Cloudburst in South Puts River on Rampage
A cloudburst between Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina, washed out a Southern railway bridge span at Greer and wrecked Mill No. 1 and Mill No. 2 of Pacolet Cotton in Pacolet. Twelve lives feared lost as mills and nearby structures including a hotel and church were destroyed or damaged. Flooding swept towns, with reports of extensive property loss and rising river levels threatening surrounding areas.
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Atlanta
Greenville
Spartanburg
S. C
Southern Railway
Greer
Pacolet Cotton Company
Pacolet
Presbyterian Church
South Carolina
Vauaiuons
Loum
St. Louis
Madison County
Oldenburg
West Granite
Mast St. Louis
Missouri
Say
Louisiana
Lowana
Mississippi
St Louis
Eads Bridge
Great Say
Bowie
Illinois
Hannibal
Rock Island Men Voted Off Des Moines and Fort Dodge Board
Des Moines stockholders elect Edwin S. Hooley backed slate from New York to take control. Herbert Heinheimer Roswell F. Vail and Laurence B. Pearson named to the board in place of Des Moines directors Stillwell Mille and Finkbine. A July 9 stockholders meeting is planned in Des Moines and a June 11 directors’ meeting in New York. Indications point to the Des Moines and Fort Dodge railroad passing from Rock Island to Illinois Central.
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Des Moines
Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railway Company
Edwin S. Hooley
New York
Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad
Herbert Heinheimer
Roswell F. Vail
Laurence B. Pearon
Directory Board
W. H. Stillwell
John S. Mille
E. C. Finkbine
Rock Island
Fort Dodge
Illinois Central
Flying Torpedo The Favorite At Harlem
Flying Torpedo emerged as the favorite in Harlem's $10,000 handicap with McChesney a doubtful starter in a day of threatened weather and a fast track. Fifteen runners entered the event as National Holiness association meetings and other notes filled the page. The government won the mail case on appeal in Washington, and Sioux City looked to a Missouri River bridge tax dispute and injunction affecting its sale plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Til
St. Louis
West Granite
Venice
Chicago
McChesney
Torpedo
Czar's Side of It: Vodei Added to Race Hatred
New York's Jane C Christian Herald reports a Russian police reply dated June 4 decrying anti Jewish riots in Besarabia. The account links mob violence to alleged ritual murder rumors in Kischeneff and Kleff. Officials faulted. the Easter riot left nine Jews dead.
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New York
Jane
Christian Herald
Czar
Kischeneff
Russiian Police Department
St. Petersburg
Russia
Bessarabia
Kleff
Siberian
Lopoukhine
Outrage in Besarabia Sparks Martial Law Debates
A dispatch reprints LOPOUKHINE on rioting in Besarabia where Jews clashed with Christians over Easter. He cites brutal killings, military rule, and arrests as authorities impose martial law while restraining violence and granting guns to governors. A second item notes the death of Rev. Jacob Chapman, 93, longtime Congregational clergyman.
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Exeter
N. H
Jacob Chapman
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Dartmouth College
Home Coming of the President Returns to Washington
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after a two month western trip. He is greeted by crowds as his carriage is escorted to the White House by high school cadets. He thanks the nation from the porch and notes the 14 000 miles traveled with rail and stage and no accidents. He delivered 265 speeches while requests for more were denied by Loeb.
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Washington
Roosevelt
West
Capital
White House
Loeb
Cannon Ordered Out of Prussia
Hugh J. Cannon, superintendent of Mormon missions in Germany, his wife, secretary and assistant secretary were ordered by the police to leave Prussian territory within three weeks. The government decided to expel all missionaries, with orders to be served on missionaries in Prussia.
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Hugh J. Cannon
Germany
Prussian
Prussia
Mob Threats in Sparta Subtle and Spent
La Crosse June 6 The mob that surrounded the Sparta ly t rendering threatening to lynch Sam Montgomery the alleged wife murderer has dispersed. No further trouble is feared.
Pope In Critical Condition Report From Venice June Six
Venice reports the pope is in critical condition with intestinal inflammation and near total weakness. Other items include a factory fire panic in Sheboygan with forty girls rescued, a double harbor death near Kenosha, a carpenters strike settled in Philadelphia, and various local notices from Nebraska to Michigan. The Michigan naval brigade cruise begins July 19 with target practice at Mackinaw.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Phoenix Car Company
Michigan State 1 Brigade
Lansing
Mich
Michi State
Mackinaw
U. S
Michigan
Yantic
Brave Sacrifice Ends in Tragic Death at St Joseph Harbor
Captain Frank Beam of the schooner Avery dived into the St Joseph river to save his wife who had fallen from his vessel. He was crushed against the dock by the steamer Puritan as it entered the harbor. Mrs Beam was rescued unconscious and overwhelmed by the news of her husband’s death.
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Kenosha
Wis
Barney O'Hare
John O'Flare
John O'Hare
St. Joseph
Mich
Janes
Capain Frank Beam
Avery
Puritan
Avery Ly
Bridge tolls removed to ease Omaha Iowa trade
Omaha reports that the western trunk line committee in Chicago has ordered the removal of the bridge arbitrary at Omaha. Merchants have long pressed for the concession to allow Omaha wholesalers access to Iowa. The change ends a $5 car toll on Omaha to Iowa shipments and cuts $5 a car on Iowa live stock moves to the Omaha market.
