Cost of Philippine War Topic Debated in House Votes
In Washington the house debated a resolution by Mr. Hay calling for war cost figures from May 1, 1898 onward. The measure failed when Crumpacker's motion to table prevailed 66 to 1 in a party vote, and later the session focused on private pension bills with 199 passed before adjourning at 3:45 p.m.
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Washington
House
Hay
Virginia
Secretary of War
Philippines
Committee On Insular Affairs
Crumpacker
Indiana
United States
War Department
Philippine Islands
Grasshopper bounties spark Utah town fundraisers
Residents of Ephraim Utah plan grasshopper bounties to save crops. A sequence of entertainments with admission as half a bushel of grasshoppers began with a dance last night, yielding 75 half bushels donated to the door. The insects served as bonfire fuel after the event.
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Sault Lake City
Ephraim
Utah
San Pete County
Citizens Form Band To Battle Insect Plague
In Ephraim citizens organize an improvised army to confront an invasion. Officials set a standing bounty of one dollar per bushel to deter the pests and encourage rapid collection.
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Ephraim
Degree of Honor Elects Officers in Portland Parade
The supreme lodge A O U W held a brief session as the Degree of Honor elected officers mainly by acclamation. Officers include superior chief of honor Mrs Louise M Bush of Aberdeen and superior lady of honor Mrs Irene M Raikes of Buffalo with several others named. 4500 members joined a Northwest lodge parade tonight, and the exposition drill was won by Proction lodge No 2 Salem with Portland lodge No 27 taking second prize.
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Portland
Ore
Supreme Lodge
Superior Lodge
Louise M. Bush
Aberdeen
Wash
Irene M. Raikes
Buffalo
N. Y
Luella K. Webster
Belding
Mich
Superior
Elizabeth FE
Auburn
Sioux City
Iowa
Emma Rickford
Manchester N. H
Mamie Briggs
Oregon
Superior Watch
Frank L. Kempsey
Helena
Mont
Mary J. Stewart
San Francisco
Adelia Harding
Hebron
Neb
Geneviva Miller
St. Louis
Northwest
Exposition Building
Proction Lodge
Salem
Portland Lodge
Kidnapped Italian Held After Appletonia Ordeal
Italian known as Carlo Cattanpani Marquis de Cordova vanished from a New York boarding house last Sunday. He was found tied to the New York Central tracks near Eleventh street and the North River. Physicians suspect poisoning after his hospital statement. He claimed papers proving a Spain estate. sought a reward of 100 dollars. He says he was kidnapped and drugged and kept in a cellar since Saturday. Police investigate. he is held as a suspicious person.
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New York
Carlo Cattanpani
Marquis de Cordova
New York Central Railroad
Eleventh Street
North River
Spain
Cattanpani
Alleged Murderer Caught Near Muskogee
Governor Furgerson issues requisition for the return to Oklahoma of Fort Perkins arrested near Muskogee. He is wanted for the murder of Roy Beeblossom near Rush Springs last August. An alleged Cravens Casey outlaw member, $2,200 reward offered for his capture, one of the era’s major cases.
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Guthrie
O. T
Furgerson
Northern Judicial District
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Fort Perkins
Muskogee
Roy Beeblossom
Rush Springs
Cravens-Casey Band of Outlaws
Rebels Storm Nanning In Three Hour Bombardment
From Hongkong the Athenian reports Nanning besieged by rebels who blasted walls with ordnance and burning oil, killing or wounding 300 to 400 locals. Rebels, bearing bodies, retreated to mountain fastness. fires caused over $10,000 in damage during a three hour siege.
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Victoria
B. C
Athenian
Hongkong
Nanning
Universal Gazette
Kaifengfu
Henan
Hsi Liang
Viceroy Reports Boxer Uprising Resurgence in Kwanchu Prefecture
Telegram from Viceroy Chang Chi Tung cites British consul Hankow noting boxing practices return across four Kwanchu districts. He says prefect and gentry ignore it and urges Governor to curb rumors in Honan as foreign ers allegedly try eye gouging. Boxers damage rails near Tientsin. Besi an engineers abandon railway work.
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Chang Chi Tung
Hankow
Kwangchu
Chili
Honan
Tientsin
Wreck on Montana Central Kills Brakeman Ronald
Special dispatch reports brakeman S G Ronald killed in a Montana Central freight wreck three miles east of Benton. Six cars derailed and one rolled, track torn for 16 car lengths. Conductor Chase led the westbound train engine 515 with Engineer Pogrebe. Ronald, about 25, head brakeman, may have been thrown or buried under derailed cars. Remains taken to Benton for coroner inquest. no other crew hurt.
