Diaz sails from Vera Cruz amid farewell threats and cheers
General Porfirio Diaz departs Vera Cruz aboard the Ypiranga bound for Havre via Havana and Spain. He proclaims a grim fate for himself in Mexico as he leaves, while the port town shifts from hostile to celebratory scenes and Diaz avoids the crowd while boarding.
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Morning Journal
Vera Cruz
General Porfirio Diag
Havre
France
Havana
General Diaz
Spain
Diaz
Mexico
Versa Crus
Ypiranga
Diaz Bids Farewell in Vera Cruz Before Spanish Voyage
General Porfirio Diaz said goodbye to Mexico in Vera Cruz as he and the Ding family prepared to board the Ypiranga for Spain. General Huerta, in a formal farewell, pledged loyalty and noted the army’s role in reestablishing peace if needed, while Diaz expressed gratitude and hinted at a possible return if the country faced further trouble.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Porfirio Diez
Mexico
Ding
Spain
Diaz
Seneral
J. & Body
Genreal Victoriana Hilerta
Eld
Baz
Fils
Porfirio Diaz, Jr
Senora Diaz
Diag
Huerta
General Diaz Departs with Cadet Protest Memo Arriving at Capital
General Diaz leaves his house with troops marching to a special train bound for the capital. He poses for photos after farewell. Cadets from Chapultepec military school deliver a manifesto asking him to sign for archival records. Family companions include Senora Carmen Diaz and others aboard the Tuluma tug.
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Dias
Diaz
Joaquin Beltran
Chapultepec
Beltran
Dia
Diag
Tuluma
Ypiranga
Senora Carmen Diaz
Senora Teresa
Senora Diaz
Jose
Porfirio Diaz, Jr
Lorenzo Elizaga
Manuel Gonzales
Fernando Gonzales
Elizaga
Mexican Congress Adjourns Until Fall Session
Mexico City May 31 Mexican congress ends spring session and forms a permanent commission to serve during the recess. The fall session will begin September 15. Land reform and electoral law measures are debated, with the land bill sent to a committee and not reported. General Reyes moves toward Vera Cruz as tensions rise over a possible coup plot naming him central figure.
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Congress
Juarez
State of Mexico
Federal District
Gonzales Salas
Samuel Garcia Cuellar
Landa » Escanden
Alberto Garcia Grandes
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Cuellar
Casas Grandes
Diaz
Rafael M. Hidalgo
Fernando Gonzales
Bernardo Reyes ix
Preside de la Barra
Reyes
Vera Cruz
Francisco J. Madero
Rodolfo Reyes
General Reyes
MP. Reyes
Madero Family Leaves San Antonio for Monterey Mexico
Dire Francisco Madero mother of the Mexican revolutionary leader and her daughter Angela depart San Antonio tonight for Monterey to join him and travel to the Mexican capital. Alfonso Madero remains in San Antonio as the family establishes a temporary residence since the insurrection began.
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San Antonio
Tex
Francisco Madero
Angela
Monterey
Mex
Alfonso Madero
Francisco
Four Die as Hurricane Sweeps Cleveland Area
A May 31 Ohio report details four dead and twenty injured in Cleveland and vicinity as a fierce wind and rainstorm capsized rowboats on Lake Erie. Lorain saw three deaths. Edgewater park bathers were buried under a collapsed boat house roof. A Luna Park balloon was struck by lightning and burned after tearing from its mooring.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Lorain
Edgewater Park
Luna Park
Ethel Farly
Davis
Longstreet
Lorain Harbor
Foaurly
Beaumont Leads Paris Rome Turin Flight Triumph
Andre Beaumont completed a landmark Paris to Rome leg in under seven hours, flying from Alassio via Genoa and Pisa to Civita Vecchia then Rome at ninety mph. He received a heroic welcome from enormous crowds and delivered a message from Paris to Rome’s mayor.
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Rome
Andre Beaumont
Turin
Frey
Roland Garros
Genoa
Pisa
Beaumont
Alassio
Civita Vecchia
Nathan
Ceraris
Leghorn
Destructive storm hits Pittsburgh area with high winds
A violent storm swept through Pittsburgh and surrounding areas with winds of 64 miles per hour and heavy rain. A nine year old girl died of fright after being blown over inside her home. Corge A. Martin of a local tube company is critically injured from a falling sign. The First National Bank of Sewickley lost its roof area, two dwellings were crushed, and several signs injured pedestrians. Four sixty foot stacks at the United States Steel painter mills collapsed into the mill roof, forcing shutdowns. A wagon and horse were blown into the Monongahela River. Damage reports spread across the region especially oil fields with many derricks wrecked.
