Democratic governors race in Kentucky gathers at Galt House
Gener al Hardin expresses confidence in nomination while Captain Stone declines candidacy for chairman. Congressman Berry and W. J. Stone attend, both tied to gold and Carlisle Cleveland factions. Silver supporters push against odds as leading papers note Hardin's strong campaign and anticipated convention leadership at Willard Hotel.
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Louisville
Clay
Galt House
Berry
Carlisle
Cleveland
W. J. Stone
Captain Stone Arms
Willerd
Captain Stone
Hardin
General Hardin
Kentucky
Willard
Proctor Knott
Blackburn
John Rhea
Hanl
Hag
Gold cheaper to produce than silver argues Denver miner
Denver miner F W Hendricks asserts gold costs less to mine than silver, citing figures from Independence, Victor, Portland, Isabella mines and others in Colorado. He notes rising gold receipts at Denver mint, refineries shipping bullion to New York, Cripple Creek and Leadville areas driving a mining stock boom. He praises improved mine management and larger returns across districts.
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Washington
F. W. Hendricks
Denver
Col
Smee
Independence
Victor
Portland
Isabella
Colorado
United States
New York
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Alma
Silverton
Lear Creek
Gilpin
Boulder
Dedicated the Sig Tent for Epworth League Conference
Chattanooga Tenn June 23 Special The dedication of the big tent to be used for the international conference of the Epworth League opened this week in Chattanooga The tent seats 12000 and about 209 people stood outside unable to gain admission The choir of 800 voices led by Professor Roland D Williams occupied the platform as clergy from the city and visiting ministers filled the speakers platform The proceedings began with a lengthy announced hour for the opening exercises and closing remarks remained to be reported.
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Epworth
Chattanooga
Tenn
Epworth League
South
Roland D. Williams
Attention Grows as County Crowds Flock to City
The close streams of people poured in and hundreds of wagons outside indicated a large attendance from the country. Mr Spencer missionary to India gave the sermon and Dr McCastle local Presbyterian minister offered the dedicatory prayer. Tomorrow crowds arrive and by Wednesday morning 10000 people outside of the state will be in the city. It is expected 15000 will comprise the total attendance outside Tennessee and arrangements to handle the crowd have been made by the local committee.
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Spencer
India
McCastle
Tennessee
Advices From Hawaiie Special Session of Legislature
Honolulu dispatch reports the special session of the first legislature of the republic convened noon on the 12th in the former throne room. President Dole praised recognition by major nations and stable internal affairs after the January insurrection. The cabinet eyed liberal land policies, immigration of white settlers, and a restrained Asiatic policy while preparing bills on lands and franchises. Senate and House organized. Wilder elected president of the Senate and Lima Noone speaker of the House.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
United Press
Republic
United States
Dole
Republic of Hawaii
Senate
House
Council of State
Advisory Council
W. C. Wilder
Lima Noone
San Irrancisco
Tottering
Thurston
Lehna
Supreme Court
Damon
Kaulani
New York Tribune
Washington
Thornton
Gresham
State Department
Mas. Gresham
Harrison
Tribune Dispatch
Smith
Veteran orders Italian flag lowered on Niagara gorge
A veteran named Orlando Wilson and four companions visited Italian worker camps along the Niagara gorge and ordered the Italian flag lowered from a camp by the river. Crowds of Italian laborers protested but complied when warned the flag would be shot down.
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New York
Niagara River
Shantes
Orlando Wison
Wilson
Sunny
Filiposters Return From Key West Mission Fails
A cablegram from Key West says none of the party that left with HRoloft and San chez are back. They supposedly weakened before connections and spent eighteen days on Boeahien without food for two days. Early reports claimed they would recount their experiences but Cubans are said to have refused.
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Key West
Jacksonville
Fla
Times-Union
the &Th
Hroloft
Sanchez
Boeahien
Natural gas blasts in Tennessee cause stone spouts
A Tennessee gas explosion near Whitebuff in Dickens county sent up tons of rock and earth. A second blast occurred nearby today, ejecting large stone chunks and creating a fifteen foot average deep hole. The roaring gas escape was audible for miles.
