Rainy start to Confederate Veterans reunion in Richmond
The United Confederate Veterans opened its annual reunion in Richmond with rain as speeches by Senator Daniel and Colonel Robert E. Lee Jr. followed. The ceremony included Dixie singing and prayer by Rev. Findlay. General Lee announced a loving cup presentation to Chaplain General Jones by General Stone of Missouri, with Edna Pearl Jewell delivering the token.
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Richmond
United Confederate Veterans
Daniel
Robert E. Lee, Jr
Findlay
John Hinchman
Tennessee
W. L. Wittich
J. W. Thompson
Carlton Lynns
W. H. Ellis
The
United Veterans
Aate
General Lee
Jones
General Stone
Missouri
Edna Pearl Jewell
Kansas City
Stone
Bryan to Speak at Confederate Reunion
Wm. Bryan spoke at the Jamestown Expo and spent most of the day at the grounds in Norfolk. He was joined by Mrs. Bryan tonight and was due to address listeners in Portsmouth on the Value of an Ideal.
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Norfolk
Wm. Bryan
Exposition Grounds
Bryan
Portsmouth
Bryan schedule blocked by rain during Virginia trip
Mr and Mrs Bryan were hosted at dinner by President Harry St George Tucker of the Jamestown Exposition. The couple planned to visit Willie and Mary College in Williamsburg and other historic sites before returning to Norfolk for a speech at Army Hall. They depart Sunday for Richmond for the Confederate reunion then proceed to Baltimore and New York.
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Mrs. Bryan
Harry St. George Tucker
Mr. Bryan
Williamsburg
Virginia
Willie and Mary College
Bryan
Norfolk
Army Hall
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Baltimore
New York
Attorney General Explains Whiskey Labeling Blends
Washington May 31 Attorney General Bonaparte in an opinion reaffirms his April 10 ruling under the pure food act that the term blend applies only to specific mixtures. He states straight whiskey mixed with another kind or with ethyl alcohol is not within the used meaning of blend.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Congress
Wealthy Woman Dead in Cattle Stampede near Kalamazoo
A Mishawaka dispatch reports Mrs. Jacob Burger a wife of a coal manufacturer was trampled to death while petting a family horse as cattle spooked by a passing car charged across a field. The victim died instantly and was described as horribly mutilated by hoofs.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Mishawaka
Ind
Jacob Burger
Threatened coal miners strike averted in Pittsburg district
A threatened coal miners strike in the Pittsburg district was averted for at least thirty days by a resolution of mine officials and the miners union. The dispute centers on a ratchet dump used on the mine cars, objected to as a safety feature. A committee failed to agree, and District President Feehan ordered mines using the device to operate with the wood attachment abolished from June 5 while arbitration reviews the issue.
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Pittsburg
Feehan
Arbitration Board
Strike Conditions at Wheeling Serious Threat to Business
Wheeling West Virginia May 31 strike conditions have grown serious with three hundred teamsters joining carpenters and plumbers on strike. Temporary injunction in Philippi restrains Wheeling district linemen from interfering with non union workers or cutting wires.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Wheeling
W. Va
Bell and National Telephone Companies
United States
Phillippi
Ohio
West Virginia
The Sunday Telegraph Preview
The Sunday Telegraph issue will include Mercer county civil war stories labor news forecasts AP dispatches local items state events baseball scores ads fashions stories and the exploits of Major Ozone Mooney Miggles and Rosy Posy. Sold on trains and by newsboys for 5 cents.
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Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Labor World
Associated Press
Major Ozone
Mooney Miggles
Rosy Posy
President Roosevelt praises Michigan schools and industry
President Roosevelt toured Michigan addressing 25 000 at the agricultural college and Lansing events. He lauded free public schooling and industrial training, urged support for farmers and craftsmen, and spoke to veterans and cadets before returning to Washington.
