President McKinley Nears Return After San Francisco Visit
President McKinley plans to leave San Francisco for Washington tomorrow after completing public duties including receptions at the Scott residence and Palace Hotel. Physicians report Mrs McKinley has improved enough to travel, while the president praised the Sons of the American Revolution and Loyal Legion for their support and spoke of the nation’s enduring government built by the will of the people.
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Lery
McWinley Shevith
National Capital
Scott
Thia City
Palace Hotel
Sons and Daughters of
The
American Revoluion
Logis Legion
Nover
Oakland
Cortelou
Mechinley
Epiat
Washington
McHlinley
Song
Daughters of the American Revolution
Loyal Legion
Sons of the American Revolution
Lefon
Dincoln
Atlantic
Pscihe
Congress
George Washington
Cuba
Fred
Porto Rivo
Philipines
There Is No Bar to Idleness
The New York Sun argues strikers should not be blamed for construction slowdowns as building operations and schoolhouse work require labor. It asserts workers must earn money for families, rejects strikes as revolutionary, and says bricklayers and machinists could shift trades without harming others who wish to work.
Platt Amendment Scores as Conservatives Fail in Convention
Havana reports the minority committee on relations defeated 19 to 9 with the majority to be read Monday. Senor Zayas predicts possible gains with two delegates who backed conservatives, while conservatives expect only weak strength. In other notes, a feature praises American girls for education and discipline, contrasting them with boys and praising high school graduation norms.
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Havana
Committee On Relations
Sener Zayas
Senor Zayas
Cleveland
Hue
Pigeaut
Cause and Effect on the South African War Analysis
A 1900 report to the war office by Lord Roberts outlines large wartime outputs and costs, showing disproportion between England's immense power and the campaign’s progress. It questions the belief that brute force ensures victory, arguing moral factors mattered and the war challenges the might makes right doctrine.
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St Louis Post-Dispatch
War Office
Lord Roberts
Stock Company Theaters Build Public For American Drama
The Brooklyn Eagle argues stock companies extend acting interest beyond rich patrons, feeding the dramatic instinct and developing taste. They provide affordable theater, support a national dramatic literature, aid actors’ domestic virtue, and foster audience sympathy by repeated viewings. The piece cites social and cultural benefits while cautioning against oversaturation.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Vanderfile
Look at Him Twenty Years On From a Million in Pocket
A fragmented line recalls a magnate once in New York with a million dollars in hand. The text hints at past wealth and a dramatic rise or transformation over time, but details remain unclear from the unreadable OCR snippet.
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Weil
New York
Europe and Americas Clash Over United States Dominance
London notes Roosevelt speech prompts critique by The Saturday Review. It claims the United States using the Monroe doctrine to block Europe from Central and South America, warns America’s influence pressures Venezuela and Europe, and questions the impact of tariffs and the Babcock bill on domestic and export trade. Charles M Schwab’s remarks on steel trust policies are cited amid tariff debate and questions about free trade effects on American industry.
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London Saturday Review
Europe
America
United States
London
Roosevelts
Buffalo
Saturday Review
South America
Americas
Venezuela
Germany
Schwab
Babcock
Philadelphia
Charles M Schwan
Willon Dollar Steel Trust
New York
Jeter
Industrial Commission
Public School Problem Messenger Decries School Shortcomings
Clarendon Stedman urged New York teachers to reform public schools after years of neglecting fundamentals. He argued that many boys lack strong reading and handwriting when hired, and that true education rests on mastering the three Rs and spelling to prepare for higher study and life.
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Louls Star
Clarend Stedman
New York
Publc
Stedmans
Unusual Features in Indiana Endowment Rank Report
Indiana Insurance Department awaits the Supreme Court Knights of Pythias report. The endowment rank shows 2.3 million invested in the Lexington Hotel Chicago and 82 thousand in Texas coal lands. Furniture valued at 4195 is listed as unappreciated, now 5450. Hotel property reportedly worth 1,736,807 more than paid.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Insurance Department of Indiana
Knights of Parties
Chicago
Indiana
Supreme Loouse
Lexington
Texas
Northern Pacific Flurry Amid New York Markets
A Northern Pacific advance of four points sparked by yesterday’s New York activity carried into today’s sessions, with no continuation in trades on the local exchange throughout the day.
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Northern
Pacific
New York
Academic Freedom and Specialization in Universities
The piece argues American universities evolve into systems of specialized schools under a common administration, contrasting them with traditional Oxford Cambridge colleges. It asserts harmony between an institution’s parts, limits on radicalism in conservative schools, and directors’ aim to enforce overall institutional unity.
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New York
Vall
Expresa
Vear
Great University
Collees
Oxford
Cambridge
United Under & Common
Smalter Colleges
Presbyterian Aff
Institutions of Learning
Lynch Law for Municipal Reform Speech Sparks Debate
The Rev Doyd W Tomkins of Holy Trinity by the Law and Order Society urges drastic methods to fight evils, saying a rope and revolutionary steps may be necessary. He cites experience as a missionary in the far west where lynch law appeared as a prevailing example.
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Philadelphia
Doyd W Tomkins
Holy Trinity Church
Law and Order Society
Far West
Eyi
MacArthur Frees Woodruff in Commissary Frauds Case
Washington May 2 six hundred pounds of Manta rail arrived at the war department. The Taft commission report on the Philippines civil government was received and may be put into operation around July if approved. General MacArthur’s investigation into Woodruff and others in the commissary frauds is released and exonerates Woodruff though subordinates are criticized for lax methods. Major West found lax warehouse controls and irregularities in sales via teamsters and sergeants. Woodruff’s report shows purchases in Manila were abused, with flour bacon and other supplies sold and rations disposed of by returning volunteers. Read’s rebates and suspected grafts are noted, along with lighters losses in Manila harbor. Manila natives show discontent over American judges and civil service biases in favor of Americans, sparking calls for reform and possible revolution. Union Pacific bonds sold in semi official reports, with ties to a Talon Pacific stake via Kuhn Loeb & Co.
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Washington
War Department
Taft Commission
Philippines
MacArthur
Woodruff
Major West
Donot Commissary
Davis
Read
Manila
Colanel Woodcult
Vanila
Boards of Survey
Clyl
Natha
Lysa
Judge Ner
Court of First Instance
Tondo
Trias
Lueban
A. M. Shomo Promotes Custom 25 Dollar Suit
A. M. Shomo, merchant tailor at 85 N Pryor Street, offers a made to measure 25 dollar suit featuring Sam’s imported goods and fine tailoring from a New York Fifth Avenue cutter.
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Sam
N. Y
A. M. Shomo
N. Pryor Street
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