Neely Embezzlement Case Moves Forward In Cuba
New York reports allege Charles F. W. Neely former Havana post office financial chief diverted about 400000 in surcharged Cuban stamps to private use. He faces new charges of selling two cent stamps to collectors for up to 20 cents each and is detained in Ludlow Street jail awaiting further action. Extradition bill also advances in Washington as June 6 adjournment nears.
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New York
Chas
F. W. Neely
Lunon Street
Cuba
Washington
Neely
Edward K. Jones
United States
Mr. Jones
Charles F. W. Neely
Post Office Department
Havana
United States Circuit Court
Lacombe
George H. Burton
Frederick P. Smith
New York, May 24.—Neely
Ludlow Street
Speedoee
A .E Island
Estes CG. Rath- Dinster
Posts
House
Smallpox Epidemic Hits Franklin Tennessee
Smallpox has existed in Franklin for two months with about thirty to forty cases scattered across town. Twelve cases involve former Mooney school pupils, forcing the school to close along with others. Dr. Albright confirmed the illness, vaccination was ordered, and county officials prepared action at a Monday meeting. He also halted large Negro excursions planned for Sunday.
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Nashville
Tenn
Franklin
Mooney School
Albright
State Board of Health
Monongahela Locks and Dams Contract Annulled
In Washington on May 25 Maj Powell of the corps of engineers overseeing the Monongahela River improvement, endorsed by Gen Wilson, Chief of Engineers, secured the secretary of war's directive to annul the McDonald contract for locks and dams. Arrangements will be made to complete the work through alternate means.
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Washington
Maj. Powell
Sorps of Engineers
Gen. Wilson
Secretary of War
McDonald
Monongahela River
Damages Trial Begins For 69th Regiment Wreck Victims
In New York on May 26 a jury trials the first of nearly 100 damage suits by 69th regiment members injured en route to Chickamauga in 1898. The case, before Judge Lacombe in the U S circuit court, concerns a wreck on the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
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New York
69Th Regiment
U.S. W
Chickamauga
Louisville & Nashville
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Banquet for Lipton Honors American Supporters at Hotel Cecil
A London banquet at the Hotel Cecil honored Sir Thomas Lipton. The event featured a loving cup donated by American admirers of the Shamrock owner, with Joseph Choate, the United States ambassador, in attendance and presenting the gift.
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London
Hotel Cecil
Thomas Lipton
Joseph Choate
United States
Thomas the Loving Cup
Forty Lives Reported Lost in Guiana Steamship Disaster
A Georgetown dispatch to the Daily Express from British Guiana reports a steamer carrying three convoys was swept over the Potsa river and forty lives are believed lost. The disaster occurred on a May day as the vessel struggled in swollen waters. Local authorities began rescue and inquiry measures.
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London
Daily Express
Georgetown
British Guiana
Potsa
Japanese protest against discriminatory inoculation in San Francisco
Washington May 26 Japanese government through its chargé Nabeshima joins China in protests over compulsory plague inoculation of Japanese and Chinese in San Francisco. They demand general inoculation including Caucasians, citing treaty protections. Communications sent to the Marine Hospital Service seek rapid report and potential easing of quarantine measures.
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Washington
Keiziro Nabeshima
San Francisco
United States
Marine Hospital Service
Indiana officials seek return of man charged with petit larceny
In Indianapolis Indiana officials pursue the return of a man charged with petit larceny who fled to Kentucky. The governor’s advisers call the move a ruse to flatter magnanimity in honoring a requisition from Gov Mount, while Mount says he has not changed his mind about Taylor and Finley who remain in the state. Taylor and Finley enjoyed a quiet day with friends and plan to leave Sunday for Martinsville for several weeks.
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India
Ind
Kentucky
Beckham
Mount
Taylor
Finley
Martinsville
Thorough Reform at Cuban Posts and Departments
Havana May 26 Mr Bristow acting director general of posts abolished the solicitor s bureau appointing a law clerk with one stenographer saving 2700 annually Gen Woech orders a thorough overhaul of every department of the island Auditors are now dealing with the treasury and with the North American Trust Co Later they will deal with the custom house There is no suggestion of fraud but Gen wood seeks the most complete investigation of all Cuban accounts
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Havana
Bristow
Solicitor’s Bureau
Woech
Island
Treasury
North American Trust Co
Custom House
Gen.wood
Judge W L Grigsby Found Dead in Dickson Home
Nashville Tenn May 26 Judge W L Grigsby aged 46 was found dead in bed at his Dickson home. He served as judge of the Nineteenth judicial circuit since its creation in 1891 until its abolition last year and sat as special judge of the supreme court during the winter session.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. L. Grigsby
Dickson
Grigsby
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court
Chicago man sent shirt to president. confined for insanity
Chicago May 26 Thomas McGovern who mailed his soiled shirt to President McKinley to show Chicago’s dirtiness was examined in Judge Carter's court and sent to the State Asylum for the Insane at Kankakee.
