Roosevelt Delivers Eloquent Tribute at Lawton Monument
President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks attended the unveiling of General Lawton's monument in Indianapolis. Huge crowds filled the streets as regular troops Indiana militia and G A R escorted the president. He praised Indiana and Lawton and recalled Civil War era comradeship across divisions.
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Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Canton
Ohio
General Lawton
Indiana Militia
Hanley
Indiana
Lawton
General Wheeler
Fitzhugh Lee
Roosevelt Visits Indiana for Memorial Day Observances
President Roosevelt attended ceremonies in Indianapolis marching with troops and G A R veterans then laid a wreath on Benjamin Harrison’s grave at Crown Hill cemetery. The parade route stretched two miles as crowds cheered. He planned stops in Anderson Muncie and Lansing before overnighting in Fort Wayne.
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Oliver Morton
Indiana
United States
Crown Hill Cemetery
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Washington
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Ind
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Muncie
Lansing
Mich
Proclamation Creates 60 Foot Border Reservation
The president宣布 a sixty feet wide reservation along the northern border of Mexico to suppress smuggling. Private entries and portions needed for roads are reserved for the order's operation. The measure follows the abolition of the old fire zone and aims to curb cross border smuggling. Fresh country butter and eggs advertised by Sisson & Likens on Raleigh street with phone contact.
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Mexico
United States
Sisson & Likens
Raleigh Street
Sisson Likens
Raleish Street
Memorial Day Observances Across States Highlight Arlington Decorated Graves
Arlington observes Memorial Day with 18 000 graves decorated at the National Cemetery and a General Mower monument unveiled by the Army secretary. Ohio’s Steubenville marks the day with Senator Foraker speaking to about five thousand. Portsmouth celebrates Blue and Gray reunions. Winchester honors over five thousand Union graves.
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Ohio
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Ladies Memorial Association
Unveiling of Tablets in the Hall of Fame
New York May 30 Governor Hughes and Governor Guild of Massachusetts spoke at the unveiling of tablets in the hall of fame at New York University. The tablets honor Emma Willard Mary Lyon Maia Mitchell John Paul Jones Alexander Hamilton Louis Agassiz William Tecumseh Sherman James Madison John Quincy Adams John Greenleaf Whittier and James Russell Lowell.
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Massachusetts
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Mary Lyon
Maia Mitchell
John Paul Jones
Alexander Hamilton
Louis Agassiz
William Tecumseh Sherman
James Madison
John Quincey Adams
John Greenleaf Whittier
James Russell Lowell
Gov
Chinese Rebels Defeated by Government Troops
Canton May 30 A severe engagement between provincial troops and rebels ends in a government victory. Rebels suffer over one hundred killed and their leader is captured with ammunition. Additional troops are sent to Chaochow as unrest continues. a Swatow regiment has sailed.
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Canton
China
Chaochow
Swatow
Balloon Team Completes 45 Mile Test Flight
A 25 000 cubic foot gas balloon carried H E Honeywell and H K Campbell from St. Louis on a test trip. After an hour and a half aloft they landed on a farm ten miles west of Grafton Illinois during heavy rain. They reported a very successful flight by telephone.
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H. K. Campbell
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Aeronauts
Secretary Taft Addresses Millers at St. Louis Meeting
Secretary Taft spoke to millers from across the country at the Millers National Federation convention in St. Louis. He delivered an address titled Recent Instances of Our National Altruism, discussing examples of national generosity.
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St. Louis
Millers National Federation
Weather outlook for West Virginia showers Friday and Saturday
Reports indicate showers will occur Friday afternoon or night and likely continue into Saturday. Forecasters advise cautious travel plans and brief, localized showers.
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Baseball scores from Roanoke Richmond Portsmouth and NL games
Roanoke won 5 4 and 2 5 against Danville and Lynchburg respectively. Richmond won 5 and 4 in two games. Portsmouth swept Norfolk 8 1 and 45 1. In the National League St Louis Cincinnati split with scores including 7 5 and 4 6. New York Philadelphia and Chicago also posted results across multiple innings.
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Cincinnati
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Brooklyn
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Washington
Mike Schreck Crowned Heavyweight Champion in Nerve Racking Bout
In Tonopah Nevada May 30 Mike Schreck defeated Marvin Hart after Hart’s seconds threw in the sponge in the twenty first round. Hart fought valiantly despite a broken wrist and sustained heavy punishment from Schreck in rounds eighteen to twenty.
