Engagement Near, Russia Aloft Northward By Navy Heads
St Petersburg reports Admiral Avellan, head of the Russian Admiralty, confirms Vice Admiral Nerestvensky is steaming north to meet Admiral Togo. He says a sea battle may occur soon, while denying reports of any breakdown or relief request.
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ST. Petersburg
Avellan
Admiralty Department
Associated Press
Nerestvensky
Togo
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Admiralty
Th’ Straits
Formosa
Toso
Estrada Heads for United States After Stage Driver Shoot
San Diego Cal-A Tribune dispatch from Ensenada lower California reports that Rorale Estrada, who shot the San Quentin stage driver Tuesday night and stole over $700 in government funds, stole a horse near Ensenada and is heading toward the United States. Posse reports indicate Estrada will likely be overtaken before the boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Tribune
Ensenada
California
Rorale Istrada
San Quentin
United States
Estrada
Boundary Line
Propose a Test of Rights in Chicago Street Cars
Chicago municipal ownership advocates pressed a quo warranto action in the superior court to test authority of Chicago City Railway and Union Traction. They allege franchise overreach by substituting electricity for horse power, claiming loss of street use. Judge Chytraus ordered defendants to answer by June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago City Railway
Union Traction Company
Chytraus
Frost Hits Germany Damaging Moselle Vines
Frost swept across Germany Tuesday and Wednesday nights with temperatures 6 to 8 degrees below freezing. The cold snapped fruits and vines especially in the Moselle wine district, causing substantial damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Moselle
Illinois Central Rates Cut to Chicago for June 18
General Passenger Agent Hansen of the Illinois Central notified the Western Passenger association that his line will sell round trip tickets from Omaha Sioux City Sioux Falls and all points west of Dubuque to Chicago for 5. The move ends a dispute between the Chicago Omaha lines over delegate movement to the Modern Woodmen convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hansen
Illinois Central Railroad
Western Passenger Association
Omaha
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Illinois Central Lines
Dubuque
Imagoon Becomes Governor of Canal Zone in Panama
Hezekiah A Gudzer administered the oath to Charles sfa goon as governor in Ancon district with President Amador and cabinet present. Magoon outlined centralization of authority, planned double tracking of the railroad, reduced rates, expanded docking facilities, and focused on sanitation, judiciary expansion, Panama Supreme Court jurist, and new schools.
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Nebraska
Canal Zone
Panama
Hezekiah A. Qgudzer
Charles 4
Sfagoon
Ancon District
Amador
Senor de Obaldia
United States
Magoon
Canal Commission
Washington
Wallace
Colon
Supreme Court
Tokyo hears of Japanese victories in campaign
Imperial headquarters reports Russian cavalry detours faced rear guard defeats near Fukumen. On May 20 they camped near Tafangshen then withdrew to the Malien river on May 21. A few enemy companies on the left bank of Malien were defeated and retreated northward in disorder.
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Tokio
Fukumen
Liao
Tafangshen
Siaotatzu
Malien
TURN DOWN CURFEW PLAN Police Chiefs Reject Curfew Motion
Washington report on the International Association of Chiefs of Police where old officers were re elected and a move for universal curfew adoption was rejected. The group also opposed expelling members for sharing information with the press and backed newspapers as better at tracing offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Association of Chiefs of Police
Hot Springs
Ark
Omaha
Supreme Court rules on life insurance policy nonrevocation
Missouri’s supreme court holds fraternal and assessment life policies can not be revoked after three annual payments. The case involved a May 1896 policy. after three payments the June 1899 due payment was missed and the insured died in January 1900. The company denied the claim, but the lower court found policy value beyond death and favored the beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Jefferson City
Supreme Court of Misouri
Johnson Sentenced to Hang for Post Office Killing
TRINIDAD Cole The jury in the case of Joseph Johnson who on April 8 shot and killed John H Fox in the lobby of the post office here returned a verdict of murder in the first degree The death penalty applies.
