Governor Beaver Pledges $1 Million for Johnstown Relief
Governor Beaver visited the Johnstown flood scene and announced a state commission will oversee relief with a $1,000,000 appropriation. Hastings will lead policing and cleanup efforts, while funds will go to flood victims and public health safety measures.
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Johnstown
Beaver
William Flinn
James B. Scott
William McCreery
Gen. Hastings
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Hastings
Ex-Postmaster General Reveals Narrow Escape on Chicago Limited
Frank Hatton, editor of the Washington Post, recounts his perilous escape aboard the Chicago Limited during the Johnstown flood. He describes hovering near swollen waters, the reservoir threat two miles away, the bridge collapse, and the freight train’s warning whistle as the two engines and the passengers scramble to safety. The train halted at Wilmore overnight as fear subsided and gratitude rose.
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Chicago Limited
Washington
Frank Hatton
Washington Post
Johnstown
Post
Limited
Mineral Point
South Fork
Mr. Hatton
Soat
Johnstown Death Toll Estimate Remains High
The Times publishes the first accurate dead list for the Johnstown valley. Fully fifty previously counted as dead are alive. The discovered dead rise, but 9,500 remains the highest possible limit, with Johnstown proper possibly nearer 8,000. Identified bodies total 3,344, and hundreds more may never be recovered.
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Prrissura
The
Times
Johnstown
Bureau of Registration
Truesdale
Chicago
James B. Scott
Conemaugh
Oswego Storm Deluges City with Hail and Rain
Oswego New York experiences a fierce storm with lightning and thunder. A mass meeting for Johnstown relief breaks up as two clouds roll from the lake. The thermometer drops ten degrees. Hail stones vary in size and shape. rainfall in twenty minutes reaches heavy amounts. The yacht Merle from Toronto runs ashore near Nine Mile Point. crew survives. An unnamed schooner goes ashore at Fair Haven.
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Oswego
Johnstown
Merle
Toronito
Nine Mile Point
Fair Heaven
Indians Sign For Treaty At Rosebud Agency
Report from Rosebud Agency on June 10 states Indians rapidly signing in support of a treaty reform. Mixed blood leaders like Louis Pichard Louis Bordeaux and Charlie Tockett influence others, while Gen Crook and Maj Warner address objections. Nearly 700 names collected with potential full quota soon. Other items note a motor company fraud, a train tragedy near Cheyenne, and a Brown's Valley county records raid in Minnesota.
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Rosepup Agency
Louis Pichard
Creek
Louis Bordeaux
Charlie Tockett
Crook
Holloworn Bear
Crow Dog
Spotted Tail
Maj. Warner
Georgetown reservoir danger warned after Johnstown flood fears
Washington June 10 The Sunday Herald reports information from a credible source that Georgetown’s distributing reservoir, normally filled with water, is in precarious condition and could fail at any moment. A break could cause another disaster, echoing warnings before the Johnstown flood.
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Washington
The
Sunday Herald
Georgetown
Johnstown
Miners on Verge of Starvation in Clay County
A Herald dispatch reports over 9,000 people in Clay County Indiana face starvation including striking miners and families. With 5,050 on relief, families sell wedding rings and children's trinkets to buy bread as five years of wages max at five dollars weekly persist and no arbitration offers have been accepted. Secretary Blaine to spend June at Bar Harbor with associates.
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Clay County
New York
A. Herald
Indianapolis
Sys
Ind
Sabin Divorce Suit Under Habitual Drunkenness Claim
The Pioneer Press reports D. M. Sabin has sued for divorce from his wife on habitual drunkenness grounds. The Globe notes the divorce has already been granted, with little public awareness, and no answer from Mrs. Sabin.
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St. Pau
Pioneer Press
D. M. Sabin
The
Globe
Rapist Identified in Minnesota Incident
In Mankato Minnesota on June 10 authorities report that all witnesses including the rape victim identified Annis as the man who committed the assault in Rapidan Tuesday.
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Mankato
Minn
Rapidan
Annis
Linevitis lynching threats and various June 10 incidents
A jumble of brief 19th century notes reports Wright asked for money by two tramps in Linevitis Iowa and a planned lynching, Mrs Frances Morris inmate at insane asylum hangs herself, Sitting Bull improving, Ed Lee horse thief shot near West Lass Caries Louisiana, Jack Walter and Frank Daveys boat over Niagara Falls, Arkansas cyclone tears through Arkansas City killing two colored girls, Beverly Ford battle anniversary observed in Gettysburg, June 10 fire at Rice Minn destroys $10 000 worth of property.
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Linevitis
Iowa
Will Wright
Peter
Frances Morris
Insane Asylum
West Lass Caries
Lee
Poll County
Texas
Polk County
Parrish
Hanley
Niagara Fall
Jack” Walter
Frank Daveys
Wanamaker Party Arrives in St Petersbur g
Mrs John Wanamaker and members of the Postmaster General's family arrived by steamer La Bretagne from Harve and were met by Mr Wanamaker at the Hotel Brunswick in St Petersbur g on June 10. A report from the czar era notes the shah of Persia entered a secret treaty with Russia, annexing northern Persia to back a contingent. New York heat tops 90 degrees with several prostrations on June 10.
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New York
John Wanamaker
la Bretagne
Harve
Wanamoaker
Brunswick
St Petersburg
Persia
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Sohmer
New York College of Music
Vogt's Conservatory of Music
Villa Maria Convent
Montreal
Villa de Sales
Long Island
New York Normal Conservatory of Music
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn
Gottschalk
Postoffice
Winona: Jobbers’ Association
Presch
Roscon Horton
Doud, Sons & CO
Be, W. Williams
Carl Hilde
arsSa Frank & Kann Creamery
H. D. Morse & Son
Warriages and Sleighs
Gate City Carriage CO
Crockery- Gregory & CO
Perkins & Mills
Winona Cold Storage CO
H. Choate & CO
L. C. Porter Milling CO
Winona Mill CO
Stott & Son
Will Winchinery
M. Hurlbert
H. J. O'Neile
Preech & Latsch CO
KR. T. Dowd
Ribad
Hunber
Empire Lumber CO
Latro-Norton CO
Winona Lumber CO
Youmans Bros. & Hodgins
H. J. Willis
Kreccormick Harv. Machine Co
N. B. Fulmer, Aer
Het
Landon & Roberts
J. Scherffius
Imp
Winona Plow CO
Schlitz Milwaukee Beer & Cigars, G. C. Baynton’s Sons
Schroth & Ahrens
Winona Wagon CO
Wall Paper
Monie & CO
Belmer H. L
O. Smith
I. C. Smit
Geo. Hillyer
Center Street
GHO. H
Gohoiddan
West Third ST
West Third Street
Wall Help
Conemaugh Valley
Winona’s “New ‘Hotel
SRE
Poe
Am Hanes
Wilmore
Altoona
Rosebud
Commission
Minneapolis
Henry Monroe
Motor Company
Cheyenne
Wyo
Antonio Silveria- Desemia
WaHpaton
Brown's Valley
Wheaton
William B. Young
Oakdale
Co.r “C
Indiana
Blaine
Bar Harbor
Zany
Sabin
Sitting Bull
Fort Yates
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas City
Beverly Ford
Gettyysburg
Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry
Rice's
Rices’s
Riverside
St. Paul
F . “Preece & Latsch Co
Winona
Alask
United States
Cs Bec Kr
Third St
Winona, Minn
Mrs. Wanamaker
Cat Royal Bar RG Powder Co
N.Y
Oxford
Slade
Becker & Schheilaas
Winona Brewery
Bremer Kaiser
Pale Bohemian
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