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Nashville
Tenn
Whitebuff
Dickens County
Wild boar fatally wounds Mrs. Moore in Florida
In Leon County near Tallahassee Mrs Esther Moore and her daughter were blackberry picking when a wild boar charged. The animal gored her with twenty wounds including a lung-penetrating tusk. A hunter shot the beast. Physicians fear for her life as the monster boar, thirteen inches long, is described in detail.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Esther Moore
Johnson
Bitten by a Spider Endangers Owens Arm
W C Owens representative from Kentucky Ashland district and foe of Breckinridge was bitten by a spider. His arm swelled severely, and doctors warn amputation may be necessary to save his life. He left Cincinnati by special train for his home to get surgery.
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Esxmna Owens
Cincinnati
W. C. Owens
Ashland
Kentucky
W. C. P. BreckdJuridge
They Are After Carder He Has Been Stealing Moraes
A man calling himself George Carder was arrested in McHnne Tennessee on pistol carrying charges while negotiating a horse sale. He escaped, was bound over to court, and faced a razor charge as well. deputies from several counties hunted him as a wholesale horse thief linked to a recent Elora theft and a shooting in Homeland. Rewards totaling substantial sum offered for his capture.
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Tonmchnee
Ae Ee
Hattanddga, Tenn
George Carder
Skern
Carder
Jones
Marton County
Theer Wakefield
Franks County
Middle Tennessee
Elora
Lincoln County
J. H. Reeves
Carders
Herbert Powers
Home-land
Year Whitwell
Marion County
Arkansas
Street Car Hulk Murdered in Milwaukee and Armitage
C B Birch a West Chicago Street Railway cashier was murdered in his office at the car barns near Milwaukee and Armitage avenues at 2 30 this morning. The robber stole 3200 from the cash drawer and escaped. Birch fired once but was killed. The safe held 5000 but was not touched. Birch died at 7 o clock after describing his attacker. no trace has been found.
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Hind
Birch
DuPage farmers form armed posse in manhunt ends in suicide
Three hundred DuPage county farmers pursue a gang of thieves haunting farms from Elgin to Hinsdale. A captured bandit, jailed in Hinsdale, slices his wrist with broken glass after fearing lynching. he dies as the crowd surrounds the lockup. Authorities have not yet identified the leader. The chase continues.
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Chicago
DuPage County
Elgin
Hinsdale
Nine Year Old Jumps After Watermelons Drowns in River
In Jacksonville Florida on a June evening nine year old Griffin, a Black boy, fell into the river while reaching for floating watermelons. He used a long stick to grab one, but drowned, with authorities noting his love of watermelons as the cause of the tragedy.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Griffin
Man Falls Into River While Fishing From Wharf
A man leaning from the wharf to retrieve a fishing stick slipped and toppled into the river. He lost his balance after the stick gave way, plunging into the water as onlookers rushed to assist.
Stabbed His Landlord In Kentucky Farm murder
William Curry, a burly laborer, stabbed wealthy farmer Harry T. Drake near Lexington, Kentucky. Drake lay injured, bleeding from multiple wounds, as Curry escaped into the woods pursued by bloodhounds. Curry had worked on Drake’s farm, and after firing insults vowed revenge before the assault.
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Neuro
Kentucky
Lexington
William Curry
Harry T. Drake
Curry
Drake
Cook
Arthur Knowles
Knowles
Confessing Murderer Hints At Involving Others In Sensation
Lexington June 3 Bad Tom Smith, who is to be hanged at Jackson Friday, faces a confession that may implicate men not previously named. He hesitated when told of the date, and though his cousin a preacher arrives, he has not yet spoken the full story of Dr Ryder's murder at Catherine McQuinn’s home last winter. The confession is expected to cause a sensational reveal, suggesting Smith sought payment to deliver details.
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Lexington
Tom Smith
Jackson
Smith
Prilay
Dr. Ryder
Catherine McQuinn
Chase to Be Arrested for Misappropriating State Funds
Topeka Kansas June 23 x Warden W Chase likely to be arrested soon on charges of misappropriating state funds. After investigations following his removal from office Governor Morrill suspended him. he resisted surrender and was ousted by the Supreme court. He allegedly diverted 34500 from the board of vermormal prisoners funds, using it to pay his own salary and other state bills.
