President McKinley at Wife's Bedside in Critical Condition
Reports from San Francisco say Mrs. McKinley is gravely ill and near death. President McKinley remains by her side as doctors work to sustain her, with social events for the visit put on hold and officials in constant contact with Secretary Cortelyou. The Scott mansion overlooks LaFayette Square as crowds gather and telegrams of concern pour in from around the world. Moras, the president’s niece, arrives to share the anxious moment amid the mounting signs that the end may be near.
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Rixey
Draifirschfelder and
Gibbons
Scott
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Baligtin
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Reas
Mra. McKinley
Mra. Mkinley
Ohio
Mra. Moras
Loxpon
Abe
Weymouth
Grand Aerieles
Grand Aerie
Dallas
Texas
Allgaticity
N. J
Denver
Reached a ripe old age New Lox Conn Rev Connor dies at nearly 101
Rev William H. Connor longtime Negro preacher of New London dies at home aged nearly 101 years He was born a slave in Whitmarsh Towns now Baltimore County and came to New London in 1840 He led the local Negro religious society and was affectionately called Father Connor Jacksonville relief committee reports four car loads of cats and mattresses shipped from New York to aid relief efforts amid scattered appeals for church cooperation and volunteer help.
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New Lox Conn
Wm. H. Connor
Whitmarsh
Baltimore County
Land
New York
New London
Fey
Negro Religious Society
Father Connor
Jacksonville
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Greater New York
Georgia textile manufacturers to meet at Warm Springs
Textile Manufacturers of Georgia will hold the first annual meeting at Warm Springs hotel on May 30 and 31. President B S Walker says the event aims to exchange views on topics of general importance to the Georgia textile industry. No dues or solicitations will be made. all Georgia textile producers are invited regardless of membership. Also includes two testimonial advertisements for medical products.
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Textile Manufacturers
Georgia
Mownner
Walker
The
Georgia Industrial Association
Warm Springs Hotel
Warm Springs
New Orleans
New Onceans
Interstate Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
Dallas
Consat
Winston and Wadesboro Railroad charter filed
A North Carolina route from Wadesboro to Winston-Salem is proposed by the Winston and Wadesboro Railroad Company. The 90 mile line would pass Anson Stanly Montgomery Davidson Forsyth counties with $500,000 capital. Directors from South Carolina pledge over $1,000 per mile and 5 percent paid in cash.
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Wadesboro
Winston-Salem
Ratsian
Secretary of State
Winston and
Arvall
South Carolina
Thomas Wilson
Oade's
John McSween
Timmonsville
P. A. Wilcox
Florence
W. E Huger
BR. G. Rhett
Fecetley
Charleston
New American Colones in Pacific Ocean
Vancouver May 16 Advices from the Orient report the Philippine commission has made progress in the southern islands. Trade grows, Moros of Sulu and Mindanao accept American rule, and communication opens beyond former Spanish restrictions. Commissioners met sultan dates and data in Mindanao and Mohammadan regions as Mount Apo tribes testified. Manila’s central civil government to begin by July with Judge Taftan as governor and a mixed American Filipino legislature.
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Vancouver
B. C
Orient
Philip Pines
Sulu
Mindanao
Sultan Dates
Datoaere
Mount Apo
Manila
Vince
Luzon
Ti Taftan
Hawaiians Seek Removal of Governor Dole in Washington
May 14 in San Francisco Hawa ian vice speaker W Beckley arrived with a legislative resolution urging President McKinley to remove Governor Dole. Hawaiian envoy RW Wiles accompanies him to support home rule asks while Samuel Parker carries to Washington a document presenting the other side of the islands political troubles. DeWitt's Little Early Risers advertised.
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F. W. Beckley
Honolulu
McKinley
Dole
RW. Wiles
Congress
Beckley
Washington
Samuel Parker
Parker
Wilcox
Islands
Presbyterian General Assembly Opens in Philadelphia in 1901
The 113th Presbyterian General Assembly meets in Philadelphia with Rev. Charles A. Dickey as moderator. About 650 delegates and alternates arrive at Calvary Chapel to present credentials and receive handbooks. Crowds overflow as the hall proves too small, with the assembly adjourning after the moderator's sermon to resume at 8.00.
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Philadelphia
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One Hundred and Thirteenth Presbyterian General Assembly
Charles A. Dickey
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Sa Oelnok
Calvary Chapel
United States
General Presbytery
General Synod
Irs
First Presbyterian Church
Falledelpee
Supreme Church Judiciary
Dickey
Pictare Io
Southern Assembly Elects Dr Neander Woods Moderator
The eighteenth annual Southern Presbyterian general assembly opened in Lirrta Roc with over 200 ministers present. Dr Neander M Woods of Memphis was elected moderator by acclamation after opening sermon by Woods and assistance from Dr G W Boggs of Holly Springs.
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Memphis
Lirrta Roc
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
George J. Martin
Little Rock
Neander M. Woods
G. W. Boggs
Holly Springs
Misa
Southern Presbyterian Assembly
Augusta
Woods
Kerr
Virginia
Beatty
Kentucky
DeWitt
HL. R. Palmer
Charge and riot quelled by militia in Albany scene
Observers report a riot at the Albany line where United Traction militiamen under General Barnes engaged a rioting crowd. Soldiers fired no shots except when necessary, driving the mob three blocks away and securing streets as car service resumed. Strikers and authorities differ on gains, with arrests warned for brick-throwing and several militiamen tasked with restoring order.
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United Traction Company
Barnes
Twentythird
Quail Street
Broadway
Central Avenue
Brady
Fassett
State Street
Madison Avenue
Twenty-third Regiment
Nearly a Centenarian Hoeing Corn as Vigorously
In Greenville Alabama on May 16 a near 95 year old farmer named W O R Kilpatrick hoed corn beside a road, boasting vigor unseen in many younger workers. County commissioner O G Jones stopped by for directions and heard Kilpatrick recounts a life largely spent outside courts and jails.
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Ala
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Forest
Chapman
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Youen
Kilpatrick
Murder Verdict in Priest Killing Shocks Cheltenham
Jacob Wynne was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the Jan 16 death of Reverend Father Charles P. Riegel in Cheltenham near Philadelphia after a night of drinking. Trial of Sailor Bob Bryan and other defendants follows as cases proceed.
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Pather Riegel
Cheltenham
Tenderloin
Wynne
Wynee
Riegel
Bob” Bryan
Wilaiameron
W. Va
3. D. Stokes
Hey
J. J. Woll
Woll
Stokes
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