison
Paul Navarre
Gomez
Maximo Gomez
Havana
Jeffries Defeats Fitzsimmons in Coney Island Title Fight
Nine thousand spectators witnessed Jeffries, the heavyweight champion, defeat Robert Fitzsimmons at Coney Island in a dramatic bout. Jeffries used a crouching attack and superior reach to nullify the challenger’s experience, delivering a powerful performance before a wildly enthusiastic crowd.
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Coney Island
Pitt
James J. Jeffries
Biant
Pugiisi
Robert A Wions
Jetinies
Juan
Robert Fitzsimmons
Tony Sha Key
Peter Jackson
Carson City
Neerless Corbett
Jeffries
Kansas City Passenger Train Derailed Near Greenview
A southbound Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf train derailed near Greenview, Missouri, after rails spread due to recent heavy rains. Two dozen to forty injured, three probably fatally, with the smoker and chair car on their sides in a wooded area. Fire started in the rear end but extinguished as crew and passengers were rescued amid darkness and rain.
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Kansas City
Greenview
Monsouth
Pittsburg
Ceir
Picquart Freed From Custody In Dreyfus Case
Col Picquart, a leading figure in the Dreyfus affair, was provisionally released from Paris custody Saturday afternoon. He went to the home of his brother in law, Mayor Gase of Ville Avray, after being imprisoned last July on charges of conveying confidential papers and later accused of fabricating a document to compromise Esterhazy.
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Dreyfus
Col
Picquart
Paris
Inlaw
Mayor Gase
Ville @Avray
Esterhaay
Family turmoil cited in basement shooting incident
Morris Foley, dying from bullet wounds and head injuries, accuses his wife and her daughter Aniah Poole of attempting his murder. The two women are in custody at Sheepstead Bay, N.Y. Foley says his wife restrained him while his younger daughter struck him. The wife and elder daughter claim the children caused the injuries. domestic strife sparked the incident.
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Morris Foley
Aniah Poole
Sheepstead Bay
N.Y
Foley
Trowbie
Japs Flock to Hawaii for Plantation Labor
Reports from Yokohama say nearly 7400 Japanese laborers will depart Japan this year to work on seven new large Hawaiian plantations. The move follows U S government permission to import Japanese under contract to assist in cultivation on the islands.
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Hawaii
Yokohama
Japan
United States
Newy Island
Ohio Centennial bonds again fail to attract buyers
Exposition Peddles Its Bonds: The Ohio Centennial bonds of $150,000 again have no purchasers as Spitzer & Co withdraw their bid. Toledo must seek other buyers after Northern National Bank refused them as not legal. Separately, Abe Lee of the Lee faction in Kentucky was killed in an ambush, reviving a long-running county feud with the Taylors suspected.
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Abe Lee
Lee
Harland County
Kentucky
Landslide Buries Twenty Eight Men on Choctaw Road
Report from Little Rock says a landslide at Ross Hollow on the Choctaw and Memphis Road engulfed twenty eight graders working in a deep cut. Heavy rain loosened earth above, and the force of the collapse trapped and buried the workers.
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Memphis
Little Rock
Ross Hollow
Towo
Augusta Fire Devastates Large District in 1900s Strike
A major Augusta fire destroyed property worth about a quarter million dollars, starting in Davenport and Phinizy drugstore and triggering explosions from 10,600 rounds in the armory. Embers blew a block away, threatening several frame buildings and jeopardizing cotton warehouses.
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Augusta
Augusta Chronicle
Davenport & Phinizy
Market Quotations Headline From Early Grain and Livestock Prices
Market reports show Chicago cattle and grain prices for No 2 wheat No 2 corn and rye with mixed ranges. Regional quotes from Saint Louis Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York list hogs sheep lambs butter eggs oats and clover seed with varied prices and grades.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cazrie
Toledo
New York
Eloping couple survives as father shoots fiancé
In Hamilton County Iowa a father shoots Harold Starr as he pursues Minnie Spencer for eloping. Starr is wounded in the back but the couple still marries aboard a buggy on June 7 near Homer. Local report notes the bride and groom’s plans and the father’s attempt to stop the marriage.
