US rejects Cuban constitution gains on Platt terms
Washington reports that the cabinet ruled the Cuban convention’s modifications of the Platt amendment were not substantial. Secretary Root will inform the Havana convention that the United States demands full acceptance without changes. The decision centers on coaling stations sanitation and intervention. Havana reaction notes disappointment among conservative delegates and debate over who authored the interpretive resolutions.
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Washington
Root
Gen. Wood
United States
Havana
Gen
Wood
Mysterious Disappearance of Baldwin Agent in St Petersburg
The Press reports L James Gordon, Baldwin locomotive works sales agent in Russia, vanished after an arrest by Russian authorities in January. Gordon, long in Russia and well connected with American officials, is said to be confined in a fortress on the Neva. The American ambassador has been asked to intervene by Gordon's siblings with no result yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
L. James Gordon
Russia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
St. Petersburg
Gordon
Legation
G—n
Siberia
Neva
Battle at Viadfontein Near Johannesburg Reported
London reports a fierce battle at Viadfontein within 40 miles of the Gold Reef city on Lord Roberts anniversary. Lord Kitchener notes heavy British losses and a garrison of Vladfontein with 147 men out of action. Boer forces under Gen Delarey tally 35 dead.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Gold Reef
Viadfontein
Five Men Hanged by Mob at Lookout California
Details reach California of a mob attack in Modoc county early Friday morning that lynched Calvin Hall and his three sons Frank James and Martin and B D Yantis after they were held on petty theft charges. Guards were forced to assist as the bodies were strung along bridges over Pitt River.
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California
Kelly Whieving
Bieber
Cal
Lookout
Modoc County
Calvin Hall
Frank
James
Martin
B. D. Yantis
Hall
Yantis
Ag the Forks
Lookout Hotel
Constable Carpenter
R. Nichols
J. W. Brown
S. Loyette
Pitt River
Frank Hall
Trade Review Notes Mixed Activity Across Regions
Dun weekly trade summary shows east weather dampening distributive trade while west and south stay steady with activity above recent averages. Labor improved with strikes settled. iron and steel mills at full capacity. farming machinery export surges. rail shipments to Australia and South America rise. New England cotton mills cut print cloths to clear 2 million pieces. 148 U S failures vs 160 last year and 27 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Australia
South America
New England
United States
Canada
Rhode Island Most Densely Populated State in Census Report
Washington June 1 The census director released the first half of the final census on population. Rhode Island leads with 407 inhabitants per square mile in 1900, followed by Massachusetts and New Jersey. Connecticut ranks fourth, with several other states above 100 per square mile, while Alaska and many western states show very low density.
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Rhode Island
Union
Washington
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Alaska
Arizona
New Mexico
Montana
Idaho
Tornado Hits Claiborne County Mississippi Floors Homes
A tornado in Mississippi's southwestern Claiborne County on Friday wrecked trees and houses. One fatality reported, Elijah Copeland's daughter crushed under timbers. Copeland's house collapsed. Hail accompanied the wind and crops face heavy damage.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
Miss
Claiborne County
Elijah Copeland
Copeland
Attempted train robbery near Savanna
Passengers on the Burlington Limited report five men attempted to rob the train Thursday night as it traveled east of Savanna Illinois. The engine struck five track torpedoes, the engineer shut off steam and braked, then the attackers fled while the engine sped away with the train safely in motion.
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Minmonopolis
Minn
Burlington Limited
Chicago
Savanna
Ill
Man of the Future Winston Churchill Predicted for Premiership
The London Daily News predicts Winston Spencer Churchill will become premier of Great Britain. The 26 year old parliamentarian already saw military service from age 21 including Cuba Spain Malakand Tirah Cadurman and the Nile campaigns. He published books on these campaigns and later served as a war correspondent in South Africa before his election to Parliament.
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London Daily News
Winston Spencer Churchill
Great Britain
Cuba
London Daily Graphic
Malakand
Bajaur
Tirah
W. Lockhart
Europe
Nile
Sirdar
Cadurman
Twenty-first Lancers
Churchill
London Morning Post
Pretoria
Zeeke of Neah Bay Named Ugliest Woman Alive
A peculiar claim labels Zeeke, an Indigenous woman from Neah Bay Washington, as the oldest and ugliest person on the Pacific coast. Adults over seventy recall her long life, noting no exact birth proof but a photo proves her famed appearance.
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Zeeke
Neah Bay
Wash
Pacific Coast
Curious Old Woman Defies Health Rules and Time
An eccentric elderly woman, nearly blind, travels with vrown children and greets strangers with kisses. She steals tobacco, eats it greedily, and defies health norms. Supported by the government she predicts living 30 more years or until age 150, boasting an optimistic outlook.
A Nation of Tea Drinkers in Britain
Tea, the new monthly paper of the trade, notes Britain’s per capita tea consumption nears six pounds, up from about five pounds sixteen years ago. Only Holland in Europe nears that level. Russia and the United States remain well under one pound per person.
