Tornado Ravages Streater Area Killing Five At Track
A July tornado in Streater and nearby towns killed five people and injured many as it demolished racecourse facilities, factories, and homes. Buildings at Electric Park and Stauber’s factory were destroyed, the Indiana Illinois Iowa Bridge suffered major damage, and telegraph lines went down.
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Streator
Harry Doyle
Nels H. Bivens
R. Purcell
Charles Snyder
Nesro
Purcell
Electric Park
Ball Park
Staubers
Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa
Spring Hill Shaft
Kangkley
Streater
Kagklins
George Doyle
Doyle
Hessie Boucher
Pred Crone
George Hunter
A. J. Daugherty
Western Vulcan Works
Richard Purcell
Fado
Adolph Stauber
Peoria
Emington
Campus
Warbash
Wife slashes husband. he forgives and aids her care
Muncie July 18 Christian Beck, after his windpipe was stitched, forgives his wife who attacked him with a razor amid jealousy from neighbor gossip. He asks officials to show her every possible consideration while in county jail. Doctors say his recovery is likely barring infection. Beck absolves his wife, stating she was not in her right mind.
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Muncie
Christian Beck
Beck
Rome
Lappeui
Lappeni
Associated Press
Hutner bin
Elgin
Erleston
Labor Unions Clash Over Wages In Logansport
Logansport Indiana July 18 trouble erupts between hodcarriers and contractors. Unions vote to back hodcarriers for higher wages while brick and stone masons decline a sympathetic strike due to constitution. Contractors deem the demand unjust as contracts were in place before the scale.
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Logansport
Ind
Hodcarriers
New Son Is Born to the Clevelands
Buzzard's Bay July 18 A son was born to ex-President and Mrs Grover Cleveland at their summer home here today.
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THE
Clevelands
Buzzard’s Bay
Grover Cleveland
Oriental Outlook reports Choate warns on ports and Manchuria
In London a Shanghai source notes Chinese officials question evacuation of New Chwang after the 1 Port Arthur conference. Choate informs Lord Lansdowne that China and Russia will open ports, but details are not public. Tokyo reports Japan seeks stronger policy with Britain, with naval maneuvers near Masampho and plans for eastern routes. US fleet and British squadron present, amid Asian tensions. Harriet Sawyer, 28, a Broadway chorus member, shoots herself in New York, citing loneliness. Milwaukee society circles note her marriage and divorce history.
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London
Times
Shanghai
Port Arthur
New Chwang
Kingtszekan
United States State Department
Choate
Hay
China
Russia
Manchuria
Foreign Office
Lansdowne
Washington
Lord Lansdowne
Chicago
Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
Masampho
Oslabya
Alexander III
Czareviteh
Aurora
Almaz
New York
Harriet Sawyer
Martha Washington
Twenty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Miss Sawyer
James Sawyer
Board of Trade
Cecil, Clay
Philadelphia
Bryan Opposition to Cleveland's 1904 Idea Stirs Democrats
July 18. William Jennings Bryan addressed several thousand Democrats at the picnic here this afternoon. His oration teemed with references to the possible early 1904 return of Grover Cleveland, and he and his supporters were severely excoriated by the speaker.
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William Jennings
Grover Cleveland
Marriage Debate Draws Iowa Bar Lines
Iowa Bar Association opposed degenerate marriage bans yet refused to back broader changes that would tighten licenses. Council Bluffs Rep Smith argued against prohibiting marriages, warning against Europe’s high out of wedlock birth rates. He quipped about personal capability and flexibility as a figurative aside.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Bar Association
Smith
Council Bluffs
Europe
Death of Chief Arthur From Over Emotions
The body of P. M. Arthur, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was sent to Cleveland for burial after heart failure following an emotional speech. A large procession escorted the casket from the undertaking rooms to the station in Winnipeg. Arthur, 72, is survived by his wife and two children while Assistant Grand Chief A. J. Youngson lies critically ill in Meadville, Pa.
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Winnipeg
Mandaly
P.M. Arthur
Cleveland Yester
W. TD. Prenter
Arthur
Everal
Dr. MacArthur
Mr. Arthur
Undertaking Rooms
Cleveland
Ohio
Pr M. Arthur
C. T. Arthur
Samuel Haserot
A. J. Youngson
The
Brotherhood
Meadville
Barry Proposed to Succeed Wood as General Staff Chief
Washington July 15. It is announced at the War Department that Barry of the Adjutant General's Department is selected for general in the permanent service to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Gen Leonard Wood.
