Oklahoma Tornado Ravages Eddy Tonkawa in Kay County
A deadly Oklahoma storm struck Eddy and Tonkawa in Kay County last night. Ten miles by thirty six swept area destroyed buildings, crops, and farms with losses over 100000 dollars. Three killed in Eddy, seven injured. Tonkawa suffered extensive property damage but no fatalities.
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Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma
Kay County
Eddy
Tonkaws
Maud M’gathey
Louis Mgathey
Robert M'Ginnin
Charles Goldsmith
John M'Brain
Hugh Prather
Judd M'Williams
Howard Hanagan
Ruby Higinbotham
A. D. Evans
Kansas State Line
Kay
Grant
Falk Road
Tonkawa
Six Railway Workers Dead in Vestal Dynamite Blast
June 8 Vestal near Binghamton N Y. A Lackawanna freight train backing into a water stop detonated a large dynamite charge in the second car from the caboose. Six men killed and three fatally injured. Names include Kelley Polhemus Meddick Wetherbee Mattice Rag an etc. The blast demolished both trains and shattered Westland Union windows across the river. Shock felt thirty miles away.
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Binghamton
Lackawanna
Vestal
Here
M Kelley
Elmira
Theodore Polhemus
William Meddick
Elmer Polhemus
Wetherbee
Mattice
Lon Ragan
George Mattice
Westland Union
Train wreck disrupts Overland Limited near Hanna Wyoming
The Overland Limited eastbound on the Union Pacific near Hanna, 149 miles west of Cheyenne, derailed at 2 a.m. causing the engine tender, composite car, mail car and two Pullmans to leave the track. A tramp riding the train was injured with a broken arm. no others hurt.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Hanna
Frisco Passenger Train Wrecks Near Greenwood Station
Ten persons injured as east bound Frisco passenger train No 106 wrecks at Greenwood station sixty miles east of Wichita Kansas. Two cars burn after the wreck. the accident occurred this afternoon with emergency crews responding.
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Wichita
Kan
Greenwood
Train Crash at Greenwood Station Kills Two in Oklahoma
Ten persons aboard a Missouri Pacific train were injured when a dining car and a sleeper derailed at Greenwood Station. MRS H W SMITH of Newkirk and conductor T E A ECKERS died. seven others severely hurt. Fire from a range in the dining car destroyed both derailed cars within minutes. The wreck followed speeds near thirty miles an hour and left eight injured with unidentified names.
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H.W. Smith
Newkirk
T. E. A. Eckers
Iercee
Falver
Greenwood Station
Drummer Uncovers 45,000 in Interest and 250,000 in Property
William Warner a drummer from New Haven discovered a trunkful of bonds and stock from the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Adams and United States Express in a relative's old haircloth trunk. In Hartford he presented the papers to a broker and learned of 45000 dollars in accrued interest and property valued at about 250000 dollars.
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Hartford, Conn
William Warner
New Haven
Warner
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Adams
United States Express
Hartford
Injured Navy Officer J H Bull Receives Care After Fall
Lieutenant Commander J M Bull in charge of hydrographic service at the Pan American grounds fell from the dome of the government building in Buffalo. He sustained a broken right leg below the knee and a fractured hip, with a suspected skull fracture ruled out. He was taken to Emergency Hospital, then moved home as surgeons reported serious but not fatal injuries. Bull, forty, a Pennsylvania native and Annapolis graduate, served in the Spanish American War and later on the Petrel in Philippine waters. He resides in Buffalo with his wife and four children.
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Buffalo
N. Y
J. MH. Bull
United States Navy
Bull
Pennsylvania
Annapolis Naval Academy
Philippine
Mrs McKinley's Illness Reveals Blood Infection Details
The bulletin explains Mrs. McKinley's illness as a blood infection from a bone felon on her index finger, with inflammation of the heart lining due to the same infection. After treatment in Los Angeles and a period of exhaustion, she improved and was brought home to Washington. The White House notes a more hopeful aspect, with rest aiding recovery, and the President encouraged by signs of improvement.
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Washington
June
White House
Tne
Belgium
Rixey
Jefferson Reynolds
New Mexico
McKinley
Man Ends Life On Santa Fe Train At Winslow
Albuquerque June 8 A man identified as Herman H Johnston of St Louis cut his throat with a razor in the doorway of the chair car of a Santa Fe passenger train at Winslow. The crowded car sparked fainting among several women and a returning Philippines soldier, driven mad by the scene, leaped from the window and fled across sand hills before being captured.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Herman
Johnston
St. Louis
Santa Fe
Winslow
Philippines
Cigarette Smoker's Crime At Deaf Institute
Berkeley, June. Weir Allen, nine, deaf mute, burned to death at the State Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind while being bathed in alcohol by attendant George Hoffman. Hoffman lit a match and threw it into the alcohol, causing the fire.