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Chicago
Thomas McGovern
McKinley
Carter
State Asylum For the
Kankakee
Southern Car and Foundry roll ing mill to resume after shutdown
Anniston Alabama May 26 the roll ing mill department of the Southern Car and Foundry Co which has been almost entirely shut down for the past two or three weeks will resume full operations and 300 men who have been idle will return to work.
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Anniston
Ala
Southern Car and Foundry Co
Opposition to the International Dam Heard in House
Ex delegate Ferguson and allies from New America testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee against the plan to dam the Rio Grande at El Paso Texas. The cross border project faced opposition over environmental and regional impact concerns.
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Washington
Ferguson
New Imerica
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tez
The St Louis Strike Becomes Violent Across City
Riotous actions and a fatality marked a strike on the St Louis Transit Co system. Police tried to restore order after a barricade halted a Cass avenue car, a bullet wounded a child and a policeman later died at the dispensary. The federal injunction against postal car interference was pressed.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Co
Cass Avenue
Twenty-third and
McRae
Ninth District
Eddie Manz
Rt. BR. Hodge
Tower Grove
St. John’s Hospital
Severa
Hodge
Union Station
Park
Compton Avenues
John S. Harding
Donald Watts
Blumhoff
United States
Rosier
Jefferson Avenue
Peter Wells
Spaulding Avenue
W. D. Mahon
International Association of Amalgamated Street Railway
Brokers Fail in Macon as Talbot and Palmer Suspend
Macon Ga May 25 Talbot and Palmer brokers of the city failed Thursday for about 16000 dollars. No reason is assigned for the suspension of business. A few months ago the firm failed for about 80000 dollars. The suspension of Rice McCormick and Co is supposed to have caused the failure.
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Macon
Talbot and Palmer
Rice, McCormick & Co
French Capture Ksar-el-Fatis in Sahara Victory
Paris May 23 The minister of war reports another French victory in the Sahara desert. Col Menestres captured Ksar el Fatis as French troops gain control.
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Paris
Sahara Désert
Col
Menestres
Ksar-el-Fatis
Memorial Day in Virginia for Potomac ceremony in Fairfax
May 26 observances in Va report a Confederate era air with gray skies as the presidential party arrives at Quantico. Lt. commanders Sick and Meade deliver remarks at the courthouse while Gen. Sickles and Gen. Butterfield figure in the Somber program. Luncheon follows and a National Cemetery ceremony ends the day.
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Potomac
Wils
Iles
M. Joseph Wheeler
Ruggles
Marine
Quantico
Treder
Horace
T. P. Morris
M. Griffin
Marine Band
Weh
Martin T. E
Daniel E
Court House
Lonse
le Ladies
Wettacne
National Cemetery
Fifth Corps
Daniel E. Butterfield
Dynamiters Sentenced in Lock 24 Wreck Case
DYNAMITERS SENTENCED IN Kingston Ontario Canada for trying to wreck lock 24 of the Welland canal with dynamite. Convicted of intent to wreck the lock and given life imprisonment in Kingston Penitentiary. Walsh and Nolin used two valises of dynamite with fuses, but miscalculated distance, causing only trifling damage. Dullman assisted from Niagara Falls directing proceedings.
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Kington
D. C
Welland Canal
Kingston Penitentiary
Walsh
Nolin
Dullman
Niagara Falls
Unknown Man Leaps to Death at New York Rapids
A man described as about 50 years old killed himself at a rapids site after shouting good bye. The incident occurred in New York on May 26 as he descended, stood on a rock, and then returned to the water with his cane, reportedly sending photographs to New York City. The case involves St. Andrew's church figures and two assisting reverends. Local authorities believe the death was self-inflicted.
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N. Y
Ity
Rapids
M. York City
Star of
St. Andrew's
Rev
Edward S
Mit
Plan to fortify Manchuria and prepare for war
A wartime plan outlines fortified posts and strategic aims in Manchuria. Chief of staff Sacharoff will begin operations after months of buildup, with eight high officials instructing troops to ready for potential conflict with Japan.
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Manchuria
Sacharoff
Japan
Courtland tragedy details sink into broken May report
Fragmentary May report outlines a drowning involving Mrs Will and a young woman and a servant who were said to drive a buggy near Ace Creek at Courtland. The text mentions banks and notes that someone died and another did not attempt something, but details are incomplete.
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Courtland d
Banks
Gans Defeats Hawkins in Broadway Athletic Club Bout
Joe Gans defeats Cal Hawkins in a fast fighting match at the Broadway Athletic Club. The bout was staged in the club house with scheduled rounds and a fast pace noted in the report.
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Joe Gans
Ted
Cal Hawkins
Army BNL Doomed ngtone May 26 Chair Hull Statement
Chairman Hull of the Betae committee on mill stated definitely that the session refers to a doomed term. The remark follows disputed proposals and hints at unresolved issues within the committee.
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Ngtone
Hull
Betae
Mill
End of the War in South Africa Nears, British Advance
London reports Lord Roberts advancing toward Pretoria with forces reaching Vredefort road and Johannesburg expected to fall by month’s end. Gen Methuen aims for Klerksdorp as Hutton moves near Vredefort. predictions tie final pitched battles to Johannes burg and Laings Nek.
