Striking City Ends With Thousands of Deputies Sworn In
In St Louis on June 1 the police commissioners ordered 1,000 special deputies sworn in, then an additional 1,500. total 2,500 to aid the police in preserving peace amid the transit strike. Rioting, arson, and injuries marked several days as police, doctors, and officials responded.
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St. Louis
St. Louis County
Pohlman
Albert Koenig
Crane
Maher
Broadway
Southern Electric Power House
Wm. J. Stone
Street
Cov
Stone
Mae
Posse Comitatus
Low Grove
St. Louis Transit Co
2Th
Calhoun
Peter Fan
Young Frank
Maryland
Boyle Avenues
Transit Co
Delmar Avenue
Page Avenue
Spalding Avenue
Compton Heights
Choutesu Avenue
California Avenue
Tower Grove
Grand Avenue
Easton Avenue
Cass Avenue
Olive Street
Fourth Street
Sixth Street
Northern Central
Union Lines
General assignments eyed for lakes department HQ shift
Washington June 1 Maj. Gen. is likely to be assigned to head the lakes department at Chicago within months. Gen Otis is expected to move east as quickly as he can.
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Washington
Tis
Department’ of the Lakes
Chiccago
Otis
Yaquis Again Unruly Near Turin Attacks Reported
Ortiz Mex June 2 The Yaqui Indians have again become very annoying to the Mexican troops near Turin. Several night attacks have been made recently and a number of casualties are reported.
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Ortiz, Mex
Turin
Rodgers to lead reestablished European naval station
Washington reports Admiral Frederick Rodgers chosen to reestablish the European station. He will likely fly his pennant from the battleship Kearsarge in the English Channel by August end. The fleet includes the Albany newly commissioned in English waters. other ships await selection until next fall.
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Washington
Mrr
Adm
Frederick Rodgers
Navy Department
Kearsarge
English Channel
Rodgers
Dewey
Albany
Mediterranean
Porte
Aguinaldo Sighting Fails After La Gat Skirmish
Report from Luzon details Maj. March’s advance on May 19 at La Gat where insurgents fled after a volley, with Aguinaldo reportedly wounded and his diary captured. Manila dispatches describe heavy rebel losses across North Ilocos, Camerinos, and Misamis, totaling at least six hundred dead.
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Vigan
Luzon
March
33D
Aguinaldo
la Gat
Manila
P. I
Young
Ilocos Province
Camerinos
Bell
Cagayan de Misamis
Mindanao
Howse
Batac
Dodds
Duncan
Rollins
Batae
Whaler
Ratae
Haight
French
Trocos
The Canal Bill Moves Toward Special Order
Washington June 3 The Senate named Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill as special order for 2 pm December 10 the second Monday of the next session. Morgan pushed amendments funding Ludlow commission survey and an extra month’s salary for senate and house staff. bill passed as last general appropriation measure.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Committee On
Congress
Ludlow Commission
Nicaragua
House of Representatives
Russian cruiser Variag completes builder's trial in Philadelphia
The Russian cruiser Variag returned to Philadelphia after a satisfactory sea trial at Cramp's yard. The ship and its battery showed no weak spots and reached 22 knots with one boiler out. Builders expect 24 knots under forced draught. official trial set for July with commissioning anticipated late August.
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Philadelphia
Variag
Cramp
Plot to Assassinate the Sultan in Constantinople
A plot to assassinate the sultan was uncovered Monday. War and marine ministers and several high palace officials were involved. To avert a general uprising, the sultan dismissed the conspirators from office.
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Constantinople
Frontier
War and Marine
Moors March on French Stations Near Oran
From South Algiers reports indicate several thousand armed Moors are marching to attack three major French occupation posts including El Gil. French forces reinforce all three points and establish strong outposts.
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Paris
Petit: Journal
Oran
Algiers
Elgil
Stone to Inspect Kansas City on Convention Hall Plans
St Louis June 1 J Stone chairman of the committee on arrangements for the national committee will visit Kansas City to inspect reconstruction of Convention hall and investigate complaints of exorbitant hotel rates.