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Berkeley
Cal
Weir Allen
State Institute For the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
George Hoffman
Hoffman
Duel and Row Park Scene of a Second Encounter
Max Regis notorious Jew baiter wounded in the arm by M Laberdesque. He demanded a bare knuckle fight with the victor, seconds intervened, and a second duel with swords is likely to be fought.
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Max Regis
Duel fans spark near riot in Paris sword duel
In Paris at Parc des Princes, a resumed sword duel between Max Regis and M. Laberdesque ended with Regis wounded in the forearm and spectators clashing with seconds. Officials averted further fighting as two more duels are planned and Laberdesque’s secretary may duel a journalist.
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Paris
Parc Des Princes
Max Regis
Algiers
M. Laberdesque
M. Regis
Malatoe
Leroy
M. Deschler
Gaucher
Regis
Laberdesque
Thomogeaux
Gerault Richard
Petite Republicque
Temps
Bernhardt Doubtful on English Romeo Role in Latest Plans
London reports Mme Sarah Bernhardt joked about playing Romeo to Maude Adams's Juliette, then wavered on mastering English for the part. Frohman notes Edna May's status with himself and George Edwards. Theatre news includes Hawtrey's New York return and London County Council seating limits fight. Notable attendees at Melba's opera Thursday included the Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs West.
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London
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Romeo
Maude Adams
Mme. Bernhardt
Charles Frohman
Mr. Frohman
Associated Press
Edna May
Himself
George Edwards
T. P. O'Connor
Texas
Queen's Theater
Kitty Cheatham
Odo “Sotires
Charles Hawtrey
New York
Garrick Theater
Mars
Enga
Hawtrey
America
Brankleys
London County Council
Mme. Melbas
Duchess of Marlborough
George Cornwallis West
Woman Cruelly Treated In Paris Case Shocks Public
In Poitiers a wealthy landowner Mme Monnier and her son were arrested for imprisoning Mile Blanche Monnier for 25 years. Police found her in darkness in a filthy room, emaciated and near death, later taken to a hospital as she began regaining some strength. The Monniers allegedly kept her as a living skeleton, the room filthy with vermin and debris.
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Paris
Mme. Monnier
Poitiers
Department of Vienna
Mile
Blanche Monnier
Monnier
Prisoner’s son blames mother for crime as he pleads filial ties
In a dramatic development the defendant claimed filial piety and that the mother bore responsibility. The lawyer died in 18 percent and Mme onnter died in prison of heart disease after the judge’s Thursday examination, with the prisoner becoming ill and dying in the infirmary this morning.
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Mme
Onnter
Albania question stirs fears of Balkan unrest in Rome
In the Chamber of Deputies Signor Guiccardini warned that Macedonia may trigger a surprise and Italy cannot be a puppet of any power. He cited Austrian propaganda in Albania and questioned status quo declarations. Other speakers noted Balkans unrest as Count Goulchowski’s remarks echoed fears of imminent trouble. Signor Prinetti’s speech was postponed.
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Rome
Signor Guiccardini
Budget Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Macedonia
Italy
Bizerta
Vallona
Durazzo
Albania
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Balkans
Count Goulchowski
Europe
Signor Prinett
Dreyfus and Labori in London Relations Blur
Maitre Labori arrives in England and notes a cooled bond with Dreyfus since Rennes. Friends accuse Dreyfus of ingratitude, saying he avoided Labori in Paris. Labori remains ardent, insisting the prisoner on Devil's Island was wrongfully convicted and denounces detractors.
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London
England
Maitre Labori
Dreyfus
Rennes
Paris
M. Labori
Devil's Island
British win two Boer laager actions capturing prisoners and munitions
The British surprised Boer laagers in Cape Colony on Thursday night capturing forty two prisoners sixteen thousand rounds of ammunition and supplies. A Pretoria area railroad wreck on June seven killed nine soldiers and injured many. The War Office dismisses any Boer request for a conference with Lord Kitchener at Standerton. Duchess of Marlborough opens a Children’s Union sale at Westminster Town Hall praising work to save children from poverty.
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London
Cape Colony
Pretoria
British War Office
Botha
Lord Kitchener
Standerton
Duchess of Marlborough
Westminster Town Hall
Children’s Union
Finance minister raises duties on bicycles and resins
St. Petersburg reports the minister of finance has increased duties on American bicycles by nine percent and on several resins used for colophonium galipot and brewers pitch by twenty percent. The new rates take effect fourteen days after the report.
