Sealed Cabinet Meeting On Mrs McKinleys Health
Washington June 12 five cabinet members met at the White House after late talks with the president and secretary of state The session followed brief pace of the president and Hay and ended with a personal injunction not to divulge the subject discussed Members cited Mrs McKinleys improving condition and noted the matter was private with no link to Cuba China or the Philippines
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AHL
Washington
White House
Long
Hay
Buffalo
Gage
Hitchcock
Wilson
Knox
Smith
Root
McKinley
Cuba
China
Philippines
Supreme Court
Illinois Battleship Impresses Navy After Newport News Voyage
The battleship Illinois wowed the navy during its run from Newport News to Boston. Officials expect a strong trial off New England with contract speed of sixteen knots for four hours, with supporters believing the ship may exceed 17 knots. The voyage began at 7:15 PM Saturday from Cape Charles and reached Cape Cod at 6:15 AM yesterday.
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Washington
Illinois
Newport News
Boston
Navy Department
Navy
New England
Cape Charles
Cape Cod
Two Women Seek Divorce from One Man in Kansas
J D Conlon of Atchison faces simultaneous divorce suits from two women. A St Louis forewoman claims she lived with Conlon for years and is his common law wife. Conlon recently married Harriet Smith of Atchison, an actress, who then filed her own divorce suit.
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Kansans
Topeka
Kan
J. D. Conlon
Atchison
St. Louis
Conlon
Harriet Smith
Frohman
Ss. Louis
Two English Authors Besant Buchanan Die
London reports death of Sir Walter Besant a M A F E S A at noon yesterday. His sons serve in South Africa one as captain in Warwickshire and the other as trooper in the Imperial Yeomanry. Besant died from internal gout amplified by asthma. Burial expected at Hempstead beside Du Maurier. Robert Buchanan dramatist and author also died yesterday morning. James Lord Lindsay dead.
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Walter Besant
Robert Buchanan
London
Sir Walter Besant
FE. S. A
South Africa
Warwickattre
Imperial Yeomanry
Walter
Hempstead
du Maurier
James Lord- Lindsay Wantage
V. C
SK. C. B
Nebraska Judge Rules Female Labor Law Constitutional
Judge Baker in the district court held Nebraska’s female labor law constitutional. The ruling upholds a sixty hour weekly limit for women workers in factories stores and shops to protect public health in the case of laundryman William Wenham charged with overworking female laborers.
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Nebraska
Coneatliutional
Omaha
Baker
William Wenham
Grant family sails for Europe to visit Cantacuzene kin
New York dispatch notes Gen. Fred D. Grant Mrs. Grant and their son Ulysses S. Grant are among passengers bound for Europe. They intend to visit Gen Grants daughter the Princess Cantacuzene in St. Petersburg and will stay abroad until autumn.
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New York
Europe
Fred D. Grant
Copper veins spark mining boom near Butte
A major mining excitement erupts east of Butte as vast copper veins are discovered likely extending the Anaconda veins. W H Barris, D D longtime theologian and curator, dies in Davenport at eighty three. American capitalists buy Mexico City short line, plan Tampico extension, $85 000 in gold deposits. Cardinal Gibbons rumored to press jurisdiction extension to Cuba and the Philippines.
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Ecuador
New York
Harper
University of Chicago
Europe
Butte
Anaconda
W. H. Barris
Griswold College
Davenport Academy of Sciences
Davenport
Town
Mexico City
Tampico
W. H. Melville
Boston
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Philippines
Cuba
Apostolic
Washington
Markets Report From St Paul and Chicago Grain and Live Stock
Grain and livestock prices across St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago are listed with bids for wheat corn oats rye and barley. Cattle hog and sheep quotes show bid ranges and day totals for markets in Sioux City Chicago South St Paul and elsewhere.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Sioux City
Iowa
Texas
South St. Paul
Rioting in Belfast Over Catholic Corpus Christi Procession
In Belfast on June 12 a Catholic Corpus Christi procession provoked Orangemen who rallied about 8,000 and pelleted marchers. Catholics fought back, several injured, police bayoneted rioters and arrested many. Disorder persisted into nightfall.
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Belfast
Brutal assault near McClure shocks Illinois town
Sarah Loeb was attacked by white man Castleman while riding near McClure on the Cape Girardeau line. Eleven wounds found on her body, right eye damaged, she is listed in extremely critical condition. Castleman, captured after threats of lynching, was identified by the victim.