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Omaha
Neb
Western Trunk Line Committee
Chicago
Iowa Territory
Iowa
Elements Trouble As Trade Week Ends In Conservatism
New York June 6 Dun and Co Weekly Review of Trade notes elements produced the sole unfavourable developments for the week with early signs of greater caution. Railway earnings rose 12.7 percent in May from last year and 25.4 percent from 1901. Pig iron imports cooled while domestic producers expect more export orders. Textile activity weak. cotton goods firms hold back on distant deliveries. Woolen goods little changed. footwear prospects remain bright. Hat hides prices higher. Weekly U.S. and Canadian failures declined slightly from prior weeks.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Moses Chase in Court for Name Change Domicile
Lafayette Ind June 6 Moses Fowler Chase undergoes a court hearing with deposition testimony from Drs Mitchell Judkins Webster and Smith asserting his sanity and rationality when seeking to change his name and establish domicile in Ohio The case includes earlier 1889 findings of sound mind and multiple medical examinations.
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Lafayette
Ind
Moses Fowler Chase
Fowler
Mitchell
Judkins
Cincinnati
Ohio
John C. Webster
John Smith
Young Chase
Postal frauds uncovered at capital and indictments linked to post office schemes
Washington reports multiple arrests in a broad postal corruption probe. Thomas W. McGregor and Ellsworth Upton face conspiracy charges for rigging leather pouch purchases for rural carriers, with about 20 000 pouches bought for 90 cents each though valued under 3 cents, yielding misappropriated funds. A separate grand jury indicts A. W. Machen for taking 40 percent profits from Groff fasteners, amid ties to George E. Lorenz.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Thomas W. McGregor
Elsworth Upton
Baltimore
McGregor
Charles E. Smith
Bristow
Ellsworth Upton
Chas. E. Smith
Smith
MacGregor
Upton
A. W. Machen
Machen
Groff Hasteners
Groff
Groff Bros
Post Office
George E. Lorenz
Toledo
Lorenz
Rock Island Man Weds in Clinton Parsonage Ceremony
Robert A. Miller of Clinton officiated at a Clinton parsonage ceremony Thursday afternoon uniting Miss Grave Gehr of Dixon and Jamin Franklin Shetter of Rock Island. The couple went to Clinton from Sterling, returned to Rock Island by afternoon, then planned to depart for Rock Island to begin their future.
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Teo
Robert A. Miller
Clinton
Soldiering in the Northern Gold Fields
Ed Lundberg prints a letter from John M. Keefover formerly of this city now in Company I, 13th Infantry on duty at Fort Liscum Maska Alaska. Dated May 17 soon after arrival the snow stood six feet and soldiers wore furs and felt boots. He expected to be sent farther into the interior for a three to four month expedition carrying supplies.
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Ed Lundberg
John M. Keefover
13Th Infantry
Fort Liscum
Maska
Alaska
Interscholastic Meet Held at Marshall Field Chicago
The interscholastic championship field meet of the Middle West was held at Marshall Field today in Chicago. 287 lads from 51 preparatory schools, including Hyde Park and Lewis Institute, Grinnell IA, East Division Milwaukee, participated, with their state winners in attendance. Weather was mild and the track excellent.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
Hyde Park
Lewis Institute
Grinnell
Iowa
Milwaukee
Immense Grain Firm Makes an Assignment in San Francisco
San Francisco June 6 Eppenger and Co. one of the largest dealing firms in the United States went to the wall today. It is thought the losses will run into the millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Eppenger & Co
United States
Waiters and Cooks Strike in Chicago Restaurants
Chicago reporters note a noon strike by waiters and cooks at Siegel Cooper & Co Burrky Milan Edelweiss the Fair and the Chicago Athletic club. Also reported is the death of Robert W Hyman a longtime Chicago real estate leader and charter member of the Iroquois Union League and Chicago Athletic associations. Pope's illness described as fatigue from large receptions. Columbia College to establish a health and science department with a $250000 gift.
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Chicago
Siegel, Cooper & Co. Burrky & Milan
The
Edelweiss
the Fair
Chicago Athletic Club
Robert W. Hyman
H Tll Green
Bright
Hyman
Iroquois Club
Union League Club
Chicago Athletic, Association
Columbia College
Department of Health and Science
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Union Pacific
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Kan
Harrison Street
Jessie Shaw
Shumkweiler
Sherey
Edwards
Soldier Creek
Nellie Watson
Minnie Prayers
George McDonald
Des Moines & Fort Dodge
Flying Torpedo
Harlem
National Fliness Association
Des MoinesIs
National Holiness Association
Harris and Harris
Los Angeles
A. Jacobs
Wife
J. W. Elder
Emporium
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Sioux City
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Missouri River
Mormon Missions and Family
Wisconsin
Pope
Carpenters
Philadelphia
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Cal Lincoln
Jute Lamb
Greeley
District Court
T Company
Michaely
Han
Ley County
Teoney Cattle
Berlin
Warneck
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
M. A. Stout
Bluffton
A. Timberlake
Indianapolls
Capt. Beam
Duhmes
Chase
Chaffee
Corbin
Kearn
Gainesville
Fort McPherson
State Normal Comat
Bloomington
Ilinois State Normal University
David Felnley
Post Ofice Department
Taylor
Rock Island Road
Te Road
Rome
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