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Pittsburg
Corge A. Martin
Pitsburg Tube Company
Sewickly
First National Bank
Painter Mills
United States Steel Corporation
Monongahela
Little Lad Slain by Playmate in Tenement
New York May 31 The body of 11 year old John Maile found in a Cherry street tenement coal bin with a bullet wound. A 13 year old playmate allegedly took $15 and clothes. Carmine Piombine confessed to the shooting while Andrew Leone claimed other involvement. Four boys were held as witnesses.
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Morning Journal
New York
Cherry Street
John Maile
Carmine Plumbing
Andrew Leone
John
Mys
Leone
Jesse Pomroy
Massachusetts
Carmine Piombine
Hlental
Rebellion Threat Looms as Mexican City Stays Under Federal Rule
Federal authorities claim no official notice of status change and retain control. General Villar and Rabago command 2,500 troops in Chihuahua with 2,000 insurgents nearby and 2,500 marching from Casas Grandes. Fear of armed invasion grows as insurrectionists threaten to seize the city and Madero’s leadership faces criticism.
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Morning Journal
Chihuahua
Mex
Miguel Ahumada
Madero
Abraham Gonzales
Louis Villar
Rabago
Postal Bank for Santa Fe and 73 More Depots Named
Postmaster General Hitchcock designated seventy four more second class post offices as postal savings depositories effective June 27. Among them were Santa Fe New Mexico and Las Animas Loveland Colorado City Nacogdoches Texas and other locations across forty one states.
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Postmaster General
Morning Journal
Washington
Hitchcock
Colorado City
Las Animas
Loveland
Colo
Santa Fe
N. M
Nacogdoches
Tex
Body of murdered woman found in bathtub headline
New York detectives investigate a sensational murder case after the decomposed body of Mrs. Lillian Schieb is found in a bathtub. Letters from both parents are read in the rooms, addressed to different recipients, as Henry A. Schieb, the victim’s husband, is held on a license charge connected to his employer’s car.
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New York
Lillian Schieb
Henry A. Schieb
Veteran Postal Clerk Racked Up Over A Million Miles
Rock Island May 1 former commander of the department of DN Jess G A R resigned from the railway mail service after thirty seven years on the route between this city and Milwaukee. He traveled over a million miles in that time and his work record shows a 99 percent examination average with no censure or demerit.
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Rock Island
Tit
E. al Buck
Department of DN
Jess G A. R
Oday
Railway Mall
Ren H
Milwaukee
Suicide on Fort Smith Passenger Train Triggers Panic
Fort Smith Arkansas May 31 E R Goodwin a local building contractor threw himself in front of a S J Louis Iron Mountain and Southern passenger train as it backed into Fort Smith from Van Buren. The act caused a panic among passengers who leaped from the moving train injuring four. One seriously hurt as porters cried to disembark and emergency brakes shrieked.
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Fort Smith
Ark
E. R. Goodwin
S J. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
van Buren
Four Mexican States Turned Over To Maderistas
Juarez May 31 Four Mexican states Sonora Sinaloa Queretaro and Durango were turned over to provisional governors named by Francisco Madero Jr amid large public demonstrations and orderly troop conduct. Daniel de Villiers charged with conspiracy to kill Madero was released on bail and will be tried in El Paso. Madero urged federal troops to unite with insurrectos for the country’s good and promised the new administration will curb despots.
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Juarez
Mex
Francisco Madero, Jr
Madero
Sonora
Sinaloa
Querataro
Durango
Daniel de Villiers
Senor Madero
el Paso
Mexico City
Mexico
Baltimore Carpenters Strike Over Wage Increase Demand
About 1500 union carpenters in Baltimore Md are ordered to strike tomorrow after contractors refused today to grant a wage increase. The walkout affects construction sites across the city as union leaders cite stalled negotiations.
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Baltimore
Castro Planning New Invasion of Venezuela Reported
Lisbon May 31 The Portuguese government received a U S communication noting Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela is in Portugal A steamer at Teneriffe is said to be loaded with artillery and munition awaiting an opportunity to return Castro was earlier seen at Opperte en route to Lisbon The movement is under watch
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Madero
Reform
Gomez
Mexico City
Eagle Pass
Juarez
United States
Lisbon
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Portugal
Castro
Trotsky-like exile moved under assumed name via Reina Victoria
Dispatches from the Canary Islands report a high profile figure in strict retirement for two weeks. Early May news state he arrived in Las Palmas and re embarked on the Reina Victoria under an assumed name for Cadiz with intentions to sail for America.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Castro
Reina Victoria
Cadiz
America
Ex President of College On Trial For Fraud
Boston May 31 An array of legal talent appeared today at the opening of the trial of Rev Norman Plaas John Ct Traphagen and Charles H Brooks charged with using the mails to defraud The defendants formerly did business as the Redeem able Investment Company Plaas for several years was president of Washburn College Topeka Kans He was a friend of ex Secretary Ballinger and it is alleged the secretarys name was forged to a letter of recommendation sent broadcast by the company.