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Carbondale
Illinois
McClure
Cape Girardeau
Illinois Central
Sarah Loeb
al Castleman
Castleman
Justice Winchester
Alexander County
Moorish ambassador bearing gifts visits King Edward
King Edward and Queen Alexandra receive Kaid T Mehedui Tl Menebhi and suite at St James Palace. The envoys arrive in royal carriages, accompanied by Kaid MacLean, head of the army in Morocco. The display is described as a gorgeous and striking spectacle.
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England
London
Edward
Alexandra
Kaid T
Free Passage Offered for British Trade Union Delegates
London June 12 A L Jones chairman of Elder Dempster Steamship offers free passage to official delegates of British trades unions visiting the United States to study labor conditions employment and labor-saving machinery to maintain American production levels.
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Europe
America
London
A. L. Jones
Elder & Dempster Steamship Company
United States
Bankers deny plan for 81 billion dollar international bank
London June 12. Geron Rothschild and J. P. Morgan Jr. both denied reports in America that the Morgans and Rothschilds were negotiating to establish an international bank with a capital of 1,000,600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Geron Rothschild
J. P. Morgan, Jr
J. P. Morgan & Co
America
Morgans
Rothschilds
Murphy a Copper. Speedy bicycle rider joins New York police
Charles M. Murphy of Brooklyn once known as Mile-a-Minute Murphy, famed bicycle racer who earned about $6,000 in prizes and many medals, will quit racing and be appointed to the New York police force.
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Ravine
New York
Charles M. Murphy
Brooklyn
Murphy
Editors arrive in Buffalo for sixteenth National Editorial convention
Country journalists from across the United States, often with family, converge on Buffalo for the sixteenth annual convention of the National Editorial association. Sessions begin today and run for four days at the Pan-America exposition.
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Pan-Americaun
Buffalo
Nation Wdistorial Association
Montana irrigation system completed after decade effort
Helena Montana June 12 reports that after nearly ten years and 250000 spent by Milk River valley ranches one of the largest irrigation systems in Montana is completed and another salt lake basin will soon supply local markets
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Milk River Valley
Salt Lake
Shot From Ambush Wounds Webb Morris in Eldorado
Eldorado Arkansas June 12 Webb Morris a prominent young man from London was fatally wounded when an unknown shooter fired a double barreled shotgun at him on his porch as he drew water. Buckshot struck his head and shoulders.
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Eldorado
Ark
Webb Morris
London, Ark
Veteran Fire Chief Resigns After Ill Health
Chicago fire chief Dennis J. Swenils resigns after more than fifty years in office. Ill health cited as the reason. He plans a two year trip abroad to rest after stepping down.
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Chicago
Dennis J. Swenils
Lightning destroys Homer Church in Winona Minnesota
The Methodist church at Homer in Winona was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Loss estimated at 1800 dollars with insurance believed light.
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Winona
Minn
Homer
Farmers Elevator Burns in Ortonville Fire
The Farmers' elevator in Ortonville Minnesota burned before daylight along with Lange's cordwood stack. Loss estimated around 4500 dollars covered by insurance except the wood. Cause of the blaze is still unknown.
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Farmers’ Elevator
Ortonville
Minn
Lange's Stork
Alleged burglar escapes jail after break in Wisconsin
Peter Leslie alias Frank Holberg, alleged burglar, broke into Nason's house in St Croix Falls last March. He allegedly picked the jail lock and escaped. His case had been set for September.
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Jnr
Osceola
Wis
Peter Leslie
Frank Holberg
Nason
St. ‘Croix ‘Falls
Insurance Conspirators Guilty in Chicago Death Case
Dr. August Unger and F Wayland Brown were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud insurers over the death of Miss Marie Defenbach in Chicago. Frank Smiley pleaded guilty and may receive a lighter sentence. The plan involved married disguises and cremation to claim $25,000 in policies.
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Chicago
August M. Unger
F. Wayland Brown
Marie Defenbach
Frank H. Smiley
Unger
Brown
Smiley
Miss Defenbach
John KE. Weckler
Weckler
Woman Charged With Murder After Coroner Jury
Mrs Chas Yates is arrested on murder charges after the coroner jury hears testimony about the death of Jasper Wright found in a thicket near the Yates farm. Yates testified Wright complained of illness and died. authorities pursue formal charges as local uproar grows.