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St. Louis
Democratic state convention to meet in Parkersburg
Parkersburg West Virginia June 4 The Democratic state convention will convene at noon next Wednesday to select delegates and alternates at large to the Kansas City convention and nominate a full state ticket.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Kansas City
Black Cancer Rash Epidemic Strikes Newport Suburb
In West Derby a black cancer rash epidemic has caused three deaths in a week. Victims fell ill for two days before fatal symptoms, leading to immediate burials. About fifty houses are quarantined and schools closed as officials work to halt spread of the plague.
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Newport
West Derby
Archbishop Keane Named as Dubuque Successor
A Rome correspondent writes a local priest that Archbishop Keane late rector of the Catholic University in Washington is set to succeed the late John ennnessey as Archbishop of Dubuque. The June 2 message indicates a potential appointment for the Dubuque see.
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Keane
Dubuque
Rome
Catholic University At
Washington
Ohnennessey
Ministry May Resign After Government Labor Accident Bill Rejected
The chamber rejected the government bill to insure workmen against accidents by votes. It is expected that the ministry will resign, first 29 to 2. Colloquial early July context notes a cabinet downfall following the defeat.
Famine horrors in India relief funds sent to Lady Curzon
Bomba reports grim scenes from Bombay to Gujarat with cholera, famine and plague. Observes 3,000 deaths in four days at Godhera, 2,500 at Dohad, 90 percent hospital mortality in Godhera and Dohad. Describes corpses, polluted air and water, swarms of flies, and vultures with children's limbs. Chicago relief funds of £1000 sterling sent via Lady Curzon.
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Louis Klopsch
Puonsher
Bombay
Gujarat
Godhera
Dohad
Ahmedabad
Mbay Presidency
Chicago
Chicago India Relief Committee
Lady Curzon
Johannesburg Quiet as Boer Forces Hold Pretoria
Report from Lourenco Marques says Johannesburg is quiet with residents surrendering arms and ponies. Boer forces around Pretoria totalling about 10,000 hold all positions, while other columns move toward Delagoa Bay. Lord Roberts notes unclear telegraph links and delays in confirming later actions.
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Kruger
Machadodorp
Pretoria
Portugues
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
Bronkhursts Spruit
London
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Roberts
Orange Grove
Johannesburg
Kotha
Zoutspansberg
Sprigg
Imperial Yeomanry
Kroonstad
Lirdley
Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
Pretyman
Kelly-Kenny
Orange River Colony
Tretoria
French
Irene
Moty Cae
Lourenco Marques
Oer
Komatipoort
MacArthur Seeks More Troops for Philippines Cavalry
General MacArthur requests additional forces, specifically cavalry, for the Philippines. He asks that only regulars be sent, with three regiments soon dispatched to Manila. One regiment may come from Cuba, the others from the Sixth and another to be chosen.
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MacArthur
Washington
Philippines
Manila
Cuba
Prohibition Meeting Burned In Newmarket Ireland
In Newmarket Ireland on June 4 two hundred police were sent to suppress a United Irish league meeting planned for Sunday. While officers slept around 7 am James Flynn MP for North Cork and KE Creeon MP for Ossory slipped in unobserved, addressed about 200 in the town square, and burned the proclamation prohibiting the meeting. The crowd cheered and dispersed as police arrived.
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Newmarket
Ireland
United Irish League
James Christopher Flynn
North Cork
KE. Creeon
Ossory
Queens County
Reeves Arrest Warrant In Havana Seeks Neely Secrets
A warrant for former Deputy Auditor W. H. Reeves was issued and he is jailed with bail set at 1500 dollars. Officials push to secure Reeves full confession alleging Neely's large secret payments worth 75000 dollars and mortgage removals from the accused's property. An inspector will soon leave Havana to probe the claim.
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Havana
W. H. Reeves
Reeves
Neely
United States
Judgment Awarded Against Frank Van Ness Over Horse Misuse
A San Francisco jury awarded $16,000 to Philadelphia owners J W Singerly and Louis Jammert after Frank Van Ness misused the race horse Morello and moved it to this state. The horse died during the suit, which sought $20,000, and the verdict favors the plaintiffs with likely appeal to the supreme court.