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Boston
Norman Plaas
John Ct. Traphagen
Charles H. Brooks
Wiiih
Redeemable Investment Company
Plaas
Washburn College
Topeka
Kans
Ballinger
Oklahoma Gun Men Face Mob After Porum Battle
Pony Starr and Joe Davis surrendered to county officers after a deadly skirmish at Porum. They and their families moved to Davis' father's home in Muskogee where a mob of about fifty gathered, threatening to lynch Davis gang members held for the deputy sheriff murder.
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Muskogee
Okla
Pony Starr
Joe Davis
Porum
Davis
Starr
Jack Davis
Sam Davis
Buck Davis
Bob Davis
Kendrick resigns wire presidency of Santa Fe
J W Kendrick vice president in charge of operations for the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad announced his resignation. His successor is W B Storey, vice president in charge of construction.
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Kendrick
Santa FE
Morning Journal
Chicago
J. W. Kendrick
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Today
W. B. Storey
Von Phul's Slayer Pleads Not Guilty
Harold F. Henwood, accused of killing Sylvester Von Phul, the St. Louis balloonist, was arraigned on murder charges and pleaded not guilty. June 3 was set for argument on bonds with defense promising to reveal life threat evidence while Von Phul supporters claim he was the target of a plotted attack.
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Denver
Harold FF. Henwood
Sylvester
von Phul
St. Louis
Henwood
Farmer assaulted by neighbor’s wife and four masked men
F Walters, a farmer near Partridge Kansas, says four masked men and Mrs Joseph Thompson carried him from his home to the Thompson farm five miles away, bound him, horse whipped him, and released him in a cornfield. Walters swore warrants for the arrest of the four men and Mrs Thompson in Hutchinson.
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Morning Journal Special
Partridge
Kan
F. Walters
Joseph Thompson
Walters
Hutchinson
Thompson
Thompson Farm
Hatchinson
House Democrats Resent Bryan Dictation in Wool Fight
Washington May 31. House leaders voice opposition to Mr Bryan in the wool schedule dispute. Underwood says Bryan’s push swayed undecided Democrats as caucus prep begins. Harrison cites cotton schedule aims and argues no tax on raw wool.
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Morning Journal
Wire
Washington
Bryan
Representative Underwood
House
Underwood
Ways and Means
Representative Harrison
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
Mr. Harrison
Democratic
Seattle Mayor Named in Police Bribe Trial
Court testimony in Seattle links former Chief Charles W. Wappenstein to a $1,000 bribe deal for allowing two crib houses in the vice district. A. A. Bramer testifies that ex mayor Hiram C. Gill created and ran the vice district and gave orders to herd women.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles W. Wappenstein
Clarence Gerald
Gideon Tupper
Wappenstein
A. A. Bramer
Board of Health
Hiram C. Gill
Gill
London Storm Kills and Disrupts Railways After Tempest
May 31 London endures a violent storm that kills several and strikes churches and buildings. Lightning sparks landslides near Merstham and floods the Great Western line at Ealing, causing widespread travel disruption. The fury peaks at Epsom after racing ends.
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London
Pasa
Merstham
Great Western Railway
Ealing
Epsom
Trial of San Francisco Police Chief Halts Proceedings
The San Francisco Board of Police Commissioners was halted from trying Chief Seymour on gambling protection charges when Superior Judge James M. Seawell issued a writ of prohibition. The writ is returnable June 9. Charges were brought by Mayor V. H. Metarthy.
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San Francisco
Board of Police Commissioners of
Seymour
James M. Seawell
V. H. Metarthy
Former Governor Haskell Ill at Muskogee Home
Dormer Governor Haskell at Muskogee Oklahoma May 31 report that former Governor C N Haskell is seriously ill at home under the influence of opiates. Relatives are with him in his rooms.
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Dormer
Haskell
Muskogee
Okla
C. N. Haskell
Mayor Killed in Blaine Arkansas Incident
Local dispatch reports the death of Wood of Scranton Arkansas after an incident in Blaine. Timothy Hen and Joseph Allen, relatives, are named in connection with the event as investigations unfold.
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Lightpage
Blaine
Ark
the. Wood
Scranton
Mehming
Timothy
Hen
Joseph Allen
Wood
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