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Krosus
Topeka
Kas
W. Chase
Chase
Waleh
Morrill
Supreme Court
Sus Pearl
Oklahoma
Board of ‘Erviormal Prisooners
Kanna Fupieon
Bit
Farmer Emmet Chester Kills Man Then Flees
In antizomery Alabama on June 22 Emmet Chester a farmer living miles from town accused G P Wilson of New York of intimacy with his stepdaughter. Chester shot Wilson after a confrontation. Wilson was wounded with throat cut and stabbed. Chester fled while Charles Mize a friend was knocked unconscious. Wilson claimed to be son of G F Wilson of New York banking firm Wilson Yamba Co.
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Emet Chester
C. F. Wilson
Antizomery
Ala
Emmet Chesa
G. P. Wilson
New York
Charles Minge
Chester
Wilton
Thry
Chester Ilo
Van Wagener Ends Life After Reading Is Life Worth Living
Pelham Manor New York June 3 Charles P Van Wagener a prominent New York business man aged forty one shot himself at his residence while his family was away. The body was found today near a bed with a book titled Is Life Worth Living nearby. Authorities note the cause of death as a mystery and the deceased was reported very wealthy.
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Pelham Manor
N. Y
Charles P van Wagener
New York
Himack
Dikes Claimed Kin Then Stole Money and Jewelry
W J Dykes a young man was arrested in Marianna Fla for stealing money and jewelry from several homes after being invited in by residents who believed him kin. He vanished with valuables after visits, Mrs Grant missing over 260. Authorities suspect links to earlier crooked work in Mobile and other places.
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Marianna
Fla
W. J. Dykes
Exit Rosebery Resigns as Government Plans New Cabinet
The present government announces resignation. Salisbury to be summoned and to form a new cabinet. Business will proceed under fresh leadership.
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Salisbury
Dissolution Looms Asquith Morley Oppose Cabinet Resign
The Rosebery government will resign and Lord Salisbury will form a ministry to dissolve Parliament. Elections are expected July 1 as cabinet deliberations centered on whether to resign or dissolve. A surprise defeat reshaped plans and unionists push for a unified national party with Salisbury leading a potential conservative Liberal Unionist coalition.
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London
Rosebery
Lord Salisbury
Windsor Castle
Lord Rosebery
Herbert Asquith
Home Secretary
John Morley
Ireland
William O'Brien
Cork City
Downing Street
Messia
Thomas B. Hillis
Castle
Frogmore
Beatrice
Christian
Frogmore Royal Mausoleum
Paddington
Grove
Lord Tweedmouth
Duchy of Lancaster
Arnold Morley
Asquith
Salisburys
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Ballsbury
Broderick
Balfour
Arthur Biggs
Hatfield House
Hertfordshire
Duke
Devonshire
House of Lords
Windsor
Mr. Chamberlain
Duke of Devonshire
Elu
House of Commons
Unioniit
Liberal and Conservative Views on Government Crisis and Fetes
The unnamed report outlines reactions to a government crisis with the Earl of Rosebery resigning as first lord of the treasury and the cabinet facing scrutiny. It notes expected shifts in leadership including Chamberlain and Salisbury, and mentions Gladstone’s return, plus coverage of Kiel fetes and an anarchist plot amid Berlin discussions.
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Earl of Rosebery
Treasury
Windsor Castin
Battersea
John Burns
House of Commons
The
Chronicle
Liberal
Chamberlain
Daily Telegraph
Standard
Wiliam Vernon Harcourt
Duke of Devonshire
Henry James
Gladstone
Ireland
Marquis of Lansdowne
India
Canada
England
Donald Currie
the Times
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Balfour
War Office
Michael Hicks- Head
Exchequer
George J. Goschen
Admiralty
Leonard Henry Courtney
Board of Trade
Alster
Kiel
Berlin
Hamburg
Admiralty Hall
Kiel Castle
Potsdam
Police Department
Ulster River
I*ries Innige
Eichstag
Herr Richter
I Reichstag
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Odda
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Thea
Hope
Ark
Thomas Orr
Shower Spring
Orr
Lynnville
Heary Sands
Jim Stevenson
Hsau Marae
Sands
Morse
Stevenson
Pulaski
Ocala
Fie
Jim Sanders
Marshal Bargelner
Howard Curry
Henry &. Drake
Morley
Lal
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