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Washington
War Department
Hemas
Barry
Adjutant General
Leonard Wood
Reliance Wins New York Yacht Club Race By Eight Minutes
In New London Bly 1s the Reliance crossed the line first in today s New York Yacht Club race. The Penace finished eight minutes ahead of the Constitution, with the Co following five minutes later in a close sequence.
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Reliance
New London
New York Yacht Club
New Haven
Conn
Constitution
Glen Cove
Belmont
Columbia
Steamer Peter Burned on Volga River
A special dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the steamer Peter on the Volga caught fire and burned. Sixty people aboard are believed to have drowned in the incident near Russia.
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Volga
Russia
London
St. Petersburg
Peter
Drowi Bg
Gov Yates Reaches New York on Way Home
New York July 11 Gov Yates of Illinois was a passenger on the steamer Campana which arrived today from Liverpool bringing the Illinois governor back toward home after his European voyage and transit through the port.
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Bureau County
Princeton
Henry Smith
Sheffield
Gov. Yates
New York
Pope in Quieter Sleep Amid Illness Updates
In Rome the pope shows mixed progress with rest, nourishment, and medical care as doctors note pleural fluid stable and breathing concerns. Across the ocean in Elgin IL, a lynching attempt foiled when five locals restrained a man accused of pursuing an unapproved relationship, police intervening after a struggle.
Women victims of a beast's attack in Montevideo
Montevideo Minnesota July 18 Helen Olsen 25 and Julia Torgensen staying alone in her father’s home were assaulted early today by four men now believed to be negroes. They are not expected to survive. A pursuing party is gathering and lynching is feared.
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Montevideo
Minn
Helen Olsen
Julia Torgensen
Madrid Sits Tight as Ministerial Crisis Looms
Madrid reports a ministerial crisis after the government announced its approach. Sittings were suspended in both chamber and senate as authorities responded to the developing political turmoil.
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Madrid
Chamber
Senate
Safe Robbed in Broad Daylight at Urbonndale Factory
The safe at the AL Wy Shus box factory in Auna was opened between noon and 1 pm while all employees were away. About $130 in cash and checks was stolen from the locked safe, with most money in large denomination bills. The office sits on a main street near the sidewalk, and the robbery has caused a sensation.
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Urbondale
AL Wy Shus
Auna
Leaden skies fail to dampen Epworth Leaguers
Detroit July 18 under leaden skies over a thousand Epworth Leaguers attend the morning watch at Central Methodist Church. General Secretary Kerry leads the meeting as workers in forenoon conferences gather in local churches seeking guidance and fellowship.
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Detroit
Epworth
Mo EL Cbareh
Kerry
Trade conditions report by Dun and Co weekly review
Dun and Co says conditions remain satisfactory outside speculation with signs of improvement. Weather and harvest problems ease. crops advance and unemployment falls. Rail traffic strong, July earnings up 13.6 percent from last year and 2 percent above 1901. Retail trade steady, wholesalers active, fall business expectations high. Uncertainties persist in iron markets and cotton goods. Two criminal items noted: Major Andrew Stussell killed by accidental carbolic acid at St Joseph asylum. George W Dillon missing in Michigan with $20,000-$25,000 unaccounted.
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Dun & Co
New York
R. G. Dun & Cols
United States
Canada
Wim
St. Joseph
Andrew Stussell
Kansas
State Hospital
O. T. Laftwich
Refusal Emphatic Over Petition to Russian Czars
Washington reports Secretary Hay transmitted that Russia will not receive or consider the petition on Jews in Russia. The embassy confirmed the stance, ending efforts to present the protest. A July 15 note to the St. Petersburg chargé d affaires explained the decision was independent of petition substance.
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Washington
Hay I
Messne
Btraus, Wolf
Levi
Pnai B'rith
St. Petersburg
Russia
United States
John Hay
State Department
Oyster Bay
Riddle
Stfatrs
Petition to the Czar on Jewish Riots in Kischeneff
A public petition to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia denounces the Easter outrages at Kischeneff as racially and religiously motivated. It claims local officials failed to restore order, Jews suffered unlawful violence, and warns of ongoing fear driving westward migration among Russian Jews. Continued on Page Four.
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Russia
Kischeneff
Rus
Spain
Egypt
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