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United Kingdom
Holland
Russia
United States
Daring Ellwood City Holdup Nets Cash Then Fugitives
In New Castle Pa on June 4 a bold holdup near Ellwood Seamless Tube works saw three unmasked men seize Costen Burns as he traveled to pay quarry workers. A pursuit ended with one robber captured and another at large, carrying $1,700 of the $2,100 Burns intended for his crew. Over $400 were found on the second robber.
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Mohan
Ewood
Ono ‘Ofhem
New Castle
Ellwood City
Costen Burns
Ellwood
Orig
Burns
Ohio Line
Railway Consolidation Nears After Morgan Hill Harriman Pact
The Morgan Hill faction and the Harriman party settle their differences over the Burlington deal and railroad relations with the Northern Pacific and Great Northern. The settlement promises a vast harmonization of western trunk lines with St Paul Chicago Northwestern and Chicago Great Western to be included.
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New York
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Northern Pacific
Morgan-Hill
Harriman Party
Great Northern
Union Pacific
St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
Booth denies reunion with Salvation Army headfather
Ballington Booth, head of the Volunteers of America, denies secret negotiations with his father. He has had no contact with his father since he left the country and has heard little from his siblings. He says union of the two movements is impossible due to government and principle differences.
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New York
Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
Intruders on Kiowa Reservation Stir War Department Action
In Washington on June 4 the secretary of war ordered Gen Merriam to deploy troops to the Kiowa Indian reservation in Oklahoma to eject intruders numbering about 1000 in the Wichita mountains. Secretary Hitchcock affirmed the intruders have no rights under U S mineral laws. A separate dispatch notes extended trips for House rivers and harbors committee members to Mobile New Orleans Texas California and the Pacific coast to study regional water projects.
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Washington
Interior Department
Secretary of War
Merriam
Department of the Colorado
Oklahoma
Randlett
Kiowa and Comanche Agency
Wichita Mountains
United States Mineral Laws
Hitchcock
T. E. Burton
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Southern Railway
Mobile
New Orleans
Texas
California
Pacific Coast
Strike Settled Near Victor Colorado
Mayor Nelson Franklin at Colorado Springs wired that the Portland mine strike is settled. Nearly 1,000 men will be put to work at once as both sides concede and the workmen's demands are substantially met.
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Victor
Colo
Nelson Franklin
Colorado Springs
Portland
Newport News Strike Halts Boiler Work At Shipyard
About 500 machinists at Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Co began a strike over demands for a shorter workday. The company said it will not arbitrate or interfere with management and plans no action in response.
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Newport News
Newport News Slop Building and Dry Dock Co
Ost
Machinists Union Opens International Convention in Toronto
About 200 delegates attend the International Association of Machinists convention in Toronto Ontario. President O Connell reports on charters strikes and shop hours while urging reform of dues and loan policies and noting ongoing New York Central strike issues at Depew.
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The
International
Boty Rleets
Toronto
Canada
Ont
International Association of Machinists
Mivor Howland
O'Connell
Grand Lodge
New York Central
Depew Will
O’connell
Presbyterians Form Larger Revision Committee
Philadelphia June 4 Rev Dr W H Roberts stated clerk reports all members of the committee to revise the confession of faith have accepted and will serve. A first meeting is set for Pittsburg June 18. The assembly increased the committee to twenty one adding new members Henry C Minton John Dewitt J Ross Stevenson W Moffat S B McCormick and others.
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Philadelphia
W. H. Roberts
Presbyterian General Assembly
Henry C. Minton
Minton
Synod of California
John Dewitt
Synod of New Jersey
J. Ross Stevenson
Synod of Missouri
W. Moffat
Synod of Indiana
S. B. McCormick
Synod of Town
John W. Foster
Synod of Baltimore
Charles T. Thompson
Synod of Minnesota
Herrick Johnson
Synod of
Synod of New York
Henry van Dyke
John M. Harlan
Daniel R. Noyes
Eoow. Humphrey
Synod of Kentucky
Flisha. Fraser
Synod of Michigan
Charles A. Dickey
William R. Crabbe
Synod of Pennsylvania
National association of manufacturers opens sixth annual convention
Prominent manufacturers and their representatives from across the nation gather in Detroit for the sixth annual convention at the Hotel Cadillac. Over 100 members are expected for the first session with welcomes by Gov Bliss and Mayor Marbury. Reports from President Search and Treasurer Scheieren follow, with committees on parcels posts patents and patent legislation and discussion planned on the Russia sugar tax and retaliatory duties. Next convention sites include Pittsburg Indianapolis Milwaukee and Chattanooga. An elaborate entertainment program includes a banquet at the country club in Grosse Pointe.
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Detroit
Meh
National Association of Manufacturers
Cadillac
Gov Bliss
Marbury
Search
Scheieren
Internaional Frencht Bureau
Russia
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Chattanooga
Grosse Pointe
Pauncefote Sails for London for Key Conferences
Lord Pauncefote leaves for England for several months abroad. The trip serves as a vacation and a chance to confer with Lord Salisbury and Lord Lansdowne on pending questions, notably the Isthmian Canal. Lansdowne will delay any discussion until Pauncefote arrives in London with papers and extra information.
