Steamboat Collision Off Duluth Leaves Nine Dead
The whalepack steamer Thomas Wilson and the steamer George C. Hadley collided outside Duluth canal. The Wilson sank in under a minute. nine sailors mostly night crew perished. The Hadley sank after the crash but some crew were saved by life preservers.
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Thomas Wilson
George E. Hadley
Duluth
Cameron
George C. Hidley
Fitzgerald
Duluth Canal
Wilson
Aaron Trips
Cook
Frank
Superior
James McDouall
West Superior
James ML Praver
Wheelsoan
Sault Ma Hampton
Wilton
Hadley
Supey
Perror
State of unrest and threats grip Lexington court
Lexington reports fear and violence as trials and political actions stir terror. Special judges resign amid threats. governor Peckham weighs intervention while tensions rise between Tell and Warsis factions and calls of revolution echo through the county.
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Lexington
Lnbe
Tobe
City
Thomas Cockrell
Ben Hargis
Johne
Jackson
Tell
Warsis
Tredwine
Venir
Lfe
Ernor Peckham
Smd
Johns
Johnson Bnyvalt
Chicago
May Tompson
Perjury Charges Filed Against Rand Jury Witnesses
Lansing June 7 complaints filed against Col Eli R Sutton Detroit regent of the University of Michigan and Munter Tomlinson Haeffner and Okerstaff of Henderson Ames company Kalamazoo charging perjury before the grand jury during Sut ton fraud trial. Arrests expected Monday.
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Lansing
Mich
Justice Pinckney
Col
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
University of Michigan
Munter, Tomlinson and
Haeffner
Okerstaff
Henderson-Amesmpany
Kalamazoo
L Grand
Sutton
Filipino Leader Outlines Philippine Reform Plan
Filipe Buencamino, leader of the Federal party, presents to Secretary Root a program for civil government in the Philippines. He seeks a bicameral legislature, full reconstruction powers, and annual funds to educate Filipinos in the United States, plus an exhibition in Manila to boost trade. He also urges justice for American-occupied housing owners and notes cooperation with Gen. Taft’s administration.
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Congressional Committee On the Philippines
Filipe Buencaminoe
Islincts
Washington
Root
Buencamino
Committee On Insular Affairs
House of Representatives
Philippi
House
Antion
GAN
Philippine Civil Commission
Vernor Taf
Maniila
Tle
Manila
St. Rizal
Charleston
Malvar
Trias
Mascardo
Alejandrino
Philippines
America
P’hilip- Pines
Color Line in the Church Separates Black and White Delegates
Denver colored churches adopt resolutions to stay away from the International Sunday School convention and notify colored delegates nationwide the action notes the restriction was drawn by a committee influenced by white southern delegates. Washington sees Rep Ruppert of New York introduce a resolution to adjourn Congress at 3 p.m. on June 38.
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Denver
Washington
Ruppert
House
New York
Congress
Movement on Miles Draws In Inquisitive Press
Washington dispatches trace General Miles’s movements from Fort Riley to Washington and Chicago as reporters question whether he was recalled or sent orders by the War Department. Culberson asserts he did not receive information from Miles, while papers dispute the exact sequence of Miles’s travel and statements. Official denial claims no orders issued, fueling speculation about recalls from private sources.
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Senate
Culberson
United States
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Chicaso
Wash
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West Point
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Iremen
Puippines
Jobn Short
Sugar Notch
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal ‘Company
Robert Hayden
Lad
Ustren Pious
Hayden
Shamokin
Sammel Deitrick
Northumberkind County
Mineral Railroad and Minin Company
Stone
Kens Valley
Carbon County
Lim
Yorktown
State library commission pushes for local libraries nationwide
Marquette official Peter White reports on commission findings that fines diverted from courts to fund libraries violate laws. He blames misuse on past practices and vows to redirect funds to library maintenance. The group, led by ex Governor Luce, aims to ensure every town gains a library of some size. A separate note from Washington states Hay and Brant signed a protocol extending ratification exchange for a year.
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Gram Raypie Intie T
Peter White
Marquette
State Library Commission
Lael
White. Healeend
White
Luce
Washington
Hay
Brant
West Nebra ska flood and Iowa rains spate report
Heavy floods reported in Beatrice and Cortland Nebraska with three hours of rain hindering drainage. Des Moines and Clarinda in Iowa recorded high rainfall, washed-out crops, damaged roads, and extensive street flooding. Rail and mine disruptions followed as storms battered central states, while coal strikes and local tensions rose in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Beatrice
Neb
Rom Corthinl
Cerland
Princeton
Vickerel
Union
Webster
Lightniss
T Batten
Mitchellville
Will
Clarinda
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Wife loses money on trip to Tipton
Fugitive narrative describes Ebweed Tid Tune vanisnales perieners M vin Sfler seme and Mrs. Al wro and behy traveling from Lima to Tipton. They stop at W. J. Smith’s home three miles west of Elwood, who hosts them and gives dinner before sending them toward Tipton. The purse with funds is lost during the journey.
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al Wro
Behy
Tipton
Lima
Alkner
W. J. Smith
Elwood
Four Human Beings’ Bones Found in Lime Bed
Remains of four men unearthed in a lime bed in a Durand ravine after high water washed away soil. Reuben Weise spotted the bed and skulls, with a lime layer twelve feet long, one foot wide and five deep. Bone bed covered by six inches lime and earth. Believed to be victims of bandits roaming the prairie, murdered for plunder. Nearby lime kilns noted from years past. Governor Yates Honors Normal University Grads in Bloomington. June 7. The governor and wife attended commencement with a warm reception for distinguished guests.
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Rock Falls
Durand
Reuben Weise
Howe
Mess
Jailers and Wife Caged as Desperate Prisoners Escape
Seven inmates escape from a Lews prison after overpowering the jailer and wife at gunpoint. The wife secured a revolver but was forced to surrender, then the keys were used to unlock and flee. The escape involved a mix of inmates all labeled as dangerous, with a note that none faced the most serious charge of burglary. Also mentions an eviction-related case and various brief items including a man with an enormous head dying andWilliam to meet Wilhelmina.
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Tle
Lews
Andrew Thompson
George M. Martin
Marti
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