Schley’s Bold Move Bottles Spanish Fleet at Santiago
Four weeks after Manila victory, Commodore Schley in the flying squadron nears Santiago de Cuba. He probes, coals under heat, and uses timing to trap the Cristobal Colon and Vizcaya-class ship and two torpedo boats inside the bay. The fleet, aided by pilots and scouts, tightens the noose as batteries and mines menace any gradual break.
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United States
New Orleans
Sterling
Iowa
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Evening House Session Debates Street Railway and Buck et Shop Bills
The first evening session adjourned after eight and a half hours with heavy debate over the street railway bill, now amended and to be engrossed, while the bucket shop bill was reconsidered and passed to engrossment. A large roll call showed 90 in favor and 119 against in the House, and several measures including a Boston school teachers retirement fund and Dorchester Heights monument were moved to engrossment or postponed.
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United States
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Trans Mississippi Resolve Signed By Governor Amid Debate
The governor signed the trans Mississippi resolve yesterday afternoon after resisting a veto. He said he did not wholly approve the form but sought friendly relations with sister states and the nation. He argued a veto could offend Nebraska citizens and officials who urged Massachusetts representation at the exposition.
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House of Representatives
Commonwealth
Nebraska
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
German press debunks US war appeal fraud claim
United States ambassador Andrew D. White states a newspaper appeal urging German veterans to enlist in the US military or fund war efforts is a fraud or a joke. He notes no United States department of national defense exists and no such authorization was issued.
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Biorlin
G Generally
United States Department of National Coast Defences
Germany
United States
Andrew DD. White
Camden Girl Drowns in Frog Pond Near Home
Miss Ella Heal of Camden, Rockland county, died after drowning on Wednesday afternoon. Her body was found in an evening by a frog pond near her home with no reason given for the death.
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Ella Heal
Camden
Sue de
Lexington man George F. Jones takes his own life
George F. Jones of Lexington died by self-inflicted action. The death is reported as a suicide with no further details given. Police are handling the case in accordance with standard procedure.
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George F. Jones
Lexington
Lexington man ends life in home basement
George F. Jones, born in Cambridge sixty five years ago and longtime Haymarket Square woodenware dealer, shot himself in his Lexington home. Found by wife returning from visiting neighbors, the gun loaded earlier and two cartridges exploded. He leaves a widow.
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Haymarket Square
Boston
Foscolia Owners Plan $320000 Damage Claim
The Foscolia owners announce plans to file about 320000 in damages with the Navy Department, asserting the Columbia was entirely to blame for the collision off Fire Island, as findings of a naval board of inquiry are said to support.
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Foscolia
Fire Island
Navy Department
Washington
Naval Board of Inquiry
British Judge Chosen to Arbitrate Peru Indemnity
Sir Henry Strong, a British jurist, has accepted appointment as arbitrator to settle Peru's indemnity payment to Victor McCord. McCord, a railroad engineer jailed during a Peruvian revolution, sparked a U S claim. after twenty years the case moves to arbitration with a timely settlement likely.
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Washington
Sir Henry Strong
Republic of Peru
Victor McCord
McCord
Peru
United States
Mayor Attacked as McIsaac Demands Specific Ward Funds
Councilman McIsaac objects to a street improvement order arguing it lacks specificity. He calls for each ward to be allocated a stated amount and insists on clear budget details before approval.
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McIsaac
Boston Council Debate Over Mayor's Street Spending
At a Boston City Council meeting last evening no vote was taken on the mayor's $826000 street program and $80000 for Faneuil Hall reconstruction. Councilman McIsaac argued the council is the fountainhead of legislation and protested assigning $325000 to the street department without ward allocations. The council adjourned with the measure held over and other orders reconsidered or referred.
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Quincy
Moe Isaac
Faneuil Hall
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McIsaac
Boston
Ward 15
Med Isaac
Cuddy
Committee On Police
Messaac
Norris
Buncombe
Watson
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Francis H. Appleton
Peresons
Bellamy Memorial committee plans reform speakers
The Bellamy memorial committee met in Central Labor Union rooms with Hon. Robert Howard presiding. They invited Reformers including Rev. Robert Ely Robert A Wood Edwith Mead George E McNeill John Ridpath Harry Lloyd James Corey W P Porter Abbie Morton Diaz and Martha Moore Avery. A memorial service is set for Wednesday June 8.
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Committee On
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Robert A. Wood
Andover House
Edwith D. Mead
George E. McNeill
John Clark Ridpath
Harry Lloyd
James F. Corey
W. P. Porter
Abby Morton Diaz
David Taylor
Martha Moore Avery
Edward A. Horton
Parker Memorial Hall
Labor and Reform Societies
Wig maker advertises simple brown or black hair formula
Prepared by GEO ORMSBY wig maker at 160 Liemont st Room 16 offers a simple no lead or poison hair coloring. One application promises lasting color with no smutting or rubbing off and urges use by ORMSBY or ME ORMSBY with rapid results and price details unavailable.
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Liemont St
Ormsby
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