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Coroeners
St. Louis
Mich
Chas, Yates
Kirby
Jasper Wright
Yates
Wright
Double Tragedy: Runaway Couple Found Dead in Chicago
In Chicago at the Great Northern hotel L Hartman and his wife were found dead side by side with bullet wounds in the temple. The room showed no struggle and a revolver lay in the husband’s hand. The pair are described as a wealthy New York connection and an actress formerly known as Rose Violet, with theories of a runaway marriage and parental opposition driving the despondent deaths.
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Chicago
L. Hartman
Great Northern Hotel
New York
Rose Violet
Italian Free Masons Restore Creator Recognition
Rome July 12 Italian Free Masons end decades of omitting the Creator from rites and drop the ban on the A G D U U symbols now reintroducing the Great Architect of the universe. This move is expected to bridge gaps with lodges in the United States Great Britain Germany and Scandinavia that previously expelled Latin rite Masons.
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Rome
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Scandinavia
Captain J Naol Arrested on Forgery Charge in Butte
In Butte Montana on June 12 Capt J Naol a former Army officer was arrested on forgery. His examination before United States Commissioner Wood occurred yesterday. Evidence tied to the federal grand jury in San Francisco May 28. Naol offered no defense and was bound over to the United States District Court of the Northern District of California for trial on the second Monday in July.
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Vuidter
Butte
Mont
J. Naol
United States
Wood
Triind
San Francisco
Nell
Agnear
United States District Court of the
Northern District of California
Kinshin Maru Returns as Bi Monthly Service Debuts
The Kinshin Maru arrived from the Orient signaling the Ninpon Yusen Kaisha line's shift to bi monthly sailings. A Chinese passenger boat traveling from Chu Sa to Ning Pi Wes wrecked in a squall on May 8 with 68 aboard and only 9 survivors.
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Victorian
B. C
Ninpon Yusen Iaisin
Chu Sa
Ning Pi
British to Evacuate in July From Peking After Monsoons
British forces plan early July withdrawals with infantry first and cavalry after the monsoons. The Tartar city will be left to Chinese troops as Gen Barrow offers to transfer two British sections on July 1. ministers debate indemnity sources and loan terms while preparations for the court’s return to Peking proceed.
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Pekin
Tartar
Barrow
Li Hung Chang
Russia
France
Italy
China
Shensi
Chili
Henan
Legation
Japan
West Mongolia
Notorious moonshiner Louis Myers captured in Middlesboro
Louis Myers alias Williams, a noted moonshiner and desperado, has been captured in Middlesboro, Tennessee. He faces murder charges in Virginia and North Carolina, and is linked to killings in South Carolina and Tennessee. A total reward of 2500 dollars is offered, and governors have been notified. He has previously been captured and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Meyers
Alas Williams
Desperado
Middlesboro
Ita
Louis Myers
Williams
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Unicol County
Tenn
Immigrants Arriving at Manila from July to November 1900
Immigration data from Maanilin Washington notes 6302 arrivals in 1900 July to November with 507 females. Of these 5500 had prior Philippines residence, 3302 illiterate, and 1517 had $30 or more. Chinese led with 4671, followed by 94 Americans 215 Spaniards 143 English and 82 Japanese.
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Maanilin
Washington
Manila
Philippines
Across the Atlantic in an Sloop Gloucester Yachtman Sails for Lisbon
Gloucester Mass June 11 In his twenty five foot sloop the Great Republic Capt Howard Blackburn starts on a second trans Atlantic voyage. He aims for Lisbon Portugal expecting forty five days. His 1899 London voyage took sixty one days. Start was cheered by over 1000 spectators.
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Atlantic
Gloucester
Mass
Howard Blackburn
Lisbon
Portugal
London
Death Shocks Kokomo Broker and Wife in Bedside Scene
E Cage a Kokomo broker visited his dying wife and witnessed her death from consumption. On arriving at the bed he collapsed to the floor as brain paralysis claimed him. Mrs Cage, who had called him, was present at his collapse and death.
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E. Cage
War Losses Reported in Lipa Battle In Philippines
June 11 report from Manila states Lieut. Anton Springer of the Twenty first Infantry was killed in a fight with insurgents at Lipa in Bien gas Province. Captain W H Wilhelm and Lieut Mitznugh Lee Jr and five enlisted men were wounded. Lieut Charles K Ramsey of the 21st Infantry was also wounded at Lipa.