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ST. Petersburg
Vatican Legation Report Not Credible Says Rome Dispatch
A Rome dispatch says Vatican circles reject the claim that the United States intends to establish a legation at the Vatican, noting such a move would be agreeable to the Vatican though not currently planned. Also noted are passenger Viscount Deerhurst aboard the Cunard Umbria, and Sir Francis Jeune rescinding the Marchioness of Anglesey’s divorce decree after in camera arguments. Paris police seize American May Churchill linked to the Paris American Express burglary.
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Rome
Vatican
United States
Cunard Line
Umbria
Liverpool
New York
Viscount Deerhurst
Earl of Coventry
Virginia
Charles W. Boninge
California
Francis Jeune
British High Court of Justice
Anglesey
Paris
May Churchill
Tom” Edwards
American Express Company
Chiesgo May
Defiance Hurdled Back By Canadian Machinists
Toronto June 8 The International Machinists Association adopts a resolution declaring war on the National Metal Trades Association demanding a shorter workday and refusing any compromise. President O Connell says pacific efforts to settle nationally were rejected. F P Sargeant grand master of the Locomotive Engineers Association pledges aid to their fight.
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Toronto
Ontario
International Machinists’ Association
National Metal Trades Association
O'Connell
International Association
F. P. Sargeant
Kemens Association
Harrisburg Signs Emery and Fecht Rapid Transit Bills
Governor Stone signed two rapid transit laws allowing street railways. Applications to take out charters surged before the official announcement, with more filings expected. Secretary Griest disclosed charters issued to thirteen street railway companies for Philadelphia suburbs, though issuer names and routes remained private.
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Harrisburg
Stone
Emery
Fecht
State Department
Griest
Philadelphia
Robbers Bind Operator and Loot Mobile & Ohio Depot
In Sparta Illinois two masked men robbed the Mobile and Ohio depot last night. They bound and gagged the night operator and locked him in a box car. The safe was blown and about 900 dollars taken.
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Sparta
Ill
Mobile & Ohio
Few Good Jobs for Ambitious to Fill Public Posts
President pays little heed to patronage since return to Washington as openings remain scarce. Commissioner Evans refuses retirement, leaving pension attorneys and clients clamoring for positions and relief.
ISTHMIAN WATERWAY TREATY READY FOR SENATE CONSIDERATION
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports confidence that the Isthmian waterway treaty with Great Britain will be ready for Senate action next winter. The piece also surveys pending administrative patronage shifts under President McKinley, including pensions and postoffice appointments, and notes Evans’ steady tenure as pension commissioner amid pension lawyer pressure.
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Senate
Isthmian Canal Controversy Could Be Settled Soon
Secretary Hay expects to present a new US Britain convention next winter aimed at a satisfactory isthmian canal treaty. Pressure grows in Congress as Panama proponents seek a rapid solution. If the US builds a canal, Panama stock would fall to near worthless, prompting potential handover of work to Washington.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Hay
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Isthmian Canal
Congress
Panama
Atlantic
Pacific
Morgan
House
Panama and Nicaragua propaganda sustain Chagres fever canal
National capital notes report ongoing propaganda favoring the Nicaraguan route amid talk of the Panama canal. Rural Free Delivery headquarters will stay in Indianapolis. Coffee post office moved slightly. various officials, pensions, and treasury balances noted. General Grant extends leave. Army appointments announced. Mercer probes postmaster reappointments. cautious federal staffing during congressional recess.
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Panama
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Mary Louise Kelley
Terre Haute
Washington Normal and Kindergarten Institute
Coffee
Clay County
Indiana
Wishard
Indianapolis
Chicago
Mason
T. M Reilly
St. James
Internal Revenue
D. E. Henry
Henry
Treasury
General Fund
Frederick G. Grant
Philippines
William D. Brander
James L. Griffes
John C. Granville
John M. Moose
Henry H. Whitney
Weutenants
le Vert Coleman
Albert B. Putnam
Mercer
Nebraska
White House
Congress
Died in Captivity Report Reaches Watertown
A letter from Paul J. Spillaine of the Ninth Infantry, in the Philippines, claims Major Rockefeller was taken prisoner by Filipinos at Tarlac and died in captivity after going mad. The letter disputes a rumor that Rockefeller killed his own son and died by his own hand.
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Syracuse
Paul J. Spillaine
Ninth Infantry
Philippines
Watertown
Spillaine
Tarlac
Rockefeller
United States appeals for Hague arbitration in Peking issue
The U S government seeks Hague tribunal arbitration on Peking indemnity disputes. Secretary Hay approves envoy Rockhill to propose submission to The Hague. Also noted is Li Hung Chang’s acknowledgment of a $26 000 relief grant from the American famine relief fund allied to the Christian Herald.
