Trains Telescoped In Fatal Waterloo Wreck
A Rock Island line through passenger train from Chicago to Minneapolis wrecked near Waterloo Iowa. Nine killed eight injured as sand washed road bed caused collision telescoping engine and cars. A passenger died en route to Minneapolis while en route to marriage.
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Rock Island
Burlington
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Link Creek
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Alton
Minneapolis
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Hailstorm Strikes Hastings Nebraska Damaging Buildings
A powerful hailstorm hit Hastings on a Sunday afternoon, shattering over 2,000 window panes and causing extensive damage at the asylum for the chronic insane where 1,300 panes were broken. Eggsized hail killed chickens and injured several people including Mrs. J. H. Panfield who was struck by a pane. Residents filled refrigerators with hail.
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Asylum For Chronic Insane
Green House
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Nebraskas storm yields heavy damage across counties
Nebraskan storms on Sunday caused widespread destruction in Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Saline, and Gage counties with hail destroying crops and breaking windows. In Cedar county a cloudburst flooded homes and barns, washed away bridges, damaged church property, and drowned stock. Farmers in Hamilton county face destitution, aiding relief is underway.
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Nebraska
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Clay
Fillmore
Saline
Gage
Cedar County
The
Bee
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Menominee
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Janesville
la Prairie
Alexander McClellan
Ed Paul
Thornton Reid
British Holloway
Potosi
Lacrosse
Arlington & Milwaukee Road
Severe Michigan storm hits Benton Harbor and surrounding towns
Special reports from Berrien county detail a severe electrical storm at noon Sunday. Seven homes in Benton Harbor were struck and damaged by lightning, with further damage in St Joseph Coloma and Watervliet. In Watervliet an unidentified man died after sheltering under a tree struck by lightning. Fields across several areas were damaged.
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Detroit
Mich
Berrien County
St. Joseph
Coloma
Watervliet
50 Percent Dividend Declared by City Bank
The bank announces a dividend of about 5 per cent on its $800,000 capital, payable from surplus. The decision mirrors recent U S Supreme Court city bank tax rulings and impacts state banks. Taxes and charges on corporations are rising, making dividend maintenance tough.
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Dbsidrea
Supreme Court of the United States
Negro inmate fatally injures two white prisoners in jail
Sonny Crain, a Black inmate in McMinnville Tennessee, killed by beating two white prisoners with a heavy bed slat as they slept. He was overpowered by officers and chained to the floor after the assault, having long feigned insanity.
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McMinnville
Tenn
Sonny Crain
Crain
John
William Brown
Dreyfus Hearing Begins Amid Paris Riots
The Dreyfus revision case opened Monday with guards surrounding the palace of justice as crowds threatened riots. Prospects look favorable for a rehearing of the charges, and the court adjourned at 6 30 with few spectators left. the republican guards returned to barracks and the police cordon dispersed.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Palace of Justice
OBrien Edges Flaherty In Tight 25th Round Decision
New York report says Jack O'Brien won the decision over Martin Flaherty after 25 rounds. In New Orleans a cruiser departed for Pensacola with a farewell demonstration after a day of coaling and no visitors.
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New York
Jack O’brien
Martin Flaherty
New Orleans
Pensacola
Paris Strike Halts Work Across Lecreuset Factories
Paris reports a general strike begun in the village of Lecreuset in Saone et Lake. Nearly all factories suspend operations as approximately four thousand workers walk out. Local authorities monitor the unrest as the labor action expands.
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Lecreuset
Department of
Saone Et Lake
Civil Service Rules Amended Amid Friction in 1896 Plan
The president issued long awaited civil service amendments to reduce friction and delays in the classified service. The changes remove some positions from competitive examination while maintaining classification, affecting pension examiners and Indian service roles among others to meet new public service conditions.
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Indian Service
Indian School Service
Engineer Department
Quartermaster’s Department-At-La
Electr ogen murder tale tied to Braun and Stine case
Clippings recount a grim executive of murder and alleged ritualistic exposure. Braun strangled his wife during a dispute as bystanders watched. a later incident notes another death linked to a supposed initiation in a Modern Woo group. Local authorities and witnesses fill in scattered details across the report.