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Standard
Great Falls
G. Ronald
Montana Central
Benton
Chase
Pogrebe
Ronald
Libel Charges Filed Against San Francisco Call Officials
Gov. Henry T. Gage accuses John D. Spreckles and W Leake of criminal libel in Wilming ton township Los Angeles county. Warrants issued after sworn complaints allege May 24 onward articles and pictures critical of San Quentin penitentiary management.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Henry T. Gage
John D. Spreckles
W. §. Leake
San Francisco Call
Wilmington
Los Angeles County
Henry T. Downing
Justice Downing
Hammell
San Quentin
Life Imprisonment for Guerin and Miller
Eddie Guerin and George Miller of Chicago were sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal servitude system in Paris for a burglary of the American Express office on April 26 1901 and stealing 30000 francs. May Churchill known as Chicago May received five years. The verdict prompted a passionate embrace between Guerin and Churchill before removal to the cells.
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Paris
Eddie Guerin
George Miller
Chicago
May Churchill
May
Guerin
Miller
American Express Company
Churchill
Conductor obeyed the law in Miss Mary Custis Lee case
Miss Mary Custis Lee daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee forfeited five dollars collateral for failing to appear in Mayor Simpson's police court over violating the railway segregation act. She refused to move from the colored seating to the front on a Washington Alexandria car and was taken into custody. The conductor and company were found to have acted within the law.
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Alexandria
Mary Custis Lee
Robert E. Lee
Simpson
Lee
Washington and Alexandria
Miss Lee
Reverend John Spurgeon Dies Father of Spurgeon Preachers
London reports the death of the Rev. John Spurgeon a retired Congregational minister born in 1801 and father of the Spur geon family of preachers He died today at South Norwood leaving a legacy in the congregation and religious circles.
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London
John Spurgeon
Pardoned by the President George Garden pardoned by Roosevelt
Columbus Ohio June 14 George Garden has been pardoned by President Roosevelt after being sentenced to two consecutive ten year terms for manslaughter.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Garden
Roosevelt
Senate Debates Nicaragua Route and Panama Project
In Washington the Nicaragua canal bill dominates the senate agenda as Senator Morgan defends the Nicaragua route and criticizes the Panama project. The District of Columbia appropriation bill passes along with many private pension bills. A Cuba annexation resolution is tabled, and a survey detail for a Darien isthmus is requested. The irrigation bill passes the house and is sent to the senate, with adjournment following memorials for Representative Stakes. At Muskogee a separate note reports Ama Dwyer’s mother and daughter hanging together.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
Panama
District of Columbia
Elkins
West Virginia
Cuba
Union
Scott
Army
Darien
Allison
House
Hansbrough
South Dakota
Spooner
Wisconsin
Spain
South Carolina
Tillman
McLaurin
Woman and Daughter Found Dead in Creek Nation Home
A mother and her 12-year-old daughter were found hanging in their Okfugee home in the Creek nation. Authorities believe the mother was killed by a man she knew intimately and the daughter killed to cover the crime.
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Okfugee
Main stop valve blows on Meade at sea
Five men were badly scalded when the main steam pipe valve on the US transport Meade burst. Injured are George LeBron W A Carew Edward Haines B Callathan and J Bondel all from Risdon Iron Works or Risdon Works. two Risdon workers were setting up a rocking shaft. others were in the engine room.
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San Francisco
United States
Meade
George LeBron
W. A. Carew
Edward Haines
Risdon Tron Works
B. Callathan
Risdon Iron Works
J. Bondel
Risdon Works
Third Trial of Jessie Morrison Sees Contempt Warrant Issued
In Dorado Kansas on June 14 judge Aikman presiding issued a contempt of court warrant for W H Cady editor of a local paper after he criticized the judge for overruling a change of venue motion. By adjournment 11 jurors had been accepted by both sides.
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Dorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Olin Carter
Aikman
W. H. Cady
Cady
Lynch's Hearing Begun Raises Regiment for Boers
A court hearing opened amid petitions and mobilization talk as tensions with the Boers prompted calls for a regiment. The episode reflects growing military and political maneuvering during the conflict.
Lynch Charged With High Treason In South Africa Case
London June 14. The arrest and treason charge against Col Arthur Lynch former Boer army officer and Galway MP-elect was heard at Row Street police court. Evidence showed Lynch raised the Irish brigade for the Transvaal and fought against Buller, taking oaths and a field certificate declaring allegiance to the republic. Defence argued Lynch acted openly to aid inquiry. remanded to June 21.
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London
Row Street
Arthur Lynch
Lynch
Galway
New Haven
France
Transvaal
Sir Edward
South Africa
Buller
Pretoria
Australia
South African Republic
Natal
Charles Russell
Baron Russell of
Killowen
Walsh
Hamilton Holt
A. H. Hardy
United States
Berne
Switzerland
Herbert Hobart
Venezuela
Professor Richardson
Athens
Alaska Mines Promise Majestic Gold Rush
Free-Three-Month news offer from Alaska publication touts booming gold mines expected to produce millions this season. Invites readers to invest, highlighting the paper as indispensable from the Alaskan Pub. Co. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Alaska
Alaskan Pub. Co
Milwaukee
Wis
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Leake
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Guerin and Miller
Spurgeons
Ry Y
Senator Morgan
Nicaragua
Panama Project
Muskogee, I. T
Port Meade
Schatzleinisms
Schatzlein Paint Co
West Broadway, Butte
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Son of
Russell
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