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Lansing
Mich
Roosevelt
Hillside
Michigan
Capitol
NATO
Representatives Hall
Seagan
Michigan Agricultural College
America
Congress
Washington
Minnesota Agricultural High School
United States
Jane
Kentucky
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Agricultural College
J. .L. Snyder
Snyder
Gifford Pinchot
Wilson
Agell
Baseball Results From Rainy Day Games Across Leagues
Norfolk and surrounding matchups postponed due to rain with several National League results showing Pittsburgh 9 Chicago 2 Philadelphia 8 Boston 6 New York 2 Brooklyn 3 and American League Chicago 6 St. Louis 0 plus Cleveland 1 Detroit 2 Boston 1 New York 4 Washington 2 Philadelphia ?.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Weather Bureau Reports Cool April May Across Regions
The report notes a second consecutive run of abnormally low temperatures in the middle and northern districts east of the Rockies, with only the Atlantic coast spared. Washington area shows April plus May average 53.5 degrees, five degrees below normal, and May at 59 degrees, equaling the 1882 low.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
D. C
Port Danny Chinese customs office agreed to
A formal agreement was signed to establish a Chinese maritime customs office at Port Danny. The item appears in the Pekin dispatches dated May 31 as part of a global roundup of news briefs.
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Pekin
Port Danny
Medal of Honor Awarded to Miss Mary Guinand
Miss Mary Guinandf of Middetown New York received the Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt for a daring rescue at a Philadelphia Erie railroad yard. She saved 74 year old John C Runyon who, trapped between two approaching trains on adjacent tracks, was evading disaster as the space between the engines narrowed to about thirty six inches.
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Washington
Mary Guinandf
Middetown
N. Y
Roosevelt
John C. Runyon
Erie
Runyon
Guinaw Nos
Seven Loggers Drowned in Payute River Rapids
Boise Idaho May 31. While attempting a landing above rapids twelve miles from Gordon Valley seven loggers were drowned last night. Two boats were carried over the rapids and swamped. Nine other occupants barely reached shore.
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Boise
Idaho
Payute River
Gordon Valley
Two Murders and One Probably Fatal Shooting
Scranton on Memorial Day records two murders from quarrels and a shooting that may have a fatal ending among foreign mine workers in Lackawanna county.
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Scranton
Lackawanna County
Convicted Insurance Official Granted New Trial
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court reversed the conviction of George Burnham Jr for grand larceny in connection with the Mutual Reserve Insurance Company. A new trial was ordered due to improper evidence handling and jury submission, with testimony viewed as insufficient to justify the original verdict.
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New York
George Burnham, Jr
Mere General Coungel
Mutual Reserve Insurance Company
Sing Sing
Supreme Court
Burnham
Policy of the Frisco graft prosecutors outlined
San Francisco May 31. District Attorney Heney, leader of the graft prosecutions, issues a statement outlining the policy guiding the indictment of nearly twenty San Francisco capitalists. He denounces as false the charges of political motivation and says powerful national financial interests have joined the defense of the alleged bribe givers.
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San Francisco
Heney
Seven Meet Death in Trolley Smash-Up
Motorman Fauerundiner of the Cleveland and Southwestern Traction Co. was arrested in Cleveland and brought to Elyria to answer a manslaughter charge after a rear end collision of two traction trains. Seven people killed all residents of Elyria, eight injured, some amputations. A special grand jury will investigate the crash amid threats toward the motorman.
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Elyria
Fauerudiner
Cleveland and Southwestern Traction Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Southwestern
Columbus
C. W. Fuerndierner
Grend
Fuerdiener
Thirty Thousand Chinese Rebels Under Arms
An insurrection near Amoy mobilizes thirty thousand rebels under capable leadership. The Fu Cow viceroy sends eight thousand troops as warships near. Swatow faces a Triad assault with ten thousand rebels marching to capture the city. Couriers from Kwang Tung relay the unrest.
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Amoy
China
Fu-Cow
Swatow
Kwang, Tung
Two Jury Seats Remain For Haywood Trial
Boise on May 31 reports only two vacancies remain in the Haywood jury for the Steunenberg assassination case. The state has exhausted its peremptory challenges, leaving the defense with its final challenge tomorrow. Juror selection thereafter will be left to chance as the 12 jurors are chosen.
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Boise
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Receiver Authorized to Sell Zion City Property
Judge Landis grants authority to Jack C. Hatley as receiver of Zion City property to sell immediately after overcoming contests by Mrs. Dowie and A. J. Gladstone Dowie. Trust estate to be disposed of to creditors, many linked to Dowie’s church, likely by compromise soon.
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Jwoé Dowie
A. J. Gladstone Dowie
Landis
Ywernocon
Jack C. Hatley
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
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