Signs of the Coming Democracy Editorial
An editorial argues progress worldwide trends toward democracy. It cites Russia’s gradual shift from absolutism to a potential republic and notes, over centuries, liberty grows as wealth and power are restrained and the people’s will rules. It warns against trusts, wealthy bloc power, and corporate influence blocking reform, asserting eventual democratic supremacy.
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New York American
Globe
Republic
United States
Australias
New Zealand
John D. Rockefeller
Russia
Council of Ministers
England
Stops the Cold and Works off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 26 conte pay. Advertisement notes quick relief and sale terms.
Englishman Reaches Farthest South on Antarctic Quest
Captain Scott with Dr. Wilson and Lieutenant Shackleton on the Discovery reach 82 degrees 175 minutes south by sledge, surpassing prior records by 207 miles. The voyage includes perilous sledging, animal losses, burns, near-dark travel, and a discovery that Mount Erebus and Terror are part of a separate island. The Morning carries the news to New Zealand as the expedition plans another year of exploration.
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London
Scott
Dr. Wilson
Shackelton
Discovery
New Zealand
Shackleton
Armitage
Hare
Erebus
Terror
England
Lyttleton
Cape Adare
Woodbay
Cape Crozier
Mount Erebus
McMurdo Bay
Trials to Take Place at Jackson Ky
Jackson Ky June 8 The case against Curtis Jett and Thomas White for the murder of James B Marcus will be tried in Jackson as soon as a jury can be summoned from an adjoining county. Soldiers brought the defendants to court and a local elisor will be sent to obtain a jury. A jail guard disturbance occurred with shots fired into the air during the night.
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Jackson, Ky
Jett
White
Morgan County
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
James B. Marcum
Commonwealth
Byrd
Elisor
Japanese Volcano Active Reported Near Kobe
A volcanic eruption is reported from the Loochoo islands near Kobe Japan on May 20 causing panic among islanders. The provincial governor has asked the Japanese government to rescue the inhabitants. A small Totjim volcano became active on May 10 followed by an earthquake and ash and stones thrown toward villages driving residents to flee.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Loochoo Islands
Kobe
Japan
Totjim
How Democrats Cut Missouri Taxes, 1870 to 1903
Secretary of State Sam B. Cook cites figures to counter Republican claims of mismanagement. He compares 1870 and 1903 tax rates, state funds, population, wealth, and public services including asylums and schools, arguing tax revenue rose with wealth rather than rate increases. He notes railroad taxation, officer fees, and other revenue sources to explain reduced rates.
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Missouri
Mall
Sam B. Cook
Brockmeyer
State Republican
Cook
Tornado Toll and Aftermath in Gainesville Ga
Mayor Parker reports 125 dead anticipated within a day after the late storm in Gainesville. Wounded around 300 with some deaths expected, 400 houses destroyed, about 1500 homeless, and financial losses near 600000 dollars. Additional physicians needed to treat the injured.
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Gainesville
Parker
Flood Delayed the Groom at Finleyville Wedding
Pittsburg June 5 Two hundred guests gathered at banker George Boggs home in Finleyville to witness Helen Boggs wed Lieutenant Orson Lee Early of Fort Riley Kan. After hours of waiting caused by the flood the telegram arrived announcing Earlys delay. He had ridden a horse to the nearest telegraph station to relay the news.
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Pittsburg
George Boggs
Finleyville
Helen Boggs
Orson Lee Early
Fort Riley
Kan
Early
Mob Destroyed Saloons Near Houston
A mob of fifty masked men rode into Brooks near Houston Texas early yesterday and destroyed three saloons. About a thousand shots were fired. After the destruction the mob dispersed with no injuries reported. Prohibition recently won in this area allowed saloon men to operate.
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Houston
Tex
Brooks
Here
Prohibition
Rural Free Delivery Held Up by Startler Panic
Washington June 5 The case of A W Machen accused rural free delivery superintendent will be tried before the federal grand jury today with a true bill expected this week Machen likely to be admitted to bail until fall Postmaster General Payne denied any New York rent rascality citing auditor figures of 466000 including heat and light and a 34000 saving over alleged theft The hold on July 1 rural routes was ordered to keep deficits under 100000 prompting congressional concern Representative Landis Indiana says he will oppose any move to end rural free delivery
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Washington
A. W. Machen
Machen
Federal Grand
Payne
New York
Post Office Department
Congress
Landis
Indiana
Booths Body Identified as Lincoln Assassins Kin
Enid Oklahoma June 6. K L Bates of Memphis says Julius Brutus Booth identified remains of David E. George as the Lincoln assassin. Bates claims George was Booth in disguise, with various names and pictures to prove the claim. He returned from the east with the body and Booths effects.
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Enid
K. L. Bates
Memphis
Tenn
Junius Brutus Booth
Lincoln
David E. George
Boston Corbett
Joseph Jefferson
Clara Morris
Bates
Booth
Corbett
Ruddy
Garrett Farm
George
Three Persons on Log Rescued From Missouri River
A Boonville report notes an object sighted in the Missouri river on Wednesday, later found to be a log with a man, woman, and child perched atop. A rescue party recovered them to Boonville. they were exhausted and unable to identify themselves or their origin, but nursing was expected to aid recovery.
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A. E. Rogera
Boonville
Missouri
Nevada Mall
Cyclone Relief Seeks Aid for 15000 Dependents
Washington dispatches report 15000 people dependent due to the cyclone with 2000 injured. Lieutenant Kearn of the Sixteenth Infantry, now at Gainesville, Ga., telegraphs the need and cites requisition of 4, Fort McPherson, Ga.
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Washington
Kearn
Sixteenth Infantry
Gainesville
Fort McPherson
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Sunday Baseball Ban
The Nebraska supreme court ruled Sunday baseball violates the sporting Sabbath statute reaffirming a ten year old interpretation. Four players arrested last summer in Nebraska City must serve ten days in jail.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska City
Poison Plot Rumor Tells of Queen Draga Attempt in Servia
Vienna reports a persistent Belgrade rumor that an attempt to poison Queen Draga of Servia was made. The queen tested the poisoned food on a dog that died, and the next night the king's French chef was found dead by suicide in the palace.
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Vienna
Morgen Zeitung
Belgrade
Draga
Servia
Alexander
Missouri Odd Facts Highlight Family, Animals, and Artifacts
Four Missouri brothers who had not met in forty-one years gathered in Fulton. Near Clarence farmers imported 500 angora goats. seventy-five perished in a cold spell, and brush fires were used to salvage crops. A Boonville museum displays Jefferson Davis’s Webster’s Unabridged dictionary from 1830, captured in Mississippi in 1863 by Col. Peckham. now owned by Lee Bohanna of Boonville. A Joplin merchant’s baboon escaped a window display, attacked a fox terrier, and overpowered the dog, lifting it from its seat to the ground.
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Missouri
Fulton
Clarence
Boonville
Jefferson Davie
Mississippi
Peckham
Twentyninth Alert Regiment
Lee Bohanna
Joplin
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