Mining Mills Burned at Horseshoe Mine Fire
Fire destroyed the extensive Horseshoe Mining company milling and cyanide plant at Terry near Lead. The blaze began in lime bins and spread to the mill, cyanide plant, crusher house, and offices, wiping out a facility valued at about 350000 dollars. About three hundred workers lost jobs. insurance coverage totaled 250000 dollars from fifty companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LEAD
S. D
Horseshoe Mining Company
Terry
Black Hills
Starvation Threat Across Eastern Siberia Regions
Vladivostok dispatch reports widespread famine danger in the marine region of Eastern Siberia including Sakhalin and the Kamchatka peninsula. Fish supply in Sakhalin was exhausted last winter and inhabitants reportedly ate their dogs to conserve fire due to war-induced shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Russky Slave
Moscow
Vladivostok
Siberia
Sakhalin
Kamechkata Peninsula
Khotsk
Russians Lose Six Ships and One Cruiser in Korean Straits
Reports from Nagasaki and Tokyo state Russian battleship Borodino and four other warships plus a repair ship were sunk by Japanese forces in the straits of Korea. Telegrams from Korea and Shanghai describe battles near the Korean straits and a fleet movement toward the Tasaki/Tsu region, with assessments of the Baltic squadron’s engagement and potential Russian losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagasaki
State Department
Straits of Korea
Tokio
Tsu Shimi
Chefoo
Korea
Korean Straits
Togo
Korean Strais
Tsu Island
Mesampo Bay
Shanghai
Rojestvensky
Korean Strait
Europe
London
Morning Post
News From Nagasaki Feared Loss of Russian Fleet
In St Petersburg the public and authorities await Japanese confirmation of Admiral Rojestvensky's defeat. Reports to Washington from Nagasaki claim five Russian ships sunk, including the flagship Kniaz Souvaroff and the repair ship Kamschatka. Reactions mix alarm and cautious pessimism as silence continues.
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ST. Petersburg
Admiralty
Rojestvensky
Tokio
Washington
Nagasaki
Kniaz Souvaroff
Kamschatka
Sea of Japan
Langford Defeats Young Peter Jackson in Fifteen Rounds
Sam Langford of Cambridge edged Baltimore's Young Peter Jackson in a close fifteen round decision at the Highland Athletic Club in Marlboro Massachusetts. Langford controlled the action with sharp counters while Jackson pressed forward, but Langford's precision earned the decision after a spirited title bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter” Jackson
Marlboro
Mass
Sam Langford
Cambridge
Baltimore
Highland Athletic Club
Wyoming Convicts Sentenced
Cheyenne Wyoming J B Jackson received one year and one day in the state penitentiary for robbing the Army post office and was escorted to the penitentiary by Deputy U S Marshal Joe LaFors. William Ulrich Pueblo street car conductor and former Ranchester postmaster was sentenced to one year and one day in the penitentiary for embezzlement. Pueblo friends saw him off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. B. Jackson
Army
United States
Joe LaFors
William Ulrich
Pueblo
Ranchester
Ulrich
Strikes At Public Schools Stir Chicago Labor
The Federation of Labor pledges to defend parents and children linked to school strikes after colored non union teamsters delivered coal to public schools. It vows to stand by the youths, seek their release, and may withdraw children from corporation run schools if needed, even reaching the Illinois Supreme Court. A five member committee is authorized to act to implement these resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation
Chicago
Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of Illinois
British Traders Loss Ground In Siberia Trade
The Board of Trade is sued by Special Commissioner H. Cooke over Siberia trade, blaming British merchants for being outpaced by American, Danish, and German competitors. Russian migrants in Siberia are already supplying London with butter as they adopt American machinery and harvesters.
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London
Board of Trade
H. Cooke
Siberia
M. Cooke
Russia
British Isles
Milwaukee
Chicago
Shaw Says Politics Played No Part at Lunch
Des Moines Iowa Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw told local bankers that government finances are sound and politics did not influence the parole of Frank Shercliffe. He refused to discuss a possible presidential bid, saying it is not a topic he discards but does not discuss.
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Des Moines
the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Bankers’ Club
Shaw
Frank Shercliffe
Dennison
Governor Magoon Reports Happy Oath Ceremony
Washington dispatch dated Panama May 25 says Governor Magoon took the oath of office and assumed duties in the canal zone with President Amador, cabinet, and prominent citizens present. The message notes an auspicious start and good feelings. Also reported is a yellow fever case in Panama May 21 involving E. J. Bonestell, an American non employee.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Panama
Canal’ Zone
Amador
Magoon
War Department
E. J. Bonestell
Seventy-One Banks Hit By A Boston Failure
Boston bankruptcy case names seventy-one banks and trust companies as creditors of Burnett Cummings Co of 43 Milk Street. Petition filed in federal court shows liabilities of 1 714 368 dollars with uncertain assets. Creditors expect realized value under 200 thousand dollars, if anything at all.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Burnett, Cummings & Co
Milk Street
United States District Court
Mongolia brings seven naval officers and 223 passengers to San Francisco
The China liner Mongolia, after passing quarantine on Thursday, docks in San Francisco with 223 cabin passengers including Rear Admiral Miller Lieutenant Commander Criven Captain F E Sawyer and Captain F J Brake the latter two noted for serving on Commander Briggs court martial. Seven Japanese naval officers are aboard as passengers and are notably reticent about their mission.
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San Francisco
Mongolia
Miller
Criven
F. E. Sawyer
F. J. Brake
Briggs
Baltimore
Riots spread in Chicago lumber districts during teamsters strike
Rioting erupted in Chicago as lumber district crowds clashed with wagons and escorts. Police and deputies fired warning shots and revolvers to disperse mobs, injuring none but wounding a officer with an air rifle. Dozens were arrested as wagons were attacked near Canal Madison and Twenty second Ashland.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Canal
Madison Streets
Pennsylvania Railroad
Federal Court
Desplaines Street
Lumber
Twenty-second Street
Ashland Avenue
Bagenski
Thirty-fifth Street
Center Avenue
Loomis Street
Archer Avenue
Rittenhouse & Embree Lumber Company
President urged to act on Equitable Life affairs
In Washington on Wednesday Clarence Whitman president of the Merchants' Association of New York conferred with the president. Details were withheld but it is believed he urged government action including a possible investigation or recommendations to Congress on insurance legislation.
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Washington
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Clarence Whitman
Merchants’ Association of New York
Southerns Raise $300,000 in Fort Worth Assembly
In Fort Worth Texas the twentieth century assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church reports pledges totaling 300000 with about half received. The assembly did not sustain N E Thurmonds complaint against the synod of Missouri.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Assembly
The
Southern Presbyterian Church
N. E. Thurmond
Synod of Missouri
Plans For the Big Parade in Portland
Colonel E Steever grand marshal of Lewis and Clark fair opening day exercises announces a parade June 1 at 10 o'clock from Sixth and Morrison. The event will be the northwest's most imposing with 1000 United States regular soldiers plus infantry cavalry artillery and mounted band, and the Oregon National Guard.
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Portland
Ore
Steever
Northwest
Sixth
Morrison Streets
United States
Oregon National Guard
Washington National Guard
Lord's Motion Granted In Equitable Case
Justice Maddox in Brooklyn Supreme Court grants Franklin B Lord's motion to restrain Equitable Life directors from mutualizing the firm. The ruling allows only filing and effecting of a proposed amended charter, noting the amendment has been adopted.
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Lord
New York
Franklin B. Lord
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Justice Maddox
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Maddox
Stanford offers reward for aunt's death information
Welton Stanford of Schenectady New York a nephew of the late Jane Lathrop Stanford of San Francisco is said to have offered a reward of 1000 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for his aunt's death. His son Welton Stanford Jr denies knowledge of the offer and says the family has heard nothing authoritative.
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New York
San Francisco
Welton Stanford
Schenectady
N. Y
Jane Lathrop Stanford
Leland Stanford
Welton Stanford Jr
Hill and Harriman Reach an Agreement
New York reports a final settlement of all tensions over the Northern Pacific stock corner, promising harmony between the Hill and Harriman factions. The accord, reached at a conference with representatives and figures like E. H. Harriman present, envisages a joint Union Pacific Northern Pacific agreement to build a shared connection in the Clearwater district to be opened jointly by the two firms.
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New York
Northern Pacific
Hill
Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific
Clearwater
No Authority Found to Probe Equitable Life Actions
President Roosevelt has declined proposed government inquiry into life insurance firms, notably Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, stating the government lacks authority to act via commission or the bureau of corporations after reviewing legal aspects and recent complications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
Bureau of Corporations
New York Trust Company Seized by State Bank Authority
The Merchants' Trust Company of New York was closed by order of the state superintendent of banks on Wednesday. It had made loans totaling about 1.25 million dollars without sufficient recoveries to cover deposits and protect the firm's capital.
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New York Company
New York
Merchants’ Trust Company
State Superintendent of Banks
British Colliers Detained at Moji by Japanese Order
Three British steamers loaded with coal at Moji on the Kiushin rail line bound for Hong Kong have been detained under government orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagasaki
Moji
Kiushin
Japan
Hong Kong
Baron des Planches Works On Italian Immigrant Homes Plan
Washington baron mayor des Planches the Italian ambassador, after an April departure for a southern tour, aims to draft a general plan to provide homes for thousands of hard working Italians arriving in New York.
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Washington
Mayor Des Planches
South
New York
Norway Prepares for War on Frontier
London dispatch reports Christiania correspondent alleging secret warlike preparations at strategic Norwegian frontier points amid the Sweden Norway dispute over separate consular representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Christiania
Daily Express
Sweden
Norway
Nominations Appoint Somez and Zayas for Cuban Presidency
In HAVANA the national liberal convention nominated Jose Miguel Somez, governor of Santa Clara province, for president and Senator Alfredo Zayas for vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Havana
National Liberal Convention
Jose Miguel Somez
Santa Clara Province
Alfredo Zayas
Illinois Senators back Troutmann for new district US attorney
In Washington, Senators Cullom and Hopkins with Troutmann and Bainum conferred with the president on Illinois new judicial district appointments. It was announced Troutmann would become United States district attorney for the new district, with Bainum losing support despite his candidacy.
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Cenfer
Washington
Cullom and Hopkins
Illinois
W. E. Troutmann
W. D. Bainum
Troutman
United States
Bainum
Troutmann
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Woelkersam
Tropics
Biriloff
Skrydloff
Frost
Imagoon
Stanford
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