Impeachment Swirl Over Wilson Testimony in Crop Case
In a Holmes trial session Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was recalled for questioning about newspaper interviews on crop conditions. Prosecutor Beach interrupted as Worthington pressed for foundation while Wilson urged the court not to swear to uncertain statements.
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Dune
Department of Agriculture
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Worthington
Cbore
Spec. Fal
Beach
Chicago
Secrer
Tau Juat
French troops clash with mob near Narbonne
Reports from Paris detail violent clashes between troops and wine growers protesters in southern France. In Narbonne three killed and many wounded as soldiers fired into the crowd. a Siam royal banquet was canceled due to demonstrations. Meanwhile in Athens a would-be assailant's bomb fuse failed to detonate.
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Pati
Oly Bret
Paris
Narbonne
Siam
France
Hague Conference Work Appointed Today
The Hague delegates selected members for four general committees as the real work begins. A month is expected before the next plenary sitting to advance committee work before reconvening. In St Petersburg the social democratic conference ended with a resolution opposing a general strike, arguing it would aid the government.
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Hague
St. Petersburg
Social Democratic Conference
Juat
Finland
Rock Falls On Train Near Mitch Fall Indiana
A passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Western from St. Louis to Seymour was split by rock in a tunnel near Mitch Fall Indiana. Seventeen were injured four seriously. Injured were sent to Seymour and Mitchell with two taken nearby. Authorities believe a drawbar on the engine broke, separating engine from tender and causing a crash.
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Seymour
Ind
Mitchell
Telegraph Strike Avoided by Arbitration Agents Report
The Telegraph strike threat near New York was averted after an adjusted settlement. Differences will be settled by arbitration following a Labor Commissioner Neill visit. Colonel Clowry, president of the Western Union, sent a letter to Neill stating the company’s position and overall satisfaction with the outcome.
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New York
Wlegraph
Neill
Clowry
Western Union
Suburban Handicap Attracts Huge Crowds At Sheepshead Bay
New York June 20 The Suburban Handicap the oldest richest and most popular of the great turf events for mature horses will open at Coney Island Jockey Club meeting at Sheepshead Bay Seventeen horses are carded for a $20000 stake with Electioneer Beacon Light Montgomery and Superman among the leading entries The track was fast and racing experts expect a stirring dueling finish with early favorites Electioneer and Superman vying for the prize and Kinley Mack referenced as a past parallel in prestige.
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Coney Island
Amy Aandpoint
Sheepshead Bay
Beacon Light
Superman
Blandy
Heaton
Faust
Well
Wexford
Frank Gill
James BR. Keene
Veil
Brooklyn
Kinley Mack
Burban
Family Reunion of Countryman Family Held in Rockford
Nearly 100 members of the Countryman family from northern Ditola gathered for the annual reunion in Rockford on June 20. Early arrivals included four brothers who had married four sisters from Herkimer County, New York, and today all brothers and their wives attended. The family is noted for total abstinence and only three men present used tobacco.
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Rockford
Ditola
Herkimer County
New York
Memorial unveils bronze monument to Co. Gowan veterans
In Prince George county Maryland on June 20 a crowd including Union veterans gathered for the unveiling of a bronze memorial honoring Company George W. Gowan and other Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment members who fell near Fort Mahone during the April 2 1865 assault. A bolt struck D J W Wiley’s house during a thunderstorm injuring J Frank Clancy who lost teeth but recovered hours later.
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Union
Pennsylvania
George W. Gowan
Eigth
Fort Mahone
Prince George County
Here
Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment of
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Alte
Gloucester
Maye
D.J. W. Wiley
J. Frank Clancy
Shoarder
Clancy
Body of Midshipman Murfin Recovered in Hampton Roads
The body of Midshipman Henry Clay Murfin Sr. of Jackson Ohio, the last missing midshipman from the Minnesota launch accident, was recovered in Hampton Roads today.
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Norfolk
Henry Clay Murfin, Sr
Jackson
Ohio
Minnesota
Hampton Roads
Cleveland’s condition improves at home in Princeton
Princeton June 20. It was announced at former President Grover Cleveland’s home that his serious illness has eased today. P. H. Martial of St Paul arrived seeking his brother William Martial believed to be with the Minis Central in Waterloo. Fred Ballou returns from Hoboken where he has studied for nine months.