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Washington
United States
Peking
Rockhill
Hay
Shan-Li
Li Hung Chang
Louis Klopsch
Christian Herald
Ching
America
Wu Objects to Exclusion Act in San Francisco
Treasury telegrams San Francisco to aid Chinese consul in arresting Su Shipi Shan and deporting him to China. Wu, the Chinese minister, had allowed land for three Chinese men on business for the government but later withdrew endorsement after learning Su Shipi Shan was not on official business. Wu opposed the exclusion act claiming every Chinese seeker deserves trial in a court of justice.
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Washington
Treasury Department
San Francisco
Su Shipi Chan
China
State Department
United States
Su Shipi Shan
Department
Court of Justice
Indians in Passion Play at Chilliwack Reserve
Five hundred Smash Indians from thirteen tribes gathered on the Chilliwack reserve for the Passion Play after a rain delay. Under Roman Catholic missionary direction, they performed in seven dialects and vivid costumes before local spectators from across the Pacific coast, marking a festive devotions scene amid a large aboriginal gathering.
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Vancouver
B. C
Chilliwacke
British Columbia
Public Duties West and Passengers Injured on the Big Pole
Joseph Farrand Tuttle born March 12 1818 in Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey educated at Marietta College and Lane Theological Seminary served as pastor in Delaware Ohio and Rockaway New Jersey elected president of Wabash College in 1963 devoted to expanding and improving the institution. He conducted chapel exercises weekly and authored biographies and local histories including The Life of William Tuttle and Annals of Morris County New Jersey.
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Joseph Farrand Tuttle
Bloomfield
Essex County
New Jersey
Marietta College
Ohio
Lane Theological Seminary
Cincinnati
Delaware
Reockaway
N. J
Wabash College
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
George Stockton Burroughs
Crawfordsville
Susan C. King
Rockaway
J. Ferdinand Tuttle
Denver
Arthur Tuttle
Shell Lake
Wis
E. B. Thomson
C. J. Thomas
Wiliam Tuttle
John Homes
Widows and Pioneers Die in Indiana Notices
In SPICELAND Henley eighty four, widow of Jabex Hi Henley and mother of David H Henley and Albert Henley, dies after a long life as a Henry county pioneer. In HAGERSTOWN Mrs Geo Ward dies at fifty nine from apoplexy after three hours illness. In RICHMOND Mrs Mary F Wuenker, seventy four, a pioneer resident, dies at home. In FRANKLIN Mrs Charles B Vawter, wife of a merchant and daughter of the late A B Huneter, passes away last night.
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Spiceland
Ind
Henley
Jabex Hi. Henley
Henry County
Jennie Hill
Pasadena
Cal
David H. Henley
Arthur Hen
Albert Henley
Lawrence Kan
Friends’ Church
Hagerstown
Geo. Wari
Ward
Franklin, Ind
Charles B. Vawter
A. B. Huneter
Lynching attempt follows arrest of Reynolds in Indiana
Mob violence tops a crash course in rural crime as Henry Reynolds, 30, is captured after a July 4 assault on Lydia Case, 13, near Princeton. A border-crossing mob from Indiana forced an emergency hearing. Reynolds is jailed in Mount Carmel, Illinois, amid heightened sheriffly guards and warnings of further action. John Neely, a local farmer, shot himself on his sweetheart’s doorstep after she refused marriage, with plans to wed later in the fall.
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Indianapolis Journal
Princeton
Ind
Henry Reynolds
Lydia Case
Mount Carmel
Indiana
Reynolds
Ple
North Vernon
June
John Neely
Rip
Hig
Viola Brinton
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O. T
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Park Des Princes
Sarah Hernhardt
Frohman
Sarah
Dreyfus and
Labors
Oats
Cable Notes
Metal Trades Association
Lension
Evans
Eire
Ket
Mary Hay
Root
Corbin
Henry Clay Evans
Tennessee
Corporal Tanner
Bristow
Charles Emory Smith
Sunflower State
Willard Way Brown
War Department
Brown
Youngbrood
Alabama
Interior Department
Robert S. Persons
South Dakota
Bottigrew
Gamble
Castle
Post Office Department
National Caputal
Major Rockefeller
Hague Tribunal
J. ¥. Tuttle
Fort Wayne
Gibson County
Illinois
Jonesboro
New Castle
H. A. Johnson
Joseph F. Tuttle
Ristine
Tuttle
Ferdinand
Swain
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