Flood Dangers Mount as Mississippi Surges
June 3 reports from St Louis and surrounding areas warn of rising flood waters. The Mississippi reaches and exceeds danger levels, with towns along Missouri and Mississippi rivers evacuating residents and fearing extensive agricultural losses. News notes drownings near Catfish Island and evolving relief efforts across Kansas and Des Moines as relief work continues.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Bowie
William Schmidt
Catfish Island
Missouri River
St. Charles
Missouri
Kansas City Flood Relief and Casualties Report
Kansas City Missouri reports improving flood conditions as rains end and Kaw river falls. Relief committees work to aid refugees. Two deaths occur during rescue attempts. Ten bodies seen since Sunday, with uncertainty about full death toll and casualty details.
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Missouri
Kansas Cities
Missouri Pacific
CIA City
Kansas City
Kaw
Joseph L. Keenan
Adams’ House
Union Avenue
Edward Brooks
Liberty Street
North Topeka
Kangas City
Kan
Imany
Topeka
Full hundred will be the total of the dead by the Cy clone at Gainesville
Gainesville Ga June 3 The citys 6000 inhabitants face a disaster with about 100 dead and 150 injured likely, 800 homeless and half a million dollars in losses. Deaths include 32 at Pacolet mill New Holland and 36 at Gainesville cotton mills, as doctors fear more deaths among the seriously injured. In Princeton Ind Emma Gambril 37, wife of Joel Gambril, died by poison after her husband deserted her.
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Gainesville
Pacolet
New Holland
Southern Railway Station
Princeton
Ind
Mia
Emma Gambril
Joel Gambril
Ferris wheel sells at auction for 1800 dollars
Chicago June 3 The Ferris wheel once a World’s fair star was sold at Judge Chytraus court for 1800 dollars the highest bid from Henry M Seligman who refused to reveal representation. The judge reserved right to accept further bids and a 10000 dollar bond was required to remove the wheel. The morning bid opened at 800 dollars and halted at 1800 amid doubts it was worth more.
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Chicago
Henry M. Seligman
Seligman
Dynamite Plot Detected Near Roosevelt Train Site
Bloomington report of a dynamite satchel found near Chicago and Alton tracks close to where President Roosevelt will depart by train. Police investigate the alleged plot with a thorough inquiry underway in Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Bloomington
Chicago & Alton
Roosevelt
Grog Shop Fight Leaves Kokomo Councilman Stabbed
In Kokomo Indiana on June 3 councilman Harry Stewart and saloonkeeper Otis Norton argued over blanket remonstrances to close grog shops. The fight turned violent with clubs and knives leaving Norton stabbed three times and Stewart jailed. Norton’s wounds threaten death.
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Kokomo
Imn
Harry Stewart
Otis Norton
Norton
Children drown on excursion steamer sinking at bridge
In Quincy Illinois on June 5 the steamer Flying Eagle with a Hannibal Methodist Sunday school excursion aboard struck the Hannibal bridge draw and sank in 40 feet of water. Three children are confirmed dead and many passengers were rescued onto the bridge.
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Flying Eagle
Hannibal Bridge
Quincy
Steck
Hannibal
Hannibal Methodist
Varying Conditions of Weavers Strike Affects Mills
The grain carpet manufacturers announced they will grant the weavers demands. One plant has resumed operations while four mills remained closed as haircloth weavers left their looms. Philadelphia reports June activity.
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Philadelphia
Attempted assassination at Belgrade palace ends in suicide
Vienna reports unconfirmed rumors that King Alexander's French cook killed himself after being found attempting to poison Queen Drapa at the Belgrade palace.
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Vienna
Belgrade
Servia
Alexander
Drapa
Change of Venue Order Withdrawn in Jett Case
White murder cases moved to M county withdrawn. Cases to be tried here as jury can be summoned from adjoining county. Jackson Ky June 3 The order changing the trial of the Jett case was withdrawn.
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M County
Lony
Jackson Ky
Jett
President Roosevelts Illinois visit spans Freeport Rockford Dubuque
President Roosevelt travels across Illinois on a Midwest tour from Freeport to Rockford after unveiling a Lincoln Douglas debate monument in Freeport. In Rockford he attends memorial hall dedication, reviews 4,000 schoolchildren, and joins a 50,000-strong crowd. Dubuque banquet marks first night with 7,000 cheers and 20,000 crowds along the route. He praises Swiss societies and Iowa cabinet members Shaw Wilson and others, noting his gratitude for their guidance. The trip includes visits to Manchester Cedar Falls Independence and other flood-affected areas. Anarchist strains affect Milwaukee Social Democrats amid internal divisions.
