Severe Storm Ravages Midwest With Widespread Damage
A violent wind and electrical storm lashed Minnesota Wisconsin and nearby states causing seven deaths dozens injured and extensive property damage. Watertown South Dakota suffered 300 buildings demolished while cities like Minneapolis St Paul Sioux City and Wausau reported heavy wind and flood impacts. Telecommunication lines failed and crops suffered major losses as the storm moved eastward.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Loretta Grams
Margaret Kelly
Louis Grams
Esther Munson
Wausau
Wis
Clear Lake
Watertown
S.D
Sioux City
St. Pauls
Appleton
Eau Claire
Oshkosh
Madison
Fond du Lac
Marinette
Milwaukee
Rabbits Drowned As Flood Submerges River Islands
Thousands of rabbits and other small animals drown on river islands as floodwater covers the area several feet deep. Rabbits climb trees to escape rising water while boats pass beneath the branches. The river begins to recede and should return to normal levels in a few weeks.
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Clinton
Saloon Case Closed Ottumwa Saloons Remain Shut
Des Moines June 25 The supreme court refused to reopen the Ottumwa saloon case and overruled a rehearing motion. The ruling leaves Ottumwa saloons permanently closed because one petition circulator was judged not of good moral character.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Baptist Sunday School Picnic At City Park
The Baptist Sunday school picnic at the city park yesterday drew a large crowd with dinner served to over a hundred attendees. Children enjoyed the city playgrounds and Teen. A. F. Colver and family, visiting from out of town, began an overland trip to Nevis Minnesota to visit Rev. Colver’s parents and remain there indefinitely.
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A. F. Colver
Rev. Colver
Nevis
Minnesota
Rebels seize Zacatecas in northern Mexico
The Mexican constitutionalists captured Zacatecas at sundown yesterday after heavy fighting. Two of Villa's generals were wounded, including Gen Trinidad Rodriguez who was seriously hurt, and Gen Maclovio Herrera was slightly wounded. Juarez celebrated as news arrived.
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el Paso
Tex
Zacatecas
Mexico
Villa
Juarez
Ornelas
Lazaro
de la Garza
Orestes Pereyra
Torreon
Trinidad Rodriguez
Maclovio Herrera
No Further Rioting In Butte By Miners
Butte Montana was quiet after a riot stemming from a split within the Western Federation of Miners local union. One man was killed four injured and heavy property damage occurred. Mayor Duncan hesitated to claim the tumult ended and feared reprisals between factions. Citizens look to Governor Stewart for a solution as Moyer and others seek state control. The sheriff took no action and Mayor Duncan declined to request troops.
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Butte
Mont
Miners’ Union
Duncan
Western Federation of Miners
Stewart
Helena
Charles H. Moyer
Federation
German Army Air Fatality Claims Lieutenant Kobe
In Schwerin Germany on June 25 a German army flying corps accident killed Lieutenant Kobe when the plane he piloted overturned. Captain Ruff, riding as passenger, sustained a broken leg.
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Schwerin
Germany
Army Flying Corps
Kobe
Ruff
United Mine Workers Back Wage Scale Plan in District 13
In Centerville on June 25 the United Mine Workers district No 13 approved a two year wage scale agreement with a referendum vote over a commission. Officials report Asia miners backed the old scale by about 2500 in figures released yesterday.
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Centerville
United Mine Workers
Asia Miners
Immigrant rescue after grain ship Gothland hits rocks near Scilly
The Belgian steamer Gothland carrying grain from Montreal to Rotterdam struck Grim Rocks off Bishop Lighthouse in dense fog. Fifty crew and 130 immigrants were rescued by nearby lifeboats and the Lyonnesse, landing at Hugh Town, St Mary’s Island. Some injuries reported. The Gothland, owned by Red Star line and chartered to Canadian line, took on water and faced possible total loss.
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Scilly, Eng
Belgium
Gothland
Montreal
Rotterdam
Bishop Light House
Scilly Islands
Lyonnesse
Penzance
St. Mary’s
Ascanius
Montezuma
Lizard Island
Hughtown
St. Mary’s Island
Red Star Line
Canadian Line
Salem Fire Ravages Half the City Causing 20 Million Loss
Fire swept Salem Massachusetts from Gallows Hill west through Proctor Pope Broad Hawthorne Winthrop Mount Vernon Endicott and Peabody streets destroying 1000 buildings and forcing 10000 residents homeless. Water mains failed and firemen struggled as flames spread toward the waterfront and north city districts.
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Salem
Mass
Korn Leather Company
Beverly Bridge
Gallows Hills
Boston & Maine
Jefferson Avenue
Water Front
North Street
Standard Oil Company
Naumkeag Cotton Mills
St. Joseph's
Orphan Asylum
State Armory
Gallows Hill
Proctor
Boston
Pope
Broad
Hawthorne
Winthrop
Mount Vernon
Endicott
Peabody
South Salem
City Orphan Asylum
Lafayette Street
Salem Hospital
Roosevelt Arrival Delights New York Progressives
The second homecoming of Col Theodore Roosevelt within two months stirs progressives and friends. Roosevelt spends days at Oyster Bay as leaders confer on political questions. Wireless reports from the Imperator say he plans a June 30 Pittsburgh speech after recovering from fever.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
South America
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Pittsburgh
Colonel Roosevelt
Bossius
DROWNS IN DES MOINES RIVER NEAR ARMSTRONG IA
Lyle V. Neitzell a bookkeeper at Immet County bank drowned in the east fork of the Des Moines river three miles south of Armstrong. He was swept away after entering the water with a tramp. Companions tried to save him but the swift current carried him away. A search began and continued all night as the river ran high from recent rains. no body was found by morning.
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Armstrong
Lyle V. Neitzell
Immet
Des Moines
President Moyer guard heightened amid killing rumors
Helena Montana June 26 Unconfirmed rumors that gunmen arrived to kill Charles H Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners led him to retire from public life. He is guarded by friends and local authorities while officials say a plot against him prompted precaution. He plans to stay in Helena for three to four days before visiting other federation locals in the state.
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Butte
Helena
Western Federation
Tricycle Fatality Mirrors Daring Boy at River Edge
Seven year old James Marshall dies after losing control on a new tricycle in his yard. His father witnesses the drowning as the bike tumbles over a hill and into the Missouri River amid a swift current. Neighbors join a fruitless search for the boy.
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Sioux City
James Marshall
Missouri River
Marshall
Great Dry Goods Firm Goes Under in New York
The H. B. Claflin company collapses under receivers, amid estimated debts over 30 million and assets around 44 million. John Claflin resigns from and severes ties with related firms. Cornelius N. Bliss named successor. Banks nationwide hold most notes. J P Morgan & Co and others fail to arrange rescue.
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Great Dry Goods
New York
United States
H. B
Claflin
H. B. Claflin Company
New York Dry Goods Company
J. P. Morgan & Company
Associated Merchants Company
United Dry Goods Company
Dry Goods
Associated Merchants Companies
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan
J. S. Alexander
National Bank of Commerce
Albert H. Wiggin
The
National Bank
H. 3B
Claflin Company
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Kota City
Reon
Iously
Scilly
Star Vessel
Bryan
Japan
Washington
Colombia
China
Hay
Teddy
Colonel
Tine
Lyle
Neitzell
Moyer
John Bunny
T. B. Larrabee
Concern
Delaware
Walton’s
Ferndell Grocery
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