Cuban forces wage gatling gun battle near Magala
Santiago Cuba May 30 A serious engagement is reported in progress at Magala. Cuban troops used gatling guns and inflicted heavy loss on the insurgents. There were few casualties among the regulars. The insurgents attacked Confluente a plantation near Guantanamo firing the sugar cane and threatening to hang the manager if he attempted to stop the fire. Setting fire to several houses they departed taking many horses and compelling laborers to accompany them.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Cuba
Magala
Guatanamo
Kearny Unveils Maine Memorial on Decoration Day
In Kearny New Jersey on May 30 a Decoration Day ceremony unveiled a memorial before the town hall. A marble pedestal supports a 498 pound shell from the battleship Maine marking the soldier dead with a historic naval relic.
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Kearny
N. J
Maine
Memorial Day Oration at Arlington by Senator Norris Brown
Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska delivered the Memorial Day oration at Arlington National Cemetery. Graves of about 20,000 soldiers were decorated by patriotic societies in the ceremony held in Washington on May 30.
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Washington, D. C
Norris Brown
Nebraska
Arlington National Cemetery
Magnificent Cemetery
McClernand Birthday Noted On Union Memorial Day
On Memorial Day 1912 a centennial mark honors General John A. McClernand born May 30 in Hardinsburg Kentucky. A Lincoln ally, he led a Union corps under Grant before disputes with Grant and removal during Vicksburg operations. After war he became Sangamon County judge and chaired the 1876 Democratic National Convention. He died September 20, 1900 in Springfield Illinois.
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Washingtn
D. C
John A. McClernand
Grant
McClernand
Hardinsburg
Illinois
Lincoln
Vicksburg
Sanggamon
Samuel J. Tilden
Springfield
Ill
Local Forecast Brief
Generally fair weather expected Friday. Yesterday's high reached 63 at Tam and 84 at 11, with lows around 56. Recording notes show occasional variances in temperatures across locations.
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Tam
Mans Oe
Washington Weather Forecast for West Texas to D C
Washington forecast reports fair conditions in the south and west with West Texas fair Friday. Showers and cooler temperatures are expected at night or Saturday in the east and northeast region.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Weather Summary for Central Plains Texas and Oklahoma
Weather outlook for the region calls for hot and clear conditions across Northwest and Northwest Texas, with southeast and east Texas also clear and warm. Oklahoma, Louisiana experience hot and sunny weather.
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Texas
Plains Country
Okahoma
Eddy Estate's Executor Dies in Washington
Col. Henry Moore Baker of Concord New Hampshire, executor of the Mary Baker Eddy estate and former congressman, died in Washington after a two week illness at age seventy one.
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Ly Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Henry Moore Baker
Concord
N. H
Mary Baker Eddy
Congress
Will Contest On With Rush In Scott Will Case
Fort Worth May 30 Attorneys for Mrs. Georgia Scott Townsend opened the Scott will case by calling nurse Mrs. A C Squires to identify papers showing Winfield Scott estimated his estate. Testimony revealed remarks by Mrs. Scott about Townsend, with defense planning to argue the will’s coercion and Mr Scott’s stubbornness.
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Daily News
Fort Worth
Tex
Georgia Scott Townsend
Scott Will
A. C. Squires
Chillicothe
Texas
Lamar Street
John Weiderkrantz
Scott
Weiderkrantz
McLean
J. L. Forrester
Denver
Townsend
Mr. Scott
Winfield Scott
Squires
Georgia Bar Association Meets at Tybee Island
The Georgia Bar Association opened its annual meeting at Tybee Island with a large attendance of beach and bar representatives. President A W Smith of Atlanta presided as speakers included Judge J Hansell Merrell of Thomasville Cruthers Ewing of Memphis and Judge W R Hammond of Atlanta. A banquet will conclude the meeting with a discussion on The Admission of Women to the Bar.