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London
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Vredefort Road
Prospect
Methuen
Vaal
Klerksdorp
Opporsite
Hutton
Vredefort
Heidelberg
Johannesburg
Laings
Botha
Rhenoster
Dee
WCW
War Office
Roberts
Ob Paneer
Joen
French
Transvaal
Bennett Burleigh
Daily Telegraph
Vaal River
Erste Geluk
Lourenco Marques
Carrington
Meat Bill Passed by Reichstag in Berlin
The Reichstag adopted the meat bill by 163 to 123 votes. It bans canned sausage meat imports and restricts fresh meat imports until December 31, 1902 to whole or certain half carcasses, permits prepared meat imports only if proved innocuous, and cites difficulty proving this for salt meat under four kilograms. After 1903, imports will be regulated by new law or the existing provisions stay in force.
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Berlin
Reichstag
London May 25 Rumor Triggers Stock Exchange Surge
A wild war rumor on the stock exchange claimed the Mafeking relief corps marched to Johanneg and captured the town, sparking a sharp surge in ZAFFIRS as investors reacted to the unverified report.
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London
Stock Exchange
Johanneg
Xaffirs
Presbyterians Push Federal Ban On Polygamy
In St Louis on May 25 the Presbyterian general assembly adopted a memorial urging Congress to amend the federal constitution to explicitly declare polygamy null and unenforceable.
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St. Louis
Presbyterian General Assembly
Congress
Cotton brokers assign in New York with $13 million liabilities
New York May 25 McCormick & Co one of the citys largest brokerage houses faced failure with liabilities estimated at 13 000 000. The firm member of major exchanges and with about 30 city branches was long on cotton as market fell. Assignees William J Curtis and William N Cromwell report. Crooks? Cromwell. A statement to creditors planned. Partners include Theodore H Price William G McCormick R G M Stewart-Wortley and Walter W Price with George Crocker special partner on 500 000 investment. Crocker in Europe. Stewart-Wortley returning from Europe. Organ 1897.
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New York
Price, McCormick & Co
Stock, Cotton and Produce Exchanges
Chicago Stock Exchange
United States
Wm. J. Curtis
Wm. N. Cromwell
Cromwell
Theodore H. Price
William G. McCormick
R. G. M. Stewart-Wortley
Walter W. Price
George Crocker
San Francisco
McCormick
Chicago
Stewart-Wortley
Adm. Schley
Crocker
Europe
St Louis Exposition Bill Teeters in House Committee
The house committee on the Louisiana purchase exposition voted to report the bill to the house without recommendation. A motion to postpone failed 2 to 4, a motion to report favorably failed 3 to 3, and a tie led to reporting without recommendation. The bill pledges a 5 million dollar government appropriation with a share of proceeds.
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Washington
Honse
St. Louis
Hous
Steele
Indiana
Joy
House
A New Creed Adopted by General Assembly
The assembly elected Dr William B Noble of California as permanent clerk over Dr E T Swiggett of Morrow O. It adopted the committee report to appoint a 15 member committee to inquire presbyteries views on creed revision and report to the next general assembly. Dr Dickey was named chairman. the report passed by a large majority.
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St. Louis
Presbyterian General Assembly
William B. Noble
California
E. T. Swiggett
Morrow
General Assembly
Dickey
Judge orders health board to justify injunction over Chinese liberties
San Francisco on May 25 Judge Morrow directs the city board of health to show cause why an injunction should not restrain interference with the freedoms of Chinese residents and those wishing to leave. An embargo on Chinese and Japanese residents over plague concerns has been set, and proceedings aim to prove whether the disease is present in the city.
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San Francisco
Morrow
Board of Health
Detroit in Poor Shape After Commissioning Move
The US steamer Detroit, recently out of commission at Portsmouth New Hampshire, is in bad condition with 23 inches of water in the hold and defective plates near the rudder head. Pumps will run continuously until repairs can be made. In Porto Rico Albany rumor says President McKinley offered Charles T Saxton the post of judge advocate of Porto Rico, and he is expected to accept.
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Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Detroit
Albany
N. Y
McKinley
Charles T. Saxton
Court of Claims
Porto Rico
Lipton Raises Offer for Cup Prize Money
A cablegram from Sir Thomas Lipton to the New York Yacht Club increases his offer from 500 to 1000 dollars for a cup prize money to be contested by any class the club selects.
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New York
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Japanese Children in Custody Reported in New York
Three Japanese children a girl and two boys were taken into custody by the Gerry society upon the belief they were kidnapped or bought in Japan and sent to this country.
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New York
Gerry Society
Japan
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Impro
Lipton Ge's Cup
Taylor and Finley
Gov. Mount
Wood
Wervicss
Good-By
Army
BNL
South Africa
Germany
New Yorks City
ST. Louis Exposition
House Committee
Noble
Judge Advocate of
Lipton
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