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Freeport
Roosevelt
Rockford
Memorial Hall
Winnebago County
Dubuque
America
Mississippi River
Dubuque Club
Allison
Henderson
Manche
Cedar Falls
Independence
Manchester
Postal Clerk Fired for Being Too Busy
Washington June 3 Second Assistant Postmaster General Shatlen berger removed Svend Schilsby a railway postal clerk of Kansas City on charges of violating postal laws. Schilsby led a movement to secure travel expenses for clerks claiming a payment of about 1 500 000 annually for the railway clerks. The case was investigated by Alexander Grant assistant general superintendent of the railway mail service. Schilsby said arrangements were in good faith and made after he notified the division chief of his intent to resign.
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Washington
Shatlenberger
Svend Schilsby
Kansas City
Schilsby
Alexander Grant
Railway Mail Service
Schibsby
Mother of condemned inmate near deaths after crash
In Carbondale on June 3, the mother of Jerry Graves, jailed in Williamson County for the murder of Nellie Reichelderfer, was thrown from a carriage and seriously injured while petitioning Governor Yates for clemency. Graves and Calvin Price await execution on June 12, and Graves threatens to take his own life before the sentence is carried out.
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Racine
Wis
Geo. Williams
Ishpeming
Williams
Buffalo
Carbondale
Jerry Graves
Calvin Price
Williamson County
Nellie Reichelderfer
Yates
Littl
Without a Tongue but Still He Talks Baltimore
June 3 William Andrews a sailor at City hospital had tongue and tonsils removed for cancer. A portion of the larynx was clipped, leaving a throat hole for breathing. He spoke while dressings were renewed and can still talk when the dressing is off. Doctors say he will die within a year from cancer spread.
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Baltimore
William Andrews
City Hospital
Booth Relative Confirms Lincoln Assassin Remains Identified
Junius Booth, nephew of John Wilkes Booth, identifies the slain man as his uncle. Bates of Memphis and others confirm the body is Booth and note recent letter in Booth’s effects. The report states the assassin fled to Virginia after Lincoln’s death and that the slain man’s name was Ruddy.
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John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Enid
O. T
Junius Prutus Booth
David E. George
George
Booth
Ix L. Bates
Memphis
Tenn
Bates
Joseph Jefferson
Clara Morris
Garrett Plantation
Virginia
Ruddy
Wreck of Foyledale and Arequipa Off Valparaiso
In a Valparaiso gale, the British steamer Foyledale was wrecked with the captain his wife and son and six seamen drowned. The Pacific Steam Navigation steamer Arequipa with 580 aboard is reported lost. seventeen saved from fifty.
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Valparaiso
Chili
Foyledale
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Arequipa
Bids Opened for Three New Ships in Washington
Washington June 5 Bids opened at the department for construction of the Minnesota Vermont and Kansas class 16 00 ton battleships authorized by the last congress each costing not exceeding 4 212 000 Newport News Shipbuilding company was the lowest bidder for one vessel and William Cramp and Son the only bidders for more than one ship It is supposed unsettled labor conditions cause the small number of bidders.
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Washington
Department
Minnesota
Vermont
Kansas
Congress
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
William Cramp &Son
Name-less christening fails for Milwaukee fireboat in Chicago river
In Chicago on June 3, Milwaukee's new fireboat christening failed when the bottle of beer tied to the champagne bottle snapped as the vessel touched water. Miss Frances Connelly stood on the bank as the bows were splashed with amber beer. The sponsor cried as signals were misread.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Frances Connelly
Reported Wreck of a Railroad Excursion Train
Augusta Ga June 3 It is reported an excursion train on the Atlantic Coast Line has been wrecked near Sumter South Carolina with several passengers killed.
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Augusta
Atlantic Coast
Sumter
S. C
Lipton Fleet Reaches Azores Islands Today
Lipton's steam yacht Erin and the challenger Shamrock II arrived at the Azores today after crossing from Europe. June 3 report notes the two ships reached the island group, signaling continued leg of the testing voyage amid favorable winds and clear seas.
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Lipton
Azore Islands
Erin
Damage costs burn at Monte Di Pieta pawnshop
Naples reports a fire at Monte Di Pieta pawnshop causing estimated damage of $200,000. The blaze occurred last night, with investigators tracing the cause to a fishment. In Chicago, Josiah Bartlett, longtime railroad official, died of brain hemorrhage. Bartlett, Harvard 1869 graduate, was born in South Berwick Maine in 1846.
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Monte di Pieta
Naples
Dentlpof
Chicago
Josiah Calefft Bartlett
Relief Department
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Bartlett
Harvard
South Berwick
Visit Ends in Death in Chicizo Street Car Crash
J L McCarthy of North Dalton Georgia was killed and his companion Patrick Finnegan of St Louis fatally injured in a Chicizo street car crash during a lales visit. Mrs Roosevelt in Washington has returned from Groton where her sons study.
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Chicizo
J. L. McCarthy
North Dalton
Patrick Finnegan
St. Louis
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