Hopkins Indorsed as Senate Candidate at Illinois GOP Meet
Springfield dispatch reports Albert J. Hopkins of Aurora endorsed for the U.S. Senate to succeed Mason, with Dawes withdrawing. The Illinois Republican State convention adopted a platform backing civil service protections and labor-law steps, plus a state-ticket slate. Primaries and nominations followed, including for Supreme Court clerk, State Treasurer, Public Instruction, and University of Illinois trustees, with adjournment at 8:15 PM.
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Springfield
Albert J. Hopkins
Aurora
United States Senate
Mason
Republican State Convention
Charles Gates Dawes
Gov
Tanner
Congressman Stopkins
State Fair Grounds
Jed H. Rowe
State Committee
Qc) Kimball
Edwardsville
Walter Fieldhouse
Chairrman Rowe
Belle
Joseph Cannon
Cannon
Fieldhouse
Coin
Rt Ps Usdt
Daniel Hogan
Pulaski County
Nm Aresto
National House of Representatives
Robert
P. Clark Wilford Newold
Eadie Erhorn
Reading Church
Thomas Williams
Walter Warder
Len Small
Julie Charles 12
Fuller
Gut. Northcott
Elbridge Haneey
Chicago
I. Sherman
Northcott
Sherman
Committee On
House of Representatives
Nbermaple
Andersing
AO J Hopkins
United States
NASA
Walter Reeves
Hopkins
Harman Northcott
Lerk
Supreme Court
Christopher Mamer
Graeme Stewart
Cadwallader
Lincoln
WR. Jewell
Danville
Jewell
Maumer
Mamer
Ondwallader
Fred A Busse
E. R. Brainerd
Busse
R. Works
Rockford
Cook County
Alfred Bayliss
Streator
Charles E Fuller
Boone County
H. M Smith
Mound City
University of Illinois
Laura Evans
Christain County
William B. McKinley
Champaign County
Albert E. Ebert
F. M. McKay
Charles Davidson
Cook Coutty
Anna Chacey
Montgomery County
Edward Payne
Lake County
L. W Herrick
McLean County
Evans
McKinley
Herrick
Ebert
Chacey
Davidson
McKay
Messrs
Twenty-third Congressional District
John J. Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Ed C. Curtis
Kankakee County
State Central Committee
Boy Appetite Astonishes English Schoolmaster
An English school master notes boys can eat extraordinary amounts, sometimes equaling a dozen adults in a single afternoon. He cites a frail 10 year old who devoured rich cake, condensed milk, chocolates, fruit, and nuts with only brief discomfort before resuming play.
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Heet
Nps
A Thousand Miles at Sea Question of 1000 Miles from Land
The article notes that it is possible to sail 1000 miles from land in the North Pacific after departing San Francisco, and similarly from Kamchatka toward either Aleutians or Sandwich Islands, with Australia and New Zealand points in the Southern Ocean. It adds a central Southern Pacific area between Cape Horn and New Zealand over 1200 miles from any land.
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San Francisco
North Pacific
Kamcchatka
Aleutian Islands
Indian Ocean
Australia
New Zealand
Cape Horn
Southern Pacific
The
Horn
British Earthquakes and Odd Local Facts
Record notes that from ancient times to 1850 the British Isles accounted for 255 of 6831 world earthquakes. Comrie in Perthshire is a noted hotspot with 140 quakes in winter 1839. Autumn dominates England and Scotland quake activity with 79 in autumn, 74 in winter, 44 in spring, and 58 in summer. The oddly placed line mentions New York City having thirty Japanese Methodists.
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British Isles
Comrie
Perthshire
England
Scotland
Passing of Sampson Rear Admiral Sampson dies in Washington
Long illness ends with cerebral hemorrhage. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson U S N retired dies at home in Washington after weeks in semi consciousness. Born February 1840 in Palmyra New York, he rose from naval cadet to chief of ordnance and later commanded at Santiago during the Spanish War. He left two wives, Margaret Aldrich and Elizabeth Burling, and ten children Ralph, Harold and four daughters survived.
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William T. Sampson
Washington
D. C
Sampson
Cluverius
Ralph
Harold Sampson
Dixon
Palmyra
Wayne County
Spain
Bilis
Wilhaim
William Hi. Sonthni
E. B. Morgan
Congress
Morgan
Annapolia
Charleston
Chereston
Rtston
Samp
Naval Academy
ISGN
Alert
San Francisco
Natl Yard
Bureau of Ordnance
Iowa
North Atlantic
Cuba
Schley
Santiago
Siboney
Margaret Aldrich
Pliny T. Sexton
N. Y
Elizabeth Burling
Harold
Hanging of Lewis Young in Moundsville Penitentiary
A colored man, Lewis Young, was hanged at the Moundsville penitentiary after being convicted of murdering Arthur Kell at Welch in a dispute over a girl. In Jonesboro Tennessee, Samuel Tadlock, aged 70, died, and his sister Mrs Nancy J Good collapsed and died upon viewing his body. Dr Frank Strong of the University of Oregon was elected Chancellor of the University of Kansas with a salary of 4500 dollars, succeeding Dr F H Snow who resigned.