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N. J
Cleveland
P. H. Martial
St. Paul, Minn
City
William Martial
Minis Central mm
Waterloo
Fred Ballou
Hoboken
Great Engineering Work Is Begun In New York Aqueduct
June 20 report on ceremonies inaugurating New York City's Catskill aqueduct project. Expected cost ranges from 161 to 320 million dollars, vastly exceeding Panama and Corinth canals. Construction planned to take 15 to 20 years, delivering 500 million gallons daily from Catskills via tunnels beneath Storm King and a network of reservoirs, with complex drainage and protection measures.
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New York City
Catskill
Panatha
Corinth Canal
Nero
Bletop Potter
J. Edward Simmons
Board of Water Supply
McClellan
Charles N. Chadwick
Father Lafrets
Diocese of
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Mactropolis
Catskills
Ashokan
Kiarney
Rio
Hudson
Storm King
Rome
Catskils
Last day of interstate convention on public lands policy
Delegates discuss turning public lands over to western states for local management and oppose any policy making the federal government a permanent landlord. The convention focuses on national administration policy and ends with remarks on the opening of proceedings.
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United States
Floral fete opens rose carnival parades in Portland
Portland, Oregon, June 20. The city dazzles with flowers and bunting for the opening of the two rose carnival parades and fetes attracting school children, societies, and visitors including delegates to the Oregon Development league convention starting tomorrow.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Development League
Riggs Insists on Beng Whole Horks
Boise, Idaho, June 20. Court in Haywood trial opens with judge ruling on admittance of Miners Magazine articles. Debs and Boyce criticized Idaho officials. Debs praised Paul Corcoran. County exam plan discussed as Attorney General Byers allows cross-county testing and fee handling. Supt. Elliott to hold exams in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, with receipts honored across counties.
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Idaho
Haywood
Wood-w
Western Federation of Miners
Orchard
Judes
Borah
Id. Boyce
Magasine
Eugene Debs
Debs
Boyce
Steunenbarg
Paul Corcoran
Couer
Alene
Stevnenbergs
Nettia
Borahan
Tumox
Gdmmer
Tum
Byers
Bellef
Achente
State Board of Educational Examiners
Educational Board of Examiners
Higgs
Elliott
Blackhawk
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Mr. Byers
Supt. Elliott
Sewanee's Golden Jublee Centenary Celebration Planned
Sewanee plans a week of reunions exercises for its semi centennial anniversary with notable leaders attending. The program includes board meeting, a centennial sermon, corner stone laying for the Phi Delta Theta house, and senior graduation. Notables to speak include Gov Patterson, President Ka Reman, Dr Carpenter, Dr Smith, and Chancellor Kirkland. Taft travels to Ottawa for Chautauqua speech after a throat treatment.
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Sewahes
Tenn
University of the Youth
Ita
Jim
Dontesta
Louisiana
Phi, Delta Theta Fraternity
Gev. Patterson
Ka Remaen
John Hopkins University
George Curtis Carpenter
Columbia University
Francis 2. Smith
University of Virginia
James H. Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Fire Destroys Mason City Hardware and Bee Hiveary Stores
Fire swept Mason City Iowa June 20 causing widespread blaze damage. Loss estimated 25 000 to 30 000 with a third of the business district wiped out. The Rouse hardware store safe was broken and a fire origin linked to suspected robbery. Women and girls formed a bucket brigade to save the United Brethren church. Separate note from St Louis reports Washington University commencement with a baccalaureate by James Bryce.
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Iowa
R. Miles
Sovilla
Stra
D. x. Rouse
Rouse
St. Louis
The
Washington University
Jamed Bryce
County Examinations Law Question Sparks Attorney General Debate
In Waterloo, attorneys dispute whether the state superintendent or Polk County remains responsible for keeping examination records. The argument hinges on legislative intent and the source of exam questions, with county officials urging disregard for the state’s latest superintendent directive and to proceed under local regulations.