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Harold Starr
atSorelock
Hfomer
Mamilton County
Starr
Minnie Spencer
Minnie
Star
Spencer
IOWA GRAND LODGE MEETS IN MASON CITY SESSION
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa held its fifty sixth annual session in Mason City. Mayor Brett gave the welcome, answered by Past Grand Master A R Dewey, with Bowenen presiding. Officers elected include Thomas Lawhert as Grand Master and Parvin as Grand Secretary. The financial report showed 22041 on hand and a resolution opposed Washingtons reorganization of Masonry. Next session in Cedar Rapids.
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Masons
Mason City
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Brett
A. R. Dewey
Bowenen
Grand Lodge of Washington
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Lawhert
Sabula
B. M. Hunter
Sibley
W. E. Randall
O. L. Wright
Knoxville
Thomas
Parvin
D. T. Granger
Train holdup in Wyoming described by Rev Joel Smith
Rev Joel A. Smith of Treton reports on a Wyoming train holdup near Medicine Creek. Details describe torpedoes on the Ute track signaling the stop, robbers numbering six, and injuries to Engineer Wenka whose head was crushed by a weapon. The train’s bridge was dynamited but did not collapse. The robbery lasted about thirty minutes with three to four hours of detention.
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Joel Smith
Iretor
Joel A. Smith
Treton
Medicine Creek
Wyo
Smith
Wenka
Fatal Runaway Accident Kills Mrs Walker Near Westerise
In a runaway near Westerise last week Mrs Samuel C Walker was killed and two of her daughters injured. The eldest Lula attempted to restrain the horse and was tossed aside, while Mary and Lyle Walker suffered bruises. Mrs Walker’s hair caught in the wheel and she died minutes after the vehicle halted.
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Weterise
Silden
Airs
Samuel C. Walker
Lyle Walker
Mary Walker
Walker
Lula
Presiden cy of University changes under McLean
A report notes Chancellor McLean has not yet accepted the presidency at Iowa State University Field reports indicate a salary of per year. The piece also covers enforcement actions against fish and game law violators in Humboldt and Rutland, a safe burglary near Danbury, and theft recoveries in Ackley. It mentions a Las Vegas man sought for a defrauding scheme, a Sunday School convention in Oskaloosa, and civic notes from Davenport, Algona, and Hamilton County politics.
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McLean
University
Cece McLean
The
Triver
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Po Deney
Hemboldt
Delavan
Rutland
Sky
Cedar County
Las Vegas
N. al
Hever
Rosey
Tipton
Iever
Dobbins
Anamosa
Oskaloosa
Solomon
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Party
Joseph Pavelick
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Iris
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Te Lal Cummin
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John J. Lalor
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Treasury Department
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England
Fitzsimmons
Reed
Congress
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Augustin Daly
Paris Dunes
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Austin Daly
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Daly
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Penu
Ind
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Marion Clark
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Carrie Jones
Barrows
Europe
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Hamilton County
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Labor
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Oska- Joosa
Jack Haworth
Des Moines
Supreme Court
High Court
Christian Party
United Christian Party
W.€. Pidgeon
Richland
M. JH. A. Blair
Washington
Bernard Shoes
Cleves
Sheen
Willetts
Low City
Gov.Shaw
Ellsworth
Story
Wyoming
Will
Godfrey Durst
Danbury
Woodbury County
Henry Thoren
Ackley
McKinley
Business Sfon’s Association
Rock Island
Moline
Republican Party
Wendy Severn
Northwestern Railway
Beverly
W.E. Brice
Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad
Bethune-Craney Construction Company
Lake Mills
Parkers Imrg
Odd Fellows
Algona
Oold Fellows
Wibbs
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