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Lewis Young
Moundsville
W. Va
Arthur Kell
Welch
Jonesboro Tenn
Samuel K. Tadlock
Nancy J. Good
Frank Strong
University of Oregon
University of Kansas
F. H. Snow
Corrigan's Life Ends Archbishop Succumbs to Pneumonia
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan of New York dies at the archbishopric home after a sudden collapse at 10 30 pm. Attendants including priests and secretaries surround him as he vanishes after an illness that began with an accident last February and progressed to heart failure. Corrigan, born in Newark on August 12 1840, studied in Rome and Newark, becoming bishop of Newark in 1873 and archbishop of New York in 1885 following elevation by Pope Leo XIII.
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New York
Corrizon
Curley
Corrigan
New Kelly Memorial Chapel
Michael Augustine Corrigan
Newark
N. J
St. Mary’s
Emmettsburg
Mid
North American College
Rome
Cardinal Patvizi
Lateran Basilica
James Roosevelt Bayley
Seton Hall College
McQuaid
Leo
Archdiocese of
Cardinal McCloskey
Mrs Soffel Pleads Guilty In Escape Case
Mrs Kate Soffel wife of Pittsburg jail warden pleaded guilty in court to aiding the escape of Edward and John Biddle. She helped them flee with a sleeping potion and fought alongside the felons before they shot themselves. her husband resigned afterward.
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Riddle Brothers
Kate Soffel
Soffel
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Peter K. Soffel
Edward
John Biddle
Waterspout Drowns Twelve At Foss Oklahoma
A cloudburst Monday drowned twelve people in Foss on the Washita river in southern Oklahoma and washed away fifty houses. The Washita rose ten feet in thirty minutes and the storm destroyed three miles of railway near Cordell. All victims were women and children left without shelter. Surrounding crops were ruined though northern areas received beneficial rains easing drought concerns.
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Foss
Washita River
Oklahoma
Washita
Blackwell, Enid
Southeastern
Cordell
Wichita
Nebraska
Envo ys in Havana Nominate Squiers for Cuba Post
White House announces Herbert C. Squiers will be minister to Cuba and Gen Edward Bragg named consul general at Havana. Bragg age 73 or 75 not clear. Salary 5000 with fees likely raising income to 10000 12000 yearly. Also nominated Frank P. Sargent Craig W. Wadsworth and Frank W. Tucker for various Federal posts.
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Squiers
Bragg
Herbert C. Squiers
Legation
Pekin
Cuba
White House
Edward 8. Brazz
Fond du Lac
Wis
Havana
Senate
Frank P. Sargent
Illinois
London
Craig W. Wadsworth
New York
District of
Kansas
Frank W. Tucker
Money stock and per capita figures for May in the United States
The May 1 total money stock reached 2,552,862,141 dollars, up 59,357,491 from the prior year. Currency in circulation stood at 2,260,750,242 dollars, calculated from a 78,890,000 population to 25.66 dollars per person. Circulation rose by 5,702,883 in the month and 65,145,007 for the year.
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United States
Coronation Details Highlight Burghecere Daughters
The coronation report notes two Burghecere daughters among royal pageantry, with Juliet and Althea Gardner mentioned as lesser connected figures. The text outlines crowd interest but provides few verifiable facts beyond name drops and ceremonial roles.
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Edward
Burghecere
Juliet
Althea Gardner
Queen uses royal youngsters in coronation procession
The Queen favors children who are known as Mr. Herbert Gardner and Lord Burgh Clere, inviting them to be near her. Her interest in pleasing the young masses led to their selection for honors in the coronation procession.
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Mr. Herbert Gardner
Lord Burghclere
Smallpox Cases Decline Amid Campaign Against Disease
Chicago health department cites Public Health reports showing progress in the campaign against smallpox begun last February by railway managers and boards of health. In a 60,000 square mile area with 25 million residents, the Jan 31 to April period logged 10,594 cases vs 10,464 in the prior year, marking a modest rise after earlier surges and noting a 900 percent jump in a earlier December 25 to January period across nearby states. The report attributes improved results to the campaign still underway.