Civil service reforms extend to navy yard service
The amendments aim for a uniform, efficient administration of appointments under civil service law. Rule 6 exempts executive office staff and others, including heads of departments and certain attorneys, with about 4000 positions affected across executive and Treasury departments and ports.
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Navy Yard Service
Senate
Treasury Department
Bureau of Statistics
Internal Revenue
Trains Plunge Over Prairie Creek Bridge Tramps Die
A special stock train on the Chicago and Northwestern plunged through a bridge over Prairie creek two miles west of Otis on Monday. Two tramps were killed and 160 head of cattle perished in the accident near CepAR Rapids, Iowa.
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Cepar Rapids
Chicago & Northwestern
Prairie Creek
Otis
Aguinaldo Reported Dead In Manila Dispatch
The Sun prints a Manila dispatch claiming Aguinaldo is dead either by his own action or an assassination. The report cannot be confirmed.
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New York
the Sun
Manila
Aguinaldo
Tragic Death by Suicide at Daughters Home
In Rhea Springs Tennessee on May 30 Mrs Sarah Clarke a widow killed herself by cutting her throat with a razor at her daughter's home. She almost severed her head before a mirror in front of two small children. Deemed demented for some time she was driven by religious fervor after a traveling evangelist visit. She had recently poisoned several family members to join her husband in heaven.
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Braun
Raun
Rhea’ Springs
Sarah Clarke
Chattanooga
Trio of laborers crippled as engine backs car at steel works
May 30 Steubenville report: Joseph Kenoute Louis Kenoute and John Lawrence Slavish laborers at Mingo steel works on a 25 foot trestle were run over by a Rainy coke car backed onto the trestle. They suffered severe injuries with internal damage. recovery doubtful as doctors attend at Kings Daughters hospital.
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Steubenville
Joseph
Louis Kenoute
John Lawrence
Mingo Steel Works
Kings’ Daughters’ Hospital
Generous Gift Endows Notre Dame Scholarship
Notre Dame Indiana May 30 a scholarship was endowed at Notre Dame University by Dr Edward Johnson of Watertown Wisconsin. The scholarship will bear his name and is the second endowed at Notre Dame this year after the late Rev Thomas Carroll of Oil City Pennsylvania. Dr Johnson has long been active in Catholic circles and was treasurer of the Irish National League in 1884.
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Notre Dame University
Edward Johnson
Watertown
Wis
Thomas Carroll
Oil City
Johnson
Irish National and League
Gen Otis Terms Troops to Philippines and Macabebees in War Plan
Washington May 29 Gen MacArthur favors enlisting the Macabebes against the Tagals as part of the Philippines campaign. War department signals unconditional surrender terms to Aguinaldo envoys and notes added troops for Manila. The 24th infantry and other regiments discussed for service. Manila May 28 MacArthur backs Macabebe alliance against their old enemies.
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Tagals
Washington
War Department
Aguinaldo
Manila
Schurman
24Th
Macabebe scouts armed by MacArthur to aid Americans
Gen. MacArthur plans to arm a hundred Macabebes as scouts and, if successful, enlist more. The U S transport Morgan City with 600 recruits arrived from San Francisco and will proceed to Iloilo. Maj. Diggles of the 13th Minnesota died of a head wound after reconnoitering near San Miguel. Manila reports say insurrectionists grow bolder with the wet season, trench lines and clashes around San Fernando San Pedro Macati, plus rumors of peace talks being misread. Paris reports a possible Dreyfus case revision by the civil section chief urging trial anew.
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United States
Morgan City
San Francisco
Iloilo
A. M. Diggles
13Th
Minnesota Regiment
San Miguel
St. Paul
Minn
Arthur M. Diggles
Minnesota Volunteers
Boston
Yale College
Minneapolis
Manila
Malolos
4Luna
Masecardo
Tarlac
Lawton
San Fernando
Fire destroys twenty houses in Port au Prince
Port au Prince Haiti May 29 Twenty houses burned in a blaze in the capital. Two firemen were wounded while fighting the fire. Authorities report the disaster caused extensive damage to the area and disrupted local services as responders battled the blaze.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
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