Waller Day McDonald OBrien News From Manila May 1902
Major L W T Waller and Lieutenant Day face a disapproved acquittal by a reviewing court in Samar on executing natives without trial. General Chalke finds Waller’s death orders unjustified though no murder verdict. McDonald denies charges in the Philippine committee hearing. Baptist and French commission updates from St Paul and Niagara Falls. Ryan defeats Handler. rain hampers Iowa crops and medical society elects officers. Wesley Elkins paroled to Mount Vernon and Crone Jamieson case overturned for faulty indictments.
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L. W. T. Waller
John A. Day
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Samar
Adna R. Chalke
Waller
Walter
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General Smith
Smith
Lieutenant Day
Day
Military Service of
United States
McDonald
Washington
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
O'Brien
Philippine Committee
The
Senate
Major Cook
Wesley “Elkins
Des Moines
Wesley Elkins
Clayton County
Mount Vernon
Harlan
Cornell College
Hundred Injured as Fifth Avenue Sidewalk Collapses
A section of temporary sidewalk along Fifth Avenue and East Eighteenth Street collapsed during a militia parade honoring the French envoys. About 100 people fell twenty feet into an excavation, injuring many including Detective James J. Kelly and Patrolman M. J. McManus. The incident prompted swift rescue efforts, arrests of workers, and hospital care for the injured. several may die.
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New York
Ivin L. Coolidge
Fifth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
French-Rochambeau Commission
George Essing
James J. Kelly
M. J. McManus
Charles Werner
Twenty-second Regiment
Cowan
J. G. Miller
James Lawton
Rochambeau Statue Unveiled Amid French American Bond
In Washington on May 26 a grand crowd witnessed the bronze statue of General Count Rochambeau unveiled to honor the French allied forces. The ceremony highlighted strong Franco American friendship and featured notable military pageantry reflecting perilous times in the American Revolution.
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Count Marshal de Rochambeau
France
Rochamheau
Olution
French Republic
United States
Rochambeau Visit Travels From West Point To New York
French delegates led by Count de Rochambeau spent most of the day journeying from West Point toward New York City on May 28 as part of the Rochambeau mission. The party's movements reflect ongoing diplomatic exchanges between France and the United States in the late colonial era.
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Niagara, Falls
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Count de Rochambeau
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Niagara Falls
West Point
Ryan
Kansas City
Tommy Ryan
Jimmy Handler
New York
West ‘Point
United States
Keaysarge
Alabama
City Hall
Broadway
Waldorf-Astoria
Order of the Cincinnati
Order
Beef Combine
Albany
Troy
Judson
Landon
Chicago Grain and Provisions Trading and Closing Quotes
Chicago May 27 summary of grain and livestock markets shows corn prices rising on short squeeze expectations lifting soybeans and oats alongside. Wheat July up. May, July, and Sept futures listed with closing prices. Chicago live stock receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep across multiple markets including Kansas City South Omaha and St. Joseph.
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Chicago
Bert Wh
Sa.uouu
Guy
Kansas City
South Omaha
Wullona, $5,507 O25; Weaterad
Ewos
Commons and Stockers
Tauiba
St. Joseph
Peace Talks Amid Boer Conference Amid Optimism and Doubt
Amid Vereeniging talks observers report lingering differences between Boer delegates and the Transvaal government. London reports a cabinet focus on financial details and possible acceptance of terms. A tentative peace is forecast but uncertainties persist as Parliament hints at budget delays to accommodate a potential settlement.
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Pretoria
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Vereeniging
Transvaal
Europe
Daily Mail
Great Britain
Edward
Associated Press
Jealous Lover Kills Sweetheart Rival and Self in Kansas City
In Kansas City yesterday, Frank Robinson aged 20 shot and killed his sweetheart Gertie Rawlins aged 16, fatally wounded rival Albert Ferguson aged 19, and fatally wounded himself in an apartment house following jealousy. Authorities report the tragedy occurred earlier in the day.
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Kansas City
Frank Robinson
Gertie Rawlins
Albert P. Ferguson
Pauncefote Rests Temporarily in Rock Creek Cemetery
Funeral arrangements for Lord Pauncefote British ambassador proceed with Lady Pauncefote's approval. Services set for Wednesday noon at St. John's Episcopal Church, burial in a Rock Creek cemetery receiving vault. Government will provide a military escort. state funeral marks national tribute. The Times notes American regard shown by Roosevelt's offers. Next Presbyterian Assembly chose Los Angeles for 1926 meeting and rejected honoring Southern Presbyterian with full privileges.
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