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Nev
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Marvin Hart
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Hart
Gardner
Mercy
General Bonaparte Addresses Colored Men
Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte spoke to the grand army post of colored men in Bathmore Maryland. He warned that a colored soldier with a bad record endangers the race and that a colored voter who sells his vote or a citizen guilty of crime also harms the race and the nation.
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Charles J. Bonaparte
Grand Army
America
Sentences of Death for Nineteen Conspirators
Guatemala City reports the trial of those charged in the attack on President Manuel Cabrera. Nineteen defendants received death sentences, awaiting confirmation by the higher court after the ten day window. Censor permitted details today. Sublette Barnes advertise Fleischman yeast and Mount Vernon Flour.
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Magic
Mount Vernon
Gettysburg Orator Warns on Federal Power Drift
Congressmen James A. Tawney spoke at Gettysburg National Cemetery on Memorial Day warning that states surrender powers to a growing federal system. He argued dual federalist balance is vanishing and a bureaucratic national government could envelop local self government. He contrasted historic liberty battles with current centralization trends and urged vigilance against overreach.
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National Cemetery
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Fair Land
Privatia
General Kuroki Hosts Elaborate Banquet in Chicago
General Kuroki, via an interpreter, praised improving U S Japan ties and expressed hope for lasting goodwill. Fifty Chicago citizens attended a banquet at the Auditorium Hotel, with the hall decorated to evoke the Mikado palace. Speakers included Major General A W Greely, D R Edmund James, and Robert S McCormick.
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Chicago
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Auditorium Hotel
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United States
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U. S
President Presented With Photograph of Himself
Fort Wayne Indiana May 30 Throngs greet the president on the journey from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne. At Anderson and Munette he speaks on good citizenship and rail road issues, then greets assembled crowds. Senator Beveridge and Harry S New present Roosevelt with a photograph as a gift from the Indianapolis Republican organization.
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Republican Organization of Indianapolis
Haywood Trial to Resume After Three-Day Break
Boise May 30 After a three days adjournment the trial of William D Haywood secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners charged with the murder of former Governor Steunenberg will be resumed before Judge Fremont Wood in the district court tomorrow morning A special venire of 61 talesmen will appear and after excuses heard the examination of talesmen by counsel will begin
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Idaho
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
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Judgia Fremont Wood
District Court
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Sister kills sister then dies by own hand in Illinois
A coroner jury ruled Carrie Leaderbrand seven years old died from a bullet fired by her sister Cora seventeen. Cora then shot herself and died, the double tragedy occurring in Cotton Hill township Springfield Illinois on May 30.
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Carrie Leaderbrand
Cora
Cotton Hill
Richmond Virginia Confederate Veterans Reunion Opens With Dignity
Richmond hosts a large Confederate veterans reunion with 50 000 plus in attendance. Governor Swanson and local officials welcome the visitors as EK B Morgan represents the Sons of Veterans. A parade escorts the J EK B Stuart monument unveiling later in the day amid Dixie music and rebel yells.
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Reservoir Grounds
Swanson
State of Virginia
McCarthy
EK. B. Morgan
Sons of Veterans
J. EK. B. Stuart
Camp Gordon
Appomattox
United Confederate Veterans
Dixie
Patrick Henry Day at Jamestown Exposition
Patrick Henry Day was observed at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk Virginia on May 30. The event marked the anniversary of the stamp act resolution by the house of burgesses and drew a full hall. Ex-Governor W E Cameron and Hon William J Bryan headlined with talks on Patrick Henry and taxation without representation as tyranny.
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House of Burgesses
Convention Hall
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William J. Bryan
Cameron
Bryan
Castro to Visit United States for Talks With Roosevelt
President Castro of Venezuela plans a trip to the United States to confer with President Roosevelt on issues affecting both nations. He will then go to a European health resort. Vice President Jomez may act for him in his absence as Castro resumes duties after Congress approved all executive acts and expenditures from 1905 to 1907 without dissent.
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Washington
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Congress
No marked change in temperature expected
Forecaster Frankenfield reports no significant temperature shifts for the east of the Rockies. Only the Pacific slope and Missouri and upper Mississippi valley states are forecast to warm on Saturday, with remaining regions staying cold for the season.
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Mississippi Valley
Gunboat Helena Ordered to Protect American Interests in China
The navy department ordered the gunboat Helena from Shanghai to Amoy China then to Swa tow to safeguard American interests. The vessel will avoid interference unless necessary and will operate in Chinese waters as a protective measure.
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Washington
Navy Department
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Shanghai
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