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Lord Pauncefote
London
Washington
England
Lord Salisbury
Lord Lansdowne
Grand Lodges Adjourn at Springfield for Next Year
The Knights of Pythias grand lodge adjourned in Springfield to meet in Cincinnati next year. State home trustees elected: John Winn Cincinnati and Zachary Taylor Springfield to another term, J J Simon Cleveland replacing the deceased Geyer, James Goetz replacing Dr Taylor. Brett M Arndt Cleveland elected trustee. A $1 assessment per member will fund a state home administration building.
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Grand Lodges
Adjetras
Springfield
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Cincinnati
John Winn
Zachary Taylor
J. J. Simon
Cleveland
Geyer
James Goetz
Taylor
Brett M. Arndt
Remarkable sentences handed down in Akron case
Judge Hayden issued notable sentences after a nearby fence dispute. A neighbor killer drew three years in the penitentiary while a cow thief received four years. Gideon Carr was jailed three years for manslaughter and William Greiner four years for cattle theft. The judge's actions were described as remarkable.
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Akron
Hayden
Gideon Carr
William Greiner
Faction Fight Over Toledo County Convention
A fierce struggle unfolds between Toledo Times editor Crouse and Collector Waldorf over the county convention. Waldorf seeks reappointment to the collectorship while Crouse aims to place either himself or a friend in the post. Both seek control to prove strength to Senator Hanna. The convention is set for Saturday and is expected to be highly contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Edtor Crouse
Toledo Times
Waldorf
Crouse
Hanna
Rescue of Miner From Burning Shaft at Salineville
Patrick Connelly was rescued yesterday from a burning Salineville mine after being trapped since the night before. Fire in the big werm shaft blocked escape through the main entrance, and rescuers were forced to descend an air shaft to reach him.
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East Liverpool
Patrick Connelly
Salineville
Connelly
A Defective Law Hampers Factory Inspection
Attorney General Sheets reports a defect in the factory inspection law that may hinder enforcement. The Manss Shoe Manufacturing Co of Cincinnati refused entry to Deputy Inspector Fischer, with no penalty specified for such refusal.
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Columbus
Sheets
Knamab
Manss Shoe Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Fischer
Railroads See Large Property Value Increases
The county auditors raised valuations of several suburban railroads with increases up to 100 percent. Present were auditors from Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake and Geauga counties. Affected lines include Lorain & Cleveland, Cleveland Elyria & Western, Cleveland & Chagrin Falls, Cleveland Painesville & Eastern, and Cleveland & Eastern.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Lorain
Lake and Geauga
Lorain & Cleveland
Cleveland, Elyria & Western
Cleveland & Chagrin Falls
Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern
Cleveland & Eastern
Massillon Mining Firm Formed in Columbus
Coal Combine Incorporated of Columbus reports the Massillon Coal Mining Co taking over most Massillon district mines. Incorporators include Hanna & Co. staff. Andrew Squire acts as attorney. Authorized capital stock is one million dollars.
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Columbus
Massillon Coal Mining Co
Massillon
J. J. Phillips
Andrew Squire
M A. Hanna & Co
Wages Raised at Steel Hoop Plants Benefit 2000 Workers
The skilled and unskilled day men at the Youngstown Girard Warren and Greenville plants of the American Steel Hoop Co part of United States Steel Corp have voluntarily increased wages by 10 to 20 percent. The raise is effective immediately and about 2,000 workers gain.
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Youngstown
Girard, Warren
Greenville
American Steel Hoop Co
United States Steel Corporation
Missing Boy Located after Two Years Abduction Case
Four year old June L Albert Wosken, reported abducted from Norwalk two years ago, was found in Ann Arbor Michigan. The suspect, claiming the name Joseph Harris, is under arrest in connection with the case.
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Toledo
Albert Wosken
Norwalk
Ann Arbor
Mieh
Jadnapper
Seph Harris
Fleming Is Acquitted In Forgery Case
Mansfield Ohio May 31 Mrs M S Fleming former clerk of the sanitary board was acquitted by a jury yesterday on charges she forged the names of the board president and secretary to an order for 150 dollars.
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Fleming
Mansfield
M. S. Fleming
The
Sanitary Board
Drowned Sailors Feared After Boat Capsize
Three men Dennis Cummings engineer William Griffith of Fayetteville CoY and Otto Adams of Oak Harbor are believed drowned after their sail boat capsized in the lake near Sandusky.
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Sandusky
Dennis Cummings
William Griffith
Fayetteville,coy
Otto Adams
Oak Harbor
Bank Hobbed of 84,000 in Fostoria Robbery
The Bradner branch of the VMechanis' bank in Fostoria was wrecked early Wednesday as robbers used two high explosives. They damaged the outer vault door and the strong box while watchman Denny fired two shots. the intruders escaped on a Hocking Valley hand-car. The glass front and walls were shattered. burglar insurance covers the loss.
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Fostoria
Bradner
Vmechanis
Denny
Hocking Valley
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