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San Francisco
Frank van Ness
Morello
J. W. Singerly
Louis Jammert
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Next Cotton States convention to be held in Raleigh
Secretary Royal Daniel of the Cotton States association of agriculture commissioners announced Saturday that the next annual convention will be in Raleigh North Carolina on August 26 for three days. All southern states will likely be represented.
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Raleigh
Atlanta
Royal Daniel
Cotton States Association of the Commissioners of Agriculture
N.C
Demands of Machinists in Philadelphia Labor Day Strike Hope
Demands of the Philadelphia union machinists call for a nine hour workday and a minimum wage of 20 cents per hour, to take effect from Labor Day on September 5. The move aims to reduce the current ten hour day and secure higher pay for workers.
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Philadelphia
Washington officer warns of political retaliation if arrested
New York report cites Maj. Rathbone informing Assistant Postmaster General Perry Heath that an arrest would trigger a politically charged, retaliatory response affecting several others.
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New York
Washington Dispatch
Maj. Rathbone
Perry Heath
Emperor and Crazy Man Seized in Unter der Linden
Berlin June 1 considerable excitement followed the arrest of a man on Unter der Linden as the emperor was on his way to Potsdam station. The prisoner behaved strangely and was found to be insane after examination.
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Berlin
Unter der Linden
Potsdam
World Trade Share by Nations Revealed in Report
Washington reports the nations account for 18 billion dollars of world commerce with England at 13.3 percent, Germany 10.2 percent, and the United States at 9.7 percent. The data outlines each country’s share in global trade.
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Washington
England
Germany
United States
Chicago relief group sends 5000 to Lady Curzon for India
The Chicago committee of the relief movement for starving India cabled a $5,000 donation to Lady Curzon on Thursday to aid the distress among Indian sufferers.
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Chicago
FLAG CONTROVERSY AT SO VETERANS PARADE MEETING
In Louisville 101 to 68 the Sons of Confederate Veterans rejected tabling a motion to carry only the Confederate flag in the parade division. Debate centered on whether the United States flag should lead the Sons of Veterans march with several delegates urging dual flag carry. The convention adjourned sine die after the vote, with later reports noting elected commander in chief Biscoe Hindman and plans to meet again in Louisville next year.
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Louisville
Sons of Confederate Veterans
W. H. McLaws
Georgia
Sons of Veterans
United States
McKinley
McLaws
Convention
Nam
Relief Committee
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Biscoe Hindman
United Veterans
U ‘S
Disfranchisement debate moves to constitutional check
Washington June 2 The senate committee on privileges and elections considered Senator Pritchard's resolution to exclude Black voters from the franchise as unconstitutional. A substitute directing the committee to probe whether such exclusion violates the constitution passed party lines. If adopted by the senate the panel will investigate. interest spans southern states though rooted in North Carolina.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and
Pritchard
Senate
North Carolina
Strike in Kansas City Sets 3000+ Building Trades Out
An oral strike of all building trades in Kansas City was ordered at a Building Trades council meeting, potentially involving over 3,000 workers. The move follows a two week old lockout by the Builders' club, with contractors barring union members. The strike excludes Convention hall labor and contractors who resign from the club.
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Kansas City
Building Trades Council
Builders’ Club
Convention Hall
Bilders’ Club
Agen
Streets Cleared by Force in Konitz Riots
Berlin reports troops dispatched to Konitz after a riot linked to the death of a local lad Winter. Townsfolk blame Jews and the streets were cleared by force to restore order.
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Berlin
Konitz
Sherman Sails With Supplies For Manila And Guam
The United States transport Sherman sailed from San Francisco on June 2 carrying heavy commissary supplies and a number of passengers and soldiers. It also carried wives and families of several officers on duty in the Philippines.
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Sherman
San Francisco
United States
Manila
Guam
Philippines
Wrecking Tugs to the Rescue at Carinthia Stranding
Wrecking tugs have arrived to take charge of the Cunard line steamer Carinthia wrecked on Point Gravois May 13 with 1,400 mules aboard. Cayes Hoyts report on June 2.
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Cayes
Hoyts
Cunard Line
Carinthia
Point Gravois
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Reeves Arrested
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