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Savannah
The
Georgia Bar Association
Tybee Island
Beach
A. W. Smith
Atlanta
J. Hansell Merrell
Thomasville
Cruthers Ewing
Memphis
W. R. Hammond
Gholson Found Dead In Apparent Self Inflicted Death
A man identified as G. A. Gholson was found deceased in his trousers pocket with evidence suggesting self harm. Police and coroner investigations are ongoing to determine exact circumstances.
Tailors Reveal Clue in Stranger's Death at Elk Hotel
Officials traced a deceased man found at the Elk hotel to a clothing purchase using a tailor sewn label. The inside trouser pocket bore a date and purchaser details from the International Tailoring Company, aiding identification of a man registering as George G. Allen.
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Elk Hotel
Colorado
G. A. Gholson
George G. Allen
International Tailoring Company of Chicago
N. S. Griggs
International Tailoring Company
Chicago
Griggs
Death Summons Wilbur Wright
Dayton mourns the death of Wilbur Wright, aeroplane inventor, who died early this morning after a prolonged typhoid illness. He had been unconscious for about two weeks before family members were summoned. Orville Wright will continue in active charge of affairs. the local company is unchanged.
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Associated Presse
Dayton
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Tulsa County Court House Dedication Highlights Oklahoma Legal Figures
Tulsa Oklahoma May 30 dedication of the new county court house with prominent lawyers and jurists from across the state. The $300000 edifice is described as the finest of its kind in Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
Oklahoma
First Mass on Manhattan Island Marked at Bowing Green
Catholics and laypeople gathered at the United States Custom House site on Bowling Green to unveil a tablet designating where the first mass on Manhattan Island was celebrated in 1863 by Rev. Thomas Garvey, Jesuit priest and chaplain to Governor Thomas Dongan, within Fort James grounds.
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New York
Financial District
United States Custom House
Bowling Green
Manhattan Island
New Custom House
Fort James
Thomas Garvey
Thomas Dongan
Texico Coleman cut off nearing completion
Walter H. Denison awarded the contract to finish the final 96 miles of the Texico Coleman cut off. The Santa Fe system will gain a direct Gulf of Mexico to California route, boosting Lubbock activity and promising population growth with new rail connections and improvements.
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Daily News
Lubbock
Tex
Texico-Coleman
Texicor Coleman
Walter H. Denison
Cushman
Denison
Santa Fe
Sweetwater
Gulf of Mexico
California
Crosbyton South Plains
Gulf, Texas & Western
Altus
Roswell
el Paso
Aviator Crash at Meadows Kills Civil Engineer
J Clif ford Turpin, flying at The Meadows, swerved to avoid a spectator and crashed into the grandstand. George Quinby, 23, of Galesburg DL, died from injuries. fifteen spectators hurt. Raymond Chapman, 10, suffered a fractured skull and was fatally injured. The meet was canceled.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
J .Clifford Turpin
the Meadows
George Quinby
Galesburg
Turpin
Quinby
Raymond Chapman
Rhode Island Holds First State Primary Tomorrow
Rhode Island voters will select ten delegates and ten alternates to the Democratic national convention in Baltimore. The statewide primary, the first of its kind in the state, is set for tomorrow in Rhodeland Providence.
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Rhodeland
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Baltimore
Iowa Traveling Men in Session Opens in Burlington
Burlington hosts the United Commercial Travelers for the Iowa grand council annual meeting on May 30 with Gally decorated in national colors and a hearty welcome extended to attendees.
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Burlington
Committeemen to Decide Contests at Republican Convention
Chicago on June 6 and a total of 204 contests will be decided by convention members. Roosevelt leads with 177 contests and Taft with 27, Taft’s main battles centered in Missouri.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Roosevelt
Taft
Missouri
Arrest Women for Smuggling Across the Border
Four Mexican women were arrested in El Paso Texas for attempting to smuggle ammunition to rebels across the Rio Grande. One prisoner carried a baby. ammo was hidden under shawls and on their persons. Authorities report daily border schemes including beer kegs packed with cartridges and ammunition found in wagons drawn by children.