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United States Public Health Reports
Health Department of Chicago
Himes
Chicago
Bret Harte Dead American Author Dies in England
American author Bret Harte died in London after a throatrelated hemorrhage at the Red House Camberley near Aldershot. Born August 2 1839 in Albany New York Harte went to California in boyhood shaping western fiction and later led the Overland Monthly. his tale The Luck of Roaring Camp boosted his fame. A second item notes Walter Vrooman planning a vast cooperative village near Kansas City with 25 stores and 24 factories to study industrial cooperation.
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Camberley
England
F. Bret Harte
London
Mr. Harte
Red House
Aldershot
Francis Bret Harte
Albany
N. Y
California
United States Miot
San Francisco
Overland Monthly
Kansas City
Walter Vrooman
Ruskin College
Rio Hacha Falls to Revolutionaries Confirmed
A series of crime and political notes across the country report that Colombian revolutionaries have captured Rio Hacha. The 1902 New York budget totals $93,610,600, up $615,059. In Guston Kentucky Ernest Dowley, a新, shot and wounded Harry Dowell. a mob hanged Dowley, riddling his body with bullets. Rev. W H Pollett of Emporia Kansas killed Isaiah Edmonston, a deacon, amid suspected revival-induced instability. In Greenville Mississippi Morria Stosen stock closed a field cotton contract with Thomas K R Morris of a Pittsburgh company using stalk-picking machinery, a first. Princess Hadxiwill, on trial at Cape Town for forgery connected to Cecil Rhodes notes, received two years in a corrective house. Ralph Pchek, 13, shot John Patton, 14, in Kansas City Kansas. a pond incident led to a boy firing on a crowd of peers.''
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Greater New York
Board of Estimate
Ernest Dowley
Harry Dowell
Guston
W. H. Pollett
Emporia
Kan
Isaiah Edmonston
Cecil Rhodes
House of Correction
Ralph Pchek
John Patton
Kansas City
Pobek
Tragedy at Pittsburg Yard Explosions Kill and Burn
A deadly sequence of oil and naptha explosions in Pittsburg near the Panhandle yards killed about twenty five people and burned hundreds more. Spectators, many Italians, watched as fires spread. rescue efforts failed and flames raged for hours amid chaotic scenes and widespread injuries.
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Pittsburg
Panhandle
Sheridan
Union Station
Peter
Wecleeh
Sulelgins
Queen Quira Maria Cristina resigns as regent in Madrid
chaotic Madrid scene as Queen Quira Maria Cristina resigns after sixteen years as regent. Premier Sarastao bids farewell amid emotion while King Alfonso and cabinet witness the handover and the decree naming her successor’s throne date is noted.
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Quira Maria
Cristina
Madrid
Ierry
Rang Alfons
Theardoceus
Pre
Sagasta
Rand
Herband
Casuberland
Speat
Alfenee
Sarastao
Another Land Lottery for South Wakots Lands
The government plans a large land lottery offering three Mondreed Thousand Acres in South Wakots as prizes. About 30020 acres of the Sioux Indian lands in South Dakota were purchased by Congress to prepare for settlement. Secretary Hitchcock will open the land with a Kiowa and Comanche style plan, surveying and dividing homesteads before awarding lots.
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South
Wakots
South Dakota
Indian Territory
Lake Shore Sets Speed Records on Key Runs
Lake Shore and New York Central officials completed a high speed series between Buffalo and Cleveland covering 183 miles in 150 minutes. A Springfield Pa to Kingsville Ohio leg of 15 miles took seven and a half minutes. An Ashtabula to Cleveland stretch of 54 miles was run in 53 minutes.
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Lake Shore
New York Central
Buffalo
Cleveland
Springfield
Kingsville
Ohio
Ashtabula
Fire damage at Terrell and library cornerstone ceremony
A blaze in a Terrell timber depot caused $13 009 in losses with partial insurance recovery. The Army Relief Society of the United States elected Mrs Daniel S Lawant as its president. The cornerstone of Houston’s new $50 000 Carnegie library was laid with ceremony. Daniel G Reid paid 8 05 for Cardiff and Wales carriage horses at a Chicago auction sale.
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Terrell
Texa
Army Relief Society of the United States
Daniel S. Lawant
Carnegie
Houston
Texas
Daniel G. Reid
The
Tin Plate Company
Cardiff
Wales
Chicago
Eale
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Wall
Youlaski County
Walter Kimzey
Tamaroa
Perry County
Brookings
Barliss
Mrs. Smith
Kimzey
New York City
National
Followa H
Rear Admiral
Mrs. Soffel
Soliet and
Bret Harte
Rio Hacha
Mother
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