Four Hundred Dead In Oregon Flood Destruction
Spokane reports from Heppner indicate 200 bodies found with 200 more feared dead after Sunday night’s flood. The disaster wiped eastern and northern town areas, destroyed crops, and disrupted rail and road access. Search efforts continue as volunteers assist, with rapid burial due to heat.
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Chronicle
Heppner
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Lone
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Eye Witness Describes Heppner Flood Disaster
Ione Oregon June 17 David McAtee, a Heppner businessman, witnessed a massive wall of water surge down the hills and canyon. The flood struck early, destroying homes of Thomas Howard and others, drowning multiple residents, while the Palace hotel saved its guests as waters rushed through the town.
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Ione, Ore
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Heppner
McAtee
Thomas Howard
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Hale
Saling
Abraham Hamsick
Palace
Heppner Flood Toll Reaches Local Disaster Proportions
The Heppner flood destroys residences across the canyon, drowning dozens including families of Rhea Redfield Swaggert and McSwaid. The Heppner hotel loses about fifty guests. the depot area bears heavy driftwood and corpses entangled in brush. Hero Lesc Matlock saves Lexington residents by riding to warn them.
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George Conger
George Swaggert
Ben Patterson
Dunn
Noble
James Jones
Henry Blair
Dr. Swinneburn
Whities & Meadows
E. J. Farnsworth
Philip Cohn
Heppner
Scranton Convention Elects Conciliation Board Representatives
The United Mine Workers convention in Scranton Pa adopts district based votes for conciliation board members and endorses sending grievances to the board. President Mitchell says talk of a strike is silenced and operators are expected to accept the selections. He notes no wage advances are due and coal prices have not risen.
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Mitchell
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Anthracite
Conciliation Board
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Father John of Kronstadt blames Jews for Kishineff catastrophe
In a statement published in Quamia, Father John of Kronstadt asserts that newspaper accounts show Jews caused the Kishineff disorders and that Christians suffered. He claims private letters from Kishineff informants support the view that Jews provoked the violence.
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St. Petersburg
John
Kronstadt
Quamia
Kishineff
Miners Near 2 Percent Raise as Price Forecast Reaches End-June
President Mitchell confirms price forecast to end of June at 4.62 dollars per unit, signaling miners' 2 percent raise eligibility. The figures, he says, are credible and shedded light on wage prospects.
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Mitchell
Bank Official Takes Own Life Over Domestic Trials
Frank Dean vice president Seaboard National Bank at 18 Broadway shot himself at his Orange New Jersey home after rising at his usual hour. Bank officers said he was despondent over domestic afflictions including a long invalid wife and a ill son with pneumonia, with no financial motive found. Dean formerly cashier of Fifth Avenue Bank in New York and about forty years old.
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New York
Frank Dean
Seaboard National Bank
Broadway
Orange
N. J
Dean
Fifth Avenue Bank
Yale Student Lore Echoes Scrub Team Tale
A Yale alum recalls playful pride in the scrub team, joking about not playing football but being tied to the Commons laundry. The light exchange highlights campus humor and tradition.
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Yale
Commons
Ier
Hotels Reopen As Strikes End Across Chicago
In Chicago on June 17 the surge of returning waiters and hotel staff prompts reopening of closed restaurants and cafes. Vogelsang's, the first struck spot, resumes service and hotel conditions are reported satisfactory. Most struck hotels are now operating with regular service returning to patrons.
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Chicago
Vogelsang’s
Lipton Says He Will Try Again If Defeated This Year
Sir Thomas Lipton states he will attempt another challenge if defeated this year after an informal gathering in London with prominent attendees.
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Thomas Lipton
Lipton Eyes Third America's Cup Bid at Savoy
Sir Thomas Lipton hosted a farewell dinner at the Savoy Hotel on Monday night predicting success for his third attempt to lift the America's Cup. He warned that a failure would see him back at the starting line a year later with Shamrock IV.
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Savoy Hotel
Thomas Lipton
Acquittal in St Paul Murder Case Surprise Jury Verdict
Joseph Kohler was acquitted by a district court jury after killing John Karr on May 5. The jury followed Judge Lewis’s instruction that a verdict depended on whether Kohler was able to reason or was too drunk to act knowingly.
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St. Paul
Joseph Kohler
John Karr
Lewis
Hich
Mississippi Flood Recedes Allowing Rail Service Return
Rapid river decline near two feet in twenty four hours lets most rail lines resume passenger service from Union station in St Louis. The Mississippi river level falls as floods ease across the region.
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St. Louis
Union Station
Private pesthouse found in La Crosse
Residents of La Crosse North Side discover a private pesthouse at 1003 Charles street belonging to H. Wilbur. Legal action is expected as several suits may be filed against the city over the smallpox refuge used by the better classes avoiding the public pesthouse.
Warrant Issued In Postoffice Scandal Probes
Washington June 17 The federal grand jury resumes postoffice department case reviews and two warrants were issued in the district attorney's office for arrests in connection with the scandals. No names or targets disclosed.
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Federal Grand Jury
Postoffice Department
District Attorney’s Office
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