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Tale Board
Sandwich Islands
Byers
Sandwich
Superio
Waterloo
Tragic Nordholm family mourns three daughters in quick succession
Nels Nordholm, already grieving a wife lost in Minneapolis two years ago, faces the deaths of Lilly Victoria and two sisters within thirteen hours of each other. The three young daughters died after measles and bronchial pneumonia, three burials held in Rimwood cemetery as the father struggles to care for his sole surviving son. Lilly Victoria, born October 6, 1893 in Minneapolis, was raised in Waterloo after moving there just over a year ago. The family had relied on charitable aid during the illnesses, and arrangements were made to hospitalize Lilly the morning she died. The case highlights a devastating period for the Nordholm family and the father’s mounting hardship.
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Blin
Rimwood
Lilly Victoria’ Nordholm
Isig
Nels Nordolin
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Iowa Dairy
Dare
Lillie
Yhursday
Morrising
Baltimore Street
Minneapolis
Elmwood
Liliie
Waterloo
Hawkins family trip ends with return to home
Emma W Hawkins reports arrival in Washington on Sunday evening after visiting the zoological gardens the Washington Monument and the Library of Congress. They plan to leave Wednesday evening for Chicago staying at the New Southern hotel run by Col Shaw with arrangements made by wire. The group is well except for a reported tired feeling. They expect to reach home Saturday morning.
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Zoological” “Gardens
Washington Monument
Congression Ll
Capitals
White House
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New Southern Hotel
Col. Shaw
Kildreth
Charles City
Parrott
Emma W. Hawkins
Two Big Sticks Battleships Bid In Navy Department
Bids are being received in the navy department today for the construction of two American dreadnoughts, battleships numbers 28 and 29, each about twenty thousand tons displacement. Estimated cost upon completion is ten million dollars. Mrs. A B Walbaum, who had been visiting in Waterloo and Tripoli, left today for Ackley.
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Washington
Navy Department
A. B. Walbaum
Waterloo
Tripoli
Ackley
Foraker Speech on Race and Brownsville at Wilberforce
Senator Z. B. Foraker addresses Wilberforce College graduates on race, the Brownsville affair, and the need for fair recounting. He notes investigations may not reveal the shooter, but asserts the accused had a chance to speak and vows to carry private life the pride and duty of his actions.
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Wilberforce
Wilberforce College
Z. B. Foraker
Brownsville
Nashua Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Taylor once of Nashua now live in Des Moines but honored by a golden wedding at their daughter Mrs C L Hanks home in Murdo B C. The aged couple long resided in the county and were highly respected with many friends offering congratulations.
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Nashua
Lawyer Clemmens Faces Standing Hearing in Dubuque
Judge Benson traveled to Manchester to conduct proceedings against Attorney Clemmens of Dubuque. The case, ordered through 13% by two district judges, pits prominent lawyers from the region in a bitterly fought matter. The hearing, likely lasting several days, will attract strong interest as Clemmens has long practiced in Iowa.
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Dubuque
Benson
Manchester
Giempiens
Brom
Hurd
Tia
Clemmens
Towa
Des Moines Boys to Camp at Lake Francis Wis
About forty members of the boys' department depart Des Molten for the fifth annual camp at Lake Francis Wisconsin on Monday evening. They travel under competent attendants and a Pullman conveyance via the Chicago and Northwestern. A special Fourth of July celebration is planned at the camp. the group returns July 8.
Murdered Hand Car Victim Thompson In Cascade
June 20 1900s. Frank Thompson a Milwaukee narrow gauge section man at Bernard was struck by a hand car while descending a hill near Zwingle. The brake jammed causing him to be thrown under the car. he died of injuries after being taken to a Dubuque hospital.
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Cascade, In
Frank Thompson
Thompson
Milwaukee
Bernard
Zwingle
Dubuque
Drowning of Charles Portes at Evans Pond
Ottumwa reports the drowning of 24 year old Charles Portes son of William Port er of Mystic at Evans pond near town. He swam with friends and disappeared as they left. his clothes were found on the bank and the body was recovered around 2 am Wednesday. It is noted his absence went unmissed until then.
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Charles Portes
William Porter
Mystic
Evans Pond
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