Attempt on President Faure in Paris Sparks Arrests
A bomb exploded as Felix Faure's carriage passed near the Bois de Boulogne. A man named Gallet, suspected as the prime mover, was arrested after a quick search of his Lavalliers- Perret lodging. another youth was detained. Police found a pistol with Faure inscriptions and a mocking cartoon nearby.
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Paris
Felix Faure
Longchamps
M. Faure
la Cascade
Bois de Boulogne
Gallet
Lavalliers- Perret
Elysee
Alsace-Lorraine
Cologne
Faure
Mason City Torn by Cyclone
A cyclone struck northwest of Lyle Minnesota at 6 50 PM yesterday and tracked southeast half a mile wide. Reports say several killed and many injured as farms and homes were demolished and telegraph lines were down. A special train with surgeons and linemen was sent from Waterloo to assist in Lyle.
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Mason City
Iowa
Lyle
Minn
Kandiyohi
Wilmar County
John Berquist
Waterloo
Prince of Wales Horse Sale At Wolverton Farm
The fourth biennial sale of the prince of Wales hackneys and harness took place at Wolverton near Sandringham Norfolk. Nearly all horses bred at the Wolverton farm by Sir Dighton Probyn. The sale total reached 8449 guineas with William Waldorf Astor buying a pair of geldings for 900 guineas, the top price.
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London
Prince of Wales
Prince's Farm
Wolverton
Sandringham
Norfolk
Wolverton Farm
Dighton Probyn
Princess of Wales
Princess Victoria of Wales
Duke and Duchess of York
Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark
William Waldorf Astor
Mr. Astor
Umatilla Fire Causes $8000 Loss Including Store
An 8,000 dollar fire at Umatilla Oregon on a Sunday evening was caused by a lamp overturn near Mean's general merchandise store. Mean's store stock Kelly's hotel and A R Jacks dwelling were destroyed with only about one third insured.
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Pendleton, Or
Umatilla
Mean
Kelly
A. R. Jack
Imperial Council Names Officers for Next Year
In Detroit on June 10 the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine elected new officers for the coming year. Albert M. McGaffey was chosen as Grand Potentate, M F Allen as Deputy Potentate, J H Atwood as Chief Rabban, Lou B Winsor as Assistant Rabban, Philip C Shaffer as High Priest, and William S Brown as Oriental Treasurer. The council also set the ninth meeting for Dallas Texas, starting the second Tuesday in June.
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Imperial Council
Detoit
Mich
Mystic Shrine Council
Dallas
Tex
Albert M. McGaffey
Denver
M. F. Allen
Kansas City
Rabban
J. H. Atwood
Leavenworth
Kan
Drowned Man in Lewis River Near Tacoma
Charles De Wolf, formerly of Tacoma, drowned in the Lewis river while straightening a jam of logs. A log struck him, tossing him from his boat. his body has not been recovered.
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Lewis River
Tacoma
Wash
Charles de Wolf
Senate group to probe patents for Pacific railroads
Washington June 14. The senate committee on Pacific railroads will investigate patents issued for U S land to Pacific railroads and the California Oregon railway. A five member sub committee to be named by the vice president will report on subsidies owed to the sinking fund and on offsetting charges to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The panel may meet during the senate recess and expenses come from the senate contingent fund. No action was taken on clearing the paramount liens of the Union Pacific railway.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Pacific Railroads
Pettigrew
Foraker, Stewart and Harris
Kansas
United States
Pacific Railroads
California & Oregon Railway
Senate
Union and
Central Pacific
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Harris
Secretary of the Treasury
Union Pacific Railway
Seventeen Lost From Buckhurst After Fire At Sea
The Buckhurst burned near the Nicaraguan coast after February departure from Newcastle with coal. Five crewmen reached Cocos island. 17 men disappeared while the rest endured thirst and exposure before rescue by the City of Para, now in quarantine in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Para
mid-Pacific
Buckhurst
Punta Arenas
Newcastle
Panama
Cocos Island
Reorganization Plan Nears for Union Pacific
Boston June 15 The reorganization committee is expected to reveal a new Union Pacific plan acceptable to the government. The plan aims to secure the road for about 28.69 million dollars, with minimum bids at 45.545 million. Oliver W Mink named probable president. mortgage bonds reduced to 75 million and preferred stock increased for sinking funds and Kansas Pacific analogs.
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Boston
Union Pacific Railway
Oliver W. Mink
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Sultan in angry mood as Turkish peace talks stall
European ambassadors deny direct negotiations between Turkey and Greece while disapproval over Thessaly and a Turkish peace envoy prompts the sultan to summon a special peace commission. The commission splits with a majority opposed to yielding to the powers. Sir Philip Currie’s brusque remark sparks anger in Constantinople.
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London
Constantinople
Turkey
Greece
Assem Bey
Siam Bey
Thessaly
Special Commission
Philip Currie
England
Memorial Statue Unveiled For Mrs Sarah Siddons in London
In London on June 14 Sir Henry Irving unveiled a memorial statue to Mrs Sarah Scott Siddons the renowned English actress. The monument stands on Reddington Green near the burial site where Siddons was interred sixty years ago reflecting her enduring theatrical legacy.
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London
Sir Henry Irving
Sarah Scott Siddons
Reddington Green
Wool Firm and Coffee Prices Steady in New York Market
In New York on June 14 Wool-Firm Coffee closed steady with June at 7.20 to 7.20 and September at 7.35 to 7.45 with Rio spot dull at No 7 7%e and invoice 8ec Sugar Raw strong while refined remains firm in the market report.
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New York
World News Roundup Highlights Fires and Fortunes
Major events span fires in Cairo Illinois with 80 000 dollars in losses including a Baptist church and stables, nominations for mint superintendents in San Francisco and New Orleans, a railroad builder died amid Gilded Age fortunes, a poisoning tragedy in Kentucky, market shifts in Chicago wheat, and political shifts from California reprieves to Greek and Russian alliances.
Debs Plans Colonization Scheme and Union Reform
Eugene V. Debs announces the American Railway Union is dead and outlines a colonization plan modeled on Bellamy theory with Washington state as the test. A pamphlet of principles, statewide organizing, and a new union form are planned with a civil service style enrollment. Debs foresees a 100000 unemployed army ready in 10 days and a first division to Washington state within 30 days.
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Chicago
Friends of
Eugene V. Debs
Amercan Railway Union
Hendel Hall
Uhirich Hall
E. V. Debs
Debs
American Railway Union
American Co-operative Union
Brotherhood
Washington State
Aeronauts Die After Airship Fire Near Berlin
Berlin June 14. Harry Woelfert and machinist Knabe died when an experimental steering airship from Templehoff exploded at 3000 feet. The balloon and car caught fire and fell to the ground in flames. Benzine in the steering motor caused the disaster.
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Berlin
Herry
Revolver and Hay Fork Fatal Fight Near Medford
News from Medford Oregon reports L. C. Quisley was shot and killed by Doc Scraggs near Prospect, about 40 miles from Medford. Scraggs says he acted in self defense after Quisley struck him with a hay fork while Quisley was unloading hay from a field. Quisley, described as middle aged and unmarried, died instantly.
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L. C. Quisley
Doc” Scraggs
Prospect
Scraggs
Quisley
Mines and Prospects Progress in Ainsworth Camp
Mines and prospect development continues across the Ainsworth camp with 15 men on Tariff at Omaha Grant Smelting, new pumps at Mile Point, and Albion crosscutting toward a 350 foot ledge. The Wonderful group reports first ore carload of 15 tons yielding 119 ounces silver, 71.4% lead and a net $1148.49.
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Ainsworth
Omaha Grant Smelting Company
Mile Point
McCune
Albion
J. M. Moore
Spokane
Jack O'Neill
Highland
A. Stalberg
Bell
Wonderful Group
Slocan
Scotia Company Advances on Tou Lou Mountain Ledge
The Scotia company, first to open development on Tou Lou mountain, operates its machinery plant and makes rapid progress on the ledge developed last winter. It sinks from the end of a 200 foot tunnel while shipping ore is taken out and a crew grades a wagon road a mile and a half to connect with the Bossburg Cascade City stage road at Twelve Mile Creek.
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Scotia Company
Toulou Mountain
Bossburg
Cascade City
Gopher Maid of Erin and other claims sold to London firm
The Gopher, Maid of Erin, Home stake and R. E. Lee claims north of the Rossland camp are reported transferred to the Homestake Consolidated Mines Company of London Eng. with $750000 capital stock. The plan is to start with $100000 in the treasury after all costs are paid to develop the properties, subject to stockholder ratification.
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Gopher
Maid of Erin
Homestake
R. E. Lee
Rossland Camp
Homestake Consolidated Mines Company of London
Eng
Sunshine Mining Company floats in London for Lardeau claims
The Sunshine Mining Company of Lardeau British Columbia has been floated in London. It owns the Silver Cup Sunshine and Towser claims in the Lardeau district and plans large scale development.
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Lardeau
Sunshine Mining Company
B. C
London
Silver Cup
Sunshine
Towser
Lardeau Country
Change in Tariff Amendments Withdrawals and Additions
Washington June 10 republicans on the finance committee will withdraw amendments for an additional tax on beer and for a 10 cent a pound tea duty. Revenue concerns drive the move as tobacco tax relief would affect the bill. A bank check stamp tax is favored to replace lost revenue while senate finance favors more amendments to the agricultural schedule notably fishing provisions and a new chocolate paragraph with meat extract duty wording adjusted to exclude package weight.
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Reform Episcopal Church
Cheney
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
London Standard
Madrid
Spain
United States
Voseeage Finishing Company
Lynn
Mass
F. A. Wyman
Hiram A. Waite
Port Huron
Mich
House of Correction
Baramouth
Odham
England
Westampton
Oswesley
W. J. Bryan
Washington
Finance Committee
Senate Committee On Finance
Murderer Silbey Slays Five In Kemper County
In Kemper county Mississippi a man named Silbey, drunk and raving, killed five African Americans, three women and two children, as six others escaped. A lynch mob formed after the massacre and surrounded him in the woods, with a bloody confrontation feared.
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Meridian
Miss
Kemper County
Silbey
Sibley
Big Hole Basin Terror Leader Shot by Officers
William Christensen a stockraiser and miner is killed by Beaverhead county officers in Dillon Montana after attempting to flee arrest for criminal assault on Lena Frederickson. Sheriff Smith arrived with Christensen's body. Christensen was known as a terror in the Big Hole region and owned substantial property.
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Dillon
Mont
Smith
Beaverhead County
Big Horn Basin
William Christensen
Lena Frederickson
Utah
Christensen
Big Hole
Three Young Women Die in Lightning Near Bellaire
In Bellaire Ohio on June 15 three 19 year old residents of Jacobsburg were struck by lightning while walking from church. Minnie McGuire Alpha Taylor Emma White died from the blast while Sarah Bohring was badly stunned and may die. The steel in their corsets is believed to have contributed to the fatalities.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Minnie McGuire
Alpha Taylor
Emma White
Sarah Bohring
Jacobsburg
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