Cyclone kills two in Salina County and damages Indiana
A third cyclone within 24 hours strikes Assaria Salina County killing William Olson age 15 and Peter Olson. Dozens injured while Olson family home and barn are destroyed. Lightning, rain and wind cause extensive damage across Indiana including Lebanon and Biwood with barns and trams damaged and buildings destroyed.
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Ralina
Kon
Salina
Assaria
William A. Olson
Peter Olson
Olsons
Pridgeport
Hall
Cyclone Wrecks Ashland Area. No Lives Reported
A cyclone lashed parts of Ashland Kansas May 22 damaging the business district and many homes. Despite widespread destruction the report says no lives were lost though several residents were injured. Key sites and residents are listed among the wreckage.
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Arkland
Kan
Soras
Ashland
Ashlie
Devastation Hits Local Farm After Storm
The fine fruit farm of F. R. Kerns was swept clean of trees and buildings. The area suffered widespread damage as trees fell, and a large number of cattle were killed in the disaster.
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F. R. Kerns
Boy Confesses to Starting Sheffield Ave Fire
Chicago boy Corcoran twenty two a ul Corcoran aged 12 confesses to starting a fire that left thirty five families homeless and caused property damage worth ten percent. He says he did it Tuesday night to watch the firemen at work and is held at the Sheffield Avenue police station. He resides at 407 Sheffield Avenue.
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Chicago
Aul Corcoran
Jim
Sheffield Avenue
Dispute Over Hotel Service Ends in Discharge and Gifts
Indianapolis May 2. Luin Spence Tadley refused to make up Book er T. Washington's bed at the Ene likh hotel, leading to her discharge. She received presents from the south and from nearer home, including a gold watch and chain from Citizens of Todianapotia.
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Indianapolls
Luin Spence Tadley
Booker T. Washington
Enelikh Hotel
Indiana scrap iron dealers form group to counter price cuts
Indianapolis May 22 The Indiana Scrap Iron Dealers association will include dealers at Terre Haute Muncie Jacksonville Illinois Cincinnati and Chicago to oppose United States Steel and independent mills lowering scrap iron prices for barn iron use.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Scrap Iron Dealers’ Association
Terre Haute
Munete
Jacksonville
Ils
Cincionati
Chicago
Unite States Steel and Independent Mills
Train Quarantined at Sister's Stamford Home for Smallpox
George Francis Train, recently arrived from New York, is quarantined at his sister Ielen M. L. Gala Croagh Francis Train's Stamford home with a mild smallpox case. Physicians report he has been ill for at least a week.
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Stamford
Cana
Conn
George Francis
Ielen M. L. Gala
New York
Train
Bitten by a Mad Dog in Indianapolis
Three boys and two women were bitten by a mad dog on Liberty and Miami streets in Indianapolis on May 22. Victims include Mrs Betty Smith Henry and Freddie Bistred and Mrs John W Pierce plus an unknown child. The brown water spaniel owned by E Morse at 620 Miami street was killed.
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Indianapolis
Liberty
Miami
Betty Smith
Miami Street
Henry
Freddie Bistred
Thory Bistred
Miani Street
John W. Pierce
Milwaukee finds Hafemeister body with bullet wound near Lincoln Ave
The body of Emil Hafemeister was found in the river by Lincoln avenue with a bullet hole in the breast and only one dollar on him. Some foul play is suspected though he had been missing several days. He was to marry Miss Elia Ebert of 1008 Buffalo street the Saturday prior.
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Milwaukee
Emil Hafemeister
Lincoln Avenue
Hafemeister
Elia Ebert
Buffalo Street
Two ticket sellers sentenced in New Orleans injunction case
In New Orleans on May 22 Rawid Tike and J. T. Smith were sentenced by Judge Boorman for violating an injunction restraining them from dealing in reunion tickets. Smith received 100 dollars fine and ten days imprisonment while Mike faced 1 dollar and ten days imprisonment.
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New Orleans
Rawid Tike
J. T. Smith
Jude Boorman
Smith
Mike
Rain Floods Cause Barnim? Burlington Track Washout Near White Cloud
A heavy shower inundated Hastings region as one mile of the Sidney ranch track on the Burlington road near White Cloud was washed out. Five inches of rain fell in an hour flooding thousands of acres of corn fields and disrupting regional farming.
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Hastings
Sidney Ranch
Burlington Road
White Cloud
Telegraph foreman killed by live wire in Joliet incident
M L Eustace of Bellaire Kansas foreman of a Western Union Telegraph wire crew was fatally electrocuted while working atop a pole cross arm in Joliet on May 22.
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Joliet
M. L. Eustace
Bellaire
Kon
Western Union Telegraph Company
Robber Grabs Jewels From Lewie Coneman's Home
In Bay City on May 22 a daytime burglary at Assistant Prosecutor Lewie Coneman's residence netted about $7 in cash and some valuable jewels and souvenirs.
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Bay City
Mich
Lewie
Coneman
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana and nearby states
Partly cloudy conditions with possible thunder showers and southerly to variable winds across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin. Lower Michigan Iowa and nearby areas show similar clouds with scattered showers and variable or easterly winds.
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Market Report for Livestock and Grains
Estimated hog receipts 90,000 with prices from 5.66 to 6.62 for various grades. Cattle receipts 7,000 with steers and cows priced from 2.25 to 5.05, veal calves to 4.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 10,000 with western and native ranges up to 7.28 for native lambs. Buffalo exchange notes no cattle, hogs at 6.45 to 6.55, sheep steady. St. Louis grain shows mixed moves in wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley and barley bids with No. 2 grades at varied quotes.