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Manila
Lipa
Province of
Biengas
Anton Springer
Twenty-first Infantry
W. H. Wilhelm
Mitznugh Lee Jr
Charles K. Ramsey
21St Infantry
Boy Dies After Being Struck by Train in Dubuque
A thirteen year old boy in Dubuque was killed last night when he was struck by a Chicago Great Western train named as Hensey. Police say the youth fell in front of the engine while near the tracks and was cut to pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Sows
Hensey
Chicago contractor kills mother in law then himself
Robert Fulford a wealthy Chicago contractor killed his mother in law and then killed himself after an alleged act of passion driving from Chicago to Tonéon Ontario.
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Tonéon
Chicago
Robert Fulford
Rich copper ore found near Pine City mine
The J Bennett Smith Copper Mining company near Pine City reports rich pay ore in its shafts. They deem the find a valuable property and anticipate further yields. The discovery boosts expectations for the company and local economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine City
J. Bennett- Smith Copper Mining Company
Mrs McKinley Shows Slight Improvement Hope of Recovery
Washington June 11 slight improvement in Mrs McKinley continues after a week of gravely ill condition. Doctors report a comfortable night and ongoing improvement though gravity remains. They warn that reducing stimulants could risk a sinking spell while California illness stays under control.
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Washington
California
Storm ruin hits 400 farms in Kay county Oklahoma
A Wichita correspondent reports that a Friday night storm destroyed the wheat crop on 400 farms west and northwest of Blackwell Oklahoma. Farmers bought twine and harvest gear, but dealers refused returns, referring to factories. Despite the losses, farmers are financially secure after five good seasons.
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Wichita
Kan
Kay County
Okla
Blackwell
Bandits Abort Attempt On Canadian Pacific Train
Vancouver reports three men tried to stop a Canadian Pacific mixed train near Summit camp. The trio signalled to halt as the train curved in sight of Summit camp, but a large crowd on the rear platform spooked them and they fled.
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Vancouver
B. C
Holt
Summit Camp
Home Is Gone David Nation to Spend Days With Daughter
Indiana relatives of David Nation husband of the Kansas joint smasher unite Monday at Iberia Ohio to celebrate his seventy third birthday. He will spend the rest of his days with his daughter Mrs William Riddle of Iberia and will not return to his wife or Kansas. He bears no bitterness toward his wife, but says his home is gone except what his children offer him.
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David Nation
Indianapolis
Indiana
Smasher
Iberia
Ohio
William Riddle
Kansas
Was Father of Fifty Two
Indianapolis June 11 George Smith a colored man is dead at 105. He died at Capt David Braden's residence who brought him from the South in the Civil War. His first recollection is being sold at Wall's Ferry Virginia for $6. He was 19 when the battle of New Orleans occurred. He claimed thirty four marriages and fifty two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
George Smith
David Braden
Wall’s Ferry
New Orleans
Escape of Two Army Prisoners From GovernorIsland
Two U S army prisoners serving sentences on Governor's Island escaped yesterday afternoon. They built an improvised raft and drifted away with the flood tide. A tug boat reportedly picked them up and carried them to New York where six men and a corporal are in pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eocane
New York
United States Army
Governor's Island
Fatal drowning after boat overturns in Summit Lake
Akron on June 11 reports Oliver Crosier and Emil Bergdorf drowned when a boat with Michael Shay capsized during a crossing in Summit lake near the city. Shay climbed onto the capsized craft and tried to rescue his companions but failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Oliver Crosier
Emil Bergdorf
Summit Lake
Michael Shay
Bergdorf
Shay
Insurance Agent Alexander Baker Found Dead in Chicago
Alexander Baker an insurance agent from Brooklyn Wisconsin killed himself by turning on gas in his room at 2637 State street Chicago. He left no note explaining the motive but a letter instructed authorities to notify his wife at their Wisconsin home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alexander Baker
Brooklyn
Wis
State Street
Wisconsin
Rockefeller Funds Dormitory for Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Ala June 11 John D Rockefeller notified that he will provide money for building one of the much needed dormitories for boys at the normal and industrial institute Rockefeller T Washington has been contacted about the donation and approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller Asain
Tuskegee
Ala
Vatican hears no credence to US legation plan
In Rome on June 11 Vatican circles dismiss a circulating report that the United States government intends to establish a legation at the Vatican. The idea would be agreeable to the Vatican but is not considered credible by Vatican officials.
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Piau
Rome
Vatican
United States
Three Girls Drown as Skiff Swamps in Squall
A six person party aboard a skiff off North Essington, Philadelphia, was swamped by a squall and three of the group drowned. The survivors, all girls, were rescued by nearby boats and brought ashore.
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Philadelphia
North Essington
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