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el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
United States
El Paso Sees Cut Communications to Chihuahua
El Paso May 30. Chihuahua is the farthest south reachable by railroad and telegraph from Juarez. No train service south of Chihuahua has run, and Juarez telegraph offices cannot reach south of the rebel capital. Foreign residents worry as communications fail and they cannot contact employers about possible business disturbances.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Juarez
Mexican Central
Bachimba
Federal
Parrall Santa Barbara
Jiminez
Santa Rogallia
Sherman Concurs on Roosevelt Contest Flimsiness
Vice President Sherman, after returning from Chicago, informs Taft backers in the Senate that evidence in Roosevelt contest cases is largely flimsy. He notes that Roosevelt conventions and primaries often ignored Republican rules, while national committee papers await review ahead of next week’s meeting.
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Washington
Sherman
Chicago
Taft
Senate
House
Lorimer
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Roosevelt
New Cancer Hospital Opens in Glasgow
In Glasgow on May 30 Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll formally opened the new cancer hospital praised as the best equipped institution for cancer treatment.
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Glasgow
Princess Louise
Duchess of Argyll
Dawson Wins Five Hundred Mile Sweepstakes Record Time
National driver Dawson captures the five hundred mile race in a record 6 hours 21 minutes 6 seconds. The victory marks a swift triumph as the field finished behind the new time.
Average of 78.72 Miles De Palma Leads in Mercedes Race
A crowd of sixty five thousand watched on the Indianapolis course as De Palma led from the start in ideal weather. A late engine trouble troubled the car near the final lap.
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Indianapolis
Dawson wins five hundred mile race in record time
In Indianapolis Joe Dawson won the National five hundred mile race in six hours twenty one minutes six seconds. Burman, in his Cutting car, turned over but was not badly hurt. About 65 000 spectators watched as twenty seven cars started and ten finished under ideal weather with speeds over eighty miles per hour. Ernest Thompson reporting.
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Daily News
Indianapolis
Ind
Joe Dawson
Burman
Ernest Thompson
Dawson Wins International 500 Mile Sweepstakes at Record Pace
Indianapolis May 30 Joe Dawson in National led from start to finish as DePalma Mercedes engine failed. Dawson finished in 6 21 06 an average 78.72 mph breaking a 600 cubic inch class world record. Harris won last year and Terlaft Fiat finished second with a protest over third place involving Hughes Mercer and Merz. Twenty four starters, ten finished after a wreck by Lexington driver Harry Knight on lap seven.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ralph DePalma
Mercedes
Joe Dawson
National
Dawson
Harroun
Teddy Terlaft
Fiat
Stutz Company
Hughie Hughes
Mercer
Charles Merz
Luth eran Ministerium opens 165th meeting in Bethlehem
The 165th annual meeting of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states opened in Bethlehem with a large attendance. The initial service at Grace Church was led by Prof. BE. Ty Horn of Mt. Airy Seminary, and the proceedings continue through next Wednesday.
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Bethlehem
Lutheran Ministerium of
Pennsylvania
Grace Church
BE. Ty Horn
Mt. Airy Seminary
Swedish Song Festival Arrives in Philadelphia May Day
Large delegations from Swedish musical groups arrive for the Swedish Song Festival in Philadelphia. The Eastern division of the American Union of Swedish Singers hosts two days of events with two major concerts featuring several thousand singers.
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Philadelphia
American Union of Swedish Singers
National Tuberculosis Meeting Opens at New Willard
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis opens its annual meeting at the New Willard hotel Washington with Dr Maryck P Ravenel of the University of Wisconsin among delegates from nearly all states. Topics include the cure of tuberculosis and its effect on working efficiency and the roles of health officer physician and Tayman in the campaign.
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Washington, Dy
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
New Willard Hotel
Maryck P. Ravenel
University of Wisconsin
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