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Meom Renna —Mitchers
Texas
Fast
Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis Grain
PLOT FOR A NOVEL CHILD WOULD HAVE BEEN WISE Had It Lived and Been Sure as to the Own Mother Conflict of Testimony
Pittshburg jury clears defendants in Beverly Robinson vs Rober S Stephenson case over eighteen feet of Wood street property worth about 100000 and paternity of a child. Trial revealed conflicting testimonies about whether the child was born to Mrs Robinson or to Mrs Metheny.
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Pittshburg
United States Circuit Court
Beverly Robinson
Rober S. Stephenson
Wood Street
Katherine Vera Robinson
Omaha
Robinson
David Gregg Metheney
Isus
Mair Haven
Dining Hall Opens at Joliet State Penitentiary
Joliet Illinois May 22 opening of the new penitentiary dining hall witnessed convicts seated at china plates. About twelve hundred marched from shops to the hall costing 45000. The hall seats 1590. 1525 inmates currently housed. Visitors included Superintendent Mallory and pardon board members.
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Joliet
State Penitentiary
Mallory
Pardon Board
Chicago
Roosevelt travels Willamette valley to Portland stop
President Roosevelt journeys through the Willamette valley from dawn until 2 p m reaching Portland after stops at Salem for a three hour address on citizenship and Oregon City a manufacturing town. Enthusiastic crowds greet the president along the route.
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Ore
Roosevelt
Willamette Valley
Salem
Capitol
Oregon City
Sintons
Failure of Forter Bros Embroiled in Overstated Debts
San Francisco managers say Porter Bros embarrassment temporary as attorney Defrees questions figures. Receivers’ counsel estimates debts at 800000 with potential rise. creditors mainly banks and warehousers. An office worker notes only Mr. Watson knows the trouble’s origin and firms’ assets may be far larger than liabilities.
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Chicgo
Defrees
Defrees, Bounce & Pitter
Defroes
River Street
Adama
Watson
Fem
San Francisco
Porter Tron
Students Withdraw From Lincoln Parade Riot
On May 22 students at the University of Nebraska Newported a parade and ghost dance devolving into a brief clash with thirty or forty special officers carnival showmen. Dozen students suffered bloody noses broken heads ears torn and foreheads cut while officers escaped with minor injuries amid claims students tried to force entry to show tents without paying.
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Lincoln
Ned
University of Nebraska
Gramnmis
Order of Uawles
Soldier with Leprosy Identified at Georgia Camp
The soldier suffering from leprosy at a Georgia isolation camp is Charles C. Mix first sergeant of the Fifth company Coast Artillery Corps. The comptroller of the treasury ruled on pay vouchers, enabling a War Department regulation to cover the case. The Great Northern Express raised messenger wages 12 percent. Montana board of sheep commissioners cites 100000 sheep lost to recent blizzard.
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Washington
Georgia
Comptroller of the Treasury
Charles C. Mix
Coast Artillery Corps
Mix
Comptroller
Secretary of War
Montana Board of Sheep Commissioners
Scores at Base Ball May 2 Chicago
Baseball results list scores from games in Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston New York Cleveland Detroit St Louis Chicago and other cities. Key outcomes include Chilcageo 11 Philadelphia 6 Pittsburg 11 Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 6 Boston 8 St Louis 4 New York 9 and Minneapolis 19 Toledo 4.
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Tague
Philadelphia
Chilcageo
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Boston
Cincinnnati
New York
St. Louis
American
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Association
Minneaapolis
Toledo
Minneapolis
St. Caul
Columbus
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Western
Omaha
St. Joseph
Colorado Springs
Des Moines
Denver
T'Eoria
Postmaster General Probes Rural Free Delivery Deficit
Congress will be asked toappropriate funds to cover a $227 407 deficiency in both regular and rural free delivery services of the post office department. Postmaster General Payne criticized A W Machen, the general superintendent, as responsible for loose administration while Machen will be given a hearing. The entire rural free delivery program is suspended until the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Congress
Ths
Postofice
Toermester
Payne
Preyelle
Machen
Wrenne
Wyone
Weone
Camnet
A.W. Machen
Report on Russia 1801 news edition allegedly disappeared
Sir Walter Kempster telegram from Milwaukee states the government edition of 10 000 copies on Russia in 1801 vanished or was destroyed by Russian authorities if not supported by government printing office records. Six to ten thousand copies may have been credited to senators and representatives and distributed through them. Some remain on record awaiting disposition.
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Workington
Walter Kempster
Milwaukee
Russia
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for painful periods
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for menstrual pain and female weakness. It claims regularity, healing of inflammation, and private consultations from Buffalo New York, with testimonials including Mrs Dolan of Madrid Nebraska.
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Doctor Pierce
Grover Cleveland and Admiral Lamberton Leave Middle Bass
Grover Cleveland and Admiral Lamberton depart Middle Bass after a week of good fishing. In a regular race off Glen Cove S J the new defender Reliance beat the Columbia on every leg of the triangle. The first British Transvaal parliament opened by Sir Arthur Laney lieutenant governor of the Transvaal. The strike fever continues lively at day by day.
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Admiral Lamberton
Glen Cove
S. J
Reliance
Columbia
Arthur Laney
Transvaal